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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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 9:59AM
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
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 87 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 76 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 Seasons 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: 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
1916 26 STL NL 103.0 13 51 45 -2 1.0 -6 -0.5 $
1917 27 STL NL 161.1 20 74 72 3 1.0 -2 -0.8 $
1918 28 PHI NL 112.2 11 51 50 0 1.0 -1 0.5 $
1919 29 PHI NL 47.0 4 30 21 -1 1.0 -9 -0.5 $
4 Seasons 424.0 48 206 188 0 1.0 -18 -1.3 $
PHI (2 yrs) 159.2 15 81 71 -1 1.0 -10 0.0 $
STL (2 yrs) 264.1 33 125 117 1 1.0 -8 -1.3 $

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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
1916 26 STL NL 18 34 32 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 .219 .242 .219 .461 43 7 1 1 1
1917 27 STL NL 41 51 51 5 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 15 .098 .098 .118 .216 -33 6 0 0 1
1918 28 PHI NL 23 41 40 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 .075 .075 .075 .150 -55 3 0 1 1
1919 29 PHI NL 8 16 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .063 .063 .063 .125 -63 1 0 0 /1
4 Seasons 90 142 139 5 16 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 37 .115 .121 .122 .244 -26 17 1 2
162 Game Avg. 162 256 250 9 29 2 0 0 5 0 0 67 .115 .121 .122 .244 -26 31 2 4
PHI (2 yrs) 31 57 56 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 13 .071 .071 .071 .143 -58 4 0 1
STL (2 yrs) 59 85 83 5 12 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 24 .145 .155 .157 .311 -3 13 1 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
1916 26 STL NL 34 -2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $ 1
1917 27 STL NL 51 -8 0 0 0 0 2 1 -5 -0.6 -5 -0.6 0.0 $ 1
1918 28 PHI NL 41 -7 0 0 0 0 1 1 -5 -0.6 -5 -0.6 0.0 $ 1
1919 29 PHI NL 16 -3 0 0 0 0 1 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.3 0.1 $ /1
4 Seasons 142 -20 0 0 0 0 6 3 -11 -1.4 -11 -1.4 0.0 $
PHI (2 yrs) 57 -10 0 0 0 0 2 1 -7 -0.8 -7 -0.9 0.1 $
STL (2 yrs) 85 -10 0 0 0 0 4 2 -4 -0.6 -4 -0.5 -0.1 $

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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
1916 STL NL 26 P 18 103.0 35 4 26 5 1 .857 2.62 1.67 .959 2.67 2.67
1917 STL NL 27 P 41 161.1 60 3 55 2 2 .967 3.24 1.41 .961 2.85 2.86
1918 PHI NL 28 P 23 112.2 33 0 31 2 1 .939 2.48 1.35 .965 2.93 2.94
1919 PHI NL 29 P 8 4 3 47.0 18 0 17 1 0 .944 3.26 2.13 .960 2.93 2.92
4 Seasons P 90 4 3 424.0 146 7 129 10 4 .932 2.89 1.51 .961 2.84 2.85
4 Seasons TOT 90 4 3 424.0 146 7 129 10 4 .932 2.89 1.51 .961 2.84 2.85
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
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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)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1916 NL  5 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 1 (2585), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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