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Full Name: James Reynold Lonborg Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 5"/200 First Game: April 23, 1965
Birthdate: April 16, 1942 Final Game: June 10, 1979
Birthplace: Santa Maria, California MLB Experience: 15 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

Biography[]

Born on April 16, 1942 in Santa Maria, California, Jim Lonborg (James Reynold Lonborg) played for the Boston Red Sox, Milwaukee Brewers and Philadelphia Phillies over the course of his 15 year career. Lonborg broke into the bigs on April 23, 1965 with the Boston Red Sox, and put up a 4.47 ERA in 185.1 innings pitched in 1965, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Jim Lonborg's best season was 1967, when he posted a 3.16 ERA, won 22 games and struck out 246 batters.

Statistics[]

Pitching Stats[]

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1965 BOS A 32 31 9 17 4.47 113 112 92 7 1 0 185.1 193 20 65 3 8 3
1966 BOS A 45 23 10 10 3.86 131 86 78 3 1 2 181.2 173 18 55 5 7 7
1967 BOS A 39 39 22 9 3.16 246 102 96 15 2 0 273.1 228 23 83 5 12 19
1968 BOS A 23 17 6 10 4.29 73 57 54 4 1 0 113.1 89 11 59 3 7 11
1969 BOS A 29 23 7 11 4.51 100 78 72 4 0 0 143.2 148 15 65 3 8 7
1970 BOS A 9 4 4 1 3.18 21 12 12 0 0 0 34 33 3 9 0 2 0
1971 BOS A 27 26 10 7 4.13 100 86 77 5 1 0 167.2 167 15 67 6 3 14
1972 MIL A 33 30 14 12 2.83 143 75 70 11 2 1 223 197 17 76 11 5 11
1973 PHI N 38 30 13 16 4.88 106 124 108 6 0 0 199.1 218 25 80 7 1 9
1974 PHI N 39 39 17 13 3.21 121 113 101 16 3 0 283 280 22 70 11 5 6
1975 PHI N 27 26 8 6 4.12 72 84 73 6 2 0 159.1 161 12 45 7 3 5
1976 PHI N 33 32 18 10 3.08 118 85 76 8 1 1 222 210 18 50 4 2 5
1977 PHI N 25 25 11 4 4.11 76 77 72 4 1 0 157.2 157 15 50 5 6 5
1978 PHI N 22 22 8 10 5.23 48 69 66 1 0 0 113.2 132 16 45 1 4 2
1979 PHI N 4 1 0 1 11.05 7 10 9 0 0 0 7.1 14 3 4 0 0 1
Total NL 188 175 75 60 3.98 548 562 505 41 7 1 1142.1 1172 111 344 35 21 33
Total AL 237 193 82 77 3.75 927 608 551 49 8 3 1322 1228 122 479 36 52 72
Total 425 368 157 137 3.86 1475 1170 1056 90 15 4 2464.1 2400 233 823 71 73 105

Fielding Stats[]

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1965 BOS A P 32 31 185.1 12 24 5 0 0 3 11 5 0 .878
1966 BOS A P 45 23 181.2 18 21 2 2 0 2 11 6 0 .951
1967 BOS A P 39 39 273.1 19 24 1 2 0 1 9 9 0 .977
1968 BOS A P 23 17 113.1 8 6 0 0 0 1 7 0 0 1.000
1969 BOS A P 29 23 143.2 13 18 2 1 0 1 7 7 1 .939
1970 BOS A P 9 4 34 2 5 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 1.000
1971 BOS A P 27 26 167.2 15 28 1 3 0 2 8 5 1 .977
1972 MIL A P 33 30 223 9 25 3 2 0 1 9 6 1 .919
1973 PHI N P 38 30 199.1 10 26 5 2 0 4 9 8 0 .878
1974 PHI N P 39 39 283 16 26 2 1 0 1 22 13 0 .955
1975 PHI N P 27 26 159.1 24 18 1 0 0 0 5 1 0 .977
1976 PHI N P 33 32 222 21 16 0 0 0 2 13 3 1 1.000
1977 PHI N P 25 25 157.2 10 17 0 3 0 0 14 5 0 1.000
1978 PHI N P 22 22 113.2 11 14 0 1 0 0 10 4 1 1.000
1979 PHI N P 4 1 7.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total P 425 368 2464.1 189 268 22 18 0 18 138 74 5 .954

Batting Stats[]

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1965 BOS A 32 59 4 8 0 4 .136 .203 .186 3 0 5 22 0 5 0 0 1
1966 BOS A 46 54 5 5 0 0 .093 .125 .167 2 1 2 23 0 6 0 0 0
1967 BOS A 39 99 7 14 0 8 .141 .175 .172 1 1 4 52 0 6 1 0 0
1968 BOS A 23 39 4 11 1 2 .282 .282 .410 2 0 0 14 0 5 0 0 0
1969 BOS A 29 41 1 4 0 2 .098 .191 .122 1 0 5 22 0 5 0 0 2
1970 BOS A 9 9 2 4 1 1 .444 .444 .889 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
1971 BOS A 27 53 2 9 0 3 .170 .228 .170 0 0 4 19 0 2 0 0 2
1972 MIL A 33 69 1 10 0 3 .145 .192 .145 0 0 4 29 0 9 0 0 1
1973 PHI N 38 59 2 8 0 3 .136 .215 .169 2 0 6 29 0 4 0 0 0
1974 PHI N 39 94 3 9 1 8 .096 .140 .149 2 0 5 44 0 11 0 0 0
1975 PHI N 27 44 2 1 0 1 .023 .140 .023 0 0 6 17 0 6 0 0 1
1976 PHI N 33 67 5 11 0 4 .164 .233 .179 1 0 6 20 0 6 0 0 2
1977 PHI N 25 48 1 5 0 1 .104 .140 .104 0 0 2 22 0 9 0 0 0
1978 PHI N 22 34 2 6 0 3 .176 .243 .235 2 0 2 14 1 4 0 0 1
1979 PHI N 4 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 188 347 15 40 1 20 .115 .181 .144 7 0 27 147 1 40 0 0 4
Total AL 238 423 26 65 2 23 .154 .199 .201 10 2 24 183 0 38 1 0 6
Total 426 770 41 105 3 43 .136 .191 .175 17 2 51 330 1 78 1 0 10

Transactions[]

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Red Sox (August 14, 1963).
  • Traded by Boston Red Sox with Ken Brett, Billy Conigliaro, Joe Lahoud, George Scott and Don Pavletich to Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for Marty Pattin, Lew Krausse, Tommy Harper and Pat Skrable (October 10, 1971).
  • Traded by Milwaukee Brewers with Ken Sanders, Ken Brett and Earl Stephenson to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Don Money, John Vukovich and Bill Champion (October 31, 1972).
  • Released by Philadelphia Phillies (June 16, 1979).

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