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Rick Langford

James Rick Langford

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: March 20, 1952 in Farmville, VA
High School: Varina HS (Richmond, VA)
School: Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1973. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 13, 1976
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Pirates 1976-1986

Final Game: July 13, 1986
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1976 24 PIT NL 12 5 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .400 .600 68 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
1977 25 OAK AL 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1978 26 OAK AL 40 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1979 27 OAK AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1980 28 OAK AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1981 29 OAK AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1982 30 OAK AL 33 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1/87
1983 31 OAK AL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1984 32 OAK AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1985 33 OAK AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1986 34 OAK AL 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Yrs 265 6 6 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .333 .500 39 2 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 4 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .333 .500 39 1 0 0 0 0 0
OAK (10 yrs) 253 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT (1 yr) 12 5 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .400 .600 68 2 0 0 0 0 0
AL (10 yrs) 253 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (1 yr) 12 5 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .400 .600 68 2 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1976 24 PIT NL 12 5 -0 -0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1977 25 OAK AL 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1978 26 OAK AL 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1979 27 OAK AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $67,000 1
1980 28 OAK AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $115,000 1
1981 29 OAK AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1982 30 OAK AL 33 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ 1/87
1983 31 OAK AL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1984 32 OAK AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1985 33 OAK AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $608,333 1
1986 34 OAK AL 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $500,000 1
11 Seasons 265 6 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.2 0 $1,290,333
OAK (10 yrs) 253 1 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.2 -0 $1,290,333
PIT (1 yr) 12 5 -0 -0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1976 24 PIT NL 5 4 0 0.0 92 .333 .200 .263 .200 .329 .400 .374 .600 .704 68 .000 -0.2 -0.0 .500 .200 .200
1982 30 OAK AL 1 1 0 0.0 94 .000 .000 .257 .000 .320 .000 .392 .000 .712 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
11 Yrs 6 5 0 0.0 92 .250 .167 .262 .167 .328 .333 .377 .500 .705 39 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .400 .167 .167
162 Game Avg. 4 3 0 0.0 92 .250 .167 .262 .167 .328 .333 .377 .500 .705 39 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .400 .167 .167
PIT (1 yr) 5 4 0 0.0 92 .333 .200 .263 .200 .329 .400 .374 .600 .704 68 .000 -0.2 -0.0 .500 .200 .200
OAK (10 yrs) 1 1 0 0.0 94 .000 .000 .257 .000 .320 .000 .392 .000 .712 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1981 29 OAK AL ALDS KCR W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALDS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1976 24 PIT NL 5 0.0% 40.0% 0.0% 20.0% 100% 2.5 0.00 60%
1982 30 OAK AL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00 100%
11 Yrs 6 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 16.7% 100% 3.0 0.00 67%
MLB Averages 2.0% 13.3% 8.5% 6.6% 28% 1.58 6.7 44.0 8.5 1.09 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1976 24 PIT NL -0.2 -0.0 5 -0.0 0.1 -0.1 .81 -0.0 -0.0 -0.3 -0.0 0.74 -0.5 0
1977 25 OAK AL 0.0 0.0
1978 26 OAK AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1979 27 OAK AL 0.0 0.0
1980 28 OAK AL 0.0 0.0
1981 29 OAK AL 0.0 0.0
1982 30 OAK AL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .38 -0.0 0.0 -0.2 -0.0 0.61 -0.3 0
1983 31 OAK AL 0.0 0.0
1984 32 OAK AL 0.0 0.0
1985 33 OAK AL 0.0 0.0
1986 34 OAK AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Yrs -0.5 -0.1 6 -0.1 0.1 -0.1 .73 -0.1 -0.0 -0.5 -0.0 0.72 -0.7 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1976 24 PIT NL 0 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1982 30 OAK AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Yrs 0 0 300% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 2

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1976 24 PIT NL 5 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1982 30 OAK AL 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Yrs 6 17% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 57% 81% 11% 35% 15% 51% 55%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1976 24 12 5 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .400 .600 68 2 0 0 0 0 0
1977 25 49 5 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .400 .600 68 2 0 0 0 0 0
1978 26 89 5 5 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .400 .600 68 2 0 0 0 0 0
1979 27 123 5 5 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .400 .600 68 2 0 0 0 0 0
1980 28 158 5 5 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .400 .600 68 2 0 0 0 0 0
1981 29 182 5 5 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .400 .600 68 2 0 0 0 0 0
1982 30 215 6 6 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .333 .500 39 2 0 0 0 0 0
1983 31 222 6 6 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .333 .500 39 2 0 0 0 0 0
1984 32 225 6 6 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .333 .500 39 2 0 0 0 0 0
1985 33 248 6 6 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .333 .500 39 2 0 0 0 0 0
1986 34 265 6 6 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .333 .500 39 2 0 0 0 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1976 24 12 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 12
1982 30 33 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 33
2 Yrs 45 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 45
162 Game Avg. 162 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 45

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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