# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jim-sundberg
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:32:59.311Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jim-sundberg"
name: "Jim Sundberg"
slug: "jim-sundberg"
description: "James Howard Sundberg is an American former professional baseball player, television sports analyst, and executive. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher from 1974 to 1989, most prominently as a member of the Texas Rangers where he established himself as one of the top defensive catchers of his era. A three-time All-Star player, Sundberg won six consecutive Gold Glove Awards during his tenure with the Rangers. Later in his career, he won a World Series championship as a member of the Kansas City Royals in 1985. He also played for the Milwaukee Brewers and the Chicago Cubs. Sundberg was inducted into the Texas Rangers Hall of Fame in 2003."
tagline: "American baseball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jim_Sundberg_(5555075122)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1951-05-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.93
  momentum:             19.67889908256881
  historical:           5.741546666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/backstop10"
    handle:    "backstop10"
sources:
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Sundberg"
    title: "Jim Sundberg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AC"
    title: "چيم سوندبيرج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Sundberg"
    title: "Jim Sundberg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%90%89%E5%A7%86%C2%B7%E6%A1%91%E5%BE%B7%E6%9F%8F%E6%A0%BC"
    title: "吉姆·桑德柏格"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B0"
    title: "ジム・サンドバーグ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Sundberg"
    title: "Jim Sundberg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6198405"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump