Rick Langford
James Rick Langford
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: March 20, 1952 in Farmville, VA
High School: Varina (Richmond, VA)
School: Florida State University
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1973. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 13, 1976
Final Game: July 13, 1986
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1976 PIT NL 24 P 12 1 23.0 6 2 4 0 1 1.000 2.35 0.50 .950 1.88 0.72
1977 OAK AL 25 P 37 31 208.1 52 23 29 0 3 1.000 2.25 1.41 .944 1.95 0.84
1978 OAK AL 26 P 37 24 175.2 50 27 23 0 2 1.000 2.56 1.35 .952 1.90 0.85
1979 OAK AL 27 P 34 29 218.2 62 26 36 0 3 1.000 2.55 1.82 .947 1.92 0.81
1980 OAK AL 28 P 35 33 290.0 74 28 45 1 1 .986 2.27 2.09 .955 1.85 0.77
1981 OAK AL 29 P 24 24 195.1 42 16 23 3 3 .929 1.80 1.63 .964 1.98 0.81
1982 OAK AL 30 P 32 31 237.1 56 15 39 2 3 .964 2.05 1.69 .957 1.80 0.73
1982 OAK AL 30 CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -240.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.50
1982 OAK AL 30 LF 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 180.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 2.25 1.90
1982 OAK AL 30 OF 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 40.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 3.00 1.00 1.000 2.40 2.20
1983 OAK AL 31 P 7 7 20.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.35 0.43 .967 1.80 0.73
1984 OAK AL 32 P 3 2 8.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.77 0.70
1985 OAK AL 33 P 23 3 59.0 11 2 9 0 1 1.000 1.68 0.48 .955 1.86 0.70
1986 OAK AL 34 P 16 11 55.0 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 0.98 0.38 .950 1.83 0.68
11 Seasons P 260 196 1491.0 362 145 211 6 17 .983 2.15 1.37 .953 1.89 0.78
1 Season CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -240.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.50
1 Season LF 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 180.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 2.25 1.90
1 Season OF 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 40.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 3.00 1.00 1.000 2.40 2.20
11 Seasons TOT 261 196 1494.0 363 146 211 6 17 .983 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 2.15 1.37 .937 1.89 0.78

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1976 PIT NL 24 12 1 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 OAK AL 25 37 0 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 OAK AL 26 40 0 4 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1979 OAK AL 27 34 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 OAK AL 28 35 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 OAK AL 29 24 0 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 OAK AL 30 33 0 1 33 32 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
1983 OAK AL 31 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 OAK AL 32 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 OAK AL 33 23 0 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 OAK AL 34 17 0 1 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Seasons 265 1 18 261 260 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 4
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1976 PIT NL 24 110 73% 21% 4 100% 0 2 0 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 100%
1977 OAK AL 25 924 77% 26% 31 94% 1 23 1 17 27 16 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 1 3 67%
1978 OAK AL 26 763 80% 24% 28 100% 1 26 4 17 23 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 5 100%
1979 OAK AL 27 973 83% 27% 38 97% 0 27 2 21 36 24 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 1 7 100%
1980 OAK AL 28 1193 86% 28% 47 91% 0 27 0 26 45 37 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1981 OAK AL 29 841 83% 30% 28 89% 1 16 1 12 24 19 2 3 0 0 3 0 3 1 3 0 6 100%
1982 OAK AL 30 1031 87% 31% 45 91% 1 15 0 13 40 31 6 2 0 2 0 2 3 2 3 0 5 100%
1983 OAK AL 31 113 88% 21% 2 100% 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 OAK AL 32 44 91% 20% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 OAK AL 33 255 86% 27% 13 100% 0 2 1 0 11 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 100%
1986 OAK AL 34 255 81% 25% 2 50% 0 5 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 6502 83% 28% 238 94% 4 144 9 111 213 162 19 6 0 2 4 2 17 8 15 2 31 97%
MLB Averages 79% 26% 91% 89%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1982 OAK AL 30 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 0 0 0 0 9 44% 67% 44% 1 100%
1 Season 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 0 0 0 0 9 44% 67% 44% 1 100%
MLB Averages 58.0% 2.8% 57% 79% 26% 52%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1982 OAK AL 30 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 0 0 0 0 4 25% 100% 0% 1 0%
1 Season 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 0 0 0 0 4 25% 100% 0% 1 0%
MLB Averages 42.8% 2.3% 57% 79% 26% 62%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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