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: 27-13 / in Starts: 22-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 38, Entered with runners on base: 6

1963 Pitching Game Log

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1963 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	37	2	Apr 10	NYY	@	KCA	W,5-3	7-9	H(1)	99	1.1	1	3	3	4	2	0	0	20.25	8.48	9	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.46	-0.053	1.06	-0.07%	-1.40	7b --- 2 out a3	9b 12- 0 out a4
2	38	6	Apr 16	NYY		DET	L,2-7	5-6		5	2.0	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	8.10	3.98	8	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	.16	0.016	.44	0.03%	0.90	5t --- 0 out d5	6t 3 out d5
3	39	10	Apr 21	NYY	@	WSA	W,7-6	2-GF	W(1-0)	4	7.1	8	2	2	0	3	0	0	4.22	2.39	28	8	9	0	0	8		1	0	0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.62	0.368	3.55	0.48%	1.38	2b 1-- 2 out d2	9b end a 1
4	40	11	Apr 24	NYY		CHW	L,4-6	9-10		2	2.0	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	3.55	2.40	9	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.56	0.141	6.75	0.22%	0.90	9t --- 0 out d2	10t 3 out tie
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
5	41	15	May 1	NYY	@	LAA	L,3-5	1-4		6	3.2	3	0	0	4	2	0	0	2.76	2.91	18	5	6	1	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	.40	0.056	1.01	0.08%	1.74	1b 1-- 1 out d4	4b 3 out d4
6	42	17	May 3	NYY	@	MIN	W,4-3	7-GF(10)	W(2-0)	1	4.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.21	2.87	13	4	7	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.74	0.503	4.39	0.76%	1.85	7b --- 0 out tie	10b end a 1
7	43	20	May 6	NYY	@	DET	W,10-3	7-GF	S(1)	2	2.1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.99	2.57	7	1	3	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.30	0.057	.80	0.09%	1.41	7b 1-3 2 out a3	9b end a 7
8	44	22	May 8	NYY	@	DET	L,6-7	5-GF	BL(2-1)	1	3.2	3	3	3	1	3	2	0	2.73	3.43	15	5	4	2	0	2		3	0	0	0	0	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	2.31	-0.465	6.34	-0.77%	-0.07	5b 123 1 out a1	9b end d 1
9	45	26	May 12	NYY	@	BAL	W,2-0	SHO	W(3-1)	3	9.0	2	0	0	1	5	0	0	2.04	2.99	30	11	11	2	0	2	87			0	0	0	28	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.26	0.593	3.34	0.94%	3.92	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
10	46	29	May 17	NYY		LAA	W,4-3	CG	W(4-1)	4	9.0	4	3	3	3	6	2	1	2.23	3.47	34	11	9	1	0	4	70			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	0.415	3.17	0.74%	1.04	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
11	47	32	May 21	NYY		KCA	W,7-4	GS-6	W(5-1)	3	5.2	6	3	3	5	4	2	0	2.52	4.02	27	7	7	1	0	4	44			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	1	0	.93	0.054	3.20	0.11%	-0.52	1t start tie	6t 1-- 2 out a4
12	48	36	May 26(1)	NYY		WSA	W,7-1	CG	W(6-1)	4	9.0	7	1	1	4	4	0	0	2.29	3.85	35	8	12	3	0	7	69			0	0	0	31	2	1	0	2	0	0	1.10	0.271	4.05	0.60%	3.04	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
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
13	49	41	Jun 1	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	W(7-1)	5	9.0	7	2	2	3	6	1	0	2.25	3.82	34	7	12	1	0	6	68			0	0	0	31	2	1	0	2	0	0	1.10	0.295	4.41	0.71%	2.04	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
14	50	46	Jun 6	NYY	@	BAL	L,2-4	GS-4		4	3.1	3	2	2	3	2	0	0	2.40	3.82	15	4	3	0	0	3	45			0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.104	5.70	-0.32%	-0.73	1b start tie	4b 1-- 1 out d2
15	51	51	Jun 10(2)	NYY	@	WSA	L,0-1	GS-7	L(7-2)	3	7.0	5	1	1	3	1	0	0	2.30	3.79	29	13	9	1	0	3	61			0	0	0	25	0	1	0	1	0	1	1.14	0.177	4.41	0.41%	2.17	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
16	52	54	Jun 14	NYY		DET	W,4-2	CG	W(8-2)	3	9.0	7	2	2	2	7	1	0	2.27	3.72	36	7	14	4	0	6	70			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.222	3.69	0.48%	2.04	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
17	53	59	Jun 19	NYY		WSA	W,3-2	GS-9	W(9-2)	4	8.1	6	2	2	3	4	0	0	2.26	3.62	34	8	14	1	0	5	64			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.285	4.67	0.80%	1.56	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out a1
18	54	64	Jun 23	NYY	@	BOS	W,8-0	SHO	W(10-2)	3	9.0	4	0	0	2	5	0	0	2.06	3.48	33	10	12	2	0	4	82			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.52	0.288	3.14	1.05%	4.20	1b start tie	9b 3 out a8
19	55	68	Jun 27	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-6	GS-5	L(10-3)	3	5.0	10	6	6	0	2	0	1	2.46	3.43	25	8	6	0	0	8	25			0	0	0	24	3	0	0	1	0	0	.52	-0.314	3.62	-1.31%	-3.78	1b start tie	5b 3 out d6
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
20	56	73	Jul 1	NYY		BOS	W,7-5	GS-5		3	4.1	7	5	5	2	2	1	0	2.76	3.52	22	6	6	1	0	6	29			0	0	0	20	3	0	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.408	6.29	-1.57%	-3.61	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out tie
21	57	78	Jul 5	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-4	GS-6	L(10-4)	3	6.0	6	3	2	1	3	0	0	2.78	3.45	25	8	9	1	0	4	52			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	1	1	.92	-0.092	5.82	-0.35%	-0.31	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
22	58	81	Jul 7(2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-4	9-9	BW(11-4)	1	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.76	3.42	3	0	1	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.95	-0.182	39.07	-0.72%	-0.15	9b 12- 1 out a1	9b 3 out tie
23	59	84	Jul 13	NYY	@	LAA	L,1-3	GS-6	L(11-5)	5	6.0	4	3	2	1	1	0	0	2.77	3.39	24	8	11	2	0	3	54			0	0	0	23	0	1	0	0	0	1	.83	-0.115	4.82	-0.40%	-0.44	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
24	60	87	Jul 15	NYY	@	KCA	L,10-11	11-11		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.76	3.38	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.26	0.062	12.21	0.20%	0.22	11b 1-- 2 out tie	11b 3 out tie
25	61	88	Jul 17	NYY	@	MIN	W,4-0	SHO	W(12-5)	1	9.0	7	0	0	1	8	0	0	2.58	3.23	36	9	11	1	0	7	80			0	0	0	35	0	2	0	0	0	1	.77	0.416	5.17	1.68%	4.16	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
26	62	92	Jul 21(2)	NYY		CLE	W,5-4	GS-8		3	7.0	4	3	2	4	9	0	0	2.58	3.15	30	9	4	2	0	4	64			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.22	0.019	6.58	0.06%	-0.20	1t start tie	8t 1-3 0 out a2
27	63	97	Jul 26	NYY		MIN	W,6-5	GS-9	W(13-5)	4	8.1	8	5	5	2	10	2	0	2.74	3.19	35	11	5	1	0	7	55			0	0	0	33	2	2	0	0	0	1	1.24	0.153	6.45	0.48%	-1.20	1t start tie	9t --- 1 out a1
28	64	102	Jul 30	NYY		KCA	W,6-2	CG	W(14-5)	3	9.0	7	2	2	3	8	1	0	2.69	3.19	35	12	8	3	0	4	70			0	0	0	30	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.31	0.313	4.90	0.71%	2.04	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
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
29	65	107	Aug 4(2)	NYY		BAL	W,11-10	GS-2		4	1.2	4	5	0	2	2	0	0	2.67	3.20	13	3	2	0	0	4	37			0	0	0	11	1	1	0	0	0	2	1.54	-0.505	9.04	-1.78%	-4.67	1t start tie	2t -23 2 out d1
30	66	112	Aug 9	NYY	@	LAA	W,1-0	SHO	W(15-5)	4	9.0	5	0	0	2	3	0	0	2.53	3.16	32	15	10	2	0	2	78			0	1	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.81	0.771	6.02	1.54%	3.84	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
31	67	116	Aug 14(2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS-7	L(15-6)	4	7.0	6	3	2	2	4	0	0	2.53	3.12	27	10	6	1	0	5	57			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	0	.56	-0.133	1.47	-0.21%	0.27	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
32	68	121	Aug 18(2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-4	GS-9	W(16-6)	3	8.1	8	4	4	7	4	0	0	2.61	3.16	37	11	10	1	0	5	48			0	2	0	29	3	0	0	1	1	0	.98	0.301	2.33	0.43%	-0.48	1b start tie	9b 1-- 1 out a4
33	69	126	Aug 23	NYY		CHW	W,7-2	CG	W(17-6)	4	9.0	10	2	2	5	2	0	0	2.58	3.19	39	13	11	2	0	8	56			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.10	0.116	1.88	0.12%	2.04	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
34	70	130	Aug 27(1)	NYY		BOS	W,5-0	SHO	W(18-6)	3	9.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.47	3.15	30	15	11	2	0	1	84			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	1	.48	0.261	.16	0.05%	4.04	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
35	71	135	Aug 31	NYY	@	BAL	W,5-3	GS-9	W(19-6)	3	8.0	6	3	3	3	2	1	0	2.50	3.21	32	14	8	0	0	5	57			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.02	0.125	.22	0.02%	0.12	1b start tie	9b 1-- 0 out a2
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
36	72	140	Sep 4	NYY		WSA	W,5-4	GS-8		3	8.0	5	4	4	1	0	3	0	2.57	3.37	29	14	10	0	0	4	55			1	1	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	1	.90	-0.172	.05	-0.01%	-0.41	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
37	73	145	Sep 9	NYY	@	KCA	L,6-7	GS-7		4	6.0	4	2	2	3	3	0	1	2.58	3.38	26	8	7	0	0	4	56			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.52	0.152	.00	0.00%	1.90	1b start tie	7b 12- 0 out a6
38	74	149	Sep 13	NYY	@	MIN	W,2-0	SHO	W(20-6)	3	9.0	6	0	0	3	11	0	0	2.49	3.29	35	12	7	0	0	2	83			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.53	0.582	.00	0.00%	4.16	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
39	75	155	Sep 20(2)	NYY		KCA	L,3-4	GS-7	L(20-7)	6	7.0	9	4	4	1	3	1	0	2.56	3.30	30	7	11	0	0	8	45			0	1	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.176	.00	0.00%	-0.86	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
40	76	159	Sep 25	NYY		LAA	W,3-1	GS-7	W(21-7)	4	7.0	3	1	1	1	4	1	0	2.53	3.31	24	4	12	2	0	3	70			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.294	.00	0.00%	2.14	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
							27-13		W-L:21-7,Sv:1,BSv:2,Hld:1	3.3	249.1	191	79	70	87	148	18	3	2.53	3.31	1004	1.04		7%	0%	154	61	10	10%	3	5	0	901	37	10	2	20	4	11	1.06	4.587	3.45	5.29%	34.24

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