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J.R. Richard

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Full Name: James Rodney Richard Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 8"/222 First Game: September 5, 1971
Birthdate: March 7, 1950 Final Game: July 14, 1980
Birthplace: Vienna, Louisiana MLB Experience: 10 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on March 7, 1950 in Vienna, Louisiana, J.R. Richard (James Rodney Richard) played for the Houston Astros for his entire 10 year career. Richard broke into the bigs on September 5, 1971 with the Houston Astros, and put up a 4.00 ERA in 72 innings pitched in 1973, his rookie year.

Most people believe that J.R. Richard's best season was 1979, when he posted a 2.71 ERA, won 18 games and struck out 313 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1971 HOU N 4 4 2 1 3.43 29 9 8 1 0 0 21 17 1 16 0 2 0
1972 HOU N 4 1 1 0 13.50 8 9 9 0 0 0 6 10 0 8 0 2 2
1973 HOU N 16 10 6 2 4.00 75 37 32 2 1 0 72 54 2 38 0 3 1
1974 HOU N 15 9 2 3 4.18 42 31 30 0 0 0 64.2 58 3 36 0 9 1
1975 HOU N 33 31 12 10 4.39 176 107 99 7 1 0 203 178 8 138 0 20 4
1976 HOU N 39 39 20 15 2.75 214 105 89 14 3 0 291 221 14 151 4 13 4
1977 HOU N 36 36 18 12 2.97 214 94 88 13 3 0 267 212 18 104 1 6 0
1978 HOU N 36 36 18 11 3.11 303 104 95 16 3 0 275.1 192 12 141 4 16 2
1979 HOU N 38 38 18 13 2.71 313 98 88 19 4 0 292.1 220 13 98 5 19 3
1980 HOU N 17 17 10 4 1.90 119 31 24 4 4 0 113.2 65 2 40 1 2 0
Total 238 221 107 71 3.15 1493 625 562 76 19 0 1606 1227 73 770 15 92 17

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1971 HOU N P 4 4 21 1 3 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 1.000
1972 HOU N P 4 1 6 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1.000
1973 HOU N P 16 10 71.2 5 3 1 0 0 2 9 5 0 .889
1974 HOU N P 15 9 64.2 5 5 0 0 0 2 9 4 0 1.000
1975 HOU N P 33 31 203 8 19 1 0 0 7 25 12 0 .964
1976 HOU N P 39 39 291 19 39 10 2 0 7 34 11 4 .853
1977 HOU N P 36 36 267 26 44 0 2 0 6 22 13 1 1.000
1978 HOU N P 36 36 275.1 29 38 3 0 0 5 34 14 6 .957
1979 HOU N P 38 38 292.1 14 32 5 0 0 6 28 10 1 .902
1980 HOU N P 17 17 113.2 6 10 0 1 0 1 14 1 1 1.000
Total P 238 221 1605.2 113 195 20 6 0 39 177 73 13 .939

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1971 HOU N 4 7 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 0
1972 HOU N 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 HOU N 16 28 2 5 0 1 .179 .179 .179 0 0 0 12 0 1 0 0 0
1974 HOU N 15 21 1 3 1 1 .143 .143 .286 0 0 0 9 0 1 0 0 2
1975 HOU N 33 74 4 15 1 13 .203 .213 .324 6 0 1 29 0 5 0 0 2
1976 HOU N 39 100 6 14 2 9 .140 .146 .210 1 0 0 33 1 1 0 0 0
1977 HOU N 36 87 10 20 2 7 .230 .247 .345 0 2 1 28 1 11 1 0 1
1978 HOU N 37 101 8 18 1 10 .178 .186 .208 0 0 1 27 0 5 1 0 2
1979 HOU N 38 95 6 12 2 6 .126 .134 .221 1 1 1 24 0 11 0 0 4
1980 HOU N 17 39 2 6 1 3 .154 .154 .282 2 0 0 15 0 4 0 0 0
Total 239 552 39 93 10 50 .168 .176 .252 10 3 4 181 2 41 2 0 11

[edit] Transactions

  • Selected by Houston Astros in the 1st round (2nd pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 5, 1969).
  • Granted free agency (November 7, 1983).
  • Signed by Houston Astros (February 17, 1984).
  • Released by Houston Astros (April 27, 1984).

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