Nickname: Sunny Jim
Bats: L
Throws: L
Born: 04-23-1900
Birthplace: Oglesby, IL, USA
Career Positions Played: 1B,2B
League MVP Award: 1928
Hall of Fame: Entered in 1974
Height: 6 ft., 0 in. Weight: 180 lbs.
(Jim Bottomley at www.retrosheet.org)
NSB Total Offensive Rank: 606 / 5240
BATTING STATS
YEAR CITY POS AGE G PA AB H 1B 2B 3B HR RBI R AVG LAV OBA SLA BB IBB SO SH SF HP YEAR CITY
1922 STL:N 3 21 37 161 151 49 31 8 5 5 35 29 .325 .292 .358 .543 6 - 13 2 - 2 1922 STL:N
1923 STL:N 3 22 134 587 523 194 138 34 14 8 94 79 .371 .286 .425 .535 45 - 44 15 - 4 1923 STL:N
1924 STL:N 3,4 23 137 583 528 167 110 31 12 14 111 87 .316 .283 .362 .500 35 - 35 17 - 3 1924 STL:N
1925 STL:N 3 24 153 681 619 227 150 44 12 21 128 92 .367 .292 .413 .578 47 - 36 13 - 2 1925 STL:N
1926 STL:N 3 25 154 684 603 180 107 40 14 19 120 98 .299 .280 .364 .506 58 - 52 19 - 4 1926 STL:N
1927 STL:N 3 26 152 679 574 174 109 31 15 19 124 95 .303 .282 .387 .509 74 - 49 26 - 5 1927 STL:N
1928 STL:N 3 27 149 667 576 187 94 42 20 31 136 123 .325 .281 .402 .628 71 - 54 17 - 3 1928 STL:N
1929 STL:N 3 28 146 648 560 176 104 31 12 29 137 108 .314 .294 .391 .568 70 - 54 17 - 1 1929 STL:N
1930 STL:N 3 29 131 560 487 148 93 33 7 15 97 92 .304 .303 .368 .493 44 - 36 24 - 5 1930 STL:N
1931 STL:N 3 30 108 419 382 133 85 34 5 9 75 73 .348 .277 .403 .534 34 - 24 2 - 1 1931 STL:N
1932 STL:N 3 31 91 339 311 92 62 16 3 11 48 45 .296 .276 .350 .473 25 - 32 2 - 1 1932 STL:N
1933 CIN:N 3 32 145 610 549 137 92 23 9 13 83 57 .250 .266 .311 .395 42 7 28 12 0 7 1933 CIN:N
1934 CIN:N 3 33 142 592 556 158 105 31 11 11 78 72 .284 .279 .324 .439 33 4 40 3 0 0 1934 CIN:N
1935 CIN:N 3 34 107 423 399 103 80 21 1 1 49 44 .258 .277 .294 .323 18 3 24 4 0 2 1935 CIN:N
1936 STL:A 3 35 140 596 544 162 100 39 11 12 95 72 .298 .289 .354 .476 44 - 55 5 - 3 1936 STL:A
1937 STL:A 3 36 65 127 109 26 18 7 0 1 12 11 .239 .281 .346 .330 18 - 15 0 - 0 1937 STL:A
BATTING STATS CONT.
YEAR CITY AGE SB CS SB3 CS3 SB4 CS4 AT2 AT3 1>3 2>H GWBI IPHR LOHR GSHR TB OM GB FB LD G/F GDP GDPO YEAR CITY
1922 STL:N 21 3 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - 82 - - - - - - - 1922 STL:N
1923 STL:N 22 4 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - 280 - - - - - - - 1923 STL:N
1924 STL:N 23 5 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - 264 - - - - - - - 1924 STL:N
1925 STL:N 24 3 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - 358 - - - - - - - 1925 STL:N
1926 STL:N 25 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 305 - - - - - - - 1926 STL:N
1927 STL:N 26 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 292 - - - - - - - 1927 STL:N
1928 STL:N 27 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 362 - - - - - - - 1928 STL:N
1929 STL:N 28 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 318 - - - - - - - 1929 STL:N
1930 STL:N 29 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 240 - - - - - - - 1930 STL:N
1931 STL:N 30 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 204 - - - - - - - 1931 STL:N
1932 STL:N 31 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 147 - - - - - - - 1932 STL:N
1933 CIN:N 32 3 2 1 1 0 0 .02 .03 .24 .78 6 0 0 0 217 434 159 217 26 .73 8 136 1933 CIN:N
1934 CIN:N 33 1 4 0 0 0 0 .03 .00 .18 .75 10 0 0 0 244 412 142 189 36 .75 7 106 1934 CIN:N
1935 CIN:N 34 3 7 0 0 0 0 .09 .00 .50 .56 10 0 0 0 129 317 108 147 23 .73 10 97 1935 CIN:N
1936 STL:A 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 - - - - - - 259 - - - - - - - 1936 STL:A
1937 STL:A 36 1 0 - 0 - 0 - - - - - - - - 36 - - - - - - - 1937 STL:A
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA
1922 STL:N 21 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333
1923 STL:N 22 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250
1924 STL:N 23 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .333
1925 STL:N 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1926 STL:N 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1927 STL:N 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1928 STL:N 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000
1929 STL:N 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000
1930 STL:N 29 7 2 0 0 1 0 2 .286 .714
1931 STL:N 30 14 3 0 0 0 1 1 .214 .214
1932 STL:N 31 16 7 1 1 0 1 1 .438 .625
1933 CIN:N 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1934 CIN:N 33 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1935 CIN:N 34 10 5 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .600
1936 STL:A 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1937 STL:A 36 35 5 0 - - 4 7 .143 .000
HOME ROAD
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA YEAR CITY
1922 STL:N 21 45 12 4 1 0 2 3 .267 .400 106 37 4 4 5 4 10 .349 .604 1922 STL:N
1923 STL:N 22 250 97 18 6 3 29 20 .388 .544 273 97 16 8 5 16 24 .355 .527 1923 STL:N
1924 STL:N 23 261 81 16 5 6 20 15 .310 .479 267 86 15 7 8 15 20 .322 .521 1924 STL:N
1925 STL:N 24 293 120 24 5 16 30 12 .410 .689 327 107 20 7 5 17 24 .327 .477 1925 STL:N
1926 STL:N 25 293 88 23 5 10 32 24 .300 .515 310 92 17 9 9 26 28 .297 .497 1926 STL:N
1927 STL:N 26 286 91 22 7 14 45 22 .318 .591 287 83 9 8 5 29 27 .289 .429 1927 STL:N
1928 STL:N 27 264 86 20 11 14 32 21 .326 .644 312 101 22 9 17 39 33 .324 .615 1928 STL:N
1929 STL:N 28 262 88 17 5 12 29 23 .336 .576 298 88 14 7 17 38 31 .295 .560 1929 STL:N
1930 STL:N 29 225 75 15 3 10 18 17 .333 .560 263 73 18 4 5 27 19 .278 .433 1930 STL:N
1931 STL:N 30 153 58 20 0 2 12 6 .379 .549 229 75 14 5 7 22 18 .328 .524 1931 STL:N
1932 STL:N 31 125 41 8 2 2 13 11 .328 .472 186 51 8 1 9 12 21 .274 .473 1932 STL:N
1933 CIN:N 32 286 70 9 7 1 20 10 .245 .336 263 67 14 2 12 22 18 .255 .460 1933 CIN:N
1934 CIN:N 33 281 82 20 9 3 16 14 .292 .459 275 76 11 2 8 17 26 .276 .418 1934 CIN:N
1935 CIN:N 34 240 62 9 1 0 9 12 .258 .304 159 41 12 0 1 9 12 .258 .352 1935 CIN:N
1936 STL:A 35 281 90 21 4 9 23 21 .320 .520 263 72 18 7 3 21 34 .274 .430 1936 STL:A
1937 STL:A 36 53 13 3 0 1 10 6 .245 .358 56 13 4 0 0 8 9 .232 .304 1937 STL:A
Bats: L AGAINST LHP AGAINST RHP
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA YEAR CITY
1922 STL:N 21 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1922 STL:N
1923 STL:N 22 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1923 STL:N
1924 STL:N 23 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1924 STL:N
1925 STL:N 24 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1925 STL:N
1926 STL:N 25 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1926 STL:N
1927 STL:N 26 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1927 STL:N
1928 STL:N 27 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1928 STL:N
1929 STL:N 28 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1929 STL:N
1930 STL:N 29 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1930 STL:N
1931 STL:N 30 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1931 STL:N
1932 STL:N 31 110 24 5 0 3 6 16 .218 .345 201 68 11 3 8 19 16 .338 .542 1932 STL:N
1933 CIN:N 32 122 31 4 1 2 7 9 .254 .352 427 106 19 8 11 35 19 .248 .407 1933 CIN:N
1934 CIN:N 33 97 19 3 2 1 4 8 .196 .299 459 139 28 9 10 29 32 .303 .468 1934 CIN:N
1935 CIN:N 34 83 21 5 0 1 3 6 .253 .349 316 82 16 1 0 15 18 .259 .316 1935 CIN:N
1936 STL:A 35 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1936 STL:A
1937 STL:A 36 - - - 0 - - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - 1937 STL:A
FIELDING STATS - FIRST BASE
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1922 STL:N 21 .986 .990 34 33 - 346 12 5 - 22
1923 STL:N 22 .986 .990 130 128 - 1264 43 18 - 95
1924 STL:N 23 .982 .989 133 132 - 1297 48 24 - 110
1925 STL:N 24 .987 .989 153 153 1333.7 1466 74 21 - 133
1926 STL:N 25 .989 .989 154 154 - 1607 54 19 - 118
1927 STL:N 26 .989 .989 152 152 1358.7 1656 70 20 - 149
1928 STL:N 27 .987 .989 148 148 - 1454 52 20 - 113
1929 STL:N 28 .991 .990 145 145 - 1347 75 13 - 122
1930 STL:N 29 .990 .990 124 123 - 1164 41 12 - 127
1931 STL:N 30 .987 .990 93 91 - 897 43 12 - 95
1932 STL:N 31 .986 .990 74 74 - 662 41 10 - 67
1933 CIN:N 32 .991 .990 145 144 1264.0 1506 72 15 2 112
1934 CIN:N 33 .989 .991 139 139 1215.3 1300 78 15 1 106
1935 CIN:N 34 .992 .989 97 96 855.7 930 51 8 1 73
1936 STL:A 35 .992 .991 140 140 - 1250 47 10 - 103
1937 STL:A 36 .995 .991 24 20 - 179 12 1 - 16
FIELDING STATS - SECOND BASE
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1924 STL:N 23 1.000 .961 1 0 - 0 1 0 0 0
AVG OBA SLA DB TP HR BB SO SB
RANK: 697 1,355 518 1,324 655 1,310 3,098 2,036 3,621
ERA OAV WPct SO BB HRA GF SVP WHIP
RANK: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Bottomley - Historical Batting Stastistics
Jim Bottomley - Batting - Home / Road Splits
Jim Bottomley - Batting - Left / Right Splits
Fielding Statistics - First Base
Fielding Statistics - Second Base
Itemized Sim Rankings - Offense
Itemized Sim Rankings - Pitching