J.R. Richard died in a Houston hospital at the age of 71 on Wednesday night, according to Fox 26's Mark Berman, who cited an MLB source.

Richard, who was part of the Astros' inaugural Hall of Fame class in 2020, pitched all 10 of his big league seasons with the Astros before his career was cut short when he suffered a stroke while playing catch inside the Astrodome on July 30, 1980.