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J. R. Richard played 10 major-league seasons (1971-1980) as a P (238). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 9 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 21 | HOU | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1973 | 23 | HOU | 16 | 28 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .179 | .357 | 3 |
| 1974 | 24 | HOU | 15 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .143 | .429 | 22 |
| 1975 | 25 | HOU | 33 | 74 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 29 | .203 | .538 | 53 |
| 1976 | 26 | HOU | 39 | 100 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 33 | .140 | .356 | 4 |
| 1977 | 27 | HOU | 36 | 87 | 10 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 28 | .230 | .592 | 62 |
| 1978 | 28 | HOU | 37 | 101 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 27 | .178 | .394 | 14 |
| 1979 | 29 | HOU | 38 | 95 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 24 | .126 | .355 | -1 |
| 1980 | 30 | HOU | 17 | 39 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .154 | .436 | 23 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 21 | HOU | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 29 | 16 | 3.43 | 101 |
| 1972 | 22 | HOU | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 13.50 | 26 |
| 1973 | 23 | HOU | 16 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 72 | 75 | 38 | 4.00 | 92 |
| 1974 | 24 | HOU | 15 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 64.2 | 42 | 36 | 4.18 | 87 |
| 1975 | 25 | HOU | 33 | 31 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 203 | 176 | 138 | 4.39 | 82 |
| 1976 | 26 | HOU | 39 | 39 | 20 | 15 | 0 | 291 | 214 | 151 | 2.75 | 127 |
| 1977 | 27 | HOU | 36 | 36 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 267 | 214 | 104 | 2.97 | 132 |
| 1978 | 28 | HOU | 36 | 36 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 275.1 | 303 | 141 | 3.11 | 115 |
| 1979 | 29 | HOU | 38 | 38 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 292.1 | 313 | 98 | 2.71 | 138 |
| 1980 | 30 | HOU | 17 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 113.2 | 119 | 40 | 1.90 | 190 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | P | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1972 | P | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 1973 | P | 16 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 1974 | P | 15 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1975 | P | 33 | 31 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 0 |
| 1976 | P | 39 | 39 | 19 | 39 | 10 | 2 |
| 1977 | P | 36 | 36 | 26 | 44 | 0 | 2 |
| 1978 | P | 36 | 36 | 29 | 38 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | P | 38 | 38 | 14 | 32 | 5 | 0 |
| 1980 | P | 17 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (5 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1979, 1978, 1976.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Cy Young Award | NL | 7 | 2 / 120 | 0 |
| 1976 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 17 | 12 / 336 | 0 |
| 1978 | Cy Young Award | NL | 4 | 13 / 120 | 1 |
| 1979 | Cy Young Award | NL | 3 | 41 / 120 | 4 |
| 1979 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 19 | 12 / 336 | 0 |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.