Beryl Justice Richmond (August 24, 1907 – April 24, 1980) was a

pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("Pitch (baseball), pitches") the Baseball (ball), baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of out (baseball), retiring a batter (baseball), batter, ...

Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league composed of 30 teams, divided equally between the National League (baseball), National League (NL) and the American League (AL), with 29 in the United States and 1 in Canada. MLB i ...

. He played for the

Chicago Cubs The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The Cubs compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League Central, Central Division. Th ...

and

Cincinnati Reds The Cincinnati Reds are an American professional baseball team based in Cincinnati. The Reds compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League Central, Central Divisi ...

during parts of the

1933 Events January * January 11 – Australian aviator Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand. * January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independen ...

and

1934 Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strik ...

seasons. Richmond's contract was sold by Baltimore (International) to the Chicago Cubs on January 11, 1933. When Richmond played with the Reds in 1934, he was one of three players ( Junie Barnes and Sherman Edwards were the other two) who were not assigned a uniform number. He is buried at Highland Cemetery, in Cameron, West Virginia.

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1907 births 1980 deaths Major League Baseball pitchers Chicago Cubs players Cincinnati Reds players Baseball players from West Virginia Sportspeople from Marshall County, West Virginia 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-baseball-pitcher-1900s-stub