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Jim Sundberg played 16 major-league seasons (1974-1989) as a C (1,927), OF (3). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 17 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 23 | TEX | 132 | 368 | 45 | 91 | 3 | 36 | 2 | 62 | 61 | .247 | .678 | 97 |
| 1975 | 24 | TEX | 155 | 472 | 45 | 94 | 6 | 36 | 3 | 51 | 77 | .199 | .539 | 54 |
| 1976 | 25 | TEX | 140 | 448 | 33 | 102 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 37 | 61 | .228 | .596 | 75 |
| 1977 | 26 | TEX | 149 | 453 | 61 | 132 | 6 | 65 | 2 | 53 | 77 | .291 | .753 | 106 |
| 1978 | 27 | TEX | 149 | 518 | 54 | 144 | 6 | 58 | 2 | 64 | 70 | .278 | .739 | 109 |
| 1979 | 28 | TEX | 150 | 495 | 50 | 136 | 5 | 64 | 3 | 51 | 51 | .275 | .713 | 93 |
| 1980 | 29 | TEX | 151 | 505 | 59 | 138 | 10 | 63 | 2 | 64 | 67 | .273 | .737 | 103 |
| 1981 | 30 | TEX | 102 | 339 | 42 | 94 | 3 | 28 | 2 | 50 | 48 | .277 | .735 | 113 |
| 1982 | 31 | TEX | 139 | 470 | 37 | 118 | 10 | 47 | 2 | 49 | 57 | .251 | .705 | 94 |
| 1983 | 32 | TEX | 131 | 378 | 30 | 76 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 35 | 64 | .201 | .526 | 46 |
| 1984 | 33 | ML4 | 110 | 348 | 43 | 91 | 7 | 43 | 1 | 38 | 63 | .261 | .731 | 102 |
| 1985 | 34 | KCA | 115 | 367 | 38 | 90 | 10 | 35 | 0 | 33 | 67 | .245 | .689 | 88 |
| 1986 | 35 | KCA | 140 | 429 | 41 | 91 | 12 | 42 | 1 | 57 | 91 | .212 | .624 | 71 |
| 1987 | 36 | CHN | 61 | 139 | 9 | 28 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 19 | 40 | .201 | .608 | 68 |
| 1988 | 37 | TEX | 38 | 91 | 13 | 26 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 17 | .286 | .784 | 118 |
| 1988 | 37 | CHN | 24 | 54 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 15 | .241 | .704 | 110 |
| 1989 | 38 | TEX | 76 | 147 | 13 | 29 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 37 | .197 | .603 | 71 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | C | 132 | 121 | 722 | 69 | 8 | 15 |
| 1975 | C | 155 | 148 | 791 | 101 | 17 | 11 |
| 1976 | C | 140 | 135 | 719 | 96 | 7 | 11 |
| 1977 | C | 149 | 137 | 801 | 103 | 5 | 12 |
| 1978 | C | 148 | 145 | 769 | 91 | 3 | 14 |
| 1979 | C | 150 | 144 | 754 | 75 | 4 | 14 |
| 1980 | C | 151 | 145 | 853 | 76 | 7 | 7 |
| 1981 | C | 98 | 97 | 464 | 52 | 2 | 9 |
| 1981 | OF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | C | 132 | 129 | 607 | 69 | 6 | 15 |
| 1982 | OF | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | C | 131 | 116 | 618 | 56 | 5 | 2 |
| 1984 | C | 109 | 100 | 556 | 55 | 3 | 6 |
| 1985 | C | 112 | 107 | 572 | 41 | 5 | 10 |
| 1986 | C | 134 | 124 | 686 | 46 | 4 | 11 |
| 1987 | C | 57 | 35 | 273 | 34 | 2 | 2 |
| 1988 | C | 56 | 39 | 229 | 16 | 0 | 3 |
| 1989 | C | 73 | 53 | 353 | 27 | 3 | 3 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Jim Sundberg won: Gold Glove 1976 (AL), Gold Glove 1977 (AL), Gold Glove 1978 (AL), TSN All-Star 1978 (AL), Gold Glove 1979 (AL), Gold Glove 1980 (AL), Gold Glove 1981 (AL), TSN All-Star 1981 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (3 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1978, 1977, 1974.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Rookie of the Year | AL | 5 | 1 / 24 | 1 |
| 1977 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 15 | 30 / 392 | 0 |
| 1978 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 15 | 24 / 392 | 0 |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.