1935: The Braves snap a 14-game losing streak with a 6-4 win over the Reds. 1978: Thirty-eight year old Jim Bouton picks up his first win since 1970 in a 4-1 victory by the Atlanta Braves over the ...

Jim Bouton was a 39-year-old knuckleball pitcher for the Class AA Savannah Braves on a strange quest to make it back to the major leagues — where he hadn’t pitched in eight years. But it was ...

On Sunday, September 10, 1978, Jim Bouton took the mound for the Atlanta Braves against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Bouton was thirty-nine years old and hadn’t pitched in the majors in eight seasons.

Jim Bouton, the former Yankees pitcher and tell-all author, has died at the age of 80, according to multiple reports. Bouton, who suffered a stroke in 2012, had been in a years-long battle with ...

Jim Bouton with an updated version of “Ball Four” in ... in September 1978, Ted Turner, then the owner of a then-hapless team, the Atlanta Braves, brought Bouton to his big-league roster, ...

Baseball writer Jim Bouton's "Ball Four" revealed the inner lives of players on and off the field. News. ... Houston Astros, Atlanta Braves and the ill-fated Seattle Pilots. A World Series record ...

Jim Bouton, once an All-Star pitcher with the New York Yankees, ... his two victories in the 1964 World Series or his Quixotic comeback effort with the Atlanta Braves in 1978. ...

Jim Bouton as a pitcher for the New York Yankees in 1967. AP file. ... when Ted Turner, the eccentric owner of the sad-sack Atlanta Braves, signed him to a contract.

Newark native Jim Bouton was an All-Star and 21-game winner pitching for the 1963 Yankees, but became more famous for writing the first tell-all baseball book, "Ball Four." Skip to Article Set weather ...

Jim Bouton, the former Yankees pitcher and tell-all author, has died at the age of 80, according to his family. ... Houston Astros and the Atlanta Braves. He joined the Braves in 1978, ...