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J.R. Richard

Position: 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)

Debut: September 5, 1971 (Age 21-182d, 13,177th in major league history)
vs. SFG 9.0 IP, 7 H, 15 SO, 3 BB, 2 ER, W

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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	22-14 / in Starts: 22-14
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	15 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 101 PAs	7
Actual Runners on Base	53 (31-14-8)
Avg. MLBer w/ 101 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	61 (30-20-10)

Most Driven In
Self	2
J GonzÃ¡lez	1
A Howe	1
W Howard	1
J Ferguson	1
E Herrmann	1

Most Driven In By
C CedeÃ±o	4
Self	2
W Crawford	1
E Cabell	1
B Watson	1
J Cruz	1

1977 Batting Game Log

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1977 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	112	1	Apr 8	HOU		ATL	W,3-2	GS-10	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.70	-0.020	2.64	-0.02%	-0.13	P
2	113	5 (3)	Apr 12	HOU		CIN	W,4-3	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.45	-0.019	.80	-0.02%	-0.46	P
3	114	9 (3)	Apr 17	HOU	@	ATL	L,4-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.16	-0.060	2.11	-0.07%	-0.98	P
4	115	12 (2)	Apr 22	HOU		SDP	L,2-4	GS-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.80	-0.039	1.04	-0.03%	-0.28	P
5	116	17 (4)	Apr 27	HOU	@	SFG	L,2-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.53	-0.040	.63	-0.03%	-0.48	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	117	22 (4)	May 3	HOU	@	CHC	L,0-9	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.74	-0.019	.66	-0.01%	-0.18	P
7	118	26 (3)	May 7	HOU	@	STL	W,3-1	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.26	-0.059	.84	-0.02%	-0.51	P
8	119	30 (3)	May 11	HOU		CHC	W,8-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.059	.059	.059	.118	9	.30	-0.004	.18	0.00%	0.11	P
9	120	33 (2)	May 15	HOU		PIT	L,1-3	GS-9	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.100	.200	.300	9	1.14	0.114	.66	0.04%	0.31	P
10	121	37 (3)	May 20	HOU		PHI	W,5-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.130	.130	.304	.435	9	.68	0.094	.33	0.03%	0.68	P
11	122	42 (4)	May 26	HOU	@	LAD	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.115	.115	.269	.385	9	1.83	-0.124	1.10	-0.05%	-0.98	P
12	123	47 (4)	May 31	HOU		LAD	W,5-2	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.107	.138	.250	.388	9	1.25	0.020	.71	0.01%	-0.04	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
13	124	52 (4)	Jun 5	HOU	@	CIN	L,4-14	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.103	.133	.241	.375	9	.33	-0.008	.14	0.00%	-0.16	P
14	125	57 (4)	Jun 11 (1)	HOU		NYM	W,4-1	CG	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.097	.125	.226	.351	9	.88	-0.013	.23	0.00%	-0.31	P
15	126	62 (4)	Jun 15	HOU		MON	L,0-2	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.121	.147	.242	.389	9	1.38	0.096	.24	0.01%	0.77	P
16	127	67 (4)	Jun 20	HOU	@	MON	W,6-3	CG	4	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.167	.343	.510	9	1.16	-0.036	.09	0.00%	0.40	P
17	128	71 (3)	Jun 25 (1)	HOU		SFG	W,4-3	GS-7	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.189	.211	.378	.589	9	.48	0.037	.05	0.00%	0.61	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
18	129	77 (5)	Jul 1	HOU		ATL	W,3-1	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.171	.190	.341	.532	9	1.17	-0.110	.08	0.00%	-1.60	P
19	130	82 (4)	Jul 6	HOU	@	LAD	W,2-1	GS-11	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.200	.341	.541	9	1.08	-0.026	.05	0.00%	-0.13	P
20	131	87 (4)	Jul 11	HOU		CIN	W,2-0	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.191	.208	.340	.549	9	1.12	0.099	.04	0.00%	0.43	P
21	132	92 (4)	Jul 16	HOU	@	CIN	W,8-0	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.216	.340	.556	9	1.05	-0.048	.04	0.00%	-0.43	P
22	133	94 (1)	Jul 21	HOU	@	STL	L,0-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.208	.327	.534	9	.76	-0.037	.03	0.00%	-0.31	P
23	134	100 (5)	Jul 26	HOU	@	PIT	L,2-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.185	.200	.315	.515	9	1.22	-0.063	.10	0.00%	-0.52	P
24	135	105 (4)	Jul 31	HOU		CHC	L,1-4	GS-6	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.228	.339	.567	9	1.05	0.067	.02	0.00%	0.57	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
25	136	109 (3)	Aug 5	HOU		STL	W,5-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.220	.328	.548	9	.95	-0.046	.01	0.00%	-0.42	P
26	137	115 (5)	Aug 10	HOU	@	SFG	W,8-6	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.197	.210	.311	.521	9	.75	-0.060	.01	0.00%	-0.68	P
27	138	119 (3)	Aug 15	HOU	@	ATL	W,15-3	GS-6	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.203	.215	.359	.575	9	.06	0.003	.00	0.00%	0.77	P
28	139	125 (5)	Aug 22	HOU	@	NYM	L,1-2	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.209	.221	.358	.579	9	1.19	0.063	.00	0.00%	0.64	P
29	140	130 (4)	Aug 27	HOU		MON	W,4-0	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.225	.357	.582	9	.44	-0.013	.00	0.00%	-0.14	P
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
30	141	134 (3)	Sep 2	HOU	@	MON	W,5-2	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.243	.370	.613	9	.59	0.107	.00	0.00%	1.62	P
31	142	139 (4)	Sep 7	HOU		SDP	L,5-9	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.230	.240	.365	.605	9	.65	-0.016	.00	0.00%	-0.14	P
32	143	144 (4)	Sep 12	HOU	@	CIN	W,7-2	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.241	.359	.599	9	.72	-0.041	.00	0.00%	-0.62	P
33	144	149 (4)	Sep 17	HOU	@	SDP	W,11-0	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	.225	.235	.350	.585	9	.23	-0.015	.00	0.00%	-1.98	P
34	145	152 (2)	Sep 22	HOU		ATL	L,4-8	GS-7	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.232	.346	.577	9	1.34	0.089	.00	0.00%	0.59	P
35	146	157 (4)	Sep 27	HOU	@	ATL	W,7-5	CG	4	3	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.256	.357	.613	9	1.39	0.189	.00	0.00%	1.54	P
36	147	162 (4)	Oct 2	HOU	@	LAD	W,6-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.230	.247	.345	.592	9	.91	-0.089	.00	0.00%	-1.00	P
							22-14		101	87	10	20	0	2	2	7	1	0	28	1	11	0	1	1	1	0	.230	.247	.345	.592		.92	-0.027	.33	-0.17%	-3.43

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