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.

1928 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1928 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	STL		PIT	W,14-7	CG	45	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
2	2	Apr 12	STL		PIT	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	15	0	0	15	1
3	3	Apr 14	STL		CHC	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
4	4	Apr 15	STL		CHC	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
5	5	Apr 16	STL		CHC	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	16	0	0	16	1
6	6	Apr 17	STL		CHC	L,2-3	CG	40	10.0	11	0	0	11	0
7	7	Apr 19	STL	@	PIT	W,13-10	CG	51	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
8	8	Apr 20	STL	@	PIT	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
9	9	Apr 23	STL	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	7	0	1	8	1
10	10	Apr 24	STL	@	CIN	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
11	11	Apr 25	STL	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	61	16.2	21	0	0	21	1
12	13 (1)	Apr 28	STL	@	CHC	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
13	14	Apr 29	STL	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	0	11.1	16	0	0	16	2
14	15	Apr 30	STL		CIN	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	8	1	2	11	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	16	May 1	STL		CIN	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
16	17	May 2	STL		CIN	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
17	18	May 3	STL		CIN	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
18	19	May 5	STL		BRO	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
19	20	May 6 (1)	STL		BRO	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
20	21	May 6 (2)	STL		BRO	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	22	May 7	STL		BRO	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	12	1	1	14	2
22	23	May 8	STL		PHI	W,15-4	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
23	24	May 9	STL		PHI	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
24	25	May 10	STL		PHI	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	11	0	1	12	3
25	26	May 11	STL		PHI	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
26	27	May 12	STL		BSN	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
27	28	May 13	STL		BSN	L,5-6	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	3
28	29	May 14	STL		BSN	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	12	1	0	13	2
29	30	May 15	STL		BSN	W,3-1	CG	27	7.0	10	0	0	10	1
30	31	May 18	STL		NYG	L,6-10	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
31	32	May 19	STL		NYG	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	2
32	33	May 20 (1)	STL		NYG	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	6	0	1	7	2
33	34	May 20 (2)	STL		NYG	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
34	35	May 21	STL		CHC	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	16	0	0	16	2
35	36	May 22	STL		CHC	W,3-2	CG	42	9.0	10	0	1	11	2
36	37	May 24	STL		CIN	W,7-1	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
37	38	May 25	STL		CIN	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
38	39	May 26	STL		CIN	L,7-10	CG	43	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
39	40	May 27	STL		CIN	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	2
40	41	May 29	STL	@	PIT	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	3
41	42	May 30 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,10-1	CG	32	9.0	14	1	0	15	2
42	43	May 30 (2)	STL	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	11	1	0	12	3
43	44	May 31	STL	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	40	8.2	10	0	0	10	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	45	Jun 1	STL	@	PHI	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
45	46	Jun 2	STL	@	PHI	W,13-12	CG	49	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
46	47	Jun 6	STL	@	NYG	W,11-6	CG	38	9.0	7	2	0	9	1
47	48	Jun 7	STL	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	36	8.2	13	1	0	14	2
48	49	Jun 8	STL	@	NYG	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
49	50	Jun 9	STL	@	NYG	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	7	0	1	8	0
50	51	Jun 10	STL	@	BRO	W,15-7	CG	43	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
51	52	Jun 11	STL	@	BSN	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	8	2	0	10	2
52	53	Jun 12	STL	@	BSN	W,9-6	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
53	54	Jun 13	STL	@	BSN	W,11-8	CG	44	9.0	11	0	1	12	1
54	55	Jun 14	STL	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
55	56	Jun 15	STL	@	BRO	W,5-2	CG	55	14.0	14	0	0	14	1
56	57	Jun 16	STL	@	BRO	W,6-5	CG	46	11.0	11	1	0	12	1
57	58	Jun 17	STL	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	22	5.0	3	1	0	4	0
58	59	Jun 18	STL	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	54	13.2	16	0	0	16	1
59	60	Jun 19	STL	@	CIN	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
60	61	Jun 20	STL	@	CHC	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
61	62	Jun 21 (1)	STL	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	12	0	0	12	1
62	63	Jun 21 (2)	STL	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
63	64	Jun 22	STL	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	26	6.0	4	0	0	4	0
64	65	Jun 23	STL	@	CHC	L,4-8	CG	41	8.0	13	0	1	14	2
65	66	Jun 24	STL	@	CIN	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	13	1	0	14	1
66	67	Jun 25	STL	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	41	11.0	8	0	0	8	0
67	68	Jun 28	STL		PIT	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	2
68	69	Jun 29	STL		PIT	W,9-4	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
69	70	Jun 30	STL		PIT	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	71	Jul 1 (1)	STL		PIT	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
71	72	Jul 1 (2)	STL		PIT	W,8-6	CG	0	9.0	5	0	1	6	2
72	73	Jul 3	STL		CHC	L,5-13	CG	47	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
73	74	Jul 4 (1)	STL		CHC	W,11-6	CG	0	9.0	10	1	1	12	0
74	75	Jul 4 (2)	STL		CHC	L,9-16	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
75	76	Jul 7	STL		BSN	L,3-11	CG	46	9.0	13	0	1	14	0
76	77	Jul 8 (1)	STL		BSN	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
77	78	Jul 8 (2)	STL		BSN	W,12-8	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	2
78	79	Jul 9	STL		BSN	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	2
79	80	Jul 10	STL		NYG	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	13	1	0	14	1
80	81	Jul 11	STL		NYG	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
81	82	Jul 12	STL		NYG	W,11-1	CG	24	6.0	5	0	1	6	1
82	83	Jul 13	STL		NYG	W,11-6	CG	40	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
83	84	Jul 14	STL		BRO	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
84	85	Jul 15	STL		BRO	L,1-3	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
85	86	Jul 16	STL		BRO	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
86	87	Jul 17	STL		BRO	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	2
87	88	Jul 19	STL		PHI	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
88	89	Jul 20	STL		PHI	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
89	90	Jul 21	STL		PHI	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	11	1	1	13	2
90	91	Jul 22	STL		PHI	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
91	92	Jul 24	STL	@	BRO	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
92	93	Jul 25	STL	@	BRO	L,1-8	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
93	94	Jul 26	STL	@	BRO	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
94	95	Jul 27	STL	@	BRO	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
95	96	Jul 28 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,7-6	CG	55	12.0	12	1	0	13	1
96	97	Jul 28 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,12-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	1	9	2
97	98	Jul 30	STL	@	PHI	L,7-8	CG	72	15.2	16	0	0	16	0
98	99	Jul 31	STL	@	PHI	W,18-5	GS	27	7.0	13	0	0	13	2
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
99	100	Aug 2	STL	@	BSN	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	3
100	101	Aug 3	STL	@	BSN	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
101	102	Aug 4 (1)	STL	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	41	10.0	10	1	0	11	1
102	103	Aug 4 (2)	STL	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	6	1	0	7	1
103	104	Aug 5	STL	@	NYG	W,6-4	CG	62	15.0	20	0	0	20	0
104	105	Aug 7	STL	@	NYG	L,1-10	CG	43	8.0	9	0	0	9	2
105	106	Aug 8	STL	@	NYG	L,5-10	CG	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
106	107	Aug 9	STL	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
107	108	Aug 10	STL	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	44	12.0	15	2	1	18	2
108	109	Aug 11	STL		CHC	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
109	110	Aug 12	STL		CHC	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
110	111	Aug 14	STL		BSN	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	12	1	1	14	0
111	112	Aug 15	STL		BSN	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	10	2	0	12	2
112	113	Aug 16	STL		BSN	L,4-9	CG	44	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
113	114	Aug 17	STL		NYG	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
114	115	Aug 18	STL		NYG	L,2-3	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
115	116	Aug 19	STL		NYG	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
116	122 (5)	Aug 26	STL		PHI	W,6-1	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
117	123	Aug 27	STL	@	CHC	W,11-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
118	124	Aug 28	STL	@	CHC	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	9	2	0	11	0
119	125	Aug 31 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	15	0	0	15	0
120	126	Aug 31 (2)	STL	@	PIT	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
121	127	Sep 1	STL	@	PIT	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
122	128	Sep 2	STL	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	11	0	1	12	0
123	129	Sep 3 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	47	10.2	13	1	0	14	0
124	130	Sep 3 (2)	STL	@	CIN	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	8	0	0	8	1
125	131	Sep 6	STL		PIT	W,4-3	CG	37	10.0	12	0	0	12	1
126	132	Sep 7	STL		PIT	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
127	133	Sep 8	STL		PIT	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
128	134	Sep 9	STL		PIT	L,7-8	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
129	135	Sep 10	STL		CIN	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
130	136	Sep 11	STL		CIN	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	2
131	137	Sep 12	STL		CIN	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
132	138	Sep 13	STL	@	CHC	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
133	139	Sep 14	STL	@	PHI	W,13-6	CG	43	9.0	10	1	0	11	2
134	140	Sep 15 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
135	141	Sep 15 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
136	142	Sep 17	STL	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
137	143	Sep 18	STL	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	15	0	0	15	2
138	144	Sep 20 (1)	STL	@	NYG	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
139	145	Sep 20 (2)	STL	@	NYG	L,4-7	CG	35	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
140	146	Sep 22	STL	@	NYG	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
141	147	Sep 23	STL	@	BRO	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
142	148	Sep 24	STL	@	BRO	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
143	149	Sep 25	STL	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	60	15.0	7	0	0	7	0
144	150	Sep 26	STL	@	BRO	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	1
145	151	Sep 27	STL	@	BSN	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
146	152	Sep 28	STL	@	BSN	W,10-3	CG	62	15.0	17	1	0	18	1
147	153	Sep 29	STL	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
148	154	Sep 30	STL	@	NYG	L,2-4	GS	18	4.0	7	0	0	7	1
							148gm		1356.0	1454	52	20	1526	113