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Positions: P-239

Full Name: James Rodney Richard
Born: Mar 7,1950 in Vienna, Louisiana
Height: 6-8 Weight: 222 Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School: Lincoln (Ruston, Louisiana)
College: None

Drafted: Selected by Houston Astros in 1st Round (2nd overall) of 1969 amateur entry draft (June-Reg)

15+ Strikeouts in a Game 3x (Most: 15)

20-Win Season 1x 1976

300+ Strikeouts in a Season 2x 1978-1979

Actors in Baseball Movies Bad News Bears in Breaking Training

First Round Draft Pick 1969 (#2)

Major League All-Star Game 1980

Pitcher of Month 3x Jul-1978 (NL),Sep-1979 (NL),Apr-1980 (NL)

Player of the Week 1x May-21-1978

Power-Hitting Pitcher 10hr, 10dbl

MLB Debut: Sep 5,1971

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Scouting Report
Control:	25
K-Rating:	93
Efficiency:	62
vsPower:	84
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Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Lvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP
1969	Covington	App	19	HOU	Rk	5	4	6.59	12						56.0	51	50	41		52	71		8.2	---	8.4	11.4	1.84
1970	Cocoa	FSL	20	HOU	A+	4	11	2.39	19						109.0	67	53	29		68	138		5.5	---	5.6	11.4	1.24
1971	Oklahoma City	Amer	21	HOU	AAA	12	7	2.45	24						173.0	116	55	47		105	202		6.0	---	5.5	10.5	1.28
	Houston	NL	21	HOU	MLB	2	1	3.43	4	4	1	0	0	0	21.0	17	9	8	1	16	29	2	7.3	0.4	6.9	12.4	1.57
1972	Oklahoma City	Amer	22	HOU	AAA	10	8	3.02	19						128.0	94	57	43		79	169		6.6	---	5.6	11.9	1.35
	Houston	NL	22	HOU	MLB	1	0	13.50	4	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	10	9	9	0	8	8	2	15.0	0.0	12.0	12.0	3.00
1973	Denver	Amer	23	HOU	AAA	2	4	5.71	8						52.0	54	39	33		26	66		9.3	---	4.5	11.4	1.54
	Houston	NL	23	HOU	MLB	6	2	4.00	16	10	2	1	2	0	72.0	54	37	32	2	38	75	3	6.8	0.3	4.8	9.4	1.28
1974	Columbus	Sou	24	HOU	AA	5	8	5.38	13						87.0	103	65	52		61	77		10.7	---	6.3	8.0	1.89
	Denver	Amer	24	HOU	AAA	4	0	0.00	4						33.0	15	2	0		12	26		4.1	---	3.3	7.1	0.82
	Houston	NL	24	HOU	MLB	2	3	4.18	15	9	0	0	0	0	64.2	58	31	30	3	36	42	9	8.1	0.4	5.0	5.8	1.45
1975	Houston	NL	25	HOU	MLB	12	10	4.39	33	31	7	1	1	0	203.0	178	107	99	8	138	176	20	7.9	0.4	6.1	7.8	1.56
1976	Houston	NL	26	HOU	MLB	20	15	2.75	39	39	14	3	0	0	291.0	221	105	89	14	151	214	13	6.8	0.4	4.7	6.6	1.28
1977	Houston	NL	27	HOU	MLB	18	12	2.97	36	36	13	3	0	0	267.0	212	94	88	18	104	214	6	7.1	0.6	3.5	7.2	1.18
1978	Houston	NL	28	HOU	MLB	18	11	3.11	36	36	16	3	0	0	275.1	192	104	95	12	141	303	16	6.3	0.4	4.6	9.9	1.21
1979	Houston	NL	29	HOU	MLB	18	13	2.71	38	38	19	4	0	0	292.1	220	98	88	13	98	313	19	6.8	0.4	3.0	9.6	1.09
1980	Houston	NL	30	HOU	MLB	10	4	1.90	17	17	4	4	0	0	113.2	65	31	24	2	40	119	2	5.1	0.2	3.2	9.4	0.92
1982	Daytona	FSL	32	HOU	A+	3	1	2.79	6	6	2	0	0	0	42.0	36	14	13	0	15	28	5	7.7	0.0	3.2	6.0	1.21
	Tucson	PCL	32	HOU	AAA	0	2	13.69	6	6	0	0	0	0	24.1	35	45	37	1	27	13	10	12.9	0.4	10.0	4.8	2.55
1983	GCL Astros	GCL	33	HOU	Rk	2	3	3.18	9	9	1	0	0	0	51.0	44	23	18	0	31	46	8	7.8	0.0	5.5	8.1	1.47

Major League Totals - 10 Season(s)						107	71	3.15	238	221	76	19	3	0	1606.0	1227	625	562	73	770	1493	92	6.9	0.4	4.3	8.4	1.24
Minor League Totals - 8 Season(s)						47	48	3.73	120						755.1	615	403	313		476	836		7.3	---	5.7	10.0	1.44