Rich Wortham

Richard Cooper Wortham

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: October 22, 1953 in Odessa, TX
High School: Odessa HS (Odessa, TX)
School: University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX)
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 2nd round of the 1976 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: May 3, 1978
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Athletics 1978-1983

Final Game: July 23, 1983
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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
1976	22	CHW-min	AA	4	2	.667	4.24	11	10		4	1	0	68.0	58	33	32	5	38	0	56	4	0	7			1.412	7.7	0.7	5.0	7.4	1.47	KNX · SOUL
1977	23	CHW-min	AA,AAA	10	10	.500	3.85	31	28		4	3	0	145.0	170	101	62	9	65	2	102	3	1	9			1.621	10.6	0.6	4.0	6.3	1.57	KNX,IWA · SOUL,AA
1978	24	CHW-min	AAA	5	8	.385	3.98	22	22		4	0	0	138.0	136	75	61	8	54	1	73	3	3	9			1.377	8.9	0.5	3.5	4.8	1.35	IWA · AA
1978	24	CHW	AL	3	2	.600	3.05	8	8	0	2	0	0	59.0	59	24	20	1	23	0	25	0	0	8	248	126	1.390	9.0	0.2	3.5	3.8	1.09
1979	25	CHW	AL	14	14	.500	4.90	34	33	0	5	0	0	204.0	195	126	111	21	100	3	119	3	3	14	889	87	1.446	8.6	0.9	4.4	5.3	1.19
1980	26	CHW	AL	4	7	.364	5.97	41	10	9	0	0	1	92.0	102	73	61	4	58	5	45	3	0	8	430	68	1.739	10.0	0.4	5.7	4.4	0.78

1981	27	WSN-min	AAA,AA	7	6	.538	5.40	21	20	1	4	0	0	95.0	72	65	57	8	99	2	41	2	1	19			1.800	6.8	0.8	9.4	3.9	0.41	DEN,MEM · AA,SOUL
1982	28	PHI-min	AA	0	5	.000	11.54	24	3	9	0	0	1	36.2	47	51	47	2	58	0	27	0	0	14			2.864	11.5	0.5	14.2	6.6	0.47	REA · EL
1983	29	OAK-min	A,AA	2	6	.250	7.69	18	8	3	2	0	0	55.0	56	56	47	6	58	1	50	0	0	13			2.073	9.2	1.0	9.5	8.2	0.86	MOD,ALB · CALL,EL
1983	29	OAK	AL	0	0		inf	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	17						0.00
4 Yrs				21	23	.477	4.89	84	51	9	7	0	1	355.0	359	224	193	26	182	8	189	6	3	30	1571	85	1.524	9.1	0.7	4.6	4.8	1.04
162 Game Avg.				11	12	.477	4.89	42	26	5	4	0	1	179	181	113	97	13	92	4	95	3	2	15	791	85	1.524	9.1	0.7	4.6	4.8	1.04

CHW (3 yrs)				21	23	.477	4.87	83	51	9	7	0	1	355.0	356	223	192	26	181	8	189	6	3	30	1567	85	1.513	9.0	0.7	4.6	4.8	1.04
OAK (1 yr)				0	0		inf	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	17						0.00

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
1978	24	CHW	AL	59.0	8	8	24	3.66	4.30	-0.06	0.13	98.5	4.43	5	0.6		-0.0	1.1	11	.575	.504	$
1979	25	CHW	AL	204.0	34	33	126	5.56	4.73	0.07	0.15	100.6	4.84	-16	-1.6	3.5	-0.1	0.1	7	.453	.490	$
1980	26	CHW	AL	92.0	41	10	73	7.14	4.91	-0.08	-0.12	98.5	4.80	-24	-2.4	1.6	-0.5	-2.1	-14	.441	.485	$

1983	29	OAK	AL	0.0	1	0	1					88.0				.0	0.0					$
4 Seasons				355.0	84	51	224	5.68	4.71	0.01	0.08	99.7	4.76	-36	-3.4	1.6	-0.6	-0.9	4	.454	.493	$

CHW (3 yrs)				355.0	83	51	223	5.65	4.71	0.01	0.08	99.7	4.76	-36	-3.4	1.7	-0.6	-0.9	4	.459	.493	$
OAK (1 yr)				0.0	1	0	1										0.0					$

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
1978	24	CHW	AL	8	248	221	24	59	15	1	1	4	1	23	25	.267	.333	.357	.691	.294	79	10	0	2	2	0	4
1979	25	CHW	AL	34	889	765	126	195	38	6	21	15	16	100	119	.255	.339	.403	.742	.274	308	13	3	10	10	3	8
1980	26	CHW	AL	41	430	358	73	102	15	3	4	10	8	58	45	.285	.383	.377	.760	.310	135	11	3	4	7	5	15

1983	29	OAK	AL	1	4	3	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1.000	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				84	1571	1347	224	359	68	10	26	29	25	182	189	.267	.352	.390	.742	.289	525	34	6	16	19	8	27
162 Game Avg.				42	791	678	113	181	34	5	13	15	13	92	95	.267	.352	.390	.742	.289	264	17	3	8	10	4	14
MLB Averages																.261	.325	.386	.711	.284

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1978	24	CHW	AL	4.7	0.5	261	0.2	5.5	-5.3	1.21	0.3	-0.1	4.7	0.5	1.22	3.9	0	0	0
1979	25	CHW	AL	-14.7	-1.4	945	-1.5	15.1	-16.6	1.01	-0.2	-1.3	-13.9	-1.3	1.01	-2.4	1	0	0
1980	26	CHW	AL	-21.7	-2.1	461	-1.1	7.2	-8.3	1.08	-1.5	0.4	-30.5	-2.9	1.08	-20.5	14	3	14

1983	29	OAK	AL	-0.8	-0.1	4	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.03	-0.2	-0.0	-2.8	-0.3	0.03	-1.9	0	0	1
4 Yrs				-32.6	-3.1	1671	-2.4	27.8	-30.2	1.06	-1.5	-0.8	-42.6	-4.0	1.06	-20.9	15	3	15

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
1978	24	CHW	AL	8	8	3	2	3	0	1	6	2	.750	2	0	2	0	6	75%	52.9	67	28	8	3	0	6	4.4	4.2	7.4
1979	25	CHW	AL	34	33	14	14	5	5	1	15	18	.455	0	0	5	0	13	39%	47.6	83	18	31	16	4	12	4.6	5.0	6.2
1980	26	CHW	AL	41	10	2	5	3	0	1	3	7	.300	1	2	0	0	3	30%	42.5	70	6	42	15	2	3	3.7	3.1	4.6
3 Yrs				83	51	19	21	11	5	3	24	27	.471	3	2	7	0	22	43%	47	83	6	81	34	6	21	4.3	4.6	6.1
MLB Averages													.500						52%	51	99	-12					4.3	4.2	6.3

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1979	25	CHW	AL	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0%	8	1.010	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.0
1980	26	CHW	AL	41	31	9	2	2	3	1	2	33%	7	3	28	13	46%	8	1.076	14	3	14	8	7	16	17	14	14	14	15	7	4.5

1983	29	OAK	AL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		9	.030	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0.0
3 Yrs				76	33	9	2	2	3	1	2	33%	7	3	30	13	43%		1.028	15	3	15	8	8	17	18	15	14	16	15	7	4.2

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1978	24	CHW	AL	248	16%	0.4%	10.1%	9.3%	6.9%	29%	1.04	79%	55	10	18%
1979	25	CHW	AL	889	22%	2.4%	13.4%	11.3%	7.3%	33%	1.22	71%	149	13	9%
1980	26	CHW	AL	430	33%	0.9%	10.5%	13.5%	5.1%	22%	1.35	73%	104	11	11%

1983	29	OAK	AL	4	0%	0.0%	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0%		75%	3	0	0%
4 Yrs				1571	24%	1.7%	12.0%	11.6%	6.6%	29%	1.22	73%	311	34	11%
MLB Averages					43%	2.0%	12.8%	8.4%	6.6%	28%	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
1978	24	CHW	AL	248	59			1	0	8	1	0	0	1	18	6	0	33%	4	8	0	94	4	1	80%	2	1	2	0	0	0	2	1	13	0
1979	25	CHW	AL	889	195			21	0	20	20	1	8	13	50	32	6	64%	8	14	2	305	15	16	48%	14	15	0	1	1	0	10	9	41	0
1980	26	CHW	AL	430	102			4	1	16	3	1	1	3	42	29	2	69%	15	8	1	169	10	8	56%	8	5	2	3	0	0	3	2	22	0

1983	29	OAK	AL	4	3			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				1571	359			26	1	44	24	2	9	17	110	67	8	61%	27	30	3	571	29	25	54%	24	21	4	4	1	0	15	12	76	0
MLB Averages																		53%							66%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	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+
1978	24	3	2	.600	3.05	8	8	0	2	0	59.0	59	24	20	1	23	0	25	0	0	8	248	126	1.390	9.0	0.2	3.5	3.8	1.09	126
1979	25	17	16	.515	4.48	42	41	0	7	0	263.0	254	150	131	22	123	3	144	3	3	22	1137	93	1.433	8.7	0.8	4.2	4.9	1.17	93
1980	26	21	23	.477	4.87	83	51	9	7	1	355.0	356	223	192	26	181	8	189	6	3	30	1567	85	1.513	9.0	0.7	4.6	4.8	1.04	85
1981	27	21	23	.477	4.87	83	51	9	7	1	355.0	356	223	192	26	181	8	189	6	3	30	1567	85	1.513	9.0	0.7	4.6	4.8	1.04	85
1982	28	21	23	.477	4.87	83	51	9	7	1	355.0	356	223	192	26	181	8	189	6	3	30	1567	85	1.513	9.0	0.7	4.6	4.8	1.04	85
1983	29	21	23	.477	4.89	84	51	9	7	1	355.0	359	224	193	26	182	8	189	6	3	30	1571	85	1.524	9.1	0.7	4.6	4.8	1.04	85

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
1978	24	3	3	.500	3.67	54.0	62	24	22	1	24	23	0	1.593	10.3	4.0	3.8	0.96	0.2	8
1979	25	8	14	.364	5.05	198.0	196	123	111	21	101	116	3	1.500	8.9	4.6	5.3	1.15	1.0	34
1980	26	2	7	.222	6.55	88.0	104	71	64	4	59	43	3	1.852	10.6	6.0	4.4	0.73	0.4	41
3 Yrs		13	24	.351	5.21	340.0	362	218	197	26	184	182	6	1.606	9.6		4.8	0.99	0.7	83

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1979 AL 5.250 (8th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1979 AL 100 (4th)	Losses s c a p y 1979 AL 14 (9th)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1979 AL 111 (9th)
Wild Pitches s c a p y 1979 AL 14 (2nd)

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