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Mule Watson

John Reaves Watson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: October 15, 1896 in Arizona, LA
School: Baylor University (Waco, TX) (All Transactions)
Debut: July 4, 1918
Teams (by GP): Braves/Giants/Athletics/Pirates 1918-1924

Final Game: September 18, 1924
Died: August 25, 1949 in Shreveport, LA
Buried: Arlington Cemetery, Homer, LA
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Standard Batting

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
1918 21 PHA AL 21 49 47 0 6 1 0 0 3 0 1 17 .128 .146 .149 .295 -11 7 0 1 1/3
1919 22 PHA AL 4 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /1
1920 23 TOT NL 18 29 27 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 11 .111 .143 .111 .254 -25 3 0 1 1
1920 23 BSN NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /1
1920 23 PIT NL 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /1
1920 23 BSN NL 12 25 23 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 .130 .167 .130 .297 -12 3 0 1 1
1921 24 BSN NL 44 94 87 9 12 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 36 .138 .148 .184 .332 -11 16 0 6 1
1922 25 BSN NL 41 71 66 4 13 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 17 .197 .221 .242 .463 22 16 1 3 1
1923 26 TOT NL 28 56 54 4 10 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 15 .185 .185 .241 .426 12 13 0 2 1
1923 26 BSN NL 11 9 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 35 2 0 1 1
1923 26 NYG NL 17 47 46 3 8 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 13 .174 .174 .239 .413 8 11 0 1 1
1924 27 NYG NL 22 37 35 4 9 0 2 2 11 0 0 2 11 .257 .297 .543 .840 122 19 0 0 1
7 Yrs 178 342 322 23 53 7 4 2 21 0 0 6 108 .165 .182 .230 .412 12 74 1 13
162 Game Avg. 162 311 293 21 48 6 4 2 19 0 5 98 .165 .182 .230 .412 12 67 1 12
BSN (4 yrs) 109 200 185 16 30 3 2 0 3 0 0 3 64 .162 .180 .200 .380 3 37 1 11
NYG (2 yrs) 39 84 81 7 17 3 2 2 15 0 0 2 24 .210 .229 .370 .599 57 30 0 1
PHA (2 yrs) 25 55 53 0 6 1 0 0 3 0 1 18 .113 .130 .132 .262 -22 7 0 1
PIT (1 yr) 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
NL (5 yrs) 153 287 269 23 47 6 4 2 18 0 0 5 90 .175 .193 .249 .442 18 67 1 12
AL (2 yrs) 25 55 53 0 6 1 0 0 3 0 1 18 .113 .130 .132 .262 -22 7 0 1

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1918 21 PHA AL 21 49 -6 0 0 0 3 -3 -0.4 2 -1 -0.4 .482 .498 -0.4 0.0 -1 $ 1/3
1919 22 PHA AL 4 6 -2 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .469 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ /1
1920 23 BSN NL 13 26 -4 0 0 0 2 -1 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .488 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ /1
1920 23 PIT NL 5 3 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .486 .500 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ /1
1921 24 BSN NL 44 94 -15 0 0 0 9 -6 -0.6 3 -3 -0.6 .486 .496 -0.6 -0.0 -3 $ 1
1922 25 BSN NL 41 71 -8 0 0 0 8 -1 -0.1 2 1 -0.1 .499 .500 -0.1 0.0 1 $ 1
1923 26 BSN NL 11 9 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1923 26 NYG NL 17 47 -7 0 0 0 4 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .488 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ 1
1924 27 NYG NL 22 37 0 0 0 0 3 4 0.4 1 5 0.4 .518 .502 0.4 -0.0 5 $ 1
7 Seasons 178 342 -43 1 0 0 31 -11 -1.2 10 -1 -1.3 .493 .499 -1.3 -0.0 -1 $
BSN (4 yrs) 109 200 -28 1 0 0 19 -8 -0.8 6 -2 -0.9 .492 .499 -0.9 0.0 -2 $
NYG (2 yrs) 39 84 -6 0 0 0 8 2 0.2 2 4 0.2 .505 .501 0.2 -0.0 4 $
PHA (2 yrs) 25 55 -8 0 0 0 4 -4 -0.5 2 -2 -0.5 .480 .498 -0.5 0.0 -2 $
PIT (1 yr) 5 3 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .486 .500 -0.1 0.0 -1 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1918 21 PHA AL 49 42 1 0.6 82 .200 .128 .261 .146 .332 .149 .332 .295 .664 -11 .044 -6.5 -0.8 .195 .043 .021
1919 22 PHA AL 6 6 0 0.0 95 .000 .000 .276 .000 .342 .000 .371 .000 .714 -100 .000 -1.6 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
1920 23 TOT NL 29 25 1 1.1 86 .188 .111 .270 .143 .323 .111 .359 .254 .683 -25 .090 -4.3 -0.5 .167 .037 .000
1920 23 BSN NL 1 1 0 0.0 86 .000 .000 .269 .000 .322 .000 .358 .000 .680 -100 .000 -0.2 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1920 23 PIT NL 3 3 0 0.0 93 .000 .000 .280 .000 .334 .000 .372 .000 .706 -100 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1920 23 BSN NL 25 21 1 1.3 86 .214 .130 .269 .167 .322 .130 .358 .297 .680 -12 .120 -3.2 -0.4 .200 .043 .000
1921 24 BSN NL 94 81 2 0.7 101 .235 .138 .290 .148 .340 .184 .400 .332 .740 -11 .028 -13.6 -1.4 .227 .057 .046
1922 25 BSN NL 71 56 3 1.4 108 .265 .197 .295 .221 .352 .242 .410 .463 .762 22 .094 -7.7 -0.7 .340 .061 .045
1923 26 TOT NL 56 46 3 1.8 107 .256 .185 .292 .185 .351 .241 .407 .426 .758 12 .139 -6.9 -0.7 .295 .056 .056
1923 26 BSN NL 9 7 1 3.8 103 .333 .250 .287 .250 .345 .250 .399 .500 .744 35 .404 -0.8 -0.1 .333 .000 .000
1923 26 NYG NL 47 39 2 1.4 107 .242 .174 .293 .174 .352 .239 .408 .413 .760 8 .094 -6.2 -0.6 .289 .065 .065
1924 27 NYG NL 37 26 6 6.2 102 .318 .257 .287 .297 .343 .543 .400 .840 .743 122 .637 0.6 0.1 .808 .343 .286 .0
7 Yrs 342 282 16 1.5 99 .241 .165 .285 .182 .342 .230 .389 .412 .731 12 .124 -40.1 -4.1 .301 .084 .065 .0
162 Game Avg. 311 257 15 1.5 99 .241 .165 .285 .182 .342 .230 .389 .412 .731 12 .124 -40.1 -4.1 .301 .084 .065
BSN (4 yrs) 200 166 7 1.1 102 .248 .162 .289 .180 .342 .200 .398 .380 .740 3 .071 -25.6 -2.6 .265 .054 .038
NYG (2 yrs) 84 65 8 3.3 105 .273 .210 .291 .229 .348 .370 .405 .599 .753 57 .347 -5.6 -0.6 .500 .185 .160 .0
PHA (2 yrs) 55 48 1 0.6 83 .171 .113 .262 .130 .333 .132 .337 .262 .669 -22 .033 -8.1 -0.9 .170 .038 .019
PIT (1 yr) 3 3 0 0.0 93 .000 .000 .280 .000 .334 .000 .372 .000 .706 -100 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
NL (5 yrs) 287 234 15 1.7 103 .254 .175 .289 .193 .344 .249 .400 .442 .744 18 .140 -32.0 -3.2 .329 .093 .074 .0
AL (2 yrs) 55 48 1 0.6 83 .171 .113 .262 .130 .333 .132 .337 .262 .669 -22 .033 -8.1 -0.9 .170 .038 .019

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1923 26 NYG NL WS NYY L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1924 27 NYG NL WS WSH L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1918 21 PHA AL 49 0.0% 34.7% 2.0% 2.0% 17% 17.00 2.8 15.7 61%
1919 22 PHA AL 6 0.0% 16.7% 0.0% 0.0% 6.0 83%
1920 23 TOT NL 29 0.0% 37.9% 3.5% 0.0% 0% 11.00 2.5 27.0 55%
1920 23 BSN NL 26 0.0% 34.6% 3.9% 0.0% 0% 9.00 2.7 24.0 58%
1920 23 PIT NL 3 0.0% 66.7% 0.0% 0.0% 1.5 33%
1921 24 BSN NL 94 0.0% 38.3% 1.1% 3.2% 25% 36.00 2.4 87.0 54%
1922 25 BSN NL 71 0.0% 23.9% 1.4% 2.8% 15% 17.00 3.9 66.0 69%
1923 26 TOT NL 56 0.0% 26.8% 0.0% 5.4% 30% 3.6 13.5 70%
1923 26 BSN NL 9 0.0% 22.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.0 67%
1923 26 NYG NL 47 0.0% 27.7% 0.0% 6.4% 38% 3.5 11.5 70%
1924 27 NYG NL 37 5.4% 29.7% 5.4% 10.8% 44% 5.50 3.2 17.5 3.2 59%
7 Yrs 342 0.6% 31.6% 1.8% 3.8% 25% 18.00 3.0 161.0 15.3 62%
MLB Averages 0.8% 7.5% 7.5% 6.0% 24% 1.00 11.9 109.4 8.6 81%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1918 21 21 49 47 0 6 1 0 0 3 0 1 17 .128 .146 .149 .295 -11 7 0 1
1919 22 25 55 53 0 6 1 0 0 3 0 1 18 .113 .130 .132 .262 -22 7 0 1
1920 23 43 84 80 2 9 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 29 .113 .134 .125 .259 -23 10 0 2
1921 24 87 178 167 11 21 3 1 0 5 0 0 3 65 .126 .141 .156 .297 -16 26 0 8
1922 25 128 249 233 15 34 4 2 0 6 0 0 4 82 .146 .164 .180 .344 -5 42 1 11
1923 26 156 305 287 19 44 7 2 0 10 0 0 4 97 .153 .168 .192 .359 -2 55 1 13
1924 27 178 342 322 23 53 7 4 2 21 0 0 6 108 .165 .182 .230 .412 12 74 1 13

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1918 21 27 62 60 0 8 1 0 0 4 0 1 22 .133 .148 .150 .298 1 21
1919 22 5 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4
1920 23 19 33 30 4 5 0 0 0 2 0 2 12 .167 .219 .167 .385 1 18
1921 24 47 98 91 8 12 2 1 0 1 0 1 38 .132 .141 .176 .317 2 44
1922 25 43 73 68 4 13 1 1 0 1 0 1 18 .191 .214 .235 .450 3 41
1923 26 29 58 56 3 10 3 0 0 3 0 0 16 .179 .179 .232 .411 2 28
1924 27 23 39 37 4 10 0 2 2 12 0 2 12 .270 .308 .541 .848 6 22
7 Yrs 193 370 349 23 58 7 4 2 23 0 7 119 .166 .185 .226 .411 15 178
162 Game Avg. 162 311 293 19 49 6 3 2 19 0 6 100 .166 .185 .226 .411 13 178

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