Education
Borland attended Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical, now Oklahoma State University and was named Most Outstanding Player in the College World Series in 1955.
Borland attended Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical, now Oklahoma State University and was named Most Outstanding Player in the College World Series in 1955.
Borland batted and threw left-handed, stood 6 feet 3 inches (191 cm) tall and weighed 172 pounds (78 kg). In a two-season MLB career, Borland posted a 0–4 record with a 6.75 European Research Area and three saves in 27 games pitched. Apart from two trials with the Red Sox, Borland spent his professional career in minor league baseball, compiling a 48–39 record and a 3.42 European Research Area between 1955 and 1963 with two years missed due to military service.
He was traded to the expansion Houston Colt.45s in March 1962 in exchange for Dave Philley, but never appeared in a Major League game for them.