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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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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson… 

Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
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 1 889 152 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 0 667 145 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 1 222 176 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 80 1.400 8.8 0.1 3.8 3.0 0.78
3 Seasons 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 96 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 0 667 145 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) FL 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) 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

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1913 28 CHC NL 9.0 1 2 5 0 1.0 3 0.3 $
1914 29 CHI FL 172.0 18 50 91 4 1.0 41 3.6 $
1914 29 SLM FL 56.0 7 18 30 -2 1.0 12 1.6 $
1915 30 SLM FL 135.2 20 66 67 1 1.0 1 0.3 $
3 Seasons 372.2 46 136 193 3 1.0 57 5.8 $
SLM (2 yrs) 191.2 27 84 97 -1 1.0 13 1.9 $
CHI (1 yr) 172.0 18 50 91 4 1.0 41 3.6 $
CHC (1 yr) 9.0 1 2 5 0 1.0 3 0.3 $

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1913 28 CHC NL 1 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 -0 0 0 1 /1
1914 29 TOT FL 35 81 70 4 7 1 0 0 4 0 4 30 .100 .149 .114 .263 -24 8 0 7 1
1914 29 CHI FL 26 62 54 3 5 1 0 0 3 0 2 23 .093 .125 .111 .236 -31 6 0 6 1
1914 29 SLM FL 9 19 16 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 7 .125 .222 .125 .347 -2 2 0 1 /1
1915 30 SLM FL 33 43 40 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 15 .125 .146 .125 .271 -22 5 0 2 1
3 Seasons 69 128 112 8 12 1 0 0 5 0 0 6 46 .107 .153 .116 .269 -22 13 0 10
162 Game Avg. 162 301 263 19 28 2 0 0 12 0 14 108 .107 .153 .116 .269 -22 31 0 23
SLM (2 yrs) 42 62 56 4 7 0 0 0 2 0 3 22 .125 .169 .125 .294 -16 7 0 3
CHI (1 yr) 26 62 54 3 5 1 0 0 3 0 2 23 .093 .125 .111 .236 -31 6 0 6
CHC (1 yr) 1 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 -0 0 0 1
FL (2 yrs) 68 124 110 7 12 1 0 0 5 0 5 45 .109 .148 .118 .266 -23 13 0 9
NL (1 yr) 1 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 -0 0 0 1

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1913 28 CHC NL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
1914 29 CHI FL 62 -10 0 0 0 0 3 1 -6 -0.7 -6 -0.6 -0.1 $ 1
1914 29 SLM FL 19 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
1915 30 SLM FL 43 -6 0 0 0 0 2 1 -3 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $ 1
3 Seasons 128 -18 0 0 0 0 6 2 -10 -1.2 -10 -1.0 -0.2 $
SLM (2 yrs) 62 -8 0 0 0 0 3 1 -4 -0.5 -4 -0.4 -0.1 $
CHI (1 yr) 62 -10 0 0 0 0 3 1 -6 -0.7 -6 -0.6 -0.1 $
CHC (1 yr) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1913 CHC NL 28 P 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.60 2.60
1914 TOT FL 29 P 35 228.0 69 7 60 2 0 .971 2.64 1.91 .947 3.04 3.00
1914 CHI FL 29 P 26 172.0 54 3 49 2 0 .963 2.72 2.00 .947 3.04 3.00
1914 SLM FL 29 P 9 56.0 15 4 11 0 0 1.000 2.41 1.67 .947 3.04 3.00
1915 SLM FL 30 P 33 135.2 28 2 24 2 1 .929 1.72 0.79 .956 3.08 3.05
3 Seasons P 69 372.2 97 9 84 4 1 .959 2.25 1.35 .950 3.04 3.02
3 Seasons TOT 69 372.2 97 9 84 4 1 .959 2.25 1.35 .950 3.04 3.02
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1914 FL  5.2 (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 InkPitching - 7 (1666), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1948), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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  1. Billy Campbell (978)
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  5. Bill Foxen (972)
  6. Ed Klepfer (970)
  7. Tom Walker (969)
  8. Charlie Case (966)
  9. Bob Spade (964)
  10. Sailor Stroud (964)
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