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

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Team Record in Appearances: 14-22 / in Starts: 6-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 29, Entered with runners on base: 6

1962 Pitching Game Log

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1962 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	8	Apr 22(1)	NYY		CLE	L,5-7	6-8		99	3.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.00	3.95	12	6	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	0.023	.44	0.04%	1.45	6t --- 0 out d6	8t 3 out d4
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
2	2	21	May 6(2)	NYY		WSA	W,8-0	SHO	W(1-0)	13	9.0	7	0	0	7	3	0	0	0.00	4.20	38	14	11	0	0	3	69			0	1	0	31	0	0	0	2	0	0	.61	0.235	1.81	0.42%	4.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
3	3	26	May 13(2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,5-8	GS-4		6	3.1	6	3	3	3	1	1	0	1.76	5.16	18	6	5	0	1	3	34			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.22	-0.082	5.03	-0.20%	-1.59	1b start a 2	4b 1-- 1 out a2
4	4	27	May 15	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-14	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	3	3	3	1	0	1	0	3.12	5.79	10	0	6	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-1.98	7b --- 0 out d8	8b end d11
5	5	35	May 23	NYY		KCA	W,13-7	6-7		7	2.0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.26	5.51	8	1	4	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	-0.006	.67	-0.01%	-0.03	6t --- 0 out d4	7t 3 out d5
6	6	40	May 27(2)	NYY		DET	L,1-5	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.10	5.37	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.003	.17	0.01%	0.48	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
7	7	41	May 29	NYY	@	KCA	L,1-2	GS-6	L(1-1)	1	6.0	6	2	1	2	3	0	0	2.73	4.74	26	7	10	2	1	4	55			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	.77	0.038	2.71	0.08%	1.09	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
8	8	51	Jun 10(1)	NYY		BAL	L,1-5	8-GF		11	2.0	3	3	3	2	2	0	0	3.49	4.66	11	1	3	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	.26	-0.037	1.16	-0.10%	-2.03	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 5
9	9	52	Jun 10(2)	NYY		BAL	L,2-7	9-GF		-1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.38	4.59	4	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.001	.09	0.00%	0.48	9t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
10	10	53	Jun 11	NYY		BAL	L,3-5	6-7		0	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.16	4.40	6	3	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.31	0.047	1.27	0.12%	0.97	6t --- 0 out d4	7t 3 out d2
11	11	56	Jun 16	NYY	@	CLE	L,9-10	3-3		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.06	4.29	3	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.007	.43	0.02%	0.48	3b --- 0 out d6	3b 3 out d6
12	12	57	Jun 17(1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-6	6-7		0	2.0	2	1	1	2	2	0	0	3.15	4.25	9	1	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	-0.014	.63	-0.04%	-0.04	6b --- 0 out d4	7b 3 out d5
13	13	63	Jun 23(2)	NYY	@	DET	L,4-5	7-GF(8)		5	2.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.97	4.05	8	3	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	.39	0.039	1.13	0.07%	1.03	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
14	14	64	Jun 24	NYY	@	DET	W,9-7	16-GF(22)	W(2-1)	0	7.0	3	0	0	2	6	0	0	2.49	3.68	26	6	11	0	3	1		0	0	0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	1	2.24	0.935	6.47	1.62%	3.60	16b --- 0 out tie	22b end a 2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
15	15	72	Jul 1(2)	NYY		LAA	L,5-12	GS-6		6	5.2	5	4	4	4	2	1	0	2.94	3.98	25	8	7	2	0	4	41			0	0	0	20	3	0	0	0	1	0	.94	-0.200	4.92	-0.63%	-1.52	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out d2
16	16	81	Jul 13	NYY	@	LAA	L,2-5	6-GF(8)		11	3.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.77	3.83	10	5	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	0.033	.91	0.13%	1.44	6b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
17	17	85	Jul 16	NYY	@	KCA	W,3-1	9-GF	S(1)	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.75	3.82	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.56	0.099	20.74	0.35%	0.51	9b 1-3 2 out a2	9b end a 2
18	18	87	Jul 18	NYY	@	BOS	W,12-4	CG	W(3-1)	1	9.0	11	4	4	1	4	1	0	2.93	3.77	38	15	8	2	0	10	52			0	0	0	37	3	0	0	1	0	0	.27	0.094	1.73	0.36%	0.58	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a8
19	19	92	Jul 22(2)	NYY		WSA	L,3-8	GS-8	L(3-2)	3	7.2	7	6	6	2	5	1	0	3.39	3.78	31	10	9	2	0	5	44			1	0	0	29	1	1	0	1	0	0	.90	-0.127	5.25	-0.45%	-0.55	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out d3
20	20	96	Jul 26	NYY		BOS	W,13-3	GS-7	W(4-2)	3	6.1	7	3	3	2	2	0	0	3.46	3.71	25	9	7	2	0	5	47			0	1	0	23	2	1	0	1	0	0	.36	0.164	2.18	0.59%	-0.28	1t start tie	7t -2- 1 out a10
21	21	98	Jul 28	NYY		CHW	W,4-3	9-GF	S(2)	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.43	3.70	1	0	1	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.85	0.168	23.51	0.62%	0.51	9t 1-- 1 out a1	9t end a 1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
22	22	102	Aug 1(1)	NYY	@	WSA	W,6-4	CG	W(5-2)	3	9.0	7	4	4	2	9	1	0	3.49	3.59	36	8	12	3	0	5	64			1	0	0	32	0	2	0	0	2	0	.67	0.165	3.64	0.54%	0.45	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a2
23	23	110	Aug 8(2)	NYY		BAL	L,3-4	GS-6	L(5-3)	6	6.0	4	4	1	3	4	0	0	3.36	3.54	27	13	6	0	0	1	55			0	0	0	24	0	0	1	1	0	2	.96	-0.162	5.52	-0.56%	-1.09	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
24	24	115	Aug 13	NYY	@	MIN	L,4-6	GS-6		4	6.0	9	3	3	4	2	0	0	3.43	3.57	28	11	5	0	0	6	40			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.40	-0.058	10.65	-0.27%	0.09	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
25	25	119	Aug 17	NYY	@	KCA	L,2-7	GS-6	L(5-4)	3	5.0	5	3	3	1	2	1	0	3.53	3.64	20	10	2	1	0	5	46			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	-0.205	6.01	-0.62%	-0.78	1b start a 2	6b 1-3 0 out tie
26	26	124	Aug 21	NYY	@	LAA	W,11-4	5-9		3	3.2	1	1	1	3	5	0	0	3.49	3.59	15	4	2	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.25	0.088	21.21	0.50%	1.24	5b 1-3 2 out d2	9b 1-3 1 out a1
27	27	127	Aug 24(1)	NYY	@	BAL	L,2-6	GS-3	L(5-5)	2	2.1	7	5	5	4	2	0	0	3.83	3.64	17	5	2	1	0	4	21			0	0	0	12	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.03	-0.397	4.68	-1.08%	-5.14	1b start tie	3b 123 1 out d3
28	28	130	Aug 25(2)	NYY	@	BAL	L,3-4	9-9	L(5-6)	0	0.1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	3.90	3.70	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.77	-0.072	16.82	-0.26%	-0.41	9b --- 0 out tie	9b 12- 1 out tie
29	29	135	Aug 29(2)	NYY		CLE	L,5-9	GS-3	L(5-7)	3	2.1	7	5	5	1	0	1	0	4.23	3.82	15	5	3	2	0	6	22			0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.315	8.35	-1.50%	-4.06	1t start tie	3t 1-- 1 out d5
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
30	30	138	Sep 2	NYY		KCA	W,2-1	GS-6		3	6.0	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	4.09	3.74	21	9	6	1	0	5	59			0	0	0	20	1	1	0	2	1	0	.85	0.182	5.69	0.73%	1.91	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
31	31	146	Sep 9(2)	NYY		BOS	L,4-5	GS-7		6	6.2	8	4	4	4	2	1	0	4.16	3.85	29	14	4	0	0	5	40			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	3	0	0	1.44	-0.217	14.91	-1.35%	-0.83	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out d1
32	32	148	Sep 11	NYY	@	DET	W,8-7	9-GF(10)	W(6-7)	1	2.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	4.09	3.86	9	3	2	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.38	0.345	30.26	1.85%	1.03	9b --- 0 out tie	10b end a 1
33	33	151	Sep 15	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-6	8-GF	W(7-7)	3	1.1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	4.05	3.80	5	1	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.065	3.93	0.19%	0.84	8b -2- 2 out d1	9b end a 3
34	34	154	Sep 19	NYY	@	WSA	W,8-5	3-4		3	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.00	3.77	5	2	1	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	.46	-0.052	1.14	-0.08%	-0.33	3b 1-3 1 out d2	4b 3 out d4
35	35	156	Sep 22	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-6	8-GF(8)		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.98	3.76	2	1	1	0	0	0		3	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.34	-0.022	.22	-0.01%	-0.43	8b 123 1 out d2	8b end d 4
36	36	160	Sep 28	NYY		CHW	W,7-3	GS-4		5	4.0	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	3.99	3.76	15	5	5	1	0	2	49			0	1	0	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.023	.00	0.00%	-0.06	1t start tie	4t 3 out d1
							14-22		W-L:7-7,Sv:2	2.8	133.0	124	63	59	59	71	9	0	3.99	3.76	560	1.29		7%	1%	91	46	11	36%	3	4	0	490	21	9	1	18	5	3	.91	0.742	5.38	1.06%	1.39

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