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.

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	TEX		NYY	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
2	2	Apr 9	TEX		NYY	L,1-7	CG	46	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
3	3	Apr 10	TEX		NYY	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
4	4	Apr 11	TEX		DET	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
5	5	Apr 12	TEX		DET	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
6	6	Apr 14	TEX	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	48	9.2	5	1	0	6	0	C
7	7	Apr 15	TEX	@	BOS	L,4-12	CG	41	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
8	8	Apr 16	TEX	@	BOS	L,6-8	CG	42	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	C
9	9	Apr 17	TEX	@	CLE	L,0-6	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
10	10	Apr 22	TEX	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	42	9.1	7	1	0	8	0	C
11	12 (1)	Apr 23 (2)	TEX	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	45	11.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
12	13	Apr 24	TEX		KCR	L,6-8	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
13	14	Apr 25	TEX		KCR	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
14	15	Apr 26	TEX		CLE	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
15	16	Apr 27	TEX		CLE	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
16	17	Apr 28	TEX		BOS	W,5-4	CG	45	11.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
17	18	Apr 29	TEX		BOS	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
18	19	Apr 30	TEX		BOS	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	20	May 3	TEX	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
20	21	May 5	TEX	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
21	22	May 6	TEX	@	NYY	W,9-5	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
22	23	May 7	TEX	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	41	11.1	5	0	0	5	0	C
23	24	May 9	TEX	@	MIL	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
24	25	May 10	TEX	@	MIL	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
25	26	May 12	TEX		BAL	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
26	27	May 13	TEX		BAL	L,1-5	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
27	28	May 14	TEX		BAL	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
28	29	May 15	TEX		MIL	W,8-6	CG	35	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	C
29	30	May 16	TEX		MIL	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
30	31	May 17	TEX		OAK	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
31	32	May 18	TEX		OAK	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
32	33	May 19 (1)	TEX	@	SEA	L,5-6	CG	39	8.1	2	1	0	3	0	C
33	34	May 19 (2)	TEX	@	SEA	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
34	35	May 20	TEX	@	SEA	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
35	36	May 21	TEX	@	SEA	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
36	37	May 22	TEX	@	MIN	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
37	38	May 23	TEX	@	MIN	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
38	39	May 24	TEX	@	MIN	W,3-2	CG	42	11.0	1	2	0	3	0	C
39	40	May 25	TEX	@	MIN	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
40	41	May 26	TEX		SEA	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
41	42	May 27	TEX		SEA	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
42	43	May 29 (1)	TEX		MIN	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
43	45 (1)	May 30	TEX		MIN	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	46	Jun 1	TEX		MIN	W,10-7	CG	45	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
45	47	Jun 2	TEX	@	TOR	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
46	48	Jun 3	TEX	@	TOR	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
47	50 (1)	Jun 6	TEX		KCR	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
48	51	Jun 8 (1)	TEX		KCR	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
49	52	Jun 8 (2)	TEX		KCR	W,3-2	CG	49	13.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
50	54 (1)	Jun 10	TEX		CHW	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	C
51	55	Jun 11	TEX		CHW	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
52	56	Jun 12	TEX	@	KCR	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
53	57	Jun 13	TEX	@	KCR	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
54	58	Jun 14	TEX	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
55	59	Jun 15	TEX	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
56	60	Jun 16 (1)	TEX		TOR	L,3-8	GF	11	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	DH C
57	61	Jun 16 (2)	TEX		TOR	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	C
58	62	Jun 17	TEX		TOR	W,13-2	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
59	63	Jun 18	TEX		TOR	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
60	64	Jun 19	TEX		OAK	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
61	65	Jun 20	TEX		OAK	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	C
62	66	Jun 22	TEX		OAK	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
63	67	Jun 23 (1)	TEX		CAL	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
64	69 (1)	Jun 24	TEX		CAL	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
65	70	Jun 25	TEX		CAL	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
66	71	Jun 27	TEX	@	OAK	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
67	72	Jun 28	TEX	@	OAK	L,1-2	CG	56	14.2	7	2	0	9	1	C
68	73	Jun 29	TEX	@	OAK	L,7-8	CG	48	9.2	9	0	0	9	0	C
69	74	Jun 30	TEX	@	CAL	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	75	Jul 1	TEX	@	CAL	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
71	76	Jul 2	TEX	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
72	77	Jul 3	TEX	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	41	8.1	3	0	0	3	0	C
73	78	Jul 4	TEX	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
74	79	Jul 5	TEX		NYY	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
75	80	Jul 6	TEX		NYY	L,2-7	GS	25	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
76	81	Jul 7	TEX		DET	L,7-12	GS	51	8.0	4	0	0	4	1	C
77	82	Jul 8	TEX		DET	L,1-5	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
78	83	Jul 9	TEX		DET	W,4-3	CG	49	13.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
79	84	Jul 13	TEX	@	BOS	W,12-7	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
80	85	Jul 14	TEX	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
81	86	Jul 15 (1)	TEX	@	BAL	L,7-8	CG	44	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
82	88 (1)	Jul 16	TEX	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	45	11.2	7	0	0	7	0	C
83	89	Jul 17	TEX	@	BAL	W,2-0	CG	38	11.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
84	90	Jul 18	TEX	@	BAL	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	5	4	0	9	0	C
85	91	Jul 19	TEX	@	KCR	L,4-11	CG	43	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
86	92	Jul 20	TEX	@	KCR	L,1-2	CG	35	8.2	1	1	0	2	0	C
87	93	Jul 21	TEX		MIL	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
88	94	Jul 22	TEX		MIL	L,1-2	CG	42	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
89	95	Jul 23	TEX		MIL	L,8-17	GS	36	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
90	96	Jul 24	TEX		BAL	L,6-10	CG	47	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
91	97	Jul 25	TEX		BAL	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
92	98	Jul 26	TEX		BOS	W,2-0	GS	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
93	99	Jul 27	TEX		BOS	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
94	100	Jul 28	TEX	@	CHW	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
95	101	Jul 29	TEX	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
96	102	Jul 30 (1)	TEX	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
97	104 (1)	Jul 31	TEX	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	105	Aug 1	TEX	@	NYY	L,1-8	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
99	106	Aug 4	TEX		CLE	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
100	107	Aug 5	TEX		CLE	W,4-3	CG	51	12.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
101	108	Aug 6	TEX		CLE	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
102	109	Aug 8	TEX	@	DET	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
103	110	Aug 9	TEX	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
104	111	Aug 11	TEX	@	CLE	W,8-2	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
105	112	Aug 12	TEX	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
106	113	Aug 13 (1)	TEX	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
107	114	Aug 13 (2)	TEX	@	CLE	W,6-5	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
108	115	Aug 14	TEX		CHW	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
109	116	Aug 15	TEX		CHW	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
110	117	Aug 16	TEX		CHW	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
111	118	Aug 17	TEX		CHW	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	C
112	119	Aug 18	TEX	@	KCR	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
113	120	Aug 19	TEX	@	KCR	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
114	121	Aug 20	TEX	@	KCR	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
115	122	Aug 21	TEX	@	TOR	L,6-8	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
116	124 (1)	Aug 23	TEX	@	MIN	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
117	125	Aug 24	TEX	@	MIN	W,4-1	CG	34	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
118	126	Aug 25	TEX		KCR	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
119	127	Aug 26	TEX		KCR	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
120	128	Aug 27	TEX		KCR	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
121	129	Aug 28	TEX		TOR	W,11-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
122	130	Aug 29	TEX		TOR	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	9	4	0	13	1	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
123	131	Sep 1	TEX	@	MIL	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
124	132	Sep 2	TEX	@	MIL	L,6-10	CG	40	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
125	134 (1)	Sep 4	TEX	@	CAL	L,7-8	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
126	135	Sep 6 (1)	TEX	@	CAL	W,11-5	CG	42	9.0	5	2	1	8	1	C
127	137 (1)	Sep 7	TEX	@	CAL	L,6-7	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
128	138	Sep 8	TEX	@	OAK	L,4-11	GS	33	6.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
129	139	Sep 10 (1)	TEX	@	OAK	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
130	141 (1)	Sep 11	TEX		CAL	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
131	142	Sep 12	TEX		CAL	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
132	143	Sep 13	TEX		CAL	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
133	144	Sep 14	TEX		CAL	L,1-16	CG	49	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	C
134	146 (1)	Sep 15 (2)	TEX		OAK	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
135	147	Sep 16	TEX		OAK	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
136	148	Sep 17	TEX		OAK	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
137	149	Sep 20	TEX	@	MIN	L,3-5	CG	41	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
138	150	Sep 21	TEX	@	MIN	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
139	152 (1)	Sep 22 (2)	TEX		SEA	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
140	153	Sep 23	TEX		SEA	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
141	154	Sep 24 (1)	TEX		SEA	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
142	156 (1)	Sep 25	TEX		MIN	W,3-2	CG	43	11.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
143	157	Sep 26	TEX		MIN	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
144	158	Sep 27	TEX		MIN	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
145	159	Sep 28	TEX	@	SEA	W,4-3	GF	12	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
146	160	Sep 29	TEX	@	SEA	W,11-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	1	3	1	C
147	161	Sep 30	TEX	@	SEA	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
148	162	Oct 1	TEX	@	SEA	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
							148gm		1294.2	769	91	3	863	14