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J.R.
Richard		  
Nickname: Senior
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 8''
Weight: 227
 
Born: March 7, 1950 in Usa, LA, VIENNA
 
Hall of Fame
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1974    1983   
Platinum Arm 1979    1984   
All-Star Selections 1974    1975    1981    1984    1985   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1971 21 COL NL $ 300,000 8 9 10 9 2 3 3 9 9 9
1972 22 COL NL $ 300,000 8 9 10 10 3 4 3 9 9 9
1973 23 COL NL $ 300,000 8 10 10 10 3 4 3 9 10 10
1974 24 COL NL $ 300,000 8 10 10 10 3 4 3 10 10 10
1975 25 COL NL $ 300,000 8 10 10 10 4 5 5 9 10 9
1976 26 COL NL $ 6,000,000 8 10 10 10 4 5 5 9 10 10
1977 27 COL NL $ 6,000,000 8 10 10 10 4 5 5 10 10 10
1978 28 COL NL $ 6,000,000 8 9 10 10 4 5 5 10 10 10
1979 29 COL NL $ 6,000,000 8 9 10 10 4 5 4 10 10 10
1980 30 PHN NL $ 7,270,000 8 9 10 10 3 4 4 10 10 10
1981 31 PHN NL $ 7,270,000 8 9 10 10 3 4 4 10 10 10
1982 32 PHN NL $ 7,270,000 8 9 10 9 3 4 4 10 10 10
1983 33 PHN NL $ 7,270,000 9 8 9 9 3 4 4 10 10 10
1984 34 OAK AL $ 13,500,000 9 8 9 9 3 4 4 10 10 10
1985 35 OAK AL $ 13,500,000 8 7 8 8 3 4 3 9 9 9
1986 36 OAK AL $ 13,500,000 8 6 7 7 2 3 3 8 8 8
1987 37 NYG NL $ 13,500,000 8 5 6 6 1 2 2 5 6 5
1988 38 LAD NL $ 13,500,000 5 2 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 5 2 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 13,500,000 9 10 10 10 4 5 5 10 10 10
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1971 21 COL NL 3 2 .600 5 5 2 0 0 39.0 19 8 3 17 35 1.85 .143 .240 .278 .518 4.8
    AAA   14 5 .737 30 30 3 3 0 210.3 155 56 8 93 225 2.40 .204 .290 .279 .569  
1972 22 COL NL 7 6 .538 21 21 1 0 0 129.7 104 48 8 76 120 3.33 .221 .328 .333 .661 10.2
    AAA   6 5 .545 12 12 1 1 0 84.3 60 27 3 46 102 2.88 .197 .303 .260 .563  
1973 23 COL NL 21 9 .700 37 37 5 1 0 286.0 213 99 23 137 273 3.12 .204 .298 .327 .625 25.7
1974 24 COL NL 17 9 .654 36 32 2 1 0 232.7 178 75 7 108 221 2.90 .205 .293 .285 .578 20.1
1975 25 COL NL 16 8 .667 38 32 2 2 0 233.0 160 91 7 138 191 3.52 .196 .314 .297 .611 16.0
1976 26 COL NL 15 10 .600 40 31 3 2 1 233.3 201 108 12 114 205 4.17 .233 .320 .358 .679 12.6
1977 27 COL NL 23 9 .719 36 36 2 2 0 269.3 204 85 4 127 235 2.84 .210 .301 .305 .606 24.1
1978 28 COL NL 14 6 .700 27 27 3 0 0 201.7 177 72 5 79 178 3.21 .233 .305 .328 .633 15.8
1979 29 COL NL 18 9 .667 34 34 5 0 0 259.3 203 76 7 104 194 2.64 .214 .289 .299 .588 24.2
1980 30 COL NL 4 4 .500 11 11 1 1 0 86.0 62 25 2 38 80 2.62 .201 .289 .282 .572 9.7
  PHN NL 6 5 .545 19 19 3 2 0 128.0 98 45 4 67 115 3.16 .213 .313 .306 .618 9.3
  TOT   10 9 .526 30 30 4 3 0 214.0 160 70 6 105 195 2.94 .208 .303 .296 .600 19.1
1981 31 PHN NL 18 9 .667 32 32 2 0 0 222.0 175 89 6 119 191 3.61 .216 .316 .299 .615 13.1
1982 32 PHN NL 15 7 .682 32 32 5 1 0 234.7 192 89 5 126 178 3.41 .224 .323 .297 .620 15.5
1983 33 PHN NL 20 11 .645 33 33 11 3 0 261.3 224 97 6 119 223 3.34 .229 .311 .319 .630 18.9
1984 34 OAK AL 20 8 .714 32 32 10 5 0 251.7 188 63 5 116 218 2.25 .205 .295 .274 .569 26.0
1985 35 OAK AL 16 7 .696 32 32 8 2 0 239.7 192 85 13 101 222 3.19 .217 .297 .319 .616 21.5
1986 36 OAK AL 9 8 .529 25 25 5 2 0 164.7 141 64 11 85 115 3.50 .226 .319 .323 .642 10.9
1987 37 NYG NL 7 13 .350 32 32 1 0 0 188.7 190 107 22 111 157 5.10 .265 .363 .409 .772 4.8
1988 38 LAD NL 2 0 1.000 2 2 0 0 0 11.0 10 5 1 5 8 4.09 .233 .313 .349 .661 0.9
    AA   6 6 .500 24 24 0 0 0 148.3 103 52 10 72 155 3.16 .193 .288 .308 .597  
18 Years Sim 251 140 .642 524 505 71 24 1 3671.6 2931 1331 151 1787 3159 3.26 .218 .309 .315 .624 284.3
2 Years AAA 20 10 .667 42 42 4 4 0 294.7 215 83 11 139 327 2.54 .202 .294 .273 .567  
1 Years AA 6 6 .500 24 24 0 0 0 148.3 103 52 10 72 155 3.16 .193 .288 .308 .597  
3 Years Minors 26 16 .619 66 66 4 4 0 443.0 318 135 21 211 482 2.74 .199 .292 .285 .577  
Season Average 13 7 .650 29 28 3 1 0 204.0 162 73 8 99 175 3.26 .218 .309 .315 .624  
Career Highs 23 13 1.000 40 37 11 5 1 286.0 224 108 23 138 273 5.10 .265 .363 .409 .772  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1350 639 70 782 1818   .202 .285 .295 .581
vs LH   1581 692 81 1005 1341   .233 .332 .334 .666
Home 126 75 .627 268 259 35 12 0 1888.3 1526 691 73 906 1669 3.29 .219 .309 .320 .629
Away 125 65 .658 256 246 36 12 1 1783.3 1405 640 78 881 1490 3.23 .216 .309 .310 .619
Mar/Apr 46 18 .719 79 79 16 7 0 599.3 424 170 23 252 525 2.55 .199 .283 .289 .572
May 37 32 .536 81 81 11 3 0 580.0 481 230 29 292 525 3.57 .225 .318 .332 .650
June 42 20 .677 82 82 12 3 0 580.6 452 208 27 325 506 3.22 .212 .316 .308 .624
July 42 28 .600 88 88 13 5 0 628.3 499 230 34 299 549 3.29 .217 .307 .323 .631
August 39 24 .619 95 95 10 5 0 659.6 572 272 16 336 514 3.71 .232 .324 .323 .647
Sep/Oct 45 18 .714 99 80 19 6 1 623.6 503 221 22 283 540 3.19 .219 .305 .312 .617
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1971 21 COL NL P 5 5 39.0 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.15    
1972 22 COL NL P 21 21 129.7 5 21 1 0 .963 1.80    
1973 23 COL NL P 37 37 286.0 22 33 3 2 .948 1.73    
1974 24 COL NL P 36 32 232.7 11 32 7 1 .860 1.66    
1975 25 COL NL P 38 32 233.0 11 26 3 4 .925 1.43    
1976 26 COL NL P 40 31 233.3 9 28 3 1 .925 1.43    
1977 27 COL NL P 36 36 269.3 24 33 0 3 1.000 1.90    
1978 28 COL NL P 27 27 201.7 15 24 1 0 .975 1.74    
1979 29 COL NL P 34 34 259.3 18 35 2 3 .964 1.84    
1980 30 COL NL P 11 11 86.0 4 12 0 1 1.000 1.67    
  PHN NL P 19 19 128.0 6 18 0 2 1.000 1.69    
  TOT   P 30 30 214.0 10 30 0 3 1.000 1.68    
1981 31 PHN NL P 32 32 222.0 11 35 0 7 1.000 1.86    
1982 32 PHN NL P 32 32 234.7 17 42 2 6 .967 2.26    
1983 33 PHN NL P 33 33 261.3 16 39 3 2 .948 1.89    
1984 34 OAK AL P 32 32 251.7 18 50 2 4 .971 2.43    
1985 35 OAK AL P 32 32 239.7 16 45 0 5 1.000 2.29    
1986 36 OAK AL P 25 25 164.7 4 21 3 0 .893 1.37    
1987 37 NYG NL P 32 32 188.7 11 30 0 2 1.000 1.96    
1988 38 LAD NL P 2 2 11.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82    
Career Totals   524 505 3671.6 221 527 30 43 .961 1.83    
Career Highs   40 37 286.0 24 50 7 7 1.000 2.43    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1973 23 COL NL 1 3 .250 4 4 1 0 0 30.7 17 15 1 25 23 4.40 .167 .331 .275 .605
1974 24 COL NL 4 0 1.000 7 7 1 0 0 51.3 32 19 1 38 44 3.33 .178 .321 .261 .582
1975 25 COL NL 4 0 1.000 4 4 2 0 0 32.7 19 8 0 21 30 2.20 .168 .299 .239 .537
1976 26 COL NL 3 2 .600 6 6 1 1 0 40.7 28 17 1 33 39 3.76 .184 .330 .243 .573
1977 27 COL NL 4 1 .800 7 7 2 1 0 54.7 25 12 2 26 47 1.98 .138 .246 .227 .473
1981 31 PHN NL 0 2 .000 2 2 0 0 0 13.3 17 11 1 6 11 7.43 .309 .377 .382 .759
1983 33 PHN NL 3 1 .750 6 6 2 2 0 44.7 29 11 0 34 36 2.22 .191 .339 .243 .582
1984 34 OAK AL 3 3 .500 7 7 1 1 0 54.3 52 21 1 26 34 3.48 .260 .345 .325 .670
1985 35 OAK AL 0 3 .000 3 3 0 0 0 12.7 27 16 5 2 5 11.37 .422 .439 .703 1.143
Career Post-Season Pitching 22 15 .595 46 46 10 5 0 335.0 246 130 12 211 269 3.49 .205 .324 .290 .614
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1973-4-3.12
1974-5-2.90
1977-7-2.84
1978-10-3.21
1979-1-2.64
1980-10-2.94
1984-1-2.25
1985-9-3.19
CAR-27-3.26
 Wins
1973-1-21
1974-6-17
1977-1-23
1979-7-18
1981-4-18
1983-4-20
1984-2-20
CAR-29-251
 Losses
1987-8-13
 Winning Pct
1973-7-.700
1974-10-.654
1977-4-.719
1978-8-.700
1981-7-.667
1982-10-.682
1984-3-.714
1985-6-.696
CAR-16-.642
 Games Started
1973-1-37
1977-2-36
1979-8-34
CAR-43-505
 Complete Games
1983-5-11
1984-4-10
Shutouts
1975-2-2
1976-1-2
1977-9-2
1980-5-3
1983-3-3
1984-1-5
1985-10-2
1986-8-2
CAR-32-24
 Innings Pitched
1973-3-286.0
1977-8-269.3
1979-6-259.3
1983-9-261.3
1984-4-251.7
 Homeruns Allowed
1987-9-22
 Strikeouts
1973-1-273
1974-1-221
1975-5-191
1976-1-205
1977-2-235
1978-3-178
1979-2-194
1980-3-195
1981-4-191
1982-7-178
1983-1-223
1984-3-218
1985-5-222
CAR-21-3159
 Walks Allowed
1973-2-137
1974-7-108
1975-1-138
1976-4-114
1977-4-127
1979-9-104
1980-6-105
1981-3-119
1982-1-126
1983-3-119
1984-3-116
1985-9-101
1987-4-111
CAR-11-1787
 Hits per 9IP
1973-2-6.7
1974-1-6.9
1975-1-6.2
1976-4-7.8
1977-2-6.8
1979-3-7.0
1980-1-6.7
1981-4-7.1
1982-3-7.4
1984-1-6.7
1985-4-7.2
1986-9-7.7
CAR-16-7.2
Strikeouts per 9IP
1973-2-8.6
1974-1-8.5
1975-5-7.4
1976-3-7.9
1977-2-7.9
1978-1-7.9
1979-6-6.7
1980-1-8.2
1981-2-7.7
1982-5-6.8
1983-3-7.7
1984-5-7.8
1985-2-8.3
1987-8-7.5
CAR-23-7.7
 WHiP
1973-9-1.22
1984-10-1.21
 OAVG
1973-2-.204
1974-1-.205
1975-3-.196
1976-6-.233
1977-2-.210
1979-3-.214
1980-2-.208
1981-4-.216
1982-4-.224
1984-1-.205
1985-4-.217
1986-9-.226
CAR-16-.218
 OOBP
1973-8-.298
1974-7-.293
1979-6-.289
1984-10-.295
 OSLG
1973-7-.327
1974-1-.285
1975-3-.297
1976-9-.358
1977-4-.305
1978-9-.328
1979-2-.299
1980-3-.296
1981-2-.299
1982-3-.297
1983-6-.319
1984-1-.274
1985-4-.319
1986-4-.323
CAR-7-.315
 OOPS
1973-4-.625
1974-2-.578
1975-4-.611
1977-4-.606
1978-8-.633
1979-1-.588
1980-4-.600
1981-9-.615
1982-8-.620
1984-1-.569
1985-8-.616
1986-8-.642
CAR-20-.624
 
   Black Ink Test: 49    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 218    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 61    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by Colorado in 1971
Earned first career win on 9/5/1971
Was selected to the 1974 Allstar game
Won World Championship with Colorado in 1974
Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/1975, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
6/1/1975: Signed a contract extension with Colorado, $6,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1975 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/1976, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1977, going 6-0, 2.18
Won Platinum Arm in 1977, going 23-9, 2.84 ERA
Injured on 5/14/1978 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for 6 weeks
3/4/1979: Signed a contract extension with Colorado, $7,270,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 5/6/1979 with a Strained Back, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Platinum Arm in 1979, going 18-9, 2.64 ERA
Traded from Colorado to Philadelphia on 6/1/1980 (Going to COL: P John Littlefield. Going to PHN: P J.r. Richard, SS Enzo Hernandez)
Pitched NO-HITTER against New York (A) on 6/21/1980, striking out 9
Injured on 9/15/1980 with a Inflamed Bicep Tendon, out for 4 weeks
Was selected to the 1981 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 4/15/1983, winning 2 games with a 0.56 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1983, going 5-0, 1.32
Won World Championship with Philadelphia in 1983
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 2/16/1984 to a 6-year deal worth $13,500,000 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 5/20/1984, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA
Was selected to the 1984 Allstar game
Won Platinum Arm in 1984, going 20-8, 2.25 ERA
Was selected to the 1985 Allstar game
Injured on 4/8/1986 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 5 weeks
Traded from Oakland to New York (N) on 2/2/1987 (Going to NYG: P J.r. Richard, 1B Larry Parrish. Going to OAK: P Paul Boris)
Traded from New York (N) to Los Angeles on 2/2/1988 (Going to LAD: CF Shane Mack, P Mike Mcqueen, P J.r. Richard, P Rick Camp, CF Jerry Mumphrey. Going to NYG: P Willie Hernandez)
Injured on 7/14/1988 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for 4-5 weeks
 
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