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.

1974 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1974 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 4	TEX		OAK	L,2-7	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
2	2	Apr 6	TEX		OAK	W,2-0	CG	28	9.0	11	2	0	13	0	C
3	3	Apr 7	TEX		OAK	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
4	5 (1)	Apr 10	TEX	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	35	8.2	4	0	0	4	0	C
5	7 (1)	Apr 13	TEX	@	OAK	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
6	8	Apr 14 (1)	TEX	@	OAK	L,2-4	GF	10	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
7	9	Apr 14 (2)	TEX	@	OAK	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
8	10	Apr 16	TEX		KCR	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
9	11	Apr 17	TEX		KCR	W,4-2	GS	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
10	12	Apr 19	TEX		MIN	W,10-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
11	14 (1)	Apr 21	TEX		MIN	L,2-8	CG	49	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
12	15	Apr 24	TEX		BOS	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
13	17 (1)	Apr 26	TEX	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS	33	7.0	7	2	0	9	1	C
14	18	Apr 27	TEX	@	NYY	W,6-1	GF	31	7.2	3	0	0	3	0	C
15	20 (1)	Apr 28 (2)	TEX	@	NYY	W,8-5	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
16	21	Apr 30	TEX	@	MIL	W,12-10	CG	41	9.0	9	1	1	11	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	22	May 1	TEX	@	MIL	L,3-11	CG	40	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
18	23	May 4	TEX	@	BOS	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
19	24	May 5 (1)	TEX	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
20	26 (1)	May 6	TEX		NYY	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
21	27	May 7	TEX		NYY	L,3-4	GS	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
22	28	May 8	TEX		KCR	L,2-4	GF	9	2.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
23	30 (1)	May 10	TEX		CHW	L,7-8	CG	60	14.0	15	1	1	17	0	C
24	31	May 11	TEX		CHW	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	C
25	32	May 12	TEX		CHW	L,4-5	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	C
26	34 (1)	May 15	TEX		CAL	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
27	35	May 16	TEX	@	KCR	L,3-5	GS	25	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
28	38 (2)	May 19	TEX	@	KCR	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
29	39	May 22 (1)	TEX	@	CHW	L,2-6	GF	12	2.0	3	0	1	4	0	PR C
30	40	May 22 (2)	TEX	@	CHW	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	12	0	1	13	0	C
31	43 (2)	May 25	TEX	@	MIN	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
32	44	May 26	TEX	@	MIN	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
33	45	May 27	TEX		CLE	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
34	47 (1)	May 29	TEX		CLE	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
35	48	May 31	TEX		BAL	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	49	Jun 1	TEX		BAL	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
37	51 (1)	Jun 4	TEX	@	CLE	W,5-5	CG	37	8.2	6	0	0	6	0	C
38	54 (2)	Jun 7	TEX	@	BAL	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
39	55	Jun 8	TEX	@	BAL	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	C
40	56	Jun 9	TEX	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
41	58 (1)	Jun 11	TEX	@	DET	L,6-8	CG	40	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
42	59	Jun 12	TEX	@	DET	L,0-7	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
43	60	Jun 14	TEX		MIL	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
44	61	Jun 15	TEX		MIL	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	8	4	0	12	0	C
45	62	Jun 16	TEX		MIL	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
46	63	Jun 17	TEX		DET	L,4-6	CG	40	10.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
47	65 (1)	Jun 19	TEX		DET	L,2-4	GF	17	4.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
48	66	Jun 20	TEX		CAL	W,7-4	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
49	68 (1)	Jun 21 (2)	TEX		CAL	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
50	69	Jun 22	TEX		CAL	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
51	70	Jun 23	TEX		CAL	L,2-10	CG	45	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
52	72 (1)	Jun 25	TEX		MIN	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
53	73	Jun 26	TEX		MIN	L,4-9	CG	46	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
54	75 (1)	Jun 28	TEX	@	CAL	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
55	77 (1)	Jun 30	TEX	@	CAL	W,9-2	CG	40	9.0	4	1	1	6	1	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	78	Jul 1	TEX	@	MIN	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
57	79	Jul 2	TEX	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	36	8.2	1	1	0	2	1	C
58	80	Jul 3	TEX	@	MIN	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
59	81	Jul 4	TEX	@	MIN	L,1-3	CG	34	8.2	4	0	0	4	0	C
60	82	Jul 5	TEX		NYY	L,2-14	CG	52	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	C
61	83	Jul 6	TEX		NYY	L,3-9	GS	18	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
62	84	Jul 7	TEX		NYY	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
63	85	Jul 8	TEX		NYY	L,5-12	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
64	86	Jul 9	TEX	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	1	C
65	88 (1)	Jul 11	TEX	@	BOS	L,3-12	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
66	89	Jul 12	TEX	@	MIL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
67	91 (1)	Jul 14 (1)	TEX	@	MIL	L,3-9	CG	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
68	92	Jul 14 (2)	TEX	@	MIL	W,5-4	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
69	93	Jul 16	TEX	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
70	94	Jul 17	TEX	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
71	97 (2)	Jul 20	TEX		BOS	W,8-6	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
72	98	Jul 21	TEX		BOS	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	6	1	1	8	1	C
73	99	Jul 25	TEX		CHW	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
74	100	Jul 26	TEX		CHW	W,10-6	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
75	101	Jul 27	TEX		CHW	L,5-9	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
76	102	Jul 28	TEX		KCR	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
77	103	Jul 29	TEX		KCR	W,10-1	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
78	104	Jul 30	TEX	@	OAK	L,3-11	GS	36	6.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
79	105	Jul 31	TEX	@	OAK	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
80	106	Aug 1	TEX	@	KCR	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
81	107	Aug 2	TEX	@	KCR	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
82	108	Aug 3	TEX	@	CHW	W,12-5	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
83	109	Aug 4 (1)	TEX	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
84	110	Aug 4 (2)	TEX	@	CHW	L,10-13	GF	17	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
85	111	Aug 5	TEX	@	CHW	W,13-8	CG	45	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
86	112	Aug 6	TEX		OAK	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
87	113	Aug 7	TEX		OAK	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
88	114	Aug 8	TEX		OAK	L,2-10	GS	37	7.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
89	115	Aug 9	TEX		DET	W,4-3	CG	53	14.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
90	116	Aug 10	TEX		DET	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
91	117	Aug 11	TEX		DET	W,9-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
92	118	Aug 12	TEX		MIL	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
93	119	Aug 13	TEX		MIL	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
94	120	Aug 14	TEX		MIL	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
95	121	Aug 16	TEX	@	CLE	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
96	122	Aug 17	TEX	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
97	123	Aug 18	TEX	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	28	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
98	124	Aug 20	TEX	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
99	125	Aug 21	TEX	@	BAL	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
100	126	Aug 22	TEX	@	BAL	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
101	127	Aug 23	TEX	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
102	128	Aug 24	TEX	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	43	10.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
103	129	Aug 25	TEX	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	38	8.2	4	1	0	5	0	C
104	130	Aug 27	TEX		BAL	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
105	131	Aug 28	TEX		BAL	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
106	132	Aug 29	TEX		BAL	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
107	133	Aug 30	TEX		CLE	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
108	134	Aug 31	TEX		CLE	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
109	135	Sep 1	TEX		CLE	W,10-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
110	136	Sep 2	TEX		MIN	L,3-9	GS	32	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
111	137	Sep 3	TEX		MIN	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
112	138	Sep 4	TEX		MIN	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
113	139	Sep 5	TEX	@	OAK	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
114	140	Sep 6	TEX	@	OAK	W,5-4	CG	47	11.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
115	141	Sep 7	TEX	@	OAK	W,8-2	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
116	142	Sep 8	TEX	@	OAK	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
117	143	Sep 9 (1)	TEX	@	CAL	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
118	144	Sep 9 (2)	TEX	@	CAL	W,5-3	GF	24	6.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
119	145	Sep 11	TEX	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
120	146	Sep 12	TEX	@	CHW	T,2-2	CG	24	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
121	147	Sep 13	TEX		OAK	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
122	148	Sep 14	TEX		OAK	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
123	149	Sep 15	TEX		OAK	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
124	150	Sep 18 (1)	TEX		CAL	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
125	151	Sep 18 (2)	TEX		CAL	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
126	152	Sep 21 (1)	TEX		KCR	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
127	154 (1)	Sep 22	TEX		KCR	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
128	155	Sep 26 (1)	TEX		CHW	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
129	157 (1)	Sep 27	TEX	@	KCR	L,4-5	CG	50	11.1	8	0	1	9	0	C
130	159 (1)	Sep 29	TEX	@	KCR	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
131	160	Oct 1	TEX	@	MIN	L,0-6	GS	30	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
132	161	Oct 2	TEX	@	MIN	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
							132gm		1094.1	722	69	8	799	15