Jim Umbarger
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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
| 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
| 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
| 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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