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.

1975 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1975 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	TEX		MIN	L,4-11	CG	50	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
2	2	Apr 9	TEX		MIN	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
3	3	Apr 10	TEX		MIN	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	8	3	0	11	1	C
4	4	Apr 11	TEX		OAK	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
5	5	Apr 12	TEX		OAK	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
6	6	Apr 15	TEX	@	CHW	W,6-5	CG	52	13.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
7	7	Apr 16	TEX	@	CHW	W,14-4	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
8	8	Apr 17	TEX	@	CHW	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
9	9	Apr 18	TEX		KCR	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	C
10	10	Apr 19	TEX		KCR	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
11	11	Apr 20	TEX		KCR	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
12	12	Apr 21	TEX	@	OAK	L,6-11	CG	44	8.0	6	3	0	9	0	C
13	13	Apr 22	TEX	@	OAK	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
14	14	Apr 23	TEX	@	CAL	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	5	3	0	8	0	C
15	15	Apr 24	TEX	@	CAL	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	8	3	0	11	0	C
16	16	Apr 26	TEX	@	MIN	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
17	17	Apr 29	TEX		CHW	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
18	18	Apr 30	TEX		CHW	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	19	May 1	TEX		CHW	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
20	20	May 2	TEX		CAL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
21	21	May 3	TEX		CAL	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
22	22	May 4	TEX		CAL	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
23	23	May 5	TEX		CAL	W,4-3	GS	35	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
24	24	May 6	TEX	@	KCR	L,2-6	GF	8	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
25	25	May 7	TEX	@	KCR	L,5-6	CG	45	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	C
26	26	May 8	TEX	@	KCR	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
27	27	May 9	TEX	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	7	2	1	10	1	C
28	28	May 10	TEX	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
29	29	May 11	TEX	@	DET	W,11-7	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
30	30	May 13	TEX		MIL	W,5-0	CG	17	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
31	31	May 14 susp	TEX		MIL	L,2-3	GS	46	13.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
32	32	May 15	TEX		MIL	L,5-8	CG	38	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
33	33	May 16	TEX		DET	W,10-3	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
34	34	May 17	TEX		DET	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
35	35	May 18	TEX		DET	W,7-6	CG	48	11.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
36	36	May 20	TEX	@	MIL	L,6-7	CG	43	9.1	5	3	0	8	0	C
37	37	May 21	TEX	@	MIL	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
38	38	May 22	TEX	@	MIL	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
39	39	May 23	TEX	@	NYY	L,7-11	GS	36	7.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
40	40	May 24	TEX	@	NYY	L,5-9	GS	37	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
41	41	May 25	TEX	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	6	1	1	8	0	C
42	43 (1)	May 28	TEX		BOS	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
43	44	May 29	TEX		NYY	L,5-7	CG	39	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
44	45	May 30	TEX		NYY	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
45	46	May 31	TEX		NYY	L,0-6	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	47	Jun 1	TEX		NYY	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
47	48	Jun 3	TEX	@	BAL	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
48	49	Jun 4	TEX	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	48	12.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
49	50	Jun 6	TEX	@	CLE	L,5-7	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
50	53 (2)	Jun 8 (2)	TEX	@	CLE	W,7-6	CG	69	17.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
51	54	Jun 9	TEX	@	BOS	W,12-4	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
52	55	Jun 10	TEX	@	BOS	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
53	56	Jun 11	TEX		BAL	L,8-9	CG	47	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
54	57	Jun 12	TEX		BAL	L,1-7	GS	40	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
55	58	Jun 13	TEX		CLE	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
56	59	Jun 14	TEX		CLE	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
57	60	Jun 15	TEX		CLE	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
58	61	Jun 17	TEX		CHW	L,3-13	GS	38	7.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
59	62	Jun 18	TEX		CHW	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
60	63	Jun 19	TEX		CHW	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
61	64	Jun 20	TEX	@	CAL	L,11-12	CG	55	10.2	5	2	1	8	0	C
62	65	Jun 21 (1)	TEX	@	CAL	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
63	66	Jun 21 (2)	TEX	@	CAL	W,6-5	GS	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
64	67	Jun 22	TEX	@	CAL	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	4	3	0	7	0	C
65	68	Jun 23	TEX	@	CAL	W,1-0	CG	50	13.0	5	3	0	8	0	C
66	69	Jun 24	TEX	@	CHW	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
67	70	Jun 25	TEX	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
68	71	Jun 26	TEX	@	CHW	L,3-8	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
69	72	Jun 27 (1)	TEX		MIN	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
70	73	Jun 27 (2)	TEX		MIN	L,5-8	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
71	74	Jun 28	TEX		MIN	L,3-5	GS	23	5.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
72	75	Jun 29	TEX		MIN	W,9-7	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	76	Jul 1	TEX		KCR	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
74	77	Jul 2	TEX		KCR	L,5-7	CG	41	10.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
75	78	Jul 3	TEX		KCR	L,5-10	GS	37	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
76	79	Jul 4 (1)	TEX	@	MIN	L,0-8	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
77	81 (1)	Jul 5	TEX	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
78	82	Jul 6 (1)	TEX	@	MIN	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	C
79	83	Jul 6 (2)	TEX	@	MIN	W,7-0	CG	38	9.0	10	0	1	11	0	C
80	84	Jul 7	TEX	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
81	85	Jul 8	TEX	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	39	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
82	86	Jul 9	TEX	@	NYY	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
83	87	Jul 10	TEX	@	BOS	L,7-8	GS	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
84	88	Jul 11	TEX	@	BOS	L,8-11	CG	41	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
85	89	Jul 12	TEX	@	BOS	L,4-10	CG	39	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
86	90	Jul 13	TEX	@	BOS	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
87	91	Jul 17	TEX		NYY	W,7-2	CG	29	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
88	92	Jul 18	TEX		NYY	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
89	93	Jul 19	TEX		BOS	L,0-8	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
90	94	Jul 20 (1)	TEX		BOS	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
91	95	Jul 20 (2)	TEX		BOS	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	3	2	1	6	0	C
92	96	Jul 21	TEX		BOS	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
93	97	Jul 22	TEX		CLE	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	C
94	98	Jul 23	TEX		CLE	W,9-8	CG	61	13.0	11	2	0	13	0	C
95	99	Jul 25 (1)	TEX	@	KCR	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
96	100	Jul 25 (2)	TEX	@	KCR	L,1-6	GF	12	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
97	101	Jul 26	TEX	@	KCR	L,0-7	CG	38	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
98	102	Jul 27	TEX	@	KCR	L,1-2	GS	29	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
99	103	Jul 28	TEX	@	OAK	L,6-12	CG	43	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
100	104	Jul 29	TEX	@	OAK	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	C
101	105	Jul 30	TEX	@	OAK	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
102	106	Aug 1	TEX		CAL	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
103	107	Aug 2	TEX		CAL	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
104	108	Aug 3	TEX		CAL	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
105	109	Aug 4	TEX		OAK	W,12-0	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
106	110	Aug 5 (1)	TEX		OAK	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	C
107	112 (1)	Aug 6	TEX		OAK	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
108	113	Aug 7	TEX		OAK	L,1-10	CG	42	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
109	114	Aug 8	TEX	@	MIL	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
110	115	Aug 9	TEX	@	MIL	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
111	116	Aug 10	TEX	@	MIL	L,4-7	GS	35	7.0	6	2	0	8	1	C
112	117	Aug 11	TEX	@	DET	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
113	118	Aug 12	TEX	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
114	119	Aug 13	TEX	@	DET	W,6-5	GS	46	10.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
115	120	Aug 15 (1)	TEX	@	BAL	W,10-6	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
116	121	Aug 15 (2)	TEX	@	BAL	L,1-13	CG	48	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
117	122	Aug 16	TEX	@	BAL	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
118	123	Aug 17	TEX	@	BAL	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
119	124	Aug 18 (1)	TEX	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
120	125	Aug 18 (2)	TEX	@	CLE	L,2-4	GF	8	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
121	126	Aug 19	TEX	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
122	127	Aug 21	TEX		BAL	L,2-4	CG	55	14.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
123	128	Aug 22	TEX		BAL	L,5-8	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
124	129	Aug 23	TEX		BAL	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
125	130	Aug 24	TEX		BAL	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
126	131	Aug 25	TEX		DET	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
127	132	Aug 26	TEX		DET	W,3-2	GS	34	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	C
128	133	Aug 27	TEX		DET	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
129	135 (1)	Aug 30	TEX		MIL	W,8-3	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
130	136	Aug 31	TEX		MIL	L,1-4	CG	33	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
131	137	Sep 1	TEX		MIN	L,4-5	GS	35	7.0	5	1	1	7	1	C
132	138	Sep 2	TEX		MIN	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
133	139	Sep 3	TEX	@	CAL	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
134	140	Sep 4	TEX	@	CAL	L,4-6	CG	41	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
135	141	Sep 5	TEX	@	OAK	W,4-2	CG	30	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
136	142	Sep 6	TEX	@	OAK	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	C
137	143	Sep 7 (1)	TEX	@	OAK	L,1-4	GS	27	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
138	144	Sep 7 (2)	TEX	@	OAK	L,3-7	GF	10	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
139	145	Sep 9 (1)	TEX	@	MIN	W,3-0	CG	28	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
140	146	Sep 9 (2)	TEX	@	MIN	W,4-2	GF	13	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
141	147	Sep 10	TEX	@	MIN	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
142	148	Sep 12	TEX		CHW	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
143	149	Sep 13	TEX		CHW	W,8-7	CG	47	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
144	150	Sep 14	TEX		CHW	W,9-8	GS	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
145	151	Sep 16 (1)	TEX		OAK	L,5-11	CG	45	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
146	153 (1)	Sep 17	TEX		CAL	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	C
147	154	Sep 18	TEX		CAL	L,3-5	CG	45	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
148	155	Sep 19	TEX	@	CHW	W,10-6	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
149	156	Sep 20	TEX	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
150	157	Sep 21	TEX	@	CHW	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
151	158	Sep 22	TEX	@	KCR	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
152	159	Sep 23	TEX	@	KCR	L,0-4	GS	24	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
153	160	Sep 26	TEX		KCR	L,6-8	GS	35	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
154	161	Sep 27	TEX		KCR	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
155	162	Sep 28	TEX		KCR	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
							155gm		1316.0	791	101	17	909	11