caption finalyear bats birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date image article_title debutteam name throws
bouton in 1963 with the yankees . 1978 right newark , new jersey 1962 september 29 62 -- 63 3.57 720 pitcher atlanta braves win -- loss record earned run average strikeouts april 22 8 march 1939 jim bouton 1963.png jim bouton
 new york yankees jim bouton right
jim bouton

james alan `` jim '' bouton -lrb- ; born march 8 , 1939 -rrb- is an american retired professional baseball player .
bouton played in major league baseball -lrb- mlb -rrb- 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 .
bouton played college baseball at western michigan university , before signing his first professional contract with the yankees .
he was a member of the 1962 world series champions , appeared in the 1963 mlb all-star game , and won both of his starts in the 1964 world series .
later in his career , he developed and threw a knuckleball .
bouton authored the baseball book `` ball four '' , which was a combination diary of his 1969 season and memoir of his years with the yankees , pilots , and astros .
