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Jim Umbarger

James Harold Umbarger

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 6", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: February 17, 1953 in Burbank, CA
High School: Grant HS (Van Nuys, CA)
School: Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 16th round of the 1974 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 8, 1975
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Athletics 1975-1978

Final Game: September 28, 1978
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Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1975 22 TEX AL 8 7 .533 4.12 56 12 11 3 2 2 131.0 134 63 60 11 59 9 50 2 4 1 561 91 1.473 9.2 0.8 4.1 3.4 0.85
1976 23 TEX AL 10 12 .455 3.15 30 30 0 10 3 0 197.1 208 86 69 12 54 4 105 2 3 3 838 114 1.328 9.5 0.5 2.5 4.8 1.94
1977 24 TOT AL 2 6 .250 6.32 15 10 1 1 0 0 57.0 76 48 40 5 32 2 29 4 0 5 269 64 1.895 12.0 0.8 5.1 4.6 0.91
1977 24 OAK AL 1 5 .167 6.55 12 8 1 1 0 0 44.0 62 40 32 3 28 2 24 4 0 4 213 62 2.045 12.7 0.6 5.7 4.9 0.86
1977 24 TEX AL 1 1 .500 5.54 3 2 0 0 0 0 13.0 14 8 8 2 4 0 5 0 0 1 56 76 1.385 9.7 1.4 2.8 3.5 1.25
1978 25 TEX AL 5 8 .385 4.88 32 9 11 1 0 1 97.2 116 58 53 9 36 4 60 2 0 2 433 77 1.556 10.7 0.8 3.3 5.5 1.67
4 Yrs 25 33 .431 4.14 133 61 23 15 5 3 483.0 534 255 222 37 181 19 244 10 7 11 2101 90 1.480 10.0 0.7 3.4 4.5 1.35
162 Game Avg. 9 12 .431 4.14 47 21 8 5 2 1 169 187 89 78 13 63 7 86 4 2 4 736 90 1.480 10.0 0.7 3.4 4.5 1.35
TEX (4 yrs) 24 28 .462 3.90 121 53 22 14 5 3 439.0 472 215 190 34 153 17 220 6 7 7 1888 95 1.424 9.7 0.7 3.1 4.5 1.44
OAK (1 yr) 1 5 .167 6.55 12 8 1 1 0 0 44.0 62 40 32 3 28 2 24 4 0 4 213 62 2.045 12.7 0.6 5.7 4.9 0.86

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1975 22 TEX AL 131.0 56 12 63 4.33 4.32 -0.08 -0.11 98.5 4.23 -1 -0.2 1.5 -0.2 0.9 12 .497 .499 $
1976 23 TEX AL 197.1 30 30 86 3.92 4.08 -0.01 0.12 100.9 4.26 8 0.9 -0.1 2.5 27 .530 .506 $
1977 24 OAK AL 44.0 12 8 40 8.18 4.75 -0.14 0.04 96.9 4.78 -17 -1.5 .4 0.1 -1.1 -12 .372 .491 $
1977 24 TEX AL 13.0 3 2 8 5.54 4.82 0.41 0.14 102.0 4.64 -1 -0.1 2.4 -0.0 0.0 0 .456 .499 $
1978 25 TEX AL 97.2 32 9 58 5.34 4.26 0.11 -0.08 99.3 4.03 -14 -1.5 1.4 -0.2 -0.8 -4 .454 .491 $
4 Seasons 483.0 133 61 255 4.75 4.26 -0.01 0.01 99.6 4.26 -26 -2.4 1.4 -0.5 1.5 23 .482 .497 $
TEX (4 yrs) 439.0 121 53 215 4.41 4.21 0.01 0.01 99.9 4.21 -9 -0.8 1.5 -0.5 2.6 35 .493 .499 $
OAK (1 yr) 44.0 12 8 40 8.18 4.75 -0.14 0.04 96.9 4.78 -17 -1.5 .4 0.1 -1.1 -12 .372 .491 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1975 22 TEX AL 56 561 485 63 134 20 1 11 4 6 59 50 .276 .353 .390 .743 .286 189 21 2 9 6 9 11
1976 23 TEX AL 30 838 759 86 208 39 3 12 12 11 54 105 .274 .321 .381 .702 .302 289 19 2 16 7 4 22
1977 24 TOT AL 15 269 225 48 76 7 1 5 3 2 32 29 .338 .423 .444 .867 .364 100 11 4 3 4 2 2
1977 24 OAK AL 12 213 174 40 62 5 1 3 2 2 28 24 .356 .450 .448 .898 .393 78 10 4 3 3 2 2
1977 24 TEX AL 3 56 51 8 14 2 0 2 1 0 4 5 .275 .321 .431 .753 .267 22 1 0 0 1 0 0
1978 25 TEX AL 32 433 388 58 116 18 3 9 6 11 36 60 .299 .358 .430 .789 .331 167 5 2 3 4 4 8
4 Yrs 133 2101 1857 255 534 84 8 37 25 30 181 244 .288 .350 .401 .752 .311 745 56 10 31 21 19 43
162 Game Avg. 47 736 651 89 187 29 3 13 9 11 63 86 .288 .350 .401 .752 .311 261 20 4 11 7 7 15
MLB Averages .259 .325 .379 .704 .282

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1975 22 TEX AL -2.9 -0.3 581 0.4 11.3 -10.9 1.16 -0.3 0.7 -3.3 -0.3 1.16 -2.2 16 8 20
1976 23 TEX AL 6.4 0.7 868 -0.1 14.1 -14.3 1.00 -0.4 0.3 1.3 0.1 1.00 -5.9 0 0 0
1977 24 TOT AL -15.9 -1.5 282 -0.7 3.7 -4.4 .88 -1.3 0.4 -11.8 -1.1 0.88 -13.8 1 1 3
1977 24 OAK AL -14.5 -1.4 224 -1.0 2.8 -3.7 .87 -1.3 0.2 -11.6 -1.1 0.87 -13.6 0 1 3
1977 24 TEX AL -1.4 -0.1 58 0.2 0.9 -0.7 .91 0.1 0.2 -0.2 -0.0 0.91 -0.3 1 0 0
1978 25 TEX AL -11.2 -1.1 454 0.1 8.2 -8.1 1.08 -1.3 1.4 -10.5 -1.1 1.08 -14.2 8 4 10
4 Yrs -23.6 -2.2 2185 -0.4 37.3 -37.7 1.04 -3.4 3.0 -24.3 -2.4 1.04 -36.1 25 13 33

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1975 22 TEX AL 56 12 5 5 2 0 1 6 6 .500 1 0 3 2 7 58% 50.0 85 28 38 12 6 1 3.2 3.7 5.6
1976 23 TEX AL 30 30 10 12 8 1 6 14 16 .467 2 2 10 3 18 60% 52.6 83 21 28 11 0 12 4.3 4.7 6.6
1977 24 TOT AL 15 10 2 5 3 1 0 5 5 .500 1 2 1 0 1 10% 38.7 59 29 17 13 1 8 4.1 3.6 4.8
1977 24 OAK AL 12 8 1 5 2 0 0 3 5 .375 0 1 1 0 1 13% 36.9 59 29 16 12 1 7 3.0 1.9 4.4
1977 24 TEX AL 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 1.000 1 1 0 0 0 0% 46.0 52 40 1 1 0 1 8.8 9.0 6.3
1978 25 TEX AL 32 9 2 5 2 2 1 4 5 .444 0 0 1 0 3 33% 46.7 68 26 20 9 0 5 3.5 3.5 6.0
4 Yrs 133 61 19 27 15 4 8 29 32 .475 4 4 15 5 29 48% 49 85 21 103 45 7 26 3.9 4.2 6.0
MLB Averages .500 54% 51 105 -13 4.2 4.2 6.5

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1975 22 TEX AL 56 44 11 3 2 3 2 1 67% 10 4 67 23 34% 7 1.158 16 8 20 12 6 26 40 4 18 22 23 14 4.3
1977 24 TOT AL 15 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 5 1 20% .875 1 1 3 1 0 4 4 1 2 2 2 0 5.6
1977 24 OAK AL 12 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 8 .865 0 1 3 0 0 4 3 1 2 1 2 0 6.8
1977 24 TEX AL 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0% 7 .911 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1.0
1978 25 TEX AL 32 23 11 3 3 3 1 2 33% 4 1 26 10 38% 7 1.084 8 4 10 6 2 15 13 10 10 9 13 2 5.7
3 Yrs 103 72 23 6 6 6 3 3 50% 15 6 98 34 35% 1.072 25 13 33 19 8 45 57 15 30 33 38 16 4.8

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1975 22 TEX AL 561 34% 2.0% 8.9% 10.5% 5.7% 24% 1.66 77% 131 21 16%
1976 23 TEX AL 838 17% 1.4% 12.5% 6.4% 6.4% 26% 1.25 77% 186 19 10%
1977 24 TOT AL 269 22% 1.9% 10.8% 11.9% 4.8% 17% 1.41 72% 68 11 16%
1977 24 OAK AL 213 23% 1.4% 11.3% 13.2% 4.2% 15% 1.35 70% 61 10 16%
1977 24 TEX AL 56 18% 3.6% 8.9% 7.1% 7.1% 29% 1.62 80% 7 1 14%
1978 25 TEX AL 433 42% 2.1% 13.9% 8.3% 6.9% 26% 1.32 75% 87 5 6%
4 Yrs 2101 27% 1.8% 11.6% 8.6% 6.1% 24% 1.39 76% 472 56 12%
MLB Averages 45% 1.9% 12.9% 8.6% 6.3% 27% 1.09 75% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1975 22 TEX AL 561 134 11 1 18 9 2 7 4 34 17 3 50% 11 1 0 232 4 6 40% 4 4 0 2 0 0 9 5 13 0
1976 23 TEX AL 838 208 12 0 16 11 1 6 6 46 24 9 52% 22 3 1 335 12 11 52% 9 10 2 1 1 0 9 8 17 0
1977 24 TOT AL 269 76 5 0 6 4 1 3 2 18 12 3 67% 2 5 0 112 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 4 1 14 0
1977 24 OAK AL 213 62 3 0 5 2 1 1 2 14 11 2 79% 2 4 0 93 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 1 11 0
1977 24 TEX AL 56 14 2 0 1 2 0 2 0 4 1 1 25% 0 1 0 19 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1978 25 TEX AL 433 116 9 1 15 7 2 4 5 32 16 1 50% 8 2 0 167 6 11 35% 6 10 0 0 0 1 8 7 11 0
4 Yrs 2101 534 37 2 55 31 6 20 17 130 69 16 53% 43 11 1 846 25 30 45% 22 26 2 3 1 1 30 21 55 0
MLB Averages 52% 65%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1975 22 8 7 .533 4.12 56 12 11 3 2 2 131.0 134 63 60 11 59 9 50 2 4 1 561 91 1.473 9.2 0.8 4.1 3.4 0.85 91
1976 23 18 19 .486 3.54 86 42 11 13 5 2 328.1 342 149 129 23 113 13 155 4 7 4 1399 104 1.386 9.4 0.6 3.1 4.2 1.37 104
1977 24 20 25 .444 3.95 101 52 12 14 5 2 385.1 418 197 169 28 145 15 184 8 7 9 1668 94 1.461 9.8 0.7 3.4 4.3 1.27 94
1978 25 25 33 .431 4.14 133 61 23 15 5 3 483.0 534 255 222 37 181 19 244 10 7 11 2101 90 1.480 10.0 0.7 3.4 4.5 1.35 90

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1975 22 5 8 .385 5.07 119.0 142 74 67 12 63 45 2 1.723 10.7 4.8 3.4 0.71 0.9 56
1976 23 10 10 .500 3.87 186.0 225 89 80 13 58 99 2 1.522 10.9 2.8 4.8 1.71 0.6 30
1977 24 1 4 .200 7.41 51.0 78 47 42 5 33 26 4 2.176 13.8 5.8 4.6 0.79 0.9 15
1978 25 3 7 .300 6.00 90.0 123 67 60 10 38 55 2 1.789 12.3 3.8 5.5 1.45 1.0 32
4 Yrs 19 29 .396 5.02 446.0 568 277 249 40 192 225 10 1.704 11.5 4.5 1.17 0.8 133

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1975 AL  56 (7th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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