1942
Born April 16, 1942
Santa Maria, CA, USA
Jim Lonborg Marquee
b. April 16, 1942 · Boston Red Sox 1965–1971, Milwaukee Brewers 1972, Philadelphia Phillies 1973–1979
In 1967 he went 22-9 with 246 strikeouts, leading the American League in both, and won the Cy Young Award with 18 of the 20 votes. Boston won the pennant on the last day and he beat Minnesota to do it; he then won two World Series games and started the seventh on two days' rest and lost it.
That December he tore ligaments in his left knee skiing in Lake Tahoe. He went 6-10 and 7-11 in the next two seasons and never threw as hard again. He rebuilt himself as a control pitcher and won 17 games for Philadelphia in 1974 and 18 in 1976, nine years after the award.
Fifteen seasons gave him 157 wins against 137, a 3.86 earned run average and 2,464 innings. He went to Stanford, took a dental degree after he retired, and practiced in Massachusetts for thirty years. Two ballots gave him three votes each.
Honors
| Award | Times | Years |
|---|---|---|
| All-Star selection | 1 | 1967 |
| Cy Young Award | 1 | 1967 |
| The Sporting News All-Star | 1 | 1967 |
| The Sporting News Pitcher of the Year | 1 | 1967 |
Batting, season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | BOS | 32 | 59 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 0 | .136 |
| 1966 | BOS | 46 | 54 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 0 | .093 |
| 1967 | BOS | 39 | 99 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 52 | 1 | .141 |
| 1968 | BOS | 23 | 39 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | .282 |
| 1969 | BOS | 29 | 41 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 0 | .098 |
| 1970 | BOS | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .444 |
| 1971 | BOS | 27 | 53 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 0 | .170 |
| 1972 | MIL | 33 | 69 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 0 | .145 |
| 1973 | PHI | 38 | 59 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 0 | .136 |
| 1974 | PHI | 39 | 94 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 44 | 0 | .096 |
| 1975 | PHI | 27 | 44 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 0 | .023 |
| 1976 | PHI | 33 | 67 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 0 | .164 |
| 1977 | PHI | 25 | 48 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 0 | .104 |
| 1978 | PHI | 22 | 34 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 0 | .176 |
| 1979 | PHI | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Career | — | 426 | 770 | 41 | 105 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 43 | 51 | 330 | 1 | .136 |
Pitching, season by season
| Year | Team | W | L | G | GS | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | BOS | 9 | 17 | 32 | 31 | 0 | 185.1 | 193 | 92 | 65 | 113 | 4.47 |
| 1966 | BOS | 10 | 10 | 45 | 23 | 2 | 181.2 | 173 | 78 | 55 | 131 | 3.86 |
| 1967 | BOS | 22 | 9 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 273.1 | 228 | 96 | 83 | 246 | 3.16 |
| 1968 | BOS | 6 | 10 | 23 | 17 | 0 | 113.1 | 89 | 54 | 59 | 73 | 4.29 |
| 1969 | BOS | 7 | 11 | 29 | 23 | 0 | 143.2 | 148 | 72 | 65 | 100 | 4.51 |
| 1970 | BOS | 4 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 34.0 | 33 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 3.18 |
| 1971 | BOS | 10 | 7 | 27 | 26 | 0 | 167.2 | 167 | 77 | 67 | 100 | 4.13 |
| 1972 | MIL | 14 | 12 | 33 | 30 | 1 | 223.0 | 197 | 70 | 76 | 143 | 2.83 |
| 1973 | PHI | 13 | 16 | 38 | 30 | 0 | 199.1 | 218 | 108 | 80 | 106 | 4.88 |
| 1974 | PHI | 17 | 13 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 283.0 | 280 | 101 | 70 | 121 | 3.21 |
| 1975 | PHI | 8 | 6 | 27 | 26 | 0 | 159.1 | 161 | 73 | 45 | 72 | 4.12 |
| 1976 | PHI | 18 | 10 | 33 | 32 | 1 | 222.0 | 210 | 76 | 50 | 118 | 3.08 |
| 1977 | PHI | 11 | 4 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 157.2 | 157 | 72 | 50 | 76 | 4.11 |
| 1978 | PHI | 8 | 10 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 113.2 | 132 | 66 | 45 | 48 | 5.23 |
| 1979 | PHI | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7.1 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 11.05 |
| Career | — | 157 | 137 | 425 | 368 | 4 | 2464.1 | 2400 | 1056 | 823 | 1475 | 3.86 |
On this day & linked events
1965
Major-league debut: Jim Lonborg
Jim Lonborg made a major-league debut on April 23, 1965.
1979
Final major-league game: Jim Lonborg
Jim Lonborg played a final major-league game on June 10, 1979.
Image: Boston Red Sox / MLB, public domain