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Rick Langford

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: March 20, 1952 in Farmville, VA us

Draft: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 11th round of the 1971 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota (Bradenton, FL) and the Cleveland Indians in the 36th round of the 1972 MLB June Amateur Draft from State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota (Bradenton, FL).

High School: Varina HS (Richmond, VA)

Schools: State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota (Bradenton, FL), Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL)

Debut: June 13, 1976 (Age 24-085d, 13,758th in major league history)
vs. ATL 1.2 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: July 13, 1986 (Age 34-115d)
vs. TOR 0.1 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1977 season

Full Name: James Rick Langford

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.8

106

ERA

4.01

260

196

1491.0

671

WHIP

1.332

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Team Record in Appearances: 12-12 / in Starts: 12-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1981 Pitching Game Log

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1981 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	156	2	Apr 10	OAK	@	MIN	W,6-3	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	5	3	3	3	4	0	0	3.00	2.71	34	15	9	1	1	3	66			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.06	0.183	.82	0.08%	1.34	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
2	157	7	Apr 15	OAK	@	CAL	W,5-3	CG	W(2-0)	4	9.0	10	3	3	2	8	0	0	3.00	2.10	38	10	9	0	2	9	61			0	1	0	33	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.04	0.190	1.16	0.13%	1.05	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
3	158	12	Apr 19(2)	OAK		SEA	L,2-3	CG	L(2-1)	3	9.0	6	3	3	3	2	1	0	3.00	2.93	35	14	10	1	0	6	62			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	-0.061	1.53	-0.04%	0.84	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
4	159	17	Apr 25	OAK	@	SEA	W,7-4	CG	W(3-1)	5	9.0	10	4	4	3	4	1	0	3.25	3.24	40	12	11	1	0	10	52			1	0	0	37	5	0	0	0	0	0	.55	0.194	.67	0.14%	0.25	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	160	22	May 1	OAK		NYY	W,8-6	GS-8	W(4-1)	5	7.0	8	3	3	4	1	2	0	3.35	3.97	32	11	8	1	0	8	46			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	-0.157	1.18	-0.10%	-1.35	1t start tie	8t 1-3 0 out a3
6	161	27	May 6	OAK		DET	L,2-3	CG	L(4-2)	4	9.0	5	3	2	8	3	0	0	3.12	4.08	41	18	8	0	0	4	62			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	1	2	1.48	-0.123	1.64	-0.08%	0.84	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
7	162	32	May 12	OAK	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG(8)	L(4-3)	5	8.0	5	4	4	2	5	1	0	3.30	4.03	31	12	7	0	0	5	59			0	0	0	28	2	1	0	0	0	0	.64	-0.089	.71	-0.06%	-0.44	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
8	163	37	May 17	OAK	@	MIL	L,2-6	CG(8)	L(4-4)	4	8.0	8	6	1	4	2	0	0	3.04	3.98	36	13	11	2	0	6	50			1	1	0	29	1	1	1	1	2	1	.92	-0.439	1.09	-0.31%	-2.55	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
9	164	42	May 22	OAK		TOR	W,6-2	CG	W(5-4)	4	9.0	8	2	2	0	5	0	0	2.92	3.69	35	4	18	0	1	8	68			1	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	1	0	.93	0.272	1.04	0.18%	1.84	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
10	165	48	May 27	OAK		CHW	L,0-3	CG	L(5-5)	4	9.0	10	3	2	1	7	0	0	2.83	3.45	38	15	9	1	2	6	63			1	0	0	36	3	0	0	0	0	1	.82	-0.054	1.29	-0.05%	0.84	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	166	54	Jun 4	OAK	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(5-6)	7	8.0	8	4	3	4	5	0	0	2.87	3.40	36	13	8	0	0	6	53			0	0	0	31	1	0	1	0	1	0	1.23	-0.309	2.02	-0.30%	-0.47	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
12	167	60	Jun 10	OAK		BAL	L,1-3	CG	L(5-7)	5	9.0	10	3	3	4	3	0	0	2.88	3.39	39	13	9	0	0	10	54			1	0	0	33	0	0	0	2	1	0	.85	-0.010	1.05	-0.01%	0.84	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	168	61	Aug 10	OAK	@	MIN	L,2-6	GS-5	L(5-8)	60	4.1	8	6	5	1	2	0	0	3.19	3.35	23	4	8	0	0	8	26			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.32	-0.411	1.81	-0.34%	-3.48	1b start tie	5b 12- 1 out d3
14	169	66	Aug 16	OAK		CAL	W,7-6	CG	W(6-8)	5	9.0	9	6	1	3	2	0	0	3.02	3.33	37	16	8	0	1	8	54			0	1	0	34	1	0	0	3	0	1	1.56	-0.104	2.33	-0.09%	-2.16	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
15	170	71	Aug 22	OAK		BAL	W,2-0	SHO	W(7-8)	5	9.0	5	0	0	1	4	0	0	2.80	3.24	33	12	11	1	0	5	80			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.540	1.87	0.50%	3.84	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
16	171	75	Aug 27	OAK	@	BOS	L,5-6	GS-7		4	6.1	8	3	3	2	3	0	0	2.87	3.21	28	9	8	0	0	6	46			0	1	0	26	1	1	0	0	0	0	.86	0.122	1.37	0.12%	1.21	1b start a 3	7b 1-3 1 out a4
17	172	79	Aug 31	OAK	@	CLE	W,5-3	GS-7	W(8-8)	3	6.1	9	3	2	2	2	1	1	2.87	3.31	29	10	6	1	0	8	45			1	0	1	26	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.31	-0.043	1.95	-0.04%	-0.33	1b start tie	7b 1-- 1 out a1
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	173	84	Sep 5	OAK	@	BAL	L,3-5	CG(8)	L(8-9)	4	8.0	10	5	5	2	2	3	0	3.02	3.55	34	8	12	1	0	10	42			0	1	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.12	-0.296	2.37	-0.38%	-1.37	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
19	174	88	Sep 9	OAK		TEX	L,4-9	GS-7		3	6.1	8	2	2	1	3	0	0	3.01	3.49	28	7	9	0	0	8	51			0	1	0	26	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.35	-0.125	4.03	-0.22%	-0.34	1t start tie	7t -23 1 out a1
20	175	92	Sep 14	OAK	@	TEX	W,5-2	CG	W(9-9)	4	9.0	7	2	2	1	2	0	0	2.96	3.44	35	14	11	2	1	7	66			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.267	2.30	0.38%	1.84	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
21	176	96	Sep 19	OAK	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	W(10-9)	4	9.0	7	1	1	3	4	1	0	2.85	3.47	36	8	14	1	1	7	70			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.38	0.442	2.57	0.49%	2.97	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
22	177	100	Sep 23	OAK	@	TOR	W,6-0	SHO	W(11-9)	3	9.0	5	0	0	2	6	0	1	2.71	3.41	34	8	12	0	2	5	81			0	0	0	31	0	1	0	1	0	0	.70	0.286	2.34	0.58%	4.34	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
23	178	103	Sep 27(1)	OAK		CHW	L,5-9	GS-7	L(11-10)	3	7.0	11	8	8	1	2	3	1	2.99	3.60	33	11	7	0	1	11	24			0	0	0	31	3	0	0	1	0	0	.91	-0.607	3.56	-1.43%	-5.02	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
24	179	108	Oct 3	OAK	@	KCR	W,8-4	CG	W(12-10)	5	9.0	10	4	3	1	3	1	0	2.99	3.61	38	16	8	2	0	10	55			0	0	0	37	3	1	0	1	0	1	1.00	0.089	5.21	0.28%	0.01	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a4
							12-12		W-L:12-10	4.2	195.1	190	81	65	58	84	14	3	2.99	3.61	823	1.18		3%	2%	174	56		---%	6	6	1	746	30	6	2	15	8	10	1.06	-0.243	1.90	-0.58%	4.52

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