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 (Jun 19)

1929 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1929 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	STL	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	30	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
2	2	Apr 17	STL	@	CIN	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	4	1	1	6	1
3	3	Apr 18	STL	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
4	4	Apr 19	STL	@	CIN	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	9	0	1	10	1
5	5	Apr 21	STL	@	CHC	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	2
6	6	Apr 22	STL	@	CHC	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
7	7	Apr 23	STL	@	CHC	W,9-6	CG	45	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
8	8	Apr 26	STL		CIN	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
9	9	Apr 27 (1)	STL		CIN	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
10	10	Apr 27 (2)	STL		CIN	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
11	11	Apr 28	STL		PIT	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
12	12	Apr 29	STL		PIT	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	2
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 1	STL		PIT	T,4-4	CG	54	13.0	18	1	0	19	2
14	14	May 4	STL	@	NYG	W,10-7	CG	47	10.0	10	0	0	10	4
15	15	May 5	STL	@	NYG	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	11	0	1	12	1
16	16	May 6	STL	@	NYG	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	8	0	0	8	1
17	17	May 7	STL	@	BSN	L,5-8	CG	41	8.0	6	0	1	7	1
18	18	May 8	STL	@	BSN	W,10-2	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
19	19	May 9	STL	@	BSN	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	10	2	0	12	0
20	20	May 10	STL	@	BRO	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
21	21	May 11	STL	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
22	22	May 12	STL	@	BRO	W,13-7	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
23	23	May 13	STL	@	PHI	L,9-10	CG	43	8.1	11	0	0	11	0
24	24	May 15	STL	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
25	25	May 16	STL	@	PIT	W,10-9	CG	51	10.0	9	3	0	12	1
26	26	May 17	STL	@	PIT	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	7	1	0	8	1
27	27	May 18	STL	@	PIT	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
28	28	May 19	STL	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	42	11.0	7	0	0	7	0
29	29	May 20	STL	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
30	30	May 21	STL	@	CIN	W,12-1	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
31	31	May 23	STL		CHC	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	13	1	0	14	1
32	32	May 24	STL		CHC	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
33	33	May 25	STL		CHC	W,7-6	CG	53	12.0	20	0	0	20	0
34	34	May 26 (1)	STL		PIT	L,8-12	CG	52	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	35	May 26 (2)	STL		PIT	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
36	36	May 27	STL		PIT	L,1-10	CG	46	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
37	37	May 28	STL		PIT	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
38	38	May 29 (1)	STL		CIN	W,4-3	CG	31	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
39	39	May 29 (2)	STL		CIN	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
40	40	May 30 (1)	STL		CIN	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	18	1	0	19	1
41	41	May 30 (2)	STL		CIN	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	2
42	42	May 31	STL		CIN	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	43	Jun 3	STL		BRO	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
44	44	Jun 4 (1)	STL		BRO	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
45	45	Jun 4 (2)	STL		BRO	L,8-11	CG	46	9.0	12	1	1	14	0
46	46	Jun 5	STL		NYG	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
47	47	Jun 6	STL		NYG	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
48	48	Jun 7	STL		NYG	L,1-8	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
49	49	Jun 8	STL		PHI	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
50	50	Jun 9	STL		PHI	W,5-4	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
51	51	Jun 10	STL		PHI	W,10-9	CG	44	9.0	9	2	0	11	2
52	52	Jun 11	STL		PHI	W,10-3	CG	35	9.0	13	2	0	15	2
53	53	Jun 14	STL		BSN	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
54	54	Jun 15	STL		BSN	W,5-4	CG	39	10.0	13	0	0	13	0
55	55	Jun 16 (1)	STL		BSN	L,8-9	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
56	56	Jun 16 (2)	STL		BSN	L,5-6	CG	0	9.0	13	1	1	15	2
57	57	Jun 17	STL	@	CHC	W,13-3	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	2
58	58	Jun 18	STL	@	CHC	L,6-13	CG	47	8.0	7	0	0	7	2
59	59	Jun 19 (1)	STL	@	CHC	L,3-7	CG	41	8.0	6	2	0	8	0
60	60	Jun 19 (2)	STL	@	CHC	L,3-11	CG	41	8.0	10	0	0	10	1
61	61	Jun 20	STL	@	CHC	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	15	0	0	15	3
62	62	Jun 22	STL	@	CIN	W,11-8	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
63	63	Jun 23	STL	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	13	0	0	13	0
64	64	Jun 27	STL		CHC	L,4-5	CG	43	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
65	65	Jun 28	STL		CHC	L,5-9	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
66	66	Jun 29	STL		CHC	L,7-10	CG	44	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
67	67	Jun 30	STL		CHC	L,8-14	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	68	Jul 1	STL		CHC	T,11-11	CG	37	6.0	3	2	0	5	1
69	69	Jul 2	STL	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
70	70	Jul 3	STL	@	PIT	L,2-13	CG	45	8.0	7	2	0	9	1
71	71	Jul 4 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
72	72	Jul 4 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	7	0	0	7	2
73	73	Jul 5	STL	@	PHI	L,9-10	CG	39	8.0	6	0	0	6	1
74	74	Jul 6 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,6-10	CG	46	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
75	75	Jul 6 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,28-6	CG	44	9.0	12	0	0	12	2
76	76	Jul 8	STL	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	9	1	0	10	2
77	77	Jul 9	STL	@	PHI	W,7-4	CG	50	10.0	9	2	0	11	0
78	78	Jul 10	STL	@	BRO	L,6-9	CG	42	8.0	7	1	0	8	1
79	79	Jul 11	STL	@	BRO	W,6-3	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
80	80	Jul 12	STL	@	BRO	L,7-8	CG	46	8.1	9	0	1	10	1
81	81	Jul 13	STL	@	BRO	L,8-15	CG	47	8.0	8	0	0	8	1
82	82	Jul 14 (1)	STL	@	NYG	L,6-7	CG	0	10.1	8	0	1	9	1
83	83	Jul 14 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	32	9.0	7	0	1	8	1
84	84	Jul 15	STL	@	NYG	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	9	1	0	10	3
85	85	Jul 16	STL	@	NYG	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	10	0	0	10	4
86	86	Jul 17	STL	@	NYG	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	4
87	87	Jul 18	STL	@	BSN	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	14	0	0	14	1
88	88	Jul 20	STL	@	BSN	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	14	2	0	16	2
89	89	Jul 21 (1)	STL	@	BSN	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
90	90	Jul 21 (2)	STL	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	39	8.1	3	0	0	3	0
91	91	Jul 23	STL		PHI	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
92	93 (1)	Jul 25	STL		PHI	W,10-3	CG	33	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
93	94	Jul 26	STL		NYG	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	2
94	95	Jul 27	STL		NYG	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	11	2	0	13	1
95	96	Jul 28	STL		NYG	L,5-10	CG	48	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
96	97	Jul 29	STL		NYG	L,2-11	CG	46	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
97	98	Jul 30	STL		BRO	W,10-9	CG	52	11.0	11	1	0	12	1
98	99	Jul 31 (1)	STL		BRO	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
99	100	Jul 31 (2)	STL		BRO	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	101	Aug 1	STL		BRO	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	11	1	0	12	3
101	102	Aug 2	STL		BRO	W,14-7	CG	41	9.0	15	1	0	16	2
102	103	Aug 3	STL		BSN	W,7-5	CG	45	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
103	104	Aug 4	STL		BSN	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
104	105	Aug 5	STL		BSN	L,0-5	CG	40	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
105	106	Aug 8	STL	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	31	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
106	107	Aug 9	STL	@	PIT	L,6-7	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
107	108	Aug 10 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,1-7	CG	43	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
108	109	Aug 10 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,11-9	CG	53	11.0	16	0	0	16	1
109	110	Aug 12	STL	@	PHI	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
110	111	Aug 15	STL	@	NYG	L,7-9	CG	38	8.0	7	1	0	8	1
111	112	Aug 17 (1)	STL	@	NYG	L,5-9	CG	38	8.0	9	1	0	10	0
112	113	Aug 17 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,11-4	CG	39	9.0	13	0	0	13	2
113	114	Aug 18	STL	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	2
114	115	Aug 20 (1)	STL	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
115	116	Aug 20 (2)	STL	@	BRO	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
116	117	Aug 21	STL	@	BRO	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	10	0	0	10	1
117	118	Aug 22	STL	@	BSN	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
118	119	Aug 23	STL	@	BSN	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	12	0	0	12	1
119	120	Aug 24	STL	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	8	0	1	9	0
120	121	Aug 25	STL	@	BSN	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
121	122	Aug 26	STL	@	PHI	L,6-7	CG	42	8.2	9	0	0	9	0
122	123	Aug 31	STL	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
123	124	Sep 1	STL	@	CHC	L,3-10	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	1
124	125	Sep 2 (1)	STL	@	CHC	L,7-11	CG	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	2
125	126	Sep 2 (2)	STL	@	CHC	L,10-12	CG	45	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
126	127	Sep 4 (1)	STL		CHC	W,14-8	CG	38	9.0	15	0	0	15	2
127	128	Sep 4 (2)	STL		CHC	L,3-8	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
128	133 (4)	Sep 11 (1)	STL		BSN	W,11-4	CG	39	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
129	134	Sep 11 (2)	STL		BSN	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	2
130	135	Sep 13 (1)	STL		BSN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	14	2	0	16	1
131	136	Sep 13 (2)	STL		BSN	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	14	1	0	15	0
132	137	Sep 14	STL		NYG	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
133	138	Sep 15 (1)	STL		NYG	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
134	139	Sep 15 (2)	STL		NYG	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	12	1	0	13	2
135	140	Sep 16	STL		NYG	W,5-4	CG	50	11.0	13	1	0	14	2
136	141	Sep 21	STL		BRO	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	12	1	0	13	2
137	142	Sep 22 (1)	STL		BRO	L,2-7	CG	0	9.0	11	0	1	12	0
138	143	Sep 22 (2)	STL		BRO	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	10	5	0	15	2
139	144	Sep 23	STL		CIN	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
140	145	Sep 24	STL		CIN	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
141	146	Sep 25	STL		CIN	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	8	0	1	9	1
142	147	Sep 26	STL		PIT	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
143	148	Sep 27	STL		PIT	W,4-2	GS	16	4.0	4	0	0	4	1
144	152 (3)	Oct 5 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
145	154 (1)	Oct 6	STL	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	2
							145gm		1278.0	1347	75	13	1435	122