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.

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 10	NYY	@	KCA	W,5-3		9	1.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
2	6 (3)	Apr 16	NYY		DET	L,2-7		8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
3	10 (3)	Apr 21	NYY	@	WSA	W,7-6	GF	28	7.1	1	2	0	3	0	P
4	11	Apr 24	NYY		CHW	L,4-6		9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	15 (3)	May 1	NYY	@	LAA	L,3-5		18	3.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	17 (1)	May 3	NYY	@	MIN	W,4-3	GF	13	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
7	20 (2)	May 6	NYY	@	DET	W,10-3	GF	7	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
8	22 (1)	May 8	NYY	@	DET	L,6-7	GF	15	3.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
9	26 (3)	May 12	NYY	@	BAL	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
10	29 (2)	May 17	NYY		LAA	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
11	32 (2)	May 21	NYY		KCA	W,7-4	GS	27	5.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	36 (3)	May 26 (1)	NYY		WSA	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	41 (4)	Jun 1	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
14	46 (4)	Jun 6	NYY	@	BAL	L,2-4	GS	15	3.1	1	1	0	2	0	P
15	51 (4)	Jun 10 (2)	NYY	@	WSA	L,0-1	GS	29	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	P
16	54 (2)	Jun 14	NYY		DET	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	59 (4)	Jun 19	NYY		WSA	W,3-2	GS	34	8.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
18	64 (4)	Jun 23	NYY	@	BOS	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
19	68 (3)	Jun 27	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-6	GS	25	5.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	73 (4)	Jul 1	NYY		BOS	W,7-5	GS	22	4.1	1	1	0	2	0	P
21	78 (4)	Jul 5	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-4	GS	25	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
22	81 (2)	Jul 7 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-4		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	84 (2)	Jul 13	NYY	@	LAA	L,1-3	GS	24	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
24	87 (2)	Jul 15	NYY	@	KCA	L,10-11		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	88	Jul 17	NYY	@	MIN	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
26	92 (3)	Jul 21 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,5-4	GS	30	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
27	97 (4)	Jul 26	NYY		MIN	W,6-5	GS	35	8.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
28	102 (4)	Jul 30	NYY		KCA	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	107 (4)	Aug 4 (2)	NYY		BAL	W,11-10	GS	13	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	112 (4)	Aug 9	NYY	@	LAA	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
31	116 (3)	Aug 14 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS	27	7.0	0	2	0	2	1	P
32	121 (4)	Aug 18 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-4	GS	37	8.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
33	126 (4)	Aug 23	NYY		CHW	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	P
34	130 (3)	Aug 27 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	P
35	135 (4)	Aug 31	NYY	@	BAL	W,5-3	GS	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	140 (4)	Sep 4	NYY		WSA	W,5-4	GS	29	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	P
37	145 (4)	Sep 9	NYY	@	KCA	L,6-7	GS	26	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
38	149 (3)	Sep 13	NYY	@	MIN	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
39	155 (5)	Sep 20 (2)	NYY		KCA	L,3-4	GS	30	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	P
40	159 (3)	Sep 25	NYY		LAA	W,3-1	GS	24	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
							40gm		249.1	22	32	2	56	1