Rich Wortham

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-0, 185lb (183cm, 83kg)

Born: October 22, 1953 in Odessa, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 5th round of the 1972 MLB June Amateur Draft from Odessa HS (Odessa, TX), the New York Mets in the 14th round of the 1975 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX) and the Chicago White Sox in the 2nd round of the 1976 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX).

High School: Odessa HS (Odessa, TX)

School: University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX)

Debut: May 3, 1978 (Age 24-193d, 14,030th in major league history)
vs. MIL 6.2 IP, 7 H, 2 SO, 3 BB, 3 ER, L

Last Game: July 23, 1983 (Age 29-274d)
vs. BAL 0.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1978 season

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: Richard Cooper Wortham

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.6

ERA

4.89

355.0

189

WHIP

1.524

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Team Record in Appearances: 15-19 / in Starts: 15-18

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1979 Pitching Game Log

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1979 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	9	3	Apr 8	CHW	@	BAL	W,5-1	GS-8	W(1-0)	99	7.1	3	1	1	5	7	0	0	1.23	2.87	29	10	4	2	0	3	70			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.32	0.187	1.46	0.13%	1.49	1b start a 1	8b 123 1 out a4
2	10	6	Apr 13	CHW		NYY	W,12-2	CG	W(2-0)	4	9.0	4	2	1	5	9	0	0	1.10	2.61	37	13	7	0	0	3	77			1	1	0	31	2	0	0	0	1	1	.64	0.031	.56	0.02%	2.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
3	11	11	Apr 18	CHW	@	TOR	W,12-5	GS-8	W(3-0)	4	8.0	9	5	5	2	6	0	0	2.59	2.40	35	11	7	1	0	9	48			0	0	0	33	3	0	0	0	0	0	.51	0.098	.52	0.06%	-0.80	1b start tie	8b 3 out a4
4	12	15	Apr 23	CHW	@	KCR	L,3-4	GS-5	L(3-1)	4	4.1	8	4	4	1	1	0	0	3.45	2.49	19	5	5	1	0	7	31			1	2	1	18	2	0	0	1	0	0	.92	-0.072	1.27	-0.06%	-0.94	1b start tie	5b 123 1 out d2
5	13	20	Apr 29	CHW		TEX	L,0-10	GS-8	L(3-2)	5	7.2	3	4	3	2	3	0	0	3.47	2.54	28	13	7	0	0	3	60			1	2	1	25	1	0	0	0	1	2	.79	0.097	1.04	0.08%	1.58	1t start tie	8t -23 2 out d2
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	14	24	May 5	CHW	@	TEX	W,7-6	GS-7	W(4-2)	5	6.0	7	5	4	2	2	2	0	3.83	3.23	26	11	4	1	0	7	40			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	.75	-0.138	.77	-0.09%	-1.91	1b start tie	7b --- 0 out a2
7	15	32	May 13	CHW		KCR	L,5-14	GS-4	L(4-3)	7	3.0	7	5	5	2	0	0	0	4.57	3.33	18	5	4	0	0	7	23			0	0	0	15	4	0	0	0	1	0	1.07	-0.363	1.09	-0.22%	-3.05	1t start tie	4t -2- 0 out d1
8	16	37	May 19	CHW	@	CAL	L,6-10	GS-1	L(4-4)	5	0.1	3	6	6	3	0	1	0	5.72	3.80	7	1	0	0	0	3	18			0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	-0.332	1.69	-0.26%	-4.41	1b start tie	1b 12- 1 out d4
9	17	41	May 24	CHW		OAK	W,10-1	CG	W(5-4)	4	9.0	5	1	1	8	6	0	0	4.94	3.85	38	14	5	0	0	5	71			1	1	1	30	2	0	0	1	0	0	.59	0.253	.65	0.17%	3.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
10	18	47	May 29	CHW		CLE	W,4-2	GS-9	W(6-4)	4	8.1	6	2	1	3	7	0	0	4.43	3.62	34	11	6	3	0	6	69			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	1	0	1	.89	0.380	.90	0.23%	3.18	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out a3
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
11	19	51	Jun 3	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-3	GS-8		4	7.2	5	2	2	3	3	0	0	4.20	3.57	30	7	12	1	0	5	61			0	1	0	26	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.40	0.057	1.34	0.03%	1.79	1b start tie	8b -2- 2 out tie
12	20	58	Jun 11	CHW		BAL	L,0-6	GS-6	L(6-5)	7	5.1	9	6	5	4	5	0	0	4.50	3.53	28	5	5	1	1	9	29			0	1	1	24	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.06	-0.175	1.14	-0.11%	-2.45	1t start tie	6t 123 1 out d4
13	21	61	Jun 15	CHW		BOS	W,8-5	GS-8	W(7-5)	3	7.0	8	4	4	4	5	2	0	4.55	3.80	33	10	6	1	0	8	46			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.73	0.065	.68	0.04%	0.28	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out a5
14	22	65	Jun 19	CHW		SEA	L,2-7	GS-9	L(7-6)	3	8.1	10	7	5	4	5	0	0	4.63	3.73	36	10	7	0	0	10	40			1	1	1	30	3	0	1	1	1	0	.78	-0.172	.57	-0.08%	-1.98	1t start tie	9t -2- 1 out d4
15	23	70	Jun 24(1)	CHW		MIN	L,3-4	GS-7	L(7-7)	4	6.1	9	4	4	5	5	0	0	4.70	3.71	31	6	6	1	0	9	39			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.55	-0.092	.82	-0.03%	-0.27	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out tie
16	24	75	Jun 29	CHW	@	MIN	L,2-5	GS-3	L(7-8)	4	2.2	6	5	4	1	0	1	0	4.93	3.85	15	5	3	0	0	6	27			0	0	0	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	.76	-0.263	.24	-0.05%	-3.61	1b start tie	3b 1-- 2 out d5
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
17	25	77	Jul 1	CHW	@	MIN	L,1-2	8-8		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4.93	3.88	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.46	-0.045	.67	-0.01%	-0.34	8b 12- 2 out tie	8b 123 2 out tie
18	26	80	Jul 5	CHW	@	CLE	W,5-4	GS-9	W(8-8)	3	8.0	8	4	4	2	6	1	0	4.90	3.86	32	7	9	2	0	8	54			0	2	1	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.083	.11	-0.01%	-0.19	1b start a 1	9b 1-- 0 out a1
19	27	85	Jul 10	CHW		TEX	W,6-3	GS-8	W(9-8)	4	7.0	9	3	3	4	3	2	0	4.84	4.07	34	12	6	0	0	9	46			0	0	0	28	0	1	1	0	0	0	.92	-0.079	.22	-0.01%	0.28	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out a1
20	28	91	Jul 15	CHW		DET	L,5-14	GS-4	L(9-9)	4	3.1	9	6	6	1	3	0	0	5.16	4.00	20	2	5	0	0	9	20			4	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	.77	-0.284	.08	-0.02%	-3.60	1t start tie	4t -2- 1 out d5
21	29	94	Jul 20	CHW	@	TEX	W,2-1	GS-7	W(10-9)	4	6.1	6	1	1	3	2	1	0	4.97	4.08	26	12	3	0	0	6	56			1	1	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.39	0.203	.30	0.03%	1.91	1b start tie	7b -2- 1 out a1
22	30	99	Jul 25	CHW		KCR	W,6-2	CG	W(11-9)	4	9.0	5	2	2	3	5	1	0	4.77	4.08	34	10	11	3	0	5	71			2	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	1	1	1.30	0.201	.18	0.02%	2.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
23	31	104	Jul 30	CHW		NYY	L,2-7	GS-6	L(11-10)	4	5.1	7	7	7	5	2	1	0	5.04	4.20	28	11	4	0	0	6	23			0	0	0	22	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.21	-0.298	.07	-0.01%	-3.81	1t start tie	6t --3 1 out d5
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
24	32	108	Aug 4	CHW	@	TOR	L,2-5	GS-8	L(11-11)	4	7.2	8	5	5	4	3	1	0	5.08	4.26	34	8	11	1	0	8	42			0	1	1	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.288	.03	-0.01%	-1.25	1b start tie	8b 12- 2 out d3
25	33	112	Aug 9	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	W(12-11)	4	9.0	2	1	1	2	3	1	0	4.85	4.25	30	10	13	0	0	2	80			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.70	0.331	.01	0.00%	3.63	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
26	34	118	Aug 14	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-2	GS-9		4	9.0	2	1	1	1	5	1	0	4.64	4.20	29	8	13	3	0	2	83			0	1	1	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	0.425	.03	0.01%	3.58	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
27	35	123	Aug 19	CHW	@	BOS	W,3-2	GS-7	W(13-11)	4	7.0	6	2	2	3	3	1	1	4.55	4.26	30	10	7	1	0	6	57			0	1	1	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.173	.01	0.00%	1.89	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
28	36	129	Aug 26(2)	CHW		BAL	L,3-4	GS-9		6	9.0	7	3	3	2	5	0	0	4.48	4.16	36	8	14	1	1	7	64			0	0	0	33	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.10	0.297	.00	0.00%	1.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
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
29	37	134	Sep 1	CHW		MIL	W,4-3	CG(5)	W(14-11)	5	5.0	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	4.35	4.15	20	10	5	1	0	3	53			0	1	1	17	0	0	0	1	1	1	1.32	-0.072	.00	0.00%	-0.38	1t start tie	5t 3 out a1
30	38	138	Sep 5	CHW	@	CAL	L,8-9	GS-5		3	4.0	5	5	3	3	5	1	0	4.41	4.18	21	7	2	0	0	4	38			1	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.12	-0.374	.00	0.00%	-2.61	1b start tie	5b -2- 0 out tie
31	39	144	Sep 11	CHW		CAL	W,8-7	GS-3		5	2.2	4	5	5	1	2	1	0	4.58	4.23	13	2	4	0	0	4	31			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.283	.00	0.00%	-3.54	1t start tie	3t --- 2 out tie
32	40	149	Sep 17	CHW		MIN	L,3-10	GS-6	L(14-12)	5	5.0	2	5	3	5	3	0	0	4.60	4.23	23	5	8	1	0	2	45			0	0	0	17	0	1	0	0	1	1	1.32	-0.348	.00	0.00%	-2.77	1t start tie	6t 1-- 0 out d2
33	41	154	Sep 23	CHW	@	SEA	L,3-8	GS-5	L(14-13)	5	4.1	3	5	5	4	4	2	1	4.72	4.37	21	2	7	0	0	3	37			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.235	.00	0.00%	-2.61	1b start a 1	5b --- 1 out d4
34	42	159	Sep 29	CHW		SEA	L,2-9	GS-3	L(14-14)	5	2.0	7	5	5	1	1	1	0	4.90	4.42	13	3	1	0	0	7	22			0	0	0	12	3	1	0	1	0	0	.97	-0.301	.00	0.00%	-3.95	1t start tie	3t --- 0 out d5
							15-19		W-L:14-14	4.3	204.0	195	126	111	100	119	21	3	4.90	4.42	889	1.25		5%	0%	191	48	2	0%	15	16	10	765	38	6	3	13	10	8	1.01	-1.499	.47	-0.15%	-13.99

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