Jim Lonborg

Q: When was Jim Lonborg born?

Jim Lonborg was born on April 16, 1942.

Q: Where was Jim Lonborg born?

Jim Lonborg was born in Santa Maria, CA .

Q: How tall is Jim Lonborg?

Jim Lonborg is 6-5 (196 cm) tall.

Q: How much did Jim Lonborg weigh when playing?

Jim Lonborg weighed 200 lbs (90 kg) when playing.

Q: Is Jim Lonborg in the Hall of Fame?

Jim Lonborg has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

Q: How many strikeouts did Jim Lonborg have?

Jim Lonborg had 1,475 strikeouts over his career.

Q: How many teams has Jim Lonborg played for?

Jim Lonborg played for 3 teams; the Boston Red Sox, Milwaukee Brewers and Philadelphia Phillies.

Q: How many World Series has Jim Lonborg won?

Jim Lonborg has never won a World Series.

Q: When did Jim Lonborg retire?

Jim Lonborg last played in 1979.

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-5, 200lb (196cm, 90kg)

Born: April 16, 1942 in Santa Maria, CA us

High School: San Luis Obispo HS (San Luis Obispo, CA)

School: Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA)

Debut: April 23, 1965 (Age 23-007d, 12,351st in major league history)
vs. BAL 6.0 IP, 2 H, 4 SO, 5 BB, 3 ER, L

Last Game: June 10, 1979 (Age 37-055d)
vs. ATL 3.0 IP, 5 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1965 season

Full Name: James Reynold Lonborg

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Relatives: Brother-In-Law of Mel Queen

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

14.3

157

137

ERA

3.86

425

368

2464.1

1475

WHIP

1.308

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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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1964	22	BOS-min	AAA,A	11	9	.550	4.34	31	30		12	2		191.0	176	105	92	23	70	5	156	4	0	12				1.288	8.3	1.1	3.3	7.4	2.23	SLE,WSM PCL,CARL
1965	23	BOS	AL	9	17	.346	4.47	32	31	0	7	1	0	185.1	193	112	92	20	65	3	113	3	1	8	813	84	3.80	1.392	9.4	1.0	3.2	5.5	1.74
1966	24	BOS	AL	10	10	.500	3.86	45	23	7	3	1	2	181.2	173	86	78	18	55	5	131	7	2	7	769	99	3.42	1.255	8.6	0.9	2.7	6.5	2.38
1967	25	BOS	AL	22	9	.710	3.16	39	39	0	15	2	0	273.1	228	102	96	23	83	5	246	19	1	12	1130	112	2.95	1.138	7.5	0.8	2.7	8.1	2.96	AS,CYA-1,MVP-6
1968	26	BOS	AL	6	10	.375	4.29	23	17	0	4	1	0	113.1	89	57	54	11	59	3	73	11	0	7	490	75	4.21	1.306	7.1	0.9	4.7	5.8	1.24
1969	27	BOS	AL	7	11	.389	4.51	29	23	3	4	0	0	143.2	148	78	72	15	65	3	100	7	0	8	628	85	3.98	1.483	9.3	0.9	4.1	6.3	1.54
1970	28	BOS-min	AAA	1	1	.500	4.50	2	2		0	0	0	10.0	12	5	5	1	6	2	8	0	0	2				1.800	10.8	0.9	5.4	7.2	1.33	LOU IL
1970	28	BOS	AL	4	1	.800	3.18	9	4	3	0	0	0	34.0	33	12	12	3	9	0	21	0	0	2	138	127	3.34	1.235	8.7	0.8	2.4	5.6	2.33
1971	29	BOS-min	AAA	4	2	.667	0.90	6	6		4	2	0	50.0	28	10	5	0	11	2	43	0	0	1				0.780	5.0	0.0	2.0	7.7	3.91	LOU IL
1971	29	BOS	AL	10	7	.588	4.13	27	26	1	5	1	0	167.2	167	86	77	15	67	6	100	14	0	3	736	90	3.87	1.396	9.0	0.8	3.6	5.4	1.49
1972	30	MIL	AL	14	12	.538	2.83	33	30	1	11	2	1	223.0	197	75	70	17	76	11	143	11	0	5	929	107	3.28	1.224	8.0	0.7	3.1	5.8	1.88
1973	31	PHI	NL	13	16	.448	4.88	38	30	5	6	0	0	199.1	218	124	108	25	80	7	106	9	0	1	886	78	4.47	1.495	9.8	1.1	3.6	4.8	1.33
1974	32	PHI	NL	17	13	.567	3.21	39	39	0	16	3	0	283.0	280	113	101	22	70	11	121	6	0	5	1168	118	3.54	1.237	8.9	0.7	2.2	3.8	1.73
1975	33	PHI	NL	8	6	.571	4.12	27	26	1	6	2	0	159.1	161	84	73	12	45	7	72	5	2	3	683	91	3.60	1.293	9.1	0.7	2.5	4.1	1.60
1976	34	PHI	NL	18	10	.643	3.08	33	32	1	8	1	1	222.0	210	85	76	18	50	4	118	5	1	2	916	115	3.37	1.171	8.5	0.7	2.0	4.8	2.36
1977	35	PHI	NL	11	4	.733	4.11	25	25	0	4	1	0	157.2	157	77	72	15	50	5	76	5	2	6	666	98	4.06	1.313	9.0	0.9	2.9	4.3	1.52
1978	36	PHI	NL	8	10	.444	5.23	22	22	0	1	0	0	113.2	132	69	66	16	45	1	48	2	0	4	505	69	4.81	1.557	10.5	1.3	3.6	3.8	1.07
1979	37	PHI	NL	0	1	.000	11.05	4	1	2	0	0	0	7.1	14	10	9	3	4	0	7	1	0	0	41	36	8.19	2.455	17.2	3.7	4.9	8.6	1.75
15 Yrs				157	137	.534	3.86	425	368	24	90	15	4	2464.1	2400	1170	1056	233	823	71	1475	105	9	73	10498	95	3.71	1.308	8.8	0.9	3.0	5.4	1.79
162 Game Avg.				13	12	.534	3.86	36	32	2	8	1	0	211	206	100	91	20	71	6	126	9	1	6	900	95	3.71	1.308	8.8	0.9	3.0	5.4	1.79

PHI (7 yrs)				75	60	.556	3.98	188	175	9	41	7	1	1142.1	1172	562	505	111	344	35	548	33	5	21	4865	94	3.91	1.327	9.2	0.9	2.7	4.3	1.59
BOS (7 yrs)				68	65	.511	3.94	204	163	14	38	6	2	1099.0	1031	533	481	105	403	25	784	61	4	47	4704	93	3.59	1.305	8.4	0.9	3.3	6.4	1.95
MIL (1 yr)				14	12	.538	2.83	33	30	1	11	2	1	223.0	197	75	70	17	76	11	143	11	0	5	929	107	3.28	1.224	8.0	0.7	3.1	5.8	1.88

AL (8 yrs)				82	77	.516	3.75	237	193	15	49	8	3	1322.0	1228	608	551	122	479	36	927	72	4	52	5633	95	3.54	1.291	8.4	0.8	3.3	6.3	1.94
NL (7 yrs)				75	60	.556	3.98	188	175	9	41	7	1	1142.1	1172	562	505	111	344	35	548	33	5	21	4865	94	3.91	1.327	9.2	0.9	2.7	4.3	1.59

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Season	Age	Team	Lg	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1965	23	BOS	AL	0.3	32	69	59	4	8	3	0	0	4	0	0	5	22	.136	.203	.186	.390	9	.229	16	11	1	0	5	0	0	1
1966	24	BOS	AL	0.0	46	62	54	5	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	23	.093	.125	.167	.292	-20	.182	-27	9	0	0	6	0	0	1/H
1967	25	BOS	AL	-0.1	39	109	99	7	14	1	1	0	8	1	1	4	52	.141	.175	.172	.346	-1	.170	-25	17	0	0	6	0	0	1	AS,CYA-1,MVP-6
1968	26	BOS	AL	0.5	23	44	39	4	11	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	14	.282	.282	.410	.692	102	.315	93	16	0	0	5	0	0	1
1969	27	BOS	AL	-0.1	29	52	41	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	5	22	.098	.191	.122	.313	-13	.183	-28	5	2	0	5	1	0	1
1970	28	BOS	AL	0.3	9	9	9	2	4	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	.444	.444	.889	1.333	248	.587	271	8	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1971	29	BOS	AL	0.1	27	59	53	2	9	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	19	.170	.228	.170	.398	11	.228	12	9	2	0	2	0	0	1
1972	30	MIL	AL	0.0	33	82	69	1	10	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	29	.145	.192	.145	.337	3	.177	-20	10	1	0	9	0	0	1
1973	31	PHI	NL	0.0	38	69	59	2	8	2	0	0	3	0	0	6	29	.136	.215	.169	.385	7	.190	-15	10	0	0	4	0	0	1
1974	32	PHI	NL	-0.7	39	111	94	3	9	2	0	1	8	0	0	5	44	.096	.140	.149	.289	-20	.150	-56	14	0	0	11	1	0	1
1975	33	PHI	NL	-0.4	27	56	44	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	17	.023	.140	.023	.163	-53	.124	-81	1	1	0	6	0	0	1
1976	34	PHI	NL	0.0	33	79	67	5	11	1	0	0	4	0	0	6	20	.164	.233	.179	.412	17	.204	-6	12	2	0	6	0	0	1
1977	35	PHI	NL	-0.5	25	59	48	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	22	.104	.140	.104	.244	-34	.119	-95	5	0	0	9	0	0	1
1978	36	PHI	NL	0.2	22	41	34	2	6	2	0	0	3	0	1	2	14	.176	.243	.235	.479	34	.240	33	8	1	1	4	0	0	1
1979	37	PHI	NL	0.0	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-145	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
15 Yrs				-0.5	426	902	770	41	105	17	2	3	43	1	2	51	330	.136	.191	.175	.366	3	.191	-18	135	10	1	78	2	0	1/H
162 Game Avg				-0.2	162	343	293	16	40	6	1	1	16	0	1	19	125	.136	.191	.175	.366	3	.191	-18	51	4	0	30	1	0

BOS (7 Yrs)				1.0	205	404	354	25	55	10	2	2	20	1	1	20	154	.155	.200	.212	.412	16	.217	6	75	5	0	29	1	0	1/H
PHI (7 Yrs)				-1.4	188	416	347	15	40	7	0	1	20	0	1	27	147	.115	.181	.144	.325	-10	.168	-40	50	4	1	40	1	0	1
MIL (1 Yr)				0.0	33	82	69	1	10	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	29	.145	.192	.145	.337	3	.177	-20	10	1	0	9	0	0	1

AL (8 Yrs)				1.0	238	486	423	26	65	10	2	2	23	1	1	24	183	.154	.199	.201	.400	14	.211	2	85	6	0	38	1	0	1/H
NL (7 Yrs)				-1.4	188	416	347	15	40	7	0	1	20	0	1	27	147	.115	.181	.144	.325	-10	.168	-40	50	4	1	40	1	0	1

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Season	Age	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
1967	25	BOS	WS	3	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

1976	34	PHI	NL	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	1	0	0	/1
1977	35	PHI	NL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
3 Yrs				5	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	1	0	0	/1
162 Game Avg				162	389	356	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	259	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	32	0	32	0	0

PHI (2 Yrs)				2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	1	0	0	/1
BOS (1 Yr)				3	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

NL (2 Yrs)				2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	1	0	0	/1
WS (1 Yr)				3	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

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					Standard											Range Factor				Baserunners
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	lgFld%	RF/9	lgRF9	RF/G	lgRFG	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	Pick	Awards
1965	23	BOS	AL	P	32	31	7	185.1	41	12	24	5	0	.878	.951	1.75	2.04	1.13	2.03	8	11	5	31.3	33.8	0
1966	24	BOS	AL	P	45	23	3	181.2	41	18	21	2	2	.951	.952	1.93	1.99	0.87	1.98	7	11	6	35.3	37.7	0
1967	25	BOS	AL	P	39	39	15	273.1	44	19	24	1	2	.977	.957	1.42	1.96	1.10	1.96	12	9	9	50.0	40.9	0	AS,CYA-1,MVP-6
1968	26	BOS	AL	P	23	17	4	113.1	14	8	6	0	0	1.000	.957	1.11	1.89	0.61	1.88	7	7	0	0.0	36.9	0
1969	27	BOS	AL	P	29	23	4	143.2	33	13	18	2	1	.939	.951	1.94	1.88	1.07	1.88	8	7	7	50.0	35.8	1
1970	28	BOS	AL	P	9	4	0	34.0	7	2	5	0	1	1.000	.951	1.85	1.85	0.78	1.86	2	3	2	40.0	39.4	0
1971	29	BOS	AL	P	27	26	5	167.2	44	15	28	1	3	.977	.958	2.31	1.98	1.59	1.97	3	8	5	38.5	38.8	1
1972	30	MIL	AL	P	33	30	11	223.0	37	9	25	3	2	.919	.950	1.37	1.86	1.03	1.85	5	9	6	40.0	38.7	1
1973	31	PHI	NL	P	38	30	6	199.1	41	10	26	5	2	.878	.950	1.63	1.88	0.95	1.88	1	9	8	47.1	36.1	0
1974	32	PHI	NL	P	39	39	16	283.0	44	16	26	2	1	.955	.944	1.34	1.88	1.08	1.88	5	22	13	37.1	33.2	0
1975	33	PHI	NL	P	27	26	6	159.1	43	24	18	1	0	.977	.946	2.37	1.86	1.56	1.86	3	5	1	16.7	32.2	0
1976	34	PHI	NL	P	33	32	8	222.0	37	21	16	0	0	*1.000*	.950	1.50	1.88	1.12	1.87	2	13	3	18.8	33.2	1
1977	35	PHI	NL	P	25	25	4	157.2	27	10	17	0	3	1.000	.950	1.54	1.85	1.08	1.85	6	14	5	26.3	35.2	0
1978	36	PHI	NL	P	22	22	1	113.2	25	11	14	0	1	1.000	.951	1.98	1.91	1.14	1.89	4	10	4	28.6	32.1	1
1979	37	PHI	NL	P	4	1	0	7.1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	.950	1.23	1.84	0.25	1.80	0	0	0			0
15 Yrs					425	368	90	2464.1	479	189	268	22	18	.954	.951	1.67	1.91	1.08	1.91	73	138	74	34.9	35.7	5

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					Standard									Range Factor		Baserunners
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	SB	CS	CS%	Awards
1967	25	BOS	WS	P	3	3	24.0	3	1	2	0	0	1.000	1.13	1.00	2	1	33.3

1976	34	PHI	NL	P	1	1	5.1	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	3.38	2.00	1	0	0.0
1977	35	PHI	NL	P	1	1	4.0	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	4.50	2.00	0	1	100.0
3 Yrs					5	5	33.1	7	1	6	0	0	1.000	1.89	1.40	3	2	40.0

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How old is Jim Lonborg?

Jim Lonborg is 82 years old.

When was Jim Lonborg born?

Jim Lonborg was born on April 16, 1942.

Where was Jim Lonborg born?

Jim Lonborg was born in Santa Maria, CA.

How tall is Jim Lonborg?

Jim Lonborg is 6-5 (196 cm) tall.

How much did Jim Lonborg weigh when playing?

Jim Lonborg weighed 200 lbs (90 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Jim Lonborg play?

Jim Lonborg played 15 seasons.

Is Jim Lonborg in the Hall of Fame?

Jim Lonborg has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

What position did Jim Lonborg play?

Jim Lonborg was a Pitcher.

How many strikeouts did Jim Lonborg have?

Jim Lonborg had 1,475 strikeouts over his career.

How many teams has Jim Lonborg played for?

Jim Lonborg played for 3 teams; the Boston Red Sox, Milwaukee Brewers and Philadelphia Phillies.

How many World Series has Jim Lonborg won?

Jim Lonborg has never won a World Series.

When did Jim Lonborg retire?

Jim Lonborg last played in 1979.

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