"Jim Bouton, like the Yankees, did not enjoy the 1965 baseball season. Coming off 21 and 18 game winning seasons, the spunky right-hander slumped to four wins last summer and 15 losses. A tender arm was the partial cause of Jim's trouble last year although he was able to work in 30 games.
In the early days of spring training this year, Jim was hit hard but he was hoping that work and sunshine would help restore the 'stuff' that made him one of the league's premier pitchers in 1963 and 1964.
The Bulldog started 37 games in 1964, more than any other American League pitcher. He pitched the pennant-clincher against Minnesota in '63 and a shutout against Washington in his first start as a big leaguer in 1962. He was also the winning hurler in the longest game ever played in the American loop ... 22 innings in seven hours, also in 1962.
Jim Bouton and the Yankees are hoping that he will be more like his 1963 and '64 form this season."
-The New York Yankees Official 1966 Yearbook
Signed by Yankee organization, November 11, 1958.
Pitched 7-hit shutout in first major league start, winning 8-0 over Washington, May 6, 1962.
Winning pitcher of longest game in American League (7 hours, 22 innings), final score 9-7, at Detroit, June 24, 1962.
Won pennant-clinching game for Yankees in 1963, September 13 at Minnesota.
21-game winner for Yankees in 1963, his second season in major leagues ... combined with Whitey Ford to give Yankees two 20-game winners in one year, first time since 1951 when Eddie Lopat was 21-9 and Vic Raschi was 21-10.
Second in the American League in shutouts (6), 1963.
Had lowest ERA on the Yankee staff (2.53), 1963.
Led American League in games started (37), 1964.
Led Yankees in wins (18) and innings pitched (271), 1964.
-1966 New York Yankees Press-TV-Radio Guide
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