James Alan Bouton (1939 - 2019)

Born 8 Mar 1939 in Newark, Essex, New Jersey, United States

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Died 10 Jul 2019 at age 80 in Great Barrinton, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Jim Bouton is Notable.

Jim Bouton was born in New Jersey.

Jim Bouton was a Massachusettsan.

James Alan Jim or Bulldog Bouton was an American professional baseball player. Jim played Major League Baseball as a pitcher for the New York Yankees, Seattle Pilots, Houston Astros, and the Atlanta Braves between 1962 and 1978. His claim to fame was his ability as a pitcher to throw a fierce knuckleball. He played in the 1963 All-Star Game and in the 1964 World Series. He wrote his memoir titled Ball Four: My Life and Hard Times Throwing the Knuckleball in the Big Leagues in 1970. His follow-up book was titled I'm Glad You Didn't Take It Personally. Bouton was also credited as a co-creator of Big League Chew bubble gum.

After his baseball career wained, he became a TV sportscaster in New York with WABC-TV and later with WCBS-TV stations.

He was the son of Gertrude (Vischer) and George Hempstead Bouton, an executive, was born in Newark, Essex, New Jersey, on 8 Mar 1939.

In 1940, James A. Boulton lived in Fort Worth, Justice Precinct 1, Tarrant, Texas, with his parents, George H. and Gertrude Bouton. George was a salesman for a retail department store. In 1935, both George and Gertrude lived in Park Ridge, Cook, Illinois.^[1]

Bouton was married twice:

1. Barbara Ann Heister aka Bobbie Bouton, m. 1962-div. 1981. Three children: Michael, Laurie, and Kyong Jo "David".
2. Paula Kurman

He was invited to play at the Old Timers Game on July 25, 1998.

He died on 10 July 2019.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K47D-QJN : 15 March 2018), James A Bouton in household of George H Bouton, Ward 6, Fort Worth, Justice Precinct 1, Tarrant, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 257-27, sheet 4A, line 13, family 88, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4184.

   George H Bouton, 19 b. Pennsylvania; Gertrude Bouton, 20 b. New York; James A Bouton, 1 b. New Jersey

2. ↑ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/jim-bouton-dead-ball-four-author-yankees-pitcher-was-80-1194925/

• "United States Public Records, 1970-2009", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KPM2-RYW : 20 November 2019), Jim Bouton, 2006.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/201022099/jim-bouton: accessed August 8, 2024), memorial page for Jim Bouton (8 Mar 1939–10 Jul 2019), Find a Grave Memorial ID 201022099, citing Wyckoff Reformed Church Cemetery, Wyckoff, Bergen County, New Jersey, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.

See Also:

• Wikipedia- Jim Bouton
• Washington Post - https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/jim-bouton-baseball-pitcher-whose-ball-four-gave-irreverent-peek-inside-the-game-dies-at-80/2019/07/10/f73acf52-b4e5-11e7-9e58-e6288544af98_story.html?utm_term=.8b030a483a67