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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)

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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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1974	21	-1.4	Pittsfield	EL	AA	TEX	7	4	.636	1.67	2.23	14	13		7	5	0	97.0	74	24	18	4	27	1	74	0	1	3		1.041	6.9	0.4	2.5	6.9	2.74
1975	22	-6.1	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	8	7	.533	4.12	4.33	56	12	11	3	2	2	131.0	134	63	60	11	59	9	50	2	4	1	561	1.473	9.2	0.8	4.1	3.4	0.85
1976	23	-4.6	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	10	12	.455	3.15	3.92	30	30	0	10	3	0	197.1	208	86	69	12	54	4	105	2	3	3	838	1.328	9.5	0.5	2.5	4.8	1.94
1977	24		2 Teams	AL	Maj	OAK-TEX	2	6	.250	6.32	7.58	15	10	1	1	0	0	57.0	76	48	40	5	32	2	29	4	0	5	269	1.895	12.0	0.8	5.1	4.6	0.91
1977	24	-0.7	San Jose	PCL	AAA	OAK	3	5	.375	7.71	9.96	13	10		1	0	0	56.0	90	62	48	6	32	4	21	3	0	2		2.179	14.5	1.0	5.1	3.4	0.66
1977	24	-3.5	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	1	5	.167	6.55	8.18	12	8	1	1	0	0	44.0	62	40	32	3	28	2	24	4	0	4	213	2.045	12.7	0.6	5.7	4.9	0.86
1977	24	-3.5	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	1	1	.500	5.54	5.54	3	2	0	0	0	0	13.0	14	8	8	2	4	0	5	0	0	1	56	1.385	9.7	1.4	2.8	3.5	1.25
1978	25	-2.2	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	5	8	.385	4.88	5.34	32	9	11	1	0	1	97.2	116	58	53	9	36	4	60	2	0	2	433	1.556	10.7	0.8	3.3	5.5	1.67
1979	26	1.2	Tucson	PCL	AAA	TEX	6	10	.375	5.41	5.75	26	20		0	0	1	133.0	166	85	80	6	69	2	73	5	1	4		1.767	11.2	0.4	4.7	4.9	1.06
1980	27		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	TEX	4	1	.800	2.37	3.08	24	1		0	0	9	38.0	31	13	10	3	13	1	35	0	1	0		1.158	7.3	0.7	3.1	8.3	2.69
1980	27	1.9	Charleston	IL	AAA	TEX	1	0	1.000	1.50	4.50	2	0		0	0	0	6.0	6	3	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0		1.167	9.0	1.5	1.5	3.0	2.00
1980	27	4.2	Tulsa	TL	AA	TEX	3	1	.750	2.53	2.81	22	1		0	0	9	32.0	25	10	9	2	12	1	33	0	1	0		1.156	7.0	0.6	3.4	9.3	2.75
1981	28	2.8	Rochester	IL	AAA	BAL	6	9	.400	4.18	4.87	41	15	9	3	0	2	157.0	179	85	73	7	65	2	59	6	2	10		1.554	10.3	0.4	3.7	3.4	0.91

1983	30		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AA-AAA	CHW	5	4	.556	3.80	4.45	26	9	5	4	0	0	83.0	72	41	35	9	54	2	70	2	1	5		1.518	7.8	1.0	5.9	7.6	1.30
1983	30	4.6	Hawaii	PCL	AAA	PIT	1	0	1.000	5.57	6.86	14	0	4	0	0	0	21.0	23	16	13	1	25	2	22	0	0	5		2.286	9.9	0.4	10.7	9.4	0.88
1983	30	4.5	Denver	AA	AAA	CHW	0	1	.000	20.25	20.25	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.1	4	3	3	2	1	0	3	0	0	0		3.750	27.0	13.5	6.8	20.3	3.00
1983	30	6.6	Glens Falls	EL	AA	CHW	4	3	.571	2.82	3.26	9	9	0	4	0	0	60.2	45	22	19	6	28	0	45	2	1	0		1.203	6.7	0.9	4.2	6.7	1.61
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (4 seasons)					Majors		25	33	.431	4.14	4.75	133	61	23	15	5	3	483.0	534	255	222	37	181	19	244	10	7	11	2101	1.480	10.0	0.7	3.4	4.5	1.35
Minors (6 seasons)					Minors		31	33	.484	4.21	4.95	144	68	14	15	5	12	564.0	612	310	264	35	260	12	332	16	6	24		1.546	9.8	0.6	4.1	5.3	1.28
All Levels (9 Seasons)							56	66	.459	4.18	4.86	277	129	37	30	10	15	1047.0	1146	565	486	72	441	31	576	26	13	35	2101	1.516	9.9	0.6	3.8	5.0	1.31

AAA (5 seasons)					Minors		17	25	.405	5.24	6.11	99	45	14	4	0	3	374.1	468	254	218	23	193	10	180	14	3	21		1.766	11.3	0.6	4.6	4.3	0.93
AA (3 seasons)					Minors		14	8	.636	2.18	2.66	45	23	0	11	5	9	189.2	144	56	46	12	67	2	152	2	3	3		1.112	6.8	0.6	3.2	7.2	2.27