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Jim Bottomley
James Leroy Bottomley (Sunny Jim)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 0", Weight 180 lb.

Debut August 18, 1922
Final Game September 16, 1937
Born April 23, 1900 in Oglesby, IL
Died December 11, 1959 in St.Louis, MO

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1974.

Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1920. (All Transactions)

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Batting Glossary /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1922 22 STL NL  37  151   29   49   8  5   5   35   3  1   6  13  .325  .358  .543  134   82   2           2    
 1923 23 STL NL 134  523   79  194  34 14   8   94   4  6  45  44  .371  .425  .535  155  280  15           4    
 1924 24 STL NL 137  528   87  167  31 12  14  111   5  4  35  35  .316  .362  .500  131  264  17           3     MVP-17
 1925 25 STL NL 153  619   92  227  44 12  21  128   3  4  47  36  .367  .413  .578  148  358  13           2     MVP-7
 1926 26 STL NL 154  603   98  180  40 14  19  120   4     58  52  .299  .364  .506  128  305  19           4    
 1927 27 STL NL 152  574   95  174  31 15  19  124   8     74  49  .303  .387  .509  135  292  26           5     MVP-13
 1928 28 STL NL 149  576  123  187  42 20  31  136  10     71  54  .325  .402  .628  163  362  17           3     MVP-1
 1929 29 STL NL 146  560  108  176  31 12  29  137   3     70  54  .314  .391  .568  133  318  17           1    
 1930 30 STL NL 131  487   92  148  33  7  15   97   5     44  36  .304  .368  .493  103  240  24           5    
 1931 31 STL NL 108  382   73  133  34  5   9   75   3     34  24  .348  .403  .534  146  204   2           1     MVP-15
 1932 32 STL NL  91  311   45   92  16  3  11   48   2     25  32  .296  .350  .473  116  147   2           1    
 1933 33 CIN NL 145  549   57  137  23  9  13   83   3     42  28  .250  .311  .395  102  217  11           7  13 MVP-17
 1934 34 CIN NL 142  556   72  158  31 11  11   78   1     33  40  .284  .324  .439  104  244   3           0   9
 1935 35 CIN NL 107  399   44  103  21  1   1   49   3     18  24  .258  .294  .323   68  129   4           2  11
 1936 36 SLB AL 140  544   72  162  39 11  12   95   0  0  44  55  .298  .354  .476  101  259   5           3    
 1937 37 SLB AL  65  109   11   26   7  0   1   12   1  0  18  15  .239  .346  .330   71   36   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 16 Seasons         7471      2313    151     1422     15     591  .310  .369  .500  125      177   0   0  43  33
               1991      1177      465    219       58    664                            3737
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        608   96  188  38 12  18  116   5  1  54  48  .310  .369  .500  125  304  14   0   0   3   3
 Career High    154  619  123  227  44 20  31  137  10  6  74  55  .371  .425  .628  163  362  26   0   0   7  13
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1922 22 STL NL  161  105   29   7.4   108| .325  .295| .358  .352| .543  .410| .901  .762| 134  .677   6.6   0.6  75%
 1923 23 STL NL  587  350  116   8.9   105| .371  .289| .425  .348| .535  .403| .960  .751| 155  .760  41.9   4.0  40%
 1924 24 STL NL  583  382   94   6.6   102| .316  .287| .362  .342| .500  .400| .862  .743| 131  .664  21.4   2.1  55%
 1925 25 STL NL  681  409  146   9.5   116| .367  .303| .413  .361| .578  .432| .991  .793| 148  .758  44.5   4.1  42%
 1926 26 STL NL  684  442  110   6.6   106| .299  .292| .364  .352| .506  .405| .870  .757| 128  .668  22.6   2.2     
 1927 27 STL NL  679  426  112   7.0   107| .303  .294| .387  .353| .509  .405| .896  .758| 135  .687  29.0   2.8     
 1928 28 STL NL  667  406  144   9.6   111| .325  .292| .402  .358| .628  .416|1.030  .774| 163  .777  51.3   4.9     
 1929 29 STL NL  648  401  124   8.2   122| .314  .306| .391  .370| .568  .445| .959  .815| 133  .678  27.8   2.5     
 1930 30 STL NL  560  363   87   6.4   129| .304  .316| .368  .374| .493  .470| .861  .844| 103  .537   1.6   0.1     
 1931 31 STL NL  419  251   82   8.7   107| .348  .290| .403  .349| .534  .410| .937  .759| 146  .762  25.5   2.5     
 1932 32 STL NL  339  221   51   6.2   106| .296  .288| .350  .341| .473  .417| .823  .758| 116  .625   6.7   0.6     
 1933 33 CIN NL  609  436   66   4.0    90| .250  .272| .311  .324| .395  .372| .706  .696| 102  .498   0.7   0.1     
 1934 34 CIN NL  592  410   79   5.1   103| .284  .285| .324  .340| .439  .405| .763  .744| 104  .537   1.4   0.1     
 1935 35 CIN NL  423  311   37   3.2   101| .258  .282| .294  .337| .323  .402| .617  .738|  68  .330 -17.7  -1.7     
 1936 36 SLB AL  596  387   91   6.2   124| .298  .302| .354  .379| .476  .444| .830  .823| 101  .555  -2.3  -0.2   0%
 1937 37 SLB AL  127   83   13   4.1   117| .239  .290| .346  .365| .330  .432| .676  .797|  71  .393  -4.2  -0.4 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 16 Seasons     8355 5383 1381   6.8   109| .310  .293| .369  .353| .500  .416| .869  .769| 125  .651 256.7  24.3     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1922 22 STL NL  1B   34    346   12    5   22  .986  .990 10.53 10.22            
 1923 23 STL NL  1B  130   1264   43   18   95  .986  .990 10.05  7.69            
 1924 24 STL NL  1B  133   1297   48   24  110  .982  .989 10.11  7.52            
                 2B    1      0    1    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  5.60            
 1925 25 STL NL  1B  153   1466   74   21  133  .987  .989 10.07  6.54            
 1926 26 STL NL  1B  154   1607   54   19  118  .989  .989 10.79  6.49            
 1927 27 STL NL  1B  152   1656   70   20  149  .989  .989 11.36  6.58            
 1928 28 STL NL  1B  148   1454   52   20  113  .987  .989 10.18  6.76            
 1929 29 STL NL  1B  145   1347   75   13  122  .991  .989  9.81  6.90            
 1930 30 STL NL  1B  124   1164   41   12  127  .990  .990  9.72  8.06            
 1931 31 STL NL  1B   93    897   43   12   95  .987  .990 10.11  9.63            
 1932 32 STL NL  1B   74    662   41   10   67  .986  .990  9.50  9.91            
 1933 33 CIN NL  1B  145   1511   72   15  112  .991  .990 10.92  6.90            
 1934 34 CIN NL  1B  139   1303   77   15  106  .989  .991  9.93  7.19            
 1935 35 CIN NL  1B   97    934   53    8   74  .992  .989 10.18  9.61            
 1936 36 SLB AL  1B  140   1250   47   10  103  .992  .991  9.26  7.14            
 1937 37 SLB AL  1B   24    179   12    1   16  .995  .991  7.96  9.61            
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1922 22 STL NL  1B   34    346   12    5   22  .986  .990 10.53 10.22            
 1923 23 STL NL  1B  130   1264   43   18   95  .986  .990 10.05  7.69            
 1924 24 STL NL  1B  133   1297   48   24  110  .982  .989 10.11  7.52            
 1925 25 STL NL  1B  153   1466   74   21  133  .987  .989 10.07  6.54            
 1926 26 STL NL  1B  154   1607   54   19  118  .989  .989 10.79  6.49            
 1927 27 STL NL  1B  152   1656   70   20  149  .989  .989 11.36  6.58            
 1928 28 STL NL  1B  148   1454   52   20  113  .987  .989 10.18  6.76            
 1929 29 STL NL  1B  145   1347   75   13  122  .991  .989  9.81  6.90            
 1930 30 STL NL  1B  124   1164   41   12  127  .990  .990  9.72  8.06            
 1931 31 STL NL  1B   93    897   43   12   95  .987  .990 10.11  9.63            
 1932 32 STL NL  1B   74    662   41   10   67  .986  .990  9.50  9.91            
 1933 33 CIN NL  1B  145   1511   72   15  112  .991  .990 10.92  6.90            
 1934 34 CIN NL  1B  139   1303   77   15  106  .989  .991  9.93  7.19            
 1935 35 CIN NL  1B   97    934   53    8   74  .992  .989 10.18  9.61            
 1936 36 SLB AL  1B  140   1250   47   10  103  .992  .991  9.26  7.14            
 1937 37 SLB AL  1B   24    179   12    1   16  .995  .991  7.96  9.61            

 1924 24 STL NL  2B    1      0    1    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  5.60            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
 Position Total  1B 1885  18337  814  223 1562  .988  .990 10.16  7.50            
                 2B    1      0    1    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  5.60            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
 Overall Total      1886  18337  815  223 1562  .988  .990 10.15  7.50

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1926   WS    STL NYY     W   7  29   4  10  3  0  0   5   1   2  .345  .367  .448   0  1   1   0   0 
 1928   WS    STL NYY     L   4  14   1   3  0  1  1   3   2   6  .214  .313  .571   0  0   0   0   0 
 1930   WS    STL PHA     L   6  22   1   1  1  0  0   0   2   9  .045  .125  .091   0  0   0   0   0 
 1931   WS    STL PHA     W   7  25   2   4  1  0  0   2   2   5  .160  .222  .200   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  4 World Series        2-2  24  90   8  18  5  1  1  10   7  22  .200  .258  .311   0  1   1   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Awards
1928-NL-MVP

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1924-NL-17-0.05
1925-NL-7-0.35
1927-NL-13-0.08
1928-NL-1-0.95
1931-NL-15-0.10
1933-NL-17-0.08
Car-125-1.61 shares

Batting Average
1923 NL-.371-2
1925 NL-.367-2
1931 NL-.348-3

On-base %
1923 NL-.425-2
1925 NL-.413-7
1928 NL-.402-9
1931 NL-.403-5

Slugging %
1923 NL-.535-5
1924 NL-.500-10
1925 NL-.578-3
1926 NL-.506-6
1927 NL-.509-6
1928 NL-.628-2
1929 NL-.568-8
1931 NL-.534-6
Car-.500-93

OPS
1923 NL-.960-4
1925 NL-.992-4
1926 NL-.870-9
1927 NL-.896-9
1928 NL-1.030-2
1931 NL-.937-5

Games
1925 NL-153-1
1926 NL-154-7
1927 NL-152-6

At Bats
1925 NL-619-2
1926 NL-603-5
1927 NL-574-8

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1925 NL-681-3
1926 NL-684-3
1927 NL-679-6
1928 NL-667-9

Runs
1926 NL-98-5
1928 NL-123-2

Hits
1923 NL-194-7
1925 NL-227-1
1926 NL-180-7
1928 NL-187-10

Total Bases
1923 NL-280-7
1924 NL-264-8
1925 NL-358-3
1926 NL-305-1
1927 NL-292-5
1928 NL-362-1
1929 NL-318-9

Doubles
1923 NL-34-4
1924 NL-31-8
1925 NL-44-1
1926 NL-40-1
1928 NL-42-3
Car-465-71

Triples
1923 NL-14-5
1925 NL-12-8
1926 NL-14-7
1927 NL-15-2
1928 NL-20-1
1929 NL-12-8
1933 NL-9-9
1934 NL-11-5
1936 AL-11-9
Car-151-49

Home Runs
1924 NL-14-7
1925 NL-21-4
1926 NL-19-2
1927 NL-19-5
1928 NL-31-1
1929 NL-29-7
1933 NL-13-9

RBI
1923 NL-94-10
1924 NL-111-3
1925 NL-128-3
1926 NL-120-1
1927 NL-124-4
1928 NL-136-1
1929 NL-137-5
1933 NL-83-8
Car-1422-61

Bases on Balls
1926 NL-58-10
1927 NL-74-3
1928 NL-71-6

Strikeouts
1923 NL-44-10
1926 NL-52-8
1927 NL-49-7
1928 NL-54-5
1929 NL-54-8

Singles
1923 NL-138-10
1925 NL-150-3

Adjusted OPS+
1923 NL-155-3
1925 NL-148-4
1927 NL-135-9
1928 NL-163-2
1931 NL-146-6

Runs Created
1923 NL-116-4
1924 NL-94-10
1925 NL-146-3
1926 NL-110-4
1927 NL-112-6
1928 NL-144-3

Adjusted Batting Runs
1923 NL-42-3
1924 NL-21-10
1925 NL-45-4
1926 NL-23-7
1927 NL-29-7
1928 NL-51-2

Batting Wins
1923 NL-4.0-3
1924 NL-2.1-10
1925 NL-4.1-4
1926 NL-2.2-7
1927 NL-2.8-7
1928 NL-4.9-2

Extra-Base Hits
1923 NL-56-6
1924 NL-57-5
1925 NL-77-3
1926 NL-73-1
1927 NL-65-4
1928 NL-93-1
1929 NL-72-10
Car-835-77

Times on Base
1923 NL-243-9
1925 NL-276-4
1926 NL-242-6
1927 NL-253-6
1928 NL-261-7

Offensive Win%
1923 NL-.760-3
1925 NL-.758-4
1927 NL-.687-9
1928 NL-.777-3
1931 NL-.762-4

Hit By Pitch
1930 NL-5-7
1933 NL-7-3

Sac. Hits
1924 NL-17-9
1927 NL-26-5
1930 NL-24-3

Power/Speed Number
1927 NL-11.3-5
1928 NL-15.1-2

At Bats per Home Run
1924 NL-37.7-7
1925 NL-29.5-8
1926 NL-31.7-3
1927 NL-30.2-8
1928 NL-18.6-3
1929 NL-19.3-7

Outs
1926 NL-442-3
1927 NL-426-5

Oldest Player
1937 AL-37-10

Black Ink: Batting - 21 (99) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 145 (99) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 42.0 (121) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 99.0 (151) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
Before 1920 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.
December 17, 1932: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Cincinnati Reds for Estel Crabtree and Ownie Carroll.
March 21, 1936: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the St. Louis Browns for Johnny Burnett.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
View Jim Bottomley's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

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Awards 1928-NL-MVP	MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1924-NL-17-0.05 1925-NL-7-0.35 1927-NL-13-0.08 1928-NL-1-0.95 1931-NL-15-0.10 1933-NL-17-0.08 Car-125-1.61 shares	Batting Average 1923 NL-.371-2 1925 NL-.367-2 1931 NL-.348-3	On-base % 1923 NL-.425-2 1925 NL-.413-7 1928 NL-.402-9 1931 NL-.403-5	Slugging % 1923 NL-.535-5 1924 NL-.500-10 1925 NL-.578-3 1926 NL-.506-6 1927 NL-.509-6 1928 NL-.628-2 1929 NL-.568-8 1931 NL-.534-6 Car-.500-93	OPS 1923 NL-.960-4 1925 NL-.992-4 1926 NL-.870-9 1927 NL-.896-9 1928 NL-1.030-2 1931 NL-.937-5
Games 1925 NL-153-1 1926 NL-154-7 1927 NL-152-6	At Bats 1925 NL-619-2 1926 NL-603-5 1927 NL-574-8	Plate Appearances (approx.) 1925 NL-681-3 1926 NL-684-3 1927 NL-679-6 1928 NL-667-9	Runs 1926 NL-98-5 1928 NL-123-2	Hits 1923 NL-194-7 1925 NL-227-1 1926 NL-180-7 1928 NL-187-10	Total Bases 1923 NL-280-7 1924 NL-264-8 1925 NL-358-3 1926 NL-305-1 1927 NL-292-5 1928 NL-362-1 1929 NL-318-9
Doubles 1923 NL-34-4 1924 NL-31-8 1925 NL-44-1 1926 NL-40-1 1928 NL-42-3 Car-465-71	Triples 1923 NL-14-5 1925 NL-12-8 1926 NL-14-7 1927 NL-15-2 1928 NL-20-1 1929 NL-12-8 1933 NL-9-9 1934 NL-11-5 1936 AL-11-9 Car-151-49	Home Runs 1924 NL-14-7 1925 NL-21-4 1926 NL-19-2 1927 NL-19-5 1928 NL-31-1 1929 NL-29-7 1933 NL-13-9	RBI 1923 NL-94-10 1924 NL-111-3 1925 NL-128-3 1926 NL-120-1 1927 NL-124-4 1928 NL-136-1 1929 NL-137-5 1933 NL-83-8 Car-1422-61	Bases on Balls 1926 NL-58-10 1927 NL-74-3 1928 NL-71-6	Strikeouts 1923 NL-44-10 1926 NL-52-8 1927 NL-49-7 1928 NL-54-5 1929 NL-54-8
Singles 1923 NL-138-10 1925 NL-150-3	Adjusted OPS+ 1923 NL-155-3 1925 NL-148-4 1927 NL-135-9 1928 NL-163-2 1931 NL-146-6	Runs Created 1923 NL-116-4 1924 NL-94-10 1925 NL-146-3 1926 NL-110-4 1927 NL-112-6 1928 NL-144-3	Adjusted Batting Runs 1923 NL-42-3 1924 NL-21-10 1925 NL-45-4 1926 NL-23-7 1927 NL-29-7 1928 NL-51-2	Batting Wins 1923 NL-4.0-3 1924 NL-2.1-10 1925 NL-4.1-4 1926 NL-2.2-7 1927 NL-2.8-7 1928 NL-4.9-2	Extra-Base Hits 1923 NL-56-6 1924 NL-57-5 1925 NL-77-3 1926 NL-73-1 1927 NL-65-4 1928 NL-93-1 1929 NL-72-10 Car-835-77
Times on Base 1923 NL-243-9 1925 NL-276-4 1926 NL-242-6 1927 NL-253-6 1928 NL-261-7	Offensive Win% 1923 NL-.760-3 1925 NL-.758-4 1927 NL-.687-9 1928 NL-.777-3 1931 NL-.762-4	Hit By Pitch 1930 NL-5-7 1933 NL-7-3	Sac. Hits 1924 NL-17-9 1927 NL-26-5 1930 NL-24-3	Power/Speed Number 1927 NL-11.3-5 1928 NL-15.1-2	At Bats per Home Run 1924 NL-37.7-7 1925 NL-29.5-8 1926 NL-31.7-3 1927 NL-30.2-8 1928 NL-18.6-3 1929 NL-19.3-7
Outs 1926 NL-442-3 1927 NL-426-5	Oldest Player 1937 AL-37-10