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Full Name: James William Colborn Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/185 First Game: July 13, 1969
Birthdate: May 22, 1946 Final Game: October 1, 1978
Birthplace: Santa Paula, California MLB Experience: 10 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

Biography[]

Born on May 22, 1946 in Santa Paula, California, Jim Colborn (James William Colborn) played for the Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee Brewers, Kansas City Royals and Seattle Mariners over the course of his 10 year career. Colborn broke into the bigs on July 13, 1969 with the Chicago Cubs, and put up a 3.59 ERA in 72.2 innings pitched in 1970, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Jim Colborn's best season was 1973, when he posted a 3.18 ERA, won 20 games and struck out 135 batters.

Statistics[]

Pitching Stats[]

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1969 CHI N 6 2 1 0 3.07 4 6 5 0 0 0 14.2 15 2 9 1 0 1
1970 CHI N 34 5 3 1 3.59 50 37 29 0 0 4 72.2 88 3 23 6 1 1
1971 CHI N 14 0 0 1 6.97 2 8 8 0 0 0 10.1 18 1 3 0 0 0
1972 MIL A 39 12 7 7 3.11 97 53 51 4 1 0 147.2 135 14 43 7 5 2
1973 MIL A 43 36 20 12 3.18 135 133 111 22 4 1 314.1 297 21 87 5 6 3
1974 MIL A 33 31 10 13 4.06 83 104 101 10 1 0 224 230 27 60 4 3 6
1975 MIL A 36 29 11 13 4.27 79 111 98 8 1 2 206.1 215 18 65 5 5 5
1976 MIL A 32 32 9 15 3.71 101 97 93 7 0 0 225.2 232 20 54 9 6 2
1977 KC A 36 35 18 14 3.62 103 106 96 6 1 0 239 233 22 81 2 8 13
1978 SEA A 20 19 3 10 5.35 26 77 68 3 0 0 114.1 125 21 38 1 2 6
1978 KC A 8 3 1 2 4.76 8 18 15 0 0 0 28.1 31 4 12 1 0 2
1978 TOT A 28 22 4 12 5.24 34 95 83 3 0 0 142.2 156 25 50 2 2 8
Total NL 54 7 4 2 3.87 56 51 42 0 0 4 97.2 121 6 35 7 1 2
Total AL 247 197 79 86 3.80 632 699 633 60 8 3 1499.2 1498 147 440 34 35 39
Total 301 204 83 88 3.80 688 750 675 60 8 7 1597.1 1619 153 475 41 36 41

Fielding Stats[]

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1969 CHI N P 6 2 14.2 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1.000
1970 CHI N P 34 5 72.2 4 13 1 1 0 0 6 5 0 .944
1971 CHI N P 14 0 10.1 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1.000
1972 MIL A P 39 12 147.2 8 17 1 1 0 0 6 8 0 .962
1973 MIL A P 43 36 314.1 19 55 0 4 0 0 11 12 3 1.000
1974 MIL A P 33 31 224 19 35 4 0 0 1 13 12 4 .931
1975 MIL A P 36 29 206.1 15 36 2 2 0 1 15 9 2 .962
1976 MIL A P 32 32 225.2 11 32 1 4 0 1 18 9 6 .977
1977 KC A P 36 35 239 27 39 5 3 0 0 12 5 1 .930
1978 SEA A P 20 19 114.1 8 31 2 2 0 1 6 1 1 .951
1978 KC A P 8 3 28.1 2 8 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 .909
1978 TOT A P 28 22 142.2 10 39 3 2 0 2 9 1 2 .942
Total P 301 204 1597.1 114 274 17 18 0 5 92 62 19 .958

Batting Stats[]

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1969 CHI N 6 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
1970 CHI N 34 15 0 1 0 1 .067 .125 .067 0 0 1 11 0 1 0 0 0
1971 CHI N 14 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 MIL A 39 37 0 3 0 0 .081 .105 .135 0 1 1 17 0 2 0 0 0
1973 MIL A 43 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 MIL A 33 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 MIL A 36 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 MIL A 32 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 KC A 37 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 SEA A 20 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 KC A 8 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 TOT A 28 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 54 18 0 1 0 1 .056 .105 .056 0 0 1 13 0 1 0 0 0
Total AL 248 37 0 3 0 0 .081 .105 .135 0 1 1 17 0 2 0 0 0
Total 302 55 0 4 0 1 .073 .105 .109 0 1 2 30 0 3 0 0 0

Transactions[]

  • Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Chicago Cubs (June 19, 1967).
  • Traded by Chicago Cubs with Brock Davis and Earl Stephenson to Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for Jose Cardenal (December 3, 1971).
  • Traded by Milwaukee Brewers with Darrell Porter to Kansas City Royals in exchange for Jim Wohlford, Jamie Quirk and a player to be named later (December 6, 1976); Milwaukee Brewers received Bob McClure (March 15, 1977).
  • Traded by Kansas City Royals to Seattle Mariners in exchange for Steve Braun (June 1, 1978).
  • Granted free agency (November 2, 1978).
  • Signed by Seattle Mariners (January 27, 1979).
  • Released by Seattle Mariners (March 28, 1979).

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