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J.R.
Richard		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 8''
Weight: 227
 
Born: March 7, 1951 in Usa, LA, VIENNA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1987   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 30 HON JL $ 22,000,000 75 20 20 20 12 14 13 19 20 19
1982 31 CHI JL $ 22,000,000 75 20 20 20 11 13 12 18 19 18
1983 32 CHI JL $ 23,000,000 75 20 20 20 11 13 12 18 19 18
1984 33 CHI JL $ 23,000,000 75 20 20 20 10 12 11 18 18 18
1985 34 CHI JL $ 23,000,000 75 20 20 20 10 12 11 18 18 18
1986 35 CHI JL $ 23,000,000 75 19 20 20 9 11 10 17 18 17
1987 36 BIR FL $ 1,304,000 72 19 20 20 9 11 10 17 18 17
1988 37 DM FL $ 1,304,000 72 19 20 19 9 11 10 17 18 17
1989 38 DM FL $ 1,304,000 72 18 20 19 9 11 10 16 17 16
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 1,304,000 72 18 20 19 9 11 10 16 17 16
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 23,000,000 75 20 20 20 12 14 13 19 20 19
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 30 HON JL $ 22,000,000   2 2 2 2 2 2 6 6 6 1 1 1 9 9 9
1982 31 CHI JL $ 22,000,000   2 2 2 2 2 2 6 6 6 1 1 1 9 9 9
1983 32 CHI JL $ 23,000,000   2 2 2 2 2 2 6 6 6 1 1 1 9 9 9
1984 33 CHI JL $ 23,000,000   2 2 2 2 2 2 6 6 6 1 1 1 9 9 9
1985 34 CHI JL $ 23,000,000   2 2 2 2 2 2 6 6 6 1 1 1 9 9 9
1986 35 CHI JL $ 23,000,000   2 2 2 2 2 2 6 6 6 1 1 1 9 9 9
1987 36 BIR FL $ 1,304,000   2 2 2 2 2 2 6 6 6 1 1 1 9 9 9
1988 37 DM FL $ 1,304,000   2 2 2 2 2 2 6 6 6 1 1 1 9 9 9
1989 38 DM FL $ 1,304,000   2 2 2 2 2 2 6 6 6 1 1 1 9 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 1,304,000   2 2 2 2 2 2 6 6 6 1 1 1 9 9 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 23,000,000   2 2 2 2 2 2 6 6 6 1 1 1 9 9 9
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Pitcher Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1981 30 HON JL 10 7 .588 34 34 3 3 0 208.0 174 75 5 73 202 3.25 .222 .292 .298 .590 15.8
1982 31 HON JL 6 6 .500 19 19 1 1 0 126.0 102 40 4 43 91 2.86 .221 .287 .305 .592 10.2
  CHI JL 10 5 .667 16 16 1 0 0 98.0 66 21 2 32 98 1.93 .190 .259 .259 .519 10.7
  TOT   16 11 .593 35 35 2 1 0 224.0 168 61 6 75 189 2.45 .208 .275 .286 .561 21.0
1983 32 CHI JL 12 6 .667 36 36 1 1 0 230.0 169 64 11 78 211 2.50 .205 .275 .298 .573 20.2
1984 33 CHI JL 16 5 .762 34 34 1 1 0 213.3 149 64 16 85 215 2.70 .195 .277 .306 .583 22.5
1985 34 CHI JL 12 10 .545 36 36 0 0 0 224.0 194 106 20 98 234 4.26 .232 .317 .380 .697 10.2
1986 35 CHI JL 12 13 .480 35 35 0 0 0 208.0 168 108 23 125 215 4.67 .222 .333 .380 .713 11.5
1987 36 BIR FL 11 6 .647 67 12 0 0 27 127.7 114 55 9 66 120 3.88 .238 .333 .374 .707 18.1
1988 37 DM FL 7 7 .500 31 29 0 0 0 167.0 147 85 15 82 160 4.58 .232 .324 .390 .714 7.9
1989 38 DM FL 8 9 .471 29 29 0 0 0 162.0 163 91 14 82 140 5.06 .260 .347 .416 .764 5.6
9 Years Sim 104 74 .584 337 280 7 6 27 1764.0 1446 709 119 764 1686 3.62 .222 .306 .344 .649 132.7
Season Average 11 8 .579 37 31 0 0 3 196.0 160 78 13 84 187 3.62 .222 .306 .344 .649  
Career Highs 16 13 .762 67 36 3 3 27 230.0 194 108 23 125 234 5.06 .260 .347 .416 .764  
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   657 333 47 333 848   .209 .285 .317 .602
vs LH   789 376 72 431 838   .234 .321 .369 .689
Home 46 36 .561 167 137 3 3 14 867.6 724 358 60 353 827 3.71 .225 .302 .351 .653
Away 58 38 .604 170 143 4 3 13 896.3 722 351 59 411 859 3.52 .219 .305 .336 .641
Mar/Apr 18 14 .563 62 48 1 1 7 298.0 282 143 23 131 287 4.32 .247 .324 .393 .718
May 18 9 .667 58 44 2 1 11 290.0 228 104 24 120 274 3.23 .213 .293 .340 .633
June 18 14 .563 58 47 1 1 7 290.3 266 123 11 122 283 3.81 .244 .321 .353 .674
July 18 12 .600 60 44 0 0 2 286.3 205 107 21 122 278 3.36 .198 .283 .308 .590
August 13 17 .433 50 50 2 2 0 300.3 246 121 19 138 288 3.63 .222 .308 .337 .645
Sep/Oct 19 8 .704 49 47 1 1 0 299.0 219 111 21 131 276 3.34 .204 .291 .326 .617
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1981 30 HON JL 34 66 2 9 1 0 0 3 0 0 6 18 .136 .208 .152 .360 1.8 0.0
1982 31 HON JL 19 41 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 10 .049 .071 .073 .145 -2.4 0.0
  CHI JL 16 32 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14 .094 .094 .094 .188 -1.2 0.0
  TOT   35 73 2 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 24 .068 .081 .082 .163 -3.6 0.0
1983 32 CHI JL 36 71 1 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 25 .070 .069 .070 .140 -3.0 0.0
1984 33 CHI JL 34 69 3 9 5 0 0 1 0 0 2 18 .130 .155 .203 .358 1.0 0.0
1985 34 CHI JL 36 65 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 25 .062 .075 .062 .136 -2.6 0.0
1986 35 CHI JL 35 66 5 5 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 17 .076 .090 .091 .180 -2.3 0.0
1987 36 BIR FL 67 25 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 8 .080 .148 .120 .268 -0.1 0.0
1988 37 DM FL 31 53 1 7 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 19 .132 .132 .189 .321 0.1 0.0
1989 38 DM FL 29 53 6 8 1 0 1 4 0 0 1 12 .151 .167 .226 .393 1.5 0.0
9 Years Sim 337 541 24 54 13 0 1 22 0 0 14 166 .100 .122 .129 .251 -7.3 0.0
162 Game Average 260 11 25 6 0 0 10 0 0 6 79 .100 .122 .129 .251 -3.5  
Career Highs 67 73 6 9 5 0 1 4 0 0 6 25 .151 .208 .226 .393 1.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   357 19 38 10 0 0 16 0 0 11 111 .106 .132 .134 .267 -5.7
vs LH   184 5 16 3 0 1 6 0 0 3 55 .087 .102 .120 .221 -5.5
Home 167 240 11 20 3 0 1 11 0 0 2 74 .083 .090 .108 .198 -8.8
Away 170 301 13 34 10 0 0 11 0 0 12 92 .113 .147 .146 .293 -2.4
RISP   119 0 9 2 0 1 20 0 0 4 41 .076 .104 .118 .222 -3.3
Close/Late   11 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .091 .231 .182 .413 0.4
Mar/Apr 62 93 4 8 0 0 0 6 0 0 2 28 .086 .105 .086 .191 -3.5
May 44 88 7 12 2 0 0 4 0 0 4 24 .136 .172 .159 .331 0.5
June 58 88 5 10 3 0 0 5 0 0 2 25 .114 .133 .148 .281 -1.1
July 44 84 2 8 3 0 1 4 0 0 2 28 .095 .115 .167 .282 -1.0
August 50 91 4 9 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 28 .099 .109 .132 .241 -2.4
Sep/Oct 49 97 2 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 33 .072 .100 .093 .193 -3.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1981 30 HON JL P 34 34 208.0 15 31 3 0 .939 1.99    
1982 31 HON JL P 19 19 126.0 7 15 0 2 1.000 1.57    
  CHI JL P 16 16 98.0 6 11 0 2 1.000 1.56    
  TOT   P 35 35 224.0 13 26 0 4 1.000 1.57    
1983 32 CHI JL P 36 36 230.0 17 26 1 0 .977 1.68    
1984 33 CHI JL P 34 34 213.3 9 27 2 1 .947 1.52    
1985 34 CHI JL P 36 36 224.0 13 28 2 2 .953 1.65    
1986 35 CHI JL P 35 35 208.0 16 24 0 2 1.000 1.73    
1987 36 BIR FL P 67 12 127.7 6 16 0 1 1.000 1.55    
1988 37 DM FL P 31 29 167.0 5 25 0 3 1.000 1.62    
1989 38 DM FL P 29 29 162.0 7 25 1 3 .970 1.78    
Career Totals   337 280 1764.0 101 228 9 16 .973 1.68    
Career Highs   67 36 230.0 17 31 3 4 1.000 1.99    
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
1984 33 CHI JL 0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 13.0 14 6 0 4 13 4.15 .292 .346 .354 .700
1987 36 BIR FL 0 0 .000 3 3 0 0 0 16.0 18 8 2 9 11 4.50 .290 .380 .435 .816
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 1 .000 5 5 0 0 0 29.0 32 14 2 13 24 4.34 .291 .366 .400 .766
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1984 33 CHI JL 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
1987 36 BIR FL 3 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .167 .286 .333 .619
Career Post-Season Batting 5 10 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .100 .182 .200 .382
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1981-9-3.25
1982-3-2.45
1983-4-2.50
1984-5-2.70
 Wins
1982-5-16
1984-5-16
 Winning Pct
1983-9-.667
1984-3-.762
CAR-46-.584
 Saves
1987-6-27
 Games Started
1983-3-36
1985-5-36
 Complete Games
1981-2-3
1982-8-2
Shutouts
1981-1-3
1982-7-1
1983-6-1
1984-7-1
 Innings Pitched
1982-10-224.0
1983-8-230.0
 Strikeouts
1981-5-202
1982-8-189
1983-6-211
1984-5-215
1985-3-234
1986-4-215
 Walks Allowed
1982-8-75
1983-5-78
1984-3-85
1985-2-98
1986-2-125
1988-5-82
1989-6-82
CAR-33-764
 Hits per 9IP
1981-9-7.5
1982-2-6.8
1983-3-6.6
1984-2-6.3
1986-3-7.3
1988-8-7.9
CAR-15-7.4
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1981-4-8.7
1982-9-7.6
1983-8-8.3
1984-6-9.1
1985-3-9.4
1986-6-9.3
1988-6-8.6
CAR-42-8.6
WHiP
1982-5-1.08
1983-10-1.07
 OAVG
1981-8-.222
1982-2-.208
1983-3-.205
1984-2-.195
1986-3-.222
1988-7-.232
CAR-16-.222
 OOBP
1982-5-.275
1983-10-.275
1984-10-.277
 OSLG
1981-3-.298
1982-1-.286
1983-4-.298
1984-5-.306
CAR-14-.344
 OOPS
1981-3-.590
1982-1-.561
1983-5-.573
1984-4-.583
CAR-28-.649
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 38)
   Gray Ink Test: 99    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 149)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 31    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 50)
 
Similar Pitchers     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Alonso Cruz (939)
  2. Jacob Butler (937)
  3. Brock Rutherford (932)
  4. Bobby Carey (931)
  5. Luke Nastay (924)
  6. Billy Chapel (911)
  7. Shamus Perfetto (907)
  8. Paul Millbauer (906)
  9. Denny Estrada (906)
  10. Ace Holder (900)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Joseph Porter (995)
  2. Avagadro Pompeii (995)
  3. Jacob Butler (994)
  4. Pete Bucher (989)
  5. Marcellus Conley (987)
  6. Dennis Eckersley (986)
  7. Jim McGraw (985)
  8. Mark Catron (985)
  9. Harland Riles (984)
  10. Bill Microsoft (984)
History
Signed as a free agent by Honolulu on 2/18/1981 to a 2-year deal worth $22,000,000 per year
 
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