Jim Bottomley stats

Last played for the Baltimore Orioles, 1937

Age 126

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Jim Bottomley played 16 MLB seasons, 1922 to 1937.

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
1,991
AB
7,471
R
1,177
H
2,313
HR
219
RBI
1,422
SB
58
AVG
.310
Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.
1922STL3715129495353.325
1923STL134523791948944.371
1924STL13752887167141115.316
1925STL15361992227211283.367
1926STL15460398180191204.299
1927STL15257495174191248.303
1928STL1495761231873113610.325
1929STL146560108176291373.314
1930STL1314879214815975.304
1931STL108382731339753.348
1932STL91311459211482.296
1933CIN1455495713713833.250
1934CIN1425567215811781.284
1935CIN107399441031493.258
1936BAL1405447216212950.298
1937BAL6510911261121.239

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG

Career Postseason

GP
24
AB
90
R
8
H
18
HR
1
RBI
10
SB
0
AVG
.200

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
8,355
TB
3,737
XBH
835
HBP
43
IBB
0
GIDP
0
P/PA
0.00
Expanded by season
PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included.TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run.XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs.HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base.IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose.GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better.P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter.
1922STL16182182000
1923STL587280564000
1924STL583264573000
1925STL681358772000
1926STL684305734000
1927STL679292655000
1928STL667362933000
1929STL648318721000
1930STL560240555000
1931STL419204481000
1932STL339147301000
1933CIN609217457000
1934CIN592244530000
1935CIN423129232000
1936BAL596259623000
1937BAL1273680000

What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
32.8
RC
1,403.1
RC/27
7.10
ISOP
.191
SECA
.285
BB/K
1.12
AB/HR
34.1
GO/FO
0.00
Advanced by season
WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in.RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced.RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs.ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count.SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat.BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline.AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power.GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out.
1922STL0.5297.5.2190.30.530.20
1923STL4.0114.48.8.1640.21.065.40
1924STL2.295.66.8.1840.3137.70
1925STL5.4140.39.3.2120.31.329.50
1926STL3.1113.97.2070.31.131.70
1927STL4.2118.17.5.2060.31.530.20
1928STL5.1142.89.5.3040.41.318.60
1929STL3.0124.48.4.2540.41.319.30
1930STL0.591.56.8.1890.31.232.50
1931STL2.981.18.7.1860.31.442.40
1932STL0.952.86.5.1770.30.828.30
1933CIN1.672.24.6.1460.21.542.20
1934CIN0.781.25.5.1550.20.850.50
1935CIN-0.939.83.6.0650.10.83990
1936BAL-0.293.36.5.1780.30.845.30
1937BAL-0.214.44.7.0920.31.21090

What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO

Bio

Age
126 yearsApr 23, 1900
Debut
1922

What were Jim Bottomley's career stats?

Jim Bottomley played 16 seasons for the Cardinals, the Reds and the Orioles. He was a career .310 hitter with 2,313 hits, 219 home runs and 1,422 RBI. His best season was 1923: a .371 batting average, 8 home runs and 94 RBI.

League leaderboards and awards

16 seasons, 4 postseasons, 1922 to 1937

Championships ×2

All-time career rank

  • 152nd in hits (2,313)
  • 61st in rbi (1,422)

Among the 10,544 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

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