Jim Bouton

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 170lb (183cm, 77kg)

Born: March 8, 1939 in Newark, NJ us

Died: July 10, 2019 in Great Barrington, MA

High School: Bloom HS (Chicago Heights, IL)

School: Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo, MI)

Debut: April 22, 1962 (Age 23-045d, 11,976th in major league history)
vs. CLE 3.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 29, 1978 (Age 39-205d)
vs. CIN 3.0 IP, 6 H, 2 SO, 4 BB, 6 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1962 season

Full Name: James Alan Bouton

Nicknames: Bulldog

Pronunciation: \BOW-tun\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.5

ERA

3.57

304

144

1238.2

720

WHIP

1.264

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	21-17 / in Starts: 21-16
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	36 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 108 PAs	7
Actual Runners on Base	73 (35-26-12)
Avg. MLBer w/ 108 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	64 (33-20-10)

Most Driven In
E Howard	2
J Blanchard	1
P Linz	1
J Pepitone	1
P GonzÃ¡lez	1
T Tresh	1

Most Driven In By
P Linz	1
T Kubek	1
R Maris	1

1964 Batting Game Log

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1964 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	79	2 (1)	Apr 17	NYY	@	BAL	L,3-4	GS-11	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.44	-0.140	2.70	-0.16%	-0.84	P
2	80	7 (4)	Apr 25	NYY		BAL	W,4-1	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.37	-0.010	.64	-0.01%	0.23	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
3	81	10 (2)	May 2	NYY		WSA	L,4-5	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	9	1.22	-0.005	2.74	-0.01%	-0.08	P
4	82	14 (3)	May 6 (1)	NYY	@	WSA	W,9-2	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200	9	.73	-0.042	1.61	-0.06%	-0.58	P
5	83	19 (4)	May 10 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,12-2	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.071	.071	.071	.143	9	.15	-0.028	.50	-0.05%	-1.35	P
6	84	23 (3)	May 14	NYY	@	DET	L,3-7	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.063	.118	.063	.180	9	1.08	-0.001	3.55	0.00%	0.01	P
7	85	28 (4)	May 19	NYY		MIN	L,2-7	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.056	.105	.056	.161	9	1.14	-0.059	3.94	-0.12%	-0.43	P
8	86	32 (3)	May 24 (1)	NYY		LAA	L,0-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.050	.095	.050	.145	9	.50	-0.024	1.22	-0.04%	-0.24	P
9	87	36 (3)	May 29	NYY	@	KCA	L,1-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.045	.087	.045	.132	9	1.35	-0.069	3.76	-0.12%	-0.72	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
10	88	40 (3)	Jun 2	NYY	@	MIN	L,2-6	GS-4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.045	.087	.045	.132	9	1.79	-0.021	4.13	-0.03%	-0.19	P
11	89	44 (3)	Jun 6	NYY	@	LAA	W,2-0	GS-14	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.040	.077	.040	.117	9	1.29	-0.098	2.53	-0.12%	-0.52	P
12	90	49 (4)	Jun 11	NYY	@	BOS	W,8-4	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.103	.133	.138	.271	9	.58	0.014	1.33	0.02%	0.96	P
13	91	55 (5)	Jun 16 (1)	NYY		BOS	L,5-6	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.094	.121	.125	.246	9	1.08	-0.080	4.40	-0.20%	-0.66	P
14	92	60 (4)	Jun 21 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,2-0	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.114	.139	.143	.282	9	.64	0.012	3.48	0.04%	0.02	P
15	93	65 (4)	Jun 25	NYY	@	BAL	L,1-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.108	.132	.135	.267	9	1.77	-0.124	11.52	-0.49%	-0.87	P
16	94	70 (4)	Jun 30 (1)	NYY		LAA	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.122	.143	.146	.289	9	.29	-0.024	1.07	-0.05%	-0.61	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
17	95	75 (4)	Jul 4 (1)	NYY		MIN	W,7-5	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.114	.133	.136	.270	9	.80	-0.056	3.42	-0.15%	-0.71	P
18	96	80 (4)	Jul 11	NYY	@	WSA	W,3-2	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.106	.125	.128	.253	9	.60	-0.044	2.49	-0.11%	-0.45	P
19	97	85 (4)	Jul 16	NYY		BAL	L,1-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.102	.120	.122	.242	9	1.49	-0.074	11.75	-0.35%	-0.84	P
20	98	90 (4)	Jul 21	NYY		WSA	W,7-1	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.113	.130	.151	.281	9	.31	-0.019	1.36	-0.05%	1.12	P
21	99	95 (4)	Jul 25	NYY	@	DET	W,14-2	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.123	.138	.158	.296	9	.15	-0.019	.79	-0.06%	-0.24	P
22	100	100 (4)	Jul 29	NYY	@	LAA	W,5-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.131	.145	.164	.309	9	.29	-0.026	1.76	-0.10%	-0.32	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
23	101	103 (2)	Aug 2	NYY	@	MIN	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.138	.152	.169	.321	9	.91	-0.045	5.33	-0.16%	-0.96	P
24	102	107 (3)	Aug 7	NYY		BAL	L,0-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.134	.147	.164	.311	9	1.46	-0.133	14.07	-0.77%	-0.88	P
25	103	112 (4)	Aug 11 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,2-8	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.130	.143	.159	.302	9	.86	-0.043	5.55	-0.17%	-0.31	P
26	104	116 (3)	Aug 15	NYY	@	BAL	W,8-1	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.137	.153	.290	9	.57	-0.067	3.27	-0.23%	-1.30	P
27	105	120 (3)	Aug 19	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-4	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.120	.132	.147	.278	9	1.60	-0.142	7.91	-0.42%	-0.90	P
28	106	125 (4)	Aug 23	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.114	.125	.139	.264	9	.73	-0.076	1.67	-0.10%	-1.06	P
29	107	127 (1)	Aug 26	NYY		WSA	L,0-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.114	.125	.139	.264	9						P
30	108	129 (1)	Aug 29 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,10-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.120	.131	.145	.276	9	.11	0.002	.29	0.00%	-0.40	P
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
31	109	133 (3)	Sep 2	NYY	@	LAA	L,0-4	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.119	.129	.143	.272	9	1.49	-0.039	9.38	-0.15%	-0.32	P
32	110	138 (4)	Sep 7	NYY	@	MIN	W,5-4	GS-8	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.135	.148	.283	9	.81	-0.008	4.86	-0.03%	0.34	P
33	111	142 (3)	Sep 11	NYY		MIN	L,3-5	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.124	.133	.146	.279	9	2.07	-0.046	17.60	-0.23%	-0.45	P
34	112	146 (3)	Sep 16	NYY		LAA	W,9-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.121	.130	.143	.273	9	.66	-0.032	6.12	-0.18%	-0.24	P
35	113	150 (3)	Sep 20	NYY		KCA	W,4-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.117	.126	.138	.265	9	.79	-0.025	10.81	-0.21%	0.17	P
36	114	155 (4)	Sep 25	NYY	@	WSA	W,6-5	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.115	.124	.135	.259	9	2.30	-0.117	9.46	-0.29%	-1.04	P
37	115	159 (3)	Sep 30 (2)	NYY		DET	W,11-8	GS-7	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.131	.140	.152	.292	9	.74	0.049	3.65	0.15%	0.50	P
38	116	164 (4)	Oct 4	NYY		CLE	L,1-2	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.130	.139	.150	.289	9	1.77	-0.051	.00	0.00%	-0.57	P
							21-17		108	100	3	13	2	0	0	7	1	0	44	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	.130	.139	.150	.289		.83	-1.710	3.88	-4.97%	-14.72

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