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J.R. Richard
James Rodney Richard
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 8" , Weight: 222 lb.

Born: March 7, 1950 in Vienna, LA
High School: Lincoln (Ruston, LA)
Drafted
by the Houston Astros in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1969 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1971
Final Game: July 14, 1980
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Career Home Runs

For all seasons after 1973, the play-by-play data is complete (summary of missing data for pre-1974). For some games from 1954 to 1973, we do not have complete play-by-play.

J.R. Richard: 10 Career Home Runs

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 1 tying, 2 go ahead
1 Tm
HOU10
 
vs RHP7
vs LHP3
 
Away8
Home2
 
Leverage
Medium Lev3
Low Lev7
6 Opps
ATL3
CHC2
SFG2
NYM1
CIN1
MON1
10 Pitchers
Rick Reuschel1
Ron Bryant1
Lynn McGlothen1
Jackie Brown1
Tom Seaver1
Larry McWilliams1
Phil Niekro1
Tommy Toms1
Eddie Solomon1
Pete Falcone1
6 Parks
Atl-Fulton3
Wrigley Fld2
Astrodome2
Candlestick1
Cinergy Fld1
Stade Olymp.1
Where Hit
Unk6
73
781
General field locations when available.
 
 
Game Totals
1·HR gms10
Gms w/ this # = 0 are not shown.
 
OrderPos
9th10
Outs
05
13
22
 
DefPos
P10
Bases
---9
1--1
 
11 RBI
0 on9
1 on1
Any on1
Inning
21
34
52
61
81
91
 
1-35
4-63
7-end2
RelScore
+4..2
+31
+21
+12
Tied2
-11
-21
 
Ahead6
Tied2
Behind2
Before event, for batter

Play By Play

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1974 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
1 1 1 1 1974-09-13 HOU @ SFG Ron Bryant behind 0-1 t 3 1 --- 1 9 1 12% 48% Home Run
1975 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
2 2 1 1 1975-07-06 HOU @ ATL Phil Niekro behind 0-2 t 5 2 --- 1 9 1 11% 30% Home Run
1976 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
3 3 1 1 1976-08-26 HOU @ CHC Rick Reuschel ahead 3-0 t 2 1 --- 1 9 1 7% 84% Home Run (Line Drive)
4 4 2 1 1976-10-02 HOU SFG Tommy Toms ahead 5-1 b 6 0 1-- 2 9 1 2% 99% Home Run; Metzger Scores
1977 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
5 5 1 1 1977-06-20 HOU @ MON Jackie Brown ahead 5-3 t 9 0 --- 1 9 1 4% 97% Home Run
6 6 2 1 1977-08-15 HOU @ ATL Eddie Solomon ahead 9-0 t 3 0 --- 1 9 1 1% 99% Home Run
1978 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
7 7 1 1 1978-09-28 HOU @ ATL Larry McWilliams tied 0-0 t 3 1 --- 1 9 1 12% 59% Home Run
1979 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
8 8 1 1 1979-04-26 HOU @ CHC Lynn McGlothen tied 0-0 t 3 0 --- 1 9 1 11% 61% Home Run
9 9 2 1 1979-09-01 HOU NYM Pete Falcone ahead 2-1 b 8 0 --- 1 9 1 7% 95% Home Run
1980 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
10 10 1 1 1980-04-30 HOU @ CIN Tom Seaver ahead 2-1 t 5 2 --- 1 9 1 13% 74% Home Run (LF-CF)

About the SABR Home Run Encyclopedia

Much of the data on Baseball-Reference.com's Home Run Logs comes from the Tattersall/McConnell Home Run Log, a database of all homers hit in the major leagues since 1876. This project was begun in the 1940's by John C. Tattersall and was continued after Tattersall's death in 1981 by Bob McConnell, one of SABR's original 16 members. David Vincent, another SABR member, has since assumed the leadership of the project. Baseball-Reference.com has licensed this remarkable database from the Society for American Baseball Research. All credit for the data therein goes to the intrepid researchers who digitized this data from archival sources.

For years from 1954 to 2009, RetroSheet play-by-play data has been used whenever the home run occurred in a game for which we have complete play-by-play data.

There are a handful of cases where the home run logs totals do not agree with the totals on our player pages. We are working to reconcile all of those differences, but believe that in all cases the Home Run Encyclopedia is correct.