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)
School: University of Iowa
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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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1974 TEX AL 23 C 132 121 1094.1 799 722 69 8 15 .990 6.0 6.6 6 6.51 5.99 .983 5.89 5.01 6 30 67 43 39% AS,RoY-4
1975 TEX AL 24 C 155 148 1316.0 909 791 101 17 11 .981 13.0 11.9 13 6.10 5.75 .983 6.00 5.04 9 39 77 65 46%
1976 TEX AL 25 C 140 135 1204.2 822 719 96 7 11 .991 14.0 13.9 14 6.09 5.82 .981 5.75 4.90 6 38 95 69 42% GG
1977 TEX AL 26 C 149 137 1214.0 909 801 103 5 12 .994 14.0 13.8 14 6.70 6.07 .986 6.01 5.06 5 38 43 55 56% MVP-15,GG
1978 TEX AL 27 C 148 145 1294.2 863 769 91 3 14 .997 17.0 15.8 17 5.98 5.81 .983 5.53 4.86 8 32 75 70 48% AS,MVP-15,GG
1978 TEX AL 27 DH 1 AS,MVP-15,GG
1979 TEX AL 28 C 150 144 1271.0 833 754 75 4 14 .995 10.0 9.4 10 5.87 5.53 .982 5.46 4.69 8 33 76 53 41% GG
1980 TEX AL 29 C 151 145 1301.0 936 853 76 7 7 .993 -3.0 -2.8 -3 6.43 6.15 .986 5.48 4.60 17 51 102 52 34% GG
1981 TEX AL 30 C 98 97 863.1 518 464 52 2 9 .996 8.0 11.1 8 5.38 5.27 .987 5.51 4.76 8 17 41 38 48% GG
1981 TEX AL 30 LF 2 1 11.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -43.6 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0 0.82 0.50 1.000 2.37 2.00 GG
1981 TEX AL 30 OF 2 1 11.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -43.6 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0 0.82 0.50 1.000 2.45 2.15 GG
1982 TEX AL 31 C 132 129 1136.2 682 607 69 6 15 .991 6.0 6.3 6 5.35 5.12 .988 5.69 4.90 16 22 77 51 40%
1982 TEX AL 31 LF 1 1 8.2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 69.2 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 5.19 5.00 .980 2.28 1.90
1982 TEX AL 31 OF 1 1 8.2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 69.2 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 5.19 5.00 .980 2.49 2.20
1983 TEX AL 32 C 131 116 1056.2 679 618 56 5 2 .993 9.0 10.2 9 5.74 5.15 .986 5.70 4.76 10 24 79 51 39%
1984 MIL AL 33 C 109 100 900.2 614 556 55 3 6 .995 11.0 14.7 11 6.11 5.61 .987 5.96 5.05 2 22 42 42 50% AS
1985 KCR AL 34 C 112 107 960.1 618 572 41 5 10 .992 -1.0 -1.2 -1 5.74 5.47 .987 6.05 5.03 6 27 60 25 29%
1986 KCR AL 35 C 134 124 1100.1 736 686 46 4 11 .995 7.0 7.6 7 5.99 5.46 .989 6.62 5.44 13 26 68 43 39%
1987 CHC NL 36 C 57 35 354.2 309 273 34 2 2 .994 1.0 3.4 1 7.79 5.39 .987 6.94 5.91 1 16 43 17 28%
1988 TOT MLB 37 C 56 39 374.2 245 229 16 0 3 1.000 -1.0 -3.2 -1 5.89 4.38 .988 6.35 5.39 5 16 33 13 28%
1988 CHC NL 37 C 20 14 142.0 95 88 7 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 6.02 4.75 .986 6.56 5.58 2 4 15 7 32%
1988 TEX AL 37 C 36 25 232.2 150 141 9 0 2 1.000 -1.0 -5.2 -1 5.80 4.17 .989 6.22 5.28 3 12 18 6 25%
1989 TEX AL 38 C 73 53 457.1 383 353 27 3 3 .992 3.0 7.9 3 7.48 5.21 .989 6.24 5.20 10 11 34 21 38%
1989 TEX AL 38 DH 1
16 Seasons C 1927 1775 15900.1 10855 9767 1007 81 145 .993 114.0 8.6 114 6.10 5.59 .985 5.86 4.98 130 442 1012 708 41%
2 Seasons LF 3 2 19.2 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 6.1 0.1 0.5 -0.4 0 2.75 2.00 .983 2.33 1.97
2 Seasons OF 3 2 19.2 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 6.1 0.1 0.5 -0.4 0 2.75 2.00 .983 2.47 2.17
2 Seasons DH 2
16 Seasons TOT 1930 1777 15920.0 10861 9773 1007 81 145 .993 114.1 8.6 0.1 0.5 -0.4 0 114 6.09 5.59 .978 5.86 4.98 130 442 1012 708 41%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1974 TEX AL 23 132 121 132 132 0 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1975 TEX AL 24 155 148 155 155 0 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 TEX AL 25 140 135 140 140 0 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1977 TEX AL 26 149 137 149 149 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
1978 TEX AL 27 149 146 149 148 0 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1979 TEX AL 28 150 144 150 150 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
1980 TEX AL 29 151 145 151 151 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1981 TEX AL 30 102 98 102 100 0 98 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 3 0
1982 TEX AL 31 139 130 139 133 0 132 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 8 0
1983 TEX AL 32 131 116 131 131 0 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1984 MIL AL 33 110 100 110 109 0 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
1985 KCR AL 34 115 107 115 112 0 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1986 KCR AL 35 140 124 140 134 0 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1987 CHC NL 36 61 35 61 57 0 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1
1988 TEX AL 37 38 25 38 36 0 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1988 CHC NL 37 24 14 24 20 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1
1989 TEX AL 38 76 53 76 73 0 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
16 Seasons 1962 1778 1962 1930 0 1927 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 65 8
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1974 TEX AL 23 4742 3.59 4.11 60 95% 0 0 724 38 1 21 664 67 12 1 2 4 8 0 1 7 1 15 0 0 3 4 50%
1975 TEX AL 24 5808 3.81 4.42 76 95% 0 0 793 48 5 27 713 100 20 2 0 4 17 1 2 14 3 12 0 1 3 12 67%
1976 TEX AL 25 5265 3.26 3.72 78 94% 0 0 719 52 6 30 630 96 13 4 0 3 7 0 0 7 1 11 1 2 3 14 64%
1977 TEX AL 26 5245 3.64 4.14 76 96% 1 0 802 48 6 21 727 102 24 0 1 5 5 0 3 2 1 13 0 2 4 9 89%
1978 TEX AL 27 5608 3.36 3.95 75 95% 0 0 768 48 6 21 693 91 17 1 1 3 3 0 1 2 1 14 0 0 1 13 85%
1979 TEX AL 28 5574 3.87 4.41 59 98% 0 0 755 40 2 25 688 74 11 0 0 4 3 0 0 3 0 14 0 1 1 10 90%
1980 TEX AL 29 5854 3.98 4.59 64 100% 0 0 853 49 2 13 787 76 14 0 0 6 7 1 2 4 0 7 0 0 1 7 100%
1981 TEX AL 30 3687 3.38 3.66 36 92% 0 0 463 20 5 9 429 54 10 1 0 6 2 0 0 2 0 9 0 1 2 9 67%
1982 TEX AL 31 5109 4.40 4.87 70 99% 0 1 610 51 6 16 537 70 19 0 0 6 6 0 1 5 1 15 0 3 5 13 100%
1983 TEX AL 32 4567 3.24 3.65 44 95% 0 0 618 23 3 20 572 55 11 0 0 8 5 0 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 3 67%
1984 MIL AL 33 3982 3.97 4.46 49 96% 0 0 556 21 7 22 506 55 13 2 0 1 3 0 3 0 1 6 0 1 1 3 100%
1985 KCR AL 34 4171 3.46 3.86 34 94% 1 0 571 17 7 15 532 40 13 1 0 2 5 0 1 4 0 9 0 4 4 3 67%
1986 KCR AL 35 4798 3.86 4.21 46 96% 0 0 685 31 0 12 642 45 8 1 1 1 4 0 1 3 1 10 0 0 1 5 100%
1987 CHC NL 36 1661 4.31 4.87 18 100% 0 0 277 6 0 4 267 31 10 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 10 100%
1988 TEX AL 37 1044 4.33 4.91 7 100% 0 0 143 5 1 4 133 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 100%
1988 CHC NL 37 635 3.17 3.68 3 100% 0 0 88 2 0 2 84 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
1989 TEX AL 38 2070 3.99 4.59 25 96% 1 0 353 19 0 9 325 26 2 0 1 6 3 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 100%
16 Seasons 69820 3.71 4.21 820 96% 3 1 9778 518 57 271 8929 998 200 13 6 60 80 2 19 59 10 144 1 16 31 122 84%
MLB Averages 3.82 4.29 95% 90%
PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1974 TEX AL 23 7 30 1728 67 43 38 39% 64 40 2 3 1 0 5 0 144 48 1.12 1.18
1975 TEX AL 24 11 39 2126 77 65 57 46% 71 51 6 8 0 6 12 1 167 85 1.17 1.39
1976 TEX AL 25 6 38 1885 95 69 57 42% 81 58 11 9 3 2 8 2 170 83 1.25 1.39
1977 TEX AL 26 5 38 1850 43 55 54 56% 40 53 3 1 0 1 9 0 113 68 1.24 1.17
1978 TEX AL 27 8 32 1930 75 70 54 48% 72 66 3 1 0 3 8 0 145 85 1.23 1.33
1979 TEX AL 28 9 33 2030 76 53 47 41% 68 50 7 1 1 2 2 0 153 59 1.11 1.01
1980 TEX AL 29 18 51 2182 102 52 44 34% 97 44 5 4 0 4 3 0 211 62 1.15 1.39
1981 TEX AL 30 8 17 1295 41 38 34 48% 38 37 3 1 0 0 2 1 81 43 0.94 1.05
1982 TEX AL 31 17 22 1829 77 51 39 40% 69 45 7 4 1 2 4 0 142 59 1.20 1.34
1983 TEX AL 32 10 24 1550 79 51 33 39% 72 48 7 2 0 1 3 2 131 61 1.32 1.30
1984 MIL AL 33 3 22 1479 42 42 38 50% 37 37 4 3 1 2 0 0 84 44 1.37 1.12
1985 KCR AL 34 5 27 1503 60 25 18 29% 52 21 8 4 0 0 1 0 119 31 1.36 1.37
1986 KCR AL 35 13 26 1721 68 43 30 39% 66 35 2 5 0 3 1 0 128 49 1.26 1.31
1987 CHC NL 36 1 16 642 43 17 13 28% 37 15 5 1 1 1 3 0 67 23 1.44 1.26
1988 TEX AL 37 3 12 355 18 6 4 25% 16 5 2 1 0 0 1 0 42 7 1.45 1.05
1988 CHC NL 37 2 4 220 15 7 6 32% 14 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 25 7 1.41 1.35
1989 TEX AL 38 10 11 745 34 21 17 38% 32 18 2 3 0 0 1 1 66 23 1.19 1.17
16 Seasons 136 442 25070 1012 708 583 41% 926 629 78 51 8 28 63 7 1988 837 1.23 1.26
MLB Averages 33% 1.29 1.27
PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1981 TEX AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 43 67% 74% 14% 6 17%
1982 TEX AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 4 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 46 63% 78% 28% 8 63%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 5 5 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 89 65% 76% 21% 14 43%
MLB Averages 58.3% 2.7% 57% 78% 28% 51%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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