Jim Sundberg

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 190lb (183cm, 86kg)

Born: May 18, 1951 in Galesburg, IL us

Draft: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 6th round of the 1969 MLB June Amateur Draft from Galesburg HS (Galesburg, IL), the Texas Rangers in the 8th round of the 1972 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Iowa (Iowa City, IA) and the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (2nd) of the 1973 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from University of Iowa (Iowa City, IA).

High School: Galesburg HS (Galesburg, IL)

School: University of Iowa (Iowa City, IA)

Debut: April 4, 1974 (Age 22-321d, 13,457th in major league history)
vs. OAK 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 24, 1989 (Age 38-129d)
vs. CHW 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1974 season

Full Name: James Howard Sundberg

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

40.5

6021

1493

.248

621

RBI

624

OBP

.327

SLG

.348

OPS

.674

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	TEX		NYY	W,1-0	CG	42	12.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
2	3 (1)	Apr 13 (1)	TEX		NYY	L,4-9	CG	43	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
3	4	Apr 13 (2)	TEX		NYY	L,2-8	GF	6	1.0	0	0	1	1	0	PH C
4	5	Apr 14	TEX		CLE	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
5	6	Apr 15	TEX		CLE	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
6	7	Apr 16	TEX		CLE	W,8-7	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
7	8	Apr 18	TEX	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
8	10 (1)	Apr 20	TEX	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	50	10.1	7	2	0	9	0	C
9	11	Apr 21	TEX		DET	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
10	12	Apr 22	TEX		DET	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
11	13	Apr 23	TEX		DET	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
12	14	Apr 25	TEX	@	CLE	W,4-1	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
13	15	Apr 26	TEX	@	CLE	L,7-8	CG	39	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
14	16	Apr 27	TEX	@	CLE	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
15	17	Apr 29	TEX	@	DET	W,10-5	CG	31	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
16	18	Apr 30	TEX	@	DET	L,4-5	GF	17	3.2	3	1	0	4	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	19	May 2	TEX		BAL	L,5-7	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
18	20	May 3	TEX		BAL	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
19	21	May 4	TEX		BAL	L,5-9	CG	46	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
20	22	May 5	TEX		BOS	W,11-3	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
21	23	May 6	TEX		BOS	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
22	24	May 7	TEX		BOS	L,4-7	CG	51	11.0	3	1	1	5	0	C
23	25	May 9	TEX		CHW	W,2-1	CG	40	11.0	7	1	1	9	0	C
24	26	May 10	TEX		CHW	L,6-10	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
25	27	May 11	TEX		CHW	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
26	28	May 12	TEX	@	BAL	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
27	29	May 13	TEX	@	BAL	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
28	30	May 14	TEX	@	BAL	W,6-3	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
29	31	May 16	TEX	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
30	32	May 17	TEX	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
31	33	May 18	TEX	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	40	10.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
32	34	May 19	TEX		CAL	L,2-3	CG	52	13.0	12	2	0	14	0	C
33	35	May 20	TEX		CAL	L,4-5	CG	31	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
34	36	May 21	TEX		CAL	L,8-9	CG	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
35	37	May 22	TEX		CAL	W,12-6	CG	41	9.0	15	1	1	17	0	C
36	38	May 23	TEX	@	OAK	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
37	39	May 24	TEX	@	OAK	L,7-15	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
38	40	May 25	TEX	@	OAK	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
39	41	May 26	TEX	@	CAL	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	7	2	1	10	0	C
40	42	May 27	TEX	@	CAL	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
41	43	May 28	TEX	@	CAL	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
42	44	May 30	TEX		OAK	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
43	45	May 31	TEX		OAK	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	46	Jun 1	TEX		OAK	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
45	47	Jun 2	TEX	@	CHW	T,1-1	CG	18	5.1	4	0	0	4	0	C
46	48	Jun 3	TEX	@	CHW	L,4-5	GF	35	7.2	8	2	0	10	0	C
47	49	Jun 4 (1)	TEX	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
48	50	Jun 4 (2)	TEX	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
49	51	Jun 5	TEX		KCR	L,0-8	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
50	52	Jun 6	TEX		KCR	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
51	53	Jun 7	TEX		KCR	L,2-7	GS	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
52	54	Jun 8	TEX		KCR	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
53	55	Jun 10	TEX	@	MIL	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
54	56	Jun 11	TEX	@	MIL	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
55	58 (1)	Jun 13	TEX	@	TOR	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	C
56	59	Jun 14	TEX	@	TOR	L,6-7	CG	48	8.2	9	0	0	9	0	C
57	60	Jun 15	TEX	@	TOR	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
58	61	Jun 16	TEX	@	KCR	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
59	62	Jun 17	TEX	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	34	8.1	3	2	0	5	0	C
60	63	Jun 18	TEX		MIL	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
61	64	Jun 19	TEX		MIL	L,4-10	GS	34	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
62	65	Jun 20	TEX		TOR	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
63	66	Jun 21	TEX		TOR	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
64	67	Jun 22	TEX		TOR	L,5-6	CG	44	10.0	10	2	0	12	1	C
65	68	Jun 24	TEX		SEA	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
66	69	Jun 25	TEX		SEA	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
67	70	Jun 26	TEX		SEA	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
68	71	Jun 27	TEX		MIN	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
69	72	Jun 28	TEX		MIN	W,11-3	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
70	73	Jun 29	TEX		MIN	L,3-5	CG	45	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	76 (2)	Jul 2	TEX	@	SEA	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
72	77	Jul 3	TEX	@	MIN	L,3-10	CG	43	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
73	78	Jul 4	TEX	@	MIN	W,4-3	CG	46	12.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
74	79	Jul 5	TEX	@	MIN	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
75	80	Jul 6	TEX	@	MIN	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
76	81	Jul 10	TEX		NYY	L,5-13	CG	45	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
77	82	Jul 11	TEX		NYY	W,10-8	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
78	83	Jul 12	TEX		CLE	L,8-9	CG	45	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
79	84	Jul 13	TEX		CLE	W,12-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
80	85	Jul 14	TEX		CLE	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
81	86	Jul 15	TEX		CHW	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
82	88 (1)	Jul 17	TEX		CHW	W,3-2	GS	20	6.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
83	89	Jul 18	TEX	@	BAL	L,7-8	CG	39	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
84	90	Jul 19	TEX	@	BAL	W,11-8	CG	52	10.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
85	91	Jul 20	TEX	@	BAL	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
86	92	Jul 21	TEX	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
87	93	Jul 22	TEX	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
88	94	Jul 23	TEX	@	BOS	L,5-12	CG	47	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
89	95	Jul 25	TEX	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
90	96	Jul 26 (1)	TEX	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
91	98 (1)	Jul 27 (1)	TEX	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
92	99	Jul 27 (2)	TEX	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	52	13.0	11	1	0	12	1	C
93	100	Jul 29	TEX		BAL	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
94	101	Jul 30	TEX		BAL	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
95	102	Jul 31	TEX		BAL	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
96	103	Aug 1	TEX		BOS	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
97	104	Aug 2	TEX		BOS	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
98	105	Aug 3	TEX		BOS	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
99	106	Aug 4	TEX	@	NYY	L,4-10	GS	29	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
100	107	Aug 5	TEX	@	NYY	W,8-1	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
101	108	Aug 6	TEX	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
102	109	Aug 8	TEX		DET	L,0-8	CG	46	9.0	6	2	1	9	0	C
103	110	Aug 9	TEX		DET	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	13	1	0	14	1	C
104	111	Aug 10	TEX		DET	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
105	112	Aug 12	TEX	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
106	113	Aug 13	TEX	@	CLE	L,3-14	GS	31	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
107	114	Aug 14	TEX	@	CLE	L,2-7	CG	41	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
108	115	Aug 15	TEX	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
109	117 (1)	Aug 17 (1)	TEX	@	DET	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
110	119 (1)	Aug 18	TEX		KCR	L,3-6	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
111	120	Aug 19	TEX		KCR	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
112	121	Aug 20	TEX		KCR	L,3-5	CG	52	12.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
113	122	Aug 22 (1)	TEX		MIL	W,12-6	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	C
114	123	Aug 22 (2)	TEX		MIL	L,3-8	GF	11	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
115	124	Aug 23	TEX		MIL	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
116	125	Aug 24	TEX		MIL	W,4-3	CG	43	11.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
117	126	Aug 25	TEX	@	TOR	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
118	127	Aug 26	TEX	@	TOR	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
119	128	Aug 27	TEX	@	TOR	L,4-6	CG	41	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
120	129	Aug 28	TEX	@	KCR	W,10-6	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
121	130	Aug 29	TEX	@	KCR	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
122	131	Aug 30	TEX	@	KCR	W,7-5	CG	51	11.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
123	132	Aug 31	TEX	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG	44	8.1	1	1	0	2	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
124	133	Sep 1	TEX		TOR	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
125	134	Sep 2	TEX		TOR	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
126	135	Sep 3	TEX		TOR	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
127	136	Sep 5	TEX	@	MIL	W,6-5	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
128	137	Sep 6	TEX	@	MIL	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
129	138	Sep 7	TEX	@	MIL	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
130	139	Sep 8	TEX	@	OAK	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
131	140	Sep 9	TEX	@	OAK	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
132	141	Sep 10	TEX	@	OAK	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
133	142	Sep 12	TEX	@	CAL	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
134	143	Sep 13	TEX	@	CAL	L,1-10	GS	36	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
135	144	Sep 14	TEX	@	CAL	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
136	145	Sep 15	TEX		OAK	W,2-0	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
137	146	Sep 16	TEX		OAK	L,2-4	CG	46	11.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
138	147	Sep 17	TEX		OAK	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
139	148	Sep 18	TEX		OAK	W,10-6	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
140	149	Sep 19	TEX		CAL	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	7	3	0	10	0	C
141	150	Sep 20	TEX		CAL	L,4-6	CG	49	10.0	9	2	0	11	1	C
142	151	Sep 21	TEX		CAL	L,2-9	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
143	152	Sep 22	TEX	@	MIN	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
144	153	Sep 23	TEX	@	MIN	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
145	154	Sep 24	TEX	@	MIN	L,5-9	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
146	155	Sep 25	TEX	@	SEA	L,6-7	CG	45	10.2	5	1	0	6	0	C
147	156	Sep 26	TEX	@	SEA	L,2-7	CG	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
148	157	Sep 27	TEX	@	SEA	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
149	160 (2)	Oct 2 (2)	TEX		MIN	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
150	161	Oct 3	TEX		SEA	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
151	162	Oct 4	TEX		SEA	W,11-6	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
							151gm		1301.0	853	76	7	936	7