Rich Wortham
[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
| 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
| 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
| 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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