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Jim Sundberg
James Howard Sundberg
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: May 18, 1951 in Galesburg, IL
High School: Galesburg (Galesburg, IL)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1973 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 4, 1974
Final Game: September 24, 1989
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Career Home Runs

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Jim Sundberg: 95 Career Home Runs

0 leading off, 2 walk-off, 14 tying, 24 go ahead
4 Tms
TEX60
KCR22
MIL7
CHC6
 
vs RHP55
vs LHP40
 
Away59
Home36
 
Leverage
High Lev21
Medium Lev36
Low Lev38
19 Opps
MIN9
SEA9
DET9
BAL9
CHW8
TOR8
KCR6
BOS6
CAL5
NYY5
CLE5
MIL5
OAK3
TEX2
SDP2
SFG1
PIT1
PHI1
HOU1
85 Pitchers
Mike Torrez3
Mike Flanagan2
Frank Tanana2
Steve Stone2
Larry Gura2
Dennis Eckersley2
Glenn Abbott2
John Hiller2
La Marr Hoyt2
Jesse Jefferson1
Vic Albury1
Julio Solano1
Rick Honeycutt1
Tim Stoddard1
Len Whitehouse1
Joe Hoerner1
Bob Lacey1
Dennis Rasmussen1
Scott Bailes1
Moose Haas1
20 Parks
Arlington24
Memor. Stad8
KauffmanStad8
County Stad7
Kingdome6
Fenway Pk5
Exhibit Stad5
Comiskey Pk4
ClevelandStd4
Metrodome3
Yankee Stad3
Metrop. Stad3
Tiger Stad3
Wrigley Fld3
Angel Stad3
NetworkAssoc2
VeteransStad1
Shea Stad1
3 Rivers Std1
Qualcomm St1
Where Hit
763
Unk19
95
84
784
General field locations when available.
 
1 Inside the Park
 
Pitches
Unk87
14
32
61
41
Pitches in PA when available.
Game Totals
1·HR gms91
2·HR gms2
Gms w/ this # = 0 are not shown.
 
OrderPos
8th41
7th21
9th18
6th7
5th4
3rd2
4th1
2nd1
Outs
134
032
229
 
DefPos
C92
PH3
Bases
---58
1--12
12-10
-2-5
1234
--32
-232
1-32
 
154 RBI
RISP25
0 on58
1 on19
2 on14
3 on4
Any on37
Inning
11
213
311
416
510
611
711
811
98
Extra3
 
1-325
4-637
7-end33
RelScore
+4..12
+36
+27
+113
Tied20
-113
-27
-35
-4..12
 
Ahead38
Tied20
Behind37
Before event, for batter
Count
Unk87
0-04
2-11
0-21
3-21
2-01

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1974 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
1 1 1 1 1974-07-01 TEX @ MIN Joe Decker tied 0-0 t 3 0 --- 1 9 2 12% 62% Home Run
2 2 2 1 1974-07-29 TEX KCR Joe Hoerner ahead 8-1 b 8 0 1-- 2 9 2 0% 100% Home Run; Brown Scores
3 3 3 1 1974-09-08 TEX @ OAK Ken Holtzman ahead 3-0 t 7 0 --- 1 9 2 4% 95% Home Run
1975 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
4 4 1 1 1975-04-26 TEX @ MIN Vic Albury ahead 1-0 t 4 2 1-3 3 9 2 24% 87% Home Run; Fregosi Scores; Cardenas Scores
5 5 2 1 1975-05-18 TEX DET John Hiller behind 2-3 b 8 2 --- 1 9 2 34% 52% Home Run
6 6 3 1 1975-05-20 TEX @ MIL Pete Broberg behind 1-4 t 5 2 1-- 2 9 2 17% 30% Home Run; Howell Scores
7 7 4 1 1975-06-03 TEX @ BAL Mike Torrez behind 2-6 t 9 2 --- 1 9 2 0% 0% Home Run
8 8 5 1 1975-06-09 TEX @ BOS Rick Wise tied 0-0 t 2 2 123 4 9 2 30% 82% Home Run; Hargrove Scores; Howell Scores; Smalley Scores
9 9 6 1 1975-07-09 TEX @ NYY Rudy May ahead 1-0 t 6 2 12- 3 9 2 25% 92% Home Run; Cardenas Scores; Smalley Scores
1976 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
10 10 1 1 1976-04-13 TEX OAK Mike Torrez ahead 2-0 b 2 1 --- 1 9 2 8% 83% Home Run
11 11 2 1 1976-08-18 TEX @ NYY Sparky Lyle behind 5-6 t 8 0 --- 1 9 2 26% 50% Home Run
12 12 3 1 1976-10-01 TEX CHW Chris Knapp behind 0-1 b 2 2 -2- 2 9 2 22% 63% Home Run; Harrah Scores
1977 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
13 13 1 1 1977-05-21 TEX TOR Jesse Jefferson behind 1-8 b 6 2 12- 3 8 2 5% 6% Home Run; Horton Scores; Harrah Scores
14 14 2 1 1977-07-30 TEX DET John Hiller tied 5-5 b 12 0 --- 1 8 2 36% 100% Walk-Off Home Run
15 15 3 1 1977-08-01 TEX @ CHW Wilbur Wood ahead 1-0 t 2 1 --- 1 8 2 10% 68% Home Run
16 16 4 1 1977-08-13 TEX CHW Steve Stone behind 1-5 b 5 1 1-- 2 8 2 13% 26% Home Run; Harrah Scores
17 17 5 1 1977-09-11 TEX @ SEA Rick Honeycutt behind 3-4 t 6 1 --- 1 6 2 17% 47% Home Run
18 18 6 1 1977-09-21 TEX @ CAL John Caneira ahead 3-1 t 6 1 --- 1 8 2 9% 86% Home Run
1978 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
19 19 1 1 1978-04-14 TEX @ BOS Dennis Eckersley ahead 1-0 t 3 0 --- 1 9 2 10% 71% Home Run
20 20 2 1 1978-05-20 TEX @ SEA Glenn Abbott tied 2-2 t 6 1 --- 1 5 2 18% 65% Home Run
21 21 3 1 1978-08-08 TEX @ DET Jack Morris ahead 5-2 t 7 0 1-- 2 3 2 6% 97% Home Run; Wills Scores
22 22 4 1 1978-08-21 TEX @ TOR Balor Moore ahead 1-0 t 4 2 12- 3 7 2 25% 87% Home Run; Bonds Scores; Zisk Scores
23 23 5 1 1978-08-24 TEX @ MIN Dave Goltz tied 1-1 t 10 1 -23 3 7 2 25% 97% Home Run (Deep RF); Oliver Scores; Bonds Scores
24 24 6 1 1978-09-04 TEX @ CAL Don Aase behind 2-7 t 6 1 --- 1 3 2 3% 5% Home Run
1979 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
25 25 1 1 1979-05-08 TEX KCR Larry Gura behind 5-6 b 4 0 1-- 2 7 2 21% 69% Home Run; Gray Scores
26 26 2 1 1979-05-12 TEX @ TOR Dave Lemanczyk tied 1-1 t 8 0 --- 1 7 2 24% 74% Home Run
27 27 3 1 1979-07-15 TEX @ KCR Paul Splittorff behind 2-4 t 8 1 --- 1 8 2 10% 20% Home Run
28 28 4 1 1979-07-29 TEX BOS Mike Torrez tied 0-0 b 2 1 --- 1 7 2 11% 64% Home Run
29 29 5 1 1979-08-24 TEX MIL Jim Slaton behind 2-5 b 4 0 12- 3 8 2 23% 56% Home Run; Putnam Scores; Wills Scores
1980 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
30 30 1 1 1980-04-14 TEX CLE Rick Waits behind 2-4 b 1 2 123 4 8 2 34% 71% Home Run; Bell Scores; Zisk Scores; Sample Scores
31 31 2 1 1980-04-21 TEX DET Milt Wilcox ahead 2-1 b 7 0 --- 1 8 2 10% 89% Home Run
32 32 3 1 1980-05-02 TEX BAL Mike Flanagan tied 2-2 b 7 1 -2- 2 8 2 26% 88% Home Run; Roberts Scores
33 33 4 1 1980-05-12 TEX @ BAL Tippy Martinez ahead 4-0 t 7 2 --- 1 8 2 3% 96% Home Run
34 34 5 1 1980-05-13 TEX @ BAL Steve Stone behind 0-1 t 3 0 --- 1 8 2 12% 50% Home Run
35 35 6 1 1980-07-18 TEX @ BAL Mike Flanagan ahead 2-0 t 6 2 --- 1 8 2 9% 85% Home Run
36 36 7 1 1980-07-20 TEX @ BAL Jim Palmer ahead 4-1 t 9 1 12- 3 8 2 3% 100% Home Run; Putnam Scores; Grubb Scores
37 37 8 1 1980-08-22 (1) TEX MIL Reggie Cleveland behind 0-3 b 2 2 -2- 2 8 2 17% 40% Home Run (Deep LF); Staub Scores
38 38 9 1 1980-09-05 TEX @ MIL Moose Haas tied 0-0 t 2 2 --- 1 6 2 11% 57% Home Run
39 39 10 1 1980-10-03 TEX SEA Glenn Abbott ahead 5-2 b 6 0 --- 1 7 2 4% 95% Home Run
1981 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
40 40 1 1 1981-04-17 TEX NYY Ron Guidry behind 0-2 b 6 0 --- 1 8 2 14% 37% Home Run
41 41 2 1 1981-04-25 TEX @ CLE Bob Lacey ahead 4-0 t 5 1 12- 3 7 2 6% 98% Home Run; Grubb Scores; Putnam Scores/unER
42 42 3 1 1981-06-10 TEX @ MIL Rickey Keeton ahead 10-2 t 7 1 1-- 2 8 2 0% 100% Home Run; Sample Scores
1982 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
43 43 1 1 1982-04-11 TEX @ CLE Len Barker behind 0-13 t 9 1 --- 1 6 2 0% 0% Home Run
44 44 2 1 1982-05-01 TEX @ BOS Bob Ojeda behind 0-2 t 4 0 --- 1 5 2 11% 38% Home Run
45 45 3 1 1982-05-18 TEX @ CHW La Marr Hoyt tied 0-0 t 2 0 --- 1 5 2 10% 60% Home Run
46 46 4 1 1982-06-16 TEX @ SEA Gaylord Perry behind 0-3 t 3 0 --- 1 7 2 8% 29% Home Run
47 47 5 1 1982-07-04 TEX @ OAK Matt Keough ahead 5-3 t 4 1 --- 1 2 2 9% 81% Home Run
48 48 6 1 1982-07-21 (1) TEX @ BOS Dennis Eckersley tied 3-3 t 4 0 --- 1 7 2 12% 62% Home Run
49 49 7 1 1982-08-18 TEX CHW Rich Barnes ahead 6-0 b 7 2 1-- 2 8 2 1% 100% Home Run; Parrish Scores
50 50 8 1 1982-08-23 TEX KCR Mike Armstrong tied 1-1 b 8 1 --- 1 7 2 30% 86% Home Run
51 51 9 1 1982-09-06 (2) TEX MIN John Pacella ahead 7-2 b 4 2 12- 3 5 2 4% 99% Home Run; O'Brien Scores; Grubb Scores
52 52 10 1 1982-10-02 TEX @ CAL Ken Forsch behind 1-2 t 2 1 --- 1 6 2 11% 48% Home Run
1983 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
53 53 1 1 1983-05-03 TEX @ TOR Jim Gott ahead 1-0 t 4 2 --3 2 7 2 18% 79% Home Run; Wright Scores
54 54 2 1 1983-09-09 TEX @ SEA Mike Moore tied 2-2 t 4 2 --3 2 8 2 21% 70% Home Run; Dent Scores
1984 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
55 55 1 1 1984-04-19 MIL CHW Richard Dotson behind 0-2 b 5 1 --- 1 7 2 13% 37% Home Run
56 56 2 1 1984-05-07 MIL @ CHW La Marr Hoyt ahead 1-0 t 2 1 -2- 2 7 2 14% 76% Home Run; Simmons Scores
57 57 3 1 1984-06-21 MIL @ DET Juan Berenguer tied 0-0 t 3 1 --- 1 8 2 12% 59% Home Run
58 58 4 1 1984-07-03 MIL SEA Matt Young ahead 2-1 b 2 0 --- 1 8 2 9% 76% Home Run
59 59 5 1 1984-07-27 (1) MIL KCR Larry Gura behind 3-12 b 6 1 12- 3 6 2 1% 2% Home Run; Yount Scores/unER; Cooper Scores
60 60 6 2 1984-07-27 (1) MIL KCR Mark Huismann behind 6-12 b 8 2 1-- 2 6 2 1% 2% Home Run; Cooper Scores
61 61 7 1 1984-09-07 MIL @ BAL Sammy Stewart behind 6-8 t 8 2 1-- 2 8 2 33% 42% Home Run; Loman Scores
1985 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
62 62 1 1 1985-04-19 KCR @ DET Aurelio Lopez ahead 8-2 t 8 1 --- 1 8 2 0% 100% Home Run
63 63 2 1 1985-05-14 KCR @ BAL Scott McGregor ahead 2-1 t 4 2 12- 3 8 2 25% 87% Home Run; Balboni Scores; Motley Scores
64 64 3 1 1985-05-20 KCR @ TEX Mike Mason ahead 5-0 t 4 0 --- 1 8 2 3% 95% Home Run
65 65 4 1 1985-05-21 KCR @ TEX Frank Tanana ahead 2-0 t 5 1 --- 1 8 2 9% 82% Home Run
66 66 5 1 1985-05-31 KCR @ CHW Floyd Bannister behind 0-1 t 3 0 --- 1 8 2 11% 50% Home Run
67 67 6 1 1985-06-13 KCR @ SEA Bill Wilkinson ahead 3-0 t 5 0 --- 1 8 2 6% 90% Home Run
68 68 7 1 1985-06-24 KCR @ MIN Len Whitehouse ahead 9-5 t 7 1 1-- 2 8 2 4% 98% Home Run; Balboni Scores
69 69 8 1 1985-06-25 KCR @ MIN John Butcher ahead 2-0 t 7 2 --- 1 7 2 9% 87% Home Run
70 70 9 1 1985-08-10 KCR TOR Bill Caudill tied 3-3 b 10 1 --- 1 8 2 42% 100% Walk-Off Home Run
71 71 10 1 1985-09-30 KCR CAL John Candelaria tied 1-1 b 7 1 --- 1 8 2 22% 77% Home Run
1986 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
72 72 1 1 1986-05-09 KCR @ BAL Ken Dixon behind 1-4 t 5 0 --- 1 8 2 8% 25% Home Run
73 73 2 1 1986-05-12 KCR DET Dave LaPoint behind 1-2 b 2 1 -23 3 8 2 19% 73% Home Run (LF-CF); Motley Scores; McRae Scores
74 74 3 1 1986-07-04 KCR @ CLE Phil Niekro behind 1-10 t 9 2 1-- 2 8 2 0% 0% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Pryor Scores
75 75 4 1 1986-07-11 (2) KCR DET Frank Tanana behind 1-5 b 3 2 123 4 6 2 32% 51% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); Kingery Scores; McRae Scores; Balboni Scores
76 76 5 1 1986-07-30 KCR TOR John Cerutti behind 1-7 b 9 1 --- 1 8 PH 0% 0% Home Run
77 77 6 1 1986-08-01 KCR @ BOS Bruce Hurst behind 2-3 t 4 2 --- 1 8 2 12% 45% Home Run
78 78 7 1 1986-08-10 KCR @ NYY Dennis Rasmussen tied 0-0 t 3 0 --- 1 7 2 11% 61% Home Run
79 79 8 2 1986-08-10 KCR @ NYY Tim Stoddard ahead 7-1 t 5 1 1-3 3 7 2 2% 99% Home Run; White Scores; Balboni Scores
80 80 9 1 1986-09-08 KCR MIN Bert Blyleven tied 0-0 b 3 0 --- 1 8 2 11% 67% Home Run
81 81 10 1 1986-09-11 KCR SEA Pete Ladd behind 2-6 b 8 0 12- 3 7 2 18% 31% Home Run (Line Drive); White Scores; Jackson Scores
82 82 11 1 1986-09-21 KCR @ SEA Mike Morgan ahead 2-1 t 4 1 -2- 2 8 2 16% 80% Home Run; Jackson Scores
83 83 12 1 1986-09-25 KCR @ MIN Frank Viola ahead 1-0 t 5 0 --- 1 7 2 11% 75% Home Run
1987 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
84 84 1 1 1987-04-10 CHC @ PHI Kevin Gross ahead 2-0 t 2 1 --- 1 8 2 8% 76% Home Run
85 85 2 1 1987-06-03 CHC HOU Julio Solano ahead 20-7 b 7 2 1-- 2 4 PH 0% 100% Home Run; Sandberg Scores
86 86 3 1 1987-06-28 CHC @ PIT Bob Kipper tied 1-1 t 5 1 --- 1 7 2 15% 62% Home Run
87 87 4 1 1987-07-08 CHC SDP Lance McCullers behind 4-8 b 8 0 123 4 9 PH 38% 61% Home Run; Moreland Scores; Davis Scores; Trillo Scores
1988 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
88 88 1 1 1988-05-06 CHC SFG Atlee Hammaker ahead 2-1 b 6 2 --- 3,(2-0)  1 7 2 12% 84% Home Run (Deep LF-CF)
89 89 2 1 1988-07-10 CHC @ SDP Eric Show tied 1-1 t 3 0 --- 1,(0-0)  1 8 2 13% 63% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
90 90 3 1 1988-08-13 TEX @ CLE Scott Bailes ahead 11-3 t 9 1 --- 4,(2-1)  1 9 2 0% 100% Home Run
91 91 4 1 1988-09-02 TEX @ TOR Tom Henke behind 5-6 t 9 0 --- 1,(0-0)  1 9 2 34% 50% Home Run
92 92 5 1 1988-09-04 TEX @ TOR Frank Wills ahead 3-0 t 4 2 --- 6,(3-2)  1 8 2 7% 87% IPHR Inside-the-park Home Run to LF
93 93 6 1 1988-09-10 TEX CAL Sherman Corbett behind 1-2 b 9 2 --- 3,(0-2)  1 7 2 49% 54% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
1989 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
94 94 1 1 1989-04-06 TEX DET Jeff Robinson behind 1-2 b 3 0 --- 1,(0-0)  1 9 2 12% 56% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
95 95 2 1 1989-05-18 TEX MIN Shane Rawley behind 2-4 b 4 0 --- 1,(0-0)  1 9 2 12% 42% Home Run (Deep LF)

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