Rich Wortham
Richard Cooper Wortham
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: October 22, 1953 in Odessa, TX
High School: Odessa (Odessa, TX)
School: University of Texas at Austin
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 2nd round of the 1976 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: May 3, 1978
Final Game: July 23, 1983
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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
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
1983 29 OAK AL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.00
4 Seasons 21 23 .477 4.87 84 51 9 7 0 1 355.0 359 224 192 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 4.87 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.00

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
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
1979 25 CHW AL 34 888 765 126 195 38 6 21 15 16 100 119 .255 .339 .403 .742 .274 308 13 3 10 10 3
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
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
4 Seasons 84 1570 1347 224 359 68 10 26 29 25 182 189 .267 .352 .390 .742 .289 525 34 6 16 19 8
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
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
1978 24 CHW AL 8 8 3 2 3 0 1 6 2 .750 2 0 2 0 6 75% 54 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% 48 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% 43 70 6 42 15 2 3 3.7 3.1 4.6
3 Seasons 83 51 19 21 11 5 3 24 27 .471 3 2 7 0 22 43% 48 83 6 81 34 6 21 4.3 4.6 6.1
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
1979 25 CHW AL 34 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 8 1.012 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 1.087 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 0.038 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0.0
3 Seasons 76 33 9 2 2 3 1 2 33% 7 3 30 13 43% 1.033 15 3 15 8 8 17 18 15 14 16 15 7 4.2

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%
1978 24 CHW AL 248 84% 0.4% 10.1% 9.3% 6.9% 29% 1.04 79% 55 10 18%
1979 25 CHW AL 889 78% 2.4% 13.4% 11.3% 7.3% 33% 1.22 72% 149 13 9%
1980 26 CHW AL 430 67% 0.9% 10.5% 13.5% 5.1% 22% 1.35 73% 104 11 11%
1983 29 OAK AL 4 100% 0.0% 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0% 75% 3 0 0%
4 Seasons 1571 76% 1.7% 12.0% 11.6% 6.6% 29% 1.22 73% 311 34 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
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 16 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 5 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 Seasons 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 23 12 76 0
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+
1978 24 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 1.09 126
1979 25 17 16 .515 4.48 42 41 0 7 0 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 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 85
1981 27 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 85
1982 28 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 85
1983 29 21 23 .477 4.87 84 51 9 7 0 1 355.0 359 224 192 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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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
1978 24 3 3 .500 3.67 54.0 61 24 22 1 24 23 0 1.574 10.2 4.0 3.8 0.96 0.2 8
1979 25 8 14 .364 5.09 198.0 197 124 112 21 101 116 3 1.505 9.0 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 Seasons 13 24 .351 5.24 340.0 362 219 198 26 184 182 6 1.606 9.6 4.8 0.99 0.7 83

* 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

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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