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Jim Bottomley   |   Major Leaguer   1922-1937

Full Name:  James Leroy Bottomley
Born:  April 23,1900  in  Oglesby, Illinois
Death:  December 11,1959
Height:  6-0  Weight:  180  Bats:  Left  Throws:  Left
High School:   -
College:  

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Transactions:   [Dec 17,1932] - Traded by Cardinals to Reds for Ownie Carroll and Estel Crabtree.  [Mar 21,1936] - Traded by Reds to Browns for Johnny Burnett.  

 Batting Statistics
YearTeamLgAgeOrg.Level PosLnGABRH2B3BHRRBISBCSBBSOHBPIBBSH SFDP AVGOBPSLGOPSGB%
1922St. LouisNL22StlMLB 1b 37151294985535316132 2   .325*.355.543*898--
1923St. LouisNL23StlMLB 1b 1345237919434148944645444 15   .371*.424.535*959--
1924St. LouisNL24StlMLB 1b 137528871673112141115435353 17   .316*.363.500*863--
1925St. LouisNL25StlMLB 1b 153619922274412211283447362 13   .367*.414.578*992--
1926St. LouisNL26StlMLB 1b 154603981804014191204 58524 19   .299*.364.506*870--
1927St. LouisNL27StlMLB 1b 152574951743115191248 74495 26   .303*.386.509*895--
1928St. LouisNL28StlMLB 1b 14957612318742203113610 71543 17   .325*.402.628*1030--
1929St. LouisNL29StlMLB 1b 1465601081763112291373 70541 17   .314*.394.568*962--
1930St. LouisNL30StlMLB 1b 1314879214833715975 44365 24   .304*.365.493*858--
1931St. LouisNL31StlMLB 1b 108382731333459753 34241 2   .348*.405.534*939--
1932St. LouisNL32StlMLB 1b 91311459216311482 25321 2   .296*.352.473*825--
1933CincinnatiNL33CinMLB 1b 1455495713723913833 42287 11 13 .250*.308.395*703--
1934CincinnatiNL34CinMLB 1b 14255672158311111781 33400 3 9 .284*.329.439*768--
1935CincinnatiNL35CinMLB 1b 107399441032111493 18242 4 11 .258*.296.323*619--
1936St. LouisAL36StbMLB   14054472162391112950044553 5   .298*.354.476*830--
1937St. LouisAL37StbMLB   651091126701121018150 0 0 .239*.350.330*680--
 
Major League Totals - 16 Season(s)199174711177231346515121914225866459143177 .310.500-----


 Playoffs Batting Statistics
YearTeamLgAgeOrg.SeriesGABRH2B3BHRRBISBCSBBSOHBPIBBSH SFDP AVGOBPSLGOPSGB%
1926St. LouisNL26StlWs7294103005001200000 .345.367.448815--
1928St. LouisNL28StlWs414130113002600000 .214.313.571884--
1930St. LouisNL30StlWs622111000002900000 .045.125.091216--
1931St. LouisNL31StlWs725241002002500000 .160.222.200422--
 
Major League Totals - 4 Season(s)2490818511100072200000 .200.258.311569--

 Fielding Statistics
YearTeamLgAgeOrgLevelPosGGSInnPOAETCDPPBSBCSFPCTRF
1922St. LouisNL22StlMLB1B3434612536322---.986--
 
1923St. LouisNL23StlMLB1B13012644318132595---.986--
 
1924St. LouisNL24StlMLB1B133129748241369110---.982--
1924St. LouisNL24StlMLB2B101010---1.000--
 
1925St. LouisNL25StlMLB1B153146674211561133---.987--
 
1926St. LouisNL26StlMLB1B154160754191680118---.989--
 
1927St. LouisNL27StlMLB1B152165670201746149---.989--
 
1928St. LouisNL28StlMLB1B148145452201526113---.987--
 
1929St. LouisNL29StlMLB1B145134775131435122---.991--
 
1930St. LouisNL30StlMLB1B124116441121217127---.990--
 
1931St. LouisNL31StlMLB1B93897431295295---.987--
 
1932St. LouisNL32StlMLB1B74662411071367---.986--
 
1933CincinnatiNL33CinMLB1B145151172151598112---.991--
 
1934CincinnatiNL34CinMLB1B139130377151395106---.989--
 
1935CincinnatiNL35CinMLB1B9793453899574---.992--
 
1936St. LouisAL36StbMLB1B140125047101307103---.992--
 
1937St. LouisAL37StbMLB1B2417912119216---.995--
 


 Awards
[1924] - NL MVP (Voting Rank: #17)  [1925] - NL MVP (Voting Rank: #7)  [1927] - NL MVP (Voting Rank: #13)  [1928] - National League Most Valuable Player  [1931] - NL MVP (Voting Rank: #15)  [1933] - NL MVP (Voting Rank: #17)  [1948] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (4 votes - 3.31%)  [1950] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (8 votes - 4.76%)  [1951] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (6 votes - 2.65%)  [1952] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (7 votes - 2.99%)  [1953] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (10 votes - 3.79%)  [1954] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (16 votes - 6.35%)  [1955] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (26 votes - 10.36%)  [1956] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (42 votes - 21.76%)  [1958] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (57 votes - 21.43%)  [1960] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (89 votes - 33.09%)  [1962] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (20 votes - 12.5%)  [1974] - Elected to Hall of Fame by Veterans Committee as Player
 Trivia and Player Notes
Member of the World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals in 1926 and 1931.
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