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.

1936 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1936 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	SLB	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	10	0	0	10	1
2	2	Apr 15	SLB	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
3	3	Apr 17	SLB		CLE	L,10-13	CG	54	10.0	13	1	0	14	0
4	4	Apr 18	SLB		CLE	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
5	5	Apr 19	SLB		CLE	L,6-13	CG	43	9.0	12	1	0	13	2
6	6	Apr 20	SLB	@	DET	W,9-6	CG	46	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
7	7	Apr 22	SLB		DET	W,12-4	CG	42	9.0	4	0	1	5	1
8	8	Apr 23	SLB		DET	L,0-10	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	2
9	9	Apr 24	SLB		DET	L,3-9	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
10	10	Apr 25	SLB	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	2
11	11	Apr 26	SLB	@	CLE	L,7-8	GS	13	3.0	4	0	0	4	0
12	13 (1)	Apr 28	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	9	0	0	9	2
13	14	Apr 29	SLB	@	PHA	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	7	1	0	8	1
14	15	Apr 30	SLB	@	PHA	L,8-12	CG	45	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	16	May 1	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-17	CG	48	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
16	17	May 2	SLB	@	WSH	L,4-9	CG	38	8.0	8	1	0	9	1
17	18	May 3	SLB	@	NYY	L,5-14	CG	49	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	19	May 5	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-8	CG	42	8.0	7	2	0	9	2
19	20	May 6	SLB	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	11	2	0	13	3
20	21	May 7	SLB	@	BOS	L,6-9	CG	40	8.0	10	0	0	10	1
21	22	May 9	SLB		CHW	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
22	23	May 11	SLB		CHW	L,6-19	CG	61	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
23	24	May 12	SLB		NYY	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	4	1	1	6	1
24	25	May 13	SLB		NYY	L,1-4	CG	43	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
25	26	May 14	SLB		NYY	L,1-6	CG	45	9.0	13	2	0	15	1
26	27	May 15	SLB		WSH	L,5-10	CG	48	9.0	6	0	0	6	3
27	28	May 16	SLB		WSH	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	13	1	0	14	0
28	29	May 17	SLB		PHA	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
29	30	May 19	SLB		PHA	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
30	31	May 20	SLB		BOS	W,12-8	CG	42	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
31	32	May 21	SLB		BOS	L,2-6	CG	45	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
32	33	May 22	SLB	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	40	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
33	34	May 23 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,3-8	CG	42	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
34	35	May 23 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
35	36	May 24	SLB	@	CHW	L,5-7	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	1
36	37	May 26	SLB	@	CLE	W,8-5	CG	35	9.0	18	1	0	19	3
37	38	May 27	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-12	CG	52	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
38	39	May 28	SLB	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	10	0	0	10	2
39	40	May 30 (1)	SLB	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	13	2	0	15	1
40	41	May 30 (2)	SLB	@	DET	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
41	42	May 31	SLB	@	DET	W,11-10	CG	49	9.0	9	0	0	9	2
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	43	Jun 2	SLB	@	WSH	L,11-15	GS	12	2.0	4	0	0	4	0
43	44	Jun 3	SLB	@	WSH	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	8	0	1	9	0
44	45	Jun 4	SLB	@	WSH	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	15	0	0	15	2
45	46	Jun 6 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	2
46	47	Jun 6 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
47	48	Jun 7	SLB	@	PHA	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
48	51 (2)	Jun 11	SLB	@	BOS	L,5-7	CG	41	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
49	52	Jun 16	SLB		PHA	L,4-9	CG	45	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
50	53	Jun 17	SLB		PHA	W,14-13	CG	45	9.0	7	0	0	7	2
51	54	Jun 18	SLB		PHA	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
52	55	Jun 20	SLB		BOS	W,7-5	GS	2	0.2	1	1	0	2	0
53	61 (5)	Jun 27	SLB		NYY	L,6-10	CG	48	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
54	62	Jun 28 (1)	SLB		NYY	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	16	0	0	16	2
55	63	Jun 28 (2)	SLB		NYY	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	64	Jul 1 (1)	SLB		CLE	W,16-12	CG	51	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
57	65	Jul 1 (2)	SLB		CLE	T,5-5	CG	45	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
58	66	Jul 2 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,6-14	CG	51	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
59	67	Jul 2 (2)	SLB		CLE	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
60	68	Jul 3	SLB		DET	L,5-9	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	2
61	69	Jul 4 (1)	SLB		DET	L,3-8	CG	49	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
62	70	Jul 4 (2)	SLB		DET	W,13-10	CG	44	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
63	71	Jul 5	SLB		DET	L,9-18	CG	54	9.0	6	0	0	6	2
64	72	Jul 9	SLB	@	PHA	L,5-7	CG	41	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
65	73	Jul 11 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	L,7-10	CG	44	8.0	8	0	0	8	1
66	74	Jul 11 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	7	0	0	7	1
67	75	Jul 12	SLB	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
68	76	Jul 13	SLB	@	WSH	L,3-9	CG	44	8.0	4	0	0	4	1
69	77	Jul 14	SLB	@	WSH	L,3-13	GS	37	6.0	3	0	0	3	1
70	78	Jul 15 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,3-11	CG	46	8.0	10	0	0	10	1
71	83 (4)	Jul 18 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
72	84	Jul 18 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,4-15	GS	24	4.0	2	1	0	3	1
73	85	Jul 19 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	L,3-10	CG	39	8.0	13	2	0	15	0
74	87 (1)	Jul 21	SLB		NYY	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
75	88	Jul 22	SLB		NYY	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
76	89	Jul 23	SLB		NYY	L,3-15	CG	55	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
77	90	Jul 24	SLB		WSH	L,4-10	CG	46	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
78	91	Jul 25	SLB		WSH	L,1-9	CG	47	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
79	92	Jul 26 (1)	SLB		WSH	L,2-9	CG	0	9.0	14	0	1	15	2
80	93	Jul 26 (2)	SLB		WSH	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
81	94	Jul 27	SLB		BOS	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
82	95	Jul 28	SLB		BOS	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
83	96	Jul 29	SLB		BOS	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
84	97	Jul 30	SLB		BOS	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
85	98	Jul 31	SLB		PHA	W,12-4	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
86	99	Aug 1	SLB		PHA	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
87	100	Aug 2 (1)	SLB		PHA	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
88	101	Aug 2 (2)	SLB		PHA	L,3-7	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
89	102	Aug 4	SLB		CHW	L,2-8	CG	45	9.0	8	1	0	9	2
90	103	Aug 5 (1)	SLB		CHW	W,16-4	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
91	104	Aug 5 (2)	SLB		CHW	T,9-9	CG	37	7.0	3	0	1	4	2
92	105	Aug 6 (1)	SLB		CHW	L,6-9	CG	45	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
93	106	Aug 6 (2)	SLB		CHW	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
94	107	Aug 8 (1)	SLB	@	DET	L,7-9	CG	38	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
95	108	Aug 8 (2)	SLB	@	DET	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	10	2	1	13	2
96	109	Aug 9	SLB	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
97	110	Aug 11	SLB	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
98	111	Aug 12	SLB	@	CHW	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
99	112	Aug 13	SLB	@	CHW	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
100	113	Aug 14	SLB		CLE	L,10-12	CG	45	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
101	114	Aug 15	SLB		CLE	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
102	115	Aug 16	SLB		CLE	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
103	116	Aug 18 (1)	SLB		DET	W,10-7	CG	46	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
104	117	Aug 18 (2)	SLB		DET	L,3-15	CG	54	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
105	118	Aug 19	SLB		DET	W,13-8	CG	47	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
106	119	Aug 20	SLB		DET	L,4-8	CG	47	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
107	120	Aug 21	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	8	0	0	8	1
108	121	Aug 22	SLB	@	CLE	L,0-6	CG	34	8.0	10	0	1	11	0
109	122	Aug 23	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
110	123	Aug 25	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-13	CG	50	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
111	124	Aug 26	SLB	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
112	125	Aug 27	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	10	1	0	11	1
113	126	Aug 28 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
114	127	Aug 28 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	36	8.2	7	0	0	7	0
115	128	Aug 30 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
116	129	Aug 30 (2)	SLB	@	WSH	L,4-7	CG	0	8.0	9	0	0	9	2
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
117	132 (2)	Sep 3	SLB	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	30	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
118	133	Sep 5	SLB	@	DET	L,2-7	CG	41	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
119	134	Sep 7 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	17	0	0	17	2
120	135	Sep 7 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-7	CG	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	1
121	136	Sep 10 (1)	SLB		PHA	L,7-12	CG	52	9.0	9	0	1	10	1
122	137	Sep 10 (2)	SLB		PHA	T,4-4	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
123	138	Sep 11	SLB		BOS	L,2-6	CG	50	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
124	139	Sep 12 (1)	SLB		BOS	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
125	140	Sep 12 (2)	SLB		BOS	W,3-2	CG	0	10.0	12	0	0	12	1
126	141	Sep 13 (1)	SLB		NYY	L,7-10	CG	0	9.0	15	0	0	15	2
127	142	Sep 13 (2)	SLB		NYY	L,1-13	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
128	143	Sep 15 (1)	SLB		WSH	L,7-13	CG	50	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
129	144	Sep 15 (2)	SLB		WSH	L,1-6	CG	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	1
130	145	Sep 17	SLB		CHW	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
131	146	Sep 18	SLB		CHW	W,6-5	CG	46	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
132	147	Sep 20 (1)	SLB		CHW	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
133	148	Sep 20 (2)	SLB		CHW	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
134	149	Sep 22 (1)	SLB	@	DET	L,0-12	CG	45	8.0	10	1	1	12	1
135	150	Sep 22 (2)	SLB	@	DET	L,0-14	CG	48	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
136	151	Sep 23	SLB	@	DET	W,10-1	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
137	152	Sep 25 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	17	0	0	17	1
138	153	Sep 25 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
139	154	Sep 26 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
140	155	Sep 26 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,6-8	CG	37	6.0	8	0	0	8	0
							140gm		1188.0	1250	47	10	1307	103