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Rick Langford
James Rick Langford

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 180 lb.
School Florida State University

Debut June 13, 1976
  vs. ATL 1.7 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER
Final Game July 13, 1986
Born March 20, 1952 in Farmville, VA

Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1973. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1976 24 PIT NL   0   1  12   1   0   0   5  0   23.0   27   17   16   2   14   17   0   0   105   0   1  6.26  3.47   55 1.783
 1977 25 OAK AL   8  19  37  31   6   1   2  0  208.3  223  107   93  18   73  141   2   4   901   3   1  4.02  3.99   99 1.421
 1978 26 OAK AL   7  13  37  24   4   2   5  0  175.7  169   77   67  15   56   92   3   2   740   8   0  3.43  3.63  106 1.281
 1979 27 OAK AL  12  16  34  29  14   1   0  0  218.7  233  114  104  22   57  101   4  16   934   6   1  4.28  4.06   95 1.326
 1980 28 OAK AL  19  12  35  33  28   2   2  0  290.0  276  119  105  29   64  102   1   7  1166   6   1  3.26  3.76  115 1.172
 1981 29 OAK AL  12  10  24  24  18   2   0  0  195.3  190   81   65  14   58   84   3   1   823   2   0  2.99  3.48  116 1.270
 1982 30 OAK AL  11  16  32  31  15   2   1  0  237.3  265  121  111  33   49   79   2   4  1006   1   0  4.21  3.88   92 1.323
 1983 31 OAK AL   0   4   7   7   0   0   0  0   20.0   43   28   27   4   10    2   2   0   112   1   0 12.15  3.83   32 2.650
 1984 32 OAK AL   0   0   3   2   0   0   1  0    8.7   15    8    8   2    2    2   0   0    43   0   0  8.31  3.72   45 1.962
 1985 33 OAK AL   3   5  23   3   0   0   7  0   59.0   60   24   23   8   15   21   0   2   247   2   0  3.51  3.82  109 1.271
 1986 34 OAK AL   1  10  16  11   0   0   1  0   55.0   69   49   45  13   18   30   1   2   251   0   0  7.36  3.85   52 1.582
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 11 Yr WL% .408  73 106 260 196  85  10  24  0 1491.0 1570  745  664 160  416  671  18  38  6328  29   4  4.01  3.80   95 1.332
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    10  15  38  29  12   1   3  0  222.3  234  111   99  23   62  100   2   5   943   4   0  4.01  3.80   95 1.332
 Career High     19  19  37  33  28   2   7  0  290.0  276  121  111  33   73  141   4  16  1166   8   1  2.99  4.06  116 1.172

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1976 24 PIT NL  12    5    1    1   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .200  .200  .400   68    2   0   0   0   0   0
 1978 26 OAK AL  40    0    2    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0                           0   0   0   0   0   0
 1982 30 OAK AL  33    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     265    6    3    1   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .167  .167  .333   39    2   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg          4    2    1   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .167  .167  .333   39    1   0   0   0   0   0
 Career High     40    5    2    1   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   2                           2   0   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1976 24 PIT NL    5    4    0   0.0    92| .200  .263| .200  .329| .400  .374| .600  .703|  68  .000  -0.2   0.0   0%
 1978 26 OAK AL    0    0    0            |           |           |           |           |             0.0   0.0   0%
 1982 30 OAK AL    1    1    0   0.0    94| .000  .257| .000  .320| .000  .392| .000  .712|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons        6    5    0   0.0    92| .167  .262| .167  .328| .333  .377| .500  .705|  39  .000  -0.5   0.0   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1976 24 PIT NL P 12 2 4 0 1 1.000 .952 0.50 0.72 2.35 1.88 1 23.0 1977 25 OAK AL P 37 23 29 0 3 1.000 .947 1.41 0.84 2.25 1.95 31 208.3 1978 26 OAK AL P 37 27 23 0 2 1.000 .954 1.35 0.85 2.56 1.90 24 175.7 1979 27 OAK AL P 34 26 36 0 3 1.000 .949 1.82 0.81 2.55 1.92 29 218.7 1980 28 OAK AL P 35 28 45 1 1 .986 .957 2.09 0.77 2.27 1.85 33 290.0 1981 29 OAK AL P 24 16 23 3 3 .929 .963 1.62 0.81 1.80 1.98 24 195.3 1982 30 OAK AL P 32 15 39 2 3 .964 .957 1.69 0.73 2.05 1.80 31 237.3 LF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.90 4.50 2.25 0 2.0 OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.20 3.00 2.40 0 3.0 CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.50 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 1983 31 OAK AL P 7 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 0.43 0.73 1.35 1.80 7 20.0 1984 32 OAK AL P 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.70 0.00 1.76 2 8.7 1985 33 OAK AL P 23 2 9 0 1 1.000 .957 0.48 0.70 1.68 1.86 3 59.0 1986 34 OAK AL P 16 5 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.38 0.68 0.98 1.83 11 55.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1982 30 OAK AL CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.50 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 1982 30 OAK AL LF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.90 4.50 2.25 0 2.0 1982 30 OAK AL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.20 3.00 2.40 0 3.0 1976 24 PIT NL P 12 2 4 0 1 1.000 .952 0.50 0.72 2.35 1.88 1 23.0 1977 25 OAK AL P 37 23 29 0 3 1.000 .947 1.41 0.84 2.25 1.95 31 208.3 1978 26 OAK AL P 37 27 23 0 2 1.000 .954 1.35 0.85 2.56 1.90 24 175.7 1979 27 OAK AL P 34 26 36 0 3 1.000 .949 1.82 0.81 2.55 1.92 29 218.7 1980 28 OAK AL P 35 28 45 1 1 .986 .957 2.09 0.77 2.27 1.85 33 290.0 1981 29 OAK AL P 24 16 23 3 3 .929 .963 1.62 0.81 1.80 1.98 24 195.3 1982 30 OAK AL P 32 15 39 2 3 .964 .957 1.69 0.73 2.05 1.80 31 237.3 1983 31 OAK AL P 7 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 0.43 0.73 1.35 1.80 7 20.0 1984 32 OAK AL P 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.70 0.00 1.76 2 8.7 1985 33 OAK AL P 23 2 9 0 1 1.000 .957 0.48 0.70 1.68 1.86 3 59.0 1986 34 OAK AL P 16 5 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.38 0.68 0.98 1.83 11 55.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 260 145 211 6 17 .983 .954 1.37 0.78 2.15 1.89 196 1491.0 LF* 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.90 4.50 2.25 0 2.0 OF* 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.20 3.00 2.40 0 3.0 1 1 0# CF* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.50 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 261 146 211 6 17 .983 .955 1.37 0.78 2.15 1.89 196 1494
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1981   ALDS  OAK KCR     W   1   1   1.29  1  0  0  0   7    10   1   0   3 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1981   ALDS  OAK KCR     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

ERA
1980 AL-3.26-9

Wins
1980 AL-19-6
1981 AL-12-7

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1980 AL-1.172-4

Bases on Balls/9IP
1980 AL-1.99-5
1982 AL-1.86-5

Strikeouts/9IP
1977 AL-6.09-10

Innings
1980 AL-290.0-1
1981 AL-195.3-3

Games Started
1981 AL-24-5

Comp. Games
1979 AL-14-9
1980 AL-28-1
1981 AL-18-1
1982 AL-15-3

Shutouts
1980 AL-2-10
1981 AL-2-8

Home Runs Allow.
1980 AL-29-2
1981 AL-14-6
1982 AL-33-3

Bases On Balls Allow.
1981 AL-58-8

Hits Allowed
1980 AL-276-2
1981 AL-190-2
1982 AL-265-3

Losses
1977 AL-19-1
1979 AL-16-4
1981 AL-10-8
1982 AL-16-4

Earned Runs Allow.
1980 AL-105-10
1982 AL-111-7

Wild Pitches
1979 AL-16-1

Batters Faced
1980 AL-1166-3
1981 AL-823-2

   

Black Ink: Pitching - 7 (322) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 33 (706) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 5.0 (1321) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 8.0 (1012) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

January 13, 1971: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 11th round of the 1971 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 6, 1972: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 36th round of the 1972 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 17, 1973: Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent.

March 15, 1977: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Tony Armas, Doug Bair, Dave Giusti, Doc Medich, and Mitchell Page to the Oakland Athletics for Phil Garner, Tommy Helms, and Chris Batton.

July 18, 1986: Released by the Oakland Athletics.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985Oakland Athletics$608,333
1986Oakland Athletics$500,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,108,333

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

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