J.R. Richard

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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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.

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

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

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

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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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