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Rich Wortham
Richard Cooper Wortham

Bats Right, Throws Left
Height 6' 0", Weight 185 lb.
School University of Texas at Austin

Debut May 3, 1978
  vs. MIL 6.7 IP, 7 H, 2 SO, 3 BB, 3 ER, L
Final Game July 23, 1983
Born October 22, 1953 in Odessa, TX

Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 2nd round of the 1976 amateur draft (Secondary Phase). (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1978 24 CHW AL   3   2   8   8   2   0   0  0   59.0   59   24   20   1   23   25   0   8   248   0   0  3.05  3.85  126 1.390
 1979 25 CHW AL  14  14  34  33   5   0   0  0  204.0  195  126  111  21  100  119   3  14   889   3   3  4.90  4.27   87 1.446
 1980 26 CHW AL   4   7  41  10   0   0   9  1   92.0  102   73   61   4   58   45   3   8   430   5   0  5.97  4.04   68 1.739
 1983 29 OAK AL   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  0    0.0    3    1    0   0    1    0   0   0     4   0   0 undef  0.00 undef   inf
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  4 Yr WL% .477  21  23  84  51   7   0   9  1  355.0  359  224  192  26  182  189   6  30  1571   8   3  4.87  4.14   85 1.524
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    10  11  42  25   3   0   4  0  178.7  180  112   96  13   91   95   3  15   791   4   1  4.87  4.14   85 1.524
 Career High     14  14  41  33   5   0   9  1  204.0  195  126  111  21  100  119   3  14   889   5   3  3.05  4.27  126 1.390

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1978 24 CHW AL P 8 0 9 0 0 1.000 .957 1.12 0.85 1.37 1.91 8 59.0 1979 25 CHW AL P 34 7 27 5 0 .872 .950 1.00 0.81 1.50 1.92 33 204.0 1980 26 CHW AL P 41 7 18 5 1 .833 .958 0.61 0.77 2.45 1.85 10 92.0 1983 29 OAK AL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.70
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1978 24 CHW AL P 8 0 9 0 0 1.000 .957 1.12 0.85 1.37 1.91 8 59.0 1979 25 CHW AL P 34 7 27 5 0 .872 .950 1.00 0.81 1.50 1.92 33 204.0 1980 26 CHW AL P 41 7 18 5 1 .833 .958 0.61 0.77 2.45 1.85 10 92.0 1983 29 OAK AL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.70
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 84 14 54 10 1 .872 .954 0.81 0.79 51 355.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 84 14 54 10 1 .872 .954 0.81 0.79
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Strikeouts/9IP
1979 AL-5.25-8

Bases On Balls Allow.
1979 AL-100-4

Losses
1979 AL-14-9

Earned Runs Allow.
1979 AL-111-9

Wild Pitches
1979 AL-14-2

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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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.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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