J.R. Richard
1971–1980 · bats R / throws R · Houston Astros, NLS
239G
.168AVG
.176OBP
.252SLG
More career statistics
93H
10HR
50RBI
2SB
107–71W–L
1,606.0IP
1,493K
3.15ERA
221GS
11Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Pitching · p ipouts | 4,818 | 4,817 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 239 | 604 | 552 | 39 | 93 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 50 | 4 | 181 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 139 | .168 | .176 | .252 | .428 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,606.0 | 238 | 221 | 76 | 107 | 71 | 0 | 1,227 | 625 | 562 | 73 | 770 | 1,493 | 0 | 0 | 3.15 | 1.243 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1975-04-24 to 1975-05-10
4longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75 | Four Wild Pitches | 1979-04-10 | 1 in 2,630 games | box score ↗ |
| 66 | Complete Game, Fifteen K | 1971-09-05 | 1 in 1,054 games | box score ↗ |
| 62 | Ten Walks | 1975-05-04 | 1 in 747 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 116 | 288 | 49 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 74 | .191 | .174 | .253 |
| Away | 123 | 316 | 44 | 8 | 27 | 3 | 107 | .149 | .149 | .251 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 30 | 79 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 28 | .111 | .114 | .208 |
| May | 40 | 104 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 27 | .126 | .115 | .200 |
| June | 35 | 83 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 20 | .182 | .169 | .247 |
| July | 46 | 104 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 37 | .194 | .183 | .255 |
| August | 42 | 117 | 21 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 39 | .196 | .197 | .271 |
| September | 43 | 107 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 29 | .170 | .159 | .277 |
| October | 3 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .300 | .667 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| san-francisco-giants | 30 | 71 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 29 | .188 | .197 | .290 |
| atlanta-braves | 30 | 82 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 19 | .178 | .171 | .329 |
| cincinnati-reds | 29 | 63 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25 | .125 | .111 | .179 |
| los-angeles-dodgers | 28 | 73 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 25 | .116 | .110 | .130 |
| san-diego-padres | 25 | 65 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 21 | .056 | .046 | .056 |
| montreal-expos | 20 | 49 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | .233 | .204 | .326 |
| chicago-cubs | 17 | 48 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 11 | .349 | .333 | .581 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 16 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | .167 | .147 | .233 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 |  Houston Astros | 4 | 7 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 21 | 29 |
| 1972 | Houston Astros | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 8 |
| 1973 | Houston Astros | 16 | 28 | 5 | – | 1 | – | .179 | 71 | 75 |
| 1974 | Houston Astros | 15 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | .143 | 64 | 42 |
| 1975 | Houston Astros | 33 | 74 | 15 | 1 | 13 | – | .203 | 203 | 176 |
| 1976 | Houston Astros | 39 | 100 | 14 | 2 | 9 | – | .140 | 291 | 214 |
| 1977 | Houston Astros | 36 | 87 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 1 | .230 | 267 | 214 |
| 1978 | Houston Astros | 37 | 101 | 18 | 1 | 10 | 1 | .178 | 275 | 303 |
| 1979 | Houston Astros | 38 | 95 | 12 | 2 | 6 | – | .126 | 292 | 313 |
| 1980 | Houston Astros | 17 | 39 | 6 | 1 | 3 | – | .154 | 113 | 119 |