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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 (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
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Athletics 1975-1978

Final Game: September 28, 1978
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

Standard Pitching

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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
1974	21	TEX-min	AA	7	4	.636	1.67	14	13		7	5	0	97.0	74	24	18	4	27	1	74	0	1	3			1.041	6.9	0.4	2.5	6.9	2.74	PFD · EL
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	OAK-min	AAA	3	5	.375	7.71	13	10		1	0	0	56.0	90	62	48	6	32	4	21	3	0	2			2.179	14.5	1.0	5.1	3.4	0.66	SJO · PCL
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	78	1.556	10.7	0.8	3.3	5.5	1.67
1979	26	TEX-min	AAA	6	10	.375	5.41	26	20		0	0	1	133.0	166	85	80	6	69	2	73	5	1	4			1.767	11.2	0.4	4.7	4.9	1.06	TUC · PCL
1980	27	TEX-min	AA,AAA	4	1	.800	2.37	24	1		0	0	9	38.0	31	13	10	3	13	1	35	0	1	0			1.158	7.3	0.7	3.1	8.3	2.69	TUL,CHL · TL,IL
1981	28	BAL-min	AAA	6	9	.400	4.18	41	15	9	3	0	2	157.0	179	85	73	7	65	2	59	6	2	10			1.554	10.3	0.4	3.7	3.4	0.91	ROC · IL
1983	30	PIT-CHW-min	AA,AAA	5	4	.556	3.80	26	9	5	4	0	0	83.0	72	41	35	9	54	2	70	2	1	5			1.518	7.8	1.0	5.9	7.6	1.30	GLF,HAW,DEN · EL,PCL,AA
4 Seasons				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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1975	22	TEX	AL	131.0	12	63	74	-1	1.1	11	0.9	$
1976	23	TEX	AL	197.1	30	86	111	0	1.0	25	2.7	$
1977	24	OAK	AL	44.0	8	40	28	-1	.9	-12	-1.2	$
1977	24	TEX	AL	13.0	2	8	8	1	.9	0	0.0	$
1978	25	TEX	AL	97.2	9	58	54	1	1.1	-4	-0.7	$
4 Seasons				483.0	61	255	275	0	1.0	20	1.7	$

TEX (4 yrs)				439.0	53	215	247	1	1.0	32	2.9	$
OAK (1 yr)				44.0	8	40	28	-1	.9	-12	-1.2	$

Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
1974	21	TEX-min	AA	14	38	32	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	16	.031	.139	.031	.170	1		0	2	0		PFD · EL
1975	22	TEX	AL	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1976	23	TEX	AL	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1977	24	OAK-min	AAA	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0		SJO · PCL
1977	24	TOT	AL	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1977	24	OAK	AL	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1977	24	TEX	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1978	25	TEX	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1979	26	TEX-min	AAA	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0		TUC · PCL
1980	27	TEX-min	AA,AAA	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0		TUL,CHL · TL,IL
1981	28	BAL-min	AAA	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0	0	ROC · IL
1983	30	PIT-CHW-min	AA,AAA	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0	0	HAW,GLF,DEN · PCL,EL,AA
4 Seasons				133	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0

TEX (4 yrs)				121	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
OAK (1 yr)				12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO
1975	TEX	AL	22	P	56	12	3	131.0	35	8	26	1	2	.971	2.34	0.61	.940	1.87	1.86	4	7	64%	6
1976	TEX	AL	23	P	30	30	10	197.1	35	4	30	1	3	.971	1.55	1.13	.950	1.87	1.88	12	11	48%	8
1977	TOT	AL	24	P	15	10	1	57.0	12	0	11	1	1	.917	1.74	0.73	.948	1.94	1.93	3	2	40%	2
1977	OAK	AL	24	P	12	8	1	44.0	11	0	10	1	1	.909	2.05	0.83	.948	1.94	1.93	2	2	50%	2
1977	TEX	AL	24	P	3	2	0	13.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.69	0.33	.950	1.94	1.93	1	0	0%	0
1978	TEX	AL	25	P	32	9	1	97.2	24	1	21	2	0	.917	2.03	0.69	.954	1.90	1.88	6	11	65%	8
	4 Seasons			P	133	61	15	483.0	106	13	88	5	6	.953	1.88	0.76	.947	1.88	1.88	25	31	55%	24
	4 Seasons			TOT	133	61	15	483.0	106	13	88	5	6	.953	1.88	0.76	.947	1.88	1.88	25	31	55%	24

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

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1975 AL 56 (7th)

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Pitching - 1 (2585), Average HOFer ≈ 185

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Transactions

June 8, 1971: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 2nd round of the 1971 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 5, 1974: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 16th round of the 1974 amateur draft.
March 26, 1977: Traded by the Texas Rangers with Rodney Scott and cash to the Oakland Athletics for Claudell Washington.
August 25, 1977: Purchased by the Texas Rangers from the Oakland Athletics.
Before 1981 Season: Released by the Texas Rangers.
February 10, 1981: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

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