Milt Watson

Milton Robert Watson (Mule)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: January 10, 1890 in Flovilla, GA (All Transactions)
Debut: July 26, 1916
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Phillies 1916-1919

Final Game: June 16, 1919
Died: April 10, 1962 in Pine Bluff, AR
Buried: Bellwood Cemetery, Pine Bluff, AR
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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
1916	26	STL	NL	4	6	.400	3.06	18	13	5	5	2	0	103.0	109	51	35	3	33	27	4	0	1	436	86	1.379	9.5	0.3	2.9	2.4	0.82
1917	27	STL	NL	10	13	.435	3.51	41	20	9	5	3	0	161.1	149	74	63	3	51	45	9	0	1	667	77	1.240	8.3	0.2	2.8	2.5	0.88
1918	28	PHI	NL	5	7	.417	3.43	23	11	8	6	0	0	112.2	126	51	43	1	36	29	2	1	4	490	87	1.438	10.1	0.1	2.9	2.3	0.81
1919	29	PHI	NL	2	4	.333	5.17	8	4	2	3	0	0	47.0	51	30	27	2	19	12	2	0	2	210	63	1.489	9.8	0.4	3.6	2.3	0.63
4 Yrs				21	30	.412	3.57	90	48	24	19	5	0	424.0	435	206	168	9	139	113	17	1	8	1803	79	1.354	9.2	0.2	3.0	2.4	0.81
162 Game Avg.				10	15	.412	3.57	44	24	12	9	2	0	209	214	102	83	4	68	56	8	0	4	888	79	1.354	9.2	0.2	3.0	2.4	0.81

PHI (2 yrs)				7	11	.389	3.95	31	15	10	9	0	0	159.2	177	81	70	3	55	41	4	1	6	700	78	1.453	10.0	0.2	3.1	2.3	0.75
STL (2 yrs)				14	19	.424	3.34	59	33	14	10	5	0	264.1	258	125	98	6	84	72	13	0	2	1103	80	1.294	8.8	0.2	2.9	2.5	0.86

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
1916	26	STL	NL	103.0	18	13	51	4.46	3.50	-0.24	0.00	100.0	3.74	-8	-1.0	1.0	-0.1	-0.3	-1	.444	.494	$
1917	27	STL	NL	161.1	41	20	74	4.13	3.54	0.27	0.00	100.0	3.27	-16	-1.9	1.0	-0.1	-0.8	-4	.454	.488	$
1918	28	PHI	NL	112.2	23	11	51	4.07	3.76	-0.06	0.00	108.9	4.16	1	0.1	1.0	-0.1	0.9	8	.506	.501	$
1919	29	PHI	NL	47.0	8	4	30	5.74	3.83	-0.38	0.00	105.0	4.43	-7	-0.7	1.0	-0.0	-0.4	-4	.408	.495	$
4 Seasons				424.0	90	48	206	4.37	3.62	-0.01	0.00	102.9	3.75	-30	-3.5	1.0	-0.3	-0.6	-1	.461	.495	$

PHI (2 yrs)				159.2	31	15	81	4.57	3.78	-0.15	0.00	107.8	4.24	-6	-0.6	1.0	-0.1	0.5	4	.481	.498	$
STL (2 yrs)				264.1	59	33	125	4.26	3.52	0.07	0.00	100.0	3.45	-24	-2.9	1.0	-0.2	-1.1	-5	.451	.491	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1918	28	PHI	NL	490	0.2%	5.9%	7.4%	2.7%	10%	81%
1919	29	PHI	NL	210	1.0%	5.7%	9.1%	3.8%	16%	80%
2 Yrs				700	0.4%	5.9%	7.9%	3.0%	12%	80%
MLB Averages					0.4%	8.0%	7.3%	2.7%	12%	81%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1916	26	4	6	.400	3.06	18	13	5	5	2	103.0	109	51	35	3	33	27	4	0	1	436	86	1.379	9.5	0.3	2.9	2.4	0.82	86
1917	27	14	19	.424	3.34	59	33	14	10	5	264.1	258	125	98	6	84	72	13	0	2	1103	80	1.294	8.8	0.2	2.9	2.5	0.86	80
1918	28	19	26	.422	3.37	82	44	22	16	5	377.0	384	176	141	7	120	101	15	1	6	1593	82	1.337	9.2	0.2	2.9	2.4	0.84	82
1919	29	21	30	.412	3.57	90	48	24	19	5	424.0	435	206	168	9	139	113	17	1	8	1803	79	1.354	9.2	0.2	3.0	2.4	0.81	79

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1916	26	4	6	.400	4.50	94.0	128	52	47	4	39	25	5	1.777	12.3	3.7	2.4	0.64	0.4	18
1917	27	6	10	.375	5.01	149.0	174	92	83	4	60	42	11	1.570	10.5	3.6	2.5	0.70	0.2	41
1918	28	7	7	.500	4.16	134.0	171	69	62	1	49	34	3	1.642	11.5	3.3	2.3	0.69	0.1	23
1919	29	2	3	.400	5.88	52.0	62	38	34	2	23	13	2	1.635	10.7	4.0	2.3	0.57	0.3	8
4 Yrs		19	26	.422	4.74	429.0	535	251	226	11	171	114	21	1.646	11.2		2.4	0.67	0.2	90

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y 1917 NL 41 (10th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1918 NL 4 (9th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1917 NL 9 (3rd)

Games Played s c a p y
1917 NL 41 (10th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1918 NL 4 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1917 NL 9 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink

Pitching - 1 (2619), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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