Doc Watson

Charles John Watson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: January 30, 1885 in Carroll County, OH (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1913
Teams (by GP): Terriers/Chi-Feds/Cubs 1913-1915

Final Game: September 21, 1915
Died: December 30, 1949 in San Diego, CA
Cremated
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1909	24	LCR	D	10	11	.476		24																								LCR · MNWI
1910	25	LCR	D	21	12	.636		36																								LCR · MNWI
1913	28	MLW	AA	5	3	.625		17						77.1	88	50			38							1.629	10.2		4.4			MLW · AA
1913	28	CHC	NL	1	0	1.000	1.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	8	2	1	0	6	1	1	0	0	40	333	1.556	8.0	0.0	6.0	1.0	0.17
1914	29	TOT	FL	12	12	.500	2.01	35	25	8	14	5	1	228.0	186	68	51	3	73	87	7	1	1	889	151	1.136	7.3	0.1	2.9	3.4	1.19
1914	29	CHI	FL	9	8	.529	2.04	26	18	6	10	3	1	172.0	145	50	39	2	49	69	3	0	0	667	143	1.128	7.6	0.1	2.6	3.6	1.41
1914	29	SLM	FL	3	4	.429	1.93	9	7	2	4	2	0	56.0	41	18	12	1	24	18	4	1	1	222	174	1.161	6.6	0.2	3.9	2.9	0.75
1915	30	SLM	FL	9	9	.500	3.98	33	20	8	6	0	0	135.2	132	66	60	1	58	45	4	0	3	546	81	1.400	8.8	0.1	3.8	3.0	0.78
1916	31	HSN	B	1	5	.167		10																								HSN · TL
1917	32	SHV,HSN	B	13	16	.448	2.51	42						262.0	215		73		116							1.263	7.4		4.0			SHV,HSN · TL
1920	35	SSK	B	4	17	.190		22									53		51													SSK · WCAN
3 Yrs				22	21	.512	2.70	69	46	16	21	5	1	372.2	326	136	112	4	137	133	12	1	4	1475	115	1.242	7.9	0.1	3.3	3.2	0.97
162 Game Avg.				13	12	.512	2.70	41	27	9	12	3	1	220	193	80	66	2	81	79	7	1	2	872	115	1.242	7.9	0.1	3.3	3.2	0.97

SLM (2 yrs)				12	13	.480	3.38	42	27	10	10	2	0	191.2	173	84	72	2	82	63	8	1	4	768	97	1.330	8.1	0.1	3.9	3.0	0.77
CHI (1 yr)				9	8	.529	2.04	26	18	6	10	3	1	172.0	145	50	39	2	49	69	3	0	0	667	143	1.128	7.6	0.1	2.6	3.6	1.41
CHC (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	1.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	8	2	1	0	6	1	1	0	0	40	333	1.556	8.0	0.0	6.0	1.0	0.17

FL (2 yrs)				21	21	.500	2.75	68	45	16	20	5	1	363.2	318	134	111	4	131	132	11	1	4	1435	113	1.235	7.9	0.1	3.2	3.3	1.01
NL (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	1.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	8	2	1	0	6	1	1	0	0	40	333	1.556	8.0	0.0	6.0	1.0	0.17

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1913	28	CHC	NL	9.0	1	1	2	2.00	4.07	-0.01	0.00	99.0	4.04	2	0.3		-0.0	0.3	3	.758	.502	$
1914	29	CHI	FL	172.0	26	18	50	2.62	4.13	0.32	0.00	91.0	3.47	15	1.8	1.0	-0.1	2.2	23	.568	.511	$
1914	29	SLM	FL	56.0	9	7	18	2.89	4.17	-0.38	0.00	104.0	4.73	11	1.3	1.0	-0.0	1.5	13	.649	.508	$
1915	30	SLM	FL	135.2	33	20	66	4.38	3.83	0.14	0.00	106.0	3.92	-7	-0.8	1.0	-0.1	-0.4	-2	.475	.495	$
3 Seasons				372.2	69	46	136	3.28	4.02	0.14	0.00	98.6	3.83	21	2.6	1.0	-0.2	3.6	37	.537	.504	$

SLM (2 yrs)				191.2	42	27	84	3.94	3.93	-0.01	0.00	105.4	4.15	4	0.5	1.0	-0.1	1.1	11	.513	.502	$
CHI (1 yr)				172.0	26	18	50	2.62	4.13	0.32	0.00	91.0	3.47	15	1.8	1.0	-0.1	2.2	23	.568	.511	$
CHC (1 yr)				9.0	1	1	2	2.00	4.07	-0.01	0.00	99.0	4.04	2	0.3		-0.0	0.3	3	.758	.502	$

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1913	28	1	0	1.000	1.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	8	2	1	0	6	1	1	0	0	40	333	1.556	8.0	0.0	6.0	1.0	0.17	333
1914	29	13	12	.520	1.97	36	26	8	15	5	1	237.0	194	70	52	3	79	88	8	1	1	929	154	1.152	7.4	0.1	3.0	3.3	1.11	154
1915	30	22	21	.512	2.70	69	46	16	21	5	1	372.2	326	136	112	4	137	133	12	1	4	1475	115	1.242	7.9	0.1	3.3	3.2	0.97	115

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1913	28	0	0		1.13	8.0	9	1	1	0	7	1	1	2.000	10.1	7.9	1.1	0.14	0.0	1
1914	29	16	7	.696	2.58	209.0	206	67	60	3	81	80	8	1.373	8.9	3.5	3.4	0.99	0.1	35
1915	30	5	8	.385	5.10	120.0	144	76	68	1	63	40	4	1.725	10.8	4.7	3.0	0.63	0.1	33
3 Yrs		21	15	.583	3.45	337.0	359	144	129	4	151	121	13	1.513	9.6		3.2	0.80	0.1	69

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1914 FL 3.7 (8th)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 1914 FL 2.01 (3rd)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1914 FL 1.136 (5th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1914 FL 7.342 (5th)
Shutouts s c a p y 1914 FL 5 (5th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1914 FL 0.118 (2nd)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1914 FL 152 (4th)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1914 FL 27 (5th)
Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1914 FL 3.0 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 7 (1687), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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