Jim Bouton
Jim Bouton
James Alan "Jim" Boutonis an American retired professional baseball player. Bouton played in Major League Baseballas a pitcher for the New York Yankees, Seattle Pilots, Houston Astros, and Atlanta Braves between 1962 and 1978. He has also been a best-selling author, actor, activist, sportscaster and one of the creators of Big League Chew...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth8 March 1939
CityNewark, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time.
We broke in together in 1959. You never know who will make it.
A lot of long relievers are ashamed to tell their parents what they do. The only nice thing about it is that you get to wear a uniform like everbody else.