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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)
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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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1974 23 TEX AL 132 449 368 45 91 13 3 3 36 2 4 62 61 .247 .354 .323 .678 99 119 16 0 17 2 0 *2 AS,RoY-4
1975 24 TEX AL 155 540 472 45 94 9 0 6 36 3 1 51 77 .199 .283 .256 .539 55 121 16 4 13 0 0 *2
1976 25 TEX AL 140 496 448 33 102 24 2 3 34 0 0 37 61 .228 .285 .310 .596 74 139 15 0 9 2 0 *2 GG
1977 26 TEX AL 149 533 453 61 132 20 3 6 65 2 3 53 77 .291 .365 .389 .753 105 176 8 2 20 5 0 *2 MVP-15,GG
1978 27 TEX AL 149 592 518 54 144 23 6 6 58 2 5 64 70 .278 .358 .380 .739 109 197 18 3 3 4 6 *2/D AS,MVP-15,GG
1979 28 TEX AL 150 561 495 50 136 23 4 5 64 3 3 51 51 .275 .345 .368 .713 94 182 17 5 5 5 5 *2 GG
1980 29 TEX AL 151 581 505 59 138 24 1 10 63 2 2 64 67 .273 .353 .384 .737 105 194 15 1 6 5 3 *2 GG
1981 30 TEX AL 102 396 339 42 94 17 2 3 28 2 5 50 48 .277 .369 .366 .735 119 124 5 1 3 3 6 *2/7 GG
1982 31 TEX AL 139 530 470 37 118 22 5 10 47 2 6 49 57 .251 .322 .383 .705 98 180 11 1 9 1 2 *2/7
1983 32 TEX AL 131 423 378 30 76 14 0 2 28 0 4 35 64 .201 .272 .254 .526 48 96 8 2 7 1 0 *2
1984 33 MIL AL 110 395 348 43 91 19 4 7 43 1 1 38 63 .261 .332 .399 .731 106 139 5 0 6 3 2 *2 AS
1985 34 KCR AL 115 407 367 38 90 12 4 10 35 0 2 33 67 .245 .308 .381 .689 88 140 9 1 4 2 3 *2
1986 35 KCR AL 140 491 429 41 91 9 1 12 42 1 1 57 91 .212 .303 .322 .624 69 138 7 0 2 3 1 *2
1987 36 CHC NL 61 161 139 9 28 2 0 4 15 0 0 19 40 .201 .306 .302 .608 61 42 3 2 1 0 3 2
1988 37 TOT MLB 62 165 145 21 39 5 0 6 22 0 0 13 32 .269 .327 .428 .755 110 62 3 0 6 1 0 2
1988 37 CHC NL 24 66 54 8 13 1 0 2 9 0 0 8 15 .241 .333 .370 .704 99 20 1 0 3 1 0 2
1988 37 TEX AL 38 99 91 13 26 4 0 4 13 0 0 5 17 .286 .323 .462 .784 116 42 2 0 3 0 0 2
1989 38 TEX AL 76 178 147 13 29 7 1 2 8 0 0 23 37 .197 .304 .299 .603 70 44 3 0 7 1 0 2/D
16 Seasons 1962 6898 6021 621 1493 243 36 95 624 20 37 699 963 .248 .327 .348 .674 89 2093 159 22 118 38 31
162 Game Avg. 162 570 497 51 123 20 3 8 52 2 3 58 80 .248 .327 .348 .674 89 173 13 2 10 3 3
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
TEX (12 yrs) 1512 5378 4684 482 1180 200 27 60 480 18 33 544 687 .252 .330 .345 .675 91 1614 134 19 102 29 22
KCR (2 yrs) 255 898 796 79 181 21 5 22 77 1 3 90 158 .227 .305 .349 .654 78 278 16 1 6 5 4
CHC (2 yrs) 85 227 193 17 41 3 0 6 24 0 0 27 55 .212 .314 .321 .635 71 62 4 2 4 1 3
MIL (1 yr) 110 395 348 43 91 19 4 7 43 1 1 38 63 .261 .332 .399 .731 106 139 5 0 6 3 2
AL (15 yrs) 1877 6671 5828 604 1452 240 36 89 600 20 37 672 908 .249 .327 .348 .675 90 2031 155 20 114 37 28
NL (2 yrs) 85 227 193 17 41 3 0 6 24 0 0 27 55 .212 .314 .321 .635 71 62 4 2 4 1 3

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1985 34 KCR AL ALCS TOR W 7 25 24 3 4 1 1 1 6 0 0 1 7 .167 .200 .417 .617 10 0 0 0 0 0
1985 34 KCR AL WS STL W 7 30 24 6 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 6 4 .250 .400 .333 .733 8 1 0 0 0 0
1 Season (2 Series) 14 55 48 9 10 3 1 1 7 0 0 7 11 .208 .309 .375 .684 18 1 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 7 25 24 3 4 1 1 1 6 0 0 1 7 .167 .200 .417 .617 10 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 7 30 24 6 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 6 4 .250 .400 .333 .733 8 1 0 0 0 0

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1995 BBWAA ( 0.2%)

All-Star Games
1974
1978 *
1984 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1977 AL (15, 8%)
1978 AL (15, 6%)
0.14 Career Shares (812th)

Gold Gloves
1976 AL (C)
1977 AL (C)
1978 AL (C)
1979 AL (C)
1980 AL (C)
1981 AL (C)
All multiple winners

Games Played s c a p y
Career  1962 (247th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1974 AL  17 (3rd)
1975 AL  13 (8th)
1977 AL  20 (3rd)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1978 AL  18 (7th)
1979 AL  17 (10th)
Career  159 (216th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 87 (190), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 24 (544), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  10. Ray Schalk (872) *
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 5, 1969: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 6th round of the 1969 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 6, 1972: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 8th round of the 1972 amateur draft, but did not sign.

January 10, 1973: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1973 amateur draft (January Secondary).

December 8, 1983: Traded by the Texas Rangers to the Milwaukee Brewers for Dan Scarpetta (minors) and Ned Yost.

January 18, 1985: Traded as part of a 4-team trade by the Milwaukee Brewers to the Kansas City Royals. The Texas Rangers sent a player to be named later and Danny Darwin to the Milwaukee Brewers. The New York Mets sent Tim Leary to the Milwaukee Brewers. The Kansas City Royals sent Don Slaught to the Texas Rangers. The Kansas City Royals sent Frank Wills to the New York Mets. The Texas Rangers sent Bill Nance (minors) (January 30, 1985) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.

March 30, 1987: Traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Chicago Cubs for Thad Bosley and Dave Gumpert.

July 15, 1988: Released by the Chicago Cubs.

July 21, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

November 4, 1988: Granted Free Agency.

January 6, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985Kansas City Royals$608,333
1986Kansas City Royals$653,128
1987Chicago Cubs$791,667
1989Texas Rangers$475,000
Career (may be incomplete)$2,528,128
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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