- Jim Colborn
Infobox MLB retired
name=Jim Colborn
position=Pitcher
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1946|5|22
California
deathdate=
debutdate=July 13
debutyear=by|1969
debutteam=Chicago Cubs
finaldate=October 1
finalyear=1978
finalteam=Seattle Mariners
stat1label=Win-Loss
stat1value=83-88
stat2label=Earned run average
stat2value=3.80
stat3label=Strikeout s
stat3value=688
teams=
*Chicago Cubs (by|1969-by|1971)
*Milwaukee Brewers (by|1972-by|1976)
*Kansas City Royals (by|1977-by|1978)
*Seattle Mariners (by|1978)
highlights=
*All-Star (AL): 1973
*No-hitter on May 14, 1977James William Colborn (born
May 22 ,1946 inSanta Paula, California ) is a formerMajor League Baseball pitcher . Theright-handed Colborn pitched for theChicago Cubs (mlby|1969-mlby|1971),Milwaukee Brewers (mlby|1972-mlby|1976),Kansas City Royals (mlby|1977-mlby|1978) andSeattle Mariners (1978).After graduating from
Whittier College with a degree insociology , Colborn studied for his masters degree atEdinburgh University inScotland , where he also starred inbasketball as well asbaseball , being named all-Scotland. He was planning on becoming a sociology professor until baseball lured him away. In by|1966, while in college, Colborn struck out 21 batters in a College All-Star Game in theNetherlands .In by|1967, the Chicago Cubs signed Colborn as an amateur
free agent . He found himself inLeo Durocher ’s doghouse after struggling as a youngrelief pitcher for three years. At the end of the 1971 season, Colborn was traded to the Milwaukee Brewers forJosé Cardenal .mlby|1973 was Colborn’s best season; he became the Brewers' first-ever 20-game winner, posting a 20-12 record with a 3.18 ERA. He also was named to the
American League All-Star team, but did not pitch in the game.Over the next three seasons, however, Colborn posted losing records (10-13 in mlby|1974, 11-13 in mlby|1975 and 9-15 in 1976) before being traded, along with
Darrell Porter , to the Kansas City Royals. In 1977, Colborn won 18 games for a Royal team that won the second of three consecutiveAmerican League West titles (all three times, however, the Royals lost to theNew York Yankees in theAmerican League Championship Series ; Colborn did not pitch in the 1977 ALCS). OnMay 14 of that year, he no-hit the Texas Rangers 6-0, the first no-hitter by a Royal at Royals Stadium (nowKauffman Stadium ) and second overall in that park, after the first ofNolan Ryan 's seven career no-hitters (1973).For eight seasons, Colborn was on
Jim Tracy 's staff as a pitching coach: from mlby|2000 to mlby|2005, when Tracy managed theLos Angeles Dodgers , and in mlby|2006 and mlby|2007, when Tracy managed thePittsburgh Pirates .In mlby|2008, Colborn became the Texas Rangers
bullpen coach.In his career, Colborn won 83 games against 88 losses, with a 3.80 ERA and 688 strikeouts in 1597 1/3
innings pitched .ee also
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List of Major League Baseball no-hitters External links
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/colboji01.shtml Colborn’s career stats and analysis]
* [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1977/B05140KCA1977.htm Box score of Jim Colborn's no-hitter]
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