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Jim Umbarger

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Full Name: James Harold Umbarger Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 6"/200 First Game: April 8, 1975
Birthdate: February 17, 1953 Final Game: September 28, 1978
Birthplace: Burbank, California MLB Experience: 4 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Left
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on February 17, 1953 in Burbank, California, Jim Umbarger (James Harold Umbarger) played for the Texas Rangers and Oakland Athletics over the course of his 4 year career. Umbarger broke into the bigs on April 8, 1975 with the Texas Rangers, and put up a 4.12 ERA in 131 innings pitched in 1975, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Jim Umbarger's best season was 1976, when he posted a 3.15 ERA, won 10 games and struck out 105 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1975 TEX A 56 12 8 7 4.12 50 63 60 3 2 2 131 134 11 59 9 1 2
1976 TEX A 30 30 10 12 3.15 105 86 69 10 3 0 197.1 208 12 54 4 3 2
1977 TEX A 3 2 1 1 5.54 5 8 8 0 0 0 13 14 2 4 0 1 0
1977 OAK A 12 8 1 5 6.55 24 40 32 1 0 0 44 62 3 28 2 4 4
1977 TOT A 15 10 2 6 6.32 29 48 40 1 0 0 57 76 5 32 2 5 4
1978 TEX A 32 9 5 8 4.88 60 58 53 1 0 1 97.2 116 9 36 4 2 2
Total 133 61 25 33 4.14 244 255 222 15 5 3 483 534 37 181 19 11 10

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1975 TEX A P 56 12 131 8 26 1 2 0 0 4 7 6 .971
1976 TEX A P 30 30 197.1 4 30 1 3 0 1 12 11 8 .971
1977 TEX A P 3 2 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000
1977 OAK A P 12 8 44 0 10 1 1 0 0 2 2 2 .909
1977 TOT A P 15 10 57 0 11 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 .917
1978 TEX A P 32 9 97.2 1 21 2 0 0 0 6 11 8 .917
Total P 133 61 483 13 88 5 6 0 1 25 31 24 .953

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1975 TEX A 56 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 TEX A 30 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 TEX A 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 OAK A 12 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 TOT A 15 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 TEX A 32 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 133 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

[edit] Transactions

  • Selected by Cleveland Indians in the 2nd round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 8, 1971).
  • Selected by Texas Rangers in the 16th round of the free-agent draft (June 5, 1974).
  • Traded by Texas Rangers with Rodney Scott and cash to Oakland Athletics in exchange for Claudell Washington (March 26, 1977).
  • Sold by Oakland Athletics to Texas Rangers (August 25, 1977).
  • Released by Texas Rangers (1981).
  • Signed by Baltimore Orioles (February 10, 1981).

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