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: 8-22 / in Starts: 8-17

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 28, Entered with runners on base: 2

1965 Pitching Game Log

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1965 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	115	1	Apr 12	NYY	@	MIN	L,4-5	GS-5		99	5.0	4	4	2	3	3	0	0	3.60	3.12	24	5	10	1	1	3	47			2	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	2	.84	-0.190	1.87	-0.25%	-1.70	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
2	116	5	Apr 18	NYY	@	KCA	W,10-4	CG	W(1-0)	5	9.0	6	4	4	3	4	2	0	3.86	4.66	34	9	13	2	0	5	60			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	2	0	0	.82	-0.032	1.81	-0.04%	-0.09	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a6
3	117	9	Apr 24	NYY		CAL	L,3-6	GS-6	L(1-1)	5	6.0	9	4	4	3	6	0	0	4.50	3.87	29	3	9	1	0	8	41			1	0	0	26	2	1	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.200	1.37	-0.21%	-1.40	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
4	118	13	Apr 30	NYY		BAL	L,4-10	GS-3	L(1-2)	5	2.2	7	6	6	1	2	2	0	6.35	4.81	16	4	2	0	0	7	21			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.72	-0.356	1.51	-0.45%	-4.90	1t start tie	3t 1-- 2 out d6
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	119	17	May 4	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-3	GS-8	W(2-2)	3	7.2	5	3	3	3	7	1	0	5.64	4.50	31	4	12	2	0	5	61			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.125	1.80	0.12%	0.14	1b start tie	8b 12- 2 out a2
6	120	21	May 8	NYY	@	WSA	W,7-3	CG	W(3-2)	3	9.0	4	3	3	3	6	0	1	5.03	4.04	34	5	15	3	0	4	70			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.28	0.144	.35	0.11%	0.87	1b start a 5	9b 3 out a4
7	121	25	May 12	NYY	@	BOS	L,0-2	GS-7	L(3-3)	3	7.0	4	2	1	2	4	1	0	4.47	4.05	27	8	9	2	0	4	65			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.042	1.25	0.03%	1.26	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
8	122	29	May 16	NYY	@	BAL	L,5-7	GS-4		3	4.0	4	4	3	4	2	3	0	4.65	4.86	20	5	5	0	0	4	38			0	0	1	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	.92	-0.280	1.11	-0.20%	-2.21	1b start tie	4b 3 out tie
9	123	34	May 21	NYY		WSA	L,4-5	GS-9	L(3-4)	4	8.1	7	5	5	4	5	1	0	4.76	4.78	35	8	11	2	0	7	50			0	0	0	30	1	2	0	1	1	0	1.19	-0.381	1.09	-0.21%	-0.98	1t start tie	9t --3 1 out tie
10	124	39	May 25	NYY		CLE	L,1-5	GS-6	L(3-5)	3	5.1	5	5	5	3	4	3	0	5.06	5.22	24	6	6	1	0	5	39			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.295	.94	-0.19%	-2.62	1t start tie	6t --- 1 out d4
11	125	45	May 31(2)	NYY		DET	L,1-5	1-4		5	3.1	4	1	1	1	3	0	0	4.95	5.04	14	2	4	2	0	4		1	0	0	1	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.37	0.003	.26	0.00%	0.51	1t 1-- 2 out d4	4t 3 out d4
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
12	126	50	Jun 7	NYY	@	KCA	W,4-2	GS-5		6	5.0	5	2	2	2	2	0	0	4.85	4.89	21	3	9	2	0	5	49			0	1	0	19	2	1	0	0	0	0	.75	-0.048	.49	-0.02%	0.17	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
13	127	54	Jun 12	NYY	@	CAL	L,3-13	GS-2	L(3-6)	4	1.2	5	5	5	0	2	0	0	5.35	4.79	10	2	1	0	0	5	27			0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.298	.99	-0.15%	-3.35	1b start tie	2b 1-- 2 out d4
14	128	59	Jun 17	NYY		BAL	L,1-2	GS-10		4	10.0	3	1	1	4	3	0	0	4.82	4.59	36	18	8	1	0	3	81			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.48	0.594	.68	0.17%	3.34	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
15	129	64	Jun 22(1)	NYY		KCA	L,2-6	GS-2	L(3-7)	4	1.0	5	4	4	1	2	1	0	5.19	4.71	9	0	1	0	0	5	28			2	0	0	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.276	.17	-0.03%	-2.93	1t start tie	2t 1-- 0 out d3
16	130	69	Jun 26	NYY		CAL	W,10-3	GS-4		3	3.2	4	1	1	0	2	0	0	5.08	4.57	15	6	3	0	0	4	51			0	0	0	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	.68	0.065	.13	0.01%	0.53	1t start tie	4t 1-- 2 out a2
17	131	74	Jun 30	NYY	@	BAL	W,5-4	GS-8	W(4-7)	3	7.2	7	4	4	2	5	1	2	5.04	4.56	32	8	8	0	0	7	52			1	0	1	28	0	1	0	2	0	1	1.07	-0.025	.38	-0.01%	-0.51	1b start a 1	8b --- 2 out a1
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
18	132	78	Jul 4	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-5	GS-4	L(4-8)	3	3.0	6	4	4	1	1	1	0	5.26	4.64	15	3	4	0	0	6	31			0	0	0	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.305	.52	-0.09%	-2.60	1b start a 3	4b --- 0 out d1
19	133	84	Jul 9	NYY	@	MIN	L,3-8	GS-5	L(4-9)	4	5.0	6	5	3	1	3	2	1	5.26	4.79	25	7	7	2	1	6	41			1	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	1	.64	-0.312	.16	-0.05%	-2.70	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
20	134	92	Jul 19	NYY		BOS	L,1-3	GS-5	L(4-10)	9	4.2	7	3	3	3	3	0	0	5.28	4.72	22	4	5	1	0	7	38			0	0	0	19	0	1	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.153	.13	-0.01%	-1.16	1t start tie	5t --3 2 out d3
21	135	96	Jul 23	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-5	GS-7	L(4-11)	3	7.0	6	4	3	1	5	2	0	5.20	4.75	29	9	9	2	0	5	55			0	0	0	28	0	1	0	0	0	1	.58	-0.200	.10	-0.02%	-0.90	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d3
22	136	101	Jul 27(2)	NYY		DET	L,0-3	GS-8	L(4-12)	3	7.1	5	3	3	2	6	0	0	5.11	4.57	28	8	7	2	0	5	60			0	0	1	25	3	0	1	1	1	1	1.30	0.083	.13	0.01%	1.35	1t start tie	8t 1-3 1 out d1
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	137	106	Aug 1(1)	NYY		CLE	W,10-6	GS-3		4	3.0	6	3	3	4	2	0	1	5.20	4.61	18	2	3	0	0	6	33			0	1	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.200	.04	0.00%	-1.70	1t start tie	3t 3 out d3
24	138	114	Aug 10	NYY		MIN	L,3-7	9-9		8	0.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.20	4.63	2	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	-0.004	.00	0.00%	-0.96	9t --- 0 out d4	9t 12- 0 out d4
25	139	125	Aug 23	NYY	@	MIN	L,3-4	10-GF(10)	L(4-13)	12	0.1	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	5.26	4.66	4	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.28	-0.371	.01	0.00%	-1.41	10b --- 0 out tie	10b end d 1
26	140	128	Aug 26	NYY	@	MIN	L,2-9	4-5		2	1.2	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	5.26	4.61	9	3	3	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	1	0	.79	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.33	4b 12- 1 out d2	5b 3 out d3
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
27	141	137	Sep 4(1)	NYY		BOS	L,0-1	GS-8	L(4-14)	8	8.0	11	1	1	1	4	0	0	5.02	4.45	36	9	11	0	0	11	59			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	0.193	.00	0.00%	2.47	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
28	142	144	Sep 8	NYY		WSA	W,6-5	GS-6		3	5.0	8	4	4	3	4	2	0	5.09	4.58	27	5	7	0	0	8	36			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.29	-0.129	.00	0.00%	-1.20	1t start tie	6t 1-- 0 out a2
29	143	155	Sep 23	NYY		CLE	L,1-2	GS-7	L(4-15)	14	7.0	6	2	1	1	4	1	0	4.91	4.53	26	9	6	2	0	6	62			0	1	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	.80	0.075	.00	0.00%	1.04	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
30	144	160	Sep 29	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-5	5-7		5	3.0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.82	4.50	13	3	5	2	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.77	0.097	.00	0.00%	1.33	5b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d1
							8-22		W-L:4-15	4.3	151.1	158	89	81	60	97	23	5	4.82	4.50	665	0.82		9%	1%	152	48	3	0%	7	4	3	588	21	8	1	8	4	8	.95	-2.632	.67	-1.50%	-19.98

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