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Rich Wortham

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Full Name: Richard Cooper Wortham Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/185 First Game: May 3, 1978
Birthdate: October 22, 1953 Final Game: July 23, 1983
Birthplace: Odessa, Texas MLB Experience: 4 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Left
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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 October 22, 1953 in Odessa, Texas, Rich Wortham (Richard Cooper Wortham) played for the Chicago White Sox and Oakland Athletics over the course of his 4 year career. Wortham broke into the bigs on May 3, 1978 with the Chicago White Sox, and put up a 3.05 ERA in 59 innings pitched in 1978, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Rich Wortham's best season was 1979, when he posted a 4.90 ERA, won 14 games and struck out 119 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
1978 CHI A 8 8 3 2 3.05 25 24 20 2 0 0 59 59 1 23 0 8 0
1979 CHI A 34 33 14 14 4.90 119 126 111 5 0 0 204 195 21 100 3 14 3
1980 CHI A 41 10 4 7 5.97 45 73 61 0 0 1 92 102 4 58 5 8 3
1983 OAK A 1 0 0 0 .00 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0
Total 84 51 21 23 4.89 189 224 193 7 0 1 355 359 26 182 8 30 6

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1978 CHI A P 8 8 59 0 9 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 1.000
1979 CHI A P 34 33 204 7 27 5 0 0 2 15 16 10 .872
1980 CHI A P 41 10 92 7 18 5 1 0 1 10 8 3 .833
1983 OAK A P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total P 84 51 355 14 54 10 1 0 3 29 25 15 .872

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1978 CHI A 8 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 CHI A 34 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 CHI A 41 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 OAK A 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 84 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

[edit] Transactions

  • Selected by Texas Rangers in the 5th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 6, 1972).
  • Selected by New York Mets in the 14th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 3, 1975).
  • Selected by Chicago White Sox in the 2nd round of the secondary phase of free-agent draft (January 7, 1976).
  • Traded by Chicago White Sox to Montreal Expos in exchange for Tony Bernazard (December 12, 1980).
  • Released by Montreal Expos (April 1, 1982).
  • Signed by Philadelphia Phillies (May 14, 1982).
  • Released by Philadelphia Phillies (January 7, 1983).
  • Signed by Oakland Athletics (January 25, 1983).

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