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: 10-19 / in Starts: 3-3

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 18, Entered with runners on base: 6

1970 Pitching Game Log

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1970 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	271	1	Apr 7	HOU	@	SFG	W,8-5	7-8	H(1)	99	0.2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.64	5	1	1	0	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.91	-0.037	4.51	-0.03%	-0.18	7b 1-- 2 out a1	8b 12- 1 out a2
2	272	5	Apr 11	HOU		ATL	W,8-7	GS-9	W(1-0)	3	8.1	8	7	6	2	6	1	0	6.00	3.42	35	9	10	0	4	8	45			0	0	0	33	0	1	0	1	0	1	.63	0.073	.85	0.06%	-1.54	1t start tie	9t 12- 1 out a3
3	273	10	Apr 16	HOU		SFG	L,9-11	GS-6		4	5.1	8	6	5	3	8	0	0	6.91	2.64	28	5	4	0	0	8	35			2	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.21	-0.259	1.66	-0.21%	-2.99	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out a1
4	274	14	Apr 20	HOU	@	PIT	L,1-3	GS-6	L(1-1)	3	6.0	3	3	2	1	2	1	0	5.75	3.23	23	13	4	0	0	3	57			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	1	1	.90	-0.128	1.27	-0.11%	-0.07	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
5	275	18	Apr 25	HOU	@	CHC	L,5-11	GS-5	L(1-2)	4	4.0	8	6	6	0	2	2	0	7.03	4.04	20	5	5	0	1	8	24			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.432	1.16	-0.26%	-3.76	1b start a 1	5b --- 0 out d2
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
6	276	26	May 4	HOU		CHC	W,7-2	CG	W(2-2)	8	9.0	6	2	1	4	2	0	0	5.40	3.90	37	14	11	0	5	6	67			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	2	0	2	1.25	0.308	.90	0.13%	2.35	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
7	277	28	May 7	HOU		PIT	L,5-9	7-8	L(2-3)	2	1.2	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	5.66	4.01	8	4	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.56	-0.194	1.17	-0.09%	-0.26	7t --- 0 out d2	8t 1-- 2 out d1
8	278	35	May 15	HOU	@	SDP	L,8-10	7-7		7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.50	3.97	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.55	0.041	.53	0.02%	0.48	7b --- 0 out d1	7b 3 out d1
9	279	36	May 16	HOU	@	SDP	W,9-7	9-9		0	0.0	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	5.75	4.05	2	0	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.66	-0.080	.60	-0.04%	-1.97	9b 1-- 0 out a5	9b 1-3 0 out a4
10	280	39	May 19	HOU		STL	L,3-12	8-GF		2	2.0	3	3	3	1	1	0	0	6.16	4.01	10	2	3	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	.01	-0.003	.01	0.00%	-2.03	8t --- 0 out d7	9t end d10
11	281	44	May 24	HOU		CIN	W,10-7	GS-1		4	0.0	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	6.63	4.09	4	0	0	0	0	3	35			2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	-0.260	.69	-0.08%	-2.99	1t start tie	1t 12- 0 out d2
12	282	46	May 27	HOU	@	ATL	L,1-8	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	6.30	3.99	7	4	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.00	0.00%	1.06	7b --- 0 out d7	8b end d 7
13	283	49	May 31(1)	HOU	@	NYM	L,4-14	7-7		3	0.1	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	6.92	4.05	5	1	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.01	-0.003	.00	0.00%	-3.02	7b --- 0 out d7	7b 1-- 1 out d10
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
14	284	54	Jun 5	HOU		PHI	W,8-7	9-10		4	2.0	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	6.59	3.80	8	4	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.65	0.170	.34	0.02%	0.97	9t --- 0 out d1	10t 3 out tie
15	285	55	Jun 6	HOU		PHI	L,3-7	8-8		0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.54	3.79	1	0	1	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.38	0.010	.10	0.00%	0.76	8t 123 2 out d4	8t 3 out d4
16	286	56	Jun 7	HOU		PHI	L,3-10	5-5		0	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.44	3.77	2	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.05	0.001	.01	0.00%	0.26	5t --- 1 out d8	5t 3 out d8
17	287	63	Jun 16	HOU	@	PHI	L,1-2	10-GF(13)	L(2-4)	8	3.2	5	1	1	5	0	0	0	6.13	4.00	19	8	2	1	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	2	1	0	0	2.95	0.039	.25	0.00%	0.19	10b --- 0 out tie	13b end d 1
18	288	67	Jun 20	HOU	@	ATL	W,9-6	5-9	W(3-4)	3	4.1	6	3	3	2	5	0	0	6.14	3.81	21	3	5	0	1	6		3	1	0	0	0	19	0	1	0	0	0	0	.69	0.142	.02	0.00%	0.35	5b 123 1 out a4	9b --3 2 out a5
19	289	72	Jun 26	HOU		CIN	L,2-3	8-9	L(3-5)	5	1.1	4	2	2	0	0	1	0	6.32	4.02	7	3	0	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.65	-0.433	.12	-0.02%	-1.54	8t --- 0 out d1	9t 1-- 1 out d1
20	290	73	Jun 27	HOU		CIN	L,2-5	9-GF		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.20	4.00	3	0	3	0	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.007	.00	0.00%	0.48	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
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
21	291	79	Jul 3(2)	HOU	@	CIN	W,10-4	6-8	H(2)	5	2.2	3	0	0	0	4	0	1	5.91	3.85	12	2	2	1	0	3		2	1	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	0.142	.02	0.00%	1.06	6b 12- 0 out a3	8b 1-3 2 out a4
22	292	81	Jul 5	HOU	@	CIN	L,1-3	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.81	3.82	3	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.007	.00	0.00%	0.52	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
23	293	82	Jul 6	HOU		LAD	L,8-10	10-10	L(3-6)	0	0.2	2	4	4	2	0	0	0	6.36	3.91	6	0	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.16	-0.354	.00	0.00%	-1.28	10t --- 0 out tie	10t 123 2 out d1
24	294	86	Jul 10	HOU		SFG	L,5-8	7-8		3	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	6.15	3.80	7	3	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.103	.00	0.00%	0.97	7t --- 0 out d1	8t 3 out d1
25	295	87	Jul 11	HOU		SFG	W,5-4	14-GF(14)	W(4-6)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.05	3.79	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.79	0.134	.00	0.00%	0.48	14t --- 0 out tie	14t end tie
26	296	92	Jul 19	HOU		CHC	L,1-7	4-8		7	5.0	3	1	0	2	2	0	0	5.59	3.73	20	7	6	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	18	2	0	1	0	0	0	.15	0.022	.00	0.00%	1.42	4t --- 0 out d5	8t 3 out d6
27	297	95	Jul 22	HOU	@	STL	W,13-9	4-4		2	0.2	4	3	0	0	1	0	0	5.54	3.69	7	1	1	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.276	.00	0.00%	-2.93	4b --- 0 out a4	4b 12- 2 out a1
28	298	97	Jul 24	HOU	@	PIT	L,0-11	3-7		1	5.0	6	3	3	2	6	0	0	5.53	3.53	24	5	5	0	0	6		0	0	0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.06	-0.022	.00	0.00%	-0.56	3b --- 0 out d6	7b 3 out d9
29	299	101	Jul 29	HOU	@	CHC	L,2-9	5-6		4	1.2	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	5.40	3.58	8	3	0	0	0	0		1	1	2	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	-0.006	.00	0.00%	0.29	5b -2- 1 out d5	6b 3 out d6
							10-19		W-L:4-6,Hld:2	3.0	73.1	84	53	44	33	49	5	1	5.40	3.58	338	1.43		2%	8%	80	44	11	36%	7	0	0	297	12	2	3	6	1	5	.97	-1.287	.61	-0.61%	-13.51

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