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.

1932 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1932 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	STL		PIT	W,10-2	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	2
2	2	Apr 13	STL		PIT	W,9-8	CG	41	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
3	3	Apr 14	STL		PIT	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	3
4	4	Apr 15	STL		PIT	L,7-9	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	2
5	5	Apr 17	STL		CHC	L,1-4	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
6	6	Apr 18	STL		CHC	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
7	7	Apr 20	STL	@	PIT	L,0-7	CG	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
8	8	Apr 21	STL	@	PIT	L,6-7	CG	46	9.2	13	2	1	16	1
9	9	Apr 22	STL	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	37	10.0	8	0	0	8	0
10	11 (1)	Apr 24	STL	@	CIN	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	3
11	12	Apr 25	STL	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
12	13	Apr 27	STL	@	CIN	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	7	0	0	7	1
13	14	Apr 28	STL	@	CHC	L,7-12	CG	40	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
14	15	Apr 30	STL	@	CHC	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	12	0	0	12	2
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	56 (40)	Jun 19	STL	@	NYG	W,7-0	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
16	57	Jun 21	STL	@	NYG	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
17	58	Jun 22	STL	@	NYG	L,1-9	CG	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	2
18	59	Jun 23	STL	@	NYG	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
19	60	Jun 25	STL		CHC	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
20	61	Jun 26 (1)	STL		CHC	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
21	62	Jun 26 (2)	STL		CHC	L,3-4	GS	21	4.2	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	82 (19)	Jul 15	STL		NYG	L,4-12	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
23	83	Jul 16	STL		NYG	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	3
24	84	Jul 17 (1)	STL		BRO	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	15	0	0	15	2
25	85	Jul 17 (2)	STL		BRO	L,5-8	CG	43	9.0	4	1	1	6	1
26	86	Jul 18	STL		BRO	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
27	87	Jul 19	STL		BRO	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
28	88	Jul 20	STL		BRO	W,16-5	CG	38	9.0	8	0	1	9	1
29	89	Jul 23	STL	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	45	10.2	10	0	0	10	1
30	90	Jul 24 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	14	2	0	16	0
31	91	Jul 24 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,1-0	CG	48	13.0	14	1	0	15	2
32	92	Jul 26 (1)	STL	@	BRO	L,6-12	CG	42	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
33	93	Jul 26 (2)	STL	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	38	8.2	4	1	0	5	0
34	94	Jul 27	STL	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	43	8.2	8	3	0	11	1
35	97 (2)	Jul 29	STL	@	BRO	L,4-7	GS	24	5.0	7	1	0	8	1
36	98	Jul 30	STL	@	BSN	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	7	0	1	8	0
37	99	Jul 31 (1)	STL	@	BSN	W,7-0	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	2
38	100	Jul 31 (2)	STL	@	BSN	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	101	Aug 1	STL	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	13	1	1	15	3
40	102	Aug 2	STL	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	41	8.1	10	0	0	10	1
41	103	Aug 4	STL	@	NYG	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
42	104	Aug 5	STL	@	NYG	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	15	1	0	16	0
43	105	Aug 6 (1)	STL	@	NYG	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
44	106	Aug 6 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	2
45	107	Aug 8 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,7-6	CG	36	9.0	11	0	1	12	0
46	108	Aug 8 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,6-4	CG	44	11.0	12	1	0	13	0
47	109	Aug 9	STL	@	PHI	W,18-13	CG	50	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
48	110	Aug 10	STL	@	PHI	W,11-5	CG	48	11.0	11	2	0	13	2
49	111	Aug 13	STL		CHC	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
50	112	Aug 14 (1)	STL		CHC	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	3
51	113	Aug 14 (2)	STL		CHC	W,2-1	CG	39	10.0	3	0	1	4	0
52	114	Aug 16	STL		PHI	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	15	1	0	16	0
53	115	Aug 18 (1)	STL		PHI	L,4-10	CG	45	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
54	116	Aug 18 (2)	STL		PHI	L,4-9	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
55	117	Aug 19	STL		PHI	W,5-4	CG	47	11.0	7	1	0	8	1
56	118	Aug 20	STL		BSN	W,8-7	CG	44	10.0	14	0	1	15	0
57	119	Aug 21 (1)	STL		BSN	L,5-7	CG	0	14.0	13	0	0	13	1
58	120	Aug 21 (2)	STL		BSN	T,2-2	CG	0	6.0	9	0	0	9	1
59	121	Aug 22 (1)	STL		BSN	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	8	1	0	9	2
60	128 (6)	Aug 28 (1)	STL		BRO	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
61	129	Aug 28 (2)	STL		BRO	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	7	0	1	8	0
62	130	Aug 30	STL		BRO	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	131	Sep 2	STL	@	CHC	L,5-8	CG	38	8.0	9	2	0	11	0
64	132	Sep 3 (1)	STL	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	47	10.2	11	1	0	12	0
65	133	Sep 3 (2)	STL	@	CHC	W,3-0	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
66	134	Sep 4	STL	@	CHC	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	1
67	135	Sep 5 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	11	0	0	11	1
68	136	Sep 5 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	38	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
69	137	Sep 7	STL	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	9	0	0	9	1
70	138	Sep 8	STL	@	PHI	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	8	0	0	8	2
71	139	Sep 9	STL	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	49	11.1	15	2	0	17	1
72	140	Sep 10	STL	@	NYG	L,7-11	CG	42	8.0	5	0	0	5	1
73	141	Sep 11 (1)	STL	@	NYG	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
74	142	Sep 11 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
							74gm		658.0	662	41	10	713	67