J.R. RICHARD

| Retired | Played: 1969-1983

High Level: MLB Career Ranks: 4th in H9
Positions: P-259
Full Name: James Rodney Richard
Born: Mar 7, 1950 (63.077) in Vienna,Louisiana

MLB Debut: Sep 5, 1971 (21.182)

Control
25

K-Rating
93

Efficiency
62

vsPower
84

Ht/Wt: 6-8 / 222 Bats/Throws: Right / Right
High School: Lincoln (Ruston,LA)
College: None listed
Drafted: Houston Astros: 1969-1-2 (June-Reg)

Tags: 15 Strikeouts in a Game || 20-Win Season || 300 Strikeouts in a Season || Actors in Baseball Movies || All-star Game Starting Pitcher || First Round Draft Pick All Tags

TBC Player ID: 17105
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Year	Team	Lg	Level	Unif	Org	Age	Rk	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
1969	Covington	App	Rk	-	hou	19	-	5	4	6.59	12						56.0	51	50	41		52	71			1.84	8.20	--	8.36	11.41	0.73	--	--
1970	Cocoa	FSL	A+	-	hou	20	-	4	11	2.39	19						109.0	67	53	29		68	138			1.24	5.53	--	5.61	11.39	0.49	--	--
1971	Oklahoma City	Amer	AAA	-	hou	21	-	12	7	2.45	24						173.0	116	55	47		105	202			1.28	6.03	--	5.46	10.51	0.52	--	--
1971	Houston	NL	MLB	50	hou	21	-	2	1	3.43	4	4	1	0	0	0	21.0	17	9	8	1	16	29	2	0	1.57	7.29	0.43	6.86	12.43	0.55	.327	1.50
1972	Oklahoma City	Amer	AAA	-	hou	22	-	10	8	3.02	19						128.0	94	57	43		79	169			1.35	6.61	--	5.55	11.88	0.47	--	--
1972	Houston	NL	MLB	50	hou	22	-	1	0	13.50	4	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	10	9	9	0	8	8	2	0	3.00	15.00	0.00	12.00	12.00	1.00	.556	3.00
1973	Denver	Amer	AAA	-	hou	23	-	2	4	5.71	8						52.0	54	39	33		26	66			1.54	9.35	--	4.50	11.42	0.39	--	--
1973	Houston	NL	MLB	50	hou	23	-	6	2	4.00	16	10	2	1	2	0	72.0	54	37	32	2	38	75	3	1	1.28	6.75	0.25	4.75	9.38	0.51	.289	1.37
1974	Columbus	Sou	AA	-	hou	24	-	5	8	5.38	13						87.0	103	65	52		61	77			1.89	10.66	--	6.31	7.97	0.79	--	--
1974	Denver	Amer	AAA	-	hou	24	-	4	0	--	4						33.0	15	2	0		12	26			0.82	4.09	--	3.27	7.09	0.46	--	--
1974	Houston	NL	MLB	50	hou	24	-	2	3	4.18	15	9	0	0	0	0	64.2	58	31	30	3	36	42	9	1	1.45	8.07	0.42	5.01	5.85	0.86	.284	1.21
1975	Houston	NL	MLB	50	hou	25	21	12	10	4.39	33	31	7	1	1	0	203.0	178	107	99	8	138	176	20	5	1.56	7.89	0.35	6.12	7.80	0.78	.301	1.23
1976	Houston	NL	MLB	50	hou	26	6	20	15	2.75	39	39	14	3	0	0	291.0	221	105	89	14	151	214	13	2	1.28	6.84	0.43	4.67	6.62	0.71	.254	1.13
1977	Houston	NL	MLB	50	hou	27	4	18	12	2.97	36	36	13	3	0	0	267.0	212	94	88	18	104	214	6	1	1.18	7.15	0.61	3.51	7.21	0.49	.262	1.03
1978	Houston	NL	MLB	50	hou	28	2	18	11	3.11	36	36	16	3	0	0	275.1	192	104	95	12	141	303	16	3	1.21	6.28	0.39	4.61	9.90	0.47	.271	1.12
1979	Houston	NL	MLB	50	hou	29	1	18	13	2.71	38	38	19	4	0	0	292.1	220	98	88	13	98	313	19	1	1.09	6.77	0.40	3.02	9.64	0.31	.286	1.05
1980	Houston	NL	MLB	50	hou	30	48	10	4	1.90	17	17	4	4	0	0	113.2	65	31	24	2	40	119	2	0	0.92	5.15	0.16	3.17	9.42	0.34	.233	1.28
1982	Daytona	FSL	A+	-	hou	32	-	3	1	2.79	6	6	2	0	0	0	42.0	36	14	13	0	15	28	5		1.21	7.71	0.00	3.21	6.00	0.54	--	--
1982	Tucson	PCL	AAA	-	hou	32	-	0	2	13.68	6	6	0	0	0	0	24.1	35	45	37	1	27	13	10		2.55	12.95	0.37	9.99	4.81	2.08	--	--
1983	GCL Astros	GCL	Rk	-	hou	33	61	2	3	3.18	9	9	1	0	0	0	51.0	44	23	18	0	31	46	8		1.47	7.76	0.00	5.47	8.12	0.67	--	--
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MLB Totals (10 years) Career Ranks								107	71	3.15	238	221	76	19	3	0	1606	1227	625	562	73	770	1493	92	14	1.24	6.88	0.41	4.32	8.37	0.52	.273	1.14
Minor League Totals (8 years)								47	48	3.73	120	21	3	0	0	0	755	615	403	313	1	476	836	23	0	1.45	7.33	0.01	5.67	9.97	0.57	--	--
AAA Totals (5 years)								28	21	3.51	61	6	0	0	0	0	410	314	198	160	1	249	476	10	0	1.37	6.89	0.02	5.47	10.45	0.52	--	--
AA Totals (1 year)								5	8	5.38	13	0	0	0	0	0	87	103	65	52	0	61	77	0	0	1.89	10.66	0.00	6.31	7.97	0.79	--	--
A+ Totals (2 years)								7	12	2.50	25	6	2	0	0	0	151	103	67	42	0	83	166	5	0	1.23	6.14	0.00	4.95	9.89	0.50	--	--
Rookie Totals (2 years)								7	7	4.96	21	9	1	0	0	0	107	95	73	59	0	83	117	8	0	1.66	7.99	0.00	6.98	9.84	0.71	--	--
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Year	Team	Lg	Level	Unif	Org	Age	Pos	Rk	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GS	GS%	TB	PA	outs	RC	RC/G	babip
1971	Houston	NL	MLB	50	hou	21	p	-	4	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	3	75	0	9	9	--	--	.000
1973	Houston	NL	MLB	50	hou	23	p	-	16	28	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	12	0	0	1	0	0	.179	.179	.179	357	10	63	5	29	24	-1	-1.0	.312
1974	Houston	NL	MLB	50	hou	24	p	-	15	21	1	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	9	0	0	1	0	2	.143	.143	.286	429	10	67	6	22	21	-1	-1.0	.182
1975	Houston	NL	MLB	50	hou	25	p	-	33	74	4	15	6	0	1	13	0	0	1	29	0	0	5	0	2	.203	.213	.324	538	29	88	24	80	66	3	1.2	.318
1976	Houston	NL	MLB	50	hou	26	p	-	39	100	6	14	1	0	2	9	0	0	0	33	1	0	1	2	0	.140	.146	.210	356	39	100	21	104	89	-2	-0.5	.179
1977	Houston	NL	MLB	50	hou	27	p	74	36	87	10	20	0	2	2	7	1	0	1	28	1	0	11	0	1	.230	.247	.345	592	36	100	30	100	79	6	2.1	.316
1978	Houston	NL	MLB	50	hou	28	p	-	37	101	8	18	0	0	1	10	1	1	1	27	0	0	5	0	2	.178	.186	.208	394	36	97	21	107	91	-1	-0.2	.233
1979	Houston	NL	MLB	50	hou	29	p	68	38	95	6	12	1	1	2	6	0	1	1	24	0	0	11	1	4	.126	.134	.221	355	38	100	21	108	100	-2	-0.5	.143
1980	Houston	NL	MLB	50	hou	30	p	-	17	39	2	6	2	0	1	3	0	0	0	15	0	0	4	0	0	.154	.154	.282	436	16	94	11	43	37	0	0.3	.217
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MLB Totals (9 years) Career Ranks									235	552	39	93	10	3	10	50	2	2	4	181	2	0	41	3	11	.168	.176	.252	428	217	92	139	602	516	2.3	0.1	.228
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FIELDING STATISTICS

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Positions Grid

Year	Team	League	Level	Position	G	GS	TC	PO	A	E	DP	Inn	FPct	RF	RF9
1971	Houston	NL	MLB	P	4		4	1	3	0	0	21	1.000	1.00	1.71
1972	Houston	NL	MLB	P	4		2	0	2	0	1	6	1.000	0.50	3.00
1973	Houston	NL	MLB	P	16		9	5	3	1	0	71	.889	0.50	1.01
1974	Houston	NL	MLB	P	15		10	5	5	0	0	64	1.000	0.67	1.41
1975	Houston	NL	MLB	P	33		28	8	19	1	0	203	.964	0.82	1.20
1976	Houston	NL	MLB	P	39		68	19	39	10	2	291	.853	1.49	1.79
1977	Houston	NL	MLB	P	36		70	26	44	0	2	267	1.000	1.94	2.36
1978	Houston	NL	MLB	P	36		70	29	38	3	0	275	.957	1.86	2.19
1979	Houston	NL	MLB	P	38		51	14	32	5	0	292	.902	1.21	1.42
1980	Houston	NL	MLB	P	17		16	6	10	0	1	113	1.000	0.94	1.27
1982	Daytona	FSL	A+	P	6		5	1	4	0	0		1.000	--	--
	Tucson	PCL	AAA	P	6		4	2	1	1	0		.750	--	--
1983	GCL Astros	GCL	Rk	P	9		13	0	10	3	0		.769	--	--
Minor League Totals:				P	21	0	22	3	15	4	0	0	.818	0.86

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