Jim Umbarger
James Harold Umbarger
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 6" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: February 17, 1953 in Burbank, CA
High School: Grant (Van Nuys, CA)
School: Arizona State University
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 16th round of the 1974 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 8, 1975
Final Game: September 28, 1978
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1975 TEX AL 22 P 56 12 131.0 35 8 26 1 2 .971 2.34 0.61 .937 1.87 0.85
1976 TEX AL 23 P 30 30 197.1 35 4 30 1 3 .971 1.55 1.13 .949 1.87 0.85
1977 TOT AL 24 P 15 10 57.0 12 0 11 1 1 .917 1.74 0.73 .950 1.94 0.84
1977 OAK AL 24 P 12 8 44.0 11 0 10 1 1 .909 2.05 0.83 .955 1.94 0.84
1977 TEX AL 24 P 3 2 13.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.69 0.33 .900 1.94 0.83
1978 TEX AL 25 P 32 9 97.2 24 1 21 2 0 .917 2.03 0.69 .954 1.90 0.85
4 Seasons P 133 61 483.0 106 13 88 5 6 .953 1.88 0.76 .946 1.88 0.85
4 Seasons TOT 133 61 483.0 106 13 88 5 6 .953 1.88 0.76 .899 1.88 0.85

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1975 TEX AL 22 56 0 56 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 TEX AL 23 30 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 OAK AL 24 12 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 TEX AL 24 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 TEX AL 25 32 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 133 0 133 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1975 TEX AL 22 581 81% 32% 23 91% 0 8 2 4 25 17 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 6 100%
1976 TEX AL 23 868 81% 28% 29 90% 0 4 1 3 33 18 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 3 0 7 86%
1977 OAK AL 24 224 75% 21% 8 63% 0 0 0 0 7 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 100%
1977 TEX AL 24 58 84% 34% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 TEX AL 25 455 78% 27% 15 87% 0 1 1 0 21 9 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 67%
4 Seasons 2186 80% 28% 76 87% 0 13 4 7 87 50 8 5 0 2 3 2 6 3 4 2 17 88%
MLB Averages 79% 27% 90% 88%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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