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Jim
Sundberg		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 205
 
Born: May 18, 1951 in Usa, IL, GALESBURG
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1984   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1974 23 TOR AL     4 4 5 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
1975 24 TOR AL $ 300,000   4 4 5 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
1976 25 TOR AL $ 300,000   4 4 5 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 7
1977 26 TOR AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7
1978 27 TOR AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7
1979 28 TOR AL $ 1,015,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7
1980 29 TOR AL $ 1,580,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7
1981 30 TOR AL $ 1,614,286   7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7
1982 31 TOR AL $ 3,000,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 8 7 8
1983 32 TOR AL $ 3,000,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 7 8
1984 33 TOR AL $ 3,000,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 7 8
1985 34 TOR AL $ 5,000,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 6 5 6 6 5 5 7 7 7
1986 35 TOR AL $ 5,000,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 6 5 6 5 5 5 7 7 7
1987 36 TOR AL $ 5,000,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 5 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6
1988 37 TOR AL $ 2,000,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 3 3 5 4 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 5 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 3 3 5 4 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,000,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 7 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1974 23 AAA   46 145 17 43 7 1 5 20 2 0 12 17 .297 .350 .462 .812 22.9  
    AA   81 305 32 65 8 1 4 31 1 5 42 47 .213 .308 .285 .594 28.4  
1975 24 TOR AL 21 69 7 11 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 7 .159 .183 .217 .400 1.0 0.0
    AAA   50 171 15 41 8 0 5 21 4 0 16 24 .240 .305 .374 .679 20.6  
    AA   81 281 44 76 14 2 10 45 4 2 29 50 .270 .339 .441 .780 41.8  
1976 25 TOR AL 70 189 18 33 11 2 3 23 1 0 25 26 .175 .271 .302 .573 14.5 0.2
1977 26 TOR AL 52 120 14 29 8 2 1 7 0 0 13 18 .242 .321 .367 .688 12.5 1.6
1978 27 TOR AL 78 254 32 62 15 2 4 29 0 2 24 27 .244 .311 .366 .677 27.4 3.9
1979 28 TOR AL 94 268 29 81 13 1 4 29 3 2 21 32 .302 .355 .403 .758 34.3 6.4
1980 29 TOR AL 146 535 66 144 31 3 2 60 2 0 40 73 .269 .319 .350 .669 59.0 8.4
1981 30 TOR AL 140 482 53 151 26 5 5 65 4 1 32 45 .313 .353 .419 .772 65.0 11.8
1982 31 TOR AL 133 370 37 89 10 3 2 41 2 1 41 50 .241 .316 .300 .616 35.6 3.2
1983 32 TOR AL 149 498 53 121 22 3 3 45 4 3 49 63 .243 .310 .317 .627 45.6 3.9
1984 33 TOR AL 151 547 69 181 28 4 9 59 2 0 48 51 .331 .386 .446 .832 87.4 18.7
1985 34 TOR AL 147 532 58 134 31 1 2 56 1 3 58 64 .252 .325 .325 .650 57.1 7.9
1986 35 TOR AL 138 525 53 141 22 0 3 59 3 1 36 82 .269 .315 .328 .643 52.2 6.2
1987 36 TOR AL 121 401 38 115 20 1 2 46 1 2 23 65 .287 .325 .357 .681 41.8 6.8
1988 37 TOR AL 120 389 32 114 17 1 1 48 0 1 21 74 .293 .326 .350 .676 40.9 6.8
14 Years Sim 1560 5179 559 1406 255 28 42 570 23 16 433 677 .271 .327 .356 .683 574.3 85.6
2 Years AAA 96 316 32 84 15 1 10 41 6 0 28 41 .266 .325 .415 .739 43.6  
2 Years AA 162 586 76 141 22 3 14 76 5 7 71 97 .241 .320 .360 .680 70.2  
4 Years Minors 258 902 108 225 37 4 24 117 11 7 99 138 .249 .322 .379 .701 113.8  
162 Game Average 537 58 146 26 2 4 59 2 1 44 70 .271 .327 .356 .683 59.6  
Career Highs 151 547 69 181 31 5 9 65 4 3 58 82 .331 .386 .446 .832 87.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3613 392 968 176 23 28 410 16 12 265 482 .268 .317 .353 .670 396.7
vs LH   1566 167 438 79 5 14 160 7 4 168 195 .280 .350 .363 .713 201.1
Home 770 2564 300 729 150 17 25 290 11 8 206 327 .284 .337 .385 .723 323.5
Away 790 2615 259 677 105 11 17 280 12 8 227 350 .259 .317 .327 .644 274.3
RISP   1380 0 369 62 6 15 498 0 0 117 191 .267 .317 .354 .671 158.2
Pinch Hitting   178 17 60 7 2 4 32 1 0 17 20 .337 .391 .466 .857 31.0
Close/Late   741 70 223 42 5 5 73 0 0 61 86 .301 .353 .391 .744 99.2
Mar/Apr 253 837 82 225 45 4 8 100 3 3 76 113 .269 .329 .361 .690 98.7
May 267 925 101 247 37 6 6 99 6 2 80 119 .267 .326 .339 .665 103.1
June 259 845 98 251 45 4 3 97 6 1 72 114 .297 .353 .370 .724 108.6
July 233 790 85 231 56 4 9 105 3 0 65 106 .292 .344 .408 .751 107.4
August 276 924 103 249 42 7 9 81 2 6 73 116 .269 .321 .359 .681 104.4
Sep/Oct 270 858 90 203 30 3 7 88 3 4 67 109 .237 .293 .303 .596 75.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1975 24 TOR AL C 20 20 177.0 92 14 1 0 .991 5.39 23 12 .522 1 1.1
1976 25 TOR AL C 64 55 494.0 308 26 3 1 .991 6.09 54 15 .278 1 2.2
    1B 7 3 29.0 34 2 1 3 .973 11.17 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1977 26 TOR AL C 38 29 261.7 156 14 2 0 .988 5.85 31 11 .355 3 1.4
    1B 11 4 48.0 62 2 2 5 .970 12.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1978 27 TOR AL C 47 47 416.0 252 24 4 0 .986 5.97 42 18 .429 0 2.3
    1B 11 5 55.0 75 8 0 8 1.000 13.58 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1979 28 TOR AL C 43 39 355.0 181 11 0 0 1.000 4.87 35 8 .229 3 2.0
    1B 18 6 73.7 71 8 0 11 1.000 9.65 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1980 29 TOR AL C 142 132 1211.0 796 56 5 2 .994 6.33 125 27 .216 2 5.6
1981 30 TOR AL C 128 115 1046.7 668 48 2 1 .997 6.16 81 28 .346 3 6.6
    1B 2 0 3.0 3 1 0 1 1.000 12.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1982 31 TOR AL C 115 82 808.0 459 42 2 0 .996 5.58 79 26 .329 3 4.7
    1B 4 1 9.0 8 2 0 1 1.000 10.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1983 32 TOR AL C 134 125 1131.7 633 62 7 1 .990 5.53 110 44 .400 6 6.2
    1B 6 0 9.0 9 0 0 2 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1984 33 TOR AL C 135 123 1144.3 712 54 9 0 .988 6.02 107 42 .393 3 9.2
    SS 2 2 19.0 3 7 1 0 .909 4.74 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 6 0 10.0 15 2 0 1 1.000 15.30 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1985 34 TOR AL C 136 129 1160.0 714 66 10 0 .987 6.05 128 45 .352 2 4.5
    1B 4 0 5.0 5 0 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1986 35 TOR AL C 131 125 1128.7 716 49 11 1 .986 6.10 114 29 .254 4 3.9
    1B 2 0 5.0 7 0 0 1 1.000 12.60 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1987 36 TOR AL C 58 54 457.3 321 22 5 0 .986 6.75 38 13 .342 3 2.1
    1B 2 1 7.0 9 0 0 1 1.000 11.57 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1988 37 TOR AL C 93 89 796.7 525 26 3 0 .995 6.22 67 13 .194 4 3.3
    1B 9 5 42.0 50 1 0 3 1.000 10.93 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  C 1284 1164 10588.0 6533 514 64 6 .991 5.99 1034 331 .320 38 55.0
  1B 82 25 295.7 348 26 3 38 .992 11.38 0 0 .000 0 0.7
  SS 2 2 19.0 3 7 1 0 .909 4.74 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  CF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1370 1191 10905.6 6884 547 68 44 .991 6.13 1034 331 .320 38 55.7
Career Highs   143 132 1211.0 796 66 11 11 1.000 6.86 128 45 .522 6  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1988 37 TOR AL 4 15 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .267 .267 .333 .600
Career Post-Season Batting 4 15 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .267 .267 .333 .600
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1981-10-.313
1984-2-.331
 On-Base Pct
1984-6-.386
 Hits
1984-7-181
 Singles
1984-3-140
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 11    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 28    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Joe Ginsberg (951)
  2. Thurman Munson (943)
  3. Ron Hodges (942)
  4. Jay Johnstone (939)
  5. Charlie Silvera (938)
  6. Bill Fahey (934)
  7. J.C. Martin (925)
  8. Ron Pruitt (920)
  9. Tom Haller (909)
  10. Spud Davis (907)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 54th overall pick, by Toronto in 1974
Had first career hit on 9/1/1975, off Stan Thomas (COL)
Hit first career homerun on 9/28/1975, off Danny Frisella (CLE)
2/2/1979: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,015,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1980: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,580,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1981: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,614,286 through salary arbitration
Injured on 6/8/1981 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
7/31/1981: Signed a contract extension with Toronto, $3,000,000 per year, for 3 years
Was selected to the 1984 Allstar game
9/1/1984: Signed a contract extension with Toronto, $5,000,000 per year, for 3 years
Had 5 hits with 7 RBI against Oakland on 6/16/1986
Injured on 8/29/1986 with a Bruised Foot, out for one week
Won Player of the Week award on 7/8/1987, hitting .625 with 0 HR, 8 RBI
9/1/1987: Signed a contract extension with Toronto, $2,000,000 per year, for 2 years
 
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