Rich Wortham

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-0, 185lb (183cm, 83kg)

Born: October 22, 1953 in Odessa, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 5th round of the 1972 MLB June Amateur Draft from Odessa HS (Odessa, TX), the New York Mets in the 14th round of the 1975 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX) and the Chicago White Sox in the 2nd round of the 1976 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX).

High School: Odessa HS (Odessa, TX)

School: University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX)

Debut: May 3, 1978 (Age 24-193d, 14,030th in major league history)
vs. MIL 6.2 IP, 7 H, 2 SO, 3 BB, 3 ER, L

Last Game: July 23, 1983 (Age 29-274d)
vs. BAL 0.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1978 season

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: Richard Cooper Wortham

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.6

ERA

4.89

355.0

189

WHIP

1.524

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Team Record in Appearances: 14-27 / in Starts: 3-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 25, Entered with runners on base: 17

1980 Pitching Game Log

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1980 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	43	1	Apr 10	CHW		BAL	L,3-5	6-GF		99	4.0	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.00	2.50	13	6	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	1	0	12	0	0	0	2	0	0	.18	0.047	.22	0.03%	1.99	6t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 2
2	44	5	Apr 15	CHW		NYY	W,4-3	10-GF(14)	W(1-0)	4	4.2	0	0	0	6	4	0	0	0.00	3.79	19	6	3	0	0	0		1	0	1	1	0	13	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.97	0.684	3.93	0.54%	2.51	10t 1-- 1 out tie	14t end tie
3	45	9	Apr 19	CHW	@	BAL	W,5-4	7-11		3	4.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.00	2.99	14	4	6	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.68	0.137	2.06	0.10%	1.31	7b --- 1 out d1	11b --3 1 out tie
4	46	10	Apr 20	CHW	@	BAL	W,9-6	8-8	W(2-0)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	2.68	3	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	0.106	1.98	0.09%	0.50	8b --- 0 out tie	8b 3 out tie
5	47	15	Apr 26	CHW	@	NYY	W,8-7	8-8	BS(1)	5	0.1	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0.64	3.11	4	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.07	-0.369	6.89	-0.37%	-1.41	8b --- 0 out a1	8b 12- 1 out tie
6	48	17	Apr 29	CHW		BOS	L,1-11	7-8		2	2.0	4	5	3	1	1	0	0	2.25	3.13	12	0	6	1	1	4		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	1	0	0	1	1	.05	-0.014	.09	-0.02%	-4.01	7t --- 0 out d6	8t 3 out d10
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
7	49	20	May 2	CHW		MIL	L,0-8	8-GF		2	2.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.50	2.97	9	4	1	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	1	0	1	.01	-0.001	.02	0.00%	-0.01	8t --- 0 out d7	9t end d 8
8	50	22	May 4	CHW		MIL	L,1-11	8-8		1	0.0	5	6	6	1	0	1	0	5.50	3.86	6	0	0	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.11	-0.034	.16	-0.03%	-5.38	8t --- 0 out d4	8t 1-- 0 out d9
9	51	24	May 6	CHW		KCR	W,2-0	GS-7	W(3-0)	1	7.0	3	0	0	3	2	0	0	3.96	3.75	24	8	11	1	0	0	70			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.19	0.462	1.97	0.46%	3.48	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
10	52	29	May 11	CHW	@	TEX	L,1-5	GS-5	L(3-1)	4	4.2	7	4	4	4	1	0	0	4.55	3.93	23	8	3	1	0	7	31			0	1	1	18	3	0	1	1	1	0	.74	-0.205	1.44	-0.24%	-2.02	1b start tie	5b 12- 2 out d4
11	53	31	May 14	CHW	@	MIL	L,1-5	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.40	3.83	5	2	1	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.22	-0.023	.34	-0.02%	-0.53	8b 12- 0 out d2	8b end d 4
12	54	32	May 15	CHW	@	MIL	W,6-4	9-9		0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4.40	3.93	1	0	0	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.74	-0.077	6.05	-0.08%	-1.00	9b 123 2 out a3	9b 123 2 out a2
13	55	35	May 18	CHW		SEA	W,6-5	6-6		2	0.0	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	4.99	4.12	4	1	1	1	0	0		1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.91	-0.153	1.74	-0.18%	-3.39	6t 1-- 1 out a6	6t 12- 1 out a3
14	56	37	May 20	CHW		MIN	W,4-2	7-9	H(1)	1	2.1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	4.64	4.15	10	3	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.62	0.127	3.30	0.16%	0.58	7t --- 0 out a1	9t 12- 1 out a2
15	57	38	May 21	CHW		MIN	L,2-3	9-GF		0	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.54	4.21	2	0	1	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.53	0.024	1.14	0.03%	0.68	9t -2- 1 out d2	9t end d 2
16	58	41	May 25	CHW	@	SEA	L,3-8	6-6		3	0.1	2	2	2	0	0	0	1	5.03	4.28	4	0	1	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2.67	-0.274	5.28	-0.33%	-3.17	6b 1-3 1 out tie	6b --3 2 out d4
17	59	46	May 30	CHW	@	KCR	L,2-9	GS-3	L(3-2)	4	2.1	2	6	3	4	2	1	0	5.45	4.76	14	4	2	0	0	2	33			4	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	.80	-0.338	1.83	-0.47%	-3.90	1b start a 1	3b -23 1 out d3
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
18	60	50	Jun 3	CHW		TEX	W,5-4	9-GF	S(1)	3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.40	4.74	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.46	0.140	10.73	0.17%	0.44	9t 12- 2 out a1	9t end a 1
19	61	51	Jun 4(1)	CHW		TEX	L,3-4	8-GF		0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.12	4.64	6	3	2	0	2	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.43	0.052	.92	0.07%	0.99	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 1
20	62	53	Jun 6	CHW		CLE	W,8-7	8-8	BS(2)	1	0.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	5.59	4.64	3	0	0	0	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.24	-0.658	3.81	-0.67%	-3.61	8t 12- 1 out a2	8t 1-- 1 out d2
21	63	66	Jun 22(2)	CHW		DET	L,4-6	GS-7	L(3-3)	15	6.2	6	4	1	1	4	0	0	4.96	4.25	28	13	4	0	0	6	55			0	1	1	25	2	0	0	1	1	3	.86	-0.127	.80	-0.07%	-0.84	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out d2
22	64	71	Jun 28	CHW	@	OAK	W,3-0	GS-8	W(4-3)	5	7.1	4	0	0	4	1	0	0	4.27	4.23	31	9	13	0	6	4	67			0	1	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.41	0.334	1.37	0.20%	2.83	1b start tie	8b 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
23	65	76	Jul 3	CHW		CAL	L,3-7	GS-2	L(4-4)	4	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.36	4.22	5	1	1	0	0	1	47			0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.010	.83	0.01%	0.11	1t start tie	2t 1-- 0 out tie
24	66	85	Jul 14	CHW		NYY	L,6-7	GS-6		10	5.2	6	4	3	3	4	0	0	4.40	4.10	25	6	6	2	0	6	44			0	0	0	22	0	0	1	0	0	0	.96	0.023	.51	0.01%	-0.38	1t start tie	6t --3 2 out a3
25	67	90	Jul 19	CHW	@	MIL	W,10-7	GS-5		4	4.1	5	6	6	1	1	2	0	4.95	4.43	19	7	5	2	0	5	29			0	1	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	1	.63	-0.340	.13	-0.04%	-3.24	1b start tie	5b -2- 1 out d3
26	68	95	Jul 24	CHW	@	KCR	L,4-12	GS-3	L(4-5)	4	2.0	7	8	8	4	0	0	0	5.89	4.56	15	4	0	0	0	7	6			1	0	0	11	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.14	-0.410	.21	-0.05%	-5.84	1b start tie	3b 123 0 out d4
27	69	100	Jul 27(2)	CHW		TEX	L,3-4	GS-6		2	5.0	8	3	2	0	2	0	0	5.73	4.38	24	11	3	0	0	8	43			0	0	0	22	0	1	0	0	1	1	1.08	-0.143	.10	-0.01%	-0.90	1t start tie	6t 1-- 0 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
28	70	106	Aug 5	CHW	@	BAL	L,2-8	6-7		8	2.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	5.70	4.35	8	3	1	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	.15	-0.014	.00	0.00%	-0.01	6b --- 0 out d4	7b 3 out d5
29	71	118	Aug 19	CHW		CLE	L,5-8	2-5		13	4.0	2	1	1	2	3	0	0	5.52	4.27	16	8	1	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	1	0	.75	0.003	.00	0.00%	0.61	2t -2- 0 out d3	5t 3 out d3
30	72	123	Aug 24	CHW		TOR	L,3-7	9-GF		4	1.0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	5.68	4.28	6	1	2	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.14	-0.025	.00	0.00%	-1.50	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 5
31	73	124	Aug 26	CHW		DET	L,4-5	4-7	L(4-6)	1	3.0	2	1	1	3	2	0	0	5.58	4.29	13	3	3	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.45	0.026	.00	0.00%	0.49	4t 12- 2 out tie	7t 12- 2 out d1
32	74	126	Aug 29	CHW	@	CLE	L,5-6	4-7		2	3.2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.34	4.17	14	4	4	0	0	4		1	0	0	1	1	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.233	.00	0.00%	2.18	4b 1-- 0 out d1	7b 1-- 2 out a1
33	75	128	Aug 31(1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,10-8	8-9	H(2)	1	1.1	2	3	2	2	1	0	0	5.46	4.20	9	0	4	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.66	-0.024	.00	0.00%	-0.90	8b --- 0 out a2	9b 12- 1 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
34	76	131	Sep 2(1)	CHW	@	DET	L,2-11	5-5		1	0.1	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	5.76	4.19	5	0	1	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.41	-0.085	.00	0.00%	-2.24	5b --- 1 out d3	5b 1-3 2 out d5
35	77	133	Sep 3	CHW	@	DET	L,4-5	9-9	HL(4-7)	0	0.1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	5.84	4.22	2	1	0	0	0	0		3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.20	0.002	.00	0.00%	-0.92	9b 123 1 out a3	9b 1-3 2 out a1
36	78	147	Sep 18	CHW	@	SEA	W,5-4	7-8		14	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.82	4.25	3	1	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.46	-0.080	.00	0.00%	-0.56	7b 12- 2 out tie	8b 12- 0 out tie
37	79	148	Sep 19	CHW	@	MIN	L,3-6	8-8		0	0.0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	5.92	4.29	2	1	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.50	-0.166	.00	0.00%	-1.39	8b 1-3 1 out tie	8b 123 1 out d1
38	80	149	Sep 21(1)	CHW	@	MIN	L,4-5	8-8		1	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.90	4.28	2	0	1	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.81	-0.107	.00	0.00%	-0.27	8b --3 1 out tie	8b 1-- 2 out d1
39	81	150	Sep 21(2)	CHW	@	MIN	L,4-6	5-8		-1	3.1	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	5.68	4.25	12	4	2	1	0	2		1	0	1	1	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	.49	0.097	.00	0.00%	1.71	5b 1-- 1 out d2	8b 12- 2 out d2
40	82	151	Sep 23	CHW	@	OAK	L,4-6	8-GF(8)		1	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.66	4.27	2	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.38	0.009	.00	0.00%	0.31	8b -2- 2 out d2	8b end d 2
41	83	158	Oct 1	CHW		OAK	L,3-11	7-8		7	1.1	6	5	4	3	1	0	0	5.97	4.33	12	1	1	0	0	6		0	0	0	0	1	9	1	0	1	0	0	0	.20	-0.022	.00	0.00%	-4.19	7t --- 0 out d4	8t 1-3 1 out d8
							14-27		W-L:4-7,Sv:1,BSv:2,Hld:3	2.3	92.0	102	73	61	58	45	4	3	5.97	4.33	430	1.35		5%	4%	98	43	28	46%	10	8	4	358	15	3	5	11	7	15	1.08	-1.173	1.01	-0.71%	-30.90

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