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: 9-23 / in Starts: 4-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 21, Entered with runners on base: 13

1978 Pitching Game Log

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1978 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	102	2	Apr 9	TEX		NYY	L,1-7	7-7		99	0.1	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	54.00	2.59	4	1	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.58	-0.121	.79	-0.10%	-2.03	7t --- 0 out d2	7t 1-- 1 out d4
2	103	4	Apr 11	TEX		DET	L,2-6	5-GF		1	4.1	1	0	0	1	7	0	1	3.86	0.87	17	6	1	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	.08	0.020	.11	0.02%	1.98	5t --- 2 out d5	9t end d 5
3	104	8	Apr 16	TEX	@	BOS	L,6-8	5-6	L(0-1)	4	0.2	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	6.75	0.71	5	0	1	0	0	3		2	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.43	-0.148	2.19	-0.08%	-1.07	5b 12- 1 out a1	6b 12- 0 out tie
4	105	12	Apr 23(2)	TEX	@	DET	W,2-1	GS-9		6	9.0	8	1	1	2	3	0	0	3.14	1.89	37	11	13	2	1	8	68			0	1	1	35	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.47	0.446	.82	0.15%	3.37	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
5	106	17	Apr 28	TEX		BOS	W,5-4	GS-7		4	7.0	6	3	3	2	5	1	0	3.38	2.54	28	8	7	3	0	6	56			0	0	1	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	-0.102	.80	-0.04%	0.30	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
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	107	22	May 6	TEX	@	NYY	W,9-5	CG	W(1-1)	7	9.0	8	5	4	4	4	1	1	3.56	3.21	42	13	12	0	2	8	53			1	0	0	37	1	0	0	0	0	2	.89	0.195	.82	0.11%	-0.89	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
7	108	27	May 13	TEX		BAL	L,1-5	GS-6	L(1-2)	6	6.0	6	5	5	1	3	3	0	4.21	4.10	24	9	5	0	1	6	42			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.62	-0.184	.80	-0.14%	-2.18	1t start tie	6t 3 out d5
8	109	32	May 18	TEX		OAK	W,6-4	GS-8	W(2-2)	4	7.1	9	4	4	3	6	0	0	4.33	3.78	32	8	6	1	0	9	47			0	1	1	28	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.29	-0.001	2.26	0.00%	-0.73	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out a1
9	110	38	May 23	TEX	@	MIN	L,2-5	GS-8	L(2-3)	4	7.0	8	4	4	2	3	2	0	4.44	4.12	30	12	6	1	0	7	46			0	1	1	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.182	1.60	-0.16%	-0.26	1b start tie	8b -2- 0 out d1
10	111	44	May 29(2)	TEX		MIN	L,2-7	GS-1	L(2-4)	5	0.1	4	4	4	1	0	0	0	5.12	4.17	6	1	0	0	0	4	26			0	0	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.37	-0.328	2.32	-0.33%	-3.90	1t start tie	1t -23 1 out d3
Jun				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
11	112	48	Jun 3	TEX	@	TOR	L,3-4	GS-3	L(2-5)	4	2.1	4	3	2	4	0	0	0	5.23	4.33	14	4	2	0	0	4	35			1	2	1	10	2	0	0	0	0	1	.88	-0.220	1.31	-0.20%	-2.46	1b start tie	3b 12- 1 out d3
12	113	53	Jun 9	TEX		CHW	L,3-4	7-8		5	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.17	4.31	3	1	1	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	0.024	2.58	0.03%	0.24	7t 12- 2 out d1	8t -2- 1 out d1
13	114	57	Jun 13	TEX	@	KCR	L,0-5	7-GF(8)		3	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.98	4.17	7	2	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.004	.13	0.01%	0.96	7b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 5
14	115	61	Jun 16(2)	TEX		TOR	L,2-5	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.89	4.11	3	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.007	.15	0.01%	0.47	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
15	116	65	Jun 20	TEX		OAK	W,5-4	9-GF	W(3-5)	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.84	4.09	2	0	2	1	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.45	0.349	12.49	0.41%	1.54	9t 123 1 out tie	9t end tie
16	117	74	Jun 30	TEX	@	CAL	L,2-4	GS-7	L(3-6)	9	6.0	8	2	2	2	1	0	0	4.66	4.01	26	8	7	0	0	8	47			0	2	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.45	0.149	4.60	0.29%	1.34	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 out tie
Jul				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
17	118	80	Jul 6	TEX		NYY	L,2-7	2-5		5	3.2	4	3	1	0	3	0	0	4.54	3.85	16	5	4	0	1	4		2	1	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	1	1	2	.37	-0.099	.81	-0.13%	-1.71	2t 12- 1 out d3	5t 3 out d7
18	119	81	Jul 7	TEX		DET	L,7-12	6-8		0	2.2	5	2	2	1	0	0	0	4.63	3.84	14	5	3	0	0	5		2	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.003	.03	0.00%	0.31	6t -23 1 out d8	8t 3 out d10
19	120	83	Jul 9	TEX		DET	W,4-3	11-GF(13)	W(4-6)	1	3.0	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	4.44	3.75	11	4	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	1	1	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.50	0.394	3.96	0.37%	1.41	11t --- 0 out tie	13t end tie
20	121	91	Jul 19	TEX	@	KCR	L,4-11	3-GF(8)		9	5.1	8	5	4	3	4	0	0	4.60	3.68	28	9	4	1	0	8		1	1	2	0	0	24	3	1	0	0	1	1	.08	-0.058	.20	-0.09%	-3.25	3b --3 2 out d5	8b end d 7
21	122	95	Jul 23	TEX		MIL	L,8-17	9-GF		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.54	3.64	4	0	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.47	9t --- 0 out d9	9t end d 9
22	123	96	Jul 24	TEX		BAL	L,6-10	9-GF		0	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.52	3.64	2	0	1	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	-0.007	.10	0.00%	-0.58	9t 12- 2 out d4	9t end d 5
23	124	102	Jul 30(1)	TEX	@	CHW	L,4-5	7-8	H(1)	5	1.0	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	4.69	3.66	4	1	1	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.17	0.065	1.19	0.02%	0.48	7b 12- 1 out a2	8b 12- 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
24	125	107	Aug 5	TEX		CLE	W,4-3	10-10		5	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.65	3.63	3	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.69	0.009	.23	0.00%	0.16	10t --- 0 out d1	10t -2- 2 out d1
25	126	110	Aug 9	TEX	@	DET	L,2-5	8-8	BL(4-7)	3	0.1	4	4	4	1	1	1	0	5.07	3.80	6	0	0	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.45	-0.684	1.77	-0.21%	-4.45	8b --- 0 out a1	8b --3 1 out d3
26	127	117	Aug 16	TEX		CHW	L,2-6	2-8		6	6.0	6	2	2	2	4	0	0	4.93	3.69	22	8	2	0	0	6		2	0	0	1	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	.86	0.176	1.04	0.13%	2.48	2t 1-3 1 out d2	8t 1-- 1 out d1
27	128	122	Aug 21	TEX	@	TOR	L,6-8	5-8	L(4-8)	4	3.0	5	2	2	2	2	1	0	4.96	3.82	14	3	2	0	0	5		1	1	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	-0.280	.65	-0.10%	-1.57	5b 1-- 2 out a1	8b 1-- 2 out d2
Sept				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
28	129	134	Sep 4	TEX	@	CAL	L,7-8	8-GF(8)		13	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.91	3.79	3	0	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.40	0.027	.27	0.01%	0.45	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
29	130	144	Sep 14	TEX		CAL	L,1-16	9-9		9	0.0	2	3	3	1	0	0	0	5.20	3.82	3	0	0	0	0	2		3	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	.30	-0.041	.05	0.00%	-3.62	9t 123 1 out d2	9t 1-3 1 out d6
30	131	155	Sep 24(2)	TEX		SEA	W,4-3	7-GF	S(1)	9	3.0	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.04	3.74	12	5	1	0	0	4		0	0	0	1	1	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.33	0.366	.01	0.00%	1.41	7t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
31	132	157	Sep 26	TEX		MIN	L,2-6	9-9		1	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.04	3.77	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.48	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.17	9t -23 1 out d2	9t 123 1 out d2
32	133	159	Sep 28	TEX	@	SEA	W,4-3	7-GF	BW(5-8)	1	3.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.88	3.72	10	3	3	1	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	1	0	3.11	0.290	.00	0.00%	0.87	7b -23 0 out a2	9b end a 1
							9-23		W-L:5-8,Sv:1,BSv:2,Hld:1	4.3	97.2	116	58	53	36	60	9	2	4.88	3.72	433	1.39		5%	2%	115	47	26	38%	6	11	8	388	18	3	4	5	4	8	1.08	0.069	1.26	-0.05%	-10.61

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