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.

1931 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1931 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	STL	@	CIN	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
2	2	Apr 15	STL	@	CIN	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
3	3	Apr 16	STL	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	8	0	1	9	1
4	4	Apr 18	STL	@	CHC	W,7-5	CG	50	10.0	13	2	0	15	1
5	5	Apr 19	STL	@	CHC	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	2	0	1	3	1
6	6	Apr 20	STL	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	12	2	0	14	1
7	7	Apr 22	STL		CIN	W,3-2	CG	29	9.0	9	0	0	9	3
8	8	Apr 26	STL		PIT	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
9	9	Apr 27	STL		PIT	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
10	10	Apr 28	STL		PIT	W,8-2	CG	40	9.0	13	0	0	13	3
11	11	Apr 29	STL		PIT	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	12	2	0	14	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	STL		CHC	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
13	13	May 2	STL		CHC	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	10	1	0	11	2
14	14	May 3	STL		CHC	W,5-4	CG	0	11.0	15	0	0	15	1
15	15	May 6	STL	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG	59	13.0	16	1	0	17	0
16	16	May 7	STL	@	PIT	W,11-5	GS	17	4.0	5	0	0	5	0
17	18 (1)	May 11	STL	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
18	19	May 16	STL	@	NYG	L,5-7	CG	35	8.0	12	0	1	13	0
19	20	May 17	STL	@	NYG	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	2
20	21	May 18	STL	@	NYG	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	9	0	1	10	1
21	22	May 19	STL	@	BRO	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
22	23	May 20	STL	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	39	8.1	5	1	1	7	0
23	24	May 23	STL	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	39	10.0	13	1	0	14	2
24	25	May 24 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	9	0	0	9	1
25	26	May 24 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,13-6	CG	41	9.0	10	1	2	13	1
26	27	May 26	STL		PIT	W,11-9	CG	48	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
27	28	May 27	STL		PIT	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
28	29	May 28	STL		PIT	L,8-11	CG	36	7.0	7	1	0	8	0
29	30	May 29	STL		CIN	W,14-9	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
30	31	May 30 (1)	STL		CIN	W,12-4	GS	27	6.0	7	0	0	7	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	35 (3)	Jun 1	STL		CIN	W,6-5	CG	53	12.0	15	0	1	16	2
32	36	Jun 2	STL		NYG	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	8	3	0	11	3
33	37	Jun 3	STL		NYG	L,5-9	GS	22	4.0	4	0	0	4	0
34	58 (20)	Jun 24 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
35	59	Jun 24 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
36	60	Jun 25	STL	@	BRO	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	10	2	0	12	1
37	61	Jun 26	STL	@	BRO	L,5-16	CG	45	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
38	62	Jun 27 (1)	STL	@	BRO	L,0-7	CG	35	8.0	12	1	0	13	0
39	63	Jun 27 (2)	STL	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	36	8.1	10	0	0	10	0
40	64	Jun 28	STL	@	BRO	L,4-10	CG	42	8.0	10	0	0	10	5
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	81 (16)	Jul 12 (1)	STL		CHC	L,5-7	GF	27	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	102 (20)	Aug 2	STL	@	CHC	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	14	1	0	15	1
43	103	Aug 4	STL	@	PIT	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
44	104	Aug 5 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	51	11.0	16	1	0	17	3
45	105	Aug 5 (2)	STL	@	PIT	W,16-2	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
46	106	Aug 7	STL		CHC	W,8-0	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	2
47	107	Aug 8	STL		CHC	W,14-7	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
48	108	Aug 9	STL		CHC	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
49	109	Aug 12 (1)	STL	@	BRO	W,5-0	CG	38	9.0	5	3	0	8	1
50	110	Aug 12 (2)	STL	@	BRO	W,8-5	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
51	111	Aug 13	STL	@	BRO	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	8	1	1	10	4
52	112	Aug 14	STL	@	BRO	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
53	113	Aug 16 (1)	STL	@	NYG	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
54	114	Aug 16 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
55	115	Aug 17 (1)	STL	@	NYG	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
56	116	Aug 17 (2)	STL	@	NYG	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	8	2	0	10	1
57	117	Aug 19 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	1
58	118	Aug 19 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,8-4	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	2
59	119	Aug 22 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
60	120	Aug 22 (2)	STL	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	12	1	0	13	0
61	121	Aug 23 (1)	STL	@	BSN	W,16-1	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
62	122	Aug 23 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,1-0	CG	37	11.0	14	0	0	14	3
63	123	Aug 25	STL	@	BSN	W,4-1	CG	41	10.0	11	1	0	12	2
64	124	Aug 26 (1)	STL	@	BSN	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
65	125	Aug 26 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	12	0	1	13	2
66	126	Aug 28	STL		PIT	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
67	127	Aug 29	STL		PIT	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	10	1	0	11	3
68	128	Aug 30 (1)	STL		PIT	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
69	129	Aug 30 (2)	STL		PIT	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	130	Sep 3	STL	@	PIT	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	9	1	0	10	0
71	131	Sep 4	STL	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
72	132	Sep 5	STL	@	PIT	L,5-8	CG	38	8.0	9	0	0	9	3
73	133	Sep 6 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	15	0	1	16	0
74	134	Sep 6 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,7-0	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
75	135	Sep 7 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	11	1	0	12	3
76	136	Sep 7 (2)	STL	@	CHC	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
77	137	Sep 10	STL		BSN	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
78	138	Sep 11	STL		BSN	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
79	139	Sep 12	STL		BSN	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
80	140	Sep 13 (1)	STL		PHI	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
81	141	Sep 13 (2)	STL		PHI	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
82	142	Sep 14 (1)	STL		PHI	W,13-5	CG	44	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
83	143	Sep 14 (2)	STL		PHI	W,10-3	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
84	144	Sep 15	STL		PHI	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
85	145	Sep 16	STL		PHI	W,6-3	GS	21	5.0	5	0	0	5	2
86	146	Sep 17	STL		NYG	L,2-7	GS	23	5.0	4	0	0	4	0
87	147	Sep 18	STL		NYG	W,4-3	CG	45	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
88	148	Sep 19	STL		NYG	L,6-10	CG	44	9.0	13	1	1	15	2
89	149	Sep 20	STL		BRO	L,1-6	GS	18	4.0	4	0	0	4	0
90	150	Sep 21	STL		BRO	W,11-10	CG	45	10.0	10	0	0	10	1
91	152 (1)	Sep 26	STL	@	CIN	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
92	153	Sep 27 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	42	9.0	14	0	0	14	2
93	154	Sep 27 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
							93gm		808.0	897	43	12	952	95