J. R. Richard
Career statistics
* = Led NL † = Top 10 in National League ∞ = Selected to All-Star Team ** = Top 10 in Cy Young Award voting ‡ = Top 10 in MVP voting Source:

J. R. Richard

Section Title: Career statistics
Table Section Text: * = Led NL † = Top 10 in National League ∞ = Selected to All-Star Team ** = Top 10 in Cy Young Award voting ‡ = Top 10 in MVP voting Source:

Year	Ag	Tm	Lg	G	GS	W	L	ERA	CG	SHO	IP	Hits	R	ER	HR	BB	K	WHIP	K/9	H/9

1971	21	HOU	NL	4	4	2	1	3.43	1	0	21.0	17	9	8	1	16	29	1.571	12.43	7.29

1972	22	HOU	NL	4	1	1	0	13.50	0	0	6.0	10	9	9	0	8	8	3.000	12.00	15.00

1973	23	HOU	NL	16	10	6	2	4.00	2	1	72.0	54	37	32	2	38	75	1.278	9.38	6.75

1974	24	HOU	NL	15	9	2	3	4.18	0	0	64.7	58	31	30	3	36	42	1.454	5.85	8.07

1975	25	HOU	NL	33	31	12	10	4.39	7	1	203.0	178	107	99†	8	138*	176	1.557	7.80†	7.89

1976**‡	26	HOU	NL	39†	39†	20†	15†	2.75†	14†	3	291.0†	221	105	89†	14	151*	214	1.278	6.62v	6.84*

1977	27	HOU	NL	36†	36†	18†	12	2.97†	13†	3†	267.0	212	94	88	18	104†	214	1.184†	7.21†	7.15†

1978**	28	HOU	NL	36†	36†	18†	11	3.11	16†	3†	275.3†	192	104	95†	12	141*	303*	1.209	9.90*	6.28*

1979**‡	29	HOU	NL	38†	38†	18†	13†	2.71*	19†	4†	292.3†	220	98	88	13	98†	313*	1.088†	9.64*	6.77*

1980∞	30	HOU	NL	17	17	10	4	1.90	4	4	113.7	65	31	24	2	40	119	0.924	9.42	5.15

10	Seasons	238	221	107	71	3.15	76	19	1606.0	1227	625	562	73	770	1493	1.243	8.37	6.88

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J. R. Richard led the league with a 9.64 strikeouts per nine innings ratio.

final_sentence: J. R. Richard led the league with a 9.64 strikeouts per nine innings ratio.