Jim Colborn | |||
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Pitcher | |||
Born: Santa Paula, California |
May 22, 1945 |||
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MLB debut | |||
July 13, 1969, for the Chicago Cubs | |||
Last MLB appearance | |||
October 1, 1978, for the Seattle Mariners | |||
MLB statistics | |||
Win–loss record | 83–88 | ||
Earned run average | 3.80 | ||
Strikeouts | 688 | ||
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Career highlights and awards | |||
James William Colborn (born May 22, 1946) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. The right-handed Colborn pitched for the Chicago Cubs (1969-1971), Milwaukee Brewers (1972-1976), Kansas City Royals (1977-1978) and Seattle Mariners (1978).
After graduating from Whittier College with a degree in sociology, Colborn studied for his master's degree at Edinburgh University in Scotland, where he also starred in basketball as well as baseball, being named all-Scotland. He was planning on becoming a sociology professor until baseball lured him away. In 1966, while in college, Colborn struck out 21 batters in a College All-Star Game in the Netherlands.
In 1967, the Chicago Cubs signed Colborn as an amateur free agent. He found himself in Leo Durocher's doghouse after struggling as a young relief pitcher for three years. At the end of the 1971 season, Colborn along with Brock Davis and Earl Stephenson were traded to the Milwaukee Brewers for José Cardenal.