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Jim Umbarger
James Harold Umbarger

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 6", Weight 200 lb.
School Arizona State University

Debut April 8, 1975
  vs. MIN 0.7 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER
Final Game September 28, 1978
Born February 17, 1953 in Burbank, CA

Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 16th round of the 1974 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1975 22 TEX AL   8   7  56  12   3   2  11  2  131.0  134   63   60  11   59   50   2   1   561   9   4  4.12  3.75   91 1.473
 1976 23 TEX AL  10  12  30  30  10   3   0  0  197.3  208   86   69  12   54  105   2   3   838   4   3  3.15  3.59  114 1.328
 1977 24 TOT AL   2   6  15  10   1   0   1  0   57.0   76   48   40   5   32   29   4   5   269   2   0  6.32  4.02   64 1.895
         OAK AL   1   5  12   8   1   0   1  0   44.0   62   40   32   3   28   24   4   4   213   2   0  6.55  3.99   61 2.045
         TEX AL   1   1   3   2   0   0   0  0   13.0   14    8    8   2    4    5   0   1    56   0   0  5.54  4.11   74 1.385
 1978 25 TEX AL   5   8  32   9   1   0  11  1   97.7  116   58   53   9   36   60   2   2   433   4   0  4.88  3.78   77 1.556
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  4 Yr WL% .431  25  33 133  61  15   5  23  3  483.0  534  255  222  37  181  244  10  11  2101  19   7  4.14  3.72   90 1.480
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     8  11  46  21   5   1   8  1  169.0  187   89   77  12   63   85   3   3   736   6   2  4.14  3.72   90 1.480
 Career High     10  12  56  30  10   3  11  2  197.3  208   86   69  12   59  105   4   5   838   9   4  3.15  4.02  114 1.328

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1975 22 TEX AL P 56 8 26 1 2 .971 .939 0.61 0.85 2.34 1.87 12 131.0 1976 23 TEX AL P 30 4 30 1 3 .971 .950 1.13 0.85 1.55 1.87 30 197.3 1977 24 TOT AL P 15 0 11 1 1 .917 .948 0.73 0.84 1.74 1.94 10 57.0 OAK AL P 12 0 10 1 1 .909 .952 0.83 0.84 2.05 1.94 8 44.0 TEX AL P 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.33 0.83 0.69 1.94 2 13.0 1978 25 TEX AL P 32 1 21 2 0 .917 .952 0.69 0.85 2.03 1.90 9 97.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1975 22 TEX AL P 56 8 26 1 2 .971 .939 0.61 0.85 2.34 1.87 12 131.0 1976 23 TEX AL P 30 4 30 1 3 .971 .950 1.13 0.85 1.55 1.87 30 197.3 1977 24 TOT AL P 15 0 11 1 1 .917 .948 0.73 0.84 1.74 1.94 10 57.0 OAK AL P 12 0 10 1 1 .909 .952 0.83 0.84 2.05 1.94 8 44.0 TEX AL P 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.33 0.83 0.69 1.94 2 13.0 1978 25 TEX AL P 32 1 21 2 0 .917 .952 0.69 0.85 2.03 1.90 9 97.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 133 13 88 5 6 .953 .947 0.76 0.85 1.88 1.88 61 483.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 133 13 88 5 6 .953 .947 0.76 0.85 1.88 1.88 61 483
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Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Games
1975 AL-56-7

Gray Ink: Pitching - 1 (2552) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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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.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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