J.R. Richard career strikeouts (pitching)
1,493Career Regular Season
J.R. Richard has recorded 1,493 strikeouts (pitching) over 10 regular seasons, 235th among 8,580 MLB players on file.
- Best season on file: 313 in 1979.
- Most recent: 119 in 1980.
Sum of 10 regular seasons, 1971 through 1980. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 22, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 |  HOU | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3.43 | 21.0 | 29 | 16 | 1.57 | 0 |
| 1972 | HOU | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13.50 | 6.0 | 8 | 8 | 3.00 | 0 |
| 1973 | HOU | 16 | 6 | 2 | 4.00 | 72.0 | 75 | 38 | 1.28 | 0 |
| 1974 | HOU | 15 | 2 | 3 | 4.18 | 64.2 | 42 | 36 | 1.45 | 0 |
| 1975 | HOU | 33 | 12 | 10 | 4.39 | 203.0 | 176 | 138 | 1.56 | 0 |
| 1976 | HOU | 39 | 20 | 15 | 2.75 | 291.0 | 214 | 151 | 1.28 | 0 |
| 1977 | HOU | 36 | 18 | 12 | 2.97 | 267.0 | 214 | 104 | 1.18 | 0 |
| 1978 | HOU | 36 | 18 | 11 | 3.11 | 275.1 | 303 | 141 | 1.21 | 0 |
| 1979 | HOU | 38 | 18 | 13 | 2.71 | 292.1 | 313 | 98 | 1.09 | 0 |
| 1980 | HOU | 17 | 10 | 4 | 1.90 | 113.2 | 119 | 40 | 0.92 | 0 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV