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: 22-14 / in Starts: 22-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1977 Pitching Game Log

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1977 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	112	1	Apr 8	HOU		ATL	W,3-2	GS-9		99	9.0	7	2	2	2	7	1	0	2.00	3.29	35	9	10	0	0	7	70			2	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.36	0.372	2.12	0.35%	2.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
2	113	5	Apr 12	HOU		CIN	W,4-3	GS-7	W(1-0)	3	7.0	5	1	1	1	2	0	0	1.69	2.99	27	12	7	1	0	5	64			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.197	1.62	0.21%	2.11	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
3	114	9	Apr 17	HOU	@	ATL	L,4-5	GS-6		4	6.0	3	3	1	5	4	0	0	1.64	3.24	25	6	7	0	0	3	57			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	2	1	1	1.59	-0.024	2.88	-0.03%	0.29	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
4	115	12	Apr 22	HOU		SDP	L,2-4	CG	L(1-1)	4	9.0	6	4	4	7	8	1	0	2.32	3.67	38	7	10	0	0	6	60			1	1	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.86	-0.085	1.11	-0.07%	0.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out d4
5	116	17	Apr 27	HOU	@	SFG	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(1-2)	4	8.0	7	3	3	4	5	1	0	2.54	3.87	35	12	7	0	0	7	57			1	1	1	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.46	-0.225	1.74	-0.16%	0.87	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d1
May				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
6	117	22	May 3	HOU	@	CHC	L,0-9	GS-4	L(1-3)	5	3.1	8	5	5	3	1	0	0	3.40	3.94	19	5	9	7	0	1	22			0	1	0	16	3	0	0	1	0	0	.91	-0.216	.81	-0.12%	-3.45	1b start tie	4b 123 1 out d4
7	118	26	May 7	HOU	@	STL	W,3-1	GS-7		3	7.0	2	1	1	1	9	0	0	3.10	3.47	24	10	2	0	1	2	77			0	1	0	22	0	0	1	0	0	1	.98	0.184	.66	0.07%	2.39	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
8	119	30	May 11	HOU		CHC	W,8-2	CG	W(2-3)	3	9.0	5	2	2	4	5	0	0	2.93	3.39	34	12	13	7	2	0	70			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	2	0	1	.41	0.172	.25	0.06%	2.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
9	120	33	May 15	HOU		PIT	L,1-3	GS-9	L(2-4)	3	8.1	8	3	3	4	7	0	0	2.97	3.28	36	8	11	0	1	6	58			4	1	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.100	.62	-0.04%	0.15	1t start tie	9t 12- 1 out d2
10	121	37	May 20	HOU		PHI	W,5-2	CG	W(3-4)	4	9.0	7	2	2	1	3	0	0	2.85	3.18	35	14	10	1	2	7	67			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.148	.57	0.04%	2.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
11	122	42	May 26	HOU	@	LAD	L,3-4	GS-9		5	8.2	7	3	3	7	7	0	0	2.88	3.21	38	7	11	1	3	6	58			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	2	1	0	1.17	0.036	.71	0.01%	0.60	1b start tie	9b 123 2 out tie
12	123	47	May 31	HOU		LAD	W,5-2	CG	W(4-4)	4	9.0	7	2	2	2	2	0	0	2.80	3.19	35	10	14	3	0	7	65			1	1	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.181	.55	0.06%	2.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
Jun				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
13	124	52	Jun 5	HOU	@	CIN	L,4-14	GS-4	L(4-5)	4	3.1	10	9	9	4	3	2	0	3.54	3.50	25	6	3	0	2	9	3			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	1	.54	-0.365	.23	-0.10%	-6.53	1b start tie	4b 1-- 1 out d8
14	125	57	Jun 11(1)	HOU		NYM	W,4-1	CG	W(5-5)	5	9.0	9	1	1	1	4	0	0	3.32	3.39	37	12	11	1	1	9	68			1	0	0	36	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.333	.28	0.05%	3.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
15	126	62	Jun 15	HOU		MON	L,0-2	GS-7	L(5-6)	3	7.0	7	2	2	1	7	0	0	3.28	3.25	28	11	2	0	0	7	61			0	1	0	25	0	1	0	1	1	1	1.01	0.068	.18	0.01%	1.11	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
16	127	67	Jun 20	HOU	@	MON	W,6-3	CG	W(6-6)	4	9.0	8	3	3	3	9	1	0	3.25	3.25	39	11	8	0	0	8	65			1	0	0	36	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.49	0.157	.12	0.01%	1.22	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
17	128	71	Jun 25(1)	HOU		SFG	W,4-3	GS-7		4	6.0	7	2	2	1	3	1	0	3.24	3.30	24	8	5	0	0	7	52			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	2	0	0	.96	0.049	.11	0.00%	0.70	1t start tie	7t 12- 0 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
18	129	77	Jul 1	HOU		ATL	W,3-1	GS-9	W(7-6)	5	8.0	4	1	1	4	9	0	0	3.12	3.23	32	6	9	0	0	4	75			0	1	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.191	.08	0.01%	1.59	1t start tie	9t 12- 0 out a2
19	130	82	Jul 6	HOU	@	LAD	W,2-1	GS-10		4	10.0	6	1	1	2	12	1	0	2.97	3.16	35	7	8	1	1	6	86			0	2	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.32	0.682	.07	0.02%	3.84	1b start tie	10b 3 out tie
20	131	87	Jul 11	HOU		CIN	W,2-0	SHO	W(8-6)	4	9.0	5	0	0	2	5	0	0	2.79	3.11	32	11	9	1	1	5	80			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.18	0.535	.04	0.01%	4.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
21	132	92	Jul 16	HOU	@	CIN	W,8-0	GS-7	W(9-6)	4	6.0	4	0	0	4	7	0	0	2.69	3.08	27	7	5	0	1	3	67			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.237	.05	0.01%	2.00	1b start tie	7b 12- 0 out a4
22	133	94	Jul 21	HOU	@	STL	L,0-4	GS-6	L(9-7)	4	6.0	4	4	4	1	6	1	0	2.81	3.09	23	10	2	1	0	4	53			2	0	0	22	0	1	0	0	0	0	.63	-0.108	.02	0.00%	-1.09	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
23	134	100	Jul 26	HOU	@	PIT	L,2-3	GS-7	L(9-8)	4	7.0	6	3	3	3	4	1	0	2.85	3.16	28	6	9	0	3	6	54			1	1	0	24	1	2	0	1	1	0	1.03	-0.037	.08	0.00%	0.49	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
24	135	105	Jul 31	HOU		CHC	L,1-4	GS-6	L(9-9)	4	5.2	5	4	4	2	2	0	0	2.96	3.16	23	7	12	9	0	0	43			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	-0.129	.02	0.00%	-0.54	1t start tie	6t 1-- 2 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
25	136	109	Aug 5	HOU		STL	W,5-4	GS-7	W(10-9)	4	6.2	6	4	4	4	8	1	0	3.05	3.19	28	3	7	1	2	6	50			2	2	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.088	.01	0.00%	-1.10	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out a1
26	137	115	Aug 10	HOU	@	SFG	W,8-6	GS-7	W(11-9)	4	7.0	8	4	1	6	5	1	0	2.98	3.28	34	11	4	0	0	8	50			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.19	0.140	.01	0.00%	-0.61	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a1
27	138	119	Aug 15	HOU	@	ATL	W,15-3	GS-5	W(12-9)	4	5.0	1	0	0	4	4	0	0	2.91	3.29	21	8	4	0	0	1	65			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	1	.12	0.042	.00	0.00%	2.74	1b start a 6	5b 3 out a11
28	139	125	Aug 22	HOU	@	NYM	L,1-2	GS-7	L(12-10)	6	7.0	5	2	2	3	4	0	0	2.90	3.28	29	8	9	1	3	5	60			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.43	-0.036	.00	0.00%	1.22	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
29	140	130	Aug 27	HOU		MON	W,4-0	SHO	W(13-10)	4	9.0	3	0	0	0	7	0	0	2.78	3.19	30	11	9	0	0	3	88			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.55	0.326	.00	0.00%	4.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
Sep/Oct				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
30	141	134	Sep 2	HOU	@	MON	W,5-2	CG	W(14-10)	5	9.0	8	2	2	0	6	1	0	2.74	3.17	33	12	7	0	3	8	69			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	2	0	0	.94	0.338	.00	0.00%	2.22	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
31	142	139	Sep 7	HOU		SDP	L,5-9	GS-3	L(14-11)	4	2.0	7	5	5	1	2	1	0	2.92	3.22	14	4	0	0	0	7	23			0	0	0	13	3	1	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.483	.00	0.00%	-5.08	1t start tie	3t 12- 0 out d3
32	143	144	Sep 12	HOU	@	CIN	W,7-2	GS-9	W(15-11)	4	8.0	8	2	2	5	11	0	0	2.90	3.18	37	3	10	0	2	8	64			2	0	0	32	3	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.187	.00	0.00%	1.61	1b start a 2	9b 1-- 0 out a5
33	144	149	Sep 17	HOU	@	SDP	W,11-0	SHO	W(16-11)	4	9.0	3	0	0	3	10	0	0	2.79	3.12	33	8	9	0	0	3	88			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	0.102	.00	0.00%	3.92	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a11
34	145	152	Sep 22	HOU		ATL	L,4-8	GS-7	L(16-12)	4	7.0	8	6	5	2	6	0	0	2.89	3.08	30	8	6	0	0	8	43			1	0	0	27	3	0	0	1	1	0	1.12	-0.543	.00	0.00%	-2.89	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
35	146	157	Sep 27	HOU	@	ATL	W,7-5	CG	W(17-12)	4	9.0	4	5	5	5	6	1	0	2.97	3.13	36	6	15	0	0	4	60			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.138	.00	0.00%	-0.07	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
36	147	162	Oct 2	HOU	@	LAD	W,6-3	CG	W(18-12)	4	9.0	4	3	3	2	14	3	0	2.97	3.18	33	4	9	0	1	4	79			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.023	.00	0.00%	1.36	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
							22-14		W-L:18-12	4.1	267.0	212	94	88	104	214	18	0	2.97	3.18	1092	1.06		6%	5%	190	60		---%	22	13	1	973	32	6	1	21	5	10	1.03	2.353	.43	0.42%	28.03

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