JR Richard, ah yes. One of the few pitchers who took the mound determined to get people out rather than rely on his defense. He had filth, and was a childhood hero of mine, particularly because the 'Stroze had those unies.
For Houston, in all fairness, you'd probably better pair off Ryan and Mike Scott.
In all honesty I can't remember Mike Scott although I see his stats are impressive. But Richard (oops, no S on the end of that) kinda had the rug yanked out from under him at age 30. He was on the way up.
As I remember it, he knew something was wrong with him, and complained about it to management. But, back then, he was told to quit his complaining and get out there and pitch. Nowadays, with all the money involved, he would have been put under extensive medical tests, and *maybe* the outcome for him would have been different. Such is life.