J.R. Richard
Born: March 7, 1950, Vienna, LA Died: August 4, 2021, Houston, TXHeight: 6'8" Weight: 222 Bats: Right Throws: Right
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Pitching Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age W L ERA G GS CG MI GF SV SHO IP H BFP R ER HR UW IW HP SO 1971 Houston NL 21 2 1 3.43 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 21.0 17 96 9 8 1 16 0 0 29 1972 Houston NL 22 1 0 13.50 4 1 0 3 0 0 0 6.0 10 36 9 9 0 8 0 2 8 1973 Houston NL 23 6 2 4.00 16 10 2 4 2 0 1 72.0 54 297 37 32 2 38 0 1 75 1974 Houston NL 24 2 3 4.18 15 9 0 6 0 0 0 64.2 58 278 31 30 3 36 0 1 42 1975 Houston NL 25 12 10 4.39 33 31 7 1 1 0 1 203.0 178 905 107 99 8 138 0 4 176 1976 Houston NL 26 20 15 2.75 39 39 14 0 0 0 3 291.0 221 1218 105 89 14 147 4 4 214 1977 Houston NL 27 18 12 2.97 36 36 13 0 0 0 3 267.0 212 1092 94 88 18 103 1 0 214 1978 Houston NL 28 18 11 3.11 36 36 16 0 0 0 3 275.1 192 1139 104 95 12 137 4 2 303 1979 Houston NL 29 18 13 2.71 38 38 19 0 0 0 4 292.1 220 1175 98 88 13 93 5 3 313 1980 Houston NL 30 10 4 1.90 17 17 4 0 0 0 4 113.2 65 438 31 24 2 39 1 0 119 TOTALS 107 71 3.15 238 221 76 14 3 0 19 1606.0 1227 6674 625 562 73 755 15 17 1493
| Pitcher data: *: Throws lefthanded; W: Wins; L: Losses; ERA: Earned run average; G: Games; GS: Games started; CG: Complete games; MI: Middle relief (games not started nor finished); GF: Games finished in relief; SV: Saves; SHO: Shutouts; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BFP: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit batters; SO: Strikeouts |
Pitching Statistics (Batters' format) Year Team Lg G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1971 Houston NL 4 79 9 17 21 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 16 0 0 29 0 .215 .266 .344 1972 Houston NL 4 26 9 10 14 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 0 2 8 1 .385 .538 .556 1973 Houston NL 16 257 37 54 72 8 2 2 0 1 9 5 38 0 1 75 7 .210 .280 .313 1974 Houston NL 15 239 31 58 77 6 2 3 1 1 9 4 36 0 1 42 7 .243 .322 .343 1975 Houston NL 33 749 107 178 237 27 4 8 10 4 25 12 138 0 4 176 22 .238 .316 .358 1976 Houston NL 39 1044 105 221 303 36 2 14 13 6 34 11 147 4 4 214 26 .212 .290 .312 1977 Houston NL 36 974 94 212 310 32 6 18 9 5 22 13 103 1 0 214 21 .218 .318 .292 1978 Houston NL 36 979 104 192 277 33 8 12 13 4 34 14 137 4 2 303 14 .196 .283 .298 1979 Houston NL 38 1052 98 220 311 38 7 13 14 8 28 10 93 5 3 313 17 .209 .296 .276 1980 Houston NL 17 391 31 65 86 13 1 2 5 2 14 1 39 1 0 119 8 .166 .220 .242
| Pitcher data (batters' format): G: Games pitched; AB: At bats; R: Runs allowed; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Batting Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1971 Houston NL 21 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 .000 .000 .000 1972 Houston NL 22 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1973 Houston NL 23 16 28 2 5 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 .179 .179 .179 1974 Houston NL 24 15 21 1 3 6 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 .143 .286 .143 1975 Houston NL 25 33 74 4 15 24 6 0 1 13 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 29 2 .203 .324 .213 1976 Houston NL 26 39 100 6 14 21 1 0 2 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 33 0 .140 .210 .146 1977 Houston NL 27 36 87 10 20 30 0 2 2 7 11 0 1 0 1 0 1 28 1 .230 .345 .247 1978 Houston NL 28 37 101 8 18 21 0 0 1 10 5 0 1 1 1 0 0 27 2 .178 .208 .186 1979 Houston NL 29 38 95 6 12 21 1 1 2 6 11 1 0 1 1 0 0 24 4 .126 .221 .134 1980 Houston NL 30 17 39 2 6 11 2 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 .154 .282 .154 TOTALS 239 552 39 93 139 10 3 10 50 41 3 2 2 4 0 2 181 11 .168 .252 .176
| Batter data: G: Games played; AB: At bats; R: Runs scored; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Defensive Statistics Year Team Lg POS INN GS DR+ DR- G PO A E DP FP RF9 SB CS PB PkO 1971 Houston NL P 21.0 4 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.71 1 2 0 1972 Houston NL P 6.0 1 4 0 2 0 1 1.000 3.00 1 1 0 1973 Houston NL P 71.2 10 16 5 3 1 0 .889 1.00 9 5 0 1974 Houston NL P 64.2 9 15 5 5 0 0 1.000 1.39 9 4 0 1975 Houston NL P 203.0 31 33 8 19 1 0 .964 1.20 25 12 0 1976 Houston NL P 291.0 39 39 19 39 10 2 .853 1.79 34 11 4 1977 Houston NL P 267.0 36 36 26 44 0 2 1.000 2.36 22 13 1 1978 Houston NL P 275.1 36 36 29 38 3 0 .957 2.19 34 14 6 1979 Houston NL P 292.1 38 38 14 32 5 0 .902 1.42 28 10 1 1980 Houston NL P 113.2 17 17 6 10 0 1 1.000 1.27 14 1 1
| Fielding data: INN: Innings played; GS: Games started; DR+: Games as defensive replacement; DR-: Games replaced on defense; G: Games played; PO: Putouts; A: Assists; E: Errors; DP: Double plays; FP: Fielding percentage; RF9: Plays made per 9 innings; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught Stealing; PB: Passed balls |
Transactions
- Selected by Houston Astros in the 1st round (2nd pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 5, 1969).
- Placed on disabled list by Houston Astros, (July 16, 1980).
- Activated by Houston Astros, (October 21, 1980).
- Placed on disabled list by Houston Astros, (April 1, 1981).
- Activated by Houston Astros, (September 1, 1981).
- Placed on disabled list by Houston Astros, (April 6, 1982).
- Activated by Houston Astros, (September 6, 1982).
- Granted free agency (November 7, 1983).
- Signed by Houston Astros (February 17, 1984).
- Released by Houston Astros (April 27, 1984).
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