Jim Umbricht
James Umbricht
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: September 17, 1930 in Chicago, IL
School: University of Georgia (All Transactions)
Debut: September 26, 1959
Final Game: September 29, 1963
Died: April 8, 1964 in Houston, TX
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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
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 60 1.571 9.0 3.9 5.1 3.9 0.75
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 74 1.648 8.9 1.1 6.0 5.8 0.96
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 17 148 2.100 13.5 0.0 5.4 2.7 0.50
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 3 263 186 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 2 297 121 0.961 6.2 0.7 2.5 5.7 2.29
5 Seasons 9 5 .643 3.06 88 7 38 0 0 3 194.0 155 72 66 17 71 5 133 3 1 9 788 115 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 6 564 115 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 74 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 5 560 147 0.986 6.5 0.6 2.4 6.5 2.71

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
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
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
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
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
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
5 Seasons 88 789 696 72 155 32 7 17 8 9 71 133 .223 .294 .362 .656 .248 252 15 3 9 10 5
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
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1959 28 PIT NL 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0% 42 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 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% 56 72 32 8 2 1 1 0.3 0.7 5.0
3 Seasons 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

Reliever Pitching*

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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
1960 29 PIT NL 17 14 5 1 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 9 6 67% 5 0.797 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 0 2 1 50% 4 0.108 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 0 31 8 26% 7 0.768 12 6 15 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 0 23 10 43% 8 0.866 8 7 17 4 4 24 12 20 20 6 20 5 5.7
4 Seasons 87 81 38 9 1 7 3 4 43% 7 0 65 25 38% 0.799 24 17 38 9 11 61 34 47 53 13 53 14 5.9

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1959 28 PIT NL 31 55% 9.7% 9.7% 12.9% 16.1% 71% 1.57 68% 1 1 100%
1960 29 PIT NL 180 38% 2.8% 14.4% 15.0% 8.3% 38% 0.88 67% 21 4 19%
1961 30 PIT NL 17 59% 0.0% 5.9% 11.8% 5.9% 20% 0.33 82% 0 0
1962 31 HOU NL 263 35% 1.1% 20.9% 6.5% 4.9% 26% 1.10 69% 53 7 13%
1963 32 HOU NL 298 47% 2.0% 16.1% 7.1% 7.4% 42% 0.95 73% 44 3 7%
5 Seasons 789 42% 2.2% 16.9% 9.0% 7.1% 36% 0.98 70% 119 15 13%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 2 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 1 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 Seasons 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 5 0 28 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1959 28 0 0 6.43 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 7 5 5 3 4 0 3 0 0 0 31 60 1.571 9.0 3.9 5.1 3.9 0.75 60
1960 29 1 2 .333 5.29 18 4 5 0 0 1 47.2 47 28 28 8 31 1 29 0 0 3 211 71 1.636 8.9 1.5 5.9 5.5 0.94 71
1961 30 1 2 .333 5.12 19 4 5 0 0 1 51.0 52 30 29 8 33 2 30 0 0 4 228 74 1.667 9.2 1.4 5.8 5.3 0.91 74
1962 31 5 2 .714 3.36 53 4 26 0 0 3 118.0 103 49 44 11 50 3 85 2 0 7 491 112 1.297 7.9 0.8 3.8 6.5 1.70 112
1963 32 9 5 .643 3.06 88 7 38 0 0 3 194.0 155 72 66 17 71 5 133 3 1 9 788 115 1.165 7.2 0.8 3.3 6.2 1.87 115

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 9.00 6.0 8 7 6 3 5 3 0 2.167 12.0 7.5 4.5 0.60 4.5 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 2.25 4.0 5 1 1 0 2 1 0 1.750 11.3 4.5 2.3 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 5 3 .625 3.25 72.0 57 29 26 7 23 45 1 1.111 7.1 2.9 5.6 1.96 0.9 35
5 Seasons 11 8 .579 3.60 185.0 165 83 74 18 76 127 3 1.303 8.0 6.2 1.67 0.9 88

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