# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jim-bouton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:06:56.265Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jim-bouton"
name: "Jim Bouton"
slug: "jim-bouton"
description: "James Alan Bouton was an American professional baseball player. Bouton played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a pitcher for the New York Yankees, Seattle Pilots, Houston Astros, and Atlanta Braves between 1962 and 1978. He was also a best-selling author, actor, activist, sportscaster and one of the creators of Big League Chew."
tagline: "American baseball player (1939–2019)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jim_Bouton_1963.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1939-03-08"
deathDate: "2019-07-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.24
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.558688
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0100357/"
    handle:    "nm0100357"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.jimbouton.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%90%89%E5%A7%86%C2%B7%E9%AE%91%E9%A0%93"
    title: "吉姆·鮑頓"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جيم بوتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "چيم بوتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bouton"
    title: "Jim Bouton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bouton"
    title: "Jim Bouton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bouton_(baseball)"
    title: "Jim Bouton (baseball)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%82%A6%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ジム・バウトン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A7%90_%EB%B3%B4%ED%84%B4"
    title: "짐 보턴"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bouton"
    title: "Jim Bouton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bouton"
    title: "Jim Bouton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3045044"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19442"
    title: "Jim Bouton"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump