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

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Team Record in Appearances: 8-8 / in Starts: 7-3

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 12, Entered with runners on base: 3

1973 Pitching Game Log

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1973 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	9	65	Jun 16	HOU		STL	L,3-5	4-8		99	4.2	3	1	1	0	5	0	0	1.93	0.42	16	6	2	0	0	3		1	1	1	1	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	.62	-0.084	.87	-0.07%	0.31	4t 1-- 1 out d1	8t 3 out d3
2	10	68	Jun 20	HOU	@	SDP	L,2-6	3-6		3	3.1	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	1.13	0.69	12	5	0	0	0	2		3	1	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	.20	-0.002	.29	0.00%	0.98	3b 123 2 out d4	6b 3 out d4
3	11	73	Jun 24(2)	HOU	@	SFG	W,8-3	GS-6	W(1-0)	3	6.0	4	1	1	3	6	0	0	1.29	1.28	24	3	8	0	0	4	63			1	1	0	20	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.07	0.233	2.09	0.27%	1.88	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
4	12	78	Jun 29	HOU		SFG	L,3-14	GS-7		4	6.1	4	3	3	3	6	0	0	2.21	1.53	25	5	7	0	0	4	56			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	.97	0.141	1.66	0.15%	1.33	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out a2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	13	83	Jul 4(1)	HOU	@	ATL	W,11-4	GS-5	W(2-0)	4	5.0	7	4	3	2	4	2	0	2.84	2.68	22	7	2	0	1	7	41			0	1	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	.70	-0.009	.79	-0.01%	-1.51	1b start a 4	5b 3 out a5
6	14	88	Jul 7	HOU	@	MON	L,1-6	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	2.73	2.76	5	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.001	.02	0.00%	0.47	8b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 5
7	15	89	Jul 8	HOU	@	MON	W,9-7	7-7		0	0.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2.73	2.98	2	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.74	-0.109	1.71	-0.06%	-1.66	7b 12- 1 out d1	7b 123 1 out d2
8	16	98	Jul 17	HOU		MON	L,2-7	9-GF		8	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.63	2.90	4	0	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.04	0.001	.02	0.00%	0.46	9t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
9	17	104	Jul 27	HOU	@	LAD	W,5-2	GS-4		9	4.0	3	2	2	0	8	0	0	2.87	2.34	15	3	1	0	0	3	56			0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.069	.19	-0.01%	-0.23	1b start tie	4b 3 out d2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	18	109	Aug 1	HOU		LAD	W,5-0	SHO	W(3-0)	4	9.0	5	0	0	3	9	0	0	2.23	2.17	34	10	7	1	0	5	83			2	1	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.392	.20	0.05%	4.11	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
11	19	114	Aug 5	HOU	@	CIN	L,1-7	GS-5	L(3-1)	3	4.0	7	7	3	4	4	0	0	2.64	2.30	24	6	4	1	0	6	28			2	0	0	20	3	1	0	0	0	1	.78	-0.346	.07	-0.02%	-5.62	1b start tie	5b 1-- 0 out d6
12	20	118	Aug 10	HOU	@	CHC	W,6-4	GS-6	W(4-1)	4	5.1	2	2	2	6	5	0	1	2.72	2.55	23	7	4	2	0	0	55			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.19	0.154	.04	0.00%	1.39	1b start a 1	6b 123 1 out a4
13	21	122	Aug 14	HOU	@	STL	L,5-9	GS-6		3	5.0	4	4	4	3	4	0	0	3.13	2.57	20	4	5	0	1	4	44			2	1	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.14	0.080	.11	0.01%	-0.52	1b start tie	6b 123 0 out a4
14	22	127	Aug 20	HOU		PIT	W,10-2	CG	W(5-1)	5	9.0	2	2	2	3	9	0	0	2.97	2.42	31	8	9	4	0	2	81			1	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	.30	0.243	.01	0.00%	2.11	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
15	23	141	Sep 4	HOU		CIN	L,7-12	10-10	L(5-2)	14	0.2	4	5	5	1	2	0	0	3.64	2.41	7	1	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.52	-0.472	.00	0.00%	-3.12	10t --- 0 out tie	10t -23 2 out d3
16	24	144	Sep 8	HOU	@	SFG	W,9-7	GS-8	W(6-2)	3	7.1	6	6	6	5	6	0	0	4.02	2.47	33	12	6	2	0	4	43			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	.75	-0.063	.00	0.00%	-2.67	1b start a 3	8b 1-- 1 out a1
							8-8		W-L:6-2	3.9	71.2	54	37	32	38	75	2	1	4.02	2.47	297	1.37		7%	1%	48	55	6	50%	9	5	0	257	8	2	0	7	1	1	.85	0.091	.50	0.31%	-2.29

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