Not Bouton. That “Got sick on a flight and puked up a panty girdle” joke was told on the KC Royal’s notorious goofball pitcher, Moe Drabowsky, by one of his Royal’s teammates.
"Getting on the airplane in Cleveland we ran into the Kansas City Royals. There was a lot of conversation because we're both expansion teams and a lot of us have been rescued from the same junkpile. The funniest line was about Moe Drabowski. They said he was sick on the bus the other night and puked up a panty girdle."
I stand corrected. I read the book when it came out almost 50 years ago. Not surprising my memory was off. Please note I at least got the "puking" and "panties" part right. I would have felt the total fool if I had remembered "jockstrap", or "shower thongs".
Anyway, a great book from the past, and a great ballplayer, RIP, Jim Bouton.