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monkeystyxx · 06-27-2021, 05:54 PM

I've just loaded a historical game in 1969 to look at the Seattle Pilots roster, inspired by a recent re-read of Ball Four, and noticed that Jim Bouton has a weird pitch arsenal. At least, weird from the perspective of someone who knows very little about him other than the book.

He throws: Curve, Change, Circle Change, Knuckle Curve.

The main crux of the book is that he was pretty much a Knuckleballer in 1969, with a poor fastball and a worse curve that rarely got used. Maybe this could be looked at? In-game Bouton doesn't throw any kind of fastball at all but has two different changeups, which is just weird.

06-27-2021, 05:54 PM	#85
monkeystyxx Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Oct 2014 Posts: 293	I've just loaded a historical game in 1969 to look at the Seattle Pilots roster, inspired by a recent re-read of Ball Four, and noticed that Jim Bouton has a weird pitch arsenal. At least, weird from the perspective of someone who knows very little about him other than the book. He throws: Curve, Change, Circle Change, Knuckle Curve. The main crux of the book is that he was pretty much a Knuckleballer in 1969, with a poor fastball and a worse curve that rarely got used. Maybe this could be looked at? In-game Bouton doesn't throw any kind of fastball at all but has two different changeups, which is just weird. Last edited by monkeystyxx; 06-27-2021 at 05:56 PM.