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Rich Wortham

Richard Cooper Wortham

Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: October 22, 1953 in Odessa, Texas, US
High School: Odessa HS (Odessa, TX)
School: University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX)

Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 5th round of the 1972 MLB June Amateur Draft from Odessa HS (Odessa, TX), the New York Mets in the 14th round of the 1975 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX) and the Chicago White Sox in the 2nd round of the 1976 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX).

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Minors Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1976	22	Knoxville	SOUL	AA	CHW	4	2	.667	4.24	11	10		4	1	0	68.0	58	33	32	5	38	0	56	4	0	7	1.412	7.7	0.7	5.0	7.4	1.47
1977	23	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	CHW	10	10	.500	3.85	31	28		4	3	0	145.0	170	101	62	9	65	2	102	3	1	9	1.621	10.6	0.6	4.0	6.3	1.57
1977	23	Knoxville	SOUL	AA	CHW	9	7	.563	2.53	22	19		4	3	0	114.0	116	62	32	3	45	1	80	2	0	6	1.412	9.2	0.2	3.6	6.3	1.78
1977	23	Iowa	AA	AAA	CHW	1	3	.250	8.71	9	9		0	0	0	31.0	54	39	30	6	20	1	22	1	1	3	2.387	15.7	1.7	5.8	6.4	1.10
1978	24	Iowa	AA	AAA	CHW	5	8	.385	3.98	22	22		4	0	0	138.0	136	75	61	8	54	1	73	3	3	9	1.377	8.9	0.5	3.5	4.8	1.35

1981	27	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	MON	7	6	.538	5.40	21	20	1	4	0	0	95.0	72	65	57	8	99	2	41	2	1	19	1.800	6.8	0.8	9.4	3.9	0.41
1981	27	Memphis	SOUL	AA	MON	1	0	1.000	8.00	5	5	0	0	0	0	18.0	15	17	16	1	28	0	8	1	1	8	2.389	7.5	0.5	14.0	4.0	0.29
1981	27	Denver	AA	AAA	MON	6	6	.500	4.79	16	15	1	4	0	0	77.0	57	48	41	7	71	2	33	1	0	11	1.662	6.7	0.8	8.3	3.9	0.46
1982	28	Reading	EL	AA	PHI	0	5	.000	11.54	24	3	9	0	0	1	36.2	47	51	47	2	58	0	27	0	0	14	2.864	11.5	0.5	14.2	6.6	0.47
1983	29	2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-AA	OAK	2	6	.250	7.69	18	8	3	2	0	0	55.0	56	56	47	6	58	1	50	0	0	13	2.073	9.2	1.0	9.5	8.2	0.86
1983	29	Modesto	CALL	A	OAK	2	3	.400	6.75	14	5	3	2	0	0	44.0	45	41	33	2	42	1	44	0	0	12	1.977	9.2	0.4	8.6	9.0	1.05
1983	29	Albany	EL	AA	OAK	0	3	.000	11.45	4	3	0	0	0	0	11.0	11	15	14	4	16	0	6	0	0	1	2.455	9.0	3.3	13.1	4.9	0.38
6 Seasons						28	37	.431	5.12	127	91	13	18	4	1	537.2	539	381	306	38	372	6	349	12	5	71	1.694	9.0	0.6	6.2	5.8	0.94
AA (5 seasons)				AA		14	17	.452	5.12	66	40	9	8	4	1	247.2	247	178	141	15	185	1	177	7	1	36	1.744	9.0	0.5	6.7	6.4	0.96
AAA (3 seasons)				AAA		12	17	.414	4.83	47	46	1	8	0	0	246.0	247	162	132	21	145	4	128	5	4	23	1.593	9.0	0.8	5.3	4.7	0.88
A (1 season)				A		2	3	.400	6.75	14	5	3	2	0	0	44.0	45	41	33	2	42	1	44	0	0	12	1.977	9.2	0.4	8.6	9.0	1.05

A 7890 value in the totals indicates career mark is incomplete.

Minors Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1976	22	Knoxville	SOUL	AA	CHW	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
1977	23	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	CHW	32	13	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.077	.077	.077	.154	1		0	0	0
1977	23	Knoxville	SOUL	AA	CHW	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0
1977	23	Iowa	AA	AAA	CHW	10	13	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.077	.077	.077	.154	1		0	0	0
1978	24	Iowa	AA	AAA	CHW	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0

1981	27	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	MON	21	3	3	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	2		0	0	0	0
1981	27	Memphis	SOUL	AA	MON	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0	0
1981	27	Denver	AA	AAA	MON	16	3	3	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	2		0	0	0	0
1982	28	Reading	EL	AA	PHI	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0	0
1983	29	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-A	OAK	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0	0
1983	29	Modesto	CALL	A	OAK	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0	0
1983	29	Albany	EL	AA	OAK	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0	0
6 Seasons						128	16	16	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.188	.188	.188	.375	3	0	0	0	0	0
AA (5 seasons)				AA		66	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
AAA (3 seasons)				AAA		48	16	16	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.188	.188	.188	.375	3		0	0	0	0
A (1 season)				A		14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0	0

A 7890 value in the totals indicates career mark is incomplete.

Minors Fielding

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff		G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
1976	22	Knoxville	SOUL	AA	CHW	P	11	9	2	7	0	2	1.000	0.82
1977	23	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	CHW	P	31	39	6	22	11	1	.718	0.90
1977	23	Knoxville	SOUL	AA	CHW	P	22	35	5	19	11	1	.686	1.09
1977	23	Iowa	AA	AAA	CHW	P	9	4	1	3	0	0	1.000	0.44
1978	24	Iowa	AA	AAA	CHW	P	22	31	4	24	3	1	.903	1.27

1981	27	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	MON	P	21	15	3	10	2	0	.867	0.62
1981	27	Memphis	SOUL	AA	MON	P	5	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.20
1981	27	Denver	AA	AAA	MON	P	16	14	3	9	2	0	.857	0.75
1982	28	Reading	EL	AA	PHI	P	24	9	2	7	0	0	1.000	0.38
1983	29	2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-AA	OAK	P	18	11	3	7	1	1	.909	0.56
1983	29	Modesto	CALL	A	OAK	P	14	7	2	5	0	0	1.000	0.50
1983	29	Albany	EL	AA	OAK	P	4	4	1	2	1	1	.750	0.75
6 Seasons							127	114	20	77	17	5	.851	0.76

Teams Played For

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff
1976	22	Knoxville Sox	Southern League	AA	CHW
1977	23	Knoxville Sox	Southern League	AA	CHW
1977	23	Iowa Oaks	American Association	AAA	CHW
1978	24	Iowa Oaks	American Association	AAA	CHW
1978	24	Chicago White Sox	American League	MLB	CHW	1	1978-05-03	1978-09-30
1979	25	Chicago White Sox	American League	MLB	CHW	1	1979-04-08	1979-09-29
1980	26	Chicago White Sox	American League	MLB	CHW	1	1980-04-10	1980-10-01
1981	27	Memphis Chicks	Southern League	AA	MON
1981	27	Denver Bears	American Association	AAA	MON
1982	28	Reading Phillies	Eastern League	AA	PHI
1983	29	Modesto A's	California League	A	OAK
1983	29	Albany A's	Eastern League	AA	OAK
1983	29	Oakland Athletics	American League	MLB	OAK	1	1983-07-23	1983-07-23

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