J.R. Richard

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-8, 222lb (203cm, 100kg)

Born: March 7, 1950 in Vienna, LA us

Died: August 4, 2021 in Houston, TX

Buried: Houston Memorial Gardens, Pearland, TX

Draft: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1st round (2nd) of the 1969 MLB June Amateur Draft from Lincoln HS (Ruston, LA).

High School: Lincoln HS (Ruston, LA)

School: Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)

Debut: September 5, 1971 (Age 21-182d, 13,177th in major league history)
vs. SFG 9.0 IP, 7 H, 15 SO, 3 BB, 2 ER, W

Last Game: July 14, 1980 (Age 30-129d)
vs. ATL 3.1 IP, 1 H, 4 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1973 season

Agents: Tom Reich

Full Name: James Rodney Richard

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

22.2

107

ERA

3.15

238

221

1606.0

1493

WHIP

1.243

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	22-15 / in Starts: 21-15
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	2 games
Most Games w/o HR	36 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 5 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 107 PAs	10
Actual Runners on Base	68 (29-23-16)
Avg. MLBer w/ 107 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	65 (32-21-11)

Most Driven In
J GonzÃ¡lez	2
A Howe	2
L Pujols	1
J Sexton	1
D Bergman	1
E Cabell	1
D Walling	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
E Cabell	3
Self	1
T Puhl	1
K Drumright	1
J Cruz	1
J Cannon	1

1978 Batting Game Log

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1978 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	148	1	Apr 6	HOU	@	CIN	L,9-11	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.57	-0.028	.94	-0.03%	-0.30	P
2	149	6 (4)	Apr 11	HOU		LAD	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	.69	-0.015	.71	-0.01%	-0.22	P
3	150	10 (3)	Apr 16	HOU		CIN	W,4-3	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9	.64	-0.055	.82	-0.04%	-0.98	P
4	151	14 (3)	Apr 21	HOU	@	LAD	W,8-6	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	9	.24	-0.006	.39	-0.01%	-0.09	P
5	152	19 (4)	Apr 26	HOU		SDP	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.091	.091	.182	9	1.90	-0.141	2.73	-0.12%	-0.72	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	153	23 (3)	May 3	HOU	@	MON	L,3-10	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.083	.083	.167	9	.61	-0.015	.71	-0.01%	-0.21	P
7	154	26 (2)	May 9	HOU	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.067	.067	.067	.133	9	.93	-0.075	.77	-0.04%	-1.07	P
8	155	28 (1)	May 12	HOU	@	NYM	W,5-4	12-12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.063	.063	.063	.125	8	2.21	-0.054	2.01	-0.03%	-0.21	PH
9	156	30 (1)	May 15	HOU		PHI	W,5-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.050	.050	.050	.100	9	.40	-0.040	.39	-0.02%	-1.29	P
10	157	35 (4)	May 20	HOU		ATL	W,13-0	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.083	.083	.167	9	.07	-0.009	.07	-0.01%	-0.05	P
11	158	39 (3)	May 25	HOU	@	SFG	L,1-9	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.077	.077	.077	.154	9	.64	-0.031	.70	-0.02%	-0.22	P
12	159	44 (4)	May 30	HOU		SFG	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.103	.103	.103	.207	9	1.16	0.002	.64	0.00%	0.09	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
13	160	49 (4)	Jun 4	HOU		STL	L,2-4	GS-9	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.156	.156	.156	.313	9	.78	0.048	.35	0.01%	0.40	P
14	161	52 (2)	Jun 9	HOU	@	STL	W,11-7	GS-6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9	.88	-0.067	.31	-0.01%	-0.95	P
15	162	57 (4)	Jun 14	HOU		PIT	L,4-6	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.162	.162	.162	.324	9	.49	0.018	.21	0.01%	0.17	P
16	163	61 (3)	Jun 20	HOU	@	LAD	W,5-3	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.146	.146	.146	.293	9	.29	-0.028	.08	-0.01%	-1.69	P
17	164	66 (4)	Jun 25 (1)	HOU	@	SDP	L,1-6	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.140	.140	.140	.279	9	.43	-0.020	.08	0.00%	-0.21	P
18	165	72 (5)	Jun 30	HOU		SDP	L,2-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.133	.133	.267	9	.73	-0.035	.13	0.00%	-0.33	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
19	166	77 (4)	Jul 4	HOU	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.122	.122	.122	.245	9	.68	-0.083	.09	-0.01%	-1.22	P
20	167	82 (4)	Jul 9	HOU		LAD	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.132	.132	.132	.264	9	.77	0.046	.02	0.00%	0.46	P
21	168	84 (1)	Jul 14 (1)	HOU	@	MON	W,4-3	GS-12	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.123	.123	.123	.246	9	1.69	-0.170	.04	0.00%	-0.86	P
22	169	89 (4)	Jul 18	HOU		PHI	W,9-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.148	.148	.148	.295	9	.76	0.076	.01	0.00%	1.02	P
23	170	96 (6)	Jul 22	HOU	@	PHI	L,2-3	GS-10	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.156	.156	.156	.313	9	.88	-0.020	.00	0.00%	-0.06	P
24	171	101 (4)	Jul 27	HOU		NYM	W,8-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.147	.147	.147	.294	9	.19	-0.027	.00	0.00%	-1.09	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
25	172	105 (3)	Aug 1	HOU		SFG	W,4-2	GS-9	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.157	.169	.157	.326	9	1.48	0.207	.01	0.00%	1.57	P
26	173	110 (4)	Aug 6	HOU	@	ATL	L,2-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.153	.164	.153	.317	9	.65	-0.033	.01	0.00%	-0.26	P
27	174	114 (3)	Aug 12	HOU		ATL	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.158	.169	.158	.327	9	.69	-0.023	.00	0.00%	-0.04	P
28	175	119 (4)	Aug 17 (1)	HOU	@	PIT	L,1-5	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.156	.167	.156	.323	9	2.03	-0.082	.00	0.00%	-0.76	P
29	176	125 (5)	Aug 21	HOU		CHC	W,8-3	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.163	.173	.163	.335	9	.58	-0.033	.00	0.00%	-0.43	P
30	177	129 (3)	Aug 26	HOU		PIT	W,7-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.157	.167	.157	.323	9	.11	-0.009	.00	0.00%	-0.50	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
31	178	133 (3)	Sep 1	HOU	@	CHC	L,11-14	GS-4	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.176	.186	.176	.363	9	1.60	0.155	.00	0.00%	1.74	P
32	179	138 (4)	Sep 5	HOU		CIN	W,3-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.172	.182	.172	.354	9	1.90	-0.073	.00	0.00%	-0.49	P
33	180	142 (3)	Sep 10	HOU		SDP	W,3-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.169	.178	.169	.346	9	1.78	-0.085	.00	0.00%	-0.66	P
34	181	147 (4)	Sep 15	HOU	@	SDP	W,8-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.172	.181	.172	.353	9	1.13	0.180	.00	0.00%	1.24	P
35	182	150 (2)	Sep 19	HOU		ATL	L,2-3	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.175	.167	.342	9	1.46	-0.085	.00	0.00%	-0.77	P
36	183	154 (3)	Sep 23	HOU	@	SFG	L,2-3	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.172	.180	.172	.352	9	1.24	-0.028	.00	0.00%	-0.10	P
37	184	159 (4)	Sep 28	HOU	@	ATL	W,4-3	GS-6	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.178	.186	.208	.394	9	.91	0.092	.00	0.00%	0.64	P
							22-15		107	101	8	18	0	0	1	10	1	0	27	0	5	0	1	2	1	1	.178	.186	.208	.394		.90	-0.546	.27	-0.35%	-8.43

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