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Jim Sundberg Tied for 1st for
all-time Fielding Average (.993)Holds record for catching 90% of games in 6 seasons4th Most Career Games
Caught (1,927) Six Gold Gloves
1976-1981 All-Star Selection 1974, 78 & 84 |
| Full Name: James Howard Sundberg Bats: Right Throws: Right Height: 6-0 Weight: 195 lbs. Born: May 18, 1951 in Galesburg, IL Major League Debut: Apr 04, 1974 |
CAREER STATISTICS - BATTING
TOTALS
| BATTING | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YR 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1988 1989 |
TM Tex Tex Tex Tex Tex Tex Tex Tex Tex Tex Mil KC KC Chi Chi Tex Tex |
LG AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL NL NL AL AL |
POS C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C |
G 132 155 140 149 149 150 151 102 139 131 110 115 140 61 24 38 76 |
AB 368 472 448 453 518 495 505 339 470 378 348 367 429 139 54 91 147 |
R 45 45 33 61 54 50 59 42 37 30 43 38 41 9 8 13 13 |
H 91 94 102 132 144 136 138 94 118 76 91 90 91 28 13 26 29 |
2B 13 9 24 20 23 23 24 17 22 14 19 12 9 2 1 4 7 |
3B 3 0 2 3 6 4 1 2 5 0 4 4 1 0 0 0 1 |
HR 3 6 3 6 6 5 10 3 10 2 7 10 12 4 2 4 2 |
RBI 36 36 34 65 58 64 63 28 47 28 43 35 42 15 9 13 8 |
TB 119 121 139 176 197 182 194 124 180 96 139 140 138 42 20 42 44 |
BB 62 51 37 53 64 51 64 50 49 35 38 33 57 19 8 5 23 |
IBB 0 0 0 0 6 5 3 6 2 0 2 3 1 3 0 0 0 |
| Totals | G 1962 |
AB 6021 |
R 621 |
H 1493 |
2B 243 |
3B 36 |
HR 95 |
RBI 624 |
TB 2093 |
BB 699 |
IBB 31 |
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| BATTING | BASERUNNING | PERCENTAGES | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YR 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1988 1989 |
TM Tex Tex Tex Tex Tex Tex Tex Tex Tex Tex Mil KC KC Chi Chi Tex Tex |
LG AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL NL NL AL AL |
K 61 77 61 77 70 51 67 48 57 64 63 67 91 40 15 17 37 |
HBP 0 4 0 2 3 5 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 |
SH 17 13 9 20 3 5 6 3 9 7 6 4 2 1 3 3 7 |
SF 2 0 2 5 4 5 5 3 1 1 3 2 3 0 1 0 1 |
GDP 16 16 15 8 18 17 15 5 11 8 5 9 7 3 1 2 3 |
SB 2 3 0 2 2 3 2 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 |
CS 4 1 0 3 5 3 2 5 6 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 |
SB% .333 .750 -.--- .400 .286 .500 .500 .286 .250 .000 .500 .000 .500 -.--- -.--- -.--- -.--- |
AVG .247 .199 .228 .291 .278 .275 .273 .277 .251 .201 .261 .245 .212 .201 .241 .286 .197 |
OBP .354 .283 .285 .365 .358 .345 .353 .369 .322 .272 .332 .308 .303 .306 .333 .323 .304 |
SLG .323 .256 .310 .389 .380 .368 .384 .366 .383 .254 .399 .381 .322 .302 .370 .462 .299 |
AB/HR 122.7 78.7 149.3 75.5 86.3 99.0 50.5 113.0 47.0 189.0 49.7 36.7 35.8 34.8 27.0 22.8 73.5 |
AB/K 6.0 6.1 7.3 5.9 7.4 9.7 7.5 7.1 8.2 5.9 5.5 5.5 4.7 3.5 3.6 5.4 4.0 |
| Totals | K 963 |
HBP 22 |
SH 118 |
SF 38 |
GDP 159 |
SB 20 |
CS 37 |
SB% .351 |
BAVG .248 |
OBP .327 |
SLG .348 |
AB/HR 63.4 |
AB/K 6.3 |
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| CAREER FIELDING STATISTICS |
| Year | Team | POS | G | PO | A | E | DP | FPCT |
| 1974 | TEX | C | 132 | 722 | 69 | 8 | 15 | .990 |
| 1975 | TEX | C | 155 | 791 | 101 | 17 | 11 | .981 |
| 1976 | TEX | C | 140 | 719 | 96 | 7 | 11 | .991 |
| 1977 | TEX | C | 149 | 801 | 103 | 5 | 12 | .994 |
| 1978 | TEX | C | 148 | 769 | 91 | 3 | 14 | .997 |
| 1979 | TEX | C | 150 | 754 | 75 | 4 | 14 | .995 |
| 1980 | TEX | C | 151 | 853 | 76 | 7 | 7 | .993 |
| 1981 | TEX | C | 98 | 464 | 52 | 2 | 9 | .996 |
| 1981 | TEX | UN | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1981 | Total | 100 | 465 | 52 | 2 | 9 | .996 | |
| 1982 | TEX | C | 132 | 607 | 69 | 6 | 15 | .991 |
| 1982 | TEX | UN | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1982 | Total | 133 | 612 | 69 | 6 | 15 | .991 | |
| 1983 | TEX | C | 131 | 618 | 56 | 5 | 2 | .993 |
| 1984 | MIL | C | 109 | 556 | 55 | 3 | 6 | .995 |
| 1985 | KC | C | 112 | 572 | 41 | 5 | 10 | .992 |
| 1986 | KC | C | 134 | 686 | 46 | 4 | 11 | .995 |
| 1987 | CHC | C | 57 | 277 | 33 | 2 | 2 | .994 |
| 1988 | CHC | C | 20 | 88 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1988 | TEX | C | 36 | 141 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 |
| 1988 | Total | 56 | 229 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | |
| 1989 | TEX | C | 74 | 352 | 27 | 3 | 1 | .992 |
| G | PO | A | E | DP | FPCT | |||
| Totals | 1931 | 9776 | 1006 | 81 | 143 | .993 | ||
| BATTING | PERCENTAGES | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YR 1974 1978 1984 |
TM Tex Tex Mil |
LG AL AL AL |
G 0 1 1 |
AB 0 0 1 |
R 0 0 0 |
H 0 0 0 |
2B 0 0 0 |
3B 0 0 0 |
HR 0 0 0 |
RBI 0 0 0 |
TB 0 0 0 |
BB 0 0 0 |
K 0 0 0 |
SB 0 0 0 |
BAVG -.--- -.--- .000 |
SLG -.--- -.--- .000 |
AB/HR --.- --.- --.- |
AB/K --.- --.- --.- |
| Totals | G 2 |
AB 1 |
R 0 |
H 0 |
2B 0 |
3B 0 |
HR 0 |
RBI 0 |
TB 0 |
BB 0 |
K 0 |
SB 0 |
AVG .000 |
SLG .000 |
AB/HR --.- |
AB/K --.- |
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LCS STATISTICS - BATTING TOTALS
| BATTING | PERCENTAGES | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YR 1985 |
TM KC |
LG AL |
G 7 |
AB 24 |
R 3 |
H 4 |
2B 1 |
3B 1 |
HR 1 |
RBI 6 |
TB 10 |
BB 1 |
K 7 |
SB 0 |
BAVG .167 |
SLG .417 |
AB/HR 24.0 |
AB/K 3.4 |
| Totals | G 7 |
AB 24 |
R 3 |
H 4 |
2B 1 |
3B 1 |
HR 1 |
RBI 6 |
TB 10 |
BB 1 |
K 7 |
SB 0 |
AVG .167 |
SLG .417 |
AB/HR 24.0 |
AB/K 3.4 |
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WORLD SERIES STATISTICS - BATTING
TOTALS
| BATTING | PERCENTAGES | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YR 1985 |
TM KC |
LG AL |
G 7 |
AB 24 |
R 6 |
H 6 |
2B 2 |
3B 0 |
HR 0 |
RBI 1 |
TB 8 |
BB 6 |
K 4 |
SB 0 |
BAVG .250 |
SLG .333 |
AB/HR --.- |
AB/K 6.0 |
| Totals | G 7 |
AB 24 |
R 6 |
H 6 |
2B 2 |
3B 0 |
HR 0 |
RBI 1 |
TB 8 |
BB 6 |
K 4 |
SB 0 |
AVG .250 |
SLG .333 |
AB/HR --.- |
AB/K 6.0 |
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| TEAM ABBREVIATION KEY | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YEARS 1974-1989 1984 1985-1986 1987-1988 |
TM Tex Mil KC Chi |
LG AL AL AL NL |
TEAM NAME Texas Rangers Milwaukee Brewers Kansas City Royals Chicago Cubs |
LEAGUE NAME American League American League American League National League |
After only one year of minor league seasoning, Jim Sundberg was ready for a
full-time life in the majors.
Sundberg became the Rangers' regular catcher after a single season of AA ball, batting
.298 and demonstrating great defensive skills. For a decade he averaged 140 games
per season behind the plate. In his second big league season, he tied the AL record
for games caught with 155. Seven times he led AL receivers in fielding average, and
he led in putouts and assists six times each. He was also deadly at gunning down
would-be basestealers, nailing as many as 50% in a season. Sundberg was the only
catcher to be awarded six Gold Gloves, and on his retirement in 1989 was in third
place for career games caught.
Sundberg holds the major league record for catching 90% of his team's games in 6 seasons. He also is tied for 2nd place
for catching 75% of his team's games in 11 seasons. His 155 games caught in 1975 puts him in 2nd place all-time for the
most games caught in a season (tying Ray Mueller and Frankie Hayes). Sundberg ranks 7th all-time with 71.48% career games
caught of his team's games.