J.R. Richard

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-8, 222lb (203cm, 100kg)

Born: March 7, 1950 in Vienna, LA us

Died: August 4, 2021 in Houston, TX

Buried: Houston Memorial Gardens, Pearland, TX

Draft: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1st round (2nd) of the 1969 MLB June Amateur Draft from Lincoln HS (Ruston, LA).

High School: Lincoln HS (Ruston, LA)

School: Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)

Debut: September 5, 1971 (Age 21-182d, 13,177th in major league history)
vs. SFG 9.0 IP, 7 H, 15 SO, 3 BB, 2 ER, W

Last Game: July 14, 1980 (Age 30-129d)
vs. ATL 3.1 IP, 1 H, 4 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1973 season

Agents: Tom Reich

Full Name: James Rodney Richard

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

22.2

107

ERA

3.15

238

221

1606.0

1493

WHIP

1.243

Summary of 73 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 2 walk-off, 14 tying, 26 go ahead

1 Tm
HOU	73

Platoon
vs LHB	39
vs RHB	34

Home/Road
Away	53
Home	20

Outs
1	26
2	24
0	23

11 Opps
CIN	11
LAD	9
PIT	8
CHC	8
SFG	7
ATL	7
SDP	6
MON	5
NYM	4
PHI	4
STL	4

50 Batters
Joe Morgan	4
Rick Monday	4
Willie McCovey	4
Darrell Evans	3
Gary Carter	3
Dave Concepción	2
Willie Montañez	2
Bobby Murcer	2
Ted Simmons	2
Dave Parker	2
Ed Ott	2
George Foster	2
Willie Stargell	2
Bob Boone	2
Chris Speier	2
Derrel Thomas	1
Chris Chambliss	1
Barry Evans	1
Jeff Burroughs	1
Manny Mota	1
Jerry Turner	1
Dave Kingman	1
Dusty Baker	1
Andre Dawson	1
Héctor Cruz	1
Ron Hodges	1
Steve Yeager	1
Dave Rader	1
Jerry Royster	1
Gene Tenace	1
Manny Trillo	1
Bake McBride	1
Glenn Burke	1
Phil Garner	1
Frank Tepedino	1
Johnny Bench	1
Rick Rhoden	1
Keith Hernandez	1
Steve Garvey	1
Al Oliver	1
Ellis Valentine	1
Bill Madlock	1
Davey Lopes	1
George Hendrick	1
Jay Johnstone	1
Pete Rose	1
Ray Knight	1
Ed Kranepool	1
Jerry Morales	1
Dale Murphy	1

13 Parks
Astrodome (HOU)	20
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	8
Dodger Stad (LOS)	8
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	7
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	6
3Com Park (SFO)	5
Stade Olymp. (MON)	4
Busch Stad (STL)	3
VeteransStad (PHI)	3
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	3
Shea Stad (NYC)	3
Qualcomm St (SAN)	2
Parc Jarry (MON)	1

Where Hit
7	22
9	20
8	13
89	1
78	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	47
2·HR gms	10
3·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	46
1--	14
12-	3
123	3
-2-	3
-23	2
--3	1
1-3	1

112 Runs
RISP	13
0 on	46
1 on	18
2 on	6
3 on	3
Any on	27

Inning
1	8
2	16
3	4
4	8
5	7
6	13
7	7
8	3
9	5
Extra	2

1-3	28
4-6	28
7-end	17

RelScore
+4..	3
+3	1
+2	8
+1	5
Tied	20
-1	16
-2	5
-3	7
-4..	8

Ahead	17
Tied	20
Behind	36

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
C	13
1B	12
CF	11
RF	11
2B	7
3B	7
LF	5
SS	4
PH	2
P	1

OrderPos
4th	19
3rd	14
7th	13
6th	8
1st	7
5th	6
2nd	3
9th	2
8th	1

Leverage
High Lev	19
Medium Lev	22
Low Lev	32

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1971	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1971-09-11	Pete Rose	CIN		HOU	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	9	11%	66%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
1973	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1973-07-04 (1)	Frank Tepedino	ATL		HOU	behind 1-4	b 2	0	---	1	6	3	9%	34%		Home Run (Deep LF)
3	3	2	2	1973-07-04 (1)	Darrell Evans	ATL		HOU	behind 2-9	b 5	2	1--	2	3	5	3%	5%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Lum Scores
1974	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	1974-08-15	Jerry Morales	CHC		HOU	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	1	5	8	11%	64%		Home Run (Deep LF)
5	5	2	1	1974-08-26	Ron Hodges	NYM		HOU	tied 0-0	b 2	2	---	1	8	2	12%	63%		Home Run
6	6	3	1	1974-08-31	Jay Johnstone	PHI		HOU	tied 0-0	b 2	1	1-3	3	7	9	20%	82%		Home Run; G. Luzinski Scores; D. Unser Scores
1975	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	1975-04-15	Darrell Evans	ATL		HOU	behind 0-1	b 1	1	1--	2	3	5	19%	63%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Garr Scores
8	8	2	1	1975-04-29	Willie McCovey	SDP		HOU	behind 0-8	b 8	0	1--	2	4	3	0%	1%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Grubb Scores
9	9	3	1	1975-05-15	Rick Monday	CHC		HOU	behind 1-2	b 6	0	---	1	4	8	19%	57%		Home Run (Deep LF)
10	10	4	1	1975-07-23	Gary Carter	MON		HOU	behind 0-1	b 4	0	---	1	4	9	14%	56%		Home Run (Deep LF)
11	11	5	1	1975-07-27	Chris Speier	SFG	@	HOU	ahead 2-0	t 4	1	---	1	6	6	9%	83%		Home Run (Deep LF)
12	12	6	1	1975-08-01	Willie Montañez	SFG		HOU	behind 1-2	b 9	0	---	1	5	3	44%	63%		Home Run (Deep RF)
13	13	7	2	1975-08-01	Chris Speier	SFG		HOU	tied 2-2	b 9	0	---	1	6	6	37%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
14	14	8	1	1975-09-26	Steve Garvey	LAD		HOU	behind 1-2	b 9	1	1--	2	4	3	81%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep CF); W. Crawford Scores
1976	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
15	15	1	1	1976-05-02 (1)	Ed Kranepool	NYM		HOU	behind 3-4	b 6	0	---	1	4	7	21%	57%		Home Run
16	16	2	1	1976-05-07	Héctor Cruz	STL		HOU	behind 0-3	b 7	1	---	1	7	5	8%	16%		Home Run (Deep LF)
17	17	3	1	1976-05-21	Steve Yeager	LAD		HOU	tied 1-1	b 7	0	---	1	7	2	22%	80%		Home Run (Deep LF)
18	18	4	1	1976-05-25	Bobby Murcer	SFG		HOU	behind 0-3	b 5	1	123	4	3	9	40%	70%		Home Run; D. Rader Scores; L. Herndon Scores; D. Thomas Scores
19	19	5	1	1976-05-31	George Foster	CIN	@	HOU	tied 1-1	t 5	2	--3	2	4	8	27%	76%		Home Run (Deep CF); J. Morgan Scores
20	20	6	1	1976-06-14	Al Oliver	PIT	@	HOU	tied 0-0	t 4	1	---	1	3	8	15%	63%		Home Run (Deep CF)
21	21	7	1	1976-06-18	Willie Stargell	PIT		HOU	ahead 4-1	b 5	2	---	1	4	3	5%	93%		Home Run (Deep CF)
22	22	8	1	1976-07-02 (1)	Dave Concepción	CIN		HOU	ahead 3-1	b 6	1	---	1	7	6	7%	92%		Home Run (Deep LF)
23	23	9	1	1976-07-15	Dave Kingman	NYM		HOU	behind 0-1	b 6	0	1--	2	4	9	33%	76%		Home Run; J. Milner Scores
24	24	10	1	1976-08-08	Willie McCovey	SDP		HOU	behind 0-3	b 8	0	12-	3	2	PH	40%	59%		Home Run (CF-RF); B. Davis Scores; J. Grubb Scores
25	25	11	1	1976-08-17	Rick Monday	CHC	@	HOU	behind 0-8	t 9	0	---	1	1	8	0%	0%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
26	26	12	1	1976-08-26	Bill Madlock	CHC		HOU	behind 0-4	b 4	1	---	1	3	5	6%	18%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF)
27	27	13	2	1976-08-26	Rick Monday	CHC		HOU	behind 1-4	b 6	1	---	1	1	3	9%	21%		Home Run (Deep LF)
28	28	14	1	1976-09-06	Joe Morgan	CIN		HOU	ahead 4-0	b 3	2	123	4	3	4	7%	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Concepción Scores; P. Rose Scores; K. Griffey Scores
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
29	29	1	1	1977-04-08	Jeff Burroughs	ATL	@	HOU	tied 0-0	t 1	2	-2-	2	4	9	19%	68%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Office Scores
30	30	2	1	1977-04-22	Jerry Turner	SDP	@	HOU	ahead 2-0	t 7	2	1--	2	1	7	13%	95%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Shirley Scores
31	31	3	1	1977-04-27	Darrell Evans	SFG		HOU	behind 1-2	b 8	2	1--	2	4	7	62%	85%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Andrews Scores
32	32	4	1	1977-06-05	Joe Morgan	CIN		HOU	tied 0-0	b 1	0	-23	3	3	4	13%	81%		Home Run; P. Rose Scores; K. Griffey Scores
33	33	5	2	1977-06-05	Johnny Bench	CIN		HOU	ahead 5-0	b 4	1	-23	3	6	2	2%	99%		Home Run; D. Driessen Scores; G. Foster Scores
34	34	6	1	1977-06-20	Gary Carter	MON		HOU	behind 2-3	b 6	0	---	1	5	2	19%	57%		Home Run
35	35	7	1	1977-06-25 (1)	Willie McCovey	SFG	@	HOU	behind 0-2	t 4	2	---	1	5	3	11%	32%		Home Run
36	36	8	1	1977-07-06	Rick Rhoden	LAD		HOU	tied 0-0	b 3	2	---	1	9	1	13%	64%		Home Run (Deep CF)
37	37	9	1	1977-07-21	Keith Hernandez	STL		HOU	tied 0-0	b 2	2	---	1	6	3	12%	63%		Home Run (Deep RF)
38	38	10	1	1977-07-26	Ed Ott	PIT		HOU	ahead 2-1	b 7	0	---	1	7	2	10%	89%		Home Run (Deep RF)
39	39	11	1	1977-08-05	Ted Simmons	STL	@	HOU	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	4	2	11%	61%		Home Run (Deep RF)
40	40	12	1	1977-08-10	Willie McCovey	SFG		HOU	behind 1-5	b 5	2	1--	2	4	3	13%	23%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Madlock Scores/unER; W. McCovey Scores/unER
41	41	13	1	1977-09-02	Andre Dawson	MON		HOU	behind 1-5	b 9	1	---	1	3	8	1%	2%		Home Run
42	42	14	1	1977-09-07	George Hendrick	SDP	@	HOU	behind 0-2	t 2	0	---	1	4	8	10%	39%		Home Run
43	43	15	1	1977-09-27	Jerry Royster	ATL		HOU	ahead 2-1	b 2	2	12-	3	1	4	21%	86%		Home Run; D. Murphy Scores; M. Mahler Scores
44	44	16	1	1977-10-02	Manny Mota	LAD		HOU	behind 0-2	b 6	0	---	1	9	PH	14%	39%		Home Run (Deep LF)
45	45	17	2	1977-10-02	Dusty Baker	LAD		HOU	behind 1-2	b 6	2	---	1	3	7	20%	52%		Home Run (Deep CF)
46	46	18	3	1977-10-02	Glenn Burke	LAD		HOU	tied 2-2	b 6	2	---	1	4	8	19%	71%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1978	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
47	47	1	1	1978-04-06	Joe Morgan	CIN		HOU	behind 0-1	b 1	2	---	1	3	4	11%	51%		Home Run (Deep RF)
48	48	2	1	1978-04-21	Rick Monday	LAD		HOU	ahead 1-0	b 2	1	---	1	7	8	10%	75%		Home Run (Deep LF)
49	49	3	2	1978-04-21	Davey Lopes	LAD		HOU	ahead 2-0	b 2	2	1--	2	1	4	14%	88%		Home Run (Deep CF); R. Rhoden Scores
50	50	4	1	1978-05-03	Gary Carter	MON		HOU	ahead 4-2	b 3	2	123	4	4	2	17%	96%		Home Run; R. Grimsley Scores; W. Cromartie Scores; D. Cash Scores
51	51	5	1	1978-05-09	Bake McBride	PHI		HOU	behind 0-1	b 6	1	---	1	1	9	20%	54%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
52	52	6	1	1978-06-14	Ed Ott	PIT	@	HOU	behind 0-4	t 5	0	---	1	7	2	5%	13%		Home Run (Deep CF)
53	53	7	2	1978-06-14	Dave Parker	PIT	@	HOU	behind 1-4	t 5	2	12-	3	3	9	32%	45%		Home Run (Deep LF); P. Garner Scores; O. Moreno Scores
54	54	8	1	1978-07-22	Bob Boone	PHI		HOU	behind 0-2	b 4	1	1--	2	7	2	24%	53%		Home Run; G. Maddox Scores
55	55	9	1	1978-07-27	Willie Montañez	NYM	@	HOU	behind 0-6	t 4	1	1--	2	4	3	5%	8%		Home Run; S. Henderson Scores
56	56	10	1	1978-09-01	Bobby Murcer	CHC		HOU	ahead 2-0	b 1	1	-2-	2	5	9	11%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Kingman Scores
57	57	11	2	1978-09-01	Manny Trillo	CHC		HOU	ahead 4-0	b 1	1	---	1	6	4	5%	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
58	58	12	3	1978-09-01	Dave Rader	CHC		HOU	tied 6-6	b 3	2	---	1	7	2	12%	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
59	59	1	1	1979-05-01	Ted Simmons	STL		HOU	behind 0-1	b 2	0	---	1	4	2	11%	55%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
60	60	2	1	1979-05-06 (1)	Dave Concepción	CIN		HOU	ahead 5-4	b 2	1	---	1	2	6	10%	74%		Home Run (Deep CF)
61	61	3	2	1979-05-06 (1)	Joe Morgan	CIN		HOU	ahead 6-4	b 2	1	---	1	3	4	8%	82%		Home Run (Deep RF)
62	62	4	1	1979-05-19	Barry Evans	SDP	@	HOU	tied 2-2	t 11	1	---	1	5	5	39%	84%		Home Run (Deep LF)
63	63	5	2	1979-05-19	Gene Tenace	SDP	@	HOU	ahead 3-2	t 11	1	---	1	6	2	9%	93%		Home Run (Deep LF)
64	64	6	1	1979-06-06	Bob Boone	PHI	@	HOU	tied 0-0	t 2	1	-2-	2	7	2	18%	70%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Maddox Scores
65	65	7	1	1979-06-16	Ellis Valentine	MON		HOU	behind 0-1	b 2	1	1--	2	6	9	21%	64%		Home Run; G. Carter Scores
66	66	8	1	1979-06-25 (1)	George Foster	CIN	@	HOU	tied 0-0	t 1	2	1--	2	4	7	20%	68%		Home Run (Deep LF); K. Griffey Scores
67	67	9	1	1979-07-11	Dave Parker	PIT	@	HOU	behind 0-1	t 7	0	---	1	3	9	21%	50%		Home Run (Deep CF)
68	68	10	2	1979-07-11	Willie Stargell	PIT	@	HOU	tied 1-1	t 7	0	---	1	4	3	21%	71%		Home Run (Deep CF)
69	69	11	1	1979-07-20	Phil Garner	PIT		HOU	ahead 5-3	b 6	0	---	1	7	5	7%	92%		Home Run (Deep LF)
70	70	12	1	1979-07-29	Derrel Thomas	LAD	@	HOU	behind 2-3	t 7	1	---	1	7	8	22%	46%		Home Run (Deep RF)
71	71	13	1	1979-09-21	Ray Knight	CIN	@	HOU	tied 0-0	t 2	2	1--	2	7	5	21%	69%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Driessen Scores
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
72	72	1	1	1980-07-03	Dale Murphy	ATL		HOU	behind 0-3	b 6	2	---	1	2	8	8%	18%		Home Run (Deep CF)
73	73	2	2	1980-07-03	Chris Chambliss	ATL		HOU	behind 1-3	b 6	2	---	1	3	3	13%	31%		Home Run (Deep RF)