Jim Sundberg
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[edit] Biography
Jim Sundberg (James Howard Sundberg) was born on May 18, 1951 in Galesburg, Illinois. He made his Major League debut on April 4, 1974 for the Texas Rangers. In 1974, his rookie year, he hit .247 with 3 home runs and 36 RBI. Sundberg played for the Texas Rangers, Milwaukee Brewers, Kansas City Royals and Chicago Cubs over the course of his 16 year career.
Most people believe that Jim Sundberg's best season was 1980, when he knocked in 63 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | TEX | A | 132 | 368 | 45 | 91 | 3 | 36 | .247 | .354 | .323 | 13 | 3 | 62 | 61 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 16 |
| 1975 | TEX | A | 155 | 472 | 45 | 94 | 6 | 36 | .199 | .283 | .256 | 9 | 0 | 51 | 77 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 16 |
| 1976 | TEX | A | 140 | 448 | 33 | 102 | 3 | 34 | .228 | .285 | .310 | 24 | 2 | 37 | 61 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 1977 | TEX | A | 149 | 453 | 61 | 132 | 6 | 65 | .291 | .365 | .389 | 20 | 3 | 53 | 77 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 1978 | TEX | A | 149 | 518 | 54 | 144 | 6 | 58 | .278 | .358 | .380 | 23 | 6 | 64 | 70 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 18 |
| 1979 | TEX | A | 150 | 495 | 50 | 136 | 5 | 64 | .275 | .345 | .368 | 23 | 4 | 51 | 51 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 |
| 1980 | TEX | A | 151 | 505 | 59 | 138 | 10 | 63 | .273 | .353 | .384 | 24 | 1 | 64 | 67 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 |
| 1981 | TEX | A | 102 | 339 | 42 | 94 | 3 | 28 | .277 | .369 | .366 | 17 | 2 | 50 | 48 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 |
| 1982 | TEX | A | 139 | 470 | 37 | 118 | 10 | 47 | .251 | .322 | .383 | 22 | 5 | 49 | 57 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 1983 | TEX | A | 131 | 378 | 30 | 76 | 2 | 28 | .201 | .272 | .254 | 14 | 0 | 35 | 64 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 1984 | MIL | A | 110 | 348 | 43 | 91 | 7 | 43 | .261 | .332 | .399 | 19 | 4 | 38 | 63 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 1985 | KC | A | 115 | 367 | 38 | 90 | 10 | 35 | .245 | .308 | .381 | 12 | 4 | 33 | 67 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 1986 | KC | A | 140 | 429 | 41 | 91 | 12 | 42 | .212 | .303 | .322 | 9 | 1 | 57 | 91 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 1987 | CHI | N | 61 | 139 | 9 | 28 | 4 | 15 | .201 | .306 | .302 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 40 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1988 | TEX | A | 38 | 91 | 13 | 26 | 4 | 13 | .286 | .323 | .462 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1988 | CHI | N | 24 | 54 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 9 | .241 | .333 | .370 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1988 | Total | 62 | 145 | 21 | 39 | 6 | 22 | .269 | .327 | .428 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 32 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1989 | TEX | A | 76 | 147 | 13 | 29 | 2 | 8 | .197 | .304 | .299 | 7 | 1 | 23 | 37 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | NL | 85 | 193 | 17 | 41 | 6 | 24 | .212 | .314 | .321 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 55 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| Total | AL | 1877 | 5828 | 604 | 1452 | 89 | 600 | .249 | .327 | .348 | 240 | 36 | 672 | 908 | 20 | 114 | 20 | 28 | 155 | |
| Total | 1962 | 6021 | 621 | 1493 | 95 | 624 | .248 | .327 | .348 | 243 | 36 | 699 | 963 | 22 | 118 | 20 | 31 | 159 |
[edit] Fielding Stats
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | TEX | A | C | 132 | 121 | 1094.1 | 722 | 69 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 67 | 43 | 4 | .990 |
| 1975 | TEX | A | C | 155 | 148 | 1316 | 791 | 101 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 77 | 65 | 12 | .981 |
| 1976 | TEX | A | C | 140 | 135 | 1204.2 | 719 | 96 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 95 | 69 | 8 | .991 |
| 1977 | TEX | A | C | 149 | 137 | 1214 | 801 | 103 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 43 | 55 | 9 | .994 |
| 1978 | TEX | A | C | 148 | 145 | 1294.2 | 769 | 91 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 75 | 70 | 8 | .997 |
| 1978 | TEX | A | DH | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1979 | TEX | A | C | 150 | 144 | 1271 | 754 | 75 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 76 | 53 | 2 | .995 |
| 1980 | TEX | A | C | 151 | 145 | 1301 | 853 | 76 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 102 | 52 | 3 | .993 |
| 1981 | TEX | A | C | 98 | 97 | 863.1 | 464 | 52 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 41 | 38 | 2 | .996 |
| 1981 | TEX | A | LF | 2 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1981 | TEX | A | OF | 2 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1982 | TEX | A | C | 132 | 129 | 1136.2 | 607 | 69 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 16 | 77 | 51 | 4 | .991 |
| 1982 | TEX | A | LF | 1 | 1 | 8.2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1982 | TEX | A | OF | 1 | 1 | 8.2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1983 | TEX | A | C | 131 | 116 | 1056.2 | 618 | 56 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 79 | 51 | 3 | .993 |
| 1984 | MIL | A | C | 109 | 100 | 900.2 | 556 | 55 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 42 | 0 | .995 |
| 1985 | KC | A | C | 112 | 107 | 960.1 | 572 | 41 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 60 | 25 | 1 | .992 |
| 1986 | KC | A | C | 134 | 124 | 1100.1 | 686 | 46 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 68 | 43 | 1 | .995 |
| 1987 | CHI | N | C | 57 | 35 | 354.2 | 273 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 17 | 3 | .994 |
| 1988 | TEX | A | C | 36 | 25 | 232.2 | 141 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 1.000 |
| 1988 | CHI | N | C | 20 | 14 | 142 | 88 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1988 | Total | C | 56 | 39 | 374.2 | 229 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 33 | 13 | 1 | 1.000 | |
| 1989 | TEX | A | C | 73 | 53 | 457.1 | 353 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 34 | 21 | 1 | .992 |
| 1989 | TEX | A | DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Total | C | 1927 | 1775 | 15900.1 | 9767 | 1007 | 81 | 145 | 0 | 130 | 1012 | 708 | 62 | .993 | ||
| Total | OF | 3 | 2 | 19.2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
| Total | DH | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| Total | LF | 3 | 2 | 19.2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Oakland Athletics in the 6th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 5, 1969).
- Selected by Texas Rangers in the 8th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 6, 1972).
- Selected by Texas Rangers in the 1st round (2nd pick overall) of the secondary phase of free-agent draft (January 10, 1973).
- Traded by Texas Rangers to Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for Ned Yost and Dan Scarpetta (December 8, 1983).
- Traded by Milwaukee Brewers to Kansas City Royals as part of 4-team trade in which Kansas City Royals sent Don Slaught to Texas Rangers; Kansas City Royals sent Frank Wills to New York Mets; New York Mets sent Tim Leary to Milwaukee Brewers; Texas Rangers sent Danny Darwin to Milwaukee Brewers (January 18, 1985); and Texas Rangers sent Bill Nance to Milwaukee Brewers (January 30, 1985).
- Traded by Kansas City Royals to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Thad Bosley and Dave Gumpert (March 30, 1987).
- Released by Chicago Cubs (July 15, 1988).
- Signed by Texas Rangers (July 21, 1988).
- Granted free agency (November 4, 1988).
- Signed by Texas Rangers (January 6, 1989).
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