Jim Umbricht

James Umbricht

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: September 17, 1930 in Chicago, IL
School: University of Georgia (Athens, GA)(All Transactions)
Debut: September 26, 1959
Teams (by GP): Colt.45's/Pirates 1959-1963

Final Game: September 29, 1963
Died: April 8, 1964 in Houston, TX
Cremated
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1953	22	WAY	D	54	179	179		44	8	1	0						.246	.246	.302	.547		54							WAY · GAFL
1956	25	BTR	C	77	213	213		52	4	3	1						.244	.244	.305	.549		65							BTR · EVAN
1957	26	ATL-min	A	53	127	127		33	3	2	0						.260	.260	.315	.575		40							TPK · WL
1958	27	ATL-min	AA	54	60	60		11	0	0	0						.183	.183	.183	.367		11							ATA · SOUA
1959	28	PIT-min	AAA	47	49	47	3	9	3	0	0	2	1	0	2	6	.191	.224	.255	.480		12		0	0	0			SLC · PCL
1959	28	PIT	NL	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1960	29	PIT-min	AAA	20	44	42	3	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	4	.190	.205	.190	.395		8		0	0	1			CLB · IL
1960	29	PIT	NL	17	6	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	83	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
1961	30	PIT-min	AAA	26	52	51	2	11	0	0	0	5	0		1	5	.216	.231	.216	.446		11							CLB · IL
1961	30	PIT	NL	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	437	1	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1962	31	HOU-min	AAA	23	21	19	3	3	1	0	0	2	0		1	0	.158	.200	.211	.411		4		0	1	0	0		OKC · AA
1962	31	HOU	NL	34	10	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.111	.111	.111	.222	-38	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
1963	32	HOU	NL	35	12	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.111	.111	.111	.222	-34	1	0	0	3	0	0	1
5 Yrs				88	32	28	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.179	.179	.179	.357	1	5	0	0	4	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	59	52	2	9	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	.179	.179	.179	.357	1	9	0	0	7	0	0

PIT (3 yrs)				19	10	10	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.300	.300	.600	64	3	0	0	0	0	0
HOU (2 yrs)				69	22	18	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.111	.111	.111	.222	-36	2	0	0	4	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1959	28	PIT	NL	1	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.445	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	/1
1960	29	PIT	NL	17	6	-0	-0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	1	0.0	.502	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$	1
1961	30	PIT	NL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.559	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	/1
1962	31	HOU	NL	34	10	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	1
1963	32	HOU	NL	35	12	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	1
5 Seasons				88	32	-4	-0	0	0	4	-1	-0.1	1	0	-0.2	.499	.500	-0.2	0.0	0	$

PIT (3 yrs)				19	10	-1	-0	0	0	1	1	0.0	0	1	0.0	.502	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$
HOU (2 yrs)				69	22	-4	0	0	0	2	-1	-0.1	1	-1	-0.2	.498	.500	-0.2	0.0	-1	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1959	28	PIT	NL	3	3	0	0.0	103	.000	.000	.268	.000	.334	.000	.415	.000	.748	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1960	29	PIT	NL	6	4	1	6.7	100	.333	.333	.264	.333	.330	.333	.406	.667	.736	83	.688	-0.2	-0.0	.500	.000	.000
1961	30	PIT	NL	1	0	1		105	1.000	1.000	.269	1.000	.335	1.000	.419	2.000	.754	437	.000	0.5	0.0		.000	.000
1962	31	HOU	NL	10	9	0	0.0	97	.143	.111	.262	.111	.328	.111	.397	.222	.725	-38	.000	-1.7	-0.2	.125	.000	.000
1963	32	HOU	NL	12	11	0	0.0	84	.125	.111	.247	.111	.308	.111	.370	.222	.678	-34	.000	-1.5	-0.2	.125	.000	.000
5 Yrs				32	27	2	2.0	95	.200	.179	.258	.179	.323	.179	.393	.357	.716	1	.197	-3.8	-0.4	.217	.000	.000
162 Game Avg.				59	50	4	2.0	95	.200	.179	.258	.179	.323	.179	.393	.357	.716	1	.197	-3.8	-0.4	.217	.000	.000

PIT (3 yrs)				10	7	2	7.7	101	.300	.300	.266	.300	.332	.300	.410	.600	.742	64	.729	-0.6	-0.1	.429	.000	.000
HOU (2 yrs)				22	20	0	0.0	91	.133	.111	.254	.111	.318	.111	.383	.222	.701	-36	.000	-3.2	-0.3	.125	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1959	28	PIT	NL	3	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						2.00	100%
1960	29	PIT	NL	6	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%					3.00	100%
1961	30	PIT	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%						100%
1962	31	HOU	NL	10	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		4.5		9.0	2.50	70%
1963	32	HOU	NL	12	0.0%	8.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		9.0			1.50	67%
5 Yrs				32	0.0%	9.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		9.3		28.0	2.00	78%
MLB Averages					2.4%	14.1%	8.6%	6.6%	29%	1.63	6.3	37.9	8.4	1.05	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI
1959	28	PIT	NL	-0.9	-0.1	3	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.91	-0.1	0.0	-0.7	-0.1	0.84	-0.9
1960	29	PIT	NL	-0.2	-0.0	6	0.0	0.1	-0.0	.54	0.0	0.0	-0.1	-0.0	0.71	-0.2
1961	30	PIT	NL	0.5	0.0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	.16	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.61	0.4
1962	31	HOU	NL	-1.7	-0.2	10	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.83	-0.2	0.1	-0.9	-0.1	0.82	-1.9
1963	32	HOU	NL	-1.5	-0.2	12	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	.81	-0.2	0.1	-1.0	-0.1	0.77	-1.7
5 Yrs				-3.8	-0.4	32	-0.2	0.2	-0.4	.75	-0.4	0.1	-2.5	-0.3	0.77	-4.2

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	2^ndS	2^ndSH
1959	28	PIT	NL		0		0	0	0	0
1960	29	PIT	NL	50%	4	50%	1	1	1	1
1961	30	PIT	NL	0%	1		0	0	0	0
1962	31	HOU	NL	0%	0		0	0	0	0
1963	32	HOU	NL	0%	1		0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				20%	6	50%	1	1	1	1

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1959	28	PIT	NL	3	67%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1960	29	PIT	NL	6	50%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1961	30	PIT	NL	1	100%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1962	31	HOU	NL	10	30%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	3	0	0%	7	1	14%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1963	32	HOU	NL	12	42%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	2	0	0%	3	3	100%	3	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
5 Yrs				32	44%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	100%	5	0	0%	7	3	43%	13	1	8%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			75%			10%			31%			14%			49%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH
1959	28	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0
1960	29	18	9	9	1	2	0	0	.222	.222	.222	.444	21	2	0
1961	30	19	10	10	1	3	0	0	.300	.300	.300	.600	64	3	0
1962	31	53	20	19	1	4	1	2	.211	.211	.211	.421	16	4	1
1963	32	88	32	28	1	5	1	3	.179	.179	.179	.357	1	5	4

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1959	28	1	3	3	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
1960	29	18	7	7	2	3	0	.429	.429	.429	.857	1	17
1961	30	1	1	1	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	1
1962	31	34	10	9	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	34
1963	32	35	12	9	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	35
5 Yrs		89	33	29	2	4	3	.138	.138	.138	.276	2	88
162 Game Avg.		162	60	53	4	7	5	.138	.138	.138	.276	4	88

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