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Jim Umbarger

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-6, 200lb (198cm, 90kg)

Born: February 17, 1953 in Burbank, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 2nd round of the 1971 MLB June Amateur Draft from Grant HS (Van Nuys, CA) and the Texas Rangers in the 16th round of the 1974 MLB June Amateur Draft from Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ).

High School: Grant HS (Van Nuys, CA)

School: Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)

Debut: April 8, 1975 (Age 22-050d, 13,603rd in major league history)
vs. MIN 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 28, 1978 (Age 25-223d)
vs. SEA 3.0 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1975 season

Full Name: James Harold Umbarger

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.0

ERA

4.14

133

483.0

244

WHIP

1.480

Summary of 37 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 4 tying, 7 go ahead

2 Tms
TEX	34
OAK	3

Platoon
vs RHB	31
vs LHB	6

Home/Road
Home	20
Away	17

Outs
1	15
2	14
0	8

12 Opps
BAL	6
MIN	6
CAL	5
MIL	5
OAK	3
NYY	3
KCR	2
DET	2
CHW	2
BOS	1
TOR	1
CLE	1

32 Batters
Rusty Torres	2
Reggie Jackson	2
Lee May	2
George Scott	2
Willie Norwood	2
Willie Horton	1
Roy White	1
Henry Aaron	1
Bobby Grich	1
Leroy Stanton	1
John Ellis	1
Craig Kusick	1
Don Baylor	1
Tim Corcoran	1
Ron Jackson	1
Andy Etchebarren	1
Dan Ford	1
Butch Hobson	1
Tony Oliva	1
Amos Otis	1
Pedro García	1
Deron Johnson	1
Gene Tenace	1
Frank White	1
Bobby Bonds	1
Gorman Thomas	1
Rich Dauer	1
Pat Kelly	1
Alan Ashby	1
Glenn Borgmann	1
Bob Coluccio	1
Billy Williams	1

11 Parks
Arlington St (ARL)	19
Angel Stad (ANA)	3
Yankee Stad (NYC)	2
KauffmanStad (KAN)	2
County Stad (MIL)	2
Tiger Stad (DET)	2
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	2
Memor. Stad (BAL)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	1
ClevelandStd (CLE)	1

Where Hit
7	23
9	6
89	3
8	2

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	26
2·HR gms	4
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	21
1--	8
12-	2
-2-	2
123	2
1-3	1
--3	1

60 Runs
RISP	8
0 on	21
1 on	11
2 on	3
3 on	2
Any on	16

Inning
1	3
2	4
3	4
4	5
5	4
6	6
7	3
8	4
9	4

1-3	11
4-6	15
7-end	11

RelScore
+4..	2
+3	3
+2	4
+1	7
Tied	4
-1	5
-2	4
-3	1
-4..	7

Ahead	16
Tied	4
Behind	17

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
DH	8
CF	7
RF	6
C	4
1B	4
2B	3
LF	2
3B	2
PH	1

OrderPos
7th	8
2nd	6
3rd	5
4th	5
5th	4
8th	3
9th	3
1st	2
6th	1

Leverage
High Lev	7
Medium Lev	10
Low Lev	20

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1975	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1975-06-01	Bobby Bonds	NYY	@	TEX	ahead 6-2	t 6	1	1--	2	1	9	5%	98%		Home Run (Deep LF); F. Stanley Scores
2	2	2	1	1975-06-08 (2)	John Ellis	CLE		TEX	behind 4-6	b 9	1	1--	2	7	2	48%	58%		Home Run; R. Carty Scores
3	3	3	1	1975-06-17	Deron Johnson	CHW	@	TEX	tied 0-0	t 1	1	12-	3	4	3	22%	76%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Dent Scores; C. May Scores
4	4	4	1	1975-06-29	Tony Oliva	MIN	@	TEX	behind 3-8	t 6	2	123	4	7	PH	21%	27%		Home Run (Deep RF); S. Braun Scores/unER; D. Ford Scores/unER; J. Terrell Scores/unER; T. Oliva Scores/Team unER
5	5	5	1	1975-08-07	Billy Williams	OAK	@	TEX	ahead 3-1	t 5	2	---	1	2	DH	9%	83%		Home Run (Deep RF)
6	6	6	1	1975-08-10	George Scott	MIL		TEX	ahead 6-4	b 6	2	---	1	3	3	7%	91%		Home Run (Deep LF)
7	7	7	1	1975-08-30	Pedro García	MIL	@	TEX	behind 0-4	t 3	0	1--	2	9	4	12%	28%		Home Run (Deep LF); K. Bevacqua Scores
8	8	8	1	1975-09-04	Leroy Stanton	CAL		TEX	behind 0-3	b 7	1	-2-	2	4	9	17%	29%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Remy Scores
9	9	9	1	1975-09-13	Bob Coluccio	CHW	@	TEX	behind 3-5	t 4	1	1--	2	7	9	21%	47%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Melton Scores
10	10	10	1	1975-09-18	Andy Etchebarren	CAL	@	TEX	behind 0-1	t 6	1	12-	3	8	2	38%	77%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Bochte Scores; J. Balaz Scores
11	11	11	1	1975-09-23	Frank White	KCR		TEX	ahead 2-0	b 3	0	---	1	1	4	8%	84%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1976	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
12	12	1	1	1976-04-23	Willie Horton	DET		TEX	ahead 2-1	b 2	2	1-3	3	3	DH	21%	88%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Veryzer Scores; R. LeFlore Scores
13	13	2	1	1976-05-18	Amos Otis	KCR		TEX	ahead 1-0	b 3	1	---	1	2	8	11%	76%		Home Run (CF-RF)
14	14	3	1	1976-06-07	Bobby Grich	BAL		TEX	behind 1-6	b 8	1	---	1	2	4	1%	2%		Home Run (Deep LF)
15	15	4	1	1976-06-18	Reggie Jackson	BAL	@	TEX	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	4	9	11%	61%		Home Run (Deep RF)
16	16	5	1	1976-06-28	Don Baylor	OAK	@	TEX	behind 0-2	t 9	1	---	1	3	DH	5%	8%		Home Run (Deep LF)
17	17	6	2	1976-06-28	Gene Tenace	OAK	@	TEX	behind 1-2	t 9	2	---	1	5	3	37%	40%		Home Run (Deep LF)
18	18	7	1	1976-07-09	Henry Aaron	MIL		TEX	behind 0-2	b 2	0	---	1	4	DH	11%	43%		Home Run (Deep LF)
19	19	8	1	1976-07-24 (1)	Rusty Torres	CAL		TEX	ahead 3-0	b 4	2	---	1	9	8	5%	92%		Home Run (Deep LF)
20	20	9	1	1976-08-03	Rusty Torres	CAL	@	TEX	ahead 1-0	t 7	2	---	1	8	8	14%	81%		Home Run
21	21	10	1	1976-08-18	Roy White	NYY		TEX	behind 0-5	b 3	2	---	1	2	7	4%	11%		Home Run (Deep LF)
22	22	11	1	1976-08-23	George Scott	MIL	@	TEX	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1--	2	3	3	18%	68%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Yount Scores
23	23	12	2	1976-08-23	Gorman Thomas	MIL	@	TEX	ahead 3-0	t 4	0	---	1	7	8	6%	89%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
24	24	1	1	1977-04-10 (2)	Craig Kusick	MIN	@	OAK	behind 0-1	t 4	1	1--	2	5	DH	23%	60%		Home Run (CF-RF); D. Ford Scores
25	25	2	1	1977-04-27	Ron Jackson	CAL		OAK	ahead 1-0	b 2	0	1--	2	7	DH	14%	83%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Chalk Scores
26	26	3	1	1977-05-04	Pat Kelly	BAL		OAK	ahead 7-1	b 5	0	---	1	6	7	1%	99%		Home Run
27	27	4	1	1977-09-18 (2)	Willie Norwood	MIN	@	TEX	behind 0-5	t 6	2	---	1	2	8	2%	5%		Home Run (Deep RF)
28	28	5	2	1977-09-18 (2)	Willie Norwood	MIN	@	TEX	behind 2-9	t 8	2	--3	2	2	8	0%	1%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Bulling Scores
1978	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
29	29	1	1	1978-04-28	Butch Hobson	BOS	@	TEX	behind 2-3	t 7	0	---	1	7	5	20%	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
30	30	2	1	1978-05-06	Reggie Jackson	NYY		TEX	behind 3-9	b 9	1	-2-	2	4	9	0%	1%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Munson Scores/unER
31	31	3	1	1978-05-13	Lee May	BAL	@	TEX	ahead 1-0	t 4	2	---	1	5	DH	12%	71%		Home Run (Deep LF)
32	32	4	2	1978-05-13	Rich Dauer	BAL	@	TEX	ahead 2-0	t 5	1	---	1	8	5	9%	84%		Home Run (Deep CF)
33	33	5	3	1978-05-13	Lee May	BAL	@	TEX	ahead 3-0	t 6	2	1--	2	5	DH	9%	95%		Home Run (Deep CF); E. Murray Scores
34	34	6	1	1978-05-23	Dan Ford	MIN		TEX	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1	3	8	11%	62%		Home Run (Deep CF-RF)
35	35	7	2	1978-05-23	Glenn Borgmann	MIN		TEX	ahead 1-0	b 5	2	---	1	9	2	12%	80%		Home Run (Deep LF)
36	36	8	1	1978-08-09	Tim Corcoran	DET		TEX	behind 1-2	b 8	1	123	4	7	9	42%	97%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Staub Scores; J. Thompson Scores; S. Kemp Scores
37	37	9	1	1978-08-21	Alan Ashby	TOR		TEX	ahead 7-6	b 8	1	---	1	7	2	8%	94%		Home Run (Deep LF)