Jim Bottomley
James Leroy Bottomley (Sunny Jim)
Hall of Famer
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: April 23, 1900 in Oglesby, IL
High School: Nokomis (Nokomis, IL)
Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1920. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 18, 1922
Final Game: September 16, 1937
Died: December 11, 1959 in St.Louis, MO
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1974.
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1922 22 STL NL 37 161 151 29 49 8 5 5 35 3 1 6 13 .325 .358 .543 .902 134 82 2 2 3
1923 23 STL NL 134 587 523 79 194 34 14 8 94 4 6 45 44 .371 .425 .535 .960 155 280 4 15 *3
1924 24 STL NL 137 583 528 87 167 31 12 14 111 5 4 35 35 .316 .362 .500 .862 131 264 3 17 *3/4 MVP-17
1925 25 STL NL 153 681 619 92 227 44 12 21 128 3 4 47 36 .367 .413 .578 .992 147 358 2 13 *3 MVP-7
1926 26 STL NL 154 684 603 98 180 40 14 19 120 4 58 52 .299 .364 .506 .870 128 305 4 19 *3
1927 27 STL NL 152 679 574 95 174 31 15 19 124 8 74 49 .303 .387 .509 .896 135 292 5 26 *3 MVP-13
1928 28 STL NL 149 667 576 123 187 42 20 31 136 10 71 54 .325 .402 .628 1.030 163 362 3 17 *3 MVP-1
1929 29 STL NL 146 648 560 108 176 31 12 29 137 3 70 54 .314 .391 .568 .959 133 318 1 17 *3
1930 30 STL NL 131 560 487 92 148 33 7 15 97 5 44 36 .304 .368 .493 .860 103 240 5 24 *3
1931 31 STL NL 108 419 382 73 133 34 5 9 75 3 34 24 .348 .403 .534 .937 146 204 1 2 3 MVP-15
1932 32 STL NL 91 339 311 45 92 16 3 11 48 2 25 32 .296 .350 .473 .823 116 147 1 2 3
1933 33 CIN NL 145 609 549 57 137 23 9 13 83 3 42 28 .250 .311 .395 .706 102 217 13 7 11 *3 MVP-17
1934 34 CIN NL 142 592 556 72 158 31 11 11 78 1 33 40 .284 .324 .439 .763 104 244 9 0 3 *3
1935 35 CIN NL 107 423 399 44 103 21 1 1 49 3 18 24 .258 .294 .323 .617 68 129 11 2 4 3
1936 36 SLB AL 140 596 544 72 162 39 11 12 95 0 0 44 55 .298 .354 .476 .830 101 259 3 5 *3
1937 37 SLB AL 65 127 109 11 26 7 0 1 12 1 0 18 15 .239 .346 .330 .677 71 36 0 0 3
16 Seasons 1991 8355 7471 1177 2313 465 151 219 1422 58 15 664 591 .310 .369 .500 .869 125 3737 33 43 177
162 Game Avg. 162 680 608 96 188 38 12 18 116 5 54 48 .310 .369 .500 .869 125 304 3 14
STL (11 yrs) 1392 6008 5314 921 1727 344 119 181 1105 50 15 509 429 .325 .387 .537 .924 137 2852 31 154
CIN (3 yrs) 394 1624 1504 173 398 75 21 25 210 7 93 92 .265 .311 .392 .704 94 590 33 9 18
SLB (2 yrs) 205 723 653 83 188 46 11 13 107 1 0 62 70 .288 .352 .452 .804 96 295 3 5
NL (14 yrs) 1786 7632 6818 1094 2125 419 140 206 1315 57 15 602 521 .312 .371 .505 .876 128 3442 33 40 172
AL (2 yrs) 205 723 653 83 188 46 11 13 107 1 0 62 70 .288 .352 .452 .804 96 295 3 5

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1922 22 STL NL 161 105 29 7.4 108 .331 .325 .295 .358 .352 .543 .410 .902 .762 134 .677 6.6 0.6 .893 .272 .219 3.8
1923 23 STL NL 587 350 116 8.9 105 .395 .371 .289 .425 .348 .535 .403 .960 .751 155 .760 41.9 4.0 .976 .247 .164 5.3
1924 24 STL NL 583 382 94 6.6 102 .319 .316 .287 .362 .342 .500 .400 .862 .743 131 .664 21.4 2.1 .830 .252 .184 7.4
1925 25 STL NL 681 409 146 9.5 117 .367 .367 .304 .413 .362 .578 .434 .992 .796 147 .758 43.6 4.0 1.025 .286 .212 5.3
1926 26 STL NL 684 442 110 6.6 106 .303 .299 .292 .364 .352 .506 .405 .870 .757 128 .668 22.6 2.2 .877 .310 .207 6.6
1927 27 STL NL 679 426 112 7.0 107 .306 .303 .294 .387 .353 .509 .405 .896 .758 135 .687 29.0 2.8 .948 .348 .206 11.3
1928 28 STL NL 667 406 144 9.6 111 .318 .325 .292 .402 .358 .628 .416 1.030 .774 163 .777 51.3 4.9 1.147 .444 .304 15.1
1929 29 STL NL 648 401 124 8.2 122 .308 .314 .306 .391 .370 .568 .445 .959 .815 133 .678 27.8 2.5 1.021 .384 .254 5.4
1930 30 STL NL 560 363 87 6.4 129 .305 .304 .316 .368 .374 .493 .470 .860 .844 103 .537 1.6 0.1 .867 .290 .189 7.5
1931 31 STL NL 419 251 82 8.7 107 .355 .348 .290 .403 .349 .534 .410 .937 .759 146 .762 25.5 2.5 .972 .283 .186 4.5
1932 32 STL NL 339 221 51 6.2 106 .302 .296 .288 .350 .341 .473 .417 .823 .758 116 .625 6.7 0.6 .799 .264 .177 3.4
1933 33 CIN NL 609 436 66 4.0 90 .244 .250 .272 .311 .324 .395 .372 .706 .696 102 .498 0.7 0.1 .633 .228 .146 4.9
1934 34 CIN NL 592 410 79 5.1 103 .291 .284 .285 .324 .340 .439 .405 .763 .744 104 .537 1.4 0.1 .683 .216 .155 1.8
1935 35 CIN NL 423 311 37 3.2 101 .273 .258 .282 .294 .337 .323 .402 .617 .738 68 .330 -17.7 -1.7 .495 .118 .065 1.5
1936 36 SLB AL 596 387 91 6.2 124 .314 .298 .302 .354 .379 .476 .444 .830 .823 101 .555 -2.3 -0.2 .801 .259 .178 .0
1937 37 SLB AL 127 83 13 4.1 117 .269 .239 .290 .346 .365 .330 .432 .677 .797 71 .393 -4.2 -0.4 .663 .266 .092 1.0
16 Seasons 8355 5383 1381 6.8 110 .314 .310 .293 .369 .353 .500 .416 .869 .770 125 .651 255.9 24.2 .862 .285 .191 91.7
162 Game Avg. 680 438 112 6.8 110 .314 .310 .293 .369 .353 .500 .416 .869 .770 125 .651 21 2 .862 .285 .191 7
STL (11 yrs) 6008 3756 1095 7.8 111 .329 .325 .296 .387 .356 .537 .420 .924 .776 137 .700 278.0 26.3 .951 .314 .212 78.4
CIN (3 yrs) 1624 1157 182 4.2 97 .269 .265 .279 .311 .333 .392 .392 .704 .725 94 .471 -15.7 -1.5 .614 .194 .128 10.9
SLB (2 yrs) 723 470 104 5.9 123 .307 .288 .300 .352 .376 .452 .442 .804 .818 96 .531 -6.5 -0.6 .776 .260 .164 1.9
NL (14 yrs) 7632 4913 1277 6.9 108 .315 .312 .292 .371 .351 .505 .414 .876 .765 128 .662 262.4 24.8 .870 .288 .193 89.3
AL (2 yrs) 723 470 104 5.9 123 .307 .288 .300 .352 .376 .452 .442 .804 .818 96 .531 -6.5 -0.6 .776 .260 .164 1.9

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1926 26 STL NL WS NYY W 7 31 29 4 10 3 0 0 5 0 1 1 2 .345 .367 .448 .815 13 0 0 1 0 0
1928 28 STL NL WS NYY L 4 16 14 1 3 0 1 1 3 0 0 2 6 .214 .313 .571 .884 8 0 0 0 0 0
1930 30 STL NL WS PHA L 6 24 22 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 .045 .125 .091 .216 2 0 0 0 0 0
1931 31 STL NL WS PHA W 7 27 25 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 .160 .222 .200 .422 5 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons (4 Series) 24 98 90 8 18 5 1 1 10 0 1 7 22 .200 .258 .311 .569 28 0 0 1 0 0
4 WS 24 98 90 8 18 5 1 1 10 0 1 7 22 .200 .258 .311 .569 28 0 0 1 0 0

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1922 22 37 161 151 29 49 8 5 5 35 3 1 6 13 .325 .358 .543 .902 134 82 2 2
1923 23 171 748 674 108 243 42 19 13 129 7 7 51 57 .361 .410 .537 .947 150 362 6 17
1924 24 308 1331 1202 195 410 73 31 27 240 12 11 86 92 .341 .389 .521 .910 142 626 9 34
1925 25 461 2012 1821 287 637 117 43 48 368 15 15 133 128 .350 .397 .540 .938 144 984 11 47
1926 26 615 2696 2424 385 817 157 57 67 488 19 15 191 180 .337 .389 .532 .921 140 1289 15 66
1927 27 767 3375 2998 480 991 188 72 86 612 27 15 265 229 .331 .389 .527 .916 139 1581 20 92
1928 28 916 4042 3574 603 1178 230 92 117 748 37 15 336 283 .330 .391 .544 .934 143 1943 23 109
1929 29 1062 4690 4134 711 1354 261 104 146 885 40 15 406 337 .328 .391 .547 .938 142 2261 24 126
1930 30 1193 5250 4621 803 1502 294 111 161 982 45 15 450 373 .325 .388 .541 .930 137 2501 29 150
1931 31 1301 5669 5003 876 1635 328 116 170 1057 48 15 484 397 .327 .390 .541 .930 138 2705 30 152
1932 32 1392 6008 5314 921 1727 344 119 181 1105 50 15 509 429 .325 .387 .537 .924 137 2852 31 154
1933 33 1537 6617 5863 978 1864 367 128 194 1188 53 15 551 457 .318 .380 .523 .904 134 3069 13 38 165
1934 34 1679 7209 6419 1050 2022 398 139 205 1266 54 15 584 497 .315 .376 .516 .892 131 3313 22 38 168
1935 35 1786 7632 6818 1094 2125 419 140 206 1315 57 15 602 521 .312 .371 .505 .876 128 3442 33 40 172
1936 36 1926 8228 7362 1166 2287 458 151 218 1410 57 15 646 576 .311 .370 .503 .872 126 3701 33 43 177
1937 37 1991 8355 7471 1177 2313 465 151 219 1422 58 15 664 591 .310 .369 .500 .869 125 3737 33 43 177

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1922 22 39 164 156 28 49 8 5 5 34 3 6 14 .314 .348 .526 .873 28 37
1923 23 141 589 540 78 194 34 14 8 93 4 45 46 .359 .413 .519 .931 115 134
1924 24 144 593 554 91 174 32 13 15 116 5 36 37 .314 .359 .500 .859 98 137
1925 25 162 678 631 83 216 42 11 20 115 3 45 38 .342 .388 .539 .927 131 153
1926 26 161 685 623 96 181 40 14 19 118 4 58 54 .291 .355 .491 .846 108 154
1927 27 160 677 597 94 176 31 15 19 123 8 75 52 .295 .378 .492 .871 110 152
1928 28 157 670 596 119 187 42 20 31 132 10 71 57 .314 .390 .607 .997 140 149
1929 29 154 633 567 92 163 29 11 27 117 3 65 57 .287 .362 .520 .882 106 146
1930 30 137 528 485 73 131 29 6 13 77 4 39 38 .270 .330 .435 .765 69 131
1931 31 113 431 395 73 135 35 5 9 75 3 35 25 .342 .397 .524 .921 82 108
1932 32 95 347 321 44 92 16 3 11 47 2 25 33 .287 .340 .458 .798 50 91
1933 33 152 642 586 68 155 26 10 15 99 3 48 29 .265 .329 .420 .748 78 145
1934 34 151 622 588 74 164 32 11 11 80 1 34 43 .279 .318 .427 .745 81 142
1935 35 113 438 417 45 106 22 1 1 50 3 19 25 .254 .290 .319 .609 38 107
1936 36 146 585 543 57 144 35 10 11 76 0 39 57 .265 .318 .427 .745 72 140
1937 37 68 128 111 10 25 7 0 1 11 1 17 16 .225 .328 .315 .643 11 65
16 Seasons 2093 8410 7710 1125 2292 460 149 216 1363 57 657 621 .297 .356 .480 .835 1317 1991
162 Game Avg. 162 651 597 87 177 36 12 17 105 4 51 48 .297 .356 .480 .835 102 1991

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1928-NL-MVP

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1924-NL-17-5%
1925-NL-7-35%
1927-NL-13-8%
1928-NL-1-95%
1931-NL-15-10%
1933-NL-17-8%
1 MVP
1.61 Career Shares (127th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1923 NL--.371--2nd
1925 NL--.367--2nd
1931 NL--.348--3rd
Career--.310--111th

On-Base% s c a p y
1923 NL--.425--2nd
1925 NL--.413--7th
1928 NL--.402--9th
1931 NL--.403--5th

Slugging % s c a p y
1923 NL--.535--5th
1924 NL--.500--10th
1925 NL--.578--3rd
1926 NL--.506--6th
1927 NL--.509--6th
1928 NL--.628--2nd
1929 NL--.568--8th
1931 NL--.534--6th
Career--.500--101st

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1923 NL--.960--4th
1925 NL--.992--4th
1926 NL--.870--9th
1927 NL--.896--9th
1928 NL--1.030--2nd
1931 NL--.937--5th
Career--.869--111th

Games Played s c a p y
1925 NL--153--1st
1926 NL--154--7th
1927 NL--152--6th
Career--1991--224th

At Bats s c a p y
1925 NL--619--2nd
1926 NL--603--5th
1927 NL--574--8th
Career--7471--188th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1925 NL--681--3rd
1926 NL--684--3rd
1927 NL--679--6th
1928 NL--667--9th
Career--8355--191st

Runs Scored s c a p y
1926 NL--98--5th
1928 NL--123--2nd
Career--1177--185th

Hits s c a p y
1923 NL--194--7th
1925 NL--227--1st
1926 NL--180--7th
1928 NL--187--10th
Career--2313--134th

Total Bases s c a p y
1923 NL--280--7th
1924 NL--264--8th
1925 NL--358--3rd
1926 NL--305--1st
1927 NL--292--5th
1928 NL--362--1st
1929 NL--318--9th
Career--3737--110th

Doubles s c a p y
1923 NL--34--4th
1924 NL--31--8th
1925 NL--44--1st
1926 NL--40--1st
1928 NL--42--3rd
Career--465--76th

Triples s c a p y
1923 NL--14--5th
1925 NL--12--8th
1926 NL--14--7th
1927 NL--15--2nd
1928 NL--20--1st
1929 NL--12--8th
1933 NL--9--9th
1934 NL--11--5th
1936 AL--11--9th
Career--151--49th

Home Runs s c a p y
1924 NL--14--7th
1925 NL--21--4th
1926 NL--19--2nd
1927 NL--19--5th
1928 NL--31--1st
1929 NL--29--7th
1933 NL--13--9th
Career--219--248th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1923 NL--94--10th
1924 NL--111--3rd
1925 NL--128--3rd
1926 NL--120--1st
1927 NL--124--4th
1928 NL--136--1st
1929 NL--137--5th
1933 NL--83--8th
Career--1422--65th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1926 NL--58--10th
1927 NL--74--3rd
1928 NL--71--6th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1923 NL--44--10th
1926 NL--52--8th
1927 NL--49--7th
1928 NL--54--5th
1929 NL--54--8th

Singles s c a p y
1923 NL--138--10th
1925 NL--150--3rd
Career--1478--204th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1923 NL--155--3rd
1925 NL--147--4th
1927 NL--135--9th
1928 NL--163--2nd
1931 NL--146--6th
Career--125--241st

Runs Created s c a p y
1923 NL--116--4th
1924 NL--94--10th
1925 NL--146--3rd
1926 NL--110--4th
1927 NL--112--6th
1928 NL--144--3rd
Career--1381--109th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1923 NL--42--3rd
1924 NL--21--10th
1925 NL--44--4th
1926 NL--23--7th
1927 NL--29--7th
1928 NL--51--2nd
Career--256--167th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1923 NL--4.0--3rd
1924 NL--2.1--10th
1925 NL--4.0--4th
1926 NL--2.2--7th
1927 NL--2.8--7th
1928 NL--4.9--2nd
Career--24.2--184th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1923 NL--56--6th
1924 NL--57--5th
1925 NL--77--3rd
1926 NL--73--1st
1927 NL--65--4th
1928 NL--93--1st
1929 NL--72--10th
Career--835--80th

Times On Base s c a p y
1923 NL--243--9th
1925 NL--276--4th
1926 NL--242--6th
1927 NL--253--6th
1928 NL--261--7th
Career--3020--177th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1923 NL--.760--3rd
1925 NL--.758--4th
1927 NL--.687--9th
1928 NL--.777--3rd
1931 NL--.762--4th
Career--.651--196th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1930 NL--5--7th
1933 NL--7--3rd

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1924 NL--17--9th
1927 NL--26--5th
1930 NL--24--3rd
Career--177--108th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1927 NL--11.3--5th
1928 NL--15.1--2nd

AB per HR s c a p y
1924 NL--37.714--7th
1925 NL--29.476--8th
1926 NL--31.737--4th
1927 NL--30.211--9th
1928 NL--18.581--3rd
1929 NL--19.310--7th

Outs Made s c a p y
1926 NL--442--3rd
1927 NL--426--5th
Career--5383--248th

Oldest s c a p y
1937 AL--born 1900-04-23--10th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 21 (68), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 109 (102), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 99 (149), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 42 (125), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  5. Don Hurst (914)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Babe Herman (904)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Hal Trosky (913)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Hal Trosky (910)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Babe Herman (907)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Babe Herman (912)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  12. Will Clark (887)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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