Jim Umbarger

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

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

Born: February 17, 1953 in Burbank, CA us

Died: August 5, 2024 in Phoenix, AZ

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

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Team Record in Appearances: 5-10 / in Starts: 5-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 12, Entered with runners on base: 4

1977 Pitching Game Log

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1977 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	87	3	Apr 10(2)	OAK		MIN	L,1-7	GS-6	L(0-1)	99	5.1	7	5	4	2	3	1	0	6.75	5.18	26	8	6	1	2	7	37			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.14	-0.255	1.68	-0.23%	-2.57	1t start tie	6t 1-- 1 out d4
2	88	10	Apr 17	OAK	@	MIN	L,2-10	GS-2	L(0-2)	6	1.1	3	5	2	3	0	0	0	8.10	6.04	9	1	2	0	1	3	31			0	1	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.216	2.12	-0.24%	-2.57	1b start tie	2b 123 1 out d2
3	89	14	Apr 23	OAK		CHW	W,3-2	GS-7	W(1-2)	5	6.1	6	0	0	5	3	0	0	4.15	5.12	28	7	7	0	0	6	59			1	0	0	23	0	0	1	3	0	1	1.42	0.347	2.42	0.35%	2.92	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out a1
4	90	19	Apr 27	OAK	@	CAL	W,7-5	GS-2		3	1.0	3	4	4	2	1	1	0	6.43	6.17	8	1	1	0	0	3	30			0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.17	-0.247	1.89	-0.24%	-2.89	1b start tie	2b 1-- 0 out d3
5	91	21	Apr 30	OAK	@	BOS	L,4-8	8-8		2	0.0	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	7.71	6.38	2	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	-0.018	.36	-0.02%	-1.50	8b --- 0 out d3	8b -23 0 out d3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	92	24	May 4	OAK	@	BAL	L,2-9	2-6		3	4.2	5	2	2	3	5	1	0	6.75	6.11	21	4	4	0	0	5		2	1	0	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	.07	-0.003	.11	0.00%	0.07	2b 1-3 1 out d6	6b 3 out d8
7	93	26	May 6	OAK	@	NYY	L,1-4	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.41	5.94	2	1	1	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.27	0.014	.41	0.01%	1.12	8b -2- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
8	94	28	May 8	OAK	@	NYY	L,5-10	3-6		1	3.1	7	2	1	0	1	0	1	5.87	5.52	15	5	1	0	0	7		1	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	2	0	0	.12	-0.006	.14	0.00%	-0.80	3b 1-- 0 out d6	6b 1-3 1 out d6
9	95	41	May 25	OAK	@	TOR	W,6-5	GS-5		16	4.1	6	4	2	5	1	0	0	5.60	5.56	23	4	6	0	1	6	35			0	1	0	16	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.41	-0.011	1.04	-0.01%	-0.05	1b start a 1	5b 123 1 out a2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	96	109	Aug 8(1)	OAK	@	TEX	L,2-5	CG(8)	L(1-3)	74	8.0	10	5	5	3	4	0	3	5.60	5.20	37	10	7	1	0	10	43			0	0	1	30	2	1	1	2	0	0	.62	-0.192	.00	0.00%	-0.90	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d3
11	97	116	Aug 15	OAK	@	CLE	L,2-7	GS-4	L(1-4)	6	3.0	4	6	5	2	2	0	0	6.34	5.06	15	2	5	0	0	4	29			0	0	0	11	2	0	0	0	2	0	.78	-0.305	.00	0.00%	-3.92	1b start tie	4b 1-- 0 out d4
12	98	122	Aug 23	OAK		TOR	L,1-8	GS-6	L(1-5)	7	5.2	10	5	5	2	4	0	0	6.55	4.72	27	8	3	1	0	10	31			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	.85	-0.087	.00	0.00%	-0.55	1t start tie	6t 1-3 2 out d3
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
				Player went from Oakland Athletics to Texas Rangers
13	99	143	Sep 13	TEX		CAL	L,7-12	7-7	HL(1-6)	20	0.1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	6.70	4.77	2	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.32	0.048	.11	0.00%	0.25	7t -2- 1 out a1	7t 12- 2 out a1
14	100	149	Sep 18(2)	TEX		MIN	W,10-8	GS-8	W(2-6)	4	7.2	7	4	4	0	3	2	0	6.40	4.85	29	12	7	1	2	7	52			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	.55	0.256	.00	0.00%	-0.01	1t start tie	8t --- 2 out a5
15	101	161	Oct 1	TEX		OAK	W,6-5	GS-5		12	5.0	7	3	3	3	2	0	0	6.32	4.76	25	7	6	0	0	7	40			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.22	-0.056	.00	0.00%	-0.44	1t start tie	5t 3 out d1
							5-10		W-L:2-6,Hld:1	3.8	57.0	76	48	40	32	29	5	4	6.32	4.76	269	1.27		4%	5%	76	39	5	20%	3	2	2	225	7	1	2	11	4	2	.88	-0.731	.66	-0.37%	-11.84

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