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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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1971 HOU NL 21 P 4 4 21.0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.71 1.00 .950 1.89 0.78
1972 HOU NL 22 P 4 1 6.0 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 3.00 0.50 .950 1.80 0.72
1973 HOU NL 23 P 16 10 71.2 9 5 3 1 0 .889 1.00 0.50 .956 1.88 0.73
1974 HOU NL 24 P 15 9 64.2 10 5 5 0 0 1.000 1.39 0.67 .940 1.88 0.71
1975 HOU NL 25 P 33 31 203.0 28 8 19 1 0 .964 1.20 0.82 .946 1.86 0.72
1976 HOU NL 26 P 39 39 291.0 68 19 39 10 2 .853 1.79 1.49 .954 1.88 0.72 CYA-7,MVP-17
1977 HOU NL 27 P 36 36 267.0 70 26 44 0 2 1.000 2.36 1.94 .947 1.85 0.67
1978 HOU NL 28 P 36 36 275.1 70 29 38 3 0 .957 2.19 1.86 .950 1.91 0.72 CYA-4
1979 HOU NL 29 P 38 38 292.1 51 14 32 5 0 .902 1.42 1.21 .953 1.80 0.66 CYA-3,MVP-19
1980 HOU NL 30 P 17 17 113.2 16 6 10 0 1 1.000 1.27 0.94 .950 1.91 0.69 AS
10 Seasons P 238 221 1605.2 328 113 195 20 6 .939 1.73 1.29 .950 1.87 0.70
10 Seasons TOT 238 221 1605.2 328 113 195 20 6 .939 1.73 1.29 .889 1.87 0.70

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
1971 HOU NL 21 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 HOU NL 22 4 1 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 HOU NL 23 16 10 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 HOU NL 24 15 9 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 HOU NL 25 33 31 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 HOU NL 26 39 39 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 HOU NL 27 36 36 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 HOU NL 28 37 36 37 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1979 HOU NL 29 38 38 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 HOU NL 30 17 17 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 239 221 239 238 238 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
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%
1971 HOU NL 21 102 57% 20% 3 100% 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1972 HOU NL 22 35 57% 14% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
1973 HOU NL 23 317 64% 24% 5 80% 0 3 0 3 4 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1974 HOU NL 24 303 74% 26% 5 100% 0 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 HOU NL 25 970 67% 23% 25 84% 0 9 2 7 20 18 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 71%
1976 HOU NL 26 1286 71% 25% 52 79% 2 20 2 8 38 29 2 10 0 6 4 8 2 2 2 0 10 70%
1977 HOU NL 27 1138 72% 25% 56 95% 1 23 3 12 45 35 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 5 80%
1978 HOU NL 28 1208 63% 21% 39 92% 0 28 0 20 40 29 1 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 8 100%
1979 HOU NL 29 1240 67% 21% 42 95% 0 13 2 6 34 29 1 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 8 100%
1980 HOU NL 30 457 65% 25% 8 100% 0 8 0 6 9 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 100%
10 Seasons 7056 68% 23% 237 90% 3 110 9 68 200 156 9 20 0 9 11 10 6 4 6 0 40 85%
MLB Averages 79% 27% 90% 87%

* 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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