Rick Langford

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: March 20, 1952 in Farmville, VA us

Draft: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 11th round of the 1971 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase and the Cleveland Indians in the 36th round of the 1972 MLB June Amateur Draft.

High School: Varina HS (Richmond, VA)

Schools: State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota (Bradenton, FL), Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL)

Debut: June 13, 1976 (Age 24-085d, 11,366th in MLB history)
vs. ATL 1.2 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: July 13, 1986 (Age 34-115d)
vs. TOR 0.1 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1977 season

Full Name: James Rick Langford

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.8

W

L

106

ERA

4.01

G

260

GS

196

SV

IP

1491.0

SO

671

WHIP

1.332

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1973	21	PIT-min	Rk	1	0	1.000	0.00	3	2		0	0	0	10.0	5	3	0	0	7	0	10	0	0	2				1.200	4.5	0.0	6.3	9.0	1.43	PRA GULF
1974	22	PIT-min	A	11	7	.611	2.69	26	23		7	3	0	174.0	143	63	52	12	74	3	125	5	0	6				1.247	7.4	0.6	3.8	6.5	1.69	SAL CARL
1975	23	PIT-min	AAA,AA	12	4	.750	3.45	29	13		4	0	1	107.0	95	51	41	4	42	4	80	1	0	9				1.280	8.0	0.3	3.5	6.7	1.90	CHL,SHV IL,TL
1976	24	PIT-min	AAA	9	5	.643	3.20	16	16		9	2	0	121.0	106	51	43	8	48	7	95	1	2	4				1.273	7.9	0.6	3.6	7.1	1.98	CHL IL
1976	24	PIT	NL	0	1	.000	6.26	12	1	5	0	0	0	23.0	27	17	16	2	14	0	17	0	1	0	105	56	4.11	1.783	10.6	0.8	5.5	6.7	1.21
1977	25	OAK	AL	8	19	.296	4.02	37	31	2	6	1	0	208.1	223	107	93	18	73	3	141	2	1	4	901	100	3.59	1.421	9.6	0.8	3.2	6.1	1.93
1978	26	OAK	AL	7	13	.350	3.43	37	24	5	4	2	0	175.2	169	77	67	15	56	8	92	3	0	2	741	106	3.66	1.281	8.7	0.8	2.9	4.7	1.64
1979	27	OAK	AL	12	16	.429	4.28	34	29	0	14	1	0	218.2	233	114	104	22	57	6	101	4	1	16	934	95	3.95	1.326	9.6	0.9	2.3	4.2	1.77
1980	28	OAK	AL	19	12	.613	3.26	35	33	2	28	2	0	290.0	276	119	105	29	64	6	102	1	1	7	1166	116	4.02	1.172	8.6	0.9	2.0	3.2	1.59
1981	29	OAK	AL	12	10	.545	2.99	24	24	0	18	2	0	195.1	190	81	65	14	58	2	84	3	0	1	823	115	3.61	1.270	8.8	0.6	2.7	3.9	1.45
1982	30	OAK	AL	11	16	.407	4.21	32	31	1	15	2	0	237.1	265	121	111	33	49	1	79	2	0	4	1006	91	4.50	1.323	10.0	1.3	1.9	3.0	1.61
1983	31	OAK-min	A	0	0		3.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	4	2	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	0				1.000	6.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	1.00	MOD CALL
1983	31	OAK	AL	0	4	.000	12.15	7	7	0	0	0	0	20.0	43	28	27	4	10	1	2	2	0	0	112	32	6.96	2.650	19.4	1.8	4.5	0.9	0.20
1984	32	OAK-min	AAA	0	2	.000	6.00	3	3	0	0	0	0	15.0	22	11	10	1	2	0	3	0	0	0				1.600	13.2	0.6	1.2	1.8	1.50	TAC PCL
1984	32	OAK	AL	0	0		8.31	3	2	1	0	0	0	8.2	15	8	8	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	43	47	6.00	1.962	15.6	2.1	2.1	2.1	1.00
1985	33	OAK-min	A	0	0		6.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	10	5	4	1	2	0	3	0	0	1				2.000	15.0	1.5	3.0	4.5	1.50	MOD CALL
1985	33	OAK	AL	3	5	.375	3.51	23	3	7	0	0	0	59.0	60	24	23	8	15	2	21	0	0	2	247	110	4.50	1.271	9.2	1.2	2.3	3.2	1.40
1986	34	OAK	AL	1	10	.091	7.36	16	11	1	0	0	0	55.0	69	49	45	13	18	0	30	1	0	2	251	53	5.79	1.582	11.3	2.1	2.9	4.9	1.67
1988	36	NYY-min	AAA	9	6	.600	3.13	21	21	0	1	0	0	126.2	109	47	44	15	28	1	84	1	0	4				1.082	7.7	1.1	2.0	6.0	3.00	CLB IL
11 Yrs				73	106	.408	4.01	260	196	24	85	10	0	1491.0	1570	745	664	160	416	29	671	18	4	38	6329	95	4.07	1.332	9.5	1.0	2.5	4.1	1.61
162 Game Avg.				11	16	.408	4.01	39	29	4	13	1	0	222	234	111	99	24	62	4	100	3	1	6	944	95	4.07	1.332	9.5	1.0	2.5	4.1	1.61

OAK (10 yrs)				73	105	.410	3.97	248	195	19	85	10	0	1468.0	1543	728	648	158	402	29	654	18	3	38	6224	96	4.07	1.325	9.5	1.0	2.5	4.0	1.63
PIT (1 yr)				0	1	.000	6.26	12	1	5	0	0	0	23.0	27	17	16	2	14	0	17	0	1	0	105	56	4.11	1.783	10.6	0.8	5.5	6.7	1.21

AL (10 yrs)				73	105	.410	3.97	248	195	19	85	10	0	1468.0	1543	728	648	158	402	29	654	18	3	38	6224	96	4.07	1.325	9.5	1.0	2.5	4.0	1.63
NL (1 yr)				0	1	.000	6.26	12	1	5	0	0	0	23.0	27	17	16	2	14	0	17	0	1	0	105	56	4.11	1.783	10.6	0.8	5.5	6.7	1.21

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SUMMARY

WAR

W

L

ERA

G

GS

SV

IP

SO

WHIP

Standard Pitching

Player Value--Pitching

Player News

Postseason Pitching

Standard Batting

Player Value--Batting

Standard Fielding

Appearances

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