Jim
Lonborg
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5''
Weight: 220
 
Born: April 16, 1942 in Usa, CA, SANTA MARIA
 
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  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1965 23 WAS NL $ 300,000 8 5 5 5 7 7 7 5 6 5
1966 24 WAS NL $ 300,000 8 4 5 4 7 7 7 5 6 5
1967 25 WAS NL $ 300,000 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5
1968 26 WAS NL   7 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 5 4
1969 27 WAS NL   7 3 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4
1970 28 WAS NL   7 3 4 3 6 7 6 3 4 4
1971 29 WAS NL   6 3 3 3 6 6 6 4 4 4
1972 30 WAS NL   6 3 3 3 6 6 6 4 5 4
1973 31 WAS NL   6 2 3 3 6 6 6 4 4 4
1974 32 WAS NL $ 300,000 6 2 3 3 6 6 6 4 4 4
1975 33 WAS NL $ 300,000 5 2 3 3 6 6 6 3 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings   5 2 3 3 6 6 6 3 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 8 5 5 5 7 7 7 5 6 5
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1965 23 WAS NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1966 24 WAS NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1967 25 WAS NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1968 26 WAS NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1969 27 WAS NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1970 28 WAS NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1971 29 WAS NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1972 30 WAS NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1973 31 WAS NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1974 32 WAS NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1975 33 WAS NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1965 23 WAS NL 8 21 .276 41 41 19 2 0 326.3 306 141 36 89 165 3.89 .248 .297 .380 .677 12.5
1966 24 WAS NL 8 15 .348 31 31 3 0 0 224.3 268 122 30 58 117 4.89 .296 .337 .456 .794 1.1
1967 25 WAS NL 2 0 1.000 6 0 0 0 0 6.0 6 3 0 1 1 4.50 .273 .333 .364 .697 0.7
1968 26 AAA   7 7 .500 20 20 2 1 0 142.7 146 55 18 43 94 3.47 .265 .318 .410 .728  
1969 27 AAA   6 2 .750 32 0 0 0 4 27.7 19 3 1 9 20 0.98 .196 .264 .247 .512  
1970 28 AAA   4 1 .800 22 0 0 0 1 39.3 46 22 6 12 29 5.03 .299 .349 .487 .836  
1971 29 AAA   3 6 .333 34 0 0 0 0 54.0 73 39 8 23 25 6.50 .320 .382 .456 .839  
1972 30 AAA   0 1 .000 20 0 0 0 0 42.0 46 22 6 18 21 4.71 .282 .354 .454 .808  
1973 31 AAA   0 0 .000 20 0 0 0 1 38.3 37 13 6 15 17 3.05 .255 .325 .441 .766  
1974 32 AAA   2 4 .333 31 0 0 0 0 49.3 68 29 10 21 19 5.29 .329 .390 .512 .902  
1975 33 WAS NL 1 1 .500 11 0 0 0 1 16.7 21 12 0 9 5 6.48 .309 .390 .382 .772 0.0
    AAA   8 4 .667 26 10 1 0 3 89.7 81 35 8 28 44 3.51 .240 .298 .376 .674  
1976 34 AAA   5 8 .385 41 9 0 0 2 84.3 114 66 15 47 40 7.04 .326 .406 .514 .920  
4 Years Sim 19 37 .339 89 72 22 2 1 573.3 601 278 66 157 288 4.36 .270 .317 .411 .728 14.2
9 Years AAA 35 33 .515 246 39 3 1 11 567.3 630 284 78 216 309 4.51 .282 .345 .439 .784  
Season Average 4 9 .308 22 18 5 0 0 143.3 150 69 16 39 72 4.36 .270 .317 .411 .728  
Career Highs 8 21 1.000 41 41 19 2 1 326.3 306 141 36 89 165 6.48 .309 .390 .456 .794  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   292 127 31 76 178   .250 .296 .388 .684
vs LH   309 151 35 81 110   .291 .341 .436 .776
Home 9 17 .346 45 35 7 0 1 283.3 303 133 25 87 134 4.22 .276 .330 .394 .724
Away 10 20 .333 44 37 15 2 0 290.0 298 145 41 70 154 4.50 .263 .306 .427 .732
Mar/Apr 4 7 .364 18 10 5 1 1 94.3 95 39 11 20 46 3.72 .262 .300 .394 .694
May 5 4 .556 16 13 3 0 0 104.3 107 51 13 35 61 4.40 .263 .321 .425 .746
June 3 7 .300 14 12 6 0 0 98.7 93 35 6 22 37 3.19 .253 .296 .346 .642
July 3 8 .273 13 12 2 1 0 83.7 99 53 12 32 46 5.70 .296 .357 .472 .829
August 2 5 .286 15 13 4 0 0 98.0 102 47 10 23 50 4.32 .269 .311 .396 .707
Sep/Oct 2 6 .250 13 12 2 0 0 94.3 105 53 14 25 48 5.06 .277 .322 .435 .757
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1965 23 WAS NL 41 110 7 17 3 0 0 7 0 0 1 30 .155 .168 .182 .350 1.9 0.0
1966 24 WAS NL 32 68 2 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 27 .103 .164 .118 .282 -0.6 0.0
1968 26 AAA   1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2  
2 Years Sim 73 178 9 24 4 0 0 7 0 0 6 57 .135 .167 .157 .324 1.3 0.0
1 Years AAA 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2  
162 Game Average 395 19 53 8 0 0 15 0 0 13 126 .135 .167 .157 .324 3.0  
Career Highs 41 110 7 17 3 0 0 7 0 0 5 30 .155 .168 .182 .350 1.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   108 3 10 2 0 0 5 0 0 3 34 .093 .116 .111 .227 -2.9
vs LH   70 6 14 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 23 .200 .243 .229 .472 3.1
Home 36 81 4 12 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 30 .148 .169 .160 .329 0.3
Away 37 97 5 12 3 0 0 5 0 0 4 27 .124 .165 .155 .320 -0.1
RISP   40 0 4 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 17 .100 .098 .125 .223 -1.2
Close/Late   13 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .077 .143 .154 .297 -0.1
Mar/Apr 10 27 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 .148 .207 .148 .355 0.5
May 13 34 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 10 .118 .167 .147 .314 -0.3
June 12 31 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 8 .097 .125 .129 .254 -0.6
July 12 25 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 10 .160 .192 .160 .352 0.3
August 13 30 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 11 .167 .194 .200 .394 0.7
Sep/Oct 13 31 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 .129 .125 .161 .286 -0.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1965 23 WAS NL P 41 41 326.3 20 45 3 5 .956 1.79    
1966 24 WAS NL P 31 31 224.3 12 39 1 2 .981 2.05    
1967 25 WAS NL P 6 0 6.0 2 1 0 1 1.000 4.50    
1975 33 WAS NL P 11 0 16.7 2 6 0 0 1.000 4.32    
Career Totals   89 72 573.3 36 91 4 8 .969 1.99    
Career Highs   41 41 326.3 20 45 3 5 1.000 4.50    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Losses
1965-4-21
Complete Games
1965-3-19
Shutouts
1965-9-2
Innings Pitched
1965-10-326.3
Hits Allowed
1965-10-306
Homeruns Allowed
1965-5-36
1966-10-30
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 6    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 16th overall pick, by Washington in 1965
Earned first career win on 4/4/1965
Had first career hit on 4/8/1965, off Ralph Terry (NYG)
Injured on 4/27/1968 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 7/15/1970 with a Pulled Bicep Tendon, out for 3 weeks
Injured on 6/8/1972 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week
2/1/1976: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Released by Washington on 7/31/1976