Jim Bouton

JIM BOUTON was an American professional baseball pitcher who won 21 games in 1963 with the New York Yankees and appeared in two World Series. He is the author of Ball Four.

Ball Four, a New York Public Library Book of the Century selection, was named one of Time Magazine’s 100 Greatest Non-Fiction Books. Bouton also wrote Foul Ball, a diary of his efforts to save Wahconah Park in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.

When not writing, Bouton played professional baseball for the New York Yankees, Seattle Pilots, Houston Astros, and Atlanta Braves between 1962 and 1978, and was one of the creators of Big League Chew. Ball Four transformed sports journalism.

Bouton died on July 10, 2019, at his home in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, at age 80.

Jim Bouton’s books are published by Turner Publishing.

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