 He finished the season batting .290, and finished third in the voting for the National League Rookie of the Year Award.In 1980, Richards was tied for 22nd place in MVP voting after he led the league in singles with 151, and set a then-Padres single-season record with 194 hits, broken by Tony Gwynn in 1984.In 1981 he was tied for the NL lead in triples with 12.