Jim Bouton
Born: March 8, 1939, Newark, NJ Died: July 10, 2019, Great Barrington, MAHeight: 6'0" Weight: 170 Bats: Right Throws: Right
College: Western Michigan
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Pitching Statistics Show partial season data Year Team Lg Age W L ERA G GS CG MI GF SV SHO IP H BFP R ER HR UW IW HP SO 1962 New York AL 23 7 7 3.99 36 16 3 8 12 2 1 133.0 124 560 63 59 9 58 1 0 71 1963 New York AL 24 21 7 2.53 40 30 12 6 4 1 6 249.1 191 1004 79 70 18 85 2 3 148 1964 New York AL 25 18 13 3.02 38 37 11 0 1 0 4 271.1 227 1086 100 91 32 56 4 6 125 1965 New York AL 26 4 15 4.82 30 25 2 4 1 0 0 151.1 158 665 89 81 23 59 1 5 97 1966 New York AL 27 3 8 2.69 24 19 3 2 3 1 0 120.1 117 508 49 36 13 33 5 1 65 1967 New York AL 28 1 0 4.67 17 1 0 12 4 0 0 44.1 47 195 31 23 5 13 5 1 31 1968 New York AL 29 1 1 3.68 12 3 1 8 1 0 0 44.0 49 187 20 18 5 9 0 2 24 1969 2 Teams 30 2 3 3.96 73 2 1 46 25 2 0 122.2 109 530 64 54 13 45 5 4 100 1970 Houston NL 31 4 6 5.40 29 6 1 17 6 0 0 73.1 84 336 53 44 5 30 3 1 49 1978 Atlanta NL 39 1 3 4.97 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 29.0 25 129 18 16 4 20 1 0 10 TOTALS 62 63 3.57 304 144 34 103 57 6 11 1238.2 1131 5200 566 492 127 408 27 23 720
| Pitcher data: *: Throws lefthanded; W: Wins; L: Losses; ERA: Earned run average; G: Games; GS: Games started; CG: Complete games; MI: Middle relief (games not started nor finished); GF: Games finished in relief; SV: Saves; SHO: Shutouts; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BFP: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit batters; SO: Strikeouts |
Pitching Statistics (Batters' format) Year Team Lg G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1962 New York AL 36 490 63 124 190 21 9 9 6 5 3 4 58 1 0 71 18 .253 .388 .330 1963 New York AL 40 901 79 191 302 37 10 18 9 4 3 5 85 2 3 148 20 .212 .335 .282 1964 New York AL 38 1008 100 227 372 37 6 32 9 3 4 5 56 4 6 125 17 .225 .369 .272 1965 New York AL 30 588 89 158 264 21 8 23 8 4 7 4 59 1 5 97 8 .269 .449 .339 1966 New York AL 24 456 49 117 178 16 3 13 10 3 2 3 33 5 1 65 14 .257 .390 .313 1967 New York AL 17 171 31 47 77 9 3 5 3 2 3 1 13 5 1 31 2 .275 .450 .344 1968 New York AL 12 171 20 49 74 4 3 5 3 2 1 3 9 0 2 24 4 .287 .433 .326 1969 2 Teams 73 471 64 109 176 22 3 13 4 1 45 5 4 100 6 .231 .374 .310 1970 Houston NL 29 295 53 84 115 12 2 5 6 1 7 0 30 3 1 49 6 .285 .390 .358 1978 Atlanta NL 5 107 18 25 43 6 0 4 0 1 6 3 20 1 0 10 3 .234 .402 .357
| Pitcher data (batters' format): G: Games pitched; AB: At bats; R: Runs allowed; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Batting Statistics Show partial season data Year Team Lg Age G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1962 New York AL 23 38 32 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 10 0 .063 .063 .139 1963 New York AL 24 40 83 0 6 7 1 0 0 5 11 0 0 0 1 0 0 33 1 .072 .084 .083 1964 New York AL 25 38 100 3 13 15 2 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 44 0 .130 .150 .139 1965 New York AL 26 31 43 1 4 4 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 5 0 1 24 0 .093 .093 .204 1966 New York AL 27 24 38 1 4 4 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 23 0 .105 .105 .128 1967 New York AL 28 17 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 .000 .000 .125 1968 New York AL 29 12 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 .000 .000 .125 1969 2 Teams 30 73 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 .000 .000 .000 1970 Houston NL 31 29 17 3 6 6 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 1 .353 .353 .421 1978 Atlanta NL 39 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 .000 .125 TOTALS 307 347 8 35 38 3 0 0 21 29 1 0 0 14 0 3 160 2 .101 .110 .142
| Batter data: G: Games played; AB: At bats; R: Runs scored; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Defensive Statistics Year Team Lg POS INN GS DR+ DR- G PO A E DP FP RF9 SB CS PB PkO 1962 New York AL P 133.0 16 36 8 23 0 3 1.000 2.10 3 4 0 1963 New York AL P 249.1 30 40 22 32 2 1 .964 1.95 3 5 0 1964 New York AL P 271.1 37 38 31 27 5 1 .921 1.92 4 5 0 1965 New York AL P 151.1 25 30 13 21 0 3 1.000 2.02 7 4 3 1966 New York AL P 120.1 19 24 13 22 3 2 .921 2.62 2 3 0 1967 New York AL P 44.1 1 17 1 7 0 1 1.000 1.62 3 1 0 1968 New York AL P 44.0 3 12 7 11 0 1 1.000 3.68 1 3 0 1969 Seattle AL P 92.0 1 57 8 15 1 1 .958 2.25 11 4 0 1969 Houston NL P 30.2 1 16 2 5 0 0 1.000 2.05 5 3 1 1970 Houston NL P 73.1 6 29 4 11 3 0 .833 1.84 7 0 0 1978 Atlanta NL P 29.0 5 5 3 3 1 0 .857 1.86 6 3 0
| Fielding data: INN: Innings played; GS: Games started; DR+: Games as defensive replacement; DR-: Games replaced on defense; G: Games played; PO: Putouts; A: Assists; E: Errors; DP: Double plays; FP: Fielding percentage; RF9: Plays made per 9 innings; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught Stealing; PB: Passed balls |
Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Yankees (December 4, 1958).
- Sold by New York Yankees to Seattle Pilots for $20,000 (but Yankees paid $8,000 of his 1968 salary) (June 15, 1968).
- Traded by Seattle Pilots to Houston Astros in exchange for Dooley Womack and Roric Harrison (August 24, 1969).
- Released by Houston Astros (August 12, 1970).
- Signed by Chicago White Sox (April 7, 1977).
- Released by Chicago White Sox (June 1, 1977).
- Signed by Atlanta Braves (May 16, 1978).
- Granted free agency (November 2, 1978).
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