Antoan Edward Richardson (born October 8, 1983) is a Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

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 outfielder

Outfielder

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 and is currently a free agent.

Professional career

Richardson was drafted in the 2001

2001 Major League Baseball Draft

-First Round Selections:-Supplemental First Round Selections:-Background:The Minnesota Twins selected St. Paul, MN native Joe Mauer with the number one pick in the 2001 draft. The 18-year-old Mauer, a catcher from Cretin-Derham Hall High School in St. Paul, became the seventh Minnesotan to be...

, 2002

2002 Major League Baseball Draft

The 2002 First-Year Player Draft, Major League Baseball's annual amateur draft, was held on June 4 and 5.This year's draft is featured in Michael Lewis' 2003 book Moneyball.-First Round Selections:-Supplemental First Round Compensation Selections:...

, 2004

2004 Major League Baseball Draft

The 2004 First-Year Player Draft, Major League Baseball's annual amateur draft, was held on June 7 and 8. It was conducted via conference call with representatives from each of the league's 30 teams...

 and 2005 Major League Baseball Draft

2005 Major League Baseball Draft

The 2005 First-Year Player Draft, Major League Baseball's annual amateur draft, was held on June 7 and 8. It was conducted via conference call with representatives from each of the league's 30 teams...

s. The San Francisco Giants

San Francisco Giants

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 signed him after they took him in the 2005 Draft, and he played in the Giants organization until they released him in 2009. He then signed with the Schaumburg Flyers

Schaumburg Flyers

The Schaumburg Flyers were a professional baseball team based in Schaumburg, Illinois, in the United States. The Flyers were to be a charter member of the North American League, which is not affiliated with Major League Baseball, however, the team folded in March of 2011, before they began play in...

 of the Northern League. In May of 2010, he signed a minor league deal with the Atlanta Braves

Atlanta Braves

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.

Richardson was called up to the majors for the first time on September 4, 2011, and recorded his first career hit, a single to right field, off of Los Angeles Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers

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 pitcher Clayton Kershaw

Clayton Kershaw

Clayton Edward Kershaw is a left-handed pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball.In 2011, Kershaw won the Pitching Triple Crown and the National League Cy Young Award, becoming the youngest pitcher to accomplish either of these feats since Dwight Gooden in 1985...

in his first career Major League at-bat.

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