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Jim Colborn

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 191 lb.
School Whittier College

Debut July 13, 1969
  vs. PHI 5.3 IP, 7 H, 1 SO, 4 BB, 3 ER, W
Final Game October 1, 1978
Born May 22, 1946 in Santa Paula, CA

Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1967. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1969 23 CHC NL   1   0   6   2   0   0   1  0   14.7   15    6    5   2    9    4   1   0    65   1   1  3.07  4.03  131 1.636
 1970 24 CHC NL   3   1  34   5   0   0  11  4   72.7   88   37   29   3   23   50   1   1   327   6   1  3.59  4.46  124 1.528
 1971 25 CHC NL   0   1  14   0   0   0   5  0   10.3   18    8    8   1    3    2   0   0    50   0   0  6.97  3.92   56 2.032
 1972 26 MIL AL   7   7  39  12   4   1   7  0  147.7  135   53   51  14   43   97   2   5   608   7   0  3.11  3.01   97 1.205
 1973 27 MIL AL  20  12  43  36  22   4   2  1  314.3  297  133  111  21   87  135   3   6  1287   5   1  3.18  3.75  118 1.222 CYA-6,AS
 1974 28 MIL AL  10  13  33  31  10   1   2  0  224.0  230  104  101  27   60   83   6   3   938   4   0  4.06  3.59   88 1.295
 1975 29 MIL AL  11  13  36  29   8   1   3  2  206.3  215  111   98  18   65   79   5   5   879   5   0  4.27  3.83   90 1.357
 1976 30 MIL AL   9  15  32  32   7   0   0  0  225.7  232   97   93  20   54  101   2   6   937   9   2  3.71  3.49   94 1.267
 1977 31 KCR AL  18  14  36  35   6   1   0  0  239.0  233  106   96  22   81  103  13   8  1023   2   3  3.62  4.07  113 1.314
 1978 32 TOT AL   4  12  28  22   3   0   1  0  142.7  156   95   83  25   50   34   8   2   630   2   1  5.24  3.82   73 1.444
         KCR AL   1   2   8   3   0   0   1  0   28.3   31   18   15   4   12    8   2   0   128   1   0  4.76  3.85   81 1.518
         SEA AL   3  10  20  19   3   0   0  0  114.3  125   77   68  21   38   26   6   2   502   1   1  5.35  3.82   71 1.426
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 10 Yr WL% .485  83  88 301 204  60   8  32  7 1597.3 1619  750  675 153  475  688  41  36  6744  41   9  3.80  3.72   98 1.311
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    11  11  40  27   8   1   4  0  215.0  218  100   90  20   63   92   5   4   908   5   1  3.80  3.72   98 1.311
 Career High     20  15  43  36  22   4  11  4  314.3  297  133  111  27   87  135  13   8  1287   9   3  3.11  4.46  124 1.205

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1969 23 CHC NL   6    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1970 24 CHC NL  34   15    0    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   1  11  .067  .125  .067  -49    1   1   0   0   0   0
 1972 26 MIL AL  39   37    0    3   0  1   0    0   0  0   1  17  .081  .105  .135  -28    5   2   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     302   55    0    4   0  1   0    1   0  0   2  30  .073  .105  .109  -39    6   3   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         30    0    2   0  1   0    1   0  0   1  16  .073  .105  .109  -39    3   2   0   0   0   0
 Career High     43   37    0    3   0  1   0    1   0  0   1  17                           5   2   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1969 23 CHC NL    3    3    0   0.0   105| .000  .274| .000  .346| .000  .406| .000  .752|-100  .000  -0.8  -0.1   0%
 1970 24 CHC NL   17   15    0   0.0   112| .067  .280| .125  .354| .067  .427| .192  .781| -49  .000  -3.4  -0.3   0%
 1972 26 MIL AL   40   36    1   0.8    81| .081  .243| .105  .311| .135  .351| .240  .662| -28  .053  -6.0  -0.7   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons       60   54    1   0.5    91| .073  .255| .105  .325| .109  .375| .214  .700| -39  .022 -10.2  -1.1   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1969 23 CHC NL P 6 1 4 0 1 1.000 .962 0.83 0.78 3.06 1.96 2 14.7 1970 24 CHC NL P 34 4 13 1 1 .944 .950 0.50 0.71 2.10 1.84 5 72.7 1971 25 CHC NL P 14 0 4 0 0 1.000 .952 0.29 0.78 3.50 1.92 0 10.3 1972 26 MIL AL P 39 8 17 1 1 .962 .951 0.64 0.75 1.52 1.86 12 147.7 1973 27 MIL AL P 43 19 55 0 4 1.000 .951 1.72 0.86 2.12 1.86 36 314.3 AS 1974 28 MIL AL P 33 19 35 4 0 .931 .947 1.64 0.83 2.17 1.81 31 224.0 1975 29 MIL AL P 36 15 36 2 2 .962 .939 1.42 0.85 2.22 1.87 29 206.3 1976 30 MIL AL P 32 11 32 1 4 .977 .949 1.34 0.85 1.71 1.87 32 225.7 1977 31 KCR AL P 36 27 39 5 3 .930 .948 1.83 0.84 2.49 1.95 35 239.0 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 1978 32 TOT AL P 28 10 39 3 2 .942 .953 1.75 0.85 3.09 1.90 22 142.6 KCR AL P 8 2 8 1 0 .909 .952 1.25 0.85 3.18 1.91 3 28.3 SEA AL P 20 8 31 2 2 .951 .954 1.95 0.85 3.07 1.90 19 114.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1969 23 CHC NL P 6 1 4 0 1 1.000 .962 0.83 0.78 3.06 1.96 2 14.7 1970 24 CHC NL P 34 4 13 1 1 .944 .950 0.50 0.71 2.10 1.84 5 72.7 1971 25 CHC NL P 14 0 4 0 0 1.000 .952 0.29 0.78 3.50 1.92 0 10.3 1972 26 MIL AL P 39 8 17 1 1 .962 .951 0.64 0.75 1.52 1.86 12 147.7 1973 27 MIL AL P 43 19 55 0 4 1.000 .951 1.72 0.86 2.12 1.86 36 314.3 1974 28 MIL AL P 33 19 35 4 0 .931 .947 1.64 0.83 2.17 1.81 31 224.0 1975 29 MIL AL P 36 15 36 2 2 .962 .939 1.42 0.85 2.22 1.87 29 206.3 1976 30 MIL AL P 32 11 32 1 4 .977 .949 1.34 0.85 1.71 1.87 32 225.7 1977 31 KCR AL P 36 27 39 5 3 .930 .948 1.83 0.84 2.49 1.95 35 239.0 1978 32 TOT AL P 28 10 39 3 2 .942 .953 1.75 0.85 3.09 1.90 22 142.6 KCR AL P 8 2 8 1 0 .909 .952 1.25 0.85 3.18 1.91 3 28.3 SEA AL P 20 8 31 2 2 .951 .954 1.95 0.85 3.07 1.90 19 114.3 1977 31 KCR AL RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 301 114 274 17 18 .958 .949 1.29 0.81 204 1597.3 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 1 0.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 301 114 274 17 18 .958 .949 1.29 0.81
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1973   MIL AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1973

CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1973-AL-6-0.02
Car-233-0.02 shares

ERA
1973 AL-3.18-8

Wins
1973 AL-20-7
1977 AL-18-5

Won-Loss %
1973 AL-.625-8

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1973 AL-1.222-7

Bases on Balls/9IP
1973 AL-2.49-10
1976 AL-2.15-10

Innings
1973 AL-314.3-6

Games Started
1977 AL-35-10

Comp. Games
1973 AL-22-5

Shutouts
1973 AL-4-4

Home Runs Allow.
1974 AL-27-3
1976 AL-20-5
1978 AL-25-7

Hits Allowed
1973 AL-297-4

Losses
1976 AL-15-8

Hit Batsmen
1977 AL-13-1
1978 AL-8-4

Batters Faced
1973 AL-1287-6

Adjusted ERA+
1973 AL-118-10

 

Gray Ink: Pitching - 26 (875) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 6.0 (1190) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 13.0 (782) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

June 19, 1967: Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent.

December 3, 1971: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Brock Davis and Earl Stephenson to the Milwaukee Brewers for Jose Cardenal.

December 6, 1976: Traded by the Milwaukee Brewers with Darrell Porter to the Kansas City Royals for a player to be named later, Jim Wohlford, and Jamie Quirk. The Kansas City Royals sent Bob McClure (March 15, 1977) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.

June 1, 1978: Traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Seattle Mariners for Steve Braun.

November 2, 1978: Granted Free Agency.

January 27, 1979: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.

March 28, 1979: Released by the Seattle Mariners.


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