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.

1985 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1985 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	KCR		TOR	W,2-1	GS	26	7.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
2	2	Apr 10	KCR		TOR	L,0-1	GS	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
3	3	Apr 11	KCR		TOR	L,3-4	CG	43	10.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
4	4	Apr 13	KCR		DET	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
5	5	Apr 14	KCR		DET	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
6	6	Apr 16	KCR		BOS	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
7	7	Apr 17	KCR		BOS	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
8	8	Apr 18	KCR		BOS	L,3-4	GS	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
9	9	Apr 19	KCR	@	DET	W,9-2	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
10	10	Apr 20	KCR	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	37	8.1	5	0	0	5	0	C
11	11	Apr 21	KCR	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	57	13.0	12	2	0	14	1	C
12	12	Apr 22	KCR	@	TOR	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
13	13	Apr 23	KCR	@	TOR	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
14	14	Apr 24	KCR	@	TOR	L,2-10	GS	31	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
15	15	Apr 26	KCR	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
16	16	Apr 27	KCR	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
17	17	Apr 28	KCR	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
18	18	Apr 29	KCR		CLE	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
19	19	Apr 30	KCR		CLE	W,5-1	CG	29	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	20	May 1	KCR		CLE	L,5-6	CG	51	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
21	21	May 3	KCR	@	NYY	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
22	22	May 4	KCR	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
23	24 (1)	May 7	KCR		BAL	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
24	25	May 8	KCR		BAL	W,9-8	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
25	26	May 10	KCR		NYY	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
26	27	May 11	KCR		NYY	L,3-11	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
27	29 (1)	May 13	KCR	@	BAL	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
28	30	May 14	KCR	@	BAL	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
29	31	May 15	KCR	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
30	32	May 16	KCR	@	CLE	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
31	33	May 17	KCR	@	MIL	W,3-0	CG	27	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
32	34	May 18	KCR	@	MIL	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
33	36 (1)	May 20	KCR	@	TEX	L,7-8	CG	39	8.1	4	3	0	7	0	C
34	37	May 21	KCR	@	TEX	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
35	38	May 22	KCR	@	TEX	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
36	39	May 24	KCR		CHW	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
37	40	May 25	KCR		CHW	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
38	42 (1)	May 27	KCR		TEX	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
39	43	May 28	KCR		TEX	L,1-6	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
40	44	May 29	KCR		TEX	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
41	45	May 30	KCR	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
42	46	May 31	KCR	@	CHW	L,3-8	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	47	Jun 1	KCR	@	CHW	L,7-8	CG	41	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
44	49 (1)	Jun 4	KCR		MIL	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
45	50	Jun 5	KCR		MIL	L,2-10	GS	37	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
46	51	Jun 7	KCR	@	CAL	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
47	52	Jun 8	KCR	@	CAL	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
48	54 (1)	Jun 10	KCR	@	OAK	L,1-2	CG	46	9.2	8	0	0	8	0	C
49	55	Jun 11	KCR	@	OAK	L,3-4	CG	38	8.2	6	0	0	6	0	C
50	56	Jun 12	KCR	@	OAK	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
51	57	Jun 13	KCR	@	SEA	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
52	58	Jun 14	KCR	@	SEA	L,5-13	GS	42	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
53	59	Jun 15	KCR	@	SEA	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
54	61 (1)	Jun 17	KCR		MIN	W,10-3	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
55	62	Jun 18	KCR		MIN	W,10-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
56	63	Jun 19	KCR		MIN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
57	64	Jun 20	KCR		MIN	L,8-11	CG	48	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
58	65	Jun 22	KCR		SEA	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
59	66	Jun 23	KCR		SEA	L,2-8	CG	46	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
60	67	Jun 24	KCR	@	MIN	W,12-6	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
61	68	Jun 25	KCR	@	MIN	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
62	69	Jun 26	KCR	@	MIN	L,1-2	CG	32	8.1	7	0	0	7	0	C
63	70	Jun 28	KCR		CAL	W,5-4	CG	57	14.0	8	2	0	10	1	C
64	71	Jun 29	KCR		CAL	L,1-7	CG	46	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	73 (1)	Jul 1	KCR		OAK	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
66	74	Jul 2	KCR		OAK	W,10-1	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
67	75	Jul 3	KCR		OAK	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
68	76	Jul 4	KCR		BAL	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
69	77	Jul 5	KCR		BAL	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
70	78	Jul 6	KCR		BAL	L,3-8	GS	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
71	80 (1)	Jul 8	KCR	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	31	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
72	81	Jul 9	KCR	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	41	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
73	82	Jul 10	KCR	@	NYY	L,5-6	GF	4	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
74	83	Jul 11	KCR	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
75	84	Jul 12	KCR	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	46	10.2	7	2	0	9	0	C
76	85	Jul 13	KCR	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
77	87 (1)	Jul 18	KCR	@	BAL	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
78	88	Jul 19	KCR	@	BAL	W,10-3	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
79	90 (1)	Jul 21	KCR	@	BAL	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
80	91	Jul 22	KCR		NYY	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
81	92	Jul 23	KCR		NYY	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
82	93	Jul 24	KCR		NYY	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
83	94	Jul 26	KCR		CLE	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
84	95	Jul 27	KCR		CLE	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
85	97 (1)	Jul 29	KCR	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
86	98	Jul 30	KCR	@	DET	L,7-11	CG	44	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
87	100 (1)	Aug 2	KCR		BOS	W,4-3	CG	43	10.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
88	101	Aug 3	KCR		BOS	L,4-5	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
89	102	Aug 4	KCR		BOS	L,5-6	CG	52	12.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
90	104 (1)	Aug 8 (1)	KCR		DET	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
91	106 (1)	Aug 9	KCR		TOR	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
92	107	Aug 10	KCR		TOR	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
93	109 (1)	Aug 12	KCR	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
94	110	Aug 13	KCR	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
95	111	Aug 14	KCR	@	BOS	L,3-16	CG	49	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
96	112	Aug 16	KCR	@	TOR	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
97	113	Aug 17	KCR	@	TOR	W,4-2	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	135 (21)	Sep 8	KCR		MIL	W,13-11	GF	8	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
99	140 (4)	Sep 14	KCR	@	OAK	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
100	142 (1)	Sep 15 (2)	KCR	@	OAK	W,7-2	CG	30	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
101	144 (1)	Sep 17	KCR		SEA	L,0-7	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
102	145	Sep 18	KCR		SEA	L,0-6	GS	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
103	149 (3)	Sep 22	KCR		MIN	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
104	151 (1)	Sep 25	KCR	@	SEA	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
105	152	Sep 26	KCR	@	SEA	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
106	153	Sep 27	KCR	@	MIN	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
107	156 (2)	Sep 30	KCR		CAL	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
108	157	Oct 1	KCR		CAL	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	C
109	158	Oct 2	KCR		CAL	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
110	159	Oct 3	KCR		CAL	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
111	160	Oct 4	KCR		OAK	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
112	161	Oct 5	KCR		OAK	W,5-4	CG	39	10.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
							112gm		960.1	572	41	5	618	10