Episode 109 – Remembering Jim Bouton (with special guest Craig Calcaterra)

Episode 109 – Remembering Jim Bouton (with special guest Craig Calcaterra)

Very few players in the 20th century transformed the way baseball was perceived as much as Jim Bouton, the hotshot Yankees starter who, after arm injuries and a trade to the Seattle Pilots, wrote perhaps the greatest baseball book of all time. Bouton passed away last week, so Mike and Bill talk about his life,…

Jim Bouton Stats & Facts

Jim Bouton Stats & Facts

    Jim Bouton Position: PitcherBats: Right  •  Throws: Right6-0, 170lb (183cm, 77kg)Born: March 8, 1939 in Newark, NJDied: July 10, 2019  in Great Barrington, MAHigh School: Bloom HS (Chicago Heights, IL)School: Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo, MI)Debut: April 22, 1962 (11,983rd in major league history)vs. CLE 3.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 0 ERLast Game: September 29, 1978vs. CIN 3.0 IP, 6 H, 2 SO, 4 BB, 6 ER, LFull Name: James Alan BoutonNicknames: BulldogPronunciation: \BOW-tun\ Nine…

Ball Four Publisher Jim Bouton wins first game in 8 years
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Ball Four Publisher Jim Bouton wins first game in 8 years

On September 14, 1978, Thirty Eight year old Jim Bouton of the Atlanta Braves earns his first win in eight seasons. The knuckleballing Bouton, who had retired after the 1970 season, defeats the San Francisco Giants, 4-1. Bouton, who gained fame for penning the controversial book, Ball Four. The Bulldog gives up just three hits in…

Ball Four Book author Jim Bouton begins a comeback with the Savannah Braves
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Ball Four Book author Jim Bouton begins a comeback with the Savannah Braves

On May 1, 1978, former major league pitcher and controversial book author Jim Bouton begins a comeback with the Savannah Braves of the Southern League. The 39-year-old Bouton will eventually earn a promotion to the Atlanta Braves, where he will struggle in a late-season stint.

In the highest-scoring 11th inning ever, Seattle scores six runs, then allows 5, but hangs on for a 10 – 9 win at Boston. Jim Bouton gets the win with three shutout innings. Wayne Comer has a pair of homers, including one in the 11th. John Kennedy adds a homer in the 11th and Rico Petrocelli goes deep in the same inning for the Sox.

In the highest-scoring 11th inning ever, Seattle scores six runs, then allows 5, but hangs on for a 10 – 9 win at Boston. Jim Bouton gets the win with three shutout innings. Wayne Comer has a pair of homers, including one in the 11th. John Kennedy adds a homer in the 11th and Rico Petrocelli goes deep in the same inning for the Sox.

In the highest-scoring 11th inning ever, Seattle scores six runs, then allows 5, but hangs on for a 10 – 9 win at Boston. Jim Bouton gets the win with three shutout innings. Wayne Comer has a pair of homers, including one in the 11th. John Kennedy adds a homer in the 11th and Rico Petrocelli goes deep in the same inning for the Sox.

Seattle Pilots Play First Home Game in Sicks Stadium
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Seattle Pilots Play First Home Game in Sicks Stadium

Interested in exploring FRANCHISING? We will help you through your journey visit us @ www.franchisingconnection.com PODCAST On Friday afternoon April 11, 1969, Major League Baseball came to Seattle with the American League expansion Seattle Pilots debuting at Sick’s Stadium. After near misses with Indians and A’s considering a move to the Pacific Northwest Seattle finally…

Jim Bouton agrees to a one-year deal worth $22,000 to play for the expansion Seattle Pilots

Jim Bouton agrees to a one-year deal worth $22,000 to play for the expansion Seattle Pilots

Jim Bouton agrees to a one-year deal worth $22,000 to play for the expansion Pilots, who had purchased the right-hander from New York last month for $20,000 with his previous team agreeing to pick up $12,000 of the salary. The knuckleballer will use his tenure with the club, and the Astros after he is traded to Houston, to chronicle the 1969 season, along with stories from his Yankee years, in his groundbreaking book, Ball Four, a publication which will not endear him to the baseball community, especially with his former Bronx Bomber teammates.