finalyear bats birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1978 left burbank , california 1975 september 28 25-33 244 4.14 pitcher texas rangers win-loss record strikeouts era april 8 17 february 1953 jim umbarger
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jim umbarger

james harold umbarger -lrb- born february 17 , 1953 -rrb- is a former american professional baseball player .
a left-handed pitcher at grant high school in van nuys , california , umbarger was the 33rd pick in the 1971 major league draft by the cleveland indians , but opted to attend arizona state university .
in 1974 , the sporting news named umbarger as honorable mention on the all-america team .
umbarger was selected in the 16th round of the 1974 major league baseball draft by the texas rangers .
umbarger made his major league debut in april , , with the rangers , and had a successful rookie season for the team , going 8 -- 7 in 56 games -lrb- 12 of them starts , with 2 shutouts -rrb- , with a 4.12 era .
the following season , umbarger started 30 games for the rangers , going 10 -- 12 -lrb- with 3 shutouts -rrb- with a 3.15 era .
prior to the season , umbarger was traded to the oakland athletics , along with rodney scott , for outfielder claudell washington .
after struggling for most of the season for oakland , umbarger was sold back to the rangers august 24 , 1977 .
umbarger finished the 1977 season with the rangers and returned for the 1978 campaign , appearing in 32 games and posting a 4.88 era .
the season would be umbarger 's last in the major leagues .
while in the minor leagues in , he pitched 10 scoreless innings -lrb- 23rd-32nd -rrb- in relief in the longest professional baseball game .
