Pedro Borbon

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1969-1980)

Pedro Borbon was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1969 to 1980 for 4 teams, including the California Angels, a span of 12 seasons. Across 593 career appearances, he went 69-39 with a 3.52 ERA, 409 strikeouts, and 80 saves. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 7312.7.

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):
Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):
For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):
Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated

W–L 69–39
ERA 3.52
WHIP 1.31
SO 409
Pitcher PIV 7312.7
Position
Pitcher
Bats / Throws
R / R
Height / Weight
6'2" / 185 lb
Born
12/2/1946 in Mao, Valverde, D.R.
Died
6/4/2012 in Pharr, TX, USA
MLB Debut
1969-04-09
Last Game
1980-05-25
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Career Pitching Statistics

Pedro Borbon — Career Pitching Statistics
W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
69 39 593 4 0 0 80 1026.2 1,098 401 63 251 409 3.52 7312.7

Career ERA 3.52 vs. league average 3.70 across their career seasons — 5.1% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Pedro Borbon (b. 1946) Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
1969 CAL AL 2 3 22 0 0 0 0 41.0 55 28 11 20 6.15 3.61 (-70%) -618.1
1970 CIN NL 0 2 12 1 0 0 0 17.1 21 13 6 6 6.75 3.89 (-74%) -484.4
1971 CIN NL 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 4.1 3 2 1 4 4.15 — 0.0
1972 CIN NL 8 3 62 2 0 0 11 122.0 115 43 32 48 3.17 3.26 (+3%) 808.0
1973 CIN NL 11 4 80 0 0 0 14 121.0 137 29 35 60 2.16 3.75 (+42%) 2634.6
1974 CIN NL 10 7 73 0 0 0 14 139.0 133 50 32 53 3.24 3.63 (+11%) 21.2
1975 CIN NL 9 5 67 0 0 0 5 125.0 145 41 21 29 2.95 3.71 (+20%) 1242.4
1976 CIN NL 4 3 69 1 0 0 8 121.0 135 45 31 53 3.35 3.51 (+5%) 1426.5
1977 CIN NL 10 5 73 0 0 0 18 127.0 131 45 24 48 3.19 4.00 (+20%) 2156.9
1978 CIN NL 8 2 62 0 0 0 4 99.1 102 55 27 35 4.98 3.69 (-35%) 292.8
1979 CIN NL 2 2 30 0 0 0 2 44.2 48 17 8 23 3.43 4.00 (+14%) 1330.1
1979 SFN NL 4 3 30 0 0 0 3 46.0 56 25 13 26 4.89 4.00 (-22%) -489.7
1980 SLN NL 1 0 10 0 0 0 1 19.0 17 8 10 4 3.79 3.84 (+1%) -1007.5
Career · 13 seasons 69 39 593 4 0 0 80 1,026.2 1,098 401 251 409 3.52 — 7,313

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Pedro Borbon — Career Batting Statistics
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
593 156 14 32 2 0 0 7 1 1 44 .205 .215 .218 .433 0

Career AVG .205 vs. league average .256 across their career seasons — 20.0% below league average.

Career OBP .215 vs. league average .323 across their career seasons — 33.5% below league average.

Career SLG .218 vs. league average .377 across their career seasons — 42.2% below league average.

Career OPS .433 vs. league average .701 across their career seasons — 38.2% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Pedro Borbon (b. 1946) Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
1969 CAL AL 22 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 — — — — 0.0
1970 CIN NL 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 — — — — 0.0
1971 CIN NL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1972 CIN NL 62 21 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 10 .048 — — — — 0.0
1973 CIN NL 80 15 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 .333 — — — — 0.0
1974 CIN NL 73 26 4 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 7 .192 — — — — 0.0
1975 CIN NL 67 24 4 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 .292 — — — — 0.0
1976 CIN NL 69 18 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .222 — — — — 0.0
1977 CIN NL 73 22 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 .182 — — — — 0.0
1978 CIN NL 62 11 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .182 — — — — 0.0
1979 CIN NL 30 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 — — — — 0.0
1979 SFN NL 30 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 — — — — 0.0
1980 SLN NL 10 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .250 — — — — 0.0
Career · 13 seasons 593 156 14 32 2 0 0 7 1 1 44 .205 — — — — 0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Pedro Borbon — Playoff Career Batting
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
20 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000

Playoff Batting by Year

Pedro Borbon — Playoff Batting by Year
Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
1976 NLCS CIN 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000
1976 WS CIN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1975 NLCS CIN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1975 WS CIN 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1973 NLCS CIN 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1972 NLCS CIN 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1972 WS CIN 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Playoff Career Pitching

Pedro Borbon — Playoff Career Pitching
W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
1 1 20 0 3 26.0 19 7 6 11 2.42

Playoff Pitching by Year

Pedro Borbon — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
1976 NLCS CIN 0 0 2 0 1 4.1 4 0 1 1 0.00
1976 WS CIN 0 0 1 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0.00
1975 NLCS CIN 0 0 1 0 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 0.00
1975 WS CIN 0 0 3 0 0 3.0 3 2 2 1 6.00
1973 NLCS CIN 1 0 4 0 1 4.2 3 1 1 3 1.93
1972 NLCS CIN 0 0 3 0 0 4.1 2 1 0 1 2.08
1972 WS CIN 0 1 6 0 0 7.0 7 3 2 4 3.86

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Pedro Borbon — Batting — Home / Away
SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home3047491302.176
Away2898251905.232

Pitching — Home / Away

Pedro Borbon — Pitching — Home / Away
SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home304515.15372061232193.60
Away289511.15611951281903.43

Last 10 Games — Batting

Pedro Borbon — Last 10 Games — Batting
DateTmOppResABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSO
1980-05-25 STLSDPL 000000000
1980-05-24 STLSDPL 000000000
1980-05-19 STLLADL 000000000
1980-05-18 STLSFGL 000000000
1980-05-17 STLSFGL 000000000
1980-05-13 STLSDPL 100000001
1980-05-11 STLLADL 000000000
1980-05-09 STLLADW 200000101
1980-05-06 STLSFGW 101000000
1980-05-03 STLHOUL 000000000

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Pedro Borbon — Last 10 Games — Pitching
DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
1980-05-25 STLSDP — 0.1122101
1980-05-24 STLSDP — 1.2322201
1980-05-19 STLLAD — 3.0322201
1980-05-18 STLSFG — 1.0000110
1980-05-17 STLSFG — 0.1000000
1980-05-13 STLSDP — 1.2211000
1980-05-11 STLLAD — 2.0000100
1980-05-09 STLLAD W 3.1431220
1980-05-06 STLSFG SV 2.2200000
1980-05-03 STLHOU — 3.0200110

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Pedro Borbon — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position G GS PO A E DP
P 593 4 54 152 16 8

Season-by-Season Fielding

Pedro Borbon — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1969 CAL P 22 0 5 4 2 0
1970 CIN P 12 1 2 11 0 1
1971 CIN P 3 0 0 0 0 0
1972 CIN P 62 2 2 20 3 0
1973 CIN P 80 0 9 19 3 1
1974 CIN P 73 0 7 19 2 2
1975 CIN P 67 0 6 19 1 1
1976 CIN P 69 1 6 18 0 0
1977 CIN P 73 0 4 14 2 1
1978 CIN P 62 0 6 15 0 1
1979 CIN P 30 0 3 7 1 1
1979 SFN P 30 0 4 3 1 0
1980 SLN P 10 0 0 3 1 0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Pedro Borbon (b. 1946) Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position Games
Pitcher 593

Most Similar Players

Career comps based on counting + rate stats and primary position. Score is relative — closest peer anchors at ~98%.

Career Spans

Pedro Borbon (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

  1. 98
    Tom Morgan
    67-47, 3.61 ERA
  2. 97
    Jim Konstanty
    66-48, 3.46 ERA
  3. 85
    Chuck Crim
    47-43, 3.83 ERA
  4. 84
    Tom Burgmeier
    79-55, 3.23 ERA
  5. 82
    Ron Taylor
    45-43, 3.93 ERA
  6. 81
    Hugh Casey
    75-42, 3.45 ERA

Pedro Borbon: the record in brief

Pedro Borbon's major league career runs from a debut on April 9, 1969 to a final game on May 25, 1980. Club by club, the record runs the California Angels (1969), the Cincinnati Reds (1970 through 1979), the San Francisco Giants (1979), and the St. Louis Cardinals (1980). Borbon, a pitcher by primary position, batted and threw right-handed. The recorded size is 185 pounds on a 6-foot-2 frame. The birth record reads December 2, 1946, in Mao, Valverde, D.R. The bio records the death on June 4, 2012, in Pharr, TX, USA.

Borbon's career pitching line is 69 wins, 39 losses and a 3.52 ERA over 593 appearances. Also on Borbon's record: 409 strikeouts and 80 saves. The leagues Borbon pitched in allowed 3.70 earned runs per nine over those seasons, so the career ERA was 5.1% better than average. No season topped the 11 wins of 1973. Borbon saved 18 games in 1977, the season high.

Frequently Asked Questions about Pedro Borbon

What years did Pedro Borbon play?
Pedro Borbon played in Major League Baseball from 1969 to 1980.
Was Pedro Borbon a pitcher?
Yes. Pedro Borbon pitched in the major leagues, recording 69 wins and 409 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Pedro Borbon hit?
Pedro Borbon hit 0 career home runs with 32 hits.
What was Pedro Borbon's career batting average?
Pedro Borbon batted .205 over his career, with 32 hits in 156 at bats.
How many RBI did Pedro Borbon have?
Pedro Borbon drove in 7 runs in his career.
What was Pedro Borbon's career ERA?
Pedro Borbon finished with a 3.52 career ERA, going 69-39 with 409 strikeouts.