League Leaders Who Led?
J. R. Richard

J. R. Richard

1971–1980  ·  Bats R  ·  Throws R  ·  6'8", 222 lb  ·  b. 1950 Vienna, LA

Career 107–71 · 3.15 ERA · 1,493 SO · 1606.0 IP · 239 G · 93 H · 10 HR · 50 RBI · .169 AVG

Seasons leading his league
5
4 best in baseball 1 league only
26 Top-5 finishes
2 Title seasons
3 Categories led
1979 Best season

Spanning 1978–1979, peaking at 3 titles in 1979.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 400th League titles 5
  • 215th Best in baseball 4
  • 358th Top-5 finishes 26

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Strikeouts / 9 2 1st 2 yrs (1978–1979) 1979 9.64 1978 NL 9.90 1975 #2 1977 #2
Strikeouts 2 1st 2 yrs (1978–1979) 1978 303 1979 313 1976 #2 1977 #2
Earned Run Average 1 1st — 1979 2.71
Complete Games — #2 — 1978 #3 1979 #2
Shutouts — #2 — 1980 #2
Innings Pitched — #2 — 1976 #2 1978 #2 1979 #2
Walks + Hits / IP — #2 — 1979 #2
Wins — #3 — 1979 #3

Title Seasons

2 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1979 3 ERA 2.71 SO 313 K/9 9.64
1978 2 SO 303 K/9 9.90

Pitching

10 seasons
Year Team Lg W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO WHIP
1971 HOU NL 2 1 3.43 4 4 0 21.0 17 8 1 16 29 1.57
1972 HOU NL 1 0 13.50 4 1 0 6.0 10 9 0 8 8 3.00
1973 HOU NL 6 2 4.00 16 10 0 72.0 54 32 2 38 75 1.28
1974 HOU NL 2 3 4.18 15 9 0 64.2 58 30 3 36 42 1.45
1975 HOU NL 12 10 4.39 33 31 0 203.0 178 99 8 138 176 1.56
1976 HOU NL 20 15 2.75 39 39 0 291.0 221 89 14 151 214 1.28
1977 HOU NL 18 12 2.97 36 36 0 267.0 212 88 18 104 214 1.18
1978 HOU NL 18 11 3.11 36 36 0 275.1 192 95 12 141 303 1.21
1979 HOU NL 18 13 2.71 38 38 0 292.1 220 88 13 98 313 1.09
1980 HOU NL 10 4 1.90 17 17 0 113.2 65 24 2 40 119 0.92
Career — — 107 71 3.15 238 221 0 1606.0 1,227 562 73 770 1,493 1.24

Batting

10 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1971 HOU NL 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1972 HOU NL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — —
1973 HOU NL 16 28 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 12 0 .179 .179 .179 .357
1974 HOU NL 15 21 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 9 0 .143 .143 .286 .429
1975 HOU NL 33 74 4 15 6 0 1 13 1 29 0 .203 .213 .324 .538
1976 HOU NL 39 100 6 14 1 0 2 9 0 33 0 .140 .146 .210 .356
1977 HOU NL 36 87 10 20 0 2 2 7 1 28 1 .230 .247 .345 .592
1978 HOU NL 37 101 8 18 0 0 1 10 1 27 1 .178 .186 .208 .394
1979 HOU NL 38 95 6 12 1 1 2 6 1 24 0 .126 .134 .221 .355
1980 HOU NL 17 39 2 6 2 0 1 3 0 15 0 .154 .154 .282 .436
Career — — 239 552 39 93 10 3 10 50 4 181 2 .169 .177 .252 .428

Fielding by Position

Pos GPOAEDPFLD%
P 238 113 195 20 6 .939