Jim Bottomley Stats

Jim Bottomley was born on Monday, April 23, 1900, in Oglesby, Illinois. Bottomley was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on August 18, 1922, with the St. Louis Cardinals. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Jim Bottomley baseball stats page.

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Jim Bottomley
 
 
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Birth Name:   James Leroy Bottomley
Nickname:   Sunny Jim
Born On:   04-23-1900  (Taurus)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Oglesby, Illinois
Year of Death Data Died On:   12-11-1959 (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   St. Louis, Missouri
Cemetery:   Odd Fellows Cemetery, Sullivan, Missouri Click For Grave Photo
High School:   Nokomis High School (Nokomis, IL)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Left
Player Height Chart Height:   6-00   Player Weight Chart Weight:   180
First Game:   08-18-1922 (Age 22)
Last Game:   09-16-1937
Draft:   Not Applicable
Jim Bottomley

Jim Bottomley Pitching Stats

G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
- - Did Not Pitch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
Jim Bottomley

Jim Bottomley Hitting Stats

G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1922 22 Cardinals 37 151 29 49 8 5 5 0 35 6 - 13 2 - 2 - .325 .358 .543
1923 23 Cardinals 134 523 79 194 34 14 8 1 94 45 - 44 15 - 4 - .371 .425 .535
1924 24 Cardinals 137 528 87 167 31 12 14 1 111 35 - 35 17 - 3 - .316 .362 .500
1925 25 Cardinals 153 619 92 227 44 12 21 3 128 47 - 36 13 - 2 - .367 .413 .578
1926 26 Cardinals 154 603 98 180 40 14 19 0 120 58 - 52 19 - 4 - .299 .364 .506
1927 27 Cardinals 152 574 95 174 31 15 19 0 124 74 - 49 26 - 5 - .303 .387 .509
1928 28 Cardinals 149 576 123 187 42 20 31 0 136 71 - 54 17 - 3 - .325 .402 .628
1929 29 Cardinals 146 560 108 176 31 12 29 1 137 70 - 54 17 - 1 - .314 .391 .568
1930 30 Cardinals 131 487 92 148 33 7 15 0 97 44 - 36 24 - 5 - .304 .368 .493
1931 31 Cardinals 108 382 73 133 34 5 9 0 75 34 - 24 2 - 1 - .348 .403 .534
1932 32 Cardinals 91 311 45 92 16 3 11 0 48 25 - 32 2 - 1 - .296 .350 .473
1933 33 Reds 145 549 57 137 23 9 13 0 83 42 - 28 11 - 7 13 .250 .311 .395
1934 34 Reds 142 556 72 158 31 11 11 0 78 33 - 40 3 - 0 9 .284 .324 .439
1935 35 Reds 107 399 44 103 21 1 1 0 49 18 - 24 4 - 2 11 .258 .294 .323
1936 36 Browns 140 544 72 162 39 11 12 0 95 44 - 55 5 - 3 - .298 .354 .476
1937 37 Browns 65 109 11 26 7 0 1 0 12 18 - 15 0 - 0 - .239 .346 .330
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
16 Years 1,991 7,471 1,177 2,313 465 151 219 6 1,422 664 - 591 177 - 43 33 .310 .369 .500
Jim Bottomley

Jim Bottomley Fielding Stats

POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1922 Cardinals 1B 34 33 284 363 10.7 358 346 12 5 22 n/a n/a n/a .986 34.04
1923 Cardinals 1B 130 128 3,370 1,325 10.2 1,307 1,264 43 18 95 n/a n/a n/a .986 10.47
1924 Cardinals 1B 133 132 3,400 1,369 10.3 1,345 1,297 48 24 110 n/a n/a n/a .982 10.68
1924 Cardinals 2B 1 0 0 1 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1925 Cardinals 1B 153 153 4,001 1,561 10.2 1,540 1,466 74 21 133 n/a n/a n/a .987 10.39
1926 Cardinals 1B 154 154 4,114 1,680 10.9 1,661 1,607 54 19 118 n/a n/a n/a .989 10.90
1927 Cardinals 1B 152 152 4,076 1,746 11.5 1,726 1,656 70 20 149 n/a n/a n/a .989 11.43
1928 Cardinals 1B 148 148 4,033 1,526 10.3 1,506 1,454 52 20 113 n/a n/a n/a .987 10.08
1929 Cardinals 1B 145 145 3,822 1,435 9.9 1,422 1,347 75 13 122 n/a n/a n/a .991 10.05
1930 Cardinals 1B 124 123 3,247 1,217 9.8 1,205 1,164 41 12 127 n/a n/a n/a .990 10.02
1931 Cardinals 1B 93 91 2,291 952 10.2 940 897 43 12 95 n/a n/a n/a .987 11.08
1932 Cardinals 1B 74 74 1,944 713 9.6 703 662 41 10 67 n/a n/a n/a .986 9.76
1933 Reds 1B 145 144 3,741 1,598 11.0 1,583 1,511 72 15 112 n/a n/a n/a .991 11.43
1934 Reds 1B 139 139 3,589 1,395 10.0 1,380 1,303 77 15 106 n/a n/a n/a .989 10.38
1935 Reds 1B 97 96 2,543 995 10.3 987 934 53 8 74 n/a n/a n/a .992 10.48
1936 Browns 1B 140 140 3,509 1,307 9.3 1,297 1,250 47 10 103 n/a n/a n/a .992 9.98
1937 Browns 1B 24 20 465 192 8.0 191 179 12 1 16 n/a n/a n/a .995 11.09
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1B Totals 1,885 1,872 48,429 19,374 10.3 19,151 18,337 814 223 1,562 n/a n/a n/a .988 10.68
2B Totals 1 0 0 1 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
16 Years 1,886 1,872 48,429 19,375 10.3 19,152 18,337 815 223 1,562 n/a n/a n/a .988 10.68
Jim Bottomley

Jim Bottomley Miscellaneous Stats

SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1922 Cardinals 3 1 .750 3 0 n/a 30.2 11.6 4.3 - - -
1923 Cardinals 4 6 .400 4 0 n/a 65.4 11.9 5.6 - - -
1924 Cardinals 5 4 .556 4 0 n/a 37.7 15.1 4.8 - - -
1925 Cardinals 3 4 .429 0 0 n/a 29.5 17.2 4.8 - - -
1926 Cardinals 4 - - 0 0 n/a 31.7 11.6 5.0 - - -
1927 Cardinals 8 - - 0 0 n/a 30.2 11.7 4.6 - - -
1928 Cardinals 10 - - 1 0 n/a 18.6 10.7 4.2 - - -
1929 Cardinals 3 - - 1 0 n/a 19.3 10.4 4.1 - - -
1930 Cardinals 5 - - 7 0 n/a 32.5 13.5 5.0 - - -
1931 Cardinals 3 - - 15 0 n/a 42.4 15.9 5.1 - - -
1932 Cardinals 2 - - 17 0 n/a 28.3 9.7 6.5 - - -
1933 Reds 3 - - 0 0 n/a 42.2 19.6 6.6 - - -
1934 Reds 1 - - 3 0 n/a 50.5 13.9 7.1 - - -
1935 Reds 3 - - 10 0 n/a 399.0 16.6 8.1 - - -
1936 Browns 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 45.3 9.9 5.7 - - -
1937 Browns 1 0 1.000 42 0 n/a 109.0 7.3 9.1 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
16 Years 58 15 .795 107 0 n/a 34.1 12.6 5.3 - - -
Jim Bottomley

Jim Bottomley Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1922 St. Louis Cardinals n/a Undetermined n/a -
1923 St. Louis Cardinals n/a Undetermined n/a -
1924 St. Louis Cardinals n/a Undetermined n/a -
1925 St. Louis Cardinals n/a Undetermined n/a -
1926 St. Louis Cardinals n/a Undetermined n/a Stats
1927 St. Louis Cardinals n/a Undetermined n/a -
1928 St. Louis Cardinals n/a Undetermined n/a Stats
1929 St. Louis Cardinals n/a Undetermined n/a -
1930 St. Louis Cardinals n/a Undetermined n/a Stats
1931 St. Louis Cardinals n/a Undetermined n/a Stats
1932 St. Louis Cardinals 4 Undetermined n/a -
1933 Cincinnati Reds 3 Undetermined - -
1934 Cincinnati Reds 1 Undetermined - -
1935 Cincinnati Reds 1 Undetermined - -
1936 St. Louis Browns 2 $6,500.00 - -
1937 St. Louis Browns 2 $8,000.00 - -


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