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Jim Sundberg
James Howard Sundberg

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

MLB Debut April 4, 1974
Final Game September 24, 1989
Born May 18, 1951 in Galesburg, IL (age 72)

Batting   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Pitchers
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1974 23 TEA AL  132  294   45   76  11   1   4   32   0   1   50   47  .259  .364  .344  .708   102   101  13   2   0   0   6  
 1975 24 TEA AL  157  493   50   92  14   0   9   40   2   0   62   80  .187  .282  .270  .552    76   133  35   4   0   5  11  
 1976 25 TEA AL  144  388   35   81  26   0   0   31   0   0   25   66  .209  .255  .276  .531    76   107  16   3   0   0   9  
 1977 26 TEA AL  133  481   66  146  27   3   7   81   3   2   52   87  .304  .375  .416  .790   105   200   8   4   0   5  15  
 1978 27 TEA AL  156  579   68  168  21   8   6   65   2   8   56   93  .290  .352  .385  .737   101   223   1   7   4   3  19  
 1979 28 TEA AL  156  540   53  138  24   5   3   43   2   1   56   75  .256  .329  .335  .664    91   181   3   6   3   6  14  
 1980 29 TEA AL  149  528   56  134  21   1   8   55   2   1   70   81  .254  .339  .343  .682    95   181   5   3   5   0  13  
 1981 30 TEA AL  159  561   67  150  30   2   3   59   2   5   58   76  .267  .338  .344  .682    97   193   2   5   0   4  12  
 1982 31 TEA AL  145  504   41  118  23   3   2   40   2   6   52   56  .234  .304  .304  .608    82   153   5   3   0   0  19  
 1983 32 TEA AL  125  321   29   57   8   0   1   22   0   0   36   45  .178  .270  .212  .482    64    68  14   1   0   5   4  
 1984 33 SLN NL  109  328   43   84  18   3   9   43   0   0   44   60  .256  .343  .412  .755   110   135   9   1   0   0   3  
 1985 34 KCA AL  106  394   35  104  14   2  10   61   0   0   27   79  .264  .308  .386  .694    94   152   5   4   2   0  17  
 1986 35 KCA AL  132  460   47   91  12   2   9   46   2   5   55  111  .198  .280  .291  .571    80   134   3   7   0   0  12  
 1987 36 NYA AL   96  265   32   42   5   0   5   12   1   0   41   86  .158  .288  .234  .522    69    62   6   2   0   8   4  
 1988 37 TOA AL   32   94   12   23   2   0   5   13   0   0    6   19  .245  .287  .426  .713    99    40   7   1   3   0   1  
 1989 38 OAA AL   78  147   22   33   9   2   2   22   0   0   30   38  .224  .352  .354  .706    97    52   0   2   0   0   1  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 16 Seasons     2009 6377  701 1537 265  32  83  665  18  29  720 1099  .241  .319  .332  .651        2115 132  55  17  36 160
 Per 600 PA           523   57  126  22   3   7   55   1   2   59   90                                 173  11   5   1   3  13
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With TEA     1456 4689  510 1160 205  23  43  468  15  24  517  706  .247  .323  .328  .652        1540 102  38  12  28 122
   With KCA      238  854   82  195  26   4  19  107   2   5   82  190  .228  .293  .335  .627         286   8  11   2   0  29
   With SLN      109  328   43   84  18   3   9   43   0   0   44   60  .256  .343  .412  .755         135   9   1   0   0   3
   With NYA       96  265   32   42   5   0   5   12   1   0   41   86  .158  .288  .234  .522          62   6   2   0   8   4
   With OAA       78  147   22   33   9   2   2   22   0   0   30   38  .224  .352  .354  .706          52   0   2   0   0   1
   With TOA       32   94   12   23   2   0   5   13   0   0    6   19  .245  .287  .426  .713          40   7   1   3   0   1
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1962 6021  621 1493 243  36  95  624  20  37  699  963  .248  .327  .348  .674        2093 118  38  31  22 159
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1974 23 TEA AL  66   40   4.5  15   2   1  .133   4   51   37  .725   28   14  .667  C    2(-2)e4    30   
 1975 24 TEA AL  38   42   2.5   0   0   0  .000  10   75   56  .747   71   40  .640  C    1(-2)e7    13   
 1976 25 TEA AL  15   27   2.2   6   1   0  .167   5   52   40  .769   41   26  .612  C    1(-2)e3   -65   
 1977 26 TEA AL  29   75   5.6   0   0   0  .000   3   82   65  .793   11    5  .688  C    1(-4)e3    37   
 1978 27 TEA AL  41   75   4.5   1   1   0 1.000   3   80   72  .900  119   54  .688  C    1(-4)e2    -1   
 1979 28 TEA AL  39   61   3.9   0   0   0  .000   2   85   67  .788   31   18  .633  C    1(-4)e1   -49   
 1980 29 TEA AL  37   63   4.1   2   0   0  .000   9   73   60  .822   72   26  .735  C    1(-1)e4   -55   
 1981 30 TEA AL  28   66   4.1   0   0   0  .000   6   80   62  .775   53   21  .716  C    1(-3)e1   -53   
 1982 31 TEA AL  38   44   2.8   0   0   0  .000   3   86   68  .791   56   26  .683  C    2(-1)e4   -98   
 1983 32 TEA AL  46   21   2.1   5   2   0  .400   2   51   44  .863   55   23  .705  C    2(0)e2    -44   
 1984 33 SLN NL  56   49   5.2   6   1   0  .167   1   36   32  .889   17   12  .586  C    2(-3)e3    24   
 1985 34 KCA AL  18   43   3.7   1   0   0  .000   1   52   42  .808   30   13  .698  C    2(-2)e2     5   
 1986 35 KCA AL  30   37   2.6   0   0   0  .000   4   62   53  .855   47   32  .595  C    2(-1)e1   -53   
 1987 36 NYA AL   5   21   2.5   1   0   0  .000   1   50   42  .840   52   19  .732  C    3(+1)e1   -86   
 1988 37 TOA AL  55   11   3.9   1   0   0  .000   2   18   15  .833   45   11  .804  C    3(+1)e1   -42   
 1989 38 OAA AL  77   21   4.9   3   1   0  .333   0   17    9  .529   18   10  .643  C    3(0)e7    102   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 16 Seasons          702   3.6  41   8   1  .195  56  950  764  .804  746  350  .681                 -25   3
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 25.9 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 77.5 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1974 23 TEA AL  C    126   635    36    4    3   .994    71   766.0   7.88
 1975 24 TEA AL  C    157   949    80   10   12   .990   156  1373.0   6.75
 1976 25 TEA AL  C    141   891    45    5    5   .995   107  1013.1   8.31
 1977 26 TEA AL  C    133  1038    36    3    9   .997   131  1167.2   8.28
 1978 27 TEA AL  C    155  1018    95    3   10   .997   155  1370.1   7.31  GG
 1979 28 TEA AL  C    155   920    61    2   11   .998   152  1338.0   6.60  GG
 1980 29 TEA AL  C    147   864    62    9    5   .990   146  1276.1   6.53
 1981 30 TEA AL  C    159   871    49    6    8   .994   155  1376.0   6.02
 1982 31 TEA AL  C    143   860    56    3   10   .997   142  1273.0   6.48
                 LF     2     3     0    0    0  1.000     1     9.0   3.00
 1983 32 TEA AL  C    123   591    36    2    5   .997   100   915.0   6.17
 1984 33 SLN NL  C    102   515    30    1    6   .998    85   770.1   6.37
 1985 34 KCA AL  C    105   580    33    1    3   .998   104   931.1   5.92
 1986 35 KCA AL  C    132   742    63    4    3   .995   132  1195.1   6.06  GG
 1987 36 NYA AL  C     95   504    42    1    4   .998    88   776.0   6.33
 1988 37 TOA AL  C     31   147    18    2    1   .988    27   244.0   6.09
 1989 38 OAA AL  C     71   273    15    0    0  1.000    45   407.2   6.36
                 CF     2     0     0    0    0   .000     0     2.1   0.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 C   1975 11398   757   56   95   .995  1796 16193.1   6.76
                 LF     2     3     0    0    0  1.000     1     9.0   3.00
                 CF     2     0     0    0    0   .000     0     2.1   0.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+


Draft History


Transaction History


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1974  TEA   95-67   Larry Cupp
 1975  TEA   88-74   Larry Cupp
 1976  TEA   88-74   Larry Cupp, Stu Blake
 1977  TEA   98-64   Stu Blake
 1978  TEA   75-87   Jim Sheehan
 1979  TEA   60-102  Jim Sheehan
 1980  TEA   67-95   Jim Sheehan
 1981  TEA   82-80   Jim Sheehan
 1982  TEA   63-99   Steve Milke, John Storer
 1983  TEA   88-74   John Storer
 1984  SLN   68-94   Mike Rescigno
 1985  KCA   88-74   Thomas Toney
 1986  KCA   82-80   Mike Mashanic, Jim Pardee
 1987  NYA   76-86   Robert Rescigno
 1988  TOA   79-83   Alan Boodman
 1989  OAA   97-65   Drew Kennedy

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