Jim Bottomley

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: April 23, 1900 in Oglesby, IL us

Died: December 11, 1959 in St. Louis, MO

Buried: IOOF Community Cemetery, Sullivan, MO

High School: Nokomis HS (Nokomis, IL)

Debut: August 18, 1922 (Age 22-117d, 5,491st in major league history)
vs. PHI 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 16, 1937 (Age 37-146d)
vs. PHA 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1974. (Voted by Veteran's Committee)
View Jim Bottomley's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1922 season

Full Name: James Leroy Bottomley

Nicknames: Sunny Jim

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

35.8

7471

2313

219

.310

1177

RBI

1422

OBP

.369

SLG

.500

OPS

.870

OPS+

125

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1924 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1924 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	STL		CHC	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
2	2	Apr 16	STL		CHC	L,4-13	CG	46	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
3	3	Apr 17	STL		CHC	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
4	4	Apr 18	STL		CHC	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	16	0	0	16	2
5	5	Apr 19	STL		PIT	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	9	1	1	11	3
6	6	Apr 20	STL		PIT	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	14	0	0	14	1
7	7	Apr 21	STL		PIT	W,11-9	CG	42	9.0	6	1	1	8	1
8	8	Apr 22	STL		PIT	L,7-10	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
9	9	Apr 23	STL	@	CHC	L,1-12	CG	42	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
10	10	Apr 24	STL	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	41	8.2	12	1	0	13	0
11	11	Apr 25	STL	@	CHC	L,5-7	CG	35	8.0	13	0	0	13	0
12	12	Apr 27	STL	@	CIN	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	15	1	0	16	2
13	13	Apr 28	STL	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	42	9.2	9	0	0	9	0
14	14	Apr 29	STL	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	15	May 1	STL	@	PIT	L,6-8	CG	39	8.0	7	0	1	8	2
16	16	May 2	STL	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	36	8.1	10	0	0	10	0
17	17	May 3	STL	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	1
18	18	May 4	STL	@	CHC	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
19	19	May 10	STL		NYG	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	15	0	0	15	2
20	20	May 11	STL		NYG	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	2
21	21	May 12	STL		NYG	W,5-3	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
22	22	May 13	STL		NYG	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
23	23	May 14	STL		BRO	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
24	24	May 15	STL		BRO	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	11	2	0	13	1
25	25	May 16	STL		BRO	W,6-5	CG	51	11.0	9	0	0	9	1
26	26	May 17	STL		BRO	L,3-4	CG	53	13.0	19	0	0	19	1
27	27	May 18	STL		BSN	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
28	28	May 21	STL		BSN	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
29	29	May 22	STL		PHI	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
30	30	May 24	STL		PHI	W,4-3	CG	50	12.0	8	1	1	10	1
31	31	May 25	STL		PHI	W,5-4	CG	0	10.0	15	0	1	16	1
32	32	May 26	STL		CIN	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	3
33	33	May 27 (1)	STL		CIN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
34	34	May 27 (2)	STL		CIN	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	10	1	1	12	0
35	35	May 28 (1)	STL		CIN	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
36	36	May 28 (2)	STL		CIN	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
37	37	May 30 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	9	2	2	13	0
38	38	May 30 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	58	14.1	21	1	0	22	2
39	39	May 31	STL	@	PIT	L,0-7	CG	39	8.0	8	1	1	10	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	40	Jun 1	STL	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
41	41	Jun 2	STL	@	PIT	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	8	0	0	8	1
42	42	Jun 3	STL	@	PHI	L,0-6	CG	34	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
43	43	Jun 4	STL	@	PHI	W,12-5	CG	40	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
44	44	Jun 5	STL	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
45	45	Jun 6	STL	@	PHI	L,6-7	CG	40	8.0	7	0	0	7	2
46	46	Jun 7	STL	@	BSN	L,7-13	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	1
47	47	Jun 9	STL	@	BSN	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	6	2	2	10	1
48	48	Jun 10	STL	@	BSN	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	13	0	0	13	2
49	49	Jun 11	STL	@	BSN	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
50	66 (16)	Jun 30	STL		PIT	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	6	1	1	8	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	67	Jul 1	STL		PIT	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	12	1	1	14	1
52	68	Jul 2	STL		PIT	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
53	69	Jul 4 (1)	STL		CHC	W,11-0	CG	0	9.0	6	1	1	8	3
54	70	Jul 4 (2)	STL		CHC	L,5-6	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
55	71	Jul 5	STL		CHC	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	11	0	1	12	1
56	72	Jul 6	STL		CHC	W,13-4	CG	0	9.0	15	0	0	15	3
57	73	Jul 7	STL		CHC	W,15-3	GS	18	4.2	5	1	0	6	1
58	77 (3)	Jul 13	STL		BRO	L,4-9	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
59	78	Jul 14	STL		BRO	W,12-0	CG	36	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
60	79	Jul 15	STL		BRO	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
61	82 (2)	Jul 17	STL		BSN	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
62	83	Jul 18	STL		BSN	W,10-4	GS	30	7.0	12	1	0	13	0
63	84	Jul 19 (1)	STL		BSN	W,6-1	CG	29	9.0	14	0	0	14	1
64	85	Jul 19 (2)	STL		BSN	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
65	86	Jul 20 (1)	STL		PHI	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
66	87	Jul 20 (2)	STL		PHI	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
67	88	Jul 21	STL		PHI	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	10	2	1	13	0
68	89	Jul 22	STL		PHI	L,2-5	CG	33	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
69	90	Jul 23	STL		PHI	L,5-8	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
70	91	Jul 25	STL	@	NYG	W,13-5	CG	40	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
71	92	Jul 26	STL	@	NYG	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
72	93	Jul 27	STL	@	NYG	L,4-6	CG	33	8.0	10	0	0	10	2
73	94	Jul 28	STL	@	NYG	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
74	95	Jul 29	STL	@	NYG	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
75	96	Jul 30	STL	@	PHI	W,9-8	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
76	97	Jul 31	STL	@	PHI	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
77	98	Aug 2 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	2
78	99	Aug 2 (2)	STL	@	PHI	L,7-8	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	1
79	100	Aug 4	STL	@	BSN	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	12	1	0	13	2
80	101	Aug 5	STL	@	BSN	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
81	102	Aug 6	STL	@	BSN	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	13	0	1	14	2
82	103	Aug 7	STL	@	BSN	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	4
83	104	Aug 8	STL	@	BRO	L,9-11	CG	41	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
84	105	Aug 9	STL	@	BRO	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
85	106	Aug 10 (1)	STL	@	BRO	L,5-6	CG	45	9.2	5	0	0	5	0
86	107	Aug 10 (2)	STL	@	BRO	L,4-8	CG	36	8.0	13	0	0	13	3
87	108	Aug 11	STL	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	8	0	0	8	1
88	109	Aug 15	STL		BSN	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
89	110	Aug 16	STL		BSN	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	2
90	111	Aug 17	STL		BSN	L,2-4	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
91	112	Aug 18	STL		PHI	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	11	0	1	12	1
92	113	Aug 20 (1)	STL		PHI	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	13	1	0	14	3
93	114	Aug 20 (2)	STL		PHI	W,13-10	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
94	115	Aug 21 (1)	STL		NYG	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
95	116	Aug 21 (2)	STL		NYG	L,1-12	CG	42	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
96	117	Aug 22	STL		NYG	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
97	118	Aug 23	STL		NYG	W,8-3	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
98	119	Aug 24 (1)	STL		BRO	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	2
99	120	Aug 24 (2)	STL		BRO	W,17-0	CG	33	9.0	12	2	0	14	3
100	121	Aug 25	STL		BRO	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
101	122	Aug 26	STL		BRO	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	11	0	1	12	0
102	123	Aug 27	STL	@	CHC	W,3-0	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
103	124	Aug 28 (1)	STL	@	CHC	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
104	125	Aug 28 (2)	STL	@	CHC	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
105	126	Aug 29	STL	@	CHC	W,12-5	GS	43	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
106	127	Aug 30	STL	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
107	128	Aug 31	STL	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	43	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
108	129	Sep 1 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	9	1	1	11	1
109	130	Sep 1 (2)	STL	@	CIN	L,0-9	CG	40	8.0	10	2	0	12	1
110	131	Sep 3	STL	@	PIT	L,1-14	CG	46	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
111	132	Sep 4	STL	@	PIT	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	11	2	0	13	0
112	133	Sep 6 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	9	0	1	10	0
113	134	Sep 6 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,5-12	CG	43	8.0	10	0	1	11	0
114	135	Sep 7 (1)	STL		CHC	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
115	136	Sep 7 (2)	STL		CHC	W,15-4	CG	0	9.0	11	0	1	12	1
116	137	Sep 9 (1)	STL		PIT	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
117	138	Sep 9 (2)	STL		PIT	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	7	2	0	9	1
118	139	Sep 10	STL		PIT	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
119	140	Sep 12	STL	@	NYG	W,5-1	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	2
120	141	Sep 13	STL	@	NYG	L,2-12	CG	47	8.0	8	1	1	10	0
121	142	Sep 14	STL	@	NYG	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	2
122	143	Sep 16	STL	@	BRO	W,17-3	GS	30	8.0	5	0	0	5	1
123	144	Sep 18 (1)	STL	@	BRO	L,5-7	CG	57	11.2	8	0	0	8	1
124	145	Sep 18 (2)	STL	@	BRO	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	12	0	0	12	2
125	146	Sep 19	STL	@	BSN	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
126	147	Sep 20 (1)	STL	@	BSN	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	11	0	0	11	1
127	148	Sep 20 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
128	149	Sep 23	STL	@	PHI	W,8-7	CG	48	10.0	12	0	0	12	0
129	150	Sep 24	STL	@	PHI	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
130	151	Sep 25	STL	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	8	0	0	8	1
131	152	Sep 27	STL	@	CIN	L,1-10	CG	43	8.0	12	0	0	12	0
132	153	Sep 28 (1)	STL		CIN	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	15	0	0	15	0
133	154	Sep 28 (2)	STL		CIN	L,2-8	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
							134gm		1163.0	1297	49	24	1370	110