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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
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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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 .992 148 358 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

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
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1922 STL NL 22 1B 34 363 346 12 5 22 .986 10.53 .990 10.22
1923 STL NL 23 1B 130 1325 1264 43 18 95 .986 10.05 .990 7.69
1924 STL NL 24 1B 133 1369 1297 48 24 110 .982 10.11 .989 7.52 MVP-17
1924 STL NL 24 2B 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 1.000 5.60 MVP-17
1925 STL NL 25 1B 153 1561 1466 74 21 133 .987 10.07 .989 6.54 MVP-7
1926 STL NL 26 1B 154 1680 1607 54 19 118 .989 10.79 .989 6.49
1927 STL NL 27 1B 152 1746 1656 70 20 149 .989 11.36 .989 6.58 MVP-13
1928 STL NL 28 1B 148 1526 1454 52 20 113 .987 10.18 .989 6.76 MVP-1
1929 STL NL 29 1B 145 1435 1347 75 13 122 .991 9.81 .989 6.90
1930 STL NL 30 1B 124 1217 1164 41 12 127 .990 9.72 .990 8.06
1931 STL NL 31 1B 93 952 897 43 12 95 .987 10.11 .990 9.63 MVP-15
1932 STL NL 32 1B 74 713 662 41 10 67 .986 9.50 .990 9.91
1933 CIN NL 33 1B 145 1598 1511 72 15 112 .991 10.92 .990 6.90 MVP-17
1934 CIN NL 34 1B 139 1395 1303 77 15 106 .989 9.93 .991 7.19
1935 CIN NL 35 1B 97 995 934 53 8 74 .992 10.18 .989 9.61
1936 SLB AL 36 1B 140 1307 1250 47 10 103 .992 9.26 .991 7.14
1937 SLB AL 37 1B 24 192 179 12 1 16 .995 7.96 .991 9.61
16 Seasons 1B 1885 19374 18337 814 223 1562 .988 10.16 .990 7.50
1 Season 2B 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 1.000 5.60
16 Seasons TOT 1886 19375 18337 815 223 1562 .988 10.15 .978 7.50
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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--110th

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--97th

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--109th

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--185th

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--189th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1926 NL--98--5th
1928 NL--123--2nd
Career--1177--182nd

Hits s c a p y
1923 NL--194--7th
1925 NL--227--1st
1926 NL--180--7th
1928 NL--187--10th
Career--2313--132nd

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--109th

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--73rd

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--244th

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--64th

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--202nd

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1923 NL--155--3rd
1925 NL--148--4th
1927 NL--135--9th
1928 NL--163--2nd
1931 NL--146--6th
Career--125--238th

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--107th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1923 NL--42--3rd
1924 NL--21--10th
1925 NL--45--4th
1926 NL--23--7th
1927 NL--29--7th
1928 NL--51--2nd
Career--257--165th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1923 NL--4.0--3rd
1924 NL--2.1--10th
1925 NL--4.1--4th
1926 NL--2.2--7th
1927 NL--2.8--7th
1928 NL--4.9--2nd
Career--24.3--183rd

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--78th

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--176th

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--194th

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--245th

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

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 21 (99), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 145 (99), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 99 (151), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 42 (125), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Enos Slaughter (831) *
  7. Mark Grace (831)
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  10. Kirby Puckett (827) *
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  12. Will Clark (887)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  14. Joe Medwick (883) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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 Ownie Carroll and Estel Crabtree.

March 21, 1936: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the St. Louis Browns for Johnny Burnett.

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