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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 (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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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

More Stats

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	-min	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	-min	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	64	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	165	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 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	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: 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
1959	28	PIT	NL	7.0	1	5	5	0	1.0	0	0.0	$
1960	29	PIT	NL	40.2	3	23	22	1	.7	-1	-0.2	$
1961	30	PIT	NL	3.1	0	2	2	0	.1	0	0.0	$
1962	31	HOU	NL	67.0	0	19	44	-3	.7	25	1.8	$
1963	32	HOU	NL	76.0	3	23	44	-3	.8	21	1.7	$
5 Seasons				194.0	7	72	117	-5	.7	45	3.3	$

PIT (3 yrs)				51.0	4	30	29	1	.7	-1	-0.2	$
HOU (2 yrs)				143.0	3	42	88	-6	.8	46	3.5	$

Standard Batting

More Stats

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
1953	22	-min	D	54	179	179		44	8	1	0						.246	.246	.302	.547		54						WAY · GAFL
1956	25	-min	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	433	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 Seasons				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	63	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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1959	28	PIT	NL	3	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/1
1960	29	PIT	NL	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$	1
1961	30	PIT	NL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$	/1
1962	31	HOU	NL	10	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1
1963	32	HOU	NL	12	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	1
5 Seasons				32	-3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$

PIT (3 yrs)				10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$
HOU (2 yrs)				22	-3	0	0	0	0	2	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO
1959	PIT	NL	28	P	1	1	7.0	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.57	2.00	.955	1.93	2.00	0	0		0
1960	PIT	NL	29	P	17	3	40.2	7	1	4	2	1	.714	1.11	0.29	.961	2.10	2.08	2	5	71%	0
1961	PIT	NL	30	P	1	0	3.1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00		2.16	2.20	0	0		0
1962	HOU	NL	31	P	34	0	67.0	15	1	14	0	0	1.000	2.01	0.44	.948	2.07	2.05	4	1	20%	1
1963	HOU	NL	32	P	35	3	76.0	21	7	14	0	2	1.000	2.49	0.60	.951	2.06	2.06	2	3	60%	0
	5 Seasons			P	88	7	194.0	45	10	33	2	3	.956	1.99	0.49	.952	2.07	2.06	8	9	53%	1
	5 Seasons			TOT	88	7	194.0	45	10	33	2	3	.956	1.99	0.49	.952	2.07	2.06	8	9	53%	1

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Fielding % as P s c a p y 1962 NL 1.000 (1st)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1962 NL 1.000 (1st)

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Explanation of Similarity Scores

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Transactions

Before 1957 Season: Sent from Baton Rouge (Evangeline) to the Milwaukee Braves in an unknown transaction.
Before 1959 Season: Traded by the Milwaukee Braves to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Emil Panko (minors).
October 10, 1961: Drafted by the Houston Colt .45's from the Pittsburgh Pirates as the 35th pick in the 1961 expansion draft.
December 16, 1963: Released by the Houston Colt .45's.

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