Jim Bottomley

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: April 23, 1900 in Oglesby, IL us

Died: December 11, 1959 in St. Louis, MO

Buried: IOOF Community Cemetery, Sullivan, MO

High School: Nokomis HS (Nokomis, IL)

Debut: August 18, 1922 (Age 22-117d, 5,491st in major league history)
vs. PHI 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 16, 1937 (Age 37-146d)
vs. PHA 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1974. (Voted by Veteran's Committee)
View Jim Bottomley's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1922 season

Full Name: James Leroy Bottomley

Nicknames: Sunny Jim

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

35.8

7471

2313

219

.310

1177

RBI

1422

OBP

.369

SLG

.500

OPS

.870

OPS+

125

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.
Triple Plays: 1 (Apr 21)

1935 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1935 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	CIN		PIT	L,6-12	CG	51	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
2	2	Apr 17	CIN	@	PIT	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	3
3	3	Apr 18	CIN	@	PIT	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	11	1	0	12	2
4	4	Apr 19	CIN	@	CHC	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
5	5	Apr 20	CIN	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	39	9.1	11	1	0	12	0
6	6	Apr 21	CIN	@	CHC	W,8-4	CG	51	12.0	12	2	0	14	2
7	7	Apr 23	CIN		PIT	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
8	8	Apr 24	CIN		PIT	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	9	1	1	11	1
9	9	Apr 25	CIN		PIT	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	11	1	0	12	3
10	10	Apr 26	CIN		CHC	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
11	11	Apr 27	CIN		CHC	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
12	12	Apr 28	CIN		CHC	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	14	2	0	16	1
13	13	Apr 29	CIN		STL	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
14	14	Apr 30	CIN		STL	W,12-2	CG	34	9.0	11	1	0	12	2
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	15	May 1	CIN		STL	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	10	2	0	12	1
16	16	May 3	CIN	@	NYG	L,2-9	CG	41	8.0	13	0	0	13	1
17	17	May 5	CIN	@	NYG	T,2-2	CG	39	10.0	10	0	0	10	2
18	21 (3)	May 11	CIN	@	BRO	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	12	0	0	12	1
19	22	May 12	CIN	@	BRO	L,1-9	CG	41	8.0	8	0	0	8	1
20	23	May 13	CIN	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
21	24	May 17	CIN		NYG	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	10	3	0	13	1
22	25	May 18	CIN		NYG	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
23	26	May 19	CIN		NYG	L,5-6	CG	43	10.0	13	1	0	14	0
24	27	May 21	CIN		BRO	L,1-9	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
25	28	May 22	CIN		BRO	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	2
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	50 (21)	Jun 14	CIN	@	NYG	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
27	51	Jun 16 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
28	52	Jun 16 (2)	CIN	@	BSN	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	9	0	0	9	1
29	53	Jun 17 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	L,3-8	CG	43	8.0	10	1	1	12	1
30	64 (10)	Jun 28	CIN		STL	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
31	65	Jun 29	CIN		STL	W,8-6	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
32	66	Jun 30	CIN		STL	W,5-2	CG	31	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	67	Jul 1	CIN		CHC	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
34	68	Jul 2	CIN		CHC	L,3-9	CG	46	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
35	69	Jul 3	CIN		CHC	W,4-3	CG	37	10.0	13	0	0	13	0
36	70	Jul 4 (1)	CIN		PIT	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
37	71	Jul 4 (2)	CIN		PIT	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	7	2	0	9	2
38	72	Jul 6	CIN	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	8	1	0	9	1
39	73	Jul 7 (1)	CIN	@	STL	L,4-9	CG	39	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
40	74	Jul 7 (2)	CIN	@	STL	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
41	75	Jul 10	CIN		BRO	W,15-2	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	2
42	82 (6)	Jul 17	CIN		NYG	L,3-6	GF	19	4.0	5	0	0	5	3
43	84 (1)	Jul 19	CIN		PHI	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
44	85	Jul 20	CIN		PHI	L,3-9	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
45	86	Jul 21 (1)	CIN		PHI	L,0-4	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
46	87	Jul 21 (2)	CIN		PHI	L,0-2	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
47	88	Jul 22	CIN		BSN	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	8	2	0	10	1
48	89	Jul 23	CIN		BSN	L,6-7	CG	51	12.0	17	0	1	18	2
49	90	Jul 24	CIN		BSN	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
50	91	Jul 26	CIN	@	CHC	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	13	0	0	13	0
51	92	Jul 27 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	L,8-9	CG	38	8.0	11	0	1	12	2
52	93	Jul 27 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	L,1-12	CG	47	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
53	94	Jul 28	CIN	@	CHC	L,7-11	CG	45	8.0	9	1	0	10	0
54	95	Jul 30	CIN		STL	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
55	96	Jul 31	CIN		STL	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	13	0	0	13	2
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	97	Aug 1	CIN		STL	L,5-7	CG	43	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
57	98	Aug 2	CIN		CHC	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	16	1	0	17	1
58	99	Aug 3	CIN		CHC	L,3-11	CG	47	9.0	12	1	0	13	3
59	100	Aug 4 (1)	CIN		CHC	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	15	0	1	16	0
60	102 (1)	Aug 5	CIN		CHC	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
61	103	Aug 6	CIN	@	STL	L,3-6	CG	45	9.1	9	1	0	10	1
62	104	Aug 7	CIN	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	2
63	105	Aug 9	CIN	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
64	106	Aug 10	CIN	@	PIT	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
65	107	Aug 11 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
66	108	Aug 11 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
67	109	Aug 12	CIN	@	PIT	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
68	110	Aug 14 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	L,1-8	CG	39	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
69	111	Aug 14 (2)	CIN	@	BSN	L,5-11	CG	43	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
70	120 (8)	Aug 22	CIN	@	PHI	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	8	1	1	10	0
71	121	Aug 24 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
72	122	Aug 24 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	W,13-2	GS	15	4.0	2	0	0	2	0
73	128 (5)	Aug 31	CIN		STL	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
74	129	Sep 1	CIN		STL	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
75	130	Sep 2 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	2
76	131	Sep 2 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
77	132	Sep 4	CIN		NYG	L,4-6	CG	44	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
78	133	Sep 5	CIN		NYG	W,4-1	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
79	134	Sep 6	CIN		NYG	L,5-7	CG	40	10.0	10	1	0	11	0
80	135	Sep 7	CIN		NYG	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
81	136	Sep 8 (1)	CIN		BRO	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	11	1	2	14	0
82	137	Sep 8 (2)	CIN		BRO	L,4-6	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
83	138	Sep 10	CIN		BRO	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	2
84	139	Sep 11	CIN		BRO	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	13	1	0	14	0
85	140	Sep 12	CIN		BSN	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	17	0	0	17	3
86	141	Sep 13	CIN		BSN	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	12	1	0	13	2
87	142	Sep 14	CIN		BSN	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
88	143	Sep 15 (1)	CIN		BSN	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
89	145 (1)	Sep 16	CIN		PHI	W,3-2	CG	45	11.0	12	0	0	12	0
90	146	Sep 17 (1)	CIN		PHI	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
91	147	Sep 17 (2)	CIN		PHI	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
92	148	Sep 18	CIN		PHI	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
93	149	Sep 19	CIN		PHI	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
94	150	Sep 21	CIN	@	STL	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
95	151	Sep 22 (1)	CIN	@	STL	L,4-14	CG	46	8.0	7	2	0	9	0
96	152	Sep 22 (2)	CIN	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	10	1	0	11	0
97	153	Sep 29 (1)	CIN		PIT	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
							97gm		856.0	934	53	8	995	74