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Jim
Bouton		  
Nickname: Bulldog
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 210
 
Born: March 8, 1939 in Usa, NJ, NEWARK
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1965   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1962 23 SEM AL   9 4 5 4 6 6 6 6 7 7
1963 24 SEM AL   9 4 5 4 6 7 6 7 7 7
1964 25 SEM AL $ 300,000 9 4 5 4 7 7 7 7 8 7
1965 26 SEM AL $ 300,000 9 4 5 4 7 7 7 7 8 7
1966 27 SEM AL $ 300,000 9 4 5 4 6 7 7 8 8 8
1967 28 SEM AL $ 300,000 9 4 5 4 7 7 7 8 8 8
1968 29 SEM AL $ 300,000 9 4 5 4 6 6 6 7 8 7
1969 30 SEM AL   9 3 4 3 5 6 6 8 8 8
1970 31 STL NL $ 1,500,000 9 3 3 3 5 6 6 8 8 8
1971 32 STL NL $ 1,500,000 9 3 3 3 5 6 6 7 8 8
1972 33 STL NL $ 1,500,000 9 2 3 3 5 6 5 7 7 7
1973 34 STL NL $ 1,500,000 9 2 3 2 4 5 5 6 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings   9 2 3 2 4 5 5 6 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,500,000 9 4 5 4 7 7 7 8 8 8
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1962 23 SEM AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1963 24 SEM AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1964 25 SEM AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1965 26 SEM AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1966 27 SEM AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1967 28 SEM AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1968 29 SEM AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1969 30 SEM AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1970 31 STL NL $ 1,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1971 32 STL NL $ 1,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1972 33 STL NL $ 1,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1973 34 STL NL $ 1,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1962 23 AAA   10 10 .500 28 28 1 0 0 179.3 188 69 20 64 157 3.46 .266 .326 .394 .720  
1963 24 AAA   9 9 .500 25 25 1 0 0 171.7 182 66 18 61 157 3.46 .269 .330 .404 .734  
1964 25 SEM AL 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 0 10.3 7 0 0 3 4 0.00 .194 .250 .222 .472 1.8
    AAA   12 6 .667 27 27 3 0 0 200.7 215 53 14 47 168 2.38 .272 .313 .368 .681  
1965 26 SEM AL 1 1 .500 11 3 1 0 0 34.7 34 11 1 11 17 2.86 .258 .310 .326 .636 2.0
    AAA   3 0 1.000 12 0 0 0 0 18.7 20 4 2 9 13 1.93 .270 .349 .419 .768  
1966 27 SEM AL 3 6 .333 25 6 2 0 1 72.7 82 29 7 18 43 3.59 .288 .328 .432 .759 3.6
1967 28 SEM AL 2 4 .333 51 0 0 0 10 57.7 57 23 4 18 32 3.59 .263 .317 .378 .695 6.2
1968 29 SEM AL 1 2 .333 16 3 1 0 0 32.7 39 15 3 12 16 4.13 .302 .359 .457 .817 0.6
1969 30 SEM AL 2 0 1.000 2 2 1 0 0 17.7 17 4 1 3 10 2.04 .258 .290 .318 .608 2.1
    AAA   3 3 .500 12 12 0 0 0 76.7 93 39 7 37 55 4.58 .297 .371 .419 .790  
1970 31 STL NL 6 0 1.000 34 0 0 0 5 53.0 56 19 4 19 16 3.23 .280 .344 .395 .739 6.0
1971 32 AAA   2 1 .667 35 0 0 0 4 31.7 26 11 4 18 11 3.13 .232 .338 .366 .705  
1972 33 AAA   7 2 .778 30 2 0 0 2 49.3 38 11 4 17 25 2.01 .212 .281 .318 .599  
1973 34 AAA   0 0 .000 12 0 0 0 0 20.3 22 6 0 2 4 2.66 .286 .304 .325 .628  
7 Years Sim 15 13 .536 143 14 5 0 16 278.6 292 101 20 84 138 3.26 .274 .325 .390 .715 22.2
8 Years AAA 46 31 .597 181 94 5 0 6 748.3 784 259 69 255 590 3.12 .268 .326 .385 .711  
Season Average 2 1 .667 20 2 0 0 2 39.8 41 14 2 12 19 3.26 .274 .325 .390 .715  
Career Highs 6 6 1.000 51 6 2 0 10 72.7 82 29 7 19 43 4.13 .302 .359 .457 .817  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   134 32 5 36 77   .246 .293 .323 .616
vs LH   158 69 15 48 61   .304 .363 .460 .822
Home 9 6 .600 71 9 2 0 6 157.3 166 59 11 43 82 3.38 .276 .324 .387 .711
Away 6 7 .462 72 5 3 0 10 121.3 126 42 9 41 56 3.12 .272 .331 .393 .724
Mar/Apr 1 0 1.000 12 0 0 0 1 15.7 14 3 1 2 4 1.72 .250 .276 .321 .597
May 1 1 .500 24 0 0 0 3 32.3 28 10 3 7 22 2.78 .226 .267 .387 .654
June 3 3 .500 29 1 0 0 2 42.6 40 15 3 19 23 3.17 .253 .333 .335 .669
July 2 2 .500 24 0 0 0 2 21.7 25 10 2 9 10 4.16 .298 .366 .417 .782
August 1 2 .333 22 0 0 0 6 30.0 31 13 0 6 12 3.90 .279 .316 .369 .686
Sep/Oct 7 5 .583 32 13 5 0 2 136.3 154 50 11 41 67 3.30 .289 .340 .414 .754
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1964 25 SEM AL 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1965 26 SEM AL 11 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0
1966 27 SEM AL 25 16 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 .063 .059 .063 .121 -0.4 0.0
1967 28 SEM AL 51 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1968 29 SEM AL 16 6 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .333 .429 .500 .929 1.2 0.2
5 Years Sim 107 32 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 13 .094 .118 .125 .243 -0.1 0.2
162 Game Average 48 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 19 .094 .118 .125 .243 -0.2  
Career Highs 51 16 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 .333 .429 .500 .929 1.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   13 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .077 .133 .077 .210 -0.3
vs LH   19 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .105 .105 .158 .263 -0.4
Home 52 19 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .105 .105 .158 .263 -0.4
Away 49 13 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 .077 .133 .077 .210 -0.3
RISP   6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6
Close/Late   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5
Mar/Apr 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5
May 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
June 23 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750 0.4
Sep/Oct 15 26 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 12 .038 .071 .038 .110 -1.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1964 25 SEM AL P 4 0 10.3 2 1 0 0 1.000 2.61    
1965 26 SEM AL P 11 3 34.7 1 10 0 0 1.000 2.86    
1966 27 SEM AL P 25 6 72.7 8 14 0 0 1.000 2.73    
1967 28 SEM AL P 51 0 57.7 1 9 0 1 1.000 1.56    
1968 29 SEM AL P 16 3 32.7 2 4 0 0 1.000 1.65    
1969 30 SEM AL P 2 2 17.7 1 1 0 1 1.000 1.02    
1970 31 STL NL P 34 0 53.0 3 6 0 0 1.000 1.53    
Career Totals   143 14 278.6 18 45 0 2 1.000 2.03    
Career Highs   51 6 72.7 8 14 0 1 1.000 2.86    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1965 26 SEM AL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 .286 .286 .286 .571
1967 28 SEM AL 0 1 .000 3 0 0 0 0 3.7 4 2 0 3 0 4.92 .267 .389 .400 .789
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 1 .000 4 0 0 0 0 5.7 6 2 0 3 0 3.18 .273 .360 .364 .724
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 35th overall pick, by Seattle in 1962
Injured on 5/11/1962 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 5 days
Injured on 6/6/1962 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 7/20/1963 with a Blurred Vision Eye, out for 2 weeks
Earned first career win on 9/2/1965
Won World Championship with Seattle in 1965
Had first career hit on 4/25/1966, off Al Jackson (SDP)
Injured on 9/29/1968 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for full season
2/1/1969: Gets a new one-year contract worth $580,000 through salary arbitration
Released by Seattle on 10/3/1969
Signed as a free agent by St. Louis on 2/17/1970 to a 4-year deal worth $1,500,000 per year
Injured on 7/31/1970 with a Sore Elbow, out for one week
Injured on 8/22/1972 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 5 days
Injured on 5/27/1973 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 5 days
 
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