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.

1930 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1930 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	STL		CHC	L,8-9	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	3
2	2	Apr 16	STL		CHC	W,13-3	CG	36	9.0	15	0	0	15	3
3	3	Apr 17	STL		CHC	L,0-3	CG	26	6.0	12	0	0	12	1
4	4	Apr 18	STL		CHC	W,11-1	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
5	5	Apr 19	STL		PIT	L,4-5	CG	44	10.0	5	1	0	6	1
6	6	Apr 21	STL		PIT	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	2
7	7	Apr 22	STL	@	CHC	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
8	8	Apr 23	STL	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	42	8.2	12	2	0	14	1
9	9	Apr 24	STL	@	CHC	W,9-2	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
10	10	Apr 25	STL	@	PIT	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	11	0	0	11	1
11	11	Apr 26	STL	@	PIT	L,7-9	CG	40	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
12	12	Apr 27	STL	@	CIN	W,10-5	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
13	13	Apr 28	STL	@	CIN	W,8-3	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
14	14	Apr 30	STL	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	32	8.1	5	0	1	6	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	15	May 2	STL		BRO	L,4-8	CG	46	9.0	8	0	1	9	0
16	28 (12)	May 18 (1)	STL		CHC	L,6-9	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	29	May 18 (2)	STL		CHC	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
18	30	May 20	STL		CHC	W,16-3	CG	34	9.0	12	1	0	13	3
19	31	May 21	STL		CIN	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
20	32	May 22	STL		CIN	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	3
21	33	May 24 (1)	STL		CIN	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	13	0	0	13	3
22	34	May 24 (2)	STL		CIN	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
23	35	May 25	STL	@	CHC	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
24	36	May 26	STL	@	PIT	W,10-4	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
25	37	May 27	STL	@	PIT	L,5-8	CG	37	8.0	11	1	0	12	2
26	38	May 30 (1)	STL	@	CHC	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	8	0	0	8	3
27	39	May 30 (2)	STL	@	CHC	L,8-9	CG	50	9.2	11	0	0	11	1
28	40	May 31	STL	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	40	8.2	5	0	0	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	41	Jun 1 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	44	8.1	7	0	0	7	1
30	42	Jun 1 (2)	STL	@	CIN	L,1-7	CG	35	7.0	8	0	0	8	1
31	43	Jun 2	STL	@	PHI	L,6-9	CG	43	8.0	9	1	0	10	0
32	44	Jun 3	STL	@	PHI	W,11-10	CG	47	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
33	45	Jun 4	STL	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	11	0	0	11	1
34	46	Jun 5	STL	@	PHI	L,4-10	CG	45	8.0	7	0	0	7	1
35	47	Jun 6	STL	@	NYG	L,7-10	CG	40	8.0	12	0	1	13	4
36	48	Jun 7	STL	@	NYG	L,7-9	CG	39	8.0	6	1	0	7	1
37	49	Jun 8	STL	@	NYG	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
38	50	Jun 10	STL	@	BSN	W,2-1	CG	38	10.0	12	0	0	12	1
39	51	Jun 13	STL	@	BSN	L,8-9	CG	48	9.1	12	0	1	13	1
40	52	Jun 14	STL	@	BRO	L,5-6	CG	59	11.1	9	2	0	11	0
41	53	Jun 15	STL	@	BRO	W,9-4	CG	42	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
42	54	Jun 16	STL	@	BRO	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	2
43	55	Jun 20	STL		PHI	W,7-5	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	3
44	56	Jun 21	STL		PHI	L,3-13	CG	45	9.0	11	1	0	12	3
45	57	Jun 22 (1)	STL		PHI	W,12-3	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
46	58	Jun 22 (2)	STL		PHI	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
47	59	Jun 23	STL		BSN	L,9-12	CG	48	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
48	60	Jun 24	STL		BSN	W,11-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
49	61	Jun 26	STL		NYG	L,4-12	CG	50	9.0	5	1	1	7	0
50	62	Jun 27	STL		NYG	L,4-9	CG	44	9.0	14	0	0	14	3
51	63	Jun 28	STL		NYG	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	13	1	0	14	2
52	64	Jun 29 (1)	STL		NYG	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
53	65	Jun 29 (2)	STL		NYG	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	66	Jul 1	STL		BRO	W,15-7	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
55	67	Jul 2	STL		BRO	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
56	68	Jul 4 (1)	STL		CIN	W,15-4	CG	0	9.0	12	0	1	13	1
57	69	Jul 4 (2)	STL		CIN	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
58	70	Jul 5	STL		CIN	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	13	0	0	13	4
59	71	Jul 6 (1)	STL		PIT	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
60	72	Jul 6 (2)	STL		PIT	W,12-4	CG	38	9.0	16	0	0	16	1
61	73	Jul 7	STL		PIT	L,5-9	CG	42	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
62	74	Jul 8	STL		PIT	L,5-10	CG	42	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
63	78 (3)	Jul 15	STL	@	PHI	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	10	2	0	12	1
64	79	Jul 16	STL	@	PHI	L,5-10	CG	39	8.0	8	0	0	8	1
65	80	Jul 17	STL	@	NYG	L,9-12	GS	28	5.0	6	0	1	7	1
66	88 (7)	Jul 23	STL	@	BRO	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	1
67	89	Jul 24	STL	@	BSN	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	1
68	90	Jul 25	STL	@	BSN	L,4-5	CG	40	8.1	14	1	0	15	2
69	91	Jul 26 (1)	STL	@	BSN	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
70	92	Jul 26 (2)	STL	@	BSN	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
71	96 (3)	Jul 30	STL	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	9	1	0	10	1
72	97	Jul 31	STL	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	36	8.1	14	1	0	15	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	98	Aug 1	STL	@	CIN	W,10-1	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
74	99	Aug 2	STL	@	CIN	W,9-8	CG	56	11.0	12	0	0	12	1
75	100	Aug 3 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,11-6	CG	36	9.0	15	0	0	15	1
76	101	Aug 3 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	2
77	102	Aug 5	STL		CHC	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
78	103	Aug 6	STL		CHC	W,4-3	CG	43	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
79	104	Aug 7	STL		CHC	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
80	105	Aug 8	STL		BRO	L,5-11	CG	43	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
81	106	Aug 9	STL		BRO	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	14	1	0	15	1
82	107	Aug 10 (1)	STL		BRO	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
83	108	Aug 10 (2)	STL		BRO	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
84	109	Aug 11	STL		BRO	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
85	110	Aug 12	STL		BSN	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
86	111	Aug 14 (1)	STL		BSN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
87	112	Aug 14 (2)	STL		BSN	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
88	118 (5)	Aug 20	STL		NYG	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
89	119	Aug 21	STL		PHI	W,16-6	CG	39	9.0	11	0	1	12	5
90	120	Aug 22	STL		PHI	W,10-8	CG	46	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
91	121	Aug 23	STL		PHI	W,9-6	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
92	122	Aug 24 (1)	STL		PHI	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
93	123	Aug 24 (2)	STL		PHI	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
94	124	Aug 26	STL	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
95	125	Aug 27	STL	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
96	126	Aug 28	STL	@	CHC	W,8-7	CG	82	20.0	21	1	0	22	4
97	127	Aug 29	STL	@	CHC	L,8-9	CG	61	12.0	14	2	0	16	2
98	128	Aug 30	STL	@	CHC	L,4-16	CG	45	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
99	129	Aug 31	STL	@	CHC	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	2
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	130	Sep 1 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,11-6	CG	43	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
101	131	Sep 1 (2)	STL	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	12	1	0	13	3
102	132	Sep 4	STL		CIN	W,13-2	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
103	133	Sep 6	STL		CIN	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	2
104	134	Sep 7 (1)	STL		CIN	W,11-6	CG	0	9.0	7	1	2	10	0
105	135	Sep 7 (2)	STL		CIN	W,4-2	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
106	136	Sep 9	STL	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	11	0	1	12	0
107	137	Sep 10	STL	@	NYG	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
108	138	Sep 11	STL	@	NYG	W,5-4	CG	45	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
109	139	Sep 12	STL	@	NYG	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
110	140	Sep 13	STL	@	BSN	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
111	141	Sep 14 (1)	STL	@	BSN	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
112	142	Sep 14 (2)	STL	@	BSN	L,4-7	CG	35	7.1	5	0	0	5	1
113	143	Sep 16	STL	@	BRO	W,1-0	CG	35	10.0	8	1	0	9	1
114	144	Sep 17	STL	@	BRO	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
115	145	Sep 18	STL	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	11	0	1	12	0
116	146	Sep 19	STL	@	PHI	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	12	1	0	13	4
117	147	Sep 20 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
118	148	Sep 20 (2)	STL	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	39	8.0	8	0	0	8	2
119	149	Sep 22	STL	@	PHI	W,15-7	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
120	150	Sep 23	STL	@	PHI	W,19-16	CG	50	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
121	151	Sep 25	STL		PIT	W,9-0	CG	34	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
122	152	Sep 26	STL		PIT	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
123	153	Sep 27	STL		PIT	L,8-11	CG	48	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
124	154	Sep 28	STL		PIT	W,3-1	GS	19	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
							124gm		1094.0	1164	41	12	1217	127