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Jim Sundberg

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Full Name: James Howard Sundberg Primary Position: C
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/190 First Game: April 4, 1974
Birthdate: May 18, 1951 Final Game: September 24, 1989
Birthplace: Galesburg, Illinois MLB Experience: 16 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[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.

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[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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