Bouton was perhaps best known for “Ball Four,” the groundbreaking memoir he later wrote that chronicled the 1969 season he spent with the Seattle Pilots and the Houston Astros, where he was sent in a late-season trade.
He was a graduate of Mount Everett Regional High School in Sheffield. Mr. Simpson was a proud member of the United States Air Force from Oct. 16, 1970, until being honorably discharged Oct. 15, 1974. He served with the Strategic Air Command at the Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota.
He worked at the New England Telephone Company and retired as an award-winning sales manager. With good friend Sam Dellea, he started and ran Berkshire County Cellular for many years.
