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.

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	TEX	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	38	10.0	8	5	0	13	0	C
2	2	Apr 9	TEX	@	BAL	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
3	3	Apr 10	TEX	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	6	3	0	9	0	C
4	4	Apr 11	TEX		CLE	W,3-2	GS	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
5	5	Apr 13	TEX		CLE	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	7	3	0	10	1	C
6	7 (1)	Apr 17 (2)	TEX		BAL	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
7	8	Apr 18	TEX	@	SEA	L,6-8	GS	36	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	C
8	9	Apr 19	TEX	@	SEA	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
9	10	Apr 20	TEX	@	SEA	W,5-2	CG	31	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
10	11	Apr 21	TEX		MIN	L,4-11	GS	38	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
11	12	Apr 22	TEX		MIN	L,1-4	GS	33	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
12	14 (1)	Apr 24	TEX		MIN	L,6-12	CG	49	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
13	15	Apr 26	TEX	@	KCR	L,3-6	GS	30	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
14	16	Apr 27	TEX	@	KCR	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
15	18 (1)	Apr 30	TEX	@	CHW	W,14-4	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	19	May 1	TEX	@	CHW	L,4-12	GS	30	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
17	20	May 3	TEX	@	DET	W,13-0	CG	32	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
18	21	May 6	TEX		KCR	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
19	22	May 7	TEX		KCR	L,5-6	CG	41	10.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
20	23	May 8	TEX		KCR	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
21	24	May 9	TEX		CHW	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	2	C
22	25	May 10	TEX		CHW	W,3-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
23	26	May 11	TEX		CHW	L,3-4	CG	45	10.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
24	27	May 12	TEX	@	KCR	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
25	28	May 13	TEX	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	37	8.1	5	1	0	6	0	C
26	29	May 14	TEX	@	KCR	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
27	30	May 15	TEX	@	KCR	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
28	31	May 17	TEX		DET	W,3-1	GS	12	2.2	2	0	0	2	0	C
29	33 (1)	May 20	TEX		TOR	L,3-4	CG	34	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
30	34	May 21	TEX		TOR	L,6-9	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
31	35	May 22	TEX		TOR	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
32	36	May 25 (1)	TEX	@	NYY	L,2-3	GF	7	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
33	37	May 25 (2)	TEX	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
34	38	May 27	TEX	@	MIL	L,5-6	GS	34	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
35	40 (1)	May 29	TEX	@	MIL	W,5-4	CG	49	11.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
36	41	May 30 (1)	TEX		SEA	L,4-7	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
37	42	May 30 (2)	TEX		SEA	L,3-9	CG	46	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	43	Jun 1	TEX		BOS	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
39	44	Jun 2	TEX		BOS	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
40	45	Jun 3	TEX		MIL	W,15-8	CG	44	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
41	46	Jun 4	TEX		MIL	L,2-3	GF	7	2.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
42	47	Jun 5	TEX		MIL	W,7-6	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
43	48	Jun 6	TEX		NYY	L,2-9	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
44	49	Jun 7	TEX		NYY	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
45	50	Jun 8	TEX		CHW	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
46	51	Jun 9	TEX		CHW	L,3-4	CG	50	11.0	14	0	0	14	0	C
47	52	Jun 12 (1)	TEX	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	38	8.2	0	0	0	0	0	C
48	53	Jun 12 (2)	TEX	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
49	54	Jun 13	TEX	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
50	55	Jun 14	TEX	@	CLE	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
51	56	Jun 15	TEX	@	CLE	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
52	57	Jun 17 (1)	TEX		SEA	L,1-2	GF	6	1.0	0	0	1	1	0	C
53	58	Jun 17 (2)	TEX		SEA	W,8-6	CG	47	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
54	59	Jun 18	TEX		SEA	L,1-6	CG	46	10.0	6	1	1	8	0	C
55	60	Jun 19	TEX		SEA	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
56	61	Jun 20	TEX	@	MIN	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
57	62	Jun 21	TEX	@	MIN	L,5-9	GS	39	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
58	63	Jun 22	TEX	@	MIN	W,10-8	CG	41	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
59	64	Jun 23	TEX	@	MIN	L,2-12	GS	25	4.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
60	65	Jun 24	TEX	@	CAL	W,1-0	CG	37	10.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
61	66	Jun 25	TEX	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	34	8.1	10	1	0	11	0	C
62	68 (1)	Jun 26 (2)	TEX	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	4	2	1	7	1	C
63	69	Jun 27	TEX	@	OAK	W,5-2	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
64	70	Jun 28	TEX	@	OAK	L,5-6	CG	35	8.1	4	1	0	5	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	73 (2)	Jul 1	TEX	@	TOR	W,11-8	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
66	74	Jul 2	TEX	@	TOR	L,7-10	CG	43	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
67	75	Jul 3 (1)	TEX	@	TOR	W,6-3	GS	26	6.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
68	77 (1)	Jul 4	TEX		KCR	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
69	78	Jul 5	TEX		KCR	L,4-6	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
70	80 (1)	Jul 7	TEX		OAK	W,8-3	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
71	81	Jul 8	TEX		CAL	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
72	82	Jul 9	TEX		CAL	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
73	83	Jul 10	TEX		CAL	W,4-2	GF	10	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PR C
74	84	Jul 12	TEX		BAL	W,4-3	CG	38	10.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
75	85	Jul 13	TEX		BAL	L,3-4	GF	6	2.0	1	1	1	3	0	PR C
76	86	Jul 14	TEX		BAL	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	C
77	87	Jul 15 (1)	TEX		CLE	W,8-3	GF	11	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
78	88	Jul 15 (2)	TEX		CLE	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	C
79	89	Jul 16	TEX		CLE	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	C
80	90	Jul 17	TEX		CLE	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
81	91	Jul 22	TEX	@	BAL	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	15	0	0	15	0	C
82	92	Jul 23	TEX	@	BAL	W,1-0	CG	45	13.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
83	93	Jul 24	TEX	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	C
84	94	Jul 25	TEX	@	CLE	W,6-4	GS	33	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
85	95	Jul 26	TEX	@	TOR	W,14-0	GS	24	6.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
86	96	Jul 28	TEX	@	TOR	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
87	97	Jul 29	TEX		DET	L,6-13	GS	26	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
88	98	Jul 30	TEX		DET	W,6-5	CG	47	12.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
89	99	Jul 31	TEX		DET	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
90	100	Aug 1	TEX	@	CHW	W,11-6	GS	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
91	101	Aug 2	TEX	@	CHW	W,9-8	GS	35	7.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
92	102	Aug 3	TEX	@	CHW	W,12-10	CG	59	12.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
93	103	Aug 4	TEX	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
94	104	Aug 5 (1)	TEX	@	DET	W,4-3	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
95	105	Aug 5 (2)	TEX	@	DET	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
96	106	Aug 6	TEX	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
97	107	Aug 7	TEX	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
98	108	Aug 8 (1)	TEX		OAK	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
99	109	Aug 8 (2)	TEX		OAK	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
100	110	Aug 10	TEX		KCR	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	13	2	0	15	1	C
101	111	Aug 11	TEX		KCR	W,8-3	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
102	112	Aug 12	TEX		CHW	W,10-7	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
103	113	Aug 13	TEX		CHW	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
104	114	Aug 14	TEX		CHW	W,12-9	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
105	115	Aug 15	TEX	@	MIL	L,5-6	CG	42	8.2	3	1	0	4	1	C
106	116	Aug 16	TEX	@	MIL	W,11-3	GS	17	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
107	117	Aug 17	TEX		TOR	W,6-5	CG	42	10.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
108	118	Aug 18	TEX		TOR	W,8-0	GS	17	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
109	119	Aug 19	TEX		NYY	L,1-8	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
110	120	Aug 20	TEX		NYY	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
111	121	Aug 21	TEX		NYY	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
112	122	Aug 22	TEX		MIL	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	C
113	123	Aug 23	TEX		MIL	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
114	124	Aug 24 (1)	TEX	@	BOS	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
115	125	Aug 24 (2)	TEX	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	10	2	0	12	2	C
116	126	Aug 25	TEX	@	BOS	L,6-9	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
117	127	Aug 26	TEX	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
118	128	Aug 27	TEX	@	NYY	W,8-2	GS	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
119	129	Aug 28	TEX	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
120	130	Aug 30	TEX	@	KCR	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
121	131	Aug 31	TEX	@	KCR	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
122	132	Sep 2	TEX		BOS	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
123	133	Sep 3	TEX		BOS	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
124	134	Sep 4	TEX		BOS	L,4-8	CG	44	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
125	135	Sep 5	TEX	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
126	136	Sep 6	TEX	@	MIN	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
127	137	Sep 7	TEX	@	MIN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
128	138	Sep 9	TEX	@	SEA	L,3-8	GS	30	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
129	139	Sep 10 (1)	TEX	@	SEA	W,5-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
130	140	Sep 10 (2)	TEX	@	SEA	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
131	141	Sep 11	TEX	@	SEA	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
132	142	Sep 12	TEX		CAL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
133	143	Sep 13	TEX		CAL	L,7-12	CG	41	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	C
134	144	Sep 14	TEX		CAL	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
135	145	Sep 15	TEX		CAL	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
136	146	Sep 16	TEX		MIN	L,7-9	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
137	147	Sep 17	TEX		MIN	W,5-4	GS	52	14.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
138	148	Sep 18 (1)	TEX		MIN	W,5-4	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
139	150 (1)	Sep 19	TEX	@	CAL	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
140	151	Sep 20	TEX	@	CAL	L,2-5	GS	28	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
141	152	Sep 21	TEX	@	CAL	W,9-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
142	153	Sep 22	TEX	@	CAL	W,6-0	CG	28	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
143	154	Sep 23	TEX	@	OAK	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
144	155	Sep 24	TEX	@	OAK	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
145	156	Sep 25 (1)	TEX	@	OAK	W,5-4	CG	60	14.0	13	1	0	14	0	C
146	158 (1)	Sep 28	TEX		SEA	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
147	159	Sep 29	TEX		SEA	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
148	160	Sep 30	TEX		OAK	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
149	161	Oct 1	TEX		OAK	W,6-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
							149gm		1214.0	801	103	5	909	12