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 Pitching

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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 98 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 25 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 91 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 2 438 173 0.924 5.1 0.2 3.2 9.4 2.98 AS
10 Seasons 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

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS 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 1 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*

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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
1977 27 HOU NL 36 1091 973 94 212 32 6 18 22 13 104 214 .218 .292 .319 .611 .260 310 21 0 9 5 1
1978 28 HOU NL 36 1139 979 104 192 33 8 12 34 14 141 303 .196 .298 .283 .580 .269 277 14 2 13 4 4
1979 29 HOU NL 38 1174 1051 98 220 38 7 13 28 10 98 313 .209 .277 .296 .573 .282 311 17 3 14 8 5
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
10 Seasons 238 6672 5788 625 1227 198 32 73 177 73 770 1493 .212 .305 .295 .600 .271 1708 123 17 65 32 15
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
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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% 57 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 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 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 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% 51 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 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 1 1 13 3 26 72% 60 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% 63 89 14 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% 65 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 94 24 8 4 1 7 3.5 4.0 6.7
10 Seasons 238 221 105 70 46 19 30 125 96 .566 13 17 76 19 139 63% 60 94 3 137 56 57 51 4.3 4.2 7.1
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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 0 0 0.731 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 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 0.870 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 0.916 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 1.086 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 6.0
4 Seasons 68 17 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 4 44% 1.005 3 4 9 0 2 14 5 11 11 3 11 2 5.8

Ratio Pitching*

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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 45% 1.0% 30.2% 16.7% 2.1% 12% 1.43 52% 22 0 0%
1972 22 HOU NL 36 42% 0.0% 22.2% 22.2% 11.1% 40% 3.00 50% 6 1 17%
1973 23 HOU NL 297 47% 0.7% 25.3% 12.8% 4.0% 22% 1.60 61% 48 7 15%
1974 24 HOU NL 278 43% 1.1% 15.1% 13.0% 4.0% 19% 1.30 70% 53 7 13%
1975 25 HOU NL 905 47% 0.9% 19.5% 15.3% 4.3% 22% 1.27 63% 186 22 12%
1976 26 HOU NL 1218 47% 1.2% 17.6% 12.4% 4.3% 24% 1.15 67% 208 26 13%
1977 27 HOU NL 1092 44% 1.7% 19.6% 9.5% 5.1% 26% 1.12 68% 190 21 11%
1978 28 HOU NL 1139 45% 1.1% 26.6% 12.4% 4.7% 28% 1.16 59% 186 14 8%
1979 29 HOU NL 1175 47% 1.1% 26.7% 8.4% 4.9% 26% 1.04 62% 188 17 9%
1980 30 HOU NL 438 45% 0.5% 27.2% 9.1% 3.7% 25% 1.28 62% 61 8 13%
10 Seasons 6674 46% 1.1% 22.4% 11.5% 4.5% 25% 1.18 64% 1148 123 11%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 31 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 100% 0 2 0 14 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5
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 5 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 4 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 8 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 Seasons 6666 1227 73 3 128 34 39 20 53 326 166 60 51% 63 92 39 2369 177 73 71% 166 68 9 5 2 0 24 8 214 8
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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 98 1.571 7.3 0.4 6.9 12.4 1.81 98
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 59 1.889 9.0 0.3 8.0 12.3 1.54 59
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 98 1.342 7.3 0.4 4.8 7.4 1.54 98
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

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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 28 0 1.850 8.6 8.1 12.6 1.56 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 4.57 67.0 55 38 34 2 39 70 1 1.403 7.4 5.2 9.4 1.79 0.3 16
1974 24 2 4 .333 5.19 59.0 61 38 34 3 38 38 1 1.678 9.3 5.8 5.8 1.00 0.5 15
1975 25 7 13 .350 5.46 188.0 190 127 114 9 147 163 4 1.793 9.1 7.0 7.8 1.11 0.4 33
1976 26 16 13 .552 3.63 268.0 243 120 108 15 166 197 4 1.526 8.2 5.6 6.6 1.19 0.5 39
1977 27 16 12 .571 3.45 253.0 223 108 97 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 3.21 278.0 233 110 99 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 Seasons 85 76 .528 3.90 1503.0 1317 724 651 78 829 1400 17 1.428 7.9 8.4 1.69 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 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1980 (P)

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1976-NL-17-4%
1979-NL-19-4%
0.08 Career Shares (949th)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1976-NL--7--2%
1978-NL--4--11%
1979-NL--3--34%
0.47 Career Shares (97th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1976 NL--2.753--7th
1977 NL--2.966--7th
1979 NL--2.709--1st
Career--3.149--226th

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
1978 NL--.621--8th
Career--.601--112th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1977 NL--1.184--7th
1979 NL--1.088--2nd
Career--1.244--246th

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--7.213--2nd
1978 NL--9.904--1st
1979 NL--9.636--1st
Career--8.367--21st

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--1493--170th

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--.355--3rd
1977 NL--.607--6th
1978 NL--.392--5th
1979 NL--.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--107th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1976 NL--1218--2nd
1977 NL--1092--4th
1978 NL--1139--2nd
1979 NL--1175--2nd

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

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 8 (202), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 64 (212), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 62 (196), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 24 (213), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Bob Gibson (955) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bob Gibson (953) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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