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J.R. Richard

James Rodney Richard

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 8", Weight: 222 lb.

Born: March 7, 1950 in Vienna, LA
High School: Lincoln HS (Ruston, LA)
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1969 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1971
Team: Astros 1971-1980
Agents: Tom Reich [*]
Final Game: July 14, 1980
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All-Star

Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1971 21 HOU NL 2 1 .667 3.43 4 4 0 1 0 0 21.0 17 9 8 1 16 0 29 0 0 2 96 100 1.571 7.3 0.4 6.9 12.4 1.81
1972 22 HOU NL 1 0 1.000 13.50 4 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 10 9 9 0 8 0 8 2 0 2 36 27 3.000 15.0 0.0 12.0 12.0 1.00
1973 23 HOU NL 6 2 .750 4.00 16 10 2 2 1 0 72.0 54 37 32 2 38 0 75 1 1 3 297 90 1.278 6.8 0.3 4.8 9.4 1.97
1974 24 HOU NL 2 3 .400 4.18 15 9 0 0 0 0 64.2 58 31 30 3 36 0 42 1 1 9 278 83 1.454 8.1 0.4 5.0 5.8 1.17
1975 25 HOU NL 12 10 .545 4.39 33 31 1 7 1 0 203.0 178 107 99 8 138 0 176 4 5 20 905 77 1.557 7.9 0.4 6.1 7.8 1.28
1976 26 HOU NL 20 15 .571 2.75 39 39 0 14 3 0 291.0 221 105 89 14 151 4 214 4 2 13 1218 116 1.278 6.8 0.4 4.7 6.6 1.42 CYA-7,MVP-17
1977 27 HOU NL 18 12 .600 2.97 36 36 0 13 3 0 267.0 212 94 88 18 104 1 214 0 1 6 1092 120 1.184 7.1 0.6 3.5 7.2 2.06
1978 28 HOU NL 18 11 .621 3.11 36 36 0 16 3 0 275.1 192 104 95 12 141 4 303 2 3 16 1139 106 1.209 6.3 0.4 4.6 9.9 2.15 CYA-4
1979 29 HOU NL 18 13 .581 2.71 38 38 0 19 4 0 292.1 220 98 88 13 98 5 313 3 1 19 1175 130 1.088 6.8 0.4 3.0 9.6 3.19 CYA-3,MVP-19
1980 30 HOU NL 10 4 .714 1.90 17 17 0 4 4 0 113.2 65 31 24 2 40 1 119 0 0 2 438 174 0.924 5.1 0.2 3.2 9.4 2.98 AS
10 Yrs 107 71 .601 3.15 238 221 3 76 19 0 1606.0 1227 625 562 73 770 15 1493 17 14 92 6674 108 1.243 6.9 0.4 4.3 8.4 1.94
162 Game Avg. 16 11 .601 3.15 35 33 0 11 3 0 238 182 93 83 11 114 2 221 3 2 14 989 108 1.243 6.9 0.4 4.3 8.4 1.94

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1971 21 HOU NL 21.0 4 4 9 3.86 4.11 -0.01 0.06 94.3 3.95 0 0.0 -0.0 0.2 2 .500 .500 $
1972 22 HOU NL 6.0 4 1 9 13.50 3.79 -0.45 -0.09 97.3 4.04 -6 -0.6 .3 0.1 -0.4 -6 .343 .496 $
1973 23 HOU NL 71.2 16 10 37 4.65 4.29 0.00 0.06 100.6 4.37 -2 -0.2 1.0 -0.0 0.3 4 .485 .498 $
1974 24 HOU NL 64.2 15 9 31 4.31 4.15 0.04 0.03 95.1 3.94 -3 -0.3 .3 -0.0 0.2 3 .478 .498 $
1975 25 HOU NL 203.0 33 31 107 4.74 4.09 -0.11 0.12 96.5 4.17 -15 -1.6 .9 -0.1 -0.1 6 .453 .490 $
1976 26 HOU NL 291.0 39 39 105 3.25 3.90 -0.03 0.12 89.4 3.63 10 1.2 -0.1 3.3 38 .530 .507 $ CYA-7,MVP-17
1977 27 HOU NL 267.0 36 36 94 3.17 4.36 0.11 0.15 92.4 4.07 25 2.8 -0.2 4.6 53 .577 .517 $75,000
1978 28 HOU NL 275.1 36 36 104 3.40 4.07 -0.22 0.13 90.8 4.01 16 1.8 -0.1 3.8 43 .551 .511 $ CYA-4
1979 29 HOU NL 292.1 38 38 98 3.02 4.27 0.17 0.14 93.2 3.95 28 3.2 -0.1 5.3 58 .584 .520 $ CYA-3,MVP-19
1980 30 HOU NL 113.2 17 17 31 2.45 3.89 -0.03 0.13 91.1 3.69 15 1.9 -0.0 2.7 26 .609 .511 $ AS
10 Seasons 1605.2 238 221 625 3.50 4.12 -0.01 0.12 92.7 3.95 67 8.1 .6 -0.6 19.9 228 .534 .505 $75,000

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1980 HOU NL 30 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 9 1.500 4.5 0.0 9.0 13.5 1.50

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1971 21 HOU NL 4 96 79 9 17 1 0 1 1 2 16 29 .215 .344 .266 .610 .320 21 0 0 0 1 0 1
1972 22 HOU NL 4 36 26 9 10 4 0 0 1 1 8 8 .385 .556 .538 1.094 .556 14 1 2 0 0 0 0
1973 23 HOU NL 16 297 257 37 54 8 2 2 9 5 38 75 .210 .313 .280 .593 .287 72 7 1 0 1 0 1
1974 24 HOU NL 15 278 239 31 58 6 2 3 9 4 36 42 .243 .343 .322 .665 .282 77 7 1 1 1 0 1
1975 25 HOU NL 33 905 749 107 178 27 4 8 25 12 138 176 .238 .358 .316 .674 .299 237 22 4 10 4 0 8
1976 26 HOU NL 39 1218 1044 105 221 36 2 14 34 11 151 214 .212 .312 .290 .602 .252 303 26 4 13 6 4 16
1977 27 HOU NL 36 1092 973 94 212 32 6 18 22 13 104 214 .218 .292 .319 .611 .260 310 21 0 9 5 1 10
1978 28 HOU NL 36 1136 979 104 192 33 8 12 34 14 141 303 .196 .298 .283 .580 .269 277 14 2 13 4 4 10
1979 29 HOU NL 38 1175 1051 98 220 38 7 13 28 10 98 313 .209 .277 .296 .573 .282 311 17 3 14 8 5 8
1980 30 HOU NL 17 438 391 31 65 13 1 2 14 1 40 119 .166 .242 .220 .462 .232 86 8 0 5 2 1 8
10 Yrs 238 6671 5788 625 1227 198 32 73 177 73 770 1493 .212 .305 .295 .600 .271 1708 123 17 65 32 15 63
162 Game Avg. 35 988 857 93 182 29 5 11 26 11 114 221 .212 .305 .295 .600 .271 253 18 3 10 5 2 9
MLB Averages .257 .324 .377 .701 .282

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1971 21 HOU NL 0.0 0.0 103 -0.3 2.1 -2.3 1.42 -0.1 -0.1 -2.8 -0.3 1.42 -1.7 0 0 0
1972 22 HOU NL -6.3 -0.6 40 -0.3 0.3 -0.6 .62 -0.4 -0.1 -7.0 -0.7 0.62 -5.5 0 0 3
1973 23 HOU NL -3.2 -0.3 317 0.1 4.3 -4.2 .85 0.9 -0.7 -2.2 -0.2 0.85 5.5 2 2 2
1974 24 HOU NL -3.5 -0.4 303 -0.4 4.0 -4.4 .90 -0.2 -0.2 0.5 0.1 0.90 -0.2 0 1 5
1975 25 HOU NL -21.7 -2.2 970 -2.1 16.3 -18.3 1.08 -1.1 -0.8 -11.4 -1.2 1.08 -10.2 1 0 1
1976 26 HOU NL 13.9 1.5 1286 2.6 24.8 -22.2 1.17 2.2 0.0 18.8 2.2 1.17 18.5 0 0 0
1977 27 HOU NL 22.0 2.3 1138 2.4 20.6 -18.2 1.03 2.6 -0.3 28.3 3.2 1.03 27.9 0 0 0
1978 28 HOU NL 7.8 0.8 1211 0.9 18.5 -17.6 .95 2.2 -1.3 12.1 1.4 0.95 20.1 0 0 0
1979 29 HOU NL 28.8 3.1 1240 4.0 24.3 -20.3 1.13 3.9 -0.4 34.5 3.9 1.13 43.6 0 0 0
1980 30 HOU NL 17.3 2.0 457 2.6 7.9 -5.3 .98 2.6 0.1 19.1 2.3 0.98 24.6 0 0 0
10 Yrs 55.2 6.2 7065 9.6 123.0 -113.5 1.05 12.6 -3.5 89.9 10.5 1.05 122.8 3 3 11

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1971 21 HOU NL 4 4 2 1 1 1 0 2 2 .500 0 1 1 0 1 25% 56.5 75 41 7 1 0 3 3.5 4.1 5.3
1972 22 HOU NL 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 29.0 29 29 3 2 0 1 4.5 4.5 2.0
1973 23 HOU NL 16 10 6 1 3 3 0 7 3 .700 2 1 2 1 4 40% 55.0 83 28 14 9 4 2 6.4 6.5 6.1
1974 24 HOU NL 15 9 2 3 4 0 1 3 6 .333 1 2 0 0 4 44% 49.1 75 21 8 5 0 6 4.4 4.4 5.6
1975 25 HOU NL 33 31 11 10 10 2 4 14 17 .452 5 4 7 1 15 48% 50.6 80 13 33 15 9 9 5.2 5.1 6.4
1976 26 HOU NL 39 39 20 15 4 3 7 22 17 .564 1 2 14 3 25 64% 59.4 88 11 16 7 20 6 3.8 3.4 7.5
1977 27 HOU NL 36 36 18 12 6 3 5 22 14 .611 2 1 13 3 26 72% 60.3 88 3 20 4 5 7 4.3 4.4 7.4
1978 28 HOU NL 36 36 18 11 7 3 5 21 15 .583 1 2 16 3 25 69% 62.9 89 9 17 4 7 7 4.6 4.8 7.6
1979 29 HOU NL 38 38 18 13 7 2 6 22 16 .579 1 3 19 4 28 74% 64.8 90 18 11 5 11 3 3.4 3.4 7.7
1980 30 HOU NL 17 17 10 4 3 2 2 12 5 .706 1 0 4 4 11 65% 66.5 94 24 8 4 1 7 3.5 4.0 6.7
10 Yrs 238 221 105 70 46 19 30 125 96 .566 14 17 76 19 139 63% 60 94 3 137 56 57 51 4.3 4.2 7.1
MLB Averages .500 54% 52 109 -13 4.2 4.1 6.5

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1972 22 HOU NL 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 2 .619 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 2 2 1 2 0 4.0
1973 23 HOU NL 16 6 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 50% 3 .849 2 2 2 0 1 5 3 3 2 2 2 1 5.3
1974 24 HOU NL 15 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 6 .903 0 1 5 0 0 6 2 4 5 0 5 1 7.0
1975 25 HOU NL 33 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.082 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 6.0
4 Yrs 68 17 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 6 55% .993 3 3 11 0 2 15 6 11 11 3 11 2 5.8

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1971 21 HOU NL 96 55% 1.0% 30.2% 16.7% 2.1% 12% 1.43 52% 22 0 0%
1972 22 HOU NL 36 58% 0.0% 22.2% 22.2% 11.1% 40% 3.50 50% 6 1 17%
1973 23 HOU NL 297 53% 0.7% 25.3% 12.8% 4.0% 22% 1.60 61% 48 7 15%
1974 24 HOU NL 278 57% 1.1% 15.1% 13.0% 4.0% 19% 1.30 70% 53 7 13%
1975 25 HOU NL 905 53% 0.9% 19.5% 15.3% 4.3% 22% 1.27 63% 186 22 12%
1976 26 HOU NL 1218 53% 1.2% 17.6% 12.4% 4.3% 24% 1.15 67% 208 26 13%
1977 27 HOU NL 1092 56% 1.7% 19.6% 9.5% 5.1% 26% 1.12 68% 190 21 11%
1978 28 HOU NL 1139 55% 1.1% 26.7% 12.4% 4.7% 28% 1.16 59% 186 14 8%
1979 29 HOU NL 1175 53% 1.1% 26.6% 8.3% 4.9% 26% 1.04 62% 188 17 9%
1980 30 HOU NL 438 55% 0.5% 27.2% 9.1% 3.7% 25% 1.28 62% 61 8 13%
10 Yrs 6674 54% 1.1% 22.4% 11.5% 4.5% 25% 1.18 64% 1148 123 11%
MLB Averages 45% 1.9% 13.3% 8.6% 6.2% 27% 1.10 75% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1971 21 HOU NL 96 17 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 6 1 3 17% 1 2 3 39 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1972 22 HOU NL 36 10 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 100% 0 2 0 16 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1973 23 HOU NL 297 54 2 0 6 0 2 0 2 12 6 3 50% 1 3 2 99 9 5 64% 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1974 24 HOU NL 278 58 3 0 4 1 2 0 3 14 12 2 86% 1 9 2 108 9 4 69% 8 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 16 0
1975 25 HOU NL 905 178 8 0 25 4 4 1 7 54 23 8 43% 8 20 7 361 25 12 68% 25 10 0 2 0 0 1 0 47 0
1976 26 HOU NL 1218 221 14 2 24 6 8 3 11 59 27 9 46% 16 13 7 462 34 11 76% 31 10 2 1 1 0 4 3 35 0
1977 27 HOU NL 1092 212 18 0 19 10 8 5 13 52 29 7 56% 10 6 6 370 22 13 63% 20 13 2 0 0 0 1 1 24 0
1978 28 HOU NL 1136 192 12 1 21 4 8 3 9 48 25 10 52% 10 16 5 392 34 14 71% 29 13 4 1 1 0 8 5 34 3
1979 29 HOU NL 1175 220 13 0 20 8 5 8 5 58 31 14 53% 8 19 6 387 28 10 74% 28 10 0 0 0 0 3 0 33 0
1980 30 HOU NL 438 65 2 0 5 1 1 0 2 21 10 3 48% 8 2 1 137 14 1 93% 14 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
10 Yrs 6671 1227 73 3 131 34 39 20 53 326 166 60 51% 63 92 39 2371 177 73 71% 166 68 9 5 2 0 18 9 214 3
MLB Averages 51% 65%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1971 21 2 1 .667 3.43 4 4 0 1 0 0 21.0 17 9 8 1 16 0 29 0 0 2 96 100 1.571 7.3 0.4 6.9 12.4 1.81 100
1972 22 3 1 .750 5.67 8 5 0 1 0 0 27.0 27 18 17 1 24 0 37 2 0 4 132 61 1.889 9.0 0.3 8.0 12.3 1.54 61
1973 23 9 3 .750 4.45 24 15 2 3 1 0 99.0 81 55 49 3 62 0 112 3 1 7 429 80 1.444 7.4 0.3 5.6 10.2 1.81 80
1974 24 11 6 .647 4.34 39 24 2 3 1 0 163.2 139 86 79 6 98 0 154 4 2 16 707 81 1.448 7.6 0.3 5.4 8.5 1.57 81
1975 25 23 16 .590 4.37 72 55 3 10 2 0 366.2 317 193 178 14 236 0 330 8 7 36 1612 79 1.508 7.8 0.3 5.8 8.1 1.40 79
1976 26 43 31 .581 3.65 111 94 3 24 5 0 657.2 538 298 267 28 387 4 544 12 9 49 2830 91 1.406 7.4 0.4 5.3 7.4 1.41 91
1977 27 61 43 .587 3.46 147 130 3 37 8 0 924.2 750 392 355 46 491 5 758 12 10 55 3922 99 1.342 7.3 0.4 4.8 7.4 1.54 99
1978 28 79 54 .594 3.38 183 166 3 53 11 0 1200.0 942 496 450 58 632 9 1061 14 13 71 5061 100 1.312 7.1 0.4 4.7 8.0 1.68 100
1979 29 97 67 .591 3.24 221 204 3 72 15 0 1492.1 1162 594 538 71 730 14 1374 17 14 90 6236 105 1.268 7.0 0.4 4.4 8.3 1.88 105
1980 30 107 71 .601 3.15 238 221 3 76 19 0 1606.0 1227 625 562 73 770 15 1493 17 14 92 6674 108 1.243 6.9 0.4 4.3 8.4 1.94 108

Neutralized Pitching

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 W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1971 21 1 1 .500 4.50 20.0 19 11 10 1 18 27 0 1.850 8.6 8.1 12.2 1.50 0.5 4
1972 22 0 0 19.80 5.0 11 12 11 0 9 7 2 4.000 19.8 16.2 12.6 0.78 0.0 4
1973 23 3 4 .429 4.70 67.0 56 39 35 2 39 70 1 1.418 7.5 5.2 9.4 1.79 0.3 16
1974 24 2 4 .333 5.19 59.0 61 38 34 3 38 39 1 1.678 9.3 5.8 5.9 1.03 0.5 15
1975 25 7 13 .350 5.49 187.0 191 127 114 9 148 162 4 1.813 9.2 7.1 7.8 1.09 0.4 33
1976 26 16 13 .552 3.66 268.0 244 121 109 15 167 197 4 1.534 8.2 5.6 6.6 1.18 0.5 39
1977 27 16 12 .571 3.49 253.0 223 109 98 19 109 203 0 1.312 7.9 3.9 7.2 1.86 0.7 36
1978 28 14 14 .500 4.03 257.0 211 128 115 13 155 283 2 1.424 7.4 5.4 9.9 1.83 0.5 36
1979 29 18 12 .600 3.17 278.0 233 109 98 14 104 298 3 1.212 7.5 3.4 9.6 2.87 0.5 38
1980 30 8 3 .727 2.42 108.0 71 32 29 2 44 113 0 1.065 5.9 3.7 9.4 2.57 0.2 17
10 Yrs 85 76 .528 3.91 1502.0 1320 726 653 78 831 1399 17 1.432 7.9 8.4 1.68 0.5 238

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1986 BBWAA ( 1.6%)

All-Star Games
1980 (P)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1976 NL (17, 4%)
1979 NL (19, 4%)
0.08 Career Shares (972nd)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1976 NL (7, 2%)
1978 NL (4, 11%)
1979 NL (3, 34%)
0.47 Career Shares (104th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1979 NL  5.1 (10th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1977 NL  4.6 (10th)
1979 NL  5.3 (3rd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1976 NL  2.75 (7th)
1977 NL  2.97 (7th)
1979 NL  2.71 (1st)
Career  3.15 (227th)

Wins s c a p y
1976 NL  20 (4th)
1977 NL  18 (8th)
1978 NL  18 (5th)
1979 NL  18 (3rd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
Career  .601 (116th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1977 NL  1.184 (7th)
1979 NL  1.088 (2nd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1976 NL  6.835 (1st)
1977 NL  7.146 (2nd)
1978 NL  6.276 (1st)
1979 NL  6.773 (1st)
Career  6.876 (4th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1975 NL  7.803 (2nd)
1976 NL  6.619 (4th)
1977 NL  7.214 (2nd)
1978 NL  9.904 (1st)
1979 NL  9.636 (1st)
Career  8.367 (23rd)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1976 NL  291.0 (2nd)
1977 NL  267.0 (4th)
1978 NL  275.3 (2nd)
1979 NL  292.3 (2nd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1975 NL  176 (5th)
1976 NL  214 (2nd)
1977 NL  214 (2nd)
1978 NL  303 (1st)
1979 NL  313 (1st)
Career  1,493 (185th)

Games Started s c a p y
1976 NL  39 (2nd)
1977 NL  36 (7th)
1978 NL  36 (3rd)
1979 NL  38 (3rd)

Complete Games s c a p y
1976 NL  14 (5th)
1977 NL  13 (5th)
1978 NL  16 (3rd)
1979 NL  19 (2nd)

Shutouts s c a p y
1977 NL  3 (4th)
1978 NL  3 (6th)
1979 NL  4 (4th)
1980 NL  4 (2nd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1975 NL  138 (1st)
1976 NL  151 (1st)
1977 NL  104 (2nd)
1978 NL  141 (1st)
1979 NL  98 (5th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1979 NL  3.194 (1st)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1975 NL  0.355 (3rd)
1977 NL  0.607 (6th)
1978 NL  0.392 (5th)
1979 NL  0.400 (2nd)

Losses s c a p y
1976 NL  15 (5th)
1979 NL  13 (10th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1975 NL  99 (8th)
1976 NL  89 (8th)
1978 NL  95 (7th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1975 NL  20 (1st)
1976 NL  13 (2nd)
1978 NL  16 (1st)
1979 NL  19 (1st)
Career  92 (126th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1976 NL  1,218 (2nd)
1977 NL  1,092 (4th)
1978 NL  1,139 (2nd)
1979 NL  1,175 (2nd)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1977 NL  120 (10th)
1979 NL  130 (2nd)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1977 NL  22 (10th)
1979 NL  29 (1st)
1980 NL  17 (9th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1977 NL  2.3 (10th)
1979 NL  3.1 (1st)
1980 NL  2.0 (8th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1977 NL  28.32 (8th)
1979 NL  34.49 (1st)
1980 NL  19.12 (10th)
Career  89.87 (164th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1976 NL  2.6 (9th)
1979 NL  4.0 (2nd)
Career  9.6 (207th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1977 NL  2.6 (9th)
1978 NL  2.2 (8th)
1979 NL  3.9 (1st)
1980 NL  2.6 (5th)
Career  12.6 (106th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1977 NL  3.2 (8th)
1979 NL  3.9 (1st)
1980 NL  2.3 (8th)
Career  10.5 (150th)

             

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 18 (120), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 84 (286), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 64 (193), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 24 (218), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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