Jim Bouton
James Alan Bouton (Bulldog)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: March 8, 1939 in Newark, NJ
High School: Bloom Township (Chicago Heights, IL)
School: Western Michigan University
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1962
Final Game: September 29, 1978
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Standard Fielding

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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
1962 NYY AL 23 P 36 16 133.0 31 8 23 0 3 1.000 2.10 0.86 .955 2.08 0.79
1963 NYY AL 24 P 40 30 249.1 56 22 32 2 1 .964 1.95 1.35 .955 1.99 0.79 AS,MVP-16
1964 NYY AL 25 P 38 37 271.1 63 31 27 5 1 .921 1.92 1.53 .959 1.90 0.72
1965 NYY AL 26 P 30 25 151.1 34 13 21 0 3 1.000 2.02 1.13 .947 2.04 0.75
1966 NYY AL 27 P 24 19 120.1 38 13 22 3 2 .921 2.62 1.46 .953 1.99 0.75
1967 NYY AL 28 P 17 1 44.1 8 1 7 0 1 1.000 1.62 0.47 .950 1.95 0.74
1968 NYY AL 29 P 12 3 44.0 18 7 11 0 1 1.000 3.68 1.50 .956 1.88 0.73
1969 TOT MLB 30 P 73 2 122.2 31 10 20 1 1 .968 2.20 0.41 .952 1.90 0.71
1969 SEP AL 30 P 57 1 92.0 24 8 15 1 1 .958 2.25 0.40 .950 1.88 0.69
1969 HOU NL 30 P 16 1 30.2 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 2.05 0.44 .957 1.97 0.78
1970 HOU NL 31 P 29 6 73.1 18 4 11 3 0 .833 1.84 0.52 .956 1.85 0.71
1978 ATL NL 39 P 5 5 29.0 7 3 3 1 0 .857 1.86 1.20 .957 1.92 0.72
10 Seasons P 304 144 1238.2 304 112 177 15 13 .951 2.10 0.95 .954 1.96 0.74
10 Seasons TOT 304 144 1238.2 304 112 177 15 13 .951 2.10 0.95 .905 1.96 0.74

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1962 NYY AL 23 38 16 38 38 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1963 NYY AL 24 40 30 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 NYY AL 25 38 37 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 NYY AL 26 31 25 31 31 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1966 NYY AL 27 24 19 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 NYY AL 28 17 1 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 NYY AL 29 12 3 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 SEP AL 30 57 1 57 57 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 HOU NL 30 16 1 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 HOU NL 31 29 6 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 ATL NL 39 5 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 307 144 307 307 304 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1962 NYY AL 23 572 77% 31% 27 89% 1 11 0 10 25 14 7 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 6 50%
1963 NYY AL 24 1025 77% 28% 41 93% 1 24 0 17 34 27 4 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 6 100%
1964 NYY AL 25 1105 83% 28% 39 90% 2 32 0 25 30 27 2 5 1 0 4 0 1 1 1 0 8 75%
1965 NYY AL 26 690 77% 21% 22 95% 1 15 0 9 20 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 5 100%
1966 NYY AL 27 520 80% 28% 30 80% 0 13 1 9 22 18 2 3 0 2 1 3 2 2 2 0 9 67%
1967 NYY AL 28 199 75% 21% 8 100% 0 2 0 1 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 100%
1968 NYY AL 29 194 82% 31% 14 100% 0 7 1 3 12 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 100%
1969 SEP AL 30 428 75% 26% 22 91% 0 8 0 4 17 13 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 50%
1969 HOU NL 30 150 69% 21% 6 100% 0 2 1 0 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 HOU NL 31 343 76% 26% 10 90% 0 3 0 3 9 8 0 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1978 ATL NL 39 138 78% 25% 4 75% 0 3 0 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 100%
10 Seasons 5364 78% 27% 223 91% 5 120 3 83 184 143 20 15 1 4 10 6 13 9 12 1 43 79%
MLB Averages 77% 27% 90% 86%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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