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: 21-17 / in Starts: 21-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1964 Pitching Game Log

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1964 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	77	2	Apr 17	NYY	@	BAL	L,3-4	GS-11	L(0-1)	99	10.0	11	4	3	3	3	0	0	2.70	2.91	43	16	13	1	0	8	56			1	0	0	38	2	0	2	1	2	1	1.26	0.016	2.36	0.02%	-0.30	1b start tie	11b 123 0 out tie
2	78	7	Apr 25	NYY		BAL	W,4-1	GS-9	W(1-1)	7	8.0	3	1	1	1	5	1	0	2.00	3.11	29	10	12	2	0	1	76			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	1	.62	0.278	1.07	0.29%	2.31	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out a3
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
3	79	10	May 2	NYY		WSA	L,4-5	GS-6		6	6.0	5	4	4	2	5	1	1	3.00	3.48	24	6	5	2	0	5	49			1	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.248	2.79	-0.34%	-1.24	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
4	80	14	May 6(1)	NYY	@	WSA	W,9-2	GS-7	W(2-1)	3	7.0	5	2	2	0	6	1	0	2.90	3.31	26	6	9	2	0	5	65			0	0	0	26	1	1	0	0	0	0	.65	0.067	1.43	0.09%	1.16	1b start tie	7b 3 out a5
5	81	19	May 10(1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,12-2	GS-7	W(3-1)	3	7.0	4	2	1	0	8	1	0	2.61	3.11	26	6	9	2	0	3	71			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	2	.15	0.057	.49	0.11%	1.16	1b start a 5	7b 3 out a7
6	82	23	May 14	NYY	@	DET	L,3-7	GS-7	L(3-2)	3	6.2	11	5	4	4	5	0	0	3.02	3.08	35	10	8	2	1	8	35			0	0	0	29	0	2	0	0	0	1	1.58	-0.161	5.22	-0.32%	-0.19	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out tie
7	83	28	May 19	NYY		MIN	L,2-7	GS-7		4	7.0	4	2	2	1	2	1	1	2.96	3.30	26	9	9	3	0	4	62			0	1	0	24	2	0	0	1	0	1	.98	0.021	3.41	0.04%	1.23	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
8	84	32	May 24(1)	NYY		LAA	L,0-3	GS-7	L(3-3)	4	7.0	10	3	3	0	4	0	0	3.07	3.08	30	11	7	1	0	8	49			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	.59	-0.109	1.44	-0.16%	0.23	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
9	85	36	May 29	NYY	@	KCA	L,1-4	GS-6	L(3-4)	4	6.0	6	3	3	1	3	1	0	3.20	3.19	24	9	8	2	3	3	50			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.55	-0.130	1.53	-0.22%	-0.18	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
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
10	86	40	Jun 2	NYY	@	MIN	L,2-6	GS-3	L(3-5)	3	3.0	5	3	2	2	2	0	0	3.33	3.20	15	4	2	1	0	5	39			0	0	0	12	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.11	-0.181	2.56	-0.25%	-1.63	1b start tie	3b 3 out d3
11	87	44	Jun 6	NYY	@	LAA	W,2-0	GS-13		3	13.0	10	0	0	5	5	0	0	2.79	3.16	52	20	13	2	6	9	87			1	1	0	46	2	0	2	1	0	1	2.09	1.086	4.10	1.28%	5.29	1b start tie	13b 3 out tie
12	88	49	Jun 11	NYY	@	BOS	W,8-4	CG	W(4-5)	4	9.0	9	4	4	3	2	2	0	2.91	3.45	37	13	10	0	6	9	52			0	1	0	34	3	0	0	1	0	0	.59	0.287	1.36	0.40%	0.27	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
13	89	55	Jun 16(1)	NYY		BOS	L,5-6	CG	L(4-6)	4	9.0	10	6	6	1	5	2	1	3.19	3.60	38	13	13	2	4	5	47			0	0	0	35	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.12	-0.375	4.59	-0.92%	-1.85	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
14	90	60	Jun 21(1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,2-0	GS-8	W(5-6)	4	7.2	3	0	0	0	5	0	0	2.96	3.43	26	10	8	0	2	3	78			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.485	5.60	1.58%	3.30	1b start tie	8b 1-- 2 out a2
15	91	65	Jun 25	NYY	@	BAL	L,1-3	GS-6	L(5-7)	3	6.0	5	3	3	3	2	2	0	3.04	3.66	26	8	8	1	2	5	49			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.100	5.36	-0.39%	-0.29	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
16	92	70	Jun 30(1)	NYY		LAA	W,4-0	SHO	W(6-7)	4	9.0	4	0	0	2	2	0	0	2.82	3.60	32	12	14	2	4	2	79			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.434	3.39	0.97%	4.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
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
17	93	75	Jul 4(1)	NYY		MIN	W,7-5	GS-8	W(7-7)	3	8.0	8	5	5	2	4	3	0	2.99	3.83	34	4	18	4	5	6	48			1	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.339	4.92	-0.87%	-1.31	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
18	94	80	Jul 11	NYY	@	WSA	W,3-2	GS-8	W(8-7)	6	7.2	5	2	2	1	3	1	0	2.96	3.83	29	10	11	3	3	4	63			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.58	0.264	6.59	0.66%	1.28	1b start a 2	8b --3 2 out a1
19	95	85	Jul 16	NYY		BAL	L,1-6	GS-7	L(8-8)	4	7.0	6	3	3	2	2	1	0	3.00	3.88	28	5	15	5	2	4	53			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	-0.095	7.97	-0.45%	0.23	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
20	96	90	Jul 21	NYY		WSA	W,7-1	CG	W(9-8)	4	9.0	4	1	1	2	4	1	0	2.88	3.87	33	10	15	3	6	2	77			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	1	.68	0.282	2.95	0.74%	3.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
21	97	95	Jul 25	NYY	@	DET	W,14-2	CG	W(10-8)	3	9.0	8	2	2	8	5	0	0	2.83	3.89	41	10	14	5	2	4	60			0	0	0	33	0	1	0	1	0	0	.11	0.042	.56	0.13%	2.15	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a12
22	98	100	Jul 29	NYY	@	LAA	W,5-0	SHO	W(11-8)	3	9.0	4	0	0	1	5	0	0	2.68	3.78	32	10	13	3	3	3	83			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.291	4.94	1.07%	3.66	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
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
23	99	103	Aug 2	NYY	@	MIN	W,2-0	SHO	W(12-8)	3	9.0	3	0	0	1	5	0	0	2.55	3.68	30	9	15	2	5	0	85			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.08	0.607	6.37	2.14%	4.11	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
24	100	107	Aug 7	NYY		BAL	L,0-2	GS-7	L(12-9)	4	7.0	4	1	1	0	3	0	1	2.50	3.63	25	10	9	1	0	2	68			0	1	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.227	8.98	1.32%	2.23	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
25	101	112	Aug 11(2)	NYY		CHW	L,2-8	GS-6	L(12-10)	3	6.0	9	7	7	0	1	2	1	2.75	3.73	28	9	10	1	0	7	27			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.286	5.31	-1.11%	-4.24	1t start tie	6t 3 out d6
26	102	116	Aug 15	NYY	@	BAL	W,8-1	CG	W(13-10)	3	9.0	5	1	1	2	2	1	0	2.67	3.76	33	12	14	2	2	3	73			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.49	0.129	2.81	0.44%	3.07	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a7
27	103	120	Aug 19	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-4	GS-7	L(13-11)	3	6.1	5	4	0	2	3	0	0	2.59	3.72	28	10	10	1	2	3	56			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.40	-0.255	6.96	-0.76%	-1.43	1b start tie	7b 123 1 out d1
28	104	125	Aug 23	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	W(14-11)	3	9.0	10	3	3	1	2	1	0	2.61	3.73	37	15	11	1	0	8	56			0	0	0	36	5	0	0	1	0	0	1.12	0.368	2.55	0.50%	1.27	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
29	105	127	Aug 26	NYY		WSA	L,0-2	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.60	3.70	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.19	0.015	.68	0.03%	0.46	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
30	106	129	Aug 29(1)	NYY		BOS	W,10-2	CG	W(15-11)	2	9.0	4	2	2	0	0	1	0	2.57	3.71	31	7	20	1	1	4	71			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.37	0.207	.95	0.32%	2.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
Sep/Oct				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
31	107	133	Sep 2	NYY	@	LAA	L,0-4	GS-5	L(15-12)	3	5.0	6	4	3	0	1	1	0	2.63	3.74	22	9	8	1	0	4	42			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	1	.72	-0.205	4.52	-0.77%	-1.97	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
32	108	138	Sep 7	NYY	@	MIN	W,5-4	GS-8		4	7.2	5	3	3	1	2	1	0	2.66	3.75	28	5	15	2	2	5	58			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	.73	0.264	4.39	0.95%	1.44	1b start a 1	8b 1-- 2 out a2
33	109	142	Sep 11	NYY		MIN	L,3-5	GS-3	L(15-13)	3	2.1	6	4	4	3	0	2	0	2.79	3.88	15	2	5	1	3	5	26			0	0	0	12	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.03	-0.357	8.79	-1.82%	-3.11	1t start tie	3t 1-- 1 out d2
34	110	146	Sep 16	NYY		LAA	W,9-4	GS-7	W(16-13)	4	6.1	7	4	4	2	1	1	0	2.86	3.92	28	12	7	0	2	6	42			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.07	-0.107	9.89	-0.59%	-0.92	1t start tie	7t 1-3 1 out a2
35	111	150	Sep 20	NYY		KCA	W,4-0	SHO	W(17-13)	3	9.0	2	0	0	0	5	0	1	2.76	3.85	28	8	12	1	1	2	88			0	1	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	.62	0.369	8.52	3.05%	4.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
36	112	155	Sep 25	NYY	@	WSA	W,6-5	GS-5		4	4.0	9	5	5	1	3	1	0	2.89	3.87	22	6	7	1	0	5	26			0	0	0	21	3	0	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.309	3.36	-0.76%	-2.80	1b start tie	5b -2- 0 out d2
37	113	159	Sep 30(2)	NYY		DET	W,11-8	GS-7	W(18-13)	4	6.2	9	6	6	3	4	2	0	3.02	3.94	30	5	11	5	1	7	33			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	-0.099	5.43	-0.29%	-2.87	1t start tie	7t --- 2 out a3
38	114	164	Oct 4	NYY		CLE	L,1-2	GS-3		3	3.0	3	1	1	0	3	1	0	3.02	3.95	12	4	3	0	0	2	52			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.77	0.028	.00	0.00%	0.38	1t start tie	3t 3 out tie
							21-17		W-L:18-13	3.6	271.1	227	100	91	60	125	32	6	3.02	3.95	1086	0.86		9%	9%	169	58	0	---%	4	5	0	1008	37	6	4	17	3	10	.94	2.468	4.06	6.11%	24.47

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