Jim Bottomley

E805595

Jim Bottomley was an American Hall of Fame first baseman best known for his powerful hitting with the St. Louis Cardinals during the 1920s and 1930s.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Jim Bottomley canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Major League Baseball first baseman
baseball player
human
bats left
battedCleanup true
battingAverage .310
battingTitle National League RBI leader
birthDate 1900-04-23
birthPlace Oglesby, Illinois, United States
linked to: Oglesby, Illinois
burialPlace St. Mary Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1959-12-11
deathPlace Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
fullName James Leroy Bottomley
givenName James
hallOfFame National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
hallOfFameCategory player
hallOfFameMethodOfElection Veterans Committee
homeRuns 219
inductedIntoHallOfFame 1974
jerseyNumber 4
league Major League Baseball
memberOfSportsTeam Cincinnati Reds
St. Louis Browns
St. Louis Cardinals
MLBDebutLeague National League
MLBDebutTeam St. Louis Cardinals
MVPAward National League Most Valuable Player
MVPYear 1928
nickname Sunny Jim
notableFor power hitting
run production
occupation professional baseball player
playedForMinorLeagueTeam Houston Buffaloes
Syracuse Stars
playedInEra 1920s
1930s
position first baseman
RBILeaderSeason 1928
recordDate 1924-09-16
runsBattedIn 1422
setsRecord 12 runs batted in in a single game
sport baseball
teamDuringRecord St. Louis Cardinals
throws right
worldSeriesChampion 1926
1931

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

1928 World Series notablePlayer Jim Bottomley
27th World Series notablePlayer Jim Bottomley