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.

1989 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1989 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 6	TEX		DET	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	9	2	1	12	0	C
2	3	Apr 7	TEX		TOR	L,9-10	CG	45	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
3	4	Apr 8	TEX		TOR	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
4	5	Apr 9	TEX		TOR	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
5	9 (3)	Apr 14	TEX	@	DET	W,4-2	GS	31	7.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
6	14 (4)	Apr 19	TEX		MIL	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
7	15	Apr 21	TEX	@	TOR	L,3-6	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
8	16	Apr 22	TEX	@	TOR	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
9	18 (1)	Apr 25	TEX	@	CLE	W,11-7	GF	19	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
10	19	Apr 26	TEX	@	CLE	W,3-2	GS	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
11	20	Apr 28 susp	TEX		BOS	W,7-6	GF	7	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	24 (3)	May 2	TEX		CLE	L,3-8	CG	44	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
13	26 (1)	May 4	TEX		NYY	L,7-11	GS	37	6.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
14	29 (2)	May 7	TEX	@	BOS	L,5-9	GS	32	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
15	31 (1)	May 9	TEX	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	41	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
16	33 (1)	May 12	TEX	@	KCR	L,3-4	GS	31	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
17	37 (3)	May 18	TEX		MIN	W,6-5	GS	31	8.0	10	2	0	12	0	C
18	38	May 19	TEX		MIN	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
19	41 (2)	May 22	TEX		KCR	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
20	42	May 23	TEX		KCR	W,10-8	GF	11	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
21	43	May 24	TEX		KCR	L,4-6	GF	12	3.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
22	45 (1)	May 27	TEX	@	MIN	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	C
23	46	May 28	TEX	@	MIN	W,8-6	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
24	48 (1)	May 30	TEX	@	BAL	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
25	49	May 31	TEX	@	BAL	L,5-8	CG	42	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	50	Jun 1	TEX	@	SEA	L,2-3	GF	6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	C
27	53 (2)	Jun 4	TEX	@	SEA	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
28	54	Jun 5	TEX		CHW	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
29	56 (1)	Jun 7	TEX		CHW	L,4-6	GS	30	7.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
30	59 (2)	Jun 10	TEX		OAK	L,1-5	GF	17	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
31	61 (1)	Jun 12	TEX		CAL	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
32	62	Jun 14 (1)	TEX		CAL	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
33	64 (1)	Jun 16 (1)	TEX	@	NYY	L,3-8	CG	43	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
34	67 (2)	Jun 18	TEX	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
35	68	Jun 20	TEX	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
36	71 (2)	Jun 23	TEX		CLE	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
37	72	Jun 24	TEX		CLE	L,3-7	GS	31	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
38	75 (2)	Jun 27	TEX	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
39	76	Jun 28	TEX	@	CHW	W,10-5	GS	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
40	77	Jun 29	TEX		SEA	L,0-2	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
41	78	Jun 30	TEX		SEA	L,3-4	GF	7	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	79	Jul 1	TEX		SEA	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
43	80	Jul 3	TEX	@	CAL	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
44	82 (1)	Jul 5	TEX	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
45	84 (1)	Jul 7	TEX	@	OAK	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
46	85	Jul 8	TEX	@	OAK	W,5-4	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
47	86	Jul 9	TEX	@	OAK	L,1-7	GF	14	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
48	87	Jul 13	TEX	@	CLE	W,9-3	GS	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
49	89 (1)	Jul 15	TEX	@	CLE	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
50	90	Jul 16	TEX	@	CLE	L,5-11	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
51	91	Jul 17	TEX		BOS	W,12-6	GS	37	8.0	3	2	1	6	0	C
52	92	Jul 18	TEX		BOS	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
53	93	Jul 19	TEX		BOS	L,0-4	GS	25	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
54	96 (2)	Jul 22	TEX		NYY	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
55	97	Jul 23	TEX		NYY	W,5-4	GS	32	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
56	98	Jul 24	TEX		TOR	L,3-6	GS	39	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
57	99	Jul 25	TEX		TOR	L,0-4	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
58	101 (1)	Jul 28	TEX		MIL	L,3-15	GS	29	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
59	102	Jul 29	TEX		MIL	L,2-8	GS	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	104 (1)	Aug 1	TEX	@	DET	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
61	105	Aug 2	TEX	@	DET	L,4-6	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
62	106	Aug 3	TEX	@	DET	L,6-9	GS	32	6.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
63	107	Aug 4	TEX	@	BAL	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
64	110 (2)	Aug 7	TEX	@	TOR	L,1-2	GS	25	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
65	111	Aug 8	TEX	@	TOR	L,0-7	GS	33	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
66	112	Aug 9	TEX	@	TOR	W,4-3	GS	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
67	115 (2)	Aug 12	TEX		DET	L,5-6	GS	28	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
68	116	Aug 13	TEX		DET	L,2-4	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
69	117	Aug 15	TEX	@	SEA	L,0-2	GS	18	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
70	126 (8)	Aug 25	TEX		CAL	L,1-4	GF	7	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
71	131 (4)	Aug 31	TEX	@	MIN	L,6-8	CG	41	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	141 (9)	Sep 9	TEX		BAL	L,2-4	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
73	155 (13)	Sep 24	TEX		CHW	W,5-4	GS	17	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
							73gm		457.1	353	27	3	383	3