Jim Bouton

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Jim Bouton was an American Major League Baseball pitcher and author best known for his groundbreaking memoir "Ball Four," which offered an unvarnished look inside professional baseball.

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instanceOf Major League Baseball pitcher
author
human
allStarSelection 1963 American League All-Star NERFINISHED
almaMater Western Michigan University NERFINISHED
appearedIn The Long Goodbye (1973 film) NERFINISHED
bats right
bookPublicationYear 1970
causeOfDeath cerebral amyloid angiopathy
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1939-03-08
dateOfDeath 2019-07-10
earnedRunAverage 3.57
familyName Bouton NERFINISHED
finalMLBGameDate 1978-09-29
finalMLBTeam Atlanta Braves NERFINISHED
fullName James Alan Bouton NERFINISHED
genre sports writing
givenName James
highSchool Bloom Township High School NERFINISHED
knownFor authoring the book Ball Four
challenging baseball’s clubhouse secrecy culture
league Major League Baseball
MLBdebutDate 1962-04-22
MLBdebutTeam New York Yankees NERFINISHED
notableWork Ball Four NERFINISHED
numberOfChildren 4
occupation professional baseball player
sports commentator
writer
placeOfBirth Newark, New Jersey, United States NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Great Barrington, Massachusetts, United States NERFINISHED
playedFor Atlanta Braves NERFINISHED
Houston Astros NERFINISHED
New York Yankees
Seattle Pilots NERFINISHED
positionPlayed pitcher
residence Great Barrington, Massachusetts, United States NERFINISHED
sport baseball
spouse Bobbie Bouton NERFINISHED
Paula Kurman NERFINISHED
strikeouts 720
subjectOf controversy within Major League Baseball over Ball Four
threwNoHitterAtLevel minor leagues
throws right
winLossRecord 62–63
WorldSeriesChampion 1962 World Series NERFINISHED
1963 World Series NERFINISHED

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The Long Goodbye castMember Jim Bouton
subject surface form: The Long Goodbye (1973 film)