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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1964 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1964 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 17	NYY	@	BAL	L,3-4	GS	43	10.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
2	7 (4)	Apr 25	NYY		BAL	W,4-1	GS	29	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	10 (2)	May 2	NYY		WSA	L,4-5	GS	24	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	14 (3)	May 6 (1)	NYY	@	WSA	W,9-2	GS	26	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	P
5	19 (4)	May 10 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,12-2	GS	26	7.0	1	1	0	2	1	P
6	23 (3)	May 14	NYY	@	DET	L,3-7	GS	35	6.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
7	28 (4)	May 19	NYY		MIN	L,2-7	GS	26	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
8	32 (3)	May 24 (1)	NYY		LAA	L,0-3	GS	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
9	36 (3)	May 29	NYY	@	KCA	L,1-4	GS	24	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	40 (3)	Jun 2	NYY	@	MIN	L,2-6	GS	15	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
11	44 (3)	Jun 6	NYY	@	LAA	W,2-0	GS	52	13.0	2	2	0	4	0	P
12	49 (4)	Jun 11	NYY	@	BOS	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
13	55 (5)	Jun 16 (1)	NYY		BOS	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	P
14	60 (4)	Jun 21 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,2-0	GS	26	7.2	2	2	0	4	0	P
15	65 (4)	Jun 25	NYY	@	BAL	L,1-3	GS	26	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
16	70 (4)	Jun 30 (1)	NYY		LAA	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	75 (4)	Jul 4 (1)	NYY		MIN	W,7-5	GS	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	80 (4)	Jul 11	NYY	@	WSA	W,3-2	GS	29	7.2	0	3	0	3	0	P
19	85 (4)	Jul 16	NYY		BAL	L,1-6	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
20	90 (4)	Jul 21	NYY		WSA	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	P
21	95 (4)	Jul 25	NYY	@	DET	W,14-2	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
22	100 (4)	Jul 29	NYY	@	LAA	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	103 (2)	Aug 2	NYY	@	MIN	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	107 (3)	Aug 7	NYY		BAL	L,0-2	GS	25	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	P
25	112 (4)	Aug 11 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,2-8	GS	28	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
26	116 (3)	Aug 15	NYY	@	BAL	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	120 (3)	Aug 19	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-4	GS	28	6.1	1	0	2	3	0	P
28	125 (4)	Aug 23	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
29	127 (1)	Aug 26	NYY		WSA	L,0-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	129 (1)	Aug 29 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,10-2	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	133 (3)	Sep 2	NYY	@	LAA	L,0-4	GS	22	5.0	0	2	1	3	0	P
32	138 (4)	Sep 7	NYY	@	MIN	W,5-4	GS	28	7.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
33	142 (3)	Sep 11	NYY		MIN	L,3-5	GS	15	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	146 (3)	Sep 16	NYY		LAA	W,9-4	GS	28	6.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
35	150 (3)	Sep 20	NYY		KCA	W,4-0	CG	28	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
36	155 (4)	Sep 25	NYY	@	WSA	W,6-5	GS	22	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	159 (3)	Sep 30 (2)	NYY		DET	W,11-8	GS	30	6.2	2	0	0	2	0	P
38	164 (4)	Oct 4	NYY		CLE	L,1-2	GS	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
							38gm		271.1	31	27	5	63	1