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J.R. Richard
James Rodney Richard

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 8", Weight 222 lb.

Debut September 5, 1971
vs. SFG 9.0 IP, 7 H, 15 SO, 3 BB, 2 ER, W
Final Game July 14, 1980
Born March 7, 1950 in Vienna, LA

Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1969 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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6.88 Hits allowed/9IP = 4th best in major league history. Ridiculous fastball and one of the nastiest sliders of all time. Probably the most dominant pitcher the Astros ever had. I'm down with J.R.

Pitching Glossary / /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1971 21 HOU NL   2   1   4   4   1   0   0  0   21.0   17    9    8   1   16   29   0   2    96   0   0  3.43  3.37   98 1.571
 1972 22 HOU NL   1   0   4   1   0   0   0  0    6.0   10    9    9   0    8    8   2   2    36   0   0 13.50  3.35   25 3.000
 1973 23 HOU NL   6   2  16  10   2   1   2  0   72.0   54   37   32   2   38   75   1   3   297   0   1  4.00  3.63   91 1.278
 1974 24 HOU NL   2   3  15   9   0   0   0  0   64.7   58   31   30   3   36   42   1   9   278   0   1  4.18  3.48   83 1.454
 1975 25 HOU NL  12  10  33  31   7   1   1  0  203.0  178  107   99   8  138  176   4  20   905   0   5  4.39  3.38   77 1.557
 1976 26 HOU NL  20  15  39  39  14   3   0  0  291.0  221  105   89  14  151  214   4  13  1218   4   2  2.75  3.19  116 1.278 MVP-17,CYA-7
 1977 27 HOU NL  18  12  36  36  13   3   0  0  267.0  212   94   88  18  104  214   0   6  1092   1   1  2.97  3.56  120 1.184
 1978 28 HOU NL  18  11  36  36  16   3   0  0  275.3  192  104   95  12  141  303   2  16  1139   4   3  3.11  3.29  106 1.209 CYA-4
 1979 29 HOU NL  18  13  38  38  19   4   0  0  292.3  220   98   88  13   98  313   3  19  1175   5   1  2.71  3.52  130 1.088 MVP-19,CYA-3
 1980 30 HOU NL  10   4  17  17   4   4   0  0  113.7   65   31   24   2   40  119   0   2   438   1   0  1.90  3.28  173 0.924 AS
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 10 Yr WL% .601 107  71 238 221  76  19   3  0 1606.0 1227  625  562  73  770 1493  17  92  6674  15  14  3.15  3.39  108 1.243
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    15  10  35  32  11   2   0  0  237.7  181   92   83  10  114  221   2  13   988   2   2  3.15  3.39  108 1.243
 Career High     20  15  39  39  19   4   2  0  292.3  221  107   99  18  151  313   4  20  1218   5   5  1.90  3.63  173 0.924

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary / /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1971 21 HOU NL   4    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   2   0   0   0   0
 1973 23 HOU NL  16   28    2    5   0  0   0    1   0  0   0  12  .179  .179  .179    0    5   1   0   0   0   0
 1974 24 HOU NL  15   21    1    3   0  0   1    1   0  0   0   9  .143  .143  .286   20    6   1   0   0   0   2
 1975 25 HOU NL  33   74    4   15   6  0   1   13   0  0   1  29  .203  .213  .324   53   24   5   0   0   0   2
 1976 26 HOU NL  39  100    6   14   1  0   2    9   0  0   0  33  .140  .146  .210    4   21   1   2   0   1   0 MVP-17
 1977 27 HOU NL  36   87   10   20   0  2   2    7   1  0   1  28  .230  .247  .345   64   30  11   0   0   1   1
 1978 28 HOU NL  37  101    8   18   0  0   1   10   1  1   1  27  .178  .186  .208   14   21   5   0   0   0   2
 1979 29 HOU NL  38   95    6   12   1  1   2    6   0  1   1  24  .126  .134  .221   -2   21  11   1   0   0   4 MVP-19
 1980 30 HOU NL  17   39    2    6   2  0   1    3   0  0   0  15  .154  .154  .282   24   11   4   0   0   0   0 AS
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     239  552   39   93  10  3  10   50   2  2   4 181  .168  .176  .252   22  139  41   3   0   2  11
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        374   26   63   7  2   7   34   1  1   3 123  .168  .176  .252   22   94  28   2   0   1   7
 Career High     39  101   10   20   6  2   2   13   1  1   1  33                          30  11   2   0   1   4

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1971 21 HOU NL    9    9    0   0.0    91| .000  .257| .000  .323| .000  .377| .000  .700|-100  .000  -1.8  -0.2   0%
 1973 23 HOU NL   29   24    1   1.1    96| .179  .261| .179  .330| .179  .389| .358  .719|   0  .080  -3.9  -0.4   0%
 1974 24 HOU NL   22   21    0   0.0    91| .143  .258| .143  .329| .286  .372| .429  .701|  20  .000  -2.4  -0.3   0%
 1975 25 HOU NL   80   66    5   2.0    90| .203  .257| .213  .327| .324  .371| .537  .698|  53  .202  -4.8  -0.5   0%
 1976 26 HOU NL  104   89    3   0.9    84| .140  .252| .146  .317| .210  .359| .356  .676|   4  .060 -12.4  -1.3   0%
 1977 27 HOU NL  100   79    8   2.7    95| .230  .258| .247  .324| .345  .394| .592  .718|  64  .277  -4.8  -0.5 100%
 1978 28 HOU NL  107   91    4   1.2    88| .178  .252| .186  .319| .208  .371| .394  .690|  14  .090 -11.6  -1.2  50%
 1979 29 HOU NL  108  100    2   0.5    94| .126  .262| .134  .326| .221  .388| .355  .715|  -2  .021 -13.5  -1.4   0%
 1980 30 HOU NL   43   37    2   1.5    88| .154  .257| .154  .318| .282  .373| .436  .691|  24  .124  -3.9  -0.4   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons      602  516   25   1.3    90| .168  .256| .176  .323| .252  .377| .428  .699|  22  .100 -59.2  -6.2  50%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1971 21 HOU NL   P    4      1    3    0    0 1.000  .952  1.00  0.78  1.71  1.89    4   21.0
 1972 22 HOU NL   P    4      0    2    0    1 1.000  .952  0.50  0.72  3.00  1.80    1    6.0
 1973 23 HOU NL   P   16      5    3    1    0  .889  .952  0.50  0.73  1.00  1.88   10   71.7
 1974 24 HOU NL   P   15      5    5    0    0 1.000  .943  0.67  0.71  1.39  1.88    9   64.7
 1975 25 HOU NL   P   33      8   19    1    0  .964  .947  0.82  0.72  1.20  1.86   31  203.0
 1976 26 HOU NL   P   39     19   39   10    2  .853  .949  1.49  0.72  1.79  1.88   39  291.0
 1977 27 HOU NL   P   36     26   44    0    2 1.000  .950  1.94  0.67  2.36  1.85   36  267.0
 1978 28 HOU NL   P   36     29   38    3    0  .957  .950  1.86  0.72  2.19  1.91   36  275.3
 1979 29 HOU NL   P   38     14   32    5    0  .902  .950  1.21  0.66  1.42  1.80   38  292.3
 1980 30 HOU NL   P   17      6   10    0    1 1.000  .952  0.94  0.69  1.27  1.91   17  113.7 AS
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1971 21 HOU NL   P    4      1    3    0    0 1.000  .952  1.00  0.78  1.71  1.89    4   21.0
 1972 22 HOU NL   P    4      0    2    0    1 1.000  .952  0.50  0.72  3.00  1.80    1    6.0
 1973 23 HOU NL   P   16      5    3    1    0  .889  .952  0.50  0.73  1.00  1.88   10   71.7
 1974 24 HOU NL   P   15      5    5    0    0 1.000  .943  0.67  0.71  1.39  1.88    9   64.7
 1975 25 HOU NL   P   33      8   19    1    0  .964  .947  0.82  0.72  1.20  1.86   31  203.0
 1976 26 HOU NL   P   39     19   39   10    2  .853  .949  1.49  0.72  1.79  1.88   39  291.0
 1977 27 HOU NL   P   36     26   44    0    2 1.000  .950  1.94  0.67  2.36  1.85   36  267.0
 1978 28 HOU NL   P   36     29   38    3    0  .957  .950  1.86  0.72  2.19  1.91   36  275.3
 1979 29 HOU NL   P   38     14   32    5    0  .902  .950  1.21  0.66  1.42  1.80   38  292.3
 1980 30 HOU NL   P   17      6   10    0    1 1.000  .952  0.94  0.69  1.27  1.91   17  113.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 238    113  195   20    6  .939  .950  1.29  0.70  1.73  1.87  221 1605.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       238    113  195   20    6  .939  .950  1.29  0.70  1.73  1.87  221   1606

An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Pitching

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1980   HOU NL   *  0  0  0   2     1   0   0   2   3  0   0  0   1  0  0  0  0 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+

All-Star Game Batting

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1980   HOU NL   *   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting P 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      1   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0                   
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1980 (P)

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1976-NL-17-0.04
1979-NL-19-0.04
Car-949-0.08 shares

CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1976-NL-7-0.02
1978-NL-4-0.11
1979-NL-3-0.34
Car-97-0.47 shares

Sac. Hits
1977 NL-11-10
1979 NL-11-10

ERA
1976 NL-2.75-7
1977 NL-2.97-7
1979 NL-2.71-1

Wins
1976 NL-20-4
1977 NL-18-8
1978 NL-18-5
1979 NL-18-3

Won-Loss %
1980 NL-.714-6

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1977 NL-1.184-7
1979 NL-1.088-2

Hits Allowed/9IP
1976 NL-6.84-1
1977 NL-7.15-2
1978 NL-6.28-1
1979 NL-6.77-1
Car-6.88-4

Strikeouts/9IP
1975 NL-7.80-2
1976 NL-6.62-4
1977 NL-7.21-2
1978 NL-9.90-1
1979 NL-9.64-1
Car-8.37-18

Innings
1976 NL-291.0-2
1977 NL-267.0-4
1978 NL-275.3-2
1979 NL-292.3-2

Strikeouts
1975 NL-176-5
1976 NL-214-2
1977 NL-214-2
1978 NL-303-1
1979 NL-313-1

Games Started
1976 NL-39-2
1977 NL-36-7
1978 NL-36-3
1979 NL-38-3

Comp. Games
1976 NL-14-5
1977 NL-13-5
1978 NL-16-3
1979 NL-19-2

Shutouts
1977 NL-3-4
1978 NL-3-6
1979 NL-4-4
1980 NL-4-2

Bases On Balls Allow.
1975 NL-138-1
1976 NL-151-1
1977 NL-104-2
1978 NL-141-1
1979 NL-98-5

SO to Walk
1979 NL-3.19-1

Losses
1976 NL-15-5
1979 NL-13-10

Earned Runs Allow.
1975 NL-99-8
1976 NL-89-8
1978 NL-95-7

Wild Pitches
1975 NL-20-1
1976 NL-13-2
1978 NL-16-1
1979 NL-19-1

Batters Faced
1976 NL-1218-2
1977 NL-1092-4
1978 NL-1139-2
1979 NL-1175-2

Adjusted ERA+
1977 NL-120-10
1979 NL-130-2

Black Ink: Pitching - 18 (108) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 87 (260) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Batting - 1.0 (3892) Pitching - 24.0 (211) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 64.0 (188) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
June 5, 1969: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1969 amateur draft.
November 7, 1983: Granted Free Agency.
February 17, 1984: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.
April 27, 1984: Released by the Houston Astros.
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Uniforms
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6.88 Hits allowed/9IP = 4th best in major league history. Ridiculous fastball and one of the nastiest sliders of all time. Probably the most dominant pitcher the Astros ever had. I'm down with J.R.

All-Star 1980 (P)	MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1976-NL-17-0.04 1979-NL-19-0.04 Car-949-0.08 shares	CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1976-NL-7-0.02 1978-NL-4-0.11 1979-NL-3-0.34 Car-97-0.47 shares	Sac. Hits 1977 NL-11-10 1979 NL-11-10	ERA 1976 NL-2.75-7 1977 NL-2.97-7 1979 NL-2.71-1	Wins 1976 NL-20-4 1977 NL-18-8 1978 NL-18-5 1979 NL-18-3
Won-Loss % 1980 NL-.714-6	BB + H per IP (WHIP) 1977 NL-1.184-7 1979 NL-1.088-2	Hits Allowed/9IP 1976 NL-6.84-1 1977 NL-7.15-2 1978 NL-6.28-1 1979 NL-6.77-1 Car-6.88-4	Strikeouts/9IP 1975 NL-7.80-2 1976 NL-6.62-4 1977 NL-7.21-2 1978 NL-9.90-1 1979 NL-9.64-1 Car-8.37-18	Innings 1976 NL-291.0-2 1977 NL-267.0-4 1978 NL-275.3-2 1979 NL-292.3-2	Strikeouts 1975 NL-176-5 1976 NL-214-2 1977 NL-214-2 1978 NL-303-1 1979 NL-313-1
Games Started 1976 NL-39-2 1977 NL-36-7 1978 NL-36-3 1979 NL-38-3	Comp. Games 1976 NL-14-5 1977 NL-13-5 1978 NL-16-3 1979 NL-19-2	Shutouts 1977 NL-3-4 1978 NL-3-6 1979 NL-4-4 1980 NL-4-2	Bases On Balls Allow. 1975 NL-138-1 1976 NL-151-1 1977 NL-104-2 1978 NL-141-1 1979 NL-98-5	SO to Walk 1979 NL-3.19-1	Losses 1976 NL-15-5 1979 NL-13-10
Earned Runs Allow. 1975 NL-99-8 1976 NL-89-8 1978 NL-95-7	Wild Pitches 1975 NL-20-1 1976 NL-13-2 1978 NL-16-1 1979 NL-19-1	Batters Faced 1976 NL-1218-2 1977 NL-1092-4 1978 NL-1139-2 1979 NL-1175-2	Adjusted ERA+ 1977 NL-120-10 1979 NL-130-2