Richard Shane Reynolds (born March 26, 1968) is an American former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1992 through 2004 for the Houston Astros, Atlanta Braves, and Arizona Diamondbacks.

[1] Reynolds attended Ouachita Christian High School in Monroe, Louisiana where he earned three All-State selections.

[4] That year, he went 16–10 with a 3.65 ERA in 35 games while pitching a career high 239 innings and striking out 204 and walking 44 while finishing 9th in Cy Young Award voting.

With the Astros that year, they made the playoffs as the NL Central champions and faced off against the Atlanta Braves in the NLDS.

His most productive season came in 1998, when he posted career numbers with a 19–8 record and a 3.51 earned run average in 233+1⁄3 innings of work.

[1] The Astros once again prevailed in the NL Central that year, and they faced off against the San Diego Padres in the NLDS.

In Game 2, he went seven innings while allowing two runs on four hits although he would receive a no-decision in the 5-4 walk-off win (the only one in the series for the Astros).

As a result, Reynolds reached his 100th win and hurled more than 200 innings quicker than did Nolan Ryan in an Astros uniform.

[citation needed] He finished in the top six of strikeouts for a National League pitcher in 1995, 1996, 1998, and 1999 while leading in games started in 1998 and 1999 (35 each).

Facing against Pittsburgh at the last Opening Day game held at Three Rivers Stadium, he went seven innings and allowed two runs on six hits while striking out four in a win as the Astros prevailed 5–2.

He pitched in just one game on June 28, going two innings and allowing six runs and hits in a loss to the San Diego Padres.

In 2013, Reynolds moved back to the Monroe/Bastrop area to become an assistant coach for his alma Mater, Ouachita Christian School.