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

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Team Record in Appearances: 15-18 / in Starts: 14-17

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 33, Entered with runners on base: 0

1975 Pitching Game Log

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1975 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	40	3	Apr 9	HOU		ATL	W,14-2	GS-5		99	4.2	5	1	0	1	2	0	0	0.00	2.37	19	9	2	0	0	5	53			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	2	0	1	.72	0.160	1.16	0.15%	0.39	1t start tie	5t 123 2 out a5
2	41	7	Apr 15	HOU	@	ATL	L,1-6	GS-4	L(0-1)	5	4.0	6	5	5	2	7	1	1	5.19	3.39	20	2	2	0	1	6	35			0	1	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.327	1.34	-0.30%	-3.11	1b start a 1	4b 3 out d4
3	42	13	Apr 20(2)	HOU	@	CIN	W,7-6	GS-9	W(1-1)	4	8.2	5	5	5	8	9	0	1	5.19	3.51	38	8	7	0	1	5	55			1	1	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	.56	0.193	.53	0.11%	0.79	1b start tie	9b 12- 2 out a4
4	43	18	Apr 24	HOU		SFG	L,5-6	GS-6		3	5.1	4	4	4	8	1	0	0	5.56	4.26	29	10	6	2	0	4	37			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	1	0	2	.95	-0.194	.77	-0.09%	-1.29	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out a1
5	44	23	Apr 29	HOU	@	SDP	W,8-2	CG	W(2-1)	4	9.0	5	2	2	4	7	1	0	4.55	4.13	37	14	9	1	1	3	72			1	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	2	.85	0.338	.60	0.14%	1.88	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	45	28	May 4(2)	HOU	@	SFG	W,12-8	GS-7	W(3-1)	4	6.0	4	7	7	11	6	0	0	5.50	4.45	32	10	1	0	0	4	31			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	.86	-0.311	.51	-0.11%	-3.12	1b start a 3	7b 12- 0 out a6
7	46	33	May 10	HOU	@	MON	L,7-8	GS-5		5	4.1	5	3	3	5	3	0	0	5.57	4.47	22	6	3	2	0	5	39			1	1	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	-0.288	.42	-0.06%	-1.78	1b start tie	5b 1-3 1 out d1
8	47	37	May 15	HOU	@	CHC	L,2-4	GS-8	L(3-2)	4	7.1	5	4	3	8	9	1	0	5.29	4.57	35	7	8	2	1	3	55			2	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.50	-0.252	.51	-0.05%	-1.10	1b start a 1	8b --3 1 out d2
9	48	42	May 20	HOU		PHI	W,4-2	GS-6		4	5.2	5	1	1	6	5	0	0	4.91	4.51	27	5	6	2	1	5	54			2	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.64	0.133	.42	0.02%	1.14	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out a1
10	49	47	May 26	HOU	@	PIT	L,2-10	GS-5	L(3-3)	5	4.2	6	5	5	4	6	0	0	5.28	4.36	23	4	3	0	0	6	34			2	0	0	19	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.00	-0.287	.32	-0.06%	-3.05	1b start tie	5b -2- 2 out d4
11	50	51	May 31	HOU	@	PHI	W,15-3	GS-7	W(4-3)	4	7.0	2	2	2	4	8	0	0	5.00	4.12	28	4	10	2	3	2	69			2	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.038	.22	0.01%	1.34	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	51	68	Jun 17	HOU	@	LAD	L,1-6	6-7		16	2.0	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	4.85	4.03	10	1	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.006	.00	0.00%	0.87	6b --- 0 out d5	7b 3 out d5
13	52	71	Jun 21	HOU		CIN	L,6-7	GS-6		3	6.0	7	4	3	3	5	0	0	4.82	3.90	26	7	4	0	0	7	46			1	1	0	23	3	0	0	0	0	0	.76	-0.227	.02	0.00%	-1.47	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
14	53	76	Jun 26	HOU		ATL	W,8-4	CG	W(5-3)	4	9.0	9	4	2	4	7	0	1	4.52	3.77	41	12	8	3	0	9	60			3	0	0	36	2	0	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.039	.01	0.00%	-0.20	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
15	54	81	Jul 1	HOU	@	CIN	L,7-8	GS-7		4	6.2	7	3	3	4	4	0	0	4.48	3.73	28	9	4	0	1	7	48			0	1	0	24	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.11	0.074	.00	0.00%	-0.04	1b start tie	7b -2- 2 out a3
16	55	86	Jul 6	HOU	@	ATL	W,6-2	GS-7	W(6-3)	4	6.2	4	2	2	6	9	0	0	4.36	3.65	30	7	6	0	1	2	61			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.35	0.106	.00	0.00%	0.99	1b start tie	7b -2- 2 out a3
17	56	91	Jul 12	HOU		PHI	L,2-14	GS-2	L(6-4)	5	1.2	7	7	7	2	2	0	0	4.93	3.65	14	1	2	0	0	7	13			1	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.76	-0.481	.00	0.00%	-4.55	1t start tie	2t 12- 2 out d3
18	57	94	Jul 18	HOU	@	PHI	L,4-7	GS-7	L(6-5)	5	6.0	7	6	6	3	9	0	0	5.16	3.50	27	5	5	0	1	5	40			0	0	0	24	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.30	-0.511	.00	0.00%	-3.48	1b start tie	7b 1-3 0 out d1
19	58	99	Jul 23	HOU	@	MON	W,2-1	CG	W(7-5)	4	9.0	5	1	1	5	6	1	0	4.83	3.57	36	13	7	1	0	5	74			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.85	0.677	.00	0.00%	3.30	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a1
20	59	104	Jul 27	HOU		SFG	L,1-3	GS-7	L(7-6)	3	7.0	8	3	2	0	7	1	0	4.70	3.51	28	7	6	2	0	8	58			0	1	0	27	1	0	0	0	1	0	.60	-0.093	.00	0.00%	-0.05	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
21	60	109	Aug 1	HOU	@	SFG	L,2-3	CG	L(7-7)	4	8.0	8	3	2	2	4	2	0	4.55	3.64	33	11	8	0	0	8	58			0	2	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.45	-0.371	.00	0.00%	0.82	1b start tie	9b --- 0 out d1
22	61	114	Aug 5	HOU	@	SDP	L,5-6	GS-6		3	5.1	6	5	4	4	4	0	0	4.63	3.62	27	9	7	1	0	3	38			2	1	0	21	1	0	0	0	1	2	1.13	-0.349	.00	0.00%	-2.53	1b start a 1	6b 1-3 1 out tie
23	62	119	Aug 10	HOU		PIT	W,5-3	GS-7	W(8-7)	4	6.0	1	2	2	10	3	0	0	4.56	3.75	27	6	7	1	0	1	55			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	2	0	0	.91	0.132	.00	0.00%	1.17	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out a4
24	63	123	Aug 14	HOU		CHC	L,3-5	GS-7	L(8-8)	3	7.0	7	4	4	3	7	0	0	4.59	3.66	29	10	7	1	0	2	51			0	1	0	25	0	0	0	2	0	0	.95	-0.232	.00	0.00%	-1.05	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
25	64	127	Aug 18	HOU		NYM	W,4-0	SHO	W(9-8)	3	9.0	6	0	0	4	9	0	1	4.33	3.58	37	9	8	1	2	6	80			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	0	.93	0.353	.00	0.00%	3.80	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
26	65	130	Aug 22	HOU	@	CHC	L,5-6	GS-7		3	6.1	3	4	4	6	5	0	0	4.38	3.59	27	8	7	2	2	1	50			2	1	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.085	.00	0.00%	-0.20	1b start tie	7b 123 1 out d1
27	66	134	Aug 26(1)	HOU	@	STL	L,9-10	GS-7		3	6.0	5	5	5	5	3	0	0	4.49	3.61	25	5	7	0	0	5	40			0	1	0	19	0	1	0	2	1	0	.64	0.061	.00	0.00%	-0.97	1b start a 3	7b 123 0 out a6
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
28	67	141	Sep 3	HOU		SFG	L,4-9	GS-2	L(9-9)	7	1.2	6	6	6	3	2	0	0	4.76	3.63	14	0	3	0	0	6	18			1	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	-0.453	.00	0.00%	-5.35	1t start tie	2t 1-- 2 out d5
29	68	143	Sep 5	HOU		SDP	W,2-1	8-GF	W(10-9)	1	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.71	3.60	7	4	2	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.20	0.240	.00	0.00%	0.84	8t --- 0 out tie	9t end a 1
30	69	146	Sep 8	HOU	@	ATL	W,9-6	GS-5		2	5.0	7	3	3	4	2	0	0	4.73	3.62	25	7	8	0	0	4	39			0	0	0	21	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.54	-0.051	.00	0.00%	-0.64	1b start a 3	5b 3 out a1
31	70	151	Sep 14	HOU	@	SDP	W,4-2	GS-9	W(11-9)	5	8.2	9	2	2	3	8	0	0	4.61	3.53	37	13	8	0	0	5	63			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.16	0.322	.00	0.00%	1.32	1b start a 1	9b -23 2 out a2
32	71	156	Sep 21	HOU		LAD	W,4-1	CG	W(12-9)	6	9.0	8	1	1	1	8	0	0	4.44	3.42	36	10	9	0	0	8	74			1	0	0	35	3	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.268	.00	0.00%	2.80	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
33	72	160	Sep 26	HOU	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	L(12-10)	4	8.1	2	3	3	4	5	1	0	4.39	3.46	31	9	11	1	2	2	68			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.39	-0.660	.00	0.00%	0.69	1b start tie	9b --- 1 out d1
							15-18		W-L:12-10	3.9	203.0	178	107	99	138	176	8	4	4.39	3.46	905	1.25		6%	4%	152	51	0	---%	25	12	0	749	27	4	0	22	4	8	1.08	-2.110	.20	-0.24%	-11.83

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