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 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
1953	22	WAY	D	4	3	.571	2.87	10	8					69.0	65	27	22	2	41								1.536	8.5	0.3	5.3			WAY · GAFL
1956	25	BTR	C	15	15	.500	3.37	32	29					235.0	225	106	88	9	94								1.357	8.6	0.3	3.6			BTR · EVAN
1957	26	ATL-min	A	13	8	.619	3.24	29	23					178.0	176	87	64	10	82								1.449	8.9	0.5	4.1			TPK · WL
1958	27	ATL-min	AA	6	10	.375	4.06	54	12					173.0	145	85	78	18	81								1.306	7.5	0.9	4.2			ATA · SOUA
1959	28	PIT-min	AAA	14	8	.636	2.78	47	5		4	0		136.0	115	52	42	8	43		119	2	2	7			1.162	7.6	0.5	2.8	7.9	2.77	SLC · PCL
1959	28	PIT	NL	0	0		6.43	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	7	5	5	3	4	0	3	0	0	0	31	63	1.571	9.0	3.9	5.1	3.9	0.75
1960	29	PIT-min	AAA	8	5	.615	2.50	19	16		8	2		126.0	103	39	35	11	43	2	97	0	1	1			1.159	7.4	0.8	3.1	6.9	2.26	CLB · IL
1960	29	PIT	NL	1	2	.333	5.09	17	3	5	0	0	1	40.2	40	23	23	5	27	1	26	0	0	3	180	75	1.648	8.9	1.1	6.0	5.8	0.96
1961	30	PIT-min	AAA	9	6	.600	2.35	22	21					142.0	134	47	37	9	46								1.268	8.5	0.6	2.9			CLB · IL
1961	30	PIT	NL	0	0		2.70	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	5	2	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	1	17	163	2.100	13.5	0.0	5.4	2.7	0.50
1962	31	HOU-min	AAA	3	4	.429	3.39	23	4		1	0		61.0	49	23	23	2	25	3	58	0	0	2			1.213	7.2	0.3	3.7	8.6	2.32	OKC · AA
1962	31	HOU	NL	4	0	1.000	2.01	34	0	21	0	0	2	67.0	51	19	15	3	17	1	55	2	0	3	263	187	1.015	6.9	0.4	2.3	7.4	3.24
1963	32	HOU	NL	4	3	.571	2.61	35	3	12	0	0	0	76.0	52	23	22	6	21	2	48	1	1	2	297	122	0.961	6.2	0.7	2.5	5.7	2.29
5 Yrs				9	5	.643	3.06	88	7	38	0	0	3	194.0	155	72	66	17	71	5	133	3	1	9	788	116	1.165	7.2	0.8	3.3	6.2	1.87
162 Game Avg.				6	4	.643	3.06	63	5	27	0	0	2	139	111	52	47	12	51	4	95	2	1	6	564	116	1.165	7.2	0.8	3.3	6.2	1.87

PIT (3 yrs)				1	2	.333	5.12	19	4	5	0	0	1	51.0	52	30	29	8	33	2	30	0	0	4	228	76	1.667	9.2	1.4	5.8	5.3	0.91
HOU (2 yrs)				8	3	.727	2.33	69	3	33	0	0	2	143.0	103	42	37	9	38	3	103	3	1	5	560	148	0.986	6.5	0.6	2.4	6.5	2.71

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
1959	28	PIT	NL	7.0	1	1	5	6.43	4.92	0.02	0.00	106.0	5.19	-1	-0.1		-0.0	0.0	-0	.403	.499	$
1960	29	PIT	NL	40.2	17	3	23	5.09	4.16	0.23	-0.10	99.2	3.80	-6	-0.6	1.0	-0.0	-0.3	-2	.463	.496	$
1961	30	PIT	NL	3.1	1	0	2	5.40	4.51	-0.06	-0.19	96.0	4.21	-0	-0.0	.3	0.0	0.0	-0	.456	.500	$
1962	31	HOU	NL	67.0	34	0	19	2.55	4.71	-0.47	-0.20	94.4	4.71	16	1.7	1.1	0.0	2.3	24	.549	.510	$
1963	32	HOU	NL	76.0	35	3	23	2.72	4.09	-0.39	-0.13	96.6	4.21	12	1.4	.9	-0.2	2.0	20	.541	.509	$
5 Seasons				194.0	88	7	72	3.34	4.36	-0.27	-0.14	96.7	4.33	20	2.3	1.0	-0.2	4.0	42	.527	.503	$

PIT (3 yrs)				51.0	19	4	30	5.29	4.29	0.18	-0.09	99.9	4.02	-7	-0.8	.9	-0.0	-0.3	-2	.460	.498	$
HOU (2 yrs)				143.0	69	3	42	2.64	4.38	-0.43	-0.16	95.6	4.44	27	3.1	1.0	-0.2	4.3	44	.545	.510	$

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
1959	28	PIT	NL	1	31	27	5	7	2	0	3	0	0	4	3	.259	.355	.667	1.022	.190	18	1	0	0	0	0	0
1960	29	PIT	NL	17	180	148	23	40	8	2	5	2	5	27	26	.270	.374	.453	.827	.289	67	4	0	1	4	1	2
1961	30	PIT	NL	1	17	15	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	.333	.412	.400	.812	.357	6	0	0	0	0	1	1
1962	31	HOU	NL	34	263	239	19	51	8	2	3	4	1	17	55	.213	.270	.301	.572	.264	72	7	2	4	1	1	5
1963	32	HOU	NL	35	298	267	23	52	13	3	6	2	3	21	48	.195	.252	.333	.585	.211	89	3	1	4	5	2	3
5 Yrs				88	789	696	72	155	32	7	17	8	9	71	133	.223	.294	.362	.656	.248	252	15	3	9	10	5	11
162 Game Avg.				63	565	498	52	111	23	5	12	6	6	51	95	.223	.294	.362	.656	.248	180	11	2	6	7	4	8
MLB Averages																.255	.322	.388	.710	.277

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1959	28	PIT	NL	-1.6	-0.2	31	-0.1	0.6	-0.7	1.01	-0.5	0.4	-1.4	-0.1	1.01	-5.0	0	0	0
1960	29	PIT	NL	-4.5	-0.5	193	-0.2	2.4	-2.6	.76	-0.4	0.1	-3.6	-0.4	0.76	-5.4	4	4	5
1961	30	PIT	NL	0.3	0.0	19	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.10	-0.1	-0.0	-0.8	-0.1	0.10	-0.8	0	0	1
1962	31	HOU	NL	12.9	1.3	273	0.9	3.8	-2.9	.73	0.6	0.6	13.3	1.4	0.73	10.8	12	3	17
1963	32	HOU	NL	6.2	0.7	308	0.8	4.4	-3.5	.81	0.9	0.1	7.6	0.9	0.81	8.3	8	6	18
5 Yrs				13.3	1.4	824	1.4	11.2	-9.8	.76	0.6	1.3	15.0	1.7	0.76	7.8	24	13	41

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
1959	28	PIT	NL	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	1	0	0	0	0	0%	42.0	42	42	0	0	0	1	6.0	7.7	7.0
1960	29	PIT	NL	17	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	2	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0%	37.3	51	25	7	5	1	1	5.2	3.3	4.2

1963	32	HOU	NL	35	3	0	2	1	0	1	0	3	.000	0	0	0	0	1	33%	55.7	72	32	8	2	1	1	0.3	0.7	5.0
3 Yrs				53	7	0	4	3	0	1	1	6	.143	1	0	0	0	1	14%	46	72	25	15	7	2	3	3.2	3.2	5.0
MLB Averages													.500						52%	52	115	-14					4.3	4.2	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1960	29	PIT	NL	17	14	5	1	0	1	1	0	100%	1	9	6	67%	5	.762	4	4	5	1	2	11	4	10	12	1	12	1	6.0
1961	30	PIT	NL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	1	50%	4	.104	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	10.0
1962	31	HOU	NL	34	34	21	4	0	4	2	2	50%	4	31	8	26%	7	.726	12	3	17	4	5	25	17	17	20	6	20	8	5.9
1963	32	HOU	NL	35	32	12	4	1	2	0	2	0%	2	23	10	43%	8	.807	8	6	18	4	4	24	12	20	20	6	20	5	5.7
4 Yrs				87	81	38	9	1	7	3	4	43%	7	65	25	38%		.752	24	13	41	9	11	61	34	47	53	13	53	14	5.9

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1959	28	PIT	NL	31	45%	9.7%	9.7%	12.9%	16.1%	71%	1.57	68%	1	1	100%
1960	29	PIT	NL	180	62%	2.8%	14.4%	15.0%	8.3%	38%	0.88	67%	21	4	19%
1961	30	PIT	NL	17	41%	0.0%	5.9%	11.8%	5.9%	20%	0.33	82%	0	0
1962	31	HOU	NL	263	65%	1.1%	20.9%	6.5%	4.9%	26%	1.10	69%	53	7	13%
1963	32	HOU	NL	298	53%	2.0%	16.1%	7.1%	7.4%	42%	0.95	73%	44	3	7%
5 Yrs				789	58%	2.2%	16.9%	9.0%	7.1%	36%	0.98	70%	119	15	13%
MLB Averages					50%	2.4%	14.1%	8.6%	6.6%	29%	1.04	74%			10%

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
1959	28	PIT	NL	31	7			3	0	0	2	1	0	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	9	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1960	29	PIT	NL	180	40			5	0	11	3	2	2	3	14	7	2	50%	2	3	2	51	2	5	29%	2	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	11	0
1961	30	PIT	NL	17	5			0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	100%	1	1	0	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1962	31	HOU	NL	263	51			3	0	6	3	0	1	2	14	9	3	64%	5	3	0	105	4	1	80%	3	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	5	0
1963	32	HOU	NL	298	52			6	0	5	3	3	3	3	20	11	4	55%	3	2	2	98	2	3	40%	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	11	0
5 Yrs				789	155			17	0	24	11	6	6	11	49	28	9	57%	11	9	4	267	8	9	47%	7	6	0	2	1	1	2	0	28	0
MLB Averages																		51%							62%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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+
1959	28	0	0		6.43	1	1	0	0	7.0	7	5	5	3	4	0	3	0	0	0	31	63	1.571	9.0	3.9	5.1	3.9	0.75	63
1960	29	1	2	.333	5.29	18	4	5	1	47.2	47	28	28	8	31	1	29	0	0	3	211	73	1.636	8.9	1.5	5.9	5.5	0.94	73
1961	30	1	2	.333	5.12	19	4	5	1	51.0	52	30	29	8	33	2	30	0	0	4	228	76	1.667	9.2	1.4	5.8	5.3	0.91	76
1962	31	5	2	.714	3.36	53	4	26	3	118.0	103	49	44	11	50	3	85	2	0	7	491	114	1.297	7.9	0.8	3.8	6.5	1.70	114
1963	32	9	5	.643	3.06	88	7	38	3	194.0	155	72	66	17	71	5	133	3	1	9	788	116	1.165	7.2	0.8	3.3	6.2	1.87	116

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1959	28	0	0		6.43	7.0	7	6	5	3	4	3	0	1.571	9.0	5.1	3.9	0.75	3.9	1
1960	29	1	3	.250	5.77	39.0	43	28	25	5	29	25	0	1.846	9.9	6.7	5.8	0.86	1.2	17
1961	30	0	0		3.00	3.0	6	1	1	0	2	1	0	2.667	18.0	6.0	3.0	0.50	0.0	1
1962	31	5	2	.714	2.25	64.0	52	18	16	3	17	53	2	1.078	7.3	2.4	7.5	3.12	0.4	34
1963	32	4	3	.571	3.38	72.0	58	30	27	7	23	45	1	1.125	7.3	2.9	5.6	1.96	0.9	35
5 Yrs		10	8	.556	3.60	185.0	166	83	74	18	75	127	3	1.303	8.1		6.2	1.69	0.9	88

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