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.

1983 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1983 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 4	TEX		CHW	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
2	2	Apr 5	TEX		CHW	W,4-1	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
3	3	Apr 6	TEX		CHW	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
4	4	Apr 8	TEX		BOS	L,5-8	CG	47	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
5	5	Apr 9	TEX		BOS	W,10-3	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
6	6	Apr 10	TEX		BOS	W,9-7	CG	43	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
7	7	Apr 12	TEX	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
8	8	Apr 13	TEX	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
9	9	Apr 15	TEX	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
10	10	Apr 16	TEX	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
11	11	Apr 17	TEX	@	BOS	W,1-0	CG	52	14.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
12	12	Apr 19	TEX	@	BAL	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
13	13	Apr 20	TEX	@	BAL	W,11-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
14	14	Apr 21	TEX	@	BAL	L,2-3	GF	27	6.2	5	1	0	6	0	PH C
15	15	Apr 22	TEX		MIL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
16	16	Apr 23	TEX		MIL	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
17	17	Apr 24	TEX		MIL	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
18	18	Apr 26	TEX		TOR	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
19	19	Apr 27	TEX		TOR	L,2-3	GS	30	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	23 (3)	May 2	TEX	@	TOR	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
21	24	May 3	TEX	@	TOR	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
22	25	May 4	TEX	@	TOR	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
23	26	May 6	TEX	@	MIL	W,9-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
24	27	May 8	TEX	@	MIL	L,3-6	CG	38	8.1	5	0	0	5	0	C
25	28	May 10	TEX	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
26	29	May 11	TEX	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
27	30	May 13	TEX		BAL	L,1-8	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
28	31	May 14	TEX		BAL	L,11-14	CG	56	11.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
29	32	May 15	TEX		BAL	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
30	33	May 16	TEX		CLE	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
31	34	May 17	TEX		CLE	W,6-5	CG	50	12.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
32	35	May 18	TEX		CLE	W,3-2	CG	54	14.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
33	36	May 19	TEX	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	37	9.2	4	0	0	4	0	C
34	38 (1)	May 21	TEX	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
35	40 (1)	May 23	TEX	@	KCR	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
36	41	May 24	TEX	@	KCR	T,2-2	CG	25	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
37	42	May 25	TEX	@	KCR	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
38	43	May 26	TEX	@	CHW	W,3-1	GS	23	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
39	44	May 27	TEX	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
40	45	May 28	TEX	@	CHW	L,3-8	GS	25	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
41	47 (1)	May 31	TEX		KCR	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	48	Jun 1	TEX		KCR	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
43	49	Jun 3	TEX		DET	L,1-12	CG	48	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
44	50	Jun 4	TEX		DET	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
45	51	Jun 5	TEX		DET	L,4-5	CG	42	10.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
46	52	Jun 7	TEX	@	SEA	W,10-0	CG	28	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
47	53	Jun 8	TEX	@	SEA	W,1-0	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
48	54	Jun 9	TEX	@	SEA	L,2-3	CG	44	10.2	7	0	0	7	0	C
49	58 (3)	Jun 13	TEX		SEA	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
50	59	Jun 14	TEX		SEA	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
51	60	Jun 15	TEX		SEA	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	11	2	0	13	0	C
52	61	Jun 16	TEX		MIN	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
53	62	Jun 17	TEX		MIN	W,10-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
54	63	Jun 18	TEX		MIN	L,4-8	GF	15	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
55	64	Jun 19	TEX		MIN	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
56	65	Jun 20	TEX		CAL	L,9-10	GF	20	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
57	67 (1)	Jun 22	TEX		CAL	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
58	68	Jun 24 (1)	TEX		OAK	W,6-5	GF	11	3.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
59	69	Jun 24 (2)	TEX		OAK	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
60	70	Jun 25	TEX		OAK	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
61	71	Jun 26	TEX		OAK	W,4-1	CG	26	7.1	6	0	0	6	0	C
62	72	Jun 27	TEX	@	CAL	L,0-8	CG	40	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
63	73	Jun 28	TEX	@	CAL	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
64	74	Jun 29	TEX	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	36	8.1	5	1	0	6	0	C
65	75	Jun 30	TEX	@	CAL	W,4-2	GF	20	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	76	Jul 1	TEX	@	OAK	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	C
67	78 (1)	Jul 3	TEX	@	OAK	W,16-4	GS	58	13.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
68	79	Jul 4	TEX	@	OAK	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
69	80	Jul 8	TEX	@	TOR	L,5-8	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
70	81	Jul 9	TEX	@	TOR	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
71	82	Jul 10	TEX	@	TOR	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
72	83	Jul 11	TEX		MIL	W,5-4	GS	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
73	84	Jul 12	TEX		MIL	L,2-9	CG	46	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
74	86 (1)	Jul 14	TEX	@	NYY	W,11-2	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
75	87	Jul 15	TEX	@	NYY	L,5-7	GS	31	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
76	88	Jul 16	TEX	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
77	89	Jul 17	TEX	@	NYY	L,6-8	GS	39	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
78	91 (1)	Jul 18 (2)	TEX	@	MIL	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
79	95 (3)	Jul 22	TEX		TOR	L,5-10	GS	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	C
80	96	Jul 23	TEX		TOR	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
81	98 (1)	Jul 25	TEX		NYY	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
82	100 (1)	Jul 27	TEX		NYY	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
83	101	Jul 29	TEX	@	BAL	L,6-8	GS	35	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
84	102	Jul 30	TEX	@	BAL	L,4-7	CG	42	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
85	103	Jul 31	TEX	@	BAL	L,0-6	GF	18	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
86	104	Aug 2	TEX		BOS	L,5-6	GS	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
87	105	Aug 3	TEX		BOS	L,4-5	GS	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
88	106	Aug 4	TEX		BOS	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
89	107	Aug 5	TEX	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
90	108	Aug 6	TEX	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
91	109	Aug 7 (1)	TEX	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
92	111 (1)	Aug 8	TEX	@	BOS	W,12-7	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
93	112	Aug 9	TEX	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
94	113	Aug 10	TEX	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
95	114	Aug 12	TEX		CLE	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
96	115	Aug 13	TEX		CLE	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
97	116	Aug 14	TEX		CLE	L,0-3	CG	44	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
98	117	Aug 15	TEX		BAL	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
99	118	Aug 16	TEX		BAL	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
100	119	Aug 17	TEX		BAL	L,2-4	CG	41	10.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
101	120	Aug 19 (1)	TEX		CHW	L,2-3	GF	12	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
102	121	Aug 19 (2)	TEX		CHW	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
103	122	Aug 20	TEX		CHW	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
104	123	Aug 21	TEX		CHW	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
105	124	Aug 22	TEX		DET	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
106	125	Aug 23	TEX		DET	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
107	126	Aug 24	TEX		DET	L,2-5	GS	27	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
108	127	Aug 25 (1)	TEX	@	KCR	L,1-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
109	128	Aug 25 (2)	TEX	@	KCR	L,4-5	CG	38	8.2	4	0	0	4	0	C
110	129	Aug 26	TEX	@	KCR	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
111	131 (1)	Aug 28	TEX	@	KCR	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
112	132	Aug 29	TEX	@	CHW	L,1-2	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
113	136 (3)	Sep 2	TEX		KCR	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
114	137	Sep 3 (1)	TEX		KCR	L,0-5	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
115	139 (1)	Sep 4	TEX		KCR	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
116	140	Sep 5	TEX		MIN	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
117	141	Sep 6	TEX		MIN	L,3-5	GS	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
118	142	Sep 7	TEX		MIN	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
119	143	Sep 9	TEX	@	SEA	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
120	144	Sep 10	TEX	@	SEA	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
121	145	Sep 11	TEX	@	SEA	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
122	146	Sep 13	TEX	@	OAK	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
123	147	Sep 14	TEX	@	OAK	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
124	148	Sep 15	TEX	@	OAK	W,6-5	GF	10	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
125	151 (2)	Sep 18	TEX	@	CAL	W,7-6	GS	32	7.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
126	152	Sep 20	TEX		OAK	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
127	154 (1)	Sep 22	TEX		SEA	W,5-2	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
128	157 (2)	Sep 25	TEX		SEA	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
129	160 (2)	Sep 29	TEX	@	MIN	L,0-2	GS	26	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
130	161	Sep 30	TEX		CAL	W,4-3		6	2.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
131	162	Oct 1	TEX		CAL	L,5-6	GS	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
							131gm		1056.2	618	56	5	679	2