Jim Sundberg Trades and Transactions

The Jim Sundberg trades and transactions seen below include all known instances where Jim Sundberg has been involved in a trade or transaction of any type as it relates to baseball.

"In 15 years in the major leagues I've spent a lot of time behind the plate, catching a lot of pitchers, but I'm sure about one thing. I've never had a more enjoyable four innings of catching than I did in the seventh game of the 1985 World Series. That was total relaxtion, total pleasure." - Jim Sundberg in the Game I'll Never Forget (Baseball Digest, August 1988)

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Jim Sundberg

Jim Sundberg Autograph on a 1988 Topps (#516)

Jim Sundberg Autograph on a 1988 Topps (#516)
 

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Birth Name:   James Howard Sundberg
Nickname:   Jim
Born On:   05-18-1951  (Taurus)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Galesburg, Illinois
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Galesburg High School (Galesburg, IL)
College:   University of Iowa
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-00   Player Weight Chart Weight:   195
First Game:   04-04-1974 (Age 22)
Last Game:   09-24-1989
Draft:   1973 : 1st Round (2nd)
Jim Sundberg

Trades & Transactions

06-05-1969: Selected by Oakland Athletics in the 6th round — free-agent draft, did not sign.
06-06-1972: Selected by Texas Rangers in the 8th round — free-agent draft, did not sign.
01-10-1973: Selected by Texas Rangers in the 1st round (2nd pick overall) — secondary phase (or secondary phase delayed) — free-agent draft.
12-08-1983: Traded by Texas Rangers to Milwaukee Brewers for Ned Yost.
01-18-1985: Traded by Milwaukee Brewers to Kansas City Royals for Tim Leary and Danny Darwin.
03-30-1987: Traded by Kansas City Royals to Chicago Cubs for Thad Bosley and Dave Gumpert.
07-15-1988: Released by Chicago Cubs.
07-21-1988: Signed by Texas Rangers.
11-04-1988: Granted free agency.
01-06-1989: Signed by Texas Rangers.


Did you know that during the physical, if a team finds out that the player received during a trade is injured they may return the player to the originating team within ten days from the date the trade was made and void the entire contract?

The Baseball Almanac trades and transactions database includes Rule 5 Draft picks, free agency information, voided trades, waiver picks, expansion draft data, amateur draft data, player refusals, bonus babies, and many other types of not readily found anywhere on the Internet.

Baseball trades & transactions, like the Jim Sundberg trades and transactions seen above, are an evolving field of research where new discoveries are often found and new player debuts are added to the data set almost daily.

     

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