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Jim Sundberg Jim Sundberg

Full name: James Howard Sundberg Born: May 18, 1951, Galesburg, Illinois First Game: April 4, 1974; Final Game: September 24, 1989 Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 0" Weight: 190 C on TSN AL All-Star Team (1978 and 1981) AL Gold Glove as C (1976 to 1981) Jim Sundberg Collectibles! Jim Sundberg Memorabilia! Jim Sundberg Cards! Jim Sundberg Autographs! Game Used Memorabilia! Register on eBay for free today and start buying & selling with millions each week! Photo by Lou Sauritch, © 2006 BaseballChronology.com

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Batting RecordBatting Record

Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam
1974 TEX A Daily Splits  132   368   45   91  13   3   3   36   62   0   61   0  17   2   0  13  16    2   4  .247  .354  .323   1.3 1974 TEX A
1975 TEX A Daily Splits  155   472   45   94   9   0   6   36   51   0   77   4  13   0   0  13  16    3   1  .199  .283  .256  -1.2 1975 TEX A
1976 TEX A Daily Splits  140   448   33  102  24   2   3   34   37   0   61   0   9   2   0   9  15    0   0  .228  .285  .310   1.2 1976 TEX A
1977 TEX A Daily Splits  149   453   61  132  20   3   6   65   53   0   77   2  20   5   0   9   8    2   3  .291  .365  .389   4.2 1977 TEX A
1978 TEX A Daily Splits  149   518   54  144  23   6   6   58   64   6   70   3   3   4   0   6  18    2   5  .278  .358  .380   3.1 1978 TEX A
1979 TEX A Daily Splits  150   495   50  136  23   4   5   64   51   5   51   5   5   5   0   8  17    3   3  .275  .345  .368   1.8 1979 TEX A
1980 TEX A Daily Splits  151   505   59  138  24   1  10   63   64   3   67   1   6   5   0  13  15    2   2  .273  .353  .384   1.2 1980 TEX A
1981 TEX A Daily Splits  102   339   42   94  17   2   3   28   50   6   48   1   3   3   0   6   5    2   5  .277  .369  .366   1.8 1981 TEX A
1982 TEX A Daily Splits  139   470   37  118  22   5  10   47   49   2   57   1   9   1   1  10  11    2   6  .251  .322  .383   0.6 1982 TEX A
1983 TEX A Daily Splits  131   378   30   76  14   0   2   28   35   0   64   2   7   1   0   5   8    0   4  .201  .272  .254  -2.0 1983 TEX A
1984 MIL A Daily Splits  110   348   43   91  19   4   7   43   38   2   63   0   6   3   0   3   5    1   1  .261  .332  .399   1.9 1984 MIL A
1985 KC  A Daily Splits  115   367   38   90  12   4  10   35   33   3   67   1   4   2   0   5   9    0   2  .245  .308  .381  -0.1 1985 KC  A
1986 KC  A Daily Splits  140   429   41   91   9   1  12   42   57   1   91   0   2   3   0   6   7    1   1  .212  .303  .322  -1.4 1986 KC  A
1987 CHI N Daily Splits   61   139    9   28   2   0   4   15   19   3   40   2   1   0   0   1   3    0   0  .201  .306  .302  -0.2 1987 CHI N
1988 CHI N Daily Splits   24    54    8   13   1   0   2    9    8   0   15   0   3   1   0   3   1    0   0  .241  .333  .370  -0.1 1988 CHI N
1988 TEX A Daily Splits   38    91   13   26   4   0   4   13    5   0   17   0   3   0   0   0   2    0   0  .286  .323  .462  -0.1 1988 TEX A
1988 Total                62   145   21   39   5   0   6   22   13   0   32   0   6   1   0   3   3    0   0  .269  .327  .428  -0.2 1988 Total
1989 TEX A Daily Splits   76   147   13   29   7   1   2    8   23   0   37   0   7   1   0   2   3    0   0  .197  .304  .299  -0.3 1989 TEX A
Total NL                  85   193   17   41   3   0   6   24   27   3   55   2   4   1   0   4   4    0   0  .212  .314  .321  -0.3 Total NL        
Total AL                1877  5828  604 1452 240  36  89  600  672  28  908  20 114  37   1 108 155   20  37  .249  .327  .348  12.0 Total AL        
Total            Splits 1962  6021  621 1493 243  36  95  624  699  31  963  22 118  38   1 112 159   20  37  .248  .327  .348  11.7 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam

League Championship Series Batting RecordLeague Championship Series Batting Record

Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1985 KC  A Daily Splits    7    24    3    4   1   1   1    6    1   0    7   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .167  .200  .417 1985 KC  A

World Series Batting RecordWorld Series Batting Record

Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1985 KC  A Daily Splits    7    24    6    6   2   0   0    1    6   0    4   0   0   0   0   0   1    0   0  .250  .400  .333 1985 KC  A

All-Star Game Batting RecordAll-Star Game Batting Record

Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1978 AL    Daily           1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1978 AL   
1984 AL    Daily Splits    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1984 AL   
Total            Splits    2     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

Fielding RecordFielding Record

Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1974 TEX A Daily   C  132  121  112  1094.1   722   69    8   15   0    6   43   67    4  .990
1975 TEX A Daily   C  155  148  129  1316     791  101   17   11   0    9   65   77   12  .981
1976 TEX A Daily   C  140  135  117  1204.2   719   96    7   11   0    6   69   95    8  .991
1977 TEX A Daily   C  149  137  115  1214     801  103    5   12   0    5   55   43    9  .994
1978 TEX A Daily   C  148  145  140  1294.2   769   91    3   14   0    8   70   75    8  .997
1978 TEX A        DH    1    1    1                                                          -
1979 TEX A Daily   C  150  144  137  1271     754   75    4   14   0    8   53   76    2  .995
1980 TEX A Daily   C  151  145  139  1301     853   76    7    7   0   17   52  102    3  .993
1981 TEX A Daily   C   98   97   95   863.1   464   52    2    9   0    8   38   41    2  .996
1981 TEX A        LF    2    1    1    11       1    0    0    0   0                     1.000
1981 TEX A        OF    2    1    1    11       1    0    0    0   0                     1.000     2    0    0 
1982 TEX A Daily   C  132  129  126  1136.2   607   69    6   15   0   16   51   77    4  .991
1982 TEX A        LF    1    1    1     8.2     5    0    0    0   0                     1.000
1982 TEX A        OF    1    1    1     8.2     5    0    0    0   0                     1.000     1    0    0 
1983 TEX A Daily   C  131  116  100  1056.2   618   56    5    2   0   10   51   79    3  .993
1984 MIL A Daily   C  109  100   99   900.2   556   55    3    6   0    2   42   42    0  .995
1985 KC  A Daily   C  112  107   99   960.1   572   41    5   10   0    6   25   60    1  .992
1986 KC  A Daily   C  134  124  115  1100.1   686   46    4   11   0   13   43   68    1  .995
1987 CHI N Daily   C   57   35   29   354.2   273   34    2    2   0    1   17   43    3  .994
1988 CHI N Daily   C   20   14   11   142      88    7    0    1   0    2    7   15    0 1.000
1988 TEX A Daily   C   36   25   19   232.2   141    9    0    2   0    3    6   18    1 1.000
1988 Total         C   56   39   30   374.2   229   16    0    3   0    5   13   33    1 1.000
1989 TEX A Daily   C   73   53   30   457.1   353   27    3    3   0   10   21   34    1  .992
1989 TEX A        DH    1    0    0                                                          -
Total              C 1927 1775 1612 15900.1  9767 1007   81  145   0  130  708 1012   62  .993
Total             LF    3    2    2    19.2     6    0    0    0   0                     1.000
Total             OF    3    2    2    19.2     6    0    0    0   0                     1.000     3    0    0 
Total             DH    2    1    1                                                          -
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G

League Championship Series Fielding RecordLeague Championship Series Fielding Record

Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
1985 KC  A Daily   C    7    7    7    62.2    41    3    1    1   0    0    2    2    0  .978

World Series Fielding RecordWorld Series Fielding Record

Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
1985 KC  A Daily   C    7    7    7    62      47    3    0    1   0    1    3    2    0 1.000

All-Star Game Fielding RecordAll-Star Game Fielding Record

Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
1978 AL    Daily   C    1    0    0     3       2    1    0    0   0    1    1    0    0 1.000
1984 AL    Daily   C    1    0    0     4       6    0    0    0   0    0    0    2    0 1.000
Total              C    2    0    0     7       8    1    0    0   0    1    1    2    0 1.000
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG

TransactionsTransactions

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 30, 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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