Bouton’s record was 18-13 with a 3.02 ERA and he won a pair of World Series starts against the Cardinals. In 1963 he went 21-7 with six shutouts and lost a 1-0 World Series decision to the Dodgers’ Don Drysdale. But for two seasons, on the last of the great 1960s Yankees teams of Mantle, Maris, Berra and Ford, he emerged as a top-flight pitcher. Bouton, across his pro career, posted a mediocre record of 62-63, with an ERA of 3.57. Bouton to the annual Old-Timers Day event, where he was given an emotional standing ovation. Bouton also exposed in great detail the carousing of Yankees legend Mickey Mantle, the widespread use of stimulants (known as “greenies”) in major-league locker rooms, and the spectacularly foul mouth of Pilots manager Joe Schultz.īut the book caused most of his old teammates to ostracize him, and he was blackballed from Yankees events for nearly 50 years, until the team made amends last season by inviting Mr. Bouton’s tumultuous year was the only sports book cited when the New York Public Library drew up its list of the best books of the 20th century.

Released amid a storm of controversy in 1970, the account of Mr.

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