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.

1982 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1982 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	TEX	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	C
2	2	Apr 11	TEX	@	CLE	L,1-13	CG	45	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
3	3	Apr 12	TEX		NYY	L,7-10	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
4	4	Apr 13	TEX		NYY	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
5	5	Apr 14	TEX		NYY	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
6	6	Apr 16	TEX	@	MIL	W,4-1	CG	33	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
7	7	Apr 17	TEX	@	MIL	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
8	8	Apr 18	TEX	@	MIL	W,9-6	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
9	9	Apr 20	TEX		CLE	L,4-9	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
10	10	Apr 21	TEX		CLE	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
11	11	Apr 22	TEX		CLE	L,3-4	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
12	12	Apr 23	TEX		MIL	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
13	14 (1)	Apr 25	TEX		MIL	L,6-11	CG	49	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
14	15	Apr 27	TEX	@	TOR	L,4-8	CG	45	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
15	16	Apr 28	TEX	@	TOR	L,4-6	CG	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
16	17	Apr 30	TEX	@	BOS	L,1-7	CG	46	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	18	May 1	TEX	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	51	11.2	6	0	0	6	0	C
18	19	May 2	TEX	@	BOS	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
19	20	May 4	TEX	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
20	21	May 5	TEX	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	33	8.0	2	3	1	6	1	C
21	22	May 6	TEX		BOS	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
22	24 (1)	May 8	TEX		BOS	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
23	25	May 9	TEX		BOS	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
24	26	May 10	TEX		DET	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
25	27	May 13	TEX		TOR	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
26	28	May 14	TEX		TOR	W,4-3	CG	45	11.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
27	30 (1)	May 16	TEX		TOR	W,2-1	CG	38	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
28	31	May 17	TEX	@	CHW	L,6-8	CG	37	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
29	32	May 18	TEX	@	CHW	L,2-10	CG	44	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
30	33	May 19	TEX	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	42	8.2	5	0	0	5	0	LF
31	34	May 21	TEX	@	KCR	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
32	35	May 22	TEX	@	KCR	W,3-1	CG	44	12.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
33	36	May 23	TEX	@	KCR	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
34	37	May 25	TEX		BAL	L,3-10	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
35	38	May 26	TEX		BAL	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
36	39	May 27	TEX		BAL	L,0-6	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
37	40	May 28	TEX		KCR	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
38	41	May 29	TEX		KCR	L,1-14	CG	52	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
39	43 (1)	May 31	TEX	@	BAL	L,7-8	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	44	Jun 2	TEX	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
41	45	Jun 4	TEX		CHW	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
42	47 (1)	Jun 6	TEX		CHW	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
43	48	Jun 7	TEX		SEA	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
44	49	Jun 8	TEX		SEA	L,1-2	CG	54	14.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
45	50	Jun 9	TEX		SEA	L,3-4	CG	42	11.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
46	51	Jun 12	TEX		MIN	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
47	53 (1)	Jun 14	TEX	@	SEA	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
48	54	Jun 15	TEX	@	SEA	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
49	55	Jun 16	TEX	@	SEA	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
50	56	Jun 17	TEX	@	SEA	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
51	58 (1)	Jun 19	TEX	@	MIN	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
52	59	Jun 20	TEX	@	MIN	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
53	60	Jun 21	TEX	@	CAL	L,2-10	CG	41	8.0	4	6	0	10	0	C
54	61	Jun 22	TEX	@	CAL	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
55	62	Jun 23	TEX	@	CAL	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
56	64 (1)	Jun 25	TEX		OAK	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
57	65	Jun 26	TEX		OAK	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
58	66	Jun 27	TEX		OAK	W,10-4	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
59	67	Jun 29	TEX		CAL	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	C
60	68	Jun 30	TEX		CAL	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	69	Jul 1	TEX		CAL	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
62	70	Jul 2	TEX	@	OAK	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
63	71	Jul 3	TEX	@	OAK	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
64	72	Jul 4	TEX	@	OAK	W,11-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
65	74 (1)	Jul 6	TEX		TOR	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
66	75	Jul 7	TEX		BOS	L,5-8	CG	46	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
67	76	Jul 8	TEX		BOS	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
68	77	Jul 9 (1)	TEX		DET	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
69	80 (2)	Jul 10 (2)	TEX		DET	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
70	81	Jul 11	TEX		DET	L,2-3	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
71	82	Jul 15	TEX	@	TOR	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
72	83	Jul 16	TEX	@	TOR	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
73	85 (1)	Jul 18	TEX	@	TOR	L,4-5	CG	45	9.2	4	2	0	6	1	C
74	86	Jul 19	TEX	@	BOS	L,5-9	CG	43	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
75	87	Jul 21 (1)	TEX	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
76	88	Jul 21 (2)	TEX	@	BOS	L,1-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
77	89	Jul 22	TEX	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
78	90	Jul 23	TEX	@	DET	W,3-1	GS	19	5.1	3	0	0	3	0	C
79	92 (1)	Jul 25 (1)	TEX	@	DET	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
80	94 (1)	Jul 26	TEX		MIL	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
81	95	Jul 27	TEX		MIL	L,2-8	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
82	96	Jul 28	TEX		MIL	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
83	97	Jul 30	TEX		NYY	L,0-4	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
84	98	Jul 31	TEX		NYY	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
85	99	Aug 1	TEX		NYY	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
86	100	Aug 2	TEX	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
87	101	Aug 3 (1)	TEX	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	C
88	102	Aug 3 (2)	TEX	@	CLE	W,5-4	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
89	103	Aug 4	TEX	@	CLE	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
90	104	Aug 5	TEX	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
91	106 (1)	Aug 7	TEX	@	NYY	L,1-9	CG	43	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
92	107	Aug 8 (1)	TEX	@	NYY	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
93	109 (1)	Aug 9	TEX	@	MIL	L,1-9	CG	40	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	C
94	110	Aug 10	TEX	@	MIL	L,3-11	CG	42	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
95	111	Aug 11	TEX	@	MIL	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
96	112	Aug 13	TEX		CLE	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	C
97	113	Aug 14	TEX		CLE	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
98	114	Aug 15	TEX		CLE	L,4-6	CG	44	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
99	115	Aug 16	TEX		CHW	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
100	116	Aug 17	TEX		CHW	W,4-3	CG	43	11.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
101	117	Aug 18	TEX		CHW	W,11-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
102	118	Aug 20	TEX		BAL	L,2-4	GS	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
103	119	Aug 21	TEX		BAL	L,6-8	CG	44	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
104	121 (1)	Aug 23	TEX		KCR	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
105	122	Aug 24	TEX		KCR	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
106	123	Aug 25	TEX		KCR	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
107	124	Aug 26	TEX		KCR	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
108	125	Aug 27 (1)	TEX	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
109	127 (1)	Aug 28	TEX	@	BAL	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
110	128	Aug 29	TEX	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
111	129	Aug 30	TEX	@	KCR	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
112	130	Aug 31	TEX	@	KCR	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
113	131	Sep 1	TEX	@	KCR	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
114	133 (1)	Sep 3	TEX	@	CHW	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
115	134	Sep 4	TEX	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
116	135	Sep 5	TEX	@	CHW	W,10-7	CG	47	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
117	137 (1)	Sep 6 (2)	TEX		MIN	W,11-7	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
118	138	Sep 7	TEX		MIN	L,1-8	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
119	141 (2)	Sep 11	TEX		SEA	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
120	143 (1)	Sep 13	TEX	@	MIN	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
121	144	Sep 14	TEX	@	MIN	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
122	145	Sep 15	TEX	@	MIN	L,2-10	CG	43	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
123	146	Sep 16	TEX	@	MIN	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
124	147	Sep 17	TEX	@	SEA	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
125	149 (1)	Sep 19	TEX	@	SEA	L,7-9	GS	31	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
126	150	Sep 20	TEX	@	OAK	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
127	151	Sep 21	TEX	@	OAK	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
128	153 (1)	Sep 23	TEX		CAL	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
129	154	Sep 24	TEX		CAL	L,1-10	CG	47	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
130	155	Sep 25	TEX		CAL	L,5-6	CG	44	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
131	156	Sep 26	TEX		CAL	W,7-5	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
132	160 (3)	Oct 1	TEX	@	CAL	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
133	161	Oct 2	TEX	@	CAL	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	6	3	0	9	2	C
							133gm		1145.1	612	69	6	687	15