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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\

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.

1970 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1970 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	HOU	@	SFG	W,8-5		5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	5 (3)	Apr 11	HOU		ATL	W,8-7	GS	35	8.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	10 (4)	Apr 16	HOU		SFG	L,9-11	GS	28	5.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	14 (3)	Apr 20	HOU	@	PIT	L,1-3	GS	23	6.0	1	1	1	3	0	P
5	18 (3)	Apr 25	HOU	@	CHC	L,5-11	GS	20	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	26 (7)	May 4	HOU		CHC	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
7	28 (1)	May 7	HOU		PIT	L,5-9		8	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
8	35 (6)	May 15	HOU	@	SDP	L,8-10		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	36	May 16	HOU	@	SDP	W,9-7		2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	39 (2)	May 19	HOU		STL	L,3-12	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	44 (4)	May 24	HOU		CIN	W,10-7	GS	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	46 (1)	May 27	HOU	@	ATL	L,1-8	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	49 (2)	May 31 (1)	HOU	@	NYM	L,4-14		5	0.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	54 (4)	Jun 5	HOU		PHI	W,8-7		8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
15	55	Jun 6	HOU		PHI	L,3-7		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	56	Jun 7	HOU		PHI	L,3-10		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	63 (6)	Jun 16	HOU	@	PHI	L,1-2	GF	19	3.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	67 (3)	Jun 20	HOU	@	ATL	W,9-6		21	4.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	72 (4)	Jun 26	HOU		CIN	L,2-3		7	1.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
20	73	Jun 27	HOU		CIN	L,2-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	79 (5)	Jul 3 (2)	HOU	@	CIN	W,10-4		12	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	81 (1)	Jul 5	HOU	@	CIN	L,1-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	82	Jul 6	HOU		LAD	L,8-10		6	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	86 (3)	Jul 10	HOU		SFG	L,5-8		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	87	Jul 11	HOU		SFG	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	92 (4)	Jul 19	HOU		CHC	L,1-7		20	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	95 (2)	Jul 22	HOU	@	STL	W,13-9		7	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
28	97 (1)	Jul 24	HOU	@	PIT	L,0-11		24	5.0	0	1	2	3	0	P
29	101 (3)	Jul 29	HOU	@	CHC	L,2-9		8	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
							29gm		73.1	4	11	3	18	0