| #48 J.R. Richard, Starting Pitcher, 32 yrs, Louisville Sluggers Thursday, 11/1/2007
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 | J.R. Richard 
 3/7/1975
 32
 USA,LA,Vienna
 6"8
 222
 
 Starting Pitcher
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 R
 
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 | Strong Loyal
 Great Leader
 5 / 6 (Very Popular)
 0 / 6 (Unknown)
 Good
 Normal
 Normal
 3.0 Stars
 
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 | Big League Contract $ 11,300,000
 2010
 11 Year(s), 102 Days (1994 total Days)
 172 Day(s)
 11 Year(s)
 
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| Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |  | Overall | 100 | 64 | 98 | 95-99 Mph |  | Versus LHB | 100 | 59 | 98 |  |  | Versus RHB | 100 | 68 | 98 |  |  | Talent | 10 | 6 | 10 |  |  | 
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| Pitching Ratings Endurance :
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 4
 
 |  | Pitches: Fastball
 Changeup
 Slider
 
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| Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |  | Overall | 6 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 40 |  | Versus LHP | 3 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 40 |  | Versus RHP | 7 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 40 |  | Talent | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |  | 
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| Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed :
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 Spray Hitter
 
 | Fielding Ratings P  : 3 (Range), 1.000 (Fielding Pct.)
 Catcher Arm : 1
 Outfield Arm : 1
 
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| Date | Opp. | Result | Start | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Dec |  |  |  |  |  | 8/17 | @LEA | L 2-3 | * | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8/22 | @GHO | L 2-3 | * | 7.1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | L |  |  |  |  |  | 8/27 | @SAL | W 7-1 | * | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | W | PoG |  |  |  |  | 9/1 | CAL | W 10-7 | * | 5.2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 5 | W |  |  |  |  |  | 9/6 | FLO | L 1-4 | * | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | L |  |  |  |  |  | 9/11 | @NEW | W 7-2 | * | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | W | PoG |  |  |  |  | 9/16 | FRA | L 7-10 | * | 0.1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 9/22 | SPR | W 4-3 | * | 8.1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 9/27 | @NOR | W 8-2 | * | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | W | PoG |  |  |  |  | 10/2 | GLE | L 4-7 | * | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | L |  |  |  |  |  | 
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| Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |  | Overall | 37 | 37 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3.85 | 234.0 | 201 | 113 | 100 | 63 | 224 | 2 | 5.4 | 0 | 25 | 67.6 |  | Projected | 36 | 36 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3.85 | 227.0 | 196 | 110 | 97 | 61 | 218 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 
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| Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |  |  | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 10.4 | 7.7 | 8.6 | 2.4 | 16 | 7 | 43.8 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 2.75 |  | 
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|  | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |  | vs. LHB | 545 | 137 | 43 | 2 | 10 | 67 | 72 | 47 | 119 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .251 | .312 | .393 | .704 |  | vs. RHB | 331 | 64 | 20 | 1 | 9 | 35 | 41 | 16 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .193 | .235 | .341 | .577 |  | 
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|  | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |  | Home | 19 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4.27 | 118.0 | 110 | 66 | 56 | 34 | 107 |  | Road | 18 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3.41 | 116.0 | 91 | 47 | 44 | 29 | 117 |  | Postseason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  | This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  | Last Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  | 
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| Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |  | March/April | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2.98 | 45.1 | 29 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 39 |  | May | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3.40 | 39.2 | 38 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 37 |  | June | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.13 | 33.1 | 37 | 24 | 19 | 11 | 35 |  | July | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6.37 | 29.2 | 38 | 22 | 21 | 3 | 32 |  | August | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2.38 | 41.2 | 28 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 37 |  | Sept./Oct. | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3.86 | 44.1 | 31 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 44 |  | 
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |  | 1971 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3.43 | 21.0 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 1.57 | .000 | HOU |  | 1972 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 6.0 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | .000 | HOU |  | 1973 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4.00 | 72.0 | 54 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 38 | 75 | 2 | 1 | 1.28 | .000 | HOU |  | 1974 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4.18 | 64.2 | 58 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 36 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 1.45 | .000 | HOU |  | 1975 | 33 | 31 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 4.39 | 203.0 | 178 | 0 | 99 | 0 | 138 | 176 | 7 | 1 | 1.56 | .000 | HOU |  | 1976 | 39 | 39 | 20 | 15 | 0 | 2.75 | 291.0 | 221 | 0 | 89 | 0 | 151 | 214 | 14 | 3 | 1.28 | .000 | HOU |  | 1977 | 36 | 36 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 2.97 | 267.0 | 212 | 0 | 88 | 0 | 104 | 214 | 13 | 3 | 1.18 | .000 | HOU |  | 1978 | 36 | 36 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 3.11 | 275.1 | 192 | 0 | 95 | 0 | 141 | 303 | 16 | 3 | 1.21 | .000 | HOU |  | 1979 | 38 | 38 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 2.71 | 292.1 | 220 | 0 | 88 | 0 | 98 | 313 | 19 | 4 | 1.09 | .000 | HOU |  | 2007 | 37 | 37 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3.85 | 234.0 | 201 | 113 | 100 | 19 | 63 | 224 | 2 | 0 | 1.13 | .288 | LOU |  | Total | 258 | 241 | 110 | 77 | 0 | 3.33 | 1726.1 | 1363 | 113 | 638 | 19 | 793 | 1598 | 74 | 15 | 1.25 | .000 |  |  | 
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|  Career Minor League Pitching Stats |  | 
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |  | 
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|  Career Postseason Pitching Stats |  | 
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |  | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  | 
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |  | 1971 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | HOU |  | 1972 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | HOU |  | 1973 | 16 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | .179 | .179 | .179 | .357 | HOU |  | 1974 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .286 | .429 | HOU |  | 1975 | 33 | 74 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | .203 | .213 | .324 | .538 | HOU |  | 1976 | 39 | 100 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | .140 | .140 | .210 | .350 | HOU |  | 1977 | 36 | 87 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 0 | .230 | .239 | .345 | .583 | HOU |  | 1978 | 37 | 101 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 1 | .178 | .186 | .208 | .394 | HOU |  | 1979 | 38 | 95 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 1 | .126 | .135 | .221 | .356 | HOU |  | 2007 | 37 | 81 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | .049 | .049 | .074 | .123 | LOU |  | Total | 259 | 594 | 91 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 49 | 39 | 4 | 203 | 2 | 2 | .153 | .159 | .226 | .384 |  |  | 
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| Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |  | Pitcher | 37 | 37 | 24 | 44 | 2 | 69 | 1 | .986 | 234.0 | 2.65 |  |  |  |  |  | 
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| Drafted in 2nd round, 31st overall pick, by Louisville in 2005... Drafted in 3rd round, 77th overall pick, by Louisville in 2005...
 Set a new season AL-Record for Strikeouts with 175 on 9/10/2006 ...
 Set a new season AL-Record for Strikeouts with 178 on 9/15/2006 ...
 Set a new season AL-Record for Strikeouts with 181 on 9/20/2006 ...
 Set a new season AL-Record for Strikeouts with 195 on 9/30/2006 ...
 Drafted in 4th round, 91st overall pick, by Louisville in 2006...
 
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