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.

1981 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1981 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	TEX	@	NYY	L,3-10	CG	43	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
2	2	Apr 11	TEX	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
3	3	Apr 12	TEX	@	NYY	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
4	4	Apr 14	TEX		CLE	L,1-7	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
5	5	Apr 15	TEX		CLE	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	C
6	6	Apr 17	TEX		NYY	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
7	7	Apr 18	TEX		NYY	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
8	8	Apr 19	TEX		NYY	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
9	9	Apr 20	TEX	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
10	10	Apr 21	TEX	@	BOS	L,4-10	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
11	11	Apr 22	TEX	@	BOS	W,16-8	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
12	12	Apr 25	TEX	@	CLE	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
13	13	Apr 26	TEX	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	39	8.2	3	0	0	3	0	C
14	14	Apr 27	TEX		BOS	W,10-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
15	15	Apr 28	TEX		BOS	W,9-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
16	17 (1)	Apr 30	TEX		KCR	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	18	May 1	TEX		KCR	L,0-4	CG	43	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
18	19	May 2	TEX		KCR	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
19	20	May 3	TEX		KCR	W,9-8	CG	44	10.0	7	1	1	9	0	C
20	21	May 5	TEX		CHW	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
21	22	May 6	TEX		CHW	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
22	23	May 7	TEX		CHW	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	C
23	24	May 9 (1)	TEX		BAL	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
24	26 (1)	May 10	TEX		BAL	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
25	27	May 11	TEX	@	KCR	W,9-1	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
26	28	May 12	TEX	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	37	8.2	3	1	0	4	0	C
27	29	May 14	TEX	@	KCR	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
28	30	May 15	TEX	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
29	32 (1)	May 17	TEX	@	CHW	L,0-9	CG	42	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
30	33	May 18	TEX	@	DET	W,13-5	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
31	34	May 19	TEX	@	DET	L,1-14	CG	46	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
32	35	May 20	TEX	@	DET	L,4-8	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
33	36	May 22	TEX	@	SEA	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
34	37	May 23	TEX	@	SEA	W,6-4	CG	51	12.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
35	38	May 24	TEX	@	SEA	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
36	39	May 25	TEX		MIN	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	C
37	40	May 26	TEX		MIN	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
38	41	May 27	TEX		MIN	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
39	42	May 28	TEX		MIN	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
40	43	May 29	TEX		SEA	L,4-5	CG	48	12.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
41	44	May 30	TEX		SEA	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	46 (1)	Jun 2	TEX	@	MIN	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	C
43	47	Jun 3	TEX	@	MIN	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
44	48	Jun 4	TEX	@	MIN	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
45	49	Jun 5	TEX		TOR	W,5-4	CG	52	12.0	4	2	0	6	1	C
46	50	Jun 6	TEX		TOR	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	C
47	51	Jun 7	TEX		TOR	W,9-0	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
48	52	Jun 8	TEX		DET	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
49	53	Jun 9	TEX		DET	L,0-5	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
50	54	Jun 10	TEX	@	MIL	W,12-5	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
51	55	Jun 11	TEX	@	MIL	L,3-6	CG	40	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	56	Aug 10	TEX	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	27	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
53	57	Aug 11	TEX	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
54	58	Aug 12	TEX	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
55	59	Aug 14	TEX		BOS	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
56	60	Aug 15	TEX		BOS	L,3-5	CG	43	10.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
57	61	Aug 16	TEX		BOS	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
58	62	Aug 18 (1)	TEX		MIL	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
59	63	Aug 18 (2)	TEX		MIL	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
60	64	Aug 19	TEX		MIL	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
61	65	Aug 21	TEX	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	35	8.0	7	2	1	10	0	C
62	66	Aug 22	TEX	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
63	67	Aug 23	TEX	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	37	8.1	2	0	0	2	0	C
64	68	Aug 24	TEX	@	TOR	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
65	69	Aug 25	TEX	@	TOR	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
66	70	Aug 27	TEX	@	MIL	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
67	71	Aug 28	TEX	@	MIL	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
68	72	Aug 29	TEX	@	MIL	W,8-5	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
69	73	Aug 30	TEX	@	MIL	L,2-6	CG	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
70	74	Aug 31	TEX		TOR	L,0-3	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	75	Sep 1	TEX		TOR	L,3-9	GS	32	6.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
72	76	Sep 2	TEX		TOR	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
73	77	Sep 3	TEX		DET	L,5-8	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
74	78	Sep 4	TEX		DET	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
75	79	Sep 5	TEX		DET	L,0-1	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
76	80	Sep 6	TEX		DET	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
77	81	Sep 7	TEX	@	OAK	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
78	82	Sep 8	TEX	@	OAK	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
79	83	Sep 9	TEX	@	OAK	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
80	84	Sep 11	TEX	@	CAL	W,11-6	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	C
81	85	Sep 12	TEX	@	CAL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
82	86	Sep 13	TEX	@	CAL	L,7-8	CG	53	11.2	2	1	0	3	0	C
83	87	Sep 14	TEX		OAK	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
84	88	Sep 15	TEX		OAK	W,12-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
85	89	Sep 16	TEX		OAK	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
86	90	Sep 18	TEX		MIN	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
87	91	Sep 19	TEX		MIN	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
88	92	Sep 20	TEX		MIN	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
89	93	Sep 21	TEX		SEA	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
90	94	Sep 22	TEX		SEA	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
91	95	Sep 23	TEX		SEA	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
92	96	Sep 24	TEX		SEA	L,1-2	CG	43	11.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
93	97	Sep 25	TEX	@	MIN	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
94	98	Sep 26	TEX	@	MIN	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
95	99	Sep 27	TEX	@	MIN	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
96	100	Sep 28	TEX	@	SEA	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
97	101	Sep 29	TEX	@	SEA	W,6-2	GS	25	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
98	102	Sep 30	TEX	@	SEA	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
99	103	Oct 2	TEX		CAL	W,8-6	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
100	104	Oct 3	TEX		CAL	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
							100gm		874.1	465	52	2	519	9