Jim Sundberg Stats

Jim Sundberg was born on Friday, May 18, 1951, in Galesburg, Illinois. Sundberg was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 4, 1974, with the Texas Rangers. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Jim Sundberg baseball stats page.

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"In 15 years in the major leagues I've spent a lot of time behind the plate, catching a lot of pitchers, but I'm sure about one thing. I've never had a more enjoyable four innings of catching than I did in the seventh game of the 1985 World Series. That was total relaxtion, total pleasure." - Jim Sundberg in the Game I'll Never Forget (Baseball Digest, August 1988)

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Jim Sundberg Autograph on a 1988 Topps Baseball Card (#516 | <a href='../baseball_cards/baseball_cards_oneset.php?s=1988top08' title='1988 Topps Baseball Card Checklist'>Checklist</a>)

Jim Sundberg Autograph on a 1988 Topps Baseball Card (#516 | Checklist)

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Birth Name:   James Howard Sundberg
Nickname:   Jim
Born On:   05-18-1951  (Taurus)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Galesburg, Illinois
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Galesburg High School (Galesburg, IL)
College:   University of Iowa
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-00   Player Weight Chart Weight:   195
First Game:   04-04-1974 (Age 22)
Last Game:   09-24-1989
Draft:   1973 : 1st Round (2nd)

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Jim Sundberg Pitching Stats

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Jim Sundberg Hitting Stats

1974 23 Rangers 132 368 45 91 13 3 3 0 36 62 0 61 17 2 0 16 .247 .354 .323
1975 24 Rangers 155 472 45 94 9 0 6 1 36 51 0 77 13 0 4 16 .199 .283 .256
1976 25 Rangers 140 448 33 102 24 2 3 0 34 37 0 61 9 2 0 15 .228 .285 .310
1977 26 Rangers 149 453 61 132 20 3 6 0 65 53 0 77 20 5 2 8 .291 .365 .389
1978 27 Rangers 149 518 54 144 23 6 6 0 58 64 6 70 3 4 3 18 .278 .358 .380
1979 28 Rangers 150 495 50 136 23 4 5 0 64 51 5 51 5 5 5 17 .275 .345 .368
1980 29 Rangers 151 505 59 138 24 1 10 1 63 64 3 67 6 5 1 15 .273 .353 .384
1981 30 Rangers 102 339 42 94 17 2 3 0 28 50 6 48 3 3 1 5 .277 .369 .366
1982 31 Rangers 139 470 37 118 22 5 10 0 47 49 2 57 9 1 1 11 .251 .322 .383
1983 32 Rangers 131 378 30 76 14 0 2 0 28 35 0 64 7 1 2 8 .201 .272 .254
1984 33 Brewers 110 348 43 91 19 4 7 0 43 38 2 63 6 3 0 5 .261 .332 .399
1985 34 Royals 115 367 38 90 12 4 10 0 35 33 3 67 4 2 1 9 .245 .308 .381
1986 35 Royals 140 429 41 91 9 1 12 1 42 57 1 91 2 3 0 7 .212 .303 .322
1987 36 Cubs 61 139 9 28 2 0 4 1 15 19 3 40 1 0 2 3 .201 .306 .302
1988 37 Cubs 24 54 8 13 1 0 2 0 9 8 0 15 3 1 0 1 .241 .333 .370
1988 37 Rangers 38 91 13 26 4 0 4 0 13 5 0 17 3 0 0 2 .286 .323 .462
1989 38 Rangers 76 147 13 29 7 1 2 0 8 23 0 37 7 1 0 3 .197 .304 .299
16 Years 1,962 6,021 621 1,493 243 36 95 4 624 699 31 963 118 38 22 159 .248 .327 .348

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Jim Sundberg Fielding Stats

1974 Rangers C 132 121 3,283 799 6.1 791 722 69 8 15 6 67 43 .990 6.51
1975 Rangers C 155 148 387 909 5.9 892 791 101 17 11 9 10 9 .981 62.23
1976 Rangers C 140 135 513 822 5.9 815 719 96 7 11 6 0 6 .991 42.89
1977 Rangers C 149 137 3,642 909 6.1 904 801 103 5 12 5 5 43 .994 6.70
1978 Rangers C 148 145 3,884 863 5.8 860 769 91 3 14 8 8 75 .997 5.98
1979 Rangers C 150 144 411 833 5.6 829 754 75 4 14 8 0 8 .995 54.46
1980 Rangers C 151 145 273 936 6.2 929 853 76 7 7 17 0 17 .993 91.88
1981 Rangers C 98 97 285 518 5.3 516 464 52 2 9 8 0 8 .996 48.88
1981 Rangers LF 2 1 33 1 0.5 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.82
1982 Rangers C 132 129 3,410 682 5.2 676 607 69 6 15 16 6 77 .991 5.35
1982 Rangers LF 1 1 24 5 5.0 5 5 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 5.63
1983 Rangers C 131 116 3,170 679 5.2 674 618 56 5 2 10 79 51 .993 5.74
1984 Brewers C 109 100 2,702 614 5.6 611 556 55 3 6 2 42 42 .995 6.11
1985 Royals C 112 107 2,881 618 5.5 613 572 41 5 10 6 60 25 .992 5.74
1986 Royals C 134 124 3,301 736 5.5 732 686 46 4 11 13 68 43 .995 5.99
1987 Cubs C 57 35 1,064 309 5.4 307 273 34 2 2 1 43 17 .994 7.79
1988 Cubs C 20 14 426 95 4.8 95 88 7 0 1 2 15 7 1.000 6.02
1988 Rangers C 36 25 698 150 4.2 150 141 9 0 2 3 18 6 1.000 5.80
1989 Rangers C 73 53 1,372 383 5.2 380 353 27 3 3 10 34 21 .992 7.48
C Totals 1,927 1,775 31,702 10,855 5.6 10,774 9,767 1,007 81 145 130 455 498 .993 9.18
LF Totals 3 2 57 6 2.0 6 6 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.84
16 Years 1,930 1,777 31,759 10,861 5.6 10,780 9,773 1,007 81 145 130 455 498 .993 9.16

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Jim Sundberg Miscellaneous Stats

1974 Rangers 2 4 .333 1 1 0 122.7 6.0 10.2 - - -
1975 Rangers 3 1 .750 0 0 0 78.7 6.1 13.1 - - -
1976 Rangers 0 0 .000 1 0 0 149.3 7.3 13.2 - - -
1977 Rangers 2 3 .400 2 2 0 75.5 5.9 7.0 - - -
1978 Rangers 2 5 .286 1 0 1 86.3 7.4 8.9 - - -
1979 Rangers 3 3 .500 1 2 0 99.0 9.7 7.7 - - -
1980 Rangers 2 2 .500 3 0 0 50.5 7.5 8.0 - - -
1981 Rangers 2 5 .286 3 0 0 113.0 7.1 12.1 - - -
1982 Rangers 2 6 .250 8 0 0 47.0 8.2 10.0 - - -
1983 Rangers 0 4 .000 1 0 0 189.0 5.9 13.5 - - -
1984 Brewers 1 1 .500 4 1 0 49.7 5.5 8.1 - - -
1985 Royals 0 2 .000 5 0 0 36.7 5.5 10.5 - - -
1986 Royals 1 1 .500 11 0 0 35.8 4.7 10.2 - - -
1987 Cubs 0 0 .000 8 1 n/a 34.8 3.5 9.3 - - -
1988 Cubs 0 0 .000 6 1 n/a 27.0 3.6 6.0 - - -
1988 Rangers 0 0 .000 4 0 0 22.8 5.4 7.0 - - -
1989 Rangers 0 0 .000 6 0 1 73.5 4.0 18.4 - - -
16 Years 20 37 .351 65 8 2 63.4 6.3 9.6 - - -

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Jim Sundberg Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1974 Texas Rangers 10 $15,000.00 Stats -
1975 Texas Rangers 10 $16,000.00 - -
1976 Texas Rangers 10 $40,000.00 - -
1977 Texas Rangers 10 $55,000.00 - -
1978 Texas Rangers 10 Undetermined Stats -
1979 Texas Rangers 10 Undetermined - -
1980 Texas Rangers 10 Undetermined - -
1981 Texas Rangers 10 Undetermined - -
1982 Texas Rangers 10 Undetermined - -
1983 Texas Rangers 10 Undetermined - -
1984 Milwaukee Brewers 8 Undetermined Stats -
1985 Kansas City Royals 8 $608,333.00 - Stats
1986 Kansas City Royals 8 $653,128.00 - -
1987 Chicago Cubs 11 $791,667.00 - -
1988 Chicago Cubs 11 Undetermined - -
1988 Texas Rangers 10 Undetermined - -
1989 Texas Rangers 10 $475,000.00 - -

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