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: 22-17 / in Starts: 22-17

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1976 Pitching Game Log

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1976 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	73	1	Apr 8	HOU	@	CIN	L,5-11	GS-4	L(0-1)	99	4.0	5	4	4	1	2	0	0	9.00	2.38	19	6	5	0	0	5	37			2	0	0	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.244	1.34	-0.24%	-2.19	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
2	74	4	Apr 12	HOU		SFG	W,5-0	GS-6	W(1-1)	3	5.2	5	0	0	7	3	0	0	3.72	4.08	25	6	4	2	0	5	55			1	2	1	18	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.29	0.246	1.66	0.19%	2.04	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out a2
3	75	8	Apr 17	HOU		SDP	W,5-4	GS-9	W(2-1)	4	8.0	4	4	4	4	5	0	0	4.08	3.54	31	11	7	1	0	4	59			1	0	0	25	3	0	0	1	1	0	1.06	0.055	1.75	0.05%	-0.38	1t start tie	9t -2- 0 out a2
4	76	13	Apr 21	HOU		LAD	W,1-0	GS-10		3	10.0	4	0	0	3	7	0	0	2.60	3.03	36	9	13	0	0	4	88			2	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.62	0.730	2.69	0.73%	4.03	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
5	77	18	Apr 28(1)	HOU	@	MON	W,6-4	GS-9	W(3-1)	6	8.1	6	3	3	5	3	0	0	2.75	3.19	35	8	13	2	0	6	57			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.40	0.153	.55	0.13%	1.69	1b start a 4	9b 1-- 1 out a4
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	78	22	May 2(1)	HOU	@	NYM	W,5-4	GS-8	W(4-1)	3	8.0	8	4	3	3	4	1	0	2.86	3.41	34	9	10	0	0	8	53			0	0	0	30	1	0	1	1	0	1	1.51	-0.059	2.21	-0.05%	-0.70	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
7	79	26	May 7	HOU	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	W(5-1)	4	9.0	6	1	1	6	6	1	0	2.55	3.63	37	8	11	0	2	6	71			0	2	1	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.50	0.443	1.95	0.35%	3.03	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
8	80	30	May 12	HOU		MON	L,2-7	GS-8	L(5-2)	4	7.2	5	4	4	5	3	0	0	2.82	3.65	31	10	8	0	0	5	51			1	1	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.42	-0.173	2.02	-0.15%	0.04	1t start tie	8t 1-- 2 out d2
9	81	34	May 17(1)	HOU		ATL	L,2-3	GS-7	L(5-3)	4	7.0	5	3	3	7	9	0	0	2.93	3.59	31	3	7	1	0	5	57			1	1	1	23	1	0	0	0	1	0	.87	-0.130	.79	-0.07%	-0.18	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
10	82	39	May 21	HOU	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(5-4)	3	8.0	8	2	2	0	7	1	0	2.85	3.48	32	7	10	0	0	8	65			2	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.005	1.42	0.00%	1.47	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
11	83	43	May 25	HOU	@	SFG	L,6-7	GS-5		3	4.1	6	5	4	5	4	1	0	3.15	3.68	23	4	4	0	0	6	32			0	1	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.18	-0.372	.75	-0.14%	-2.60	1b start a 1	5b 12- 1 out d1
12	84	48	May 31	HOU		CIN	L,2-4	GS-7	L(5-5)	5	7.0	7	3	3	6	4	1	0	3.21	3.86	32	6	9	1	1	7	49			0	0	0	26	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.16	-0.150	1.07	-0.08%	-0.18	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
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
13	85	53	Jun 5	HOU		CHC	W,4-3	GS-8	W(6-5)	4	7.2	6	3	1	4	5	0	0	3.04	3.78	33	12	12	6	1	0	60			1	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.44	-0.134	.99	-0.06%	0.04	1t start tie	8t 1-- 2 out a1
14	86	58	Jun 9	HOU		STL	W,5-2	CG	W(7-5)	3	9.0	7	2	2	2	7	0	0	2.95	3.61	36	15	5	0	2	7	70			1	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.201	.81	0.10%	1.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
15	87	62	Jun 14	HOU		PIT	L,1-2	GS-8	L(7-6)	4	7.2	5	2	2	2	6	1	0	2.91	3.60	29	6	10	0	0	5	65			0	1	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.064	.46	0.02%	0.94	1t start tie	8t -2- 2 out d2
16	88	64	Jun 18	HOU	@	PIT	L,3-7	GS-6	L(7-7)	3	5.1	7	7	4	3	4	1	0	3.09	3.68	28	8	6	2	0	7	33			1	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	2	.79	-0.349	.31	-0.08%	-5.47	1b start a 1	6b 1-3 1 out d6
17	89	68	Jun 23	HOU		LAD	L,0-1	GS-8	L(7-8)	4	8.0	2	1	1	5	5	0	0	2.96	3.65	30	8	10	1	0	2	74			0	0	0	24	1	0	1	2	1	1	1.09	0.197	.47	0.05%	2.23	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
18	90	72	Jun 27	HOU		CIN	L,2-4	GS-5	L(7-9)	3	5.0	6	4	2	4	4	0	0	2.98	3.64	26	9	4	0	0	5	43			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.272	.47	-0.07%	-1.98	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
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
19	91	76	Jul 2(1)	HOU	@	CIN	W,10-8	GS-6		4	6.0	6	4	4	5	6	1	0	3.12	3.72	29	6	6	0	2	6	45			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	.64	-0.204	.25	-0.05%	-1.29	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d3
20	92	81	Jul 6	HOU		NYM	W,1-0	SHO(10)	W(8-9)	3	10.0	8	0	0	10	7	0	0	2.90	3.75	45	10	10	0	0	8	73			0	1	0	34	2	0	0	2	0	0	2.08	0.730	.47	0.10%	4.03	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
21	93	85	Jul 10	HOU		MON	W,4-2	GS-8	W(9-9)	3	7.2	5	2	2	3	3	0	1	2.88	3.74	32	9	11	0	0	5	61			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.251	.22	0.03%	1.79	1t start tie	8t 1-3 2 out a2
22	94	87	Jul 15	HOU	@	NYM	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(9-10)	4	8.0	6	3	3	7	1	1	0	2.90	3.88	35	16	6	0	0	5	52			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.16	-0.171	.40	-0.04%	0.30	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
23	95	92	Jul 19	HOU	@	MON	W,3-1	CG	W(10-10)	3	9.0	5	1	0	5	7	0	1	2.75	3.84	37	9	10	1	2	5	77			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	0.440	.64	0.12%	3.19	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
24	96	97	Jul 23	HOU		SFG	L,0-3	GS-8	L(10-11)	3	8.0	4	3	2	5	8	0	1	2.73	3.79	33	9	6	0	0	4	67			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	2	0	1	.78	-0.098	.25	-0.02%	0.23	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
25	97	102	Jul 27	HOU		SDP	W,4-1	CG	W(11-11)	3	9.0	4	1	0	1	3	0	0	2.59	3.72	33	19	6	1	0	4	79			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	2	.84	0.250	.15	0.03%	2.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
26	98	105	Jul 31(1)	HOU		ATL	W,2-1	CG	W(12-11)	3	9.0	4	1	0	7	4	0	0	2.48	3.74	32	12	5	0	0	4	74			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	3	0	0	1.44	0.532	.16	0.04%	2.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
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
27	99	110	Aug 4	HOU	@	LAD	W,1-0	SHO	W(13-11)	3	9.0	6	0	0	3	10	0	0	2.37	3.64	34	8	7	1	0	6	82			1	0	0	31	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.80	0.756	.09	0.02%	3.91	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
28	100	114	Aug 8	HOU	@	SDP	L,3-4	CG	L(13-12)	3	8.2	5	4	4	9	8	1	0	2.44	3.71	38	10	7	1	0	4	57			2	0	0	28	0	0	2	2	0	0	2.02	-0.359	.03	0.00%	-1.04	1b start tie	9b 123 2 out d1
29	101	118	Aug 13	HOU		PIT	L,5-8	GS-6		4	5.0	10	4	3	2	3	0	0	2.51	3.68	26	6	5	3	0	10	34			2	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.34	-0.334	.00	0.00%	-2.31	1t start tie	6t 1-3 0 out a2
30	102	123	Aug 17	HOU		CHC	W,8-1	CG	W(14-12)	3	9.0	5	1	1	2	9	1	0	2.45	3.65	33	11	10	7	1	1	80			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.55	0.297	.00	0.00%	2.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
31	103	126	Aug 21	HOU	@	PHI	L,4-7	GS-6	L(14-13)	3	6.0	9	6	5	2	4	0	0	2.58	3.61	29	6	8	0	2	9	34			2	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.64	-0.513	.00	0.00%	-3.26	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
32	104	130	Aug 26	HOU	@	CHC	W,5-3	GS-9	W(15-13)	4	8.1	5	3	3	0	6	2	1	2.60	3.65	31	10	13	5	2	1	67			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	.73	0.242	.00	0.00%	1.38	1b start a 3	9b --3 1 out a3
33	105	135	Aug 31	HOU		PHI	W,3-2	CG	W(16-13)	4	9.0	7	2	1	2	5	0	0	2.54	3.60	36	15	7	1	1	7	70			1	1	1	32	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.27	0.202	.00	0.00%	1.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
Sep/Oct				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
34	106	140	Sep 6	HOU	@	CIN	L,8-9	GS-3	L(16-14)	5	2.2	7	8	8	4	3	1	0	2.80	3.66	21	5	2	0	0	7	11			3	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.23	-0.340	.00	0.00%	-6.74	1b start tie	3b --- 2 out d8
35	107	145	Sep 11(2)	HOU	@	SDP	W,2-1	GS-6	W(17-14)	4	6.0	4	1	1	2	4	0	0	2.77	3.63	25	6	9	2	0	4	62			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	1	1	1.25	0.187	.00	0.00%	1.45	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
36	108	150	Sep 18	HOU		SDP	L,1-4	GS-7	L(17-15)	6	7.0	4	4	4	4	10	0	0	2.83	3.57	29	6	5	1	0	4	59			1	1	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	1	.65	-0.241	.00	0.00%	-1.18	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
37	109	155	Sep 24	HOU	@	SFG	W,14-5	GS-6	W(18-15)	5	6.0	8	4	4	5	7	0	0	2.90	3.56	30	7	3	0	0	8	42			3	0	0	24	2	0	0	1	1	0	.87	-0.100	.00	0.00%	-1.29	1b start tie	6b 3 out a6
38	110	159	Sep 28	HOU	@	LAD	W,1-0	SHO	W(19-15)	3	9.0	3	0	0	0	5	0	0	2.81	3.49	30	11	11	1	0	3	86			2	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.35	0.782	.00	0.00%	3.91	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a1
39	111	162	Oct 2	HOU		SFG	W,10-1	CG	W(20-15)	3	9.0	4	1	1	1	13	0	0	2.75	3.39	32	8	6	0	0	4	87			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.42	0.082	.00	0.00%	2.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
							22-17		W-L:20-15	3.7	291.0	221	105	89	151	214	14	4	2.75	3.39	1218	1.14		6%	2%	204	59		---%	34	11	4	1044	36	2	4	26	6	16	1.17	2.602	.64	0.91%	18.68

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