Rick Langford
[edit] Biography
Born on March 20, 1952 in Farmville, Virginia, Rick Langford (James Rick Langford) played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Oakland Athletics over the course of his 11 year career. Langford broke into the bigs on June 13, 1976 with the Pittsburgh Pirates, and put up a 4.02 ERA in 208.1 innings pitched in 1977, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Rick Langford's best season was 1980, when he posted a 3.26 ERA, won 19 games and struck out 102 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1976
| PIT
| N
| 12
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 6.26
| 17
| 17
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 23
| 27
| 2
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1977
| OAK
| A
| 37
| 31
| 8
| 19
| 4.02
| 141
| 107
| 93
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 208.1
| 223
| 18
| 73
| 3
| 4
| 2
|
| 1978
| OAK
| A
| 37
| 24
| 7
| 13
| 3.43
| 92
| 77
| 67
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 175.2
| 169
| 15
| 56
| 8
| 2
| 3
|
| 1979
| OAK
| A
| 34
| 29
| 12
| 16
| 4.28
| 101
| 114
| 104
| 14
| 1
| 0
| 218.2
| 233
| 22
| 57
| 6
| 16
| 4
|
| 1980
| OAK
| A
| 35
| 33
| 19
| 12
| 3.26
| 102
| 119
| 105
| 28
| 2
| 0
| 290
| 276
| 29
| 64
| 6
| 7
| 1
|
| 1981
| OAK
| A
| 24
| 24
| 12
| 10
| 2.99
| 84
| 81
| 65
| 18
| 2
| 0
| 195.1
| 190
| 14
| 58
| 2
| 1
| 3
|
| 1982
| OAK
| A
| 32
| 31
| 11
| 16
| 4.21
| 79
| 121
| 111
| 15
| 2
| 0
| 237.1
| 265
| 33
| 49
| 1
| 4
| 2
|
| 1983
| OAK
| A
| 7
| 7
| 0
| 4
| 12.15
| 2
| 28
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 20
| 43
| 4
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 2
|
| 1984
| OAK
| A
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 8.31
| 2
| 8
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 8.2
| 15
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1985
| OAK
| A
| 23
| 3
| 3
| 5
| 3.51
| 21
| 24
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 59
| 60
| 8
| 15
| 2
| 2
| 0
|
| 1986
| OAK
| A
| 16
| 11
| 1
| 10
| 7.36
| 30
| 49
| 45
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 55
| 69
| 13
| 18
| 0
| 2
| 1
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 12
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 6.26
| 17
| 17
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 23
| 27
| 2
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 248
| 195
| 73
| 105
| 3.97
| 654
| 728
| 648
| 85
| 10
| 0
| 1468
| 1543
| 158
| 402
| 29
| 38
| 18
|
| Total
|
|
| 260
| 196
| 73
| 106
| 4.01
| 671
| 745
| 664
| 85
| 10
| 0
| 1491
| 1570
| 160
| 416
| 29
| 38
| 18
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1976
| PIT
| N
| P
| 12
| 1
| 23
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1977
| OAK
| A
| P
| 37
| 31
| 208.1
| 23
| 29
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 6
| 8
| 2
| 1.000
|
| 1978
| OAK
| A
| P
| 37
| 24
| 175.2
| 27
| 23
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 13
| 1
| 1.000
|
| 1979
| OAK
| A
| P
| 34
| 29
| 218.2
| 26
| 36
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 3
| 9
| 11
| 2
| 1.000
|
| 1980
| OAK
| A
| P
| 35
| 33
| 290
| 28
| 45
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 14
| 3
| .986
|
| 1981
| OAK
| A
| P
| 24
| 24
| 195.1
| 16
| 23
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 6
| 1
| .929
|
| 1982
| OAK
| A
| LF
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1982
| OAK
| A
| CF
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1982
| OAK
| A
| P
| 32
| 31
| 237.1
| 15
| 39
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 5
| 13
| 1
| .964
|
| 1982
| OAK
| A
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1983
| OAK
| A
| P
| 7
| 7
| 20
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1984
| OAK
| A
| P
| 3
| 2
| 8.2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1985
| OAK
| A
| P
| 23
| 3
| 59
| 2
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1986
| OAK
| A
| P
| 16
| 11
| 55
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| CF
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 260
| 196
| 1491
| 145
| 211
| 6
| 17
| 0
| 6
| 47
| 73
| 10
| .983
|
| Total
|
|
| LF
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1976
| PIT
| N
| 12
| 5
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .200
| .200
| .400
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1977
| OAK
| A
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1978
| OAK
| A
| 40
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1979
| OAK
| A
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1980
| OAK
| A
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1981
| OAK
| A
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1982
| OAK
| A
| 33
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1983
| OAK
| A
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1984
| OAK
| A
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1985
| OAK
| A
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1986
| OAK
| A
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 12
| 5
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .200
| .200
| .400
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 253
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 265
| 6
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .167
| .167
| .333
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by St. Louis Cardinals in the 11th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (January 13, 1971).
- Selected by Cleveland Indians in the 36th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 6, 1972).
- Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Pittsburgh Pirates (June 17, 1973).
- Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with Dave Giusti, Doc Medich, Doug Bair, Tony Armas and Mitchell Page to Oakland Athletics in exchange for Phil Garner, Tommy Helms and Chris Batton (March 15, 1977).
- Released by Oakland Athletics (July 18, 1986).
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