Robert Eugene Richie (born September 5, 1965) is former
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (A ...
left fielder
In baseball, a left fielder, abbreviated LF, is an outfielder who plays defense in left field. Left field is the area of the outfield to the left of a person standing at home plate and facing towards the pitcher's mound. In the numbering sys ...
who played for the
Detroit Tigers
The Detroit Tigers are an American professional baseball team based in Detroit. The Tigers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the American League (AL) Central division. One of the AL's eight charter franchises, the club was f ...
in 1989.
Richie was considered a top prospect, but he shocked the Tigers when he announced after the 1989 season that he was retiring to become a probation officer and to be able to focus more on his faith as a Jehovah’s Witness.
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Pura Pelota (Venezuelan Winter League)
1965 births
Living people
African-American baseball players
Baseball players from Reno, Nevada
Bristol Tigers players
Detroit Tigers players
Glens Falls Tigers players
Lakeland Tigers players
Major League Baseball left fielders
Navegantes del Magallanes players
American expatriate baseball players in Venezuela
Nevada Wolf Pack baseball players
Toledo Mud Hens players
21st-century African-American people
20th-century African-American sportspeople
Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks players
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