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.

1934 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1934 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	CIN		CHC	L,0-6	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
2	2	Apr 18	CIN		CHC	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	16	0	1	17	0
3	3	Apr 19	CIN		CHC	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
4	4	Apr 21	CIN		PIT	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	13	1	0	14	1
5	5	Apr 22	CIN		PIT	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	14	0	0	14	3
6	6	Apr 24	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
7	7	Apr 25	CIN	@	CHC	L,1-6	CG	33	8.0	9	0	3	12	2
8	8	Apr 26	CIN	@	CHC	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
9	9	Apr 28	CIN	@	PIT	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
10	10	Apr 29	CIN	@	PIT	L,5-9	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
11	11	Apr 30	CIN	@	STL	L,6-10	CG	44	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	CIN	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	44	10.1	5	2	0	7	1
13	17 (4)	May 7	CIN		NYG	L,2-3	CG	42	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
14	18	May 8	CIN		NYG	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	2
15	19	May 9	CIN		BSN	L,3-10	CG	46	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
16	20	May 10	CIN		BSN	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
17	21	May 11	CIN		BSN	L,5-8	CG	45	9.0	14	0	0	14	2
18	22	May 12	CIN		BSN	L,2-8	CG	48	9.0	12	0	1	13	0
19	23	May 13	CIN		PHI	L,4-5	CG	39	10.0	12	0	1	13	1
20	24	May 17	CIN	@	NYG	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
21	25	May 18	CIN	@	NYG	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	10	1	0	11	2
22	26	May 19	CIN	@	NYG	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	1
23	27	May 20	CIN	@	BSN	L,0-1	CG	42	9.1	8	1	0	9	0
24	28	May 22	CIN	@	BSN	W,10-4	CG	40	9.0	10	0	1	11	0
25	29	May 23	CIN	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	10	1	0	11	2
26	30	May 24	CIN	@	PHI	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
27	31	May 27	CIN	@	BRO	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
28	32	May 28	CIN	@	BRO	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
29	33	May 30 (1)	CIN		STL	L,6-9	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
30	34	May 30 (2)	CIN		STL	L,2-9	CG	43	9.0	11	1	0	12	3
31	35	May 31	CIN		STL	L,2-3	CG	40	10.0	12	0	0	12	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	36	Jun 1	CIN		CHC	L,1-3	CG	33	9.0	12	1	0	13	2
33	37	Jun 2	CIN		CHC	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	11	1	0	12	2
34	38	Jun 3	CIN		CHC	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	9	1	0	10	2
35	39	Jun 6 (1)	CIN		PIT	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	15	0	0	15	0
36	40	Jun 6 (2)	CIN		PIT	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	15	1	0	16	0
37	41	Jun 7	CIN		PIT	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	13	2	0	15	2
38	42	Jun 8	CIN	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	11	2	0	13	0
39	43	Jun 9	CIN	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	2
40	44	Jun 10	CIN	@	CHC	L,4-7	CG	41	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
41	45	Jun 12	CIN		NYG	L,1-12	CG	50	9.0	10	0	1	11	1
42	46	Jun 13	CIN		NYG	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	14	1	0	15	1
43	47	Jun 14	CIN		NYG	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	12	0	1	13	1
44	48	Jun 15	CIN		NYG	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	2
45	49	Jun 16	CIN		BRO	W,10-9	CG	54	11.0	9	0	0	9	2
46	50	Jun 17 (1)	CIN		BRO	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
47	51	Jun 17 (2)	CIN		BRO	L,7-9	CG	47	9.0	8	1	0	9	2
48	52	Jun 19	CIN		BRO	W,11-7	CG	43	9.0	13	1	0	14	0
49	53	Jun 20 (1)	CIN		PHI	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
50	54	Jun 20 (2)	CIN		PHI	L,10-15	CG	50	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
51	55	Jun 21	CIN		PHI	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	11	1	0	12	2
52	56	Jun 22	CIN		PHI	L,2-4	CG	44	10.0	9	0	0	9	0
53	57	Jun 23 (1)	CIN		PHI	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
54	58	Jun 23 (2)	CIN		PHI	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	16	1	0	17	1
55	59	Jun 24 (1)	CIN		BSN	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
56	60	Jun 24 (2)	CIN		BSN	W,10-7	CG	43	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
57	61	Jun 26	CIN		BSN	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	67 (5)	Jul 3	CIN	@	PIT	L,0-10	CG	40	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
59	68	Jul 4 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-5	GS	29	6.0	5	1	1	7	0
60	72 (3)	Jul 8 (1)	CIN	@	STL	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	6	0	1	7	1
61	73	Jul 8 (2)	CIN	@	STL	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
62	74	Jul 11	CIN	@	BRO	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
63	75	Jul 12 (1)	CIN	@	BRO	L,7-9	CG	47	8.0	6	2	0	8	0
64	76	Jul 12 (2)	CIN	@	BRO	W,13-5	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
65	77	Jul 13	CIN	@	BRO	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	15	1	0	16	0
66	78	Jul 14 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	L,0-18	GS	36	5.0	5	0	0	5	1
67	79	Jul 14 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	9	0	0	9	1
68	80	Jul 15	CIN	@	PHI	L,1-9	GS	34	7.0	7	1	0	8	0
69	81	Jul 17	CIN	@	PHI	L,0-7	CG	38	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
70	82	Jul 18	CIN	@	PHI	W,9-8	CG	48	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
71	83	Jul 19	CIN	@	NYG	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	9	1	0	10	0
72	84	Jul 20	CIN	@	NYG	L,5-11	CG	40	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
73	85	Jul 21	CIN	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
74	86	Jul 22	CIN	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	41	10.2	18	0	0	18	1
75	87	Jul 23	CIN	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	11	1	0	12	2
76	88	Jul 24	CIN	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	12	1	0	13	2
77	89	Jul 25 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
78	90	Jul 25 (2)	CIN	@	BSN	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	1
79	91	Jul 26	CIN	@	BSN	W,12-5	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
80	92	Jul 28	CIN		CHC	W,11-2	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
81	93	Jul 29 (1)	CIN		CHC	L,5-7	CG	43	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
82	94	Jul 29 (2)	CIN		CHC	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	9	2	0	11	2
83	95	Jul 31 (1)	CIN		PIT	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	7	1	1	9	2
84	96	Jul 31 (2)	CIN		PIT	L,5-7	CG	54	11.0	13	3	0	16	3
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
85	97	Aug 1	CIN		PIT	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
86	98	Aug 2	CIN		PIT	L,3-13	CG	46	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
87	99	Aug 3	CIN	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	40	8.0	7	1	0	8	1
88	100	Aug 4	CIN	@	CHC	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
89	101	Aug 5 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
90	102	Aug 5 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
91	103	Aug 7 (1)	CIN		STL	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	9	2	0	11	1
92	104	Aug 7 (2)	CIN		STL	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
93	105	Aug 8	CIN		STL	L,4-10	CG	59	12.0	15	0	0	15	1
94	106	Aug 10	CIN	@	PIT	L,7-8	CG	43	8.2	7	0	0	7	3
95	107	Aug 11 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	10	2	0	12	1
96	108	Aug 11 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	12	1	0	13	0
97	109	Aug 12	CIN	@	PIT	L,6-9	CG	41	8.0	10	0	0	10	1
98	110	Aug 14	CIN		BRO	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
99	111	Aug 15 (1)	CIN		BRO	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
100	112	Aug 15 (2)	CIN		BRO	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
101	113	Aug 16	CIN		BRO	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
102	114	Aug 17	CIN		BRO	L,4-12	CG	48	9.0	8	2	0	10	1
103	115	Aug 18	CIN		NYG	L,0-5	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	3
104	116	Aug 19	CIN		NYG	L,4-6	CG	51	11.0	14	1	0	15	0
105	117	Aug 20	CIN		NYG	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
106	118	Aug 21	CIN		NYG	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	2
107	119	Aug 24 (1)	CIN		BSN	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
108	120	Aug 24 (2)	CIN		BSN	L,9-10	CG	45	9.0	14	0	0	14	2
109	121	Aug 25	CIN		BSN	L,6-9	CG	62	13.0	12	1	0	13	1
110	122	Aug 26 (1)	CIN		PHI	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
111	123	Aug 26 (2)	CIN		PHI	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
112	124	Aug 28 (1)	CIN		PHI	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	10	0	1	11	0
113	125	Aug 28 (2)	CIN		PHI	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	14	1	0	15	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
114	126	Sep 2 (1)	CIN		PIT	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	13	1	0	14	0
115	127	Sep 2 (2)	CIN		PIT	L,4-11	CG	49	9.0	7	1	1	9	1
116	128	Sep 3 (1)	CIN		CHC	L,3-6	CG	42	10.0	11	0	0	11	0
117	129	Sep 3 (2)	CIN		CHC	W,6-4	CG	43	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
118	130	Sep 5	CIN	@	PHI	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	1
119	131	Sep 9 (1)	CIN	@	BRO	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	1
120	132	Sep 9 (2)	CIN	@	BRO	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
121	133	Sep 10	CIN	@	BRO	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
122	134	Sep 11	CIN	@	BRO	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	14	0	1	15	1
123	135	Sep 12	CIN	@	BRO	L,7-8	CG	49	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
124	136	Sep 14	CIN	@	BSN	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	11	0	0	11	1
125	137	Sep 15	CIN	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	12	0	0	12	0
126	138	Sep 16 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
127	139	Sep 16 (2)	CIN	@	BSN	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
128	140	Sep 18 (1)	CIN	@	NYG	W,2-0	CG	40	10.0	14	1	0	15	1
129	141	Sep 18 (2)	CIN	@	NYG	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	1
130	142	Sep 19	CIN	@	NYG	L,3-6	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	1
131	143	Sep 20	CIN	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	36	8.1	6	0	0	6	0
132	144	Sep 21 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-9	CG	45	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
133	145	Sep 21 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-16	GS	10	1.0	1	1	0	2	0
134	146	Sep 23 (1)	CIN		STL	L,7-9	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
135	147	Sep 23 (2)	CIN		STL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	13	1	0	14	0
136	149 (1)	Sep 27	CIN	@	STL	L,5-8	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
137	150	Sep 28	CIN	@	STL	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	11	1	0	12	0
138	151	Sep 29	CIN	@	STL	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
139	152	Sep 30	CIN	@	STL	L,0-9	CG	43	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
							139gm		1214.0	1303	77	15	1395	106