J. Lee Richmond (May 5, 1857 – October 1, 1929) was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Boston Red Stockings, Worcester Worcesters, Providence Grays, and Cincinnati Red Stockings, and is best known for pitching the first perfect game in Major League history. After retiring from baseball, he became a teacher.
Early life
Lee Richmond was born on May 5, 1857, in Sheffield, Ohio, to Cyrus R. Richmond and Eliza Richmond (). He was the son and grandson of Baptist ministers, and was the youngest of nine children. Richmond was raised in a farming community in Geneva, Ohio, and in 1873 attended a college preparatory academy affiliated with Oberlin College. Richmond then changed careers, and from 1890 to 1921, he was a high school chemistry teacher at Scott High School in Toledo, Ohio. Richmond married Mary Naomi Chapin, his former student, in 1892, and had three children: Ruth, Dorothy, and Jane. He died on October 1, 1929, at the age of 72.