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J.R. Richard

Game Log for 1978
Previous Season Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU Apr 06 L, 9-11 at Reds Start 4.2 11 26 7 7 1 3 0 8 13.50 L (0-1) HOU Apr 11 W, 1-0 vs Dodgers Start 1 1 9.0 2 33 0 0 0 4 0 8 4.61 W (1-1) HOU Apr 16 W, 4-3 vs Reds Start 8.0 3 34 3 3 0 7 0 11 4.15 HOU Apr 21 W, 8-6 at Dodgers Start 4.0 5 20 4 4 2 4 0 5 4.91 HOU Apr 26 L, 1-2 vs Padres Start 2 9.0 6 36 2 2 0 1 1 11 4.15 L (1-2) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU May 03 L, 3-10 at Expos Start 3.0 7 23 8 8 1 7 0 3 5.73 L (1-3) HOU May 09 W, 5-1 at Phillies Start 3 9.0 4 34 1 1 1 4 0 11 4.82 W (2-3) HOU May 15 W, 5-0 vs Phillies Start 4 2 9.0 2 31 0 0 0 3 0 9 4.04 W (3-3) HOU May 20 W, 13-0 vs Braves Start 5 3 9.0 4 37 0 0 0 7 0 8 3.48 W (4-3) HOU May 25 L, 1-9 at Giants Start 6.0 8 29 5 1 0 3 0 5 3.31 L (4-4) HOU May 30 L, 0-1 vs Giants Start 6 9.0 3 37 1 1 0 5 1 7 3.05 L (4-5) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU Jun 04 L, 2-4 vs Cardinals Start 7 9.0 5 36 4 3 0 1 1 13 3.05 L (4-6) HOU Jun 09 W, 11-7 at Cardinals Start 5.1 5 27 5 5 0 6 0 12 3.35 W (5-6) HOU Jun 14 L, 4-6 vs Pirates Start 6.0 8 28 5 5 2 3 0 5 3.60 L (5-7) HOU Jun 20 W, 5-3 at Dodgers Start 7.1 6 31 2 2 0 4 0 7 3.52 W (6-7) HOU Jun 25 (1) L, 1-6 at Padres Start 7.0 6 28 5 5 0 1 0 8 3.70 L (6-8) HOU Jun 30 L, 2-5 vs Padres Start 7.0 10 35 5 5 0 4 0 5 3.86 L (6-9) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU Jul 04 W, 3-1 at Reds Start 8 9.0 4 31 1 1 0 1 0 9 3.66 W (7-9) HOU Jul 09 W, 5-1 vs Dodgers Start 9 9.0 4 39 1 1 0 6 0 12 3.49 W (8-9) HOU Jul 14 (1) W, 4-3 at Expos Start 11.0 5 41 3 1 0 3 0 10 3.29 HOU Jul 18 W, 9-1 vs Phillies Start 10 9.0 3 35 1 0 0 6 0 10 3.11 W (9-9) HOU Jul 22 L, 2-3 at Phillies Start 9.0 12 39 2 2 1 2 0 8 3.05 HOU Jul 27 W, 8-3 vs Mets Start 11 9.0 2 33 3 3 1 5 0 9 3.05 W (10-9) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU Aug 01 W, 4-2 vs Giants Start 8.2 4 40 2 1 0 9 0 11 2.95 W (11-9) HOU Aug 06 L, 2-3 at Braves Start 7.0 5 27 3 3 0 3 0 11 2.98 L (11-10) HOU Aug 12 W, 5-2 vs Braves Start 12 9.0 4 35 2 2 0 4 0 13 2.94 W (12-10) HOU Aug 17 (1) L, 1-5 at Pirates Start 7.0 6 29 4 4 0 2 0 1 3.01 L (12-11) HOU Aug 21 W, 8-3 vs Cubs Start 7.2 5 31 3 3 0 4 0 6 3.03 W (13-11) HOU Aug 26 W, 7-2 vs Pirates Start 13 9.0 6 32 2 2 0 1 0 8 2.99 W (14-11) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU Sep 01 L, 11-14 at Cubs Start 3.2 9 22 8 8 3 2 0 5 3.26 HOU Sep 05 W, 3-2 vs Reds Start 14 9.0 3 32 2 2 0 5 1 7 3.21 W (15-11) HOU Sep 10 W, 3-2 vs Padres Start 15 9.0 8 35 2 2 0 2 0 11 3.17 W (16-11) HOU Sep 15 W, 8-4 at Padres Start 16 9.0 7 38 4 4 0 4 0 12 3.20 W (17-11) HOU Sep 19 L, 2-3 vs Braves Start 7.0 3 25 2 2 0 3 0 11 3.18 HOU Sep 23 L, 2-3 at Giants Start 7.0 6 32 2 2 0 6 0 7 3.16 HOU Sep 28 W, 4-3 at Braves Start 5.0 1 18 0 0 0 2 0 6 3.11 W (18-11)

Pitcher data: Role: Start, finish or appear in middle relief; CG: Complete game; SHO: Shutout; Sv: Save; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BF: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; SO: Strikeouts; ERA: Earned run average

                                                                                                        Team
Role             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
As starter      18  11   3.11   36  36  16   0   0   3  275.1  192  1139  104   95  12  137   4  303   21-15  4.61 runs/start

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB              440   43  100  147  15   4   8   41  19   6   60   2   1  100   8  .227  .334  .323  .658
vs RHB              539   57   92  130  18   4   4   48  15   8   77   2   1  203   6  .171  .241  .277  .518

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home            12   5   2.06   19  19  13   0   0   3  161.1   85   644   40   37   3   80   4  175   13-6   4.53 runs/start
Road             6   6   4.58   17  17   3   0   0   0  114.0  107   495   64   58   9   57   0  128    8-9   4.71 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Time of Day      W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Day              3   5   4.20   11  11   4   0   0   0   79.1   71   340   42   37   4   35   1   99    4-7   4.27 runs/start
Night           15   6   2.66   25  25  12   0   0   3  196.0  121   799   62   58   8  102   3  204   17-8   4.76 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
April            1   2   4.15    5   5   2   0   0   1   34.2   27   149   16   16   3   19   1   43    3-2   4.60 runs/start
May              3   3   2.20    6   6   4   0   0   2   45.0   28   191   15   11   2   29   1   43    3-3   4.50 runs/start
June             2   4   5.40    6   6   1   0   0   0   41.2   40   185   26   25   2   19   1   50    2-4   4.17 runs/start
July             4   0   1.29    6   6   4   0   0   0   56.0   30   218   11    8   2   23   0   58    5-1   5.17 runs/start
August           4   2   2.79    6   6   2   0   0   0   48.1   30   194   16   15   0   23   0   50    4-2   4.50 runs/start
September        4   0   3.62    7   7   3   0   0   0   49.2   37   202   20   20   3   24   1   59    4-3   4.71 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Braves           3   1   1.70    5   5   2   0   0   1   37.0   17   142    7    7   0   19   0   49    3-2   5.20 runs/start
Cardinals        1   1   5.02    2   2   1   0   0   0   14.1   10    63    9    8   0    7   1   25    1-1   6.50 runs/start
Cubs             1   0   8.74    2   2   0   0   0   0   11.1   14    53   11   11   3    6   0   11    1-1   9.50 runs/start
Dodgers          3   0   2.15    4   4   2   0   0   1   29.1   17   123    7    7   2   18   0   32    4-0   4.75 runs/start
Expos            0   1   5.79    2   2   0   0   0   0   14.0   12    64   11    9   1   10   0   13    1-1   3.50 runs/start
Giants           1   2   1.47    4   4   1   0   0   0   30.2   21   138   10    5   0   23   1   30    1-3   1.75 runs/start
Mets             1   0   3.00    1   1   1   0   0   0    9.0    2    33    3    3   1    5   0    9    1-0   8.00 runs/start
Padres           2   3   3.95    5   5   3   0   0   0   41.0   37   172   18   18   0   12   1   47    2-3   3.00 runs/start
Phillies         3   0   0.75    4   4   3   0   0   1   36.0   21   139    4    3   2   15   0   38    3-1   5.25 runs/start
Pirates          1   2   4.50    3   3   1   0   0   0   22.0   20    89   11   11   2    6   0   14    1-2   4.00 runs/start
Reds             2   1   3.82    4   4   2   0   0   0   30.2   21   123   13   13   1   16   1   35    3-1   4.75 runs/start

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