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Jim Sundberg
James Howard Sundberg

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 195 lb.
School University of Iowa

Debut April 4, 1974
  vs. OAK 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 24, 1989
Born May 18, 1951 in Galesburg, IL

Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1973 amateur draft (Secondary Phase). (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1974 23 TEX AL 132  368   45   91  13  3   3   36   2  4  62  61  .247  .354  .323   99  119  17   2   0   0  16 RoY-4,AS
 1975 24 TEX AL 155  472   45   94   9  0   6   36   3  1  51  77  .199  .283  .256   55  121  13   0   0   4  16
 1976 25 TEX AL 140  448   33  102  24  2   3   34   0  0  37  61  .228  .285  .310   74  139   9   2   0   0  15
 1977 26 TEX AL 149  453   61  132  20  3   6   65   2  3  53  77  .291  .365  .389  105  176  20   5   0   2   8 MVP-15
 1978 27 TEX AL 149  518   54  144  23  6   6   58   2  5  64  70  .278  .358  .380  109  197   3   4   6   3  18 MVP-15,AS
 1979 28 TEX AL 150  495   50  136  23  4   5   64   3  3  51  51  .275  .345  .368   94  182   5   5   5   5  17
 1980 29 TEX AL 151  505   59  138  24  1  10   63   2  2  64  67  .273  .353  .384  105  194   6   5   3   1  15
 1981 30 TEX AL 102  339   42   94  17  2   3   28   2  5  50  48  .277  .369  .366  119  124   3   3   6   1   5
 1982 31 TEX AL 139  470   37  118  22  5  10   47   2  6  49  57  .251  .322  .383   98  180   9   1   2   1  11
 1983 32 TEX AL 131  378   30   76  14  0   2   28   0  4  35  64  .201  .272  .254   48   96   7   1   0   2   8
 1984 33 MIL AL 110  348   43   91  19  4   7   43   1  1  38  63  .261  .332  .399  106  139   6   3   2   0   5 AS
 1985 34 KCR AL 115  367   38   90  12  4  10   35   0  2  33  67  .245  .308  .381   88  140   4   2   3   1   9
 1986 35 KCR AL 140  429   41   91   9  1  12   42   1  1  57  91  .212  .303  .322   69  138   2   3   1   0   7
 1987 36 CHC NL  61  139    9   28   2  0   4   15   0  0  19  40  .201  .306  .302   61   42   1   0   3   2   3
 1988 37 TOT     62  145   21   39   5  0   6   22   0  0  13  32  .269  .327  .428  110   62   6   1   0   0   3
         CHC NL  24   54    8   13   1  0   2    9   0  0   8  15  .241  .333  .370   99   20   3   1   0   0   1
         TEX AL  38   91   13   26   4  0   4   13   0  0   5  17  .286  .323  .462  116   42   3   0   0   0   2
 1989 38 TEX AL  76  147   13   29   7  1   2    8   0  0  23  37  .197  .304  .299   70   44   7   1   0   0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 16 Seasons    1962 6021  621 1493 243 36  95  624  20 37 699 963  .248  .327  .348   89 2093 118  38  31  22 159
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        497   51  123  20  3   8   52   2  3  58  80  .248  .327  .348   89  173  10   3   3   2  13
 Career High    155  518   61  144  24  6  12   65   3  6  64  91  .291  .369  .399  119  197  20   5   6   5  18
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1974 23 TEX AL  449  316   43   3.7    87| .247  .255| .354  .319| .323  .367| .677  .685|  99  .445   2.6   0.3  33%
 1975 24 TEX AL  540  408   35   2.3    92| .199  .257| .283  .327| .256  .377| .539  .704|  55  .242 -28.3  -2.9  75%
 1976 25 TEX AL  496  372   39   2.8    87| .228  .258| .285  .323| .310  .364| .595  .687|  74  .348 -15.2  -1.6   0%
 1977 26 TEX AL  533  357   67   5.0   101| .291  .267| .365  .332| .389  .407| .754  .738| 105  .537   5.3   0.5  40%
 1978 27 TEX AL  592  404   69   4.6    94| .278  .261| .358  .326| .380  .385| .738  .711| 109  .526   7.7   0.8  28%
 1979 28 TEX AL  561  389   62   4.2   101| .275  .269| .345  .333| .368  .407| .713  .740|  94  .453  -2.6  -0.3  50%
 1980 29 TEX AL  581  395   69   4.7    96| .273  .266| .353  .327| .384  .394| .737  .721| 105  .511   6.2   0.6  50%
 1981 30 TEX AL  396  261   48   5.0    84| .277  .249| .369  .313| .366  .363| .735  .675| 119  .585  11.0   1.1  28%
 1982 31 TEX AL  530  379   57   4.0    94| .251  .258| .322  .321| .383  .393| .705  .715|  98  .442  -1.0  -0.1  25%
 1983 32 TEX AL  423  322   26   2.2    95| .201  .262| .272  .324| .254  .395| .526  .719|  48  .204 -26.1  -2.6   0%
 1984 33 MIL AL  395  272   48   4.7    93| .261  .259| .332  .321| .399  .391| .731  .712| 106  .521   3.3   0.3  50%
 1985 34 KCR AL  407  294   42   3.8    99| .245  .261| .308  .327| .381  .406| .689  .733|  88  .417  -6.9  -0.7   0%
 1986 35 KCR AL  491  351   44   3.4   102| .212  .264| .303  .332| .322  .412| .625  .744|  69  .353 -18.7  -1.8  50%
 1987 36 CHC NL  161  115   13   3.0   108| .201  .273| .306  .343| .302  .425| .608  .767|  61  .305  -8.2  -0.8   0%
 1988 37 TOT     165  116   20   4.6    95| .269  .262| .327  .327| .428  .390| .755  .717| 110  .540   1.5   0.1   0%
         CHC NL   66   46    7   4.1    94| .241  .262| .333  .326| .370  .384| .703  .711|  99  .514   0.0   0.0   0%
         TEX AL   99   70   13   5.0    96| .286  .262| .323  .327| .462  .394| .785  .721| 116  .554   1.4   0.1   0%
 1989 38 TEX AL  178  129   15   3.1    95| .197  .263| .304  .328| .299  .387| .603  .715|  70  .353  -5.5  -0.6   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 16 Seasons     6898 4880  697   3.8    95| .248  .261| .327  .326| .348  .390| .675  .716|  89  .432 -75.0  -7.7  35%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1974 23 TEX AL C 132 722 69 8 15 .990 .983 5.99 5.01 6.51 5.89 121 1094.3 6 30 67 43 AS 1975 24 TEX AL C 155 791 101 17 11 .981 .983 5.75 5.04 6.10 6.00 148 1316.0 9 39 77 65 1976 25 TEX AL C 140 719 96 7 11 .991 .981 5.82 4.90 6.09 5.75 135 1204.7 6 38 95 69 GG 1977 26 TEX AL C 149 801 103 5 12 .994 .986 6.07 5.06 6.70 6.01 137 1214.0 5 38 43 55 GG 1978 27 TEX AL C 148 769 91 3 14 .997 .983 5.81 4.86 5.98 5.53 145 1294.7 8 32 75 70 GG,AS DH 1 AS 1979 28 TEX AL C 150 754 75 4 14 .995 .982 5.53 4.69 5.87 5.46 144 1271.0 8 33 76 53 GG 1980 29 TEX AL C 151 853 76 7 7 .993 .986 6.15 4.60 6.43 5.48 145 1301.0 17 51 102 52 GG 1981 30 TEX AL C 98 464 52 2 9 .996 .987 5.27 4.76 5.38 5.51 97 863.3 8 17 41 38 GG LF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 2.00 0.82 2.37 1 11.0 1982 31 TEX AL C 132 607 69 6 15 .991 .988 5.12 4.90 5.35 5.69 129 1136.7 16 22 77 51 LF 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 5.00 1.90 5.17 2.28 1 8.7 1983 32 TEX AL C 131 618 56 5 2 .993 .986 5.15 4.76 5.74 5.70 116 1056.7 10 24 79 51 1984 33 MIL AL C 109 556 55 3 6 .995 .987 5.61 5.05 6.11 5.96 100 900.7 2 22 42 42 AS 1985 34 KCR AL C 112 572 41 5 10 .992 .987 5.47 5.03 5.75 6.05 107 960.3 6 27 60 25 1986 35 KCR AL C 134 686 46 4 11 .995 .989 5.46 5.44 5.99 6.62 124 1100.3 13 26 68 43 1987 36 CHC NL C 57 273 34 2 2 .994 .987 5.39 5.91 7.79 6.94 35 354.7 1 16 43 17 1988 37 TOT C 56 229 16 0 3 1.000 .988 4.38 5.39 5.88 6.35 39 374.7 5 16 33 13 CHC NL C 20 88 7 0 1 1.000 .987 4.75 5.58 6.02 6.56 14 142.0 2 4 15 7 TEX AL C 36 141 9 0 2 1.000 .989 4.17 5.28 5.80 6.22 25 232.7 3 12 18 6 1989 38 TEX AL C 73 353 27 3 3 .992 .989 5.21 5.20 7.48 6.24 53 457.3 10 11 34 21 DH 1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1974 23 TEX AL C 132 722 69 8 15 .990 .983 5.99 5.01 6.51 5.89 121 1094.3 6 30 67 43 1975 24 TEX AL C 155 791 101 17 11 .981 .983 5.75 5.04 6.10 6.00 148 1316.0 9 39 77 65 1976 25 TEX AL C 140 719 96 7 11 .991 .981 5.82 4.90 6.09 5.75 135 1204.7 6 38 95 69 1977 26 TEX AL C 149 801 103 5 12 .994 .986 6.07 5.06 6.70 6.01 137 1214.0 5 38 43 55 1978 27 TEX AL C 148 769 91 3 14 .997 .983 5.81 4.86 5.98 5.53 145 1294.7 8 32 75 70 1979 28 TEX AL C 150 754 75 4 14 .995 .982 5.53 4.69 5.87 5.46 144 1271.0 8 33 76 53 1980 29 TEX AL C 151 853 76 7 7 .993 .986 6.15 4.60 6.43 5.48 145 1301.0 17 51 102 52 1981 30 TEX AL C 98 464 52 2 9 .996 .987 5.27 4.76 5.38 5.51 97 863.3 8 17 41 38 1982 31 TEX AL C 132 607 69 6 15 .991 .988 5.12 4.90 5.35 5.69 129 1136.7 16 22 77 51 1983 32 TEX AL C 131 618 56 5 2 .993 .986 5.15 4.76 5.74 5.70 116 1056.7 10 24 79 51 1984 33 MIL AL C 109 556 55 3 6 .995 .987 5.61 5.05 6.11 5.96 100 900.7 2 22 42 42 1985 34 KCR AL C 112 572 41 5 10 .992 .987 5.47 5.03 5.75 6.05 107 960.3 6 27 60 25 1986 35 KCR AL C 134 686 46 4 11 .995 .989 5.46 5.44 5.99 6.62 124 1100.3 13 26 68 43 1987 36 CHC NL C 57 273 34 2 2 .994 .987 5.39 5.91 7.79 6.94 35 354.7 1 16 43 17 1988 37 TOT C 56 229 16 0 3 1.000 .988 4.38 5.39 5.88 6.35 39 374.7 5 16 33 13 CHC NL C 20 88 7 0 1 1.000 .987 4.75 5.58 6.02 6.56 14 142.0 2 4 15 7 TEX AL C 36 141 9 0 2 1.000 .989 4.17 5.28 5.80 6.22 25 232.7 3 12 18 6 1989 38 TEX AL C 73 353 27 3 3 .992 .989 5.21 5.20 7.48 6.24 53 457.3 10 11 34 21 1978 27 TEX AL DH 1 1989 38 TEX AL DH 1 1981 30 TEX AL LF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 2.00 0.82 2.37 1 11.0 1982 31 TEX AL LF 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 5.00 1.90 5.17 2.28 1 8.7 1981 30 TEX AL OF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 2.15 0.82 2.45 1 11.0 1982 31 TEX AL OF 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 5.00 2.20 5.17 2.48 1 8.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C*1927 9767 1007 81 145 .993 .985 5.59 4.98 6.10 5.86 1775 15900.3 130 442 1012 708 LF* 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 2.00 1.97 2.74 2.33 2 19.7 DH 2 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 1930 9773 1007 81 145 .993 .985 5.59 4.98 6.09 5.86 1777 15920
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1985   ALCS  KCR TOR     W   7  24   3   4  1  1  1   6   1   7  .167  .200  .417   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    KCR STL     W   7  24   6   6  2  0  0   1   6   4  .250  .400  .333   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Series   2-0  14  48   9  10  3  1  1   7   7  11  .208  .309  .375   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1974   TEX AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1978   TEX AL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1984   MIL AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/3      0   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1974
1978 *
1984 *

Gold Gloves
1976-AL--C
1977-AL--C
1978-AL--C
1979-AL--C
1980-AL--C
1981-AL--C
All Multiple Winners

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1977-AL-15-0.08
1978-AL-15-0.06
Car-805-0.14 shares

Sac. Hits
1974 AL-17-3
1975 AL-13-8
1977 AL-20-3

Grounded into Double Plays
1978 AL-18-7
1979 AL-17-10

HOF Standards: Batting - 13.9 (1123) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 87.0 (188) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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  10. Al Lopez (958) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


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 (Secondary Phase).

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

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.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
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.
Uniforms 
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