J.R. Richard

Position: Starting 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)

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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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1969	19	-0.2	Covington	APPY	Rk	HOU	5	4	.556	6.59	8.04	12	12		0	0	0	56.0	51	50	41	2	52	0	71	6	0	10		1.839	8.2	0.3	8.4	11.4	1.37
1969	19	-1.7	Mesa	AZIL	WRk		1	3	.250	4.33	4.67	7	6		0	0	1	27.0	22	14	13	1	17	0	16	2	0	3		1.444	7.3	0.3	5.7	5.3	0.94
1970	20	-0.9	Cocoa	FLOR	A	HOU	4	11	.267	2.39	4.38	19	19		4	2	0	109.0	67	53	29	1	68	2	138	3	2	20		1.239	5.5	0.1	5.6	11.4	2.03
1971	21	-3.9	Oklahoma City	AA	AAA	HOU	12	7	.632	2.45	2.86	24	24		8	3	0	173.0	116	55	47	5	105	1	202	3	1	18		1.277	6.0	0.3	5.5	10.5	1.92
1971	21	-6.4	HOU	NL	Maj	HOU	2	1	.667	3.43	3.86	4	4	0	1	0	0	21.0	17	9	8	1	16	0	29	0	0	2	96	1.571	7.3	0.4	6.9	12.4	1.81
1972	22	-3.0	Oklahoma City	AA	AAA	HOU	10	8	.556	3.02	4.01	19	19		6	2	0	128.0	94	57	43	5	79	2	169	7	2	11		1.352	6.6	0.4	5.6	11.9	2.14
1972	22	-5.1	HOU	NL	Maj	HOU	1	0	1.000	13.50	13.50	4	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	10	9	9	0	8	0	8	2	0	2	36	3.000	15.0	0.0	12.0	12.0	1.00
1973	23	-1.7	Denver	AA	AAA	HOU	2	4	.333	5.71	6.75	8	8		1	0	0	52.0	54	39	33	2	26	0	66	0	0	10		1.538	9.3	0.3	4.5	11.4	2.54
1973	23	-4.3	HOU	NL	Maj	HOU	6	2	.750	4.00	4.63	16	10	2	2	1	0	72.0	54	37	32	2	38	0	75	1	1	3	297	1.278	6.8	0.3	4.8	9.4	1.97
1974	24		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	HOU	9	8	.529	3.90	5.03	17	17		7	3	0	120.0	118	67	52	9	73	0	103	1	3	10		1.592	8.9	0.7	5.5	7.7	1.41
1974	24	-0.7	Denver	AA	AAA	HOU	4	0	1.000	0.00	0.55	4	4		3	3	0	33.0	15	2	0	0	12	0	26	0	1	0		0.818	4.1	0.0	3.3	7.1	2.17
1974	24	1.6	Columbus	SOUL	AA	HOU	5	8	.385	5.38	6.72	13	13		4	0	0	87.0	103	65	52	9	61	0	77	1	2	10		1.885	10.7	0.9	6.3	8.0	1.26
1974	24	-3.2	HOU	NL	Maj	HOU	2	3	.400	4.18	4.31	15	9	0	0	0	0	64.2	58	31	30	3	36	0	42	1	1	9	278	1.454	8.1	0.4	5.0	5.8	1.17
1975	25	-2.1	HOU	NL	Maj	HOU	12	10	.545	4.39	4.74	33	31	1	7	1	0	203.0	178	107	99	8	138	0	176	4	5	20	905	1.557	7.9	0.4	6.1	7.8	1.28
1976	26	-1.4	HOU	NL	Maj	HOU	20	15	.571	2.75	3.25	39	39	0	14	3	0	291.0	221	105	89	14	151	4	214	4	2	13	1218	1.278	6.8	0.4	4.7	6.6	1.42
1977	27	-0.3	HOU	NL	Maj	HOU	18	12	.600	2.97	3.17	36	36	0	13	3	0	267.0	212	94	88	18	104	1	214	0	1	6	1092	1.184	7.1	0.6	3.5	7.2	2.06
1978	28	0.0	HOU	NL	Maj	HOU	18	11	.621	3.11	3.40	36	36	0	16	3	0	275.1	192	104	95	12	141	4	303	2	3	16	1139	1.209	6.3	0.4	4.6	9.9	2.15
1979	29	0.8	HOU	NL	Maj	HOU	18	13	.581	2.71	3.02	38	38	0	19	4	0	292.1	220	98	88	13	98	5	313	3	1	19	1175	1.088	6.8	0.4	3.0	9.6	3.19
1980	30	1.7	HOU	NL	Maj	HOU	10	4	.714	1.90	2.45	17	17	0	4	4	0	113.2	65	31	24	2	40	1	119	0	0	2	438	0.924	5.1	0.2	3.2	9.4	2.98

1982	32		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-AAA	HOU	3	3	.500	6.78	8.01	12	12	0	2	0	0	66.1	71	59	50	1	42	0	41	2	1	15		1.704	9.6	0.1	5.7	5.6	0.98
1982	32	7.0	Tucson	PCL	AAA	HOU	0	2	.000	13.68	16.64	6	6	0	0	0	0	24.1	35	45	37	1	27	0	13	1	0	10		2.548	12.9	0.4	10.0	4.8	0.48
1982	32	9.8	Daytona Beach	FLOR	A	HOU	3	1	.750	2.79	3.00	6	6	0	2	0	0	42.0	36	14	13	0	15	0	28	1	1	5		1.214	7.7	0.0	3.2	6.0	1.87
1983	33	13.3	Astros	GULF	Rk	HOU	2	3	.400	3.18	4.06	9	9	0	1	0	0	51.0	44	23	18	0	31	0	46	1	1	8		1.471	7.8	0.0	5.5	8.1	1.48
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (10 seasons)					Majors		107	71	.601	3.15	3.50	238	221	3	76	19	0	1606.0	1227	625	562	73	770	15	1493	17	14	92	6674	1.243	6.9	0.4	4.3	8.4	1.94
Minors (8 seasons)					Minors		47	48	.495	3.73	4.80	120	120	0	29	10	0	755.1	615	403	313	25	476	5	836	23	10	102		1.444	7.3	0.3	5.7	10.0	1.76
Other (1 season)					Other		1	3	.250	4.33	4.67	7	6		0	0	1	27.0	22	14	13	1	17	0	16	2	0	3		1.444	7.3	0.3	5.7	5.3	0.94
All Levels (14 Seasons)							155	122	.560	3.35	3.93	365	347	3	105	29	1	2388.1	1864	1042	888	99	1263	20	2345	42	24	197	6674	1.309	7.0	0.4	4.8	8.8	1.86

AAA (5 seasons)					Minors		28	21	.571	3.51	4.34	61	61	0	18	8	0	410.1	314	198	160	13	249	3	476	11	4	49		1.372	6.9	0.3	5.5	10.4	1.91
AA (1 season)					Minors		5	8	.385	5.38	6.72	13	13		4	0	0	87.0	103	65	52	9	61	0	77	1	2	10		1.885	10.7	0.9	6.3	8.0	1.26
A (2 seasons)					Minors		7	12	.368	2.50	3.99	25	25	0	6	2	0	151.0	103	67	42	1	83	2	166	4	3	25		1.232	6.1	0.1	4.9	9.9	2.00
Rk (2 seasons)					Minors		7	7	.500	4.96	6.14	21	21	0	1	0	0	107.0	95	73	59	2	83	0	117	7	1	18		1.664	8.0	0.2	7.0	9.8	1.41