J.R. Richard

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-8, 222lb (203cm, 100kg)

Born: March 7, 1950 in Vienna, LA us

Died: August 4, 2021 in Houston, TX

Buried: Houston Memorial Gardens, Pearland, TX

Draft: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1st round (2nd) of the 1969 MLB June Amateur Draft from Lincoln HS (Ruston, LA).

High School: Lincoln HS (Ruston, LA)

School: Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)

Debut: September 5, 1971 (Age 21-182d, 13,177th in major league history)
vs. SFG 9.0 IP, 7 H, 15 SO, 3 BB, 2 ER, W

Last Game: July 14, 1980 (Age 30-129d)
vs. ATL 3.1 IP, 1 H, 4 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1973 season

Agents: Tom Reich

Full Name: James Rodney Richard

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

22.2

107

ERA

3.15

238

221

1606.0

1493

WHIP

1.243

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1976 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1976 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	HOU	@	CIN	L,5-11	GS	19	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	4 (2)	Apr 12	HOU		SFG	W,5-0	GS	25	5.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
3	8 (3)	Apr 17	HOU		SDP	W,5-4	GS	31	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	P
4	13 (4)	Apr 21	HOU		LAD	W,1-0	GS	36	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	18 (4)	Apr 28 (1)	HOU	@	MON	W,6-4	GS	35	8.1	0	3	0	3	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	22 (3)	May 2 (1)	HOU	@	NYM	W,5-4	GS	34	8.0	0	1	1	2	1	P
7	26 (3)	May 7	HOU	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
8	30 (3)	May 12	HOU		MON	L,2-7	GS	31	7.2	2	1	0	3	0	P
9	34 (3)	May 17 (1)	HOU		ATL	L,2-3	GS	31	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
10	39 (4)	May 21	HOU	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	P
11	43 (3)	May 25	HOU	@	SFG	L,6-7	GS	23	4.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	48 (4)	May 31	HOU		CIN	L,2-4	GS	32	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	53 (4)	Jun 5	HOU		CHC	W,4-3	GS	33	7.2	0	3	0	3	0	P
14	58 (4)	Jun 9	HOU		STL	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
15	62 (3)	Jun 14	HOU		PIT	L,1-2	GS	29	7.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	64 (1)	Jun 18	HOU	@	PIT	L,3-7	GS	28	5.1	0	2	2	4	0	P
17	68 (3)	Jun 23	HOU		LAD	L,0-1	GS	30	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
18	72 (3)	Jun 27	HOU		CIN	L,2-4	GS	26	5.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	76 (3)	Jul 2 (1)	HOU	@	CIN	W,10-8	GS	29	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	P
20	81 (4)	Jul 6	HOU		NYM	W,1-0	CG	45	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
21	85 (3)	Jul 10	HOU		MON	W,4-2	GS	32	7.2	2	1	0	3	0	P
22	87 (1)	Jul 15	HOU	@	NYM	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
23	92 (4)	Jul 19	HOU	@	MON	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	97 (4)	Jul 23	HOU		SFG	L,0-3	GS	33	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
25	102 (4)	Jul 27	HOU		SDP	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	P
26	105 (2)	Jul 31 (1)	HOU		ATL	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	110 (4)	Aug 4	HOU	@	LAD	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	114 (3)	Aug 8	HOU	@	SDP	L,3-4	CG	38	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	P
29	118 (3)	Aug 13	HOU		PIT	L,5-8	GS	26	5.0	2	1	1	4	0	P
30	123 (4)	Aug 17	HOU		CHC	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
31	126 (2)	Aug 21	HOU	@	PHI	L,4-7	GS	29	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
32	130 (3)	Aug 26	HOU	@	CHC	W,5-3	GS	31	8.1	1	1	0	2	0	P
33	135 (4)	Aug 31	HOU		PHI	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	140 (4)	Sep 6	HOU	@	CIN	L,8-9	GS	21	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	145 (4)	Sep 11 (2)	HOU	@	SDP	W,2-1	GS	25	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	150 (4)	Sep 18	HOU		SDP	L,1-4	GS	29	7.0	1	2	1	4	0	P
37	155 (4)	Sep 24	HOU	@	SFG	W,14-5	GS	30	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
38	159 (3)	Sep 28	HOU	@	LAD	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	P
39	162 (2)	Oct 2	HOU		SFG	W,10-1	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
							39gm		291.0	19	39	10	68	2