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.

1976 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1976 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	TEX		MIN	W,2-1	CG	39	11.0	4	3	0	7	0	C
2	2	Apr 10	TEX		MIN	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
3	3	Apr 11	TEX		MIN	L,3-4	GS	31	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
4	4	Apr 12	TEX		OAK	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
5	5	Apr 13	TEX		OAK	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
6	7 (1)	Apr 16	TEX		MIL	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	7	1	1	9	0	C
7	9 (1)	Apr 18 (2)	TEX		MIL	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
8	10	Apr 20	TEX	@	CLE	L,1-9	GS	26	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
9	11	Apr 23	TEX	@	DET	L,6-7	GS	32	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
10	12	Apr 24	TEX	@	DET	W,5-4	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
11	13	Apr 27	TEX		NYY	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	7	3	0	10	1	C
12	14	Apr 29	TEX		BOS	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	16 (1)	May 1	TEX		BOS	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
14	17	May 2	TEX		BOS	W,6-3	GS	26	7.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
15	18	May 4	TEX	@	MIL	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
16	19	May 8 (1)	TEX	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
17	21 (1)	May 9	TEX	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
18	22	May 10	TEX		CHW	L,6-7	GS	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
19	23	May 11	TEX		CHW	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
20	24	May 12	TEX	@	CAL	W,1-0	CG	37	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	C
21	25	May 13	TEX	@	CAL	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
22	26	May 14	TEX	@	OAK	W,4-3	CG	38	10.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
23	27	May 15	TEX	@	OAK	W,6-4	CG	45	12.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
24	28	May 16	TEX	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
25	29	May 17	TEX	@	KCR	L,7-8	GS	31	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
26	30	May 18	TEX	@	KCR	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
27	31	May 20	TEX		CAL	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
28	32	May 21	TEX		CAL	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
29	33	May 22	TEX		CAL	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
30	35 (1)	May 24	TEX		KCR	L,11-14	CG	46	9.0	4	1	2	7	0	C
31	36	May 26 (1)	TEX		KCR	L,2-14	CG	47	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
32	37	May 26 susp	TEX		KCR	W,5-4	GF	9	2.0	1	2	0	3	1	C
33	38	May 27	TEX		KCR	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
34	39	May 28	TEX	@	MIN	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
35	40	May 29	TEX	@	MIN	L,1-5	GS	31	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
36	41	May 30	TEX	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
37	42	May 31	TEX	@	CHW	L,4-9	GS	35	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	43	Jun 1	TEX	@	CHW	W,6-5	CG	68	16.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
39	44	Jun 2	TEX	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	40	10.1	7	2	0	9	1	C
40	45	Jun 4	TEX		DET	W,14-3	GS	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
41	46	Jun 5	TEX		DET	L,2-3	CG	45	11.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
42	48 (1)	Jun 7	TEX	@	BAL	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
43	49	Jun 8	TEX	@	BAL	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
44	50	Jun 9	TEX	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
45	51	Jun 11	TEX	@	NYY	L,5-7	CG	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
46	52	Jun 12	TEX	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
47	53	Jun 13	TEX	@	NYY	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
48	54	Jun 15	TEX		CLE	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
49	55	Jun 16	TEX		CLE	L,4-9	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
50	56	Jun 17	TEX		BAL	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
51	57	Jun 18	TEX		BAL	L,4-9	CG	43	9.0	8	1	1	10	0	C
52	59 (1)	Jun 20	TEX		BAL	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	C
53	60	Jun 21	TEX	@	OAK	W,1-0	CG	36	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
54	61	Jun 22	TEX	@	OAK	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
55	62	Jun 23	TEX		KCR	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
56	63	Jun 24	TEX		KCR	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	C
57	64	Jun 25 (1)	TEX		CHW	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
58	66 (1)	Jun 26	TEX		CHW	W,1-0	CG	40	10.0	8	2	0	10	1	C
59	67	Jun 27	TEX		CHW	L,2-6	GS	33	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
60	68	Jun 28	TEX		OAK	W,3-2	CG	40	11.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
61	69	Jun 29	TEX		OAK	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	C
62	70	Jun 30	TEX		OAK	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	71	Jul 2	TEX	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
64	72	Jul 3	TEX	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
65	73	Jul 4 (1)	TEX	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	57	11.2	5	3	0	8	0	C
66	75 (1)	Jul 5	TEX		DET	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
67	76	Jul 6	TEX		DET	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
68	77	Jul 7	TEX		DET	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
69	78	Jul 8	TEX	@	MIL	L,4-5	CG	52	12.1	5	0	0	5	0	C
70	79	Jul 9	TEX	@	MIL	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
71	80	Jul 10	TEX	@	MIL	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
72	82 (1)	Jul 11 (2)	TEX	@	MIL	L,4-5	CG	40	9.1	4	0	0	4	0	C
73	84 (1)	Jul 15 (2)	TEX		NYY	L,4-6	CG	45	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
74	85	Jul 16	TEX		NYY	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
75	86	Jul 17	TEX		NYY	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
76	87	Jul 18	TEX		NYY	W,3-2	CG	48	12.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
77	88	Jul 19	TEX		BOS	W,4-3	CG	43	11.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
78	89	Jul 20	TEX		BOS	L,2-4	GS	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
79	90	Jul 21	TEX		BAL	L,4-6	GF	22	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
80	91	Jul 22	TEX		BAL	L,3-4	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
81	93 (1)	Jul 24 (2)	TEX	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
82	94	Jul 25	TEX	@	CAL	L,3-7	GS	35	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
83	95	Jul 26	TEX	@	MIN	W,3-0	CG	28	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
84	96	Jul 28 (1)	TEX	@	MIN	L,5-8	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
85	98 (1)	Jul 29	TEX	@	MIN	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
86	99	Jul 30	TEX	@	KCR	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	C
87	100	Jul 31	TEX	@	KCR	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
88	101	Aug 1	TEX	@	KCR	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
89	102	Aug 3	TEX		CAL	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
90	104 (1)	Aug 5	TEX		CAL	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
91	105	Aug 6	TEX		MIN	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
92	106	Aug 7	TEX		MIN	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
93	107	Aug 8	TEX		MIN	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
94	108	Aug 9	TEX	@	DET	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
95	109	Aug 10 (1)	TEX	@	DET	L,5-7	CG	41	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
96	111 (1)	Aug 11	TEX	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
97	112	Aug 12	TEX	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	41	8.1	2	0	0	2	0	C
98	113	Aug 13	TEX	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
99	114	Aug 14	TEX	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	43	10.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
100	115	Aug 15 (1)	TEX	@	CLE	L,4-6	GS	29	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
101	117 (1)	Aug 16	TEX	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
102	118	Aug 17	TEX	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
103	119	Aug 18	TEX	@	NYY	L,6-8	CG	38	8.1	5	0	0	5	0	C
104	120	Aug 19	TEX		CLE	L,5-7	CG	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
105	122 (1)	Aug 21	TEX		CLE	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
106	123	Aug 22	TEX		CLE	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
107	124	Aug 23	TEX		MIL	L,2-6	GS	36	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
108	125	Aug 24	TEX		MIL	L,0-1	CG	38	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
109	126	Aug 25	TEX		MIL	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
110	128 (1)	Aug 28	TEX	@	BAL	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
111	129	Aug 29	TEX	@	BAL	W,11-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
112	130	Aug 30	TEX	@	BOS	L,3-11	GS	38	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
113	131	Aug 31	TEX	@	BOS	W,8-3	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
114	132	Sep 1	TEX	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
115	133	Sep 3	TEX	@	KCR	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	C
116	135 (1)	Sep 5	TEX	@	KCR	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
117	136	Sep 6	TEX	@	KCR	W,5-4	GS	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
118	138 (1)	Sep 8	TEX		MIN	L,1-3	CG	32	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
119	139	Sep 9	TEX		MIN	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
120	140	Sep 10	TEX		OAK	W,5-4	CG	41	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
121	141	Sep 11	TEX		OAK	L,0-1	GS	31	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
122	142	Sep 12	TEX		OAK	L,6-9	CG	43	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
123	144 (1)	Sep 14	TEX		CAL	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
124	145	Sep 15	TEX	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
125	146	Sep 16	TEX	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	C
126	147	Sep 17	TEX	@	OAK	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	5	3	0	8	0	C
127	148	Sep 18	TEX	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
128	149	Sep 19 (1)	TEX	@	OAK	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
129	151 (1)	Sep 20	TEX	@	CAL	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
130	152	Sep 21	TEX	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	35	8.1	1	1	0	2	0	C
131	153	Sep 22	TEX	@	CAL	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
132	154	Sep 23	TEX	@	CAL	W,6-5	GF	13	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
133	155	Sep 24	TEX		KCR	L,1-2	GS	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
134	156	Sep 25	TEX		KCR	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
135	157	Sep 26	TEX		KCR	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
136	158	Sep 28	TEX	@	MIN	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
137	159	Sep 29	TEX	@	MIN	L,1-9	CG	38	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
138	160	Oct 1	TEX		CHW	W,11-8	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
139	161	Oct 2	TEX		CHW	W,5-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
140	162	Oct 3	TEX		CHW	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
							140gm		1204.2	719	96	7	822	11