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

Born: October 22, 1953 in Odessa, TX
Schools: University of Texas at Austin
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 2nd round of the 1976 amateur draft (Secondary Phase). (All Transactions)
Debut: May 3, 1978
Final Game: July 23, 1983
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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
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Redesign Note: Due to the increased amount of data available for each player, tables such as postseason stats, all-star stats, neutralized stats, and now much more have been moved to separate pages. You can reach these pages by clicking on "Pitching", "Batting" or "Fielding" in the gray navigation bar just above the player's biographical summary at the top of the page or clicking on "More Stats" links just below or beside the table headers below.

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1978 CHW AL 24 P 8 8 59.0 9 0 9 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.37 1.13 .956 1.91 0.85
1979 CHW AL 25 P 34 33 204.0 39 7 27 5 0 .872 0.0 0.0 1.50 1.00 .954 1.92 0.81
1980 CHW AL 26 P 41 10 92.0 30 7 18 5 1 .833 0.0 0.0 2.45 0.61 .963 1.85 0.77
1983 OAK AL 29 P 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.00 0.70
4 Seasons P 84 51 355.0 78 14 54 10 1 .872 0.0 0.0 1.72 0.81 .958 1.90 0.79
4 Seasons TOT 84 51 355.0 78 14 54 10 1 .872 0.0 0.0 1.72 0.81 .829 1.90 0.79

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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Transactions

June 6, 1972: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 5th round of the 1972 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 3, 1975: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 14th round of the 1975 amateur draft, but did not sign.

January 7, 1976: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 2nd round of the 1976 amateur draft (Secondary Phase).

December 12, 1980: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Montreal Expos for Tony Bernazard.

April 1, 1982: Released by the Montreal Expos.

May 14, 1982: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

January 7, 1983: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.

January 25, 1983: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.

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