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: 12-5 / in Starts: 12-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1980 Pitching Game Log

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1980 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	222	1	Apr 10	HOU		LAD	W,3-2	GS-8	W(1-0)	99	8.0	2	2	1	0	13	0	0	1.13	-0.50	27	9	3	0	0	2	85			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.00	0.249	1.51	0.23%	1.30	1t start tie	8t 3 out a1
2	223	5	Apr 14	HOU		ATL	W,5-4	GS-5		3	5.0	4	1	1	5	7	0	0	1.38	0.83	23	4	3	0	0	4	57			1	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	0.119	2.11	0.11%	1.06	1t start tie	5t 3 out a2
3	224	9	Apr 19	HOU	@	LAD	W,2-0	SHO	W(2-0)	4	9.0	1	0	0	3	12	0	0	0.82	0.93	32	9	7	0	2	1	94			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.31	0.565	2.46	0.64%	3.99	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
4	225	14	Apr 25	HOU		NYM	W,7-4	GS-9	W(3-0)	5	8.1	3	4	4	4	8	0	0	1.78	1.30	32	9	8	1	0	3	65			1	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.74	0.219	1.05	0.19%	0.61	1t start tie	9t 1-3 1 out a5
5	226	18	Apr 30	HOU	@	CIN	W,5-1	GS-8	W(4-0)	4	7.1	3	1	1	2	8	0	0	1.67	1.32	27	8	6	1	1	3	74			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.243	2.28	0.36%	2.13	1b start tie	8b 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	227	23	May 5	HOU	@	MON	L,1-10	GS-1	L(4-1)	4	0.1	5	4	4	1	0	0	0	2.61	1.41	7	0	1	0	0	5	24			0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	-0.359	2.75	-0.43%	-4.68	1b start tie	1b 1-3 1 out d4
7	228	27	May 10	HOU	@	ATL	W,3-2	GS-9		4	9.0	7	2	2	2	8	0	0	2.49	1.45	34	12	5	0	0	7	71			0	0	1	32	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.38	0.375	3.06	0.50%	2.15	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
8	229	31	May 16	HOU		PHI	L,0-3	GS-8	L(4-2)	5	8.0	6	3	2	1	6	0	0	2.45	1.48	30	10	7	2	0	6	65			1	0	0	27	0	1	0	1	1	1	.97	0.018	1.76	0.02%	0.30	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
9	230	35	May 21	HOU	@	NYM	L,1-5	GS-7	L(4-3)	4	7.0	7	5	1	3	2	0	0	2.32	1.70	30	9	9	1	0	7	50			3	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	2	.69	-0.192	1.18	-0.20%	-1.96	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
10	231	40	May 26	HOU		SDP	W,4-1	GS-7	W(5-3)	4	7.0	5	1	0	5	7	0	0	2.09	1.82	29	7	5	0	0	5	67			1	0	0	23	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.23	0.274	2.22	0.30%	1.89	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
11	232	44	May 31	HOU	@	SFG	W,5-0	SHO	W(6-3)	4	9.0	3	0	0	2	6	0	0	1.85	1.85	29	9	9	1	0	3	85			0	1	0	27	0	0	0	2	0	1	.52	0.252	.91	0.27%	3.91	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
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	233	49	Jun 6	HOU		SFG	W,2-0	SHO	W(7-3)	5	9.0	3	0	0	0	13	0	0	1.66	1.65	30	8	6	2	0	3	94			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.515	1.70	0.63%	3.71	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
13	234	54	Jun 11	HOU		CHC	W,3-0	SHO	W(8-3)	4	9.0	6	0	0	3	8	0	0	1.50	1.68	34	8	9	0	0	6	80			2	0	0	31	1	0	0	2	0	0	.91	0.340	2.06	0.46%	3.71	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
14	235	59	Jun 17	HOU	@	CHC	W,7-1	GS-5	W(9-3)	5	5.0	2	1	1	3	8	0	0	1.51	1.66	21	5	3	0	0	2	64			0	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	1	.58	0.044	1.42	0.07%	1.39	1b start a 3	5b 3 out a6
15	236	69	Jun 28	HOU		CIN	L,5-8	GS-4	L(9-4)	10	3.1	4	5	5	4	1	0	0	1.90	1.79	19	3	7	1	3	4	29			2	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.37	-0.275	4.30	-0.52%	-2.17	1t start tie	4t 12- 1 out d1
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
16	237	74	Jul 3	HOU	@	ATL	W,5-3	GS-6	W(10-4)	4	6.0	3	2	2	1	8	2	0	1.96	1.96	22	6	4	0	0	3	65			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.121	2.62	0.21%	0.77	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
17	238	84	Jul 14	HOU		ATL	L,0-2	GS-4		10	3.1	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	1.90	1.94	12	4	2	0	1	1	61			0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.115	2.74	0.20%	1.04	1t start tie	4t -2- 1 out tie
							12-5		W-L:10-4	4.2	113.2	65	31	24	40	119	2	0	1.90	1.94	438	1.28		4%	3%	65	66		---%	14	1	1	391	13	1	1	8	2	8	.98	2.623	2.03	3.02%	19.12

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