On his high school junior varsity baseball team his nickname was "Warm Up Bouton" because all he ever did was warm up and never played in the games. The goal of becoming a major league pitcher was "unrealistic", so he did his Career Week essay on becoming a forest ranger. People are still having trouble predicting what Jim Bouton will do next.

In 1963 he won 21 games for the New York Yankees and made the All-Star team. In 1964 he won 18 games and beat the Cardinals twice in the... More >