Jim Umbricht
[edit] Biography
Born on September 17, 1930 in Chicago, Illinois, Jim Umbricht (James Umbricht) played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Houston Colt .45s over the course of his 5 year career. Umbricht broke into the bigs on September 26, 1959 with the Pittsburgh Pirates, and put up a 2.01 ERA in 67 innings pitched in 1962, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Jim Umbricht's best season was 1962, when he posted a 2.01 ERA and struck out 55 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1959
| PIT
| N
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 6.43
| 3
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 7
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1960
| PIT
| N
| 17
| 3
| 1
| 2
| 5.09
| 26
| 23
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 40.2
| 40
| 5
| 27
| 1
| 3
| 0
|
| 1961
| PIT
| N
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2.70
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3.1
| 5
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 0
|
| 1962
| HOU
| N
| 34
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 2.01
| 55
| 19
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 67
| 51
| 3
| 17
| 1
| 3
| 2
|
| 1963
| HOU
| N
| 35
| 3
| 4
| 3
| 2.61
| 48
| 23
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 76
| 52
| 6
| 21
| 2
| 2
| 1
|
| Total
|
|
| 88
| 7
| 9
| 5
| 3.06
| 133
| 72
| 66
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 194
| 155
| 17
| 71
| 5
| 9
| 3
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1959
| PIT
| N
| P
| 1
| 1
| 7
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1960
| PIT
| N
| P
| 17
| 3
| 40.2
| 1
| 4
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 5
| 0
| .714
|
| 1961
| PIT
| N
| P
| 1
| 0
| 3.1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1962
| HOU
| N
| P
| 34
| 0
| 67
| 1
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 1.000
|
| 1963
| HOU
| N
| P
| 35
| 3
| 76
| 7
| 14
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 88
| 7
| 194
| 10
| 33
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 4
| 8
| 9
| 1
| .956
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1959
| PIT
| N
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1960
| PIT
| N
| 17
| 6
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .333
| .333
| .333
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1961
| PIT
| N
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
| 1.000
| 1.000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1962
| HOU
| N
| 34
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| .111
| .111
| .111
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1963
| HOU
| N
| 35
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .111
| .111
| .111
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 88
| 28
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 1
| .179
| .179
| .179
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by Milwaukee Braves to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Emil Panko (1959).
- Selected by Houston Colt .45s from Pittsburgh Pirates in the expansion draft (October 10, 1961).
- Released by Houston Colt .45s (December 16, 1963).
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