Rich Harden

Full Name: James Richard Harden Current Team: Chicago Cubs Height/Weight: 6'1"/195 Number: 40 Birthdate: November 30, 1981 Entry Draft: 17th round (510th overall) in 2000 Birthplace: Victoria, British Columbia (Canada) Drafted By: Oakland Athletics Primary Position: SP College: Central Arizona Junior College

Biography

Born on November 30, 1981 in Victoria, British Columbia (Canada), Rich Harden (James Richard Harden) played for the Oakland Athletics for his entire 4 year career. Harden broke into the bigs on July 21, 2003 with the Oakland Athletics, and put up a 4.46 ERA in 74.2 innings pitched in 2003, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Rich Harden's best season was 2004, when he posted a 3.99 ERA, won 11 games and struck out 167 batters.

Statistics

Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
2003	OAK	A	15	13	5	4	4.46	67	38	37	0	0	0	74.2	72	5	40	1	6	1
2004	OAK	A	31	31	11	7	3.99	167	90	84	0	0	0	189.2	171	16	81	6	4	3
2005	OAK	A	22	19	10	5	2.53	121	42	36	2	1	0	128	93	7	43	0	6	2
2006	OAK	A	9	9	4	0	4.24	49	22	22	0	0	0	46.2	31	5	26	0	0	1
2007	OAK	A	7	4	1	2	2.45	27	7	7	0	0	0	25.2	18	3	11	1	0	0
Total			84	76	31	18	3.60	431	199	186	2	1	0	464.2	385	36	201	8	16	7

Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
2003	OAK	A	P	15	13	74.2	5	11	1	3	0	0	9	2	1	.941
2004	OAK	A	P	31	31	189.2	15	18	1	2	0	2	11	6	2	.971
2005	OAK	A	P	22	19	128	12	8	1	2	0	1	4	4	0	.952
2006	OAK	A	P	9	9	46.2	6	7	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	1.000
2007	OAK	A	P	7	4	25.2	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1.000
Total			P	84	76	464.2	41	44	3	7	0	4	27	16	3	.966

Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
2003	OAK	A	15	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2004	OAK	A	31	5	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
2005	OAK	A	22	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2006	OAK	A	9	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2007	OAK	A	7	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			84	5	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0

Transactions

• Selected by Seattle Mariners in the 38th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 2, 1999).
• Selected by Oakland Athletics in the 17th round of the free-agent draft (June 5, 2000 - signed May 18, 2001).
• Traded by Oakland Athletics with Chad Gaudin to Chicago Cubs for Sean Gallagher, Josh Donaldson, Matt Murton, and Eric Patterson (July 8, 2008).