What years did Jim Lonborg play?

Jim Lonborg played in Major League Baseball from 1965 to 1979.

Was Jim Lonborg a pitcher?

Yes. Jim Lonborg pitched in the major leagues, recording 157 wins and 1475 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Jim Lonborg hit?

Jim Lonborg hit 3 career home runs with 105 hits.

Jim Lonborg

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1965-1979)

W–L 157–137

ERA 3.86

WHIP 1.31

SO 1,475

Pitcher PIV -9595.6

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'5" / 200 lb
Born: 4/16/1942 in Santa Maria, CA, USA
MLB Debut: 1965-04-23
Last Game: 1979-06-10
Awards: All-Star · Cy Young

Full name: James Reynold Lonborg

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Career Pitching Statistics

W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
157	137	425	368	90	15	4	2464.3	2,400	1,056	233	823	1,475	3.86	-9595.6

Career ERA 3.86 vs. league average 3.61 across their career seasons — 7.0% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1965	BOS	AL	9	17	32	31	7	1	0	185.3	193	92	65	113	4.47	3.50 (-28%)	-1401.8
1966	BOS	AL	10	10	45	23	3	1	2	181.7	173	78	55	131	3.86	3.52 (-10%)	453.5
1967	BOS	AL	22	9	39	39	15	2	0	273.3	228	96	83	246	3.16	3.30 (+4%)	2533.4
1968	BOS	AL	6	10	23	17	4	1	0	113.3	89	54	59	73	4.29	2.98 (-44%)	-3483.7
1969	BOS	AL	7	11	29	23	4	0	0	143.7	148	72	65	100	4.51	3.61 (-25%)	-1308.9
1970	BOS	AL	4	1	9	4	0	0	0	34.0	33	12	9	21	3.18	3.89 (+18%)	463.6
1971	BOS	AL	10	7	27	26	5	1	0	167.7	167	77	67	100	4.13	3.47 (-19%)	-1684.7
1972	ML4	AL	14	12	33	30	11	2	1	223.0	197	70	76	143	2.83	3.26 (+13%)	-77.7
1973	PHI	NL	13	16	38	30	6	0	0	199.3	218	108	80	106	4.88	3.75 (-30%)	-3617.9
1974	PHI	NL	17	13	39	39	16	3	0	283.0	280	101	70	121	3.21	3.63 (+11%)	658.6
1975	PHI	NL	8	6	27	26	6	2	0	159.3	161	73	45	72	4.12	3.71 (-11%)	439.6
1976	PHI	NL	18	10	33	32	8	1	1	222.0	210	76	50	118	3.08	3.51 (+12%)	855.2
1977	PHI	NL	11	4	25	25	4	1	0	157.7	157	72	50	76	4.11	4.00 (-3%)	-231.6
1978	PHI	NL	8	10	22	22	1	0	0	113.7	132	66	45	48	5.23	3.69 (-42%)	-3193.1
1979	PHI	NL	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	7.3	14	9	4	7	11.05	—	0.0
Career · 15 seasons			157	137	425	368	90	15	4	2,464.1	2,400	1,056	823	1,475	3.86	—	-9,596

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

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
426	770	41	105	17	2	3	43	1	51	330	.136	.191	.175	.366	-5,089

Career AVG .136 vs. league average .253 across their career seasons — 46.1% below league average.

Career OBP .191 vs. league average .319 across their career seasons — 40.3% below league average.

Career SLG .175 vs. league average .373 across their career seasons — 53.0% below league average.

Career OPS .366 vs. league average .692 across their career seasons — 47.2% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1965	BOS	AL	32	59	4	8	3	0	0	4	0	5	22	.136	.245 (-45%)	.310 (-35%)	.371 (-50%)	.682 (-43%)	-382.9
1966	BOS	AL	46	54	5	5	2	1	0	0	0	2	23	.093	.248 (-63%)	.309 (-60%)	.376 (-56%)	.685 (-57%)	-484.2
1967	BOS	AL	39	99	7	14	1	1	0	8	1	4	52	.141	.242 (-42%)	.306 (-43%)	.357 (-52%)	.663 (-48%)	-702.9
1968	BOS	AL	23	39	4	11	2	0	1	2	0	0	14	.282	—	—	—	—	0.0
1969	BOS	AL	29	41	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	5	22	.098	—	—	—	—	0.0
1970	BOS	AL	9	9	2	4	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	.444	—	—	—	—	0.0
1971	BOS	AL	27	53	2	9	0	0	0	3	0	4	19	.170	.249 (-32%)	.316 (-28%)	.365 (-54%)	.682 (-42%)	-324.5
1972	ML4	AL	33	69	1	10	0	0	0	3	0	4	29	.145	.243 (-41%)	.310 (-38%)	.353 (-59%)	.664 (-49%)	-495.4
1973	PHI	NL	38	59	2	8	2	0	0	3	0	6	29	.136	.256 (-47%)	.325 (-34%)	.378 (-55%)	.703 (-45%)	-412.8
1974	PHI	NL	39	94	3	9	2	0	1	8	0	5	44	.096	.256 (-63%)	.324 (-57%)	.369 (-60%)	.693 (-58%)	-865.9
1975	PHI	NL	27	44	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	6	17	.023	—	—	—	—	-522.5
1976	PHI	NL	33	67	5	11	1	0	0	4	0	6	20	.164	.255 (-36%)	.320 (-27%)	.360 (-50%)	.681 (-40%)	-388.5
1977	PHI	NL	25	48	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	2	22	.104	—	—	—	—	-509.4
1978	PHI	NL	22	34	2	6	2	0	0	3	0	2	14	.176	—	—	—	—	0.0
1979	PHI	NL	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 15 seasons			426	770	41	105	17	2	3	43	1	51	330	.136	—	—	—	—	-5,089

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

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
5	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Year	Round	Team	G	AB	SO	AVG
1977	NLCS	PHI	1	1	1	.000
1976	NLCS	PHI	1	1	0	.000
1967	WS	BOS	3	9	7	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2	3	5	5	0	33.3	21	13	5	14	3.51

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1977	NLCS	PHI	0	1	1	1	4.0	5	5	1	1	11.25
1976	NLCS	PHI	0	1	1	1	5.3	2	1	2	2	1.69
1967	WS	BOS	2	1	3	3	24.0	14	7	2	11	2.62

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	210	369	25	56	1	17	.152
Away	216	401	16	49	2	26	.122

Pitching — Home / Away

Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	210	1259.1	1256	560	413	791	4.00
Away	215	1205.0	1144	496	410	684	3.70

Last 10 Games — Batting

Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	SO
1979-06-10	PHI	ATL	L	0	0
1979-06-03	PHI	CIN	L	1	1
1979-05-29	PHI	WSN	L	0	0
1979-05-19	PHI	WSN	L	0	0
1978-09-10	PHI	STL	L	1	0
1978-09-04	PHI	STL	W	2	0
1978-08-08	PHI	STL	L	0	0
1978-07-29	PHI	CIN	L	0	0
1978-07-24	PHI	ATL	L	1	0
1978-07-18	PHI	HOU	L	1	1

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1979-06-10	PHI	ATL	—	3.0	5	3	3	1	2	1
1979-06-03	PHI	CIN	L	2.1	7	6	5	1	2	2
1979-05-29	PHI	WSN	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0
1979-05-19	PHI	WSN	—	1.0	1	1	1	2	2	0
1978-09-10	PHI	STL	—	2.0	6	4	4	1	3	1
1978-09-04	PHI	STL	W	5.1	5	2	2	2	1	1
1978-08-08	PHI	STL	L	2.0	4	5	4	3	1	0
1978-07-29	PHI	CIN	L	1.1	6	5	5	0	0	2
1978-07-24	PHI	ATL	L	4.1	8	5	5	3	2	1
1978-07-18	PHI	HOU	L	4.0	10	5	5	2	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	425	368	189	268	22	18

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1965	BOS	P	32	31	12	24	5	0
1966	BOS	P	45	23	18	21	2	2
1967	BOS	P	39	39	19	24	1	2
1968	BOS	P	23	17	8	6	0	0
1969	BOS	P	29	23	13	18	2	1
1970	BOS	P	9	4	2	5	0	1
1971	BOS	P	27	26	15	28	1	3
1972	ML4	P	33	30	9	25	3	2
1973	PHI	P	38	30	10	26	5	2
1974	PHI	P	39	39	16	26	2	1
1975	PHI	P	27	26	24	18	1	0
1976	PHI	P	33	32	21	16	0	0
1977	PHI	P	25	25	10	17	0	3
1978	PHI	P	22	22	11	14	0	1
1979	PHI	P	4	1	1	0	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Position	Games
Pitcher	425

Awards & Honors

Year	Award	Notes
1967	Cy Young Award
1967	TSN All-Star	P
1967	TSN Pitcher of the Year

College History

School Name	City	State	Years Attended
Stanford University	Palo Alto	CA	1962, 1963

Award Voting History

Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1967	Cy Young Award	AL	1st	18.0	20	18
1967	Most Valuable Player	AL	6th	82.0	280	0

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Frequently Asked Questions about Jim Lonborg

What years did Jim Lonborg play?: Jim Lonborg played in Major League Baseball from 1965 to 1979.
Was Jim Lonborg a pitcher?: Yes. Jim Lonborg pitched in the major leagues, recording 157 wins and 1475 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Jim Lonborg hit?: Jim Lonborg hit 3 career home runs with 105 hits.