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Jim Bottomley

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Full name James Leroy Bottomley
Born April 23, 1900, Oglesby, Illinois
Died December 11, 1959, St. Louis, Missouri
Buried at IOOF Community Cemetery, Sullivan, Missouri
First Game: August 18, 1922; Final Game: September 16, 1937
Managed First Game: July 21, 1937; Managed Final Game: October 3, 1937
Bat: Left Throw: Left Height: 6' 0" Weight: 180
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1974
Won League Award as NL Most Valuable Player (1928)
Named first baseman on The Sporting News Major League All-Star Team (1925)
SABR Biography

Top Performances

Pitcher Matchups

Discrepancies

                       Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team 1922 STL N Daily Splits 37 151 29 49 8 5 5 35 6 0 13 2 2 0 3 2 3 1 .325 .358 .543 0.2 1922 STL N 1923 STL N Daily Splits 134 523 79 194 34 14 8 94 45 5 44 4 15 0 16 6 4 6 .371 .425 .535 2.0 1923 STL N 1924 STL N Daily Splits 137 528 87 167 31 12 14 111 35 1 35 3 17 0 14 11 5 4 .316 .362 .500 0.1 1924 STL N 1925 STL N Daily Splits 153 619 92 227 44 12 21 128 47 6 36 2 13 0 7 11 3 4 .367 .413 .578 2.7 1925 STL N 1926 STL N Daily Splits 154 603 98 180 40 14 19 120 58 3 52 4 19 0 16 6 4 7 .299 .364 .506 -0.3 1926 STL N 1927 STL N Daily Splits 152 574 95 174 31 15 19 124 74 3 49 5 26 0 10 6 8 8 .303 .387 .509 0.6 1927 STL N 1928 STL N Daily Splits 149 576 123 187 42 20 31 136 71 3 54 3 17 0 5 9 10 3 .325 .402 .628 2.5 1928 STL N 1929 STL N Daily Splits 146 560 108 176 31 12 29 137 70 2 54 1 17 0 14 2 3 2 .314 .391 .568 1.2 1929 STL N 1930 STL N Daily Splits 131 487 92 148 33 7 15 97 44 1 36 5 24 1 17 15 5 2 .304 .368 .493 -1.8 1930 STL N 1931 STL N Daily Splits 108 382 73 133 34 5 9 75 34 0 24 1 2 0 9 5 3 2 .348 .403 .534 1.2 1931 STL N 1932 STL N Daily Splits 91 311 45 92 16 3 11 48 25 1 32 1 2 0 6 7 2 3 .296 .350 .473 -0.4 1932 STL N 1933 CIN N Daily Splits 145 549 57 137 23 9 13 83 42 7 28 7 11 0 8 13 3 2 .250 .311 .395 -2.4 1933 CIN N 1934 CIN N Daily Splits 142 556 72 158 31 11 11 78 33 4 40 0 3 0 11 9 1 4 .284 .324 .439 -1.4 1934 CIN N 1935 CIN N Daily Splits 107 399 44 103 21 1 1 49 18 3 24 2 4 0 7 11 3 7 .258 .294 .323 -2.9 1935 CIN N 1936 STL A Daily Splits 140 544 72 162 39 11 12 95 44 0 55 3 5 0 5 7 0 0 .298 .354 .476 -2.2 1936 STL A 1937 STL A Daily Splits 65 109 11 26 7 0 1 12 18 1 15 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 .239 .346 .330 -0.5 1937 STL A Total NL (14 Years) 1786 6818 1094 2125 419 140 206 1315 602 39 521 40 172 1 143 113 57 55 .312 .371 .505 1.3 Total NL Total AL ( 2 Years) 205 653 83 188 46 11 13 107 62 1 70 3 5 0 6 8 1 0 .288 .352 .452 -2.7 Total AL Total (16 Years) Splits 1991 7471 1177 2313 465 151 219 1422 664 40 591 43 177 1 149 121 58 55 .310 .369 .500 -1.4 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team

          World Series Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1926 STL N Daily Splits 7 29 4 10 3 0 0 5 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .345 .367 .448 1926 STL N 1928 STL N Daily Splits 4 14 1 3 0 1 1 3 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214 .313 .571 1928 STL N 1930 STL N Daily Splits 6 22 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .045 .125 .091 1930 STL N 1931 STL N Daily Splits 7 25 2 4 1 0 0 2 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .160 .222 .200 1931 STL N Total ( 4 Years) Splits 24 90 8 18 5 1 1 10 7 0 22 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .258 .311 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team

                       Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG 1922 STL N Daily Splits 1B 34 33 32 298.2 346 12 5 22 0 .986 1923 STL N Daily Splits 1B 130 128 123 1158.1 1264 43 18 95 1 .986 1924 STL N Daily Splits 1B 133 132 128 1162 1297 48 24 110 2 .982 1924 STL N 2B 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1925 STL N Daily Splits 1B 153 153 153 1333.2 1466 74 21 133 0 .987 1926 STL N Daily Splits 1B 154 154 153 1376.2 1607 54 19 118 1 .989 1927 STL N Daily Splits 1B 152 152 152 1358.2 1656 70 20 149 1 .989 1928 STL N Daily Splits 1B 148 148 146 1355.1 1454 52 20 113 0 .987 1929 STL N Daily Splits 1B 145 145 144 1278 1347 75 13 122 1 .991 1930 STL N Daily Splits 1B 124 123 121 1093.1 1164 41 12 127 0 .990 1931 STL N Daily Splits 1B 93 91 85 805.2 897 43 12 95 0 .987 1932 STL N Daily Splits 1B 74 74 72 657.2 662 41 10 67 0 .986 1933 CIN N Daily Splits 1B 145 144 141 1264 1511 72 15 112 0 .991 1934 CIN N Daily Splits 1B 139 139 135 1215.1 1303 77 15 106 0 .989 1935 CIN N Daily Splits 1B 97 96 95 855.2 934 53 8 74 1 .992 1936 STL A Daily Splits 1B 140 140 135 1185.1 1250 47 10 103 0 .992 1937 STL A Daily Splits 1B 24 20 18 172 179 12 1 16 0 .995 Total (16 Years) Splits 1B 1885 1872 1833 16570.1 18337 814 223 1562 7 .988 Total ( 1 Year ) 2B 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG

          World Series Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG 1926 STL N Daily Splits 1B 7 7 7 63 79 1 0 5 0 1.000 1928 STL N Daily Splits 1B 4 4 4 34 36 2 0 3 0 1.000 1930 STL N Daily Splits 1B 6 6 6 51 58 2 0 3 0 1.000 1931 STL N Daily Splits 1B 7 7 7 62 61 2 1 7 0 .984 Total ( 4 Years) Splits 1B 24 24 24 210 234 7 1 18 0 .996 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG

                       Managerial Record

Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING 1937 STL A 78 21 56 .273 337 502 7-21 7 8

   Coaching Record

Year Team START END 1937 STL A 4-21 7-20 Total ( 1 Year )

Transaction Information

Signed as a free agent by St. Louis Cardinals (1920).

Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Estel Crabtree, Ownie Carroll and 2 players to be named later (December 17, 1932); St. Louis Cardinals received Lance Richbourg and Al Eckert (January 3, 1933).

Traded by Cincinnati Reds to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Johnny Burnett (March 21, 1936).

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