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{{short description|American baseball player (born 1942)}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Jim Lonborg
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|birth_date ={{Birth date and age|1942|4|16}}
|birth_place=[[Santa Maria, California]], U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=April 23
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'''James Reynold Lonborg''' (born April 16, 1942) is an American former [[professional baseball]] right-handed [[starting pitcher]], who played in [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) with the [[Boston Red Sox]]
==Baseball career==
Born in [[Santa Maria, California]],
In that World Series against the [[St. Louis Cardinals]], Lonborg pitched in Game 2 on October 5, tossing what was only the fourth one-hitter in Series history and followed that up with another victory in Game 5 four days later by limiting the Cards to three hits. Called upon to pitch the seventh and deciding game with only two days rest, he lasted six innings, but allowed six earned runs in a 7–2 loss. Teammate [[Dan Osinski]] remembered, "Lonborg couldn't break a pane of glass in the bullpen when he was warming up. We all knew that, and [Dick Williams] still started him. You know he could have pitched the bullpen an inning apiece, or something. It just gave Gibson too big a lead against us that we couldn't come back from."<ref name="Osinski">{{cite web|last=Anderson|first=Ron|url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/08419936|title=Dan Osinski|work=SABR|access-date=May 2, 2020}}</ref> Shortly after being fired by the Red Sox, pitching coach [[Sal Maglie]] also criticized Williams's handling of Lonborg. "It was obvious Lonborg didn't have it. Williams should have gotten him out sooner, and I told him so. It was a crime that he let a man who'd done such a great job for him all season take a pounding like that. It was degrading."<ref>{{cite web|page=22|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19671102&id=ZR8rAAAAIBAJ&pg=2408,990205|title=Maglie Raps Williams On Judgement, Courage|work=The Reading Eagle|date=November 2, 1967|access-date=August 6, 2020}}</ref> Lonborg received the {{by|1967}} [[Cy Young Award]] (becoming the first Red Sox pitcher so honored), played in the [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star Game]], and finished prominently in voting for the [[Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award|MLB Most Valuable Player]] (MVP) award (placing 6th in the voting, with teammate Yastrzemski winning the award).
[[File:Jim Lonborg 1971.JPG|thumb|180px|left|Lonborg in 1971]]▼
In December 1967, Lonborg tore the ligaments in his left knee while skiing<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2202&dat=19671226&id=2lFAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=o_8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=6127,477398&hl=en Jim Lonborg hurt skiing]</ref> and his pitching career thereafter was marked by many injuries.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hurford|first=Daphne|title=A Gentler Style for a Gentleman|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1091145/index.htm|work=Sports Illustrated|date=31 May 1976|accessdate=16 July 2011}}</ref> He won only 27 games from {{by|1968}} through 1971, and was traded along with [[George Scott (first baseman)|George Scott]], [[Ken Brett]], [[Billy Conigliaro]], [[Joe Lahoud]] and [[Don Pavletich]] to the [[Milwaukee Brewers]] in a ten-player blockbuster that also sent [[Tommy Harper]], [[Marty Pattin]], [[Lew Krausse Jr.|Lew Krausse]] and minor-league outfielder Pat Skrable to the Red Sox on October 10, 1971.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1971/10/11/archives/red-sox-brewers-in-10player-deal-lonborg-scott-conigliaro-traded-to.html "Red Sox, Brewers in 10‐Player Deal," ''United Press International'' (UPI), Sunday, October 10, 1971.] Retrieved April 13, 2020</ref> With the [[Philadelphia Phillies]] needing to improve its pitching staff beyond [[Steve Carlton]], both Lonborg and Brett were acquired along with [[Ken Sanders]] and [[Earl Stephenson]] from the Brewers for [[Don Money]], [[John Vukovich]] and [[Bill Champion (baseball)|Bill Champion]] on October 31, 1972.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1972/11/01/archives/phillies-obtain-jim-lonborg-in-7man-deal-with-brewers-don-money-key.html "Phillies Obtain Jim Lonborg In 7‐Man Deal With Brewers," ''United Press International'' (UPI), Tuesday, October 31, 1972.] Retrieved April 13, 2020</ref> He spent the next six and a half seasons with Philadelphia before his release, midway through the 1979 season.▼
▲[[File:Jim Lonborg 1971.JPG|thumb|180px|left|Lonborg in 1971]]
Lonborg‘s MLB career statistical totals include: a 157–137 record, with 1,475 strikeouts, a 3.86 [[earned run average]] (ERA), 90 [[complete games]], 15 [[shutouts in baseball|shutouts]], and 2,464.1 innings, in 425 games.▼
▲In December of 1967, Lonborg tore the ligaments in his left knee while skiing, and his pitching career thereafter was marked by many injuries.<ref>
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After retiring, Lonborg attended the [[Tufts University School of Dental Medicine]], and graduated in 1983. He worked as a general [[dentist]] in [[Hanover, Massachusetts]] until he retired in 2017. He is active in many [[nonprofit organizations]], including [[Catholic Charities USA|Catholic Charities]], [[Little League Baseball]], and [[The Jimmy Fund]]. Lonborg lives in [[Scituate, Massachusetts]].▼
==Post-baseball career==
▲After retiring, Lonborg attended the [[Tufts University School of Dental Medicine]], and graduated in 1983. He worked as a general [[dentist]] in [[Hanover, Massachusetts]], until he retired in 2017. He is active in many [[nonprofit organizations]], including [[Catholic Charities USA|Catholic Charities]], [[Little League Baseball]], and [[The Jimmy Fund]]. Lonborg lives in [[Scituate, Massachusetts]].
On the Boston-based [[sitcom]] ''[[Cheers]]'', the photo of [[Sam Malone]] pitching is actually that of Lonborg. At times, Sam also wore Lonborg's number 16
==See also==
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==External links==
*{{baseballstats|mlb=117886|espn=24350|br=l/lonboji01|fangraphs=1007724|brm=lonbor001jam|retro=L/Plonbj101}}
*{{SABR Baseball Biography Project|8eb88355}}
*[https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=lonboji01 Jim Lonborg] at Baseball Almanac
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20081202212145/http://sonsofsamhorn.net/wiki/index.php/Jim_Lonborg Jim Lonborg] at SoSH (Sons of Sam Horn)
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