Select a date:      
. . . where the 1970s live forever!


J.R. Richard

Game Log for 1979
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 W, 2-1 vs Braves Start 5.1 6 24 1 1 0 4 0 5 1.69 W (1-0) HOU Apr 10 W, 2-1 vs Dodgers Start 1 9.0 6 37 1 1 0 4 0 13 1.26 W (2-0) HOU Apr 15 (1) W, 4-3 at Giants Start 6.0 7 26 3 3 0 2 0 5 2.21 W (3-0) HOU Apr 20 W, 5-4 vs Pirates Start 8.1 5 33 4 3 0 2 0 11 2.51 HOU Apr 26 W, 6-2 at Cubs Start 5.0 3 20 1 1 0 3 0 6 2.41 W (4-0) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU May 01 L, 6-7 at Cardinals Start 7.0 7 29 3 3 1 2 0 4 2.66 HOU May 06 (1) L, 5-17 at Reds Start 1.1 4 12 7 3 2 3 0 3 3.21 L (4-1) HOU May 10 L, 1-3 vs Cardinals Start 7.1 6 28 3 3 0 0 0 7 3.28 L (4-2) HOU May 15 L, 1-8 vs Giants Start 2.2 6 18 5 5 0 3 0 3 3.98 L (4-3) HOU May 19 L, 2-4 vs Padres Start 2 11.0 8 44 4 3 2 3 1 10 3.71 L (4-4) HOU May 23 L, 5-6 at Braves Start 7.0 4 26 3 3 0 1 0 8 3.73 HOU May 27 W, 4-2 at Padres Start 3 9.0 10 35 2 2 0 0 0 6 3.53 W (5-4) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU Jun 01 W, 3-2 vs Expos Start 4 9.0 7 33 2 2 0 2 0 8 3.38 W (6-4) HOU Jun 06 W, 4-3 vs Phillies Start 7.0 5 27 3 3 1 2 0 5 3.41 HOU Jun 11 L, 2-4 at Phillies Start 5 8.0 6 35 4 4 0 6 0 6 3.50 L (6-5) HOU Jun 16 L, 2-4 at Expos Start 6 8.0 9 35 4 4 1 2 0 11 3.57 L (6-6) HOU Jun 20 W, 5-4 vs Mets Start 7.0 7 27 4 3 0 2 0 7 3.58 HOU Jun 25 (1) L, 1-2 vs Reds Start 8.0 3 28 2 2 1 2 0 8 3.50 L (6-7) HOU Jun 30 W, 3-0 at Padres Start 7 1 9.0 3 31 0 0 0 2 0 6 3.27 W (7-7) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU Jul 05 L, 4-5 at Reds Start 8 8.0 11 42 5 5 0 5 1 12 3.40 L (7-8) HOU Jul 11 L, 1-5 vs Pirates Start 7.2 10 32 5 5 2 1 0 7 3.52 L (7-9) HOU Jul 15 L, 1-3 vs Cardinals Start 8.0 5 33 3 3 0 2 0 6 3.52 L (7-10) HOU Jul 20 L, 3-9 at Pirates Start 5.1 10 28 8 8 1 3 0 5 3.84 L (7-11) HOU Jul 25 W, 6-4 vs Cubs Start 7.1 4 28 4 3 0 2 0 12 3.83 W (8-11) HOU Jul 29 W, 4-3 vs Dodgers Start 9 9.0 5 35 3 3 1 5 0 8 3.79 W (9-11) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU Aug 03 W, 4-1 vs Braves Start 10 9.0 6 37 1 1 0 3 0 15 3.66 W (10-11) HOU Aug 08 W, 4-1 at Dodgers Start 11 9.0 6 35 1 1 0 2 0 12 3.54 W (11-11) HOU Aug 13 W, 4-1 vs Expos Start 12 9.0 5 31 1 1 0 1 0 7 3.43 W (12-11) HOU Aug 18 L, 0-1 vs Phillies Start 13 9.0 4 34 1 1 0 3 1 6 3.33 L (12-12) HOU Aug 22 W, 3-1 at Mets Start 14 9.0 7 36 1 0 0 2 0 10 3.20 W (13-12) HOU Aug 27 W, 3-0 at Expos Start 15 2 9.0 2 35 0 0 0 6 0 12 3.07 W (14-12) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU Sep 01 W, 3-1 vs Mets Start 16 9.0 7 37 1 0 0 2 0 5 2.96 W (15-12) HOU Sep 06 W, 2-0 vs Padres Start 17 3 9.0 3 31 0 0 0 0 0 9 2.85 W (16-12) HOU Sep 11 L, 8-9 at Reds Start 5.0 4 20 4 4 0 3 0 5 2.94 HOU Sep 16 L, 1-2 at Giants Start 18 8.0 5 33 2 2 0 4 1 11 2.92 L (16-13) HOU Sep 21 W, 3-2 vs Reds Start 11.0 7 41 2 2 1 0 1 15 2.87 HOU Sep 25 W, 8-0 at Braves Start 19 4 9.0 4 33 0 0 0 2 0 13 2.78 W (17-13) HOU Sep 29 W, 3-0 at Dodgers Start 7.0 3 26 0 0 0 2 0 11 2.71 W (18-13)

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  13   2.71   38  38  19   0   0   4  292.1  220  1175   98   88  13   93   5  313   22-16  3.37 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              493   49  115  167  23   7   5   45   9   4   46   4   0  106   9  .233  .339  .301  .640
vs RHB              558   44  105  144  15   0   8   40  19   6   47   1   3  207   8  .188  .258  .255  .513

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             9   7   2.49   20  20   9   0   0   1  162.2  115   638   50   45   8   43   3  167   13-7   2.70 runs/start
Road             9   6   2.98   18  18  10   0   0   3  129.2  105   537   48   43   5   50   2  146    9-9   4.11 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              5   2   1.90    7   7   3   0   0   0   52.0   40   209   12   11   0   15   1   55    5-2   3.14 runs/start
Night           13  11   2.88   31  31  16   0   0   4  240.1  180   966   86   77  13   78   4  258   17-14  3.42 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
April            4   0   2.41    5   5   1   0   0   0   33.2   27   140   10    9   0   15   0   40    5-0   3.80 runs/start
May              1   4   4.37    7   7   2   0   0   0   45.1   45   192   27   22   5   12   1   41    1-6   3.43 runs/start
June             2   3   2.89    7   7   4   0   0   1   56.0   40   216   19   18   3   18   0   51    4-3   2.86 runs/start
July             2   4   5.36    6   6   2   0   0   0   45.1   45   198   28   27   4   18   1   50    2-4   3.17 runs/start
August           5   1   0.67    6   6   6   0   0   1   54.0   30   208    5    4   0   17   1   62    5-1   3.00 runs/start
September        4   1   1.24    7   7   4   0   0   2   58.0   33   221    9    8   1   13   2   69    5-2   4.00 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   0   1.48    4   4   2   0   0   1   30.1   20   120    5    5   0   10   0   41    3-1   4.75 runs/start
Cardinals        0   2   3.63    3   3   0   0   0   0   22.1   18    90    9    9   1    4   0   17    0-3   2.67 runs/start
Cubs             2   0   2.92    2   2   0   0   0   0   12.1    7    48    5    4   0    5   0   18    2-0   6.00 runs/start
Dodgers          4   0   1.32    4   4   3   0   0   0   34.0   20   133    5    5   1   13   0   44    4-0   3.25 runs/start
Expos            3   1   1.80    4   4   4   0   0   1   35.0   23   134    7    7   1   11   0   38    3-1   3.00 runs/start
Giants           1   2   5.40    3   3   1   0   0   0   16.2   18    77   10   10   0    9   1   19    1-2   2.00 runs/start
Mets             2   0   1.08    3   3   2   0   0   0   25.0   21   100    6    3   0    6   0   22    3-0   3.67 runs/start
Padres           3   1   1.18    4   4   4   0   0   2   38.0   24   141    6    5   2    5   1   31    3-1   2.75 runs/start
Phillies         0   2   3.00    3   3   2   0   0   0   24.0   15    96    8    8   1   11   1   17    1-2   2.00 runs/start
Pirates          0   2   6.75    3   3   0   0   0   0   21.1   25    93   17   16   3    6   0   23    1-2   3.00 runs/start
Reds             0   3   4.32    5   5   1   0   0   0   33.1   29   143   20   16   4   13   2   43    1-4   4.20 runs/start

The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at "www.retrosheet.org".


Copyright © 2014-2024, All Rights Reserved   •   Privacy Policy   •   Contact Us   •   Status Report