Coach LaBranche: “Ben is coming off an injury, and improving daily. He is a great team guy, and a leader in the program. He is working hard to get healthy and develop more of a role on the mound.”
High School: Three sport athlete in baseball, football, and indoor track…helped his baseball team win the 2010 state championship…captain his senior year when he finished with a 5-0 record which made him 11-1 in his high school career…
PERSONAL: born Benjamin E.A. Richards January 28, 1992…Parents: Kacey and Al…Major: Sport and Leisure Management…Residence: Whitinsville, MA...
CAREER STATISTICS
| Year | ERA | W | L | App | GS | CG | ShO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | BAvg. | WP | HP |
| 2014 | 3.86 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | .308 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 3.86 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | .308 | 0 | 0 |
BEN...REVEALED
Favorite activity other than sports: Hanging out with friends
Best place for pizza: Harry’s
Favorite actor: Mark Wahlberg
Most difficult aspect of college: Time management
Most important thing in your life: Family
When you were young, favorite game to pass time on a car trip: Alphabet Game
Most difficult aspect of your sport: Mental toughness
Best athlete of all time: Bo Jackson
Sport requiring the most strength: Baseball, physically, mentally, and emotionally.
Greatest song ever: Good Directions- Billy Currington
Favorite pro team: Red Sox
One thing you would like to do before you die: Play professional baseball
Greatest coach of all time: Ken Lachapelle
Your favorite moment of all time: 2010 State Championship
Most embarrassing moment: Tripped and fell going to back up first base
Favorite smell: Sun ripened strawberries (shampoo)
A reality TV show you would like to see created: The Life and Times of 81 Ridgewood Road
Who were you or who do you hope you were in your first life? Definitely an animal
Closest brush with greatness: Playing catch with Shane Victorino
Your greatest thrill in sports: Winning
Most important invention or discovery in your lifetime: The internet
What would you like to get paid to do for a living? Playing sports
Most influential person in the world: My dad
Job you consider the hardest or worst to do for a living: Septic tank pumper
Automobile you would buy tomorrow if you had the money: Ford Raptor
Favorite amusement park ride: Batman
Favorite amusement park game: Throwing the balls at the milk bottles
Favorite amusement park food: Fried dough
A class you’ve taken that you’ll never need to use: Explorations of Visual Culture
Favorite city ever visited: Las Vegas
Favorite Olympic sport to watch: Curling
Greatest fear: Failure
World’s most recognizable person: Obama
Funniest comedian: Kevin Hart
Superstitions: Too many to name
Pet Peeve: Chewing with your mouth open
Red Sox or Yankees: Sox
Largest crowd you’ve ever been part of: 2007 AFC Championship Game
Longest you’ve ever gone without sleep: 22 Hours
Best vacation of all time: Las Vegas
Amount of weekly allowance you would give to your children: $25
