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Doc Watson
Charles John Watson

Bats Right, Throws Left
Height 6' 0", Weight 170 lb.

Debut September 3, 1913
Final Game September 21, 1915
Born January 30, 1886 in Kensington, OH
Died December 30, 1949 in San Diego, CA

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1913 27 CHC NL   1   0   1   1   1   0   0  0    9.0    8    2    1   0    6    1   1   0    40       0  1.00  3.16  316 1.556
 1914 28 TOT FL  12  12  35  25  14   5   8  1  228.0  186   68   51   3   73   87   7   1     0       1  2.01  3.05  152 1.136
         CHI FL   9   8  26  18  10   3   6  1  172.0  145   50   39   2   49   69   4   0     0       0  2.04  2.95  144 1.128
         SLM FL   3   4   9   7   4   2   2  0   56.0   41   18   12   1   24   18   3   1     0       1  1.93  3.37  174 1.161
 1915 29 SLM FL   9   9  33  20   6   0   8  0  135.7  132   66   60   1   58   45   4   2   546       0  3.98  3.18   80 1.400
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  3 Yr WL% .512  22  21  69  46  21   5  16  1  372.7  326  136  112   4  137  133  12   3   586       1  2.70  3.10  115 1.242
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    13  12  40  27  12   2   9  0  220.3  192   80   66   2   81   78   7   1   346   0   0  2.70  3.10  115 1.242
 Career High     12  12  35  25  14   5   8  1  228.0  186   68   60   3   73   87   7   2   546   0   1  2.01  3.18  152 1.136

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1913 27 CHC NL   1    2    1    0   0  0   0    0   0      1   1  .000  .333  .000   -0    0   1           0    
 1914 28 TOT FL  35   70    4    7   1  0   0    4   0      4  30  .100  .149  .114  -24    8   7           0    
         CHI FL  26   54    3    5   1  0   0    3   0      2  23  .093  .125  .111  -31    6   6           0    
         SLM FL   9   16    1    2   0  0   0    1   0      2   7  .125  .222  .125   -2    2   1           0    
 1915 29 SLM FL  33   40    3    5   0  0   0    1   0      1  15  .125  .146  .125  -22    5   2           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons       69  112    8   12   1  0   0    5   0  0   6  46  .107  .153  .116  -22   13  10   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        263   19   28   2  0   0   12   0  0  14 108  .107  .153  .116  -22   31  23   0   0   0   0
 Career High     35   70    4    7   1  0   0    4   0  0   4  30                           8   7   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1913 27 CHC NL    4    3    0   0.0    92| .000  .270| .333  .334| .000  .367| .333  .701|  -0  .000  -0.2   0.0     
 1914 28 TOT FL   81   70    1   0.4    90| .100  .267| .149  .332| .114  .361| .263  .694| -24  .014 -10.7  -1.1     
         CHI FL   62   55    1   0.5    87| .093  .264| .125  .329| .111  .357| .236  .686| -31  .021  -8.6  -0.9     
         SLM FL   19   15    0   0.0    96| .125  .277| .222  .344| .125  .375| .347  .718|  -2  .000  -2.0  -0.2     
 1915 29 SLM FL   43   37    1   0.7    90| .125  .267| .146  .336| .125  .359| .271  .695| -22  .049  -6.0  -0.7     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons       128  110    2   0.5    90| .107  .267| .153  .334| .116  .361| .269  .694| -22  .023 -16.9  -1.8     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1913 27 CHC NL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.60 0.00 2.60 1 9.0 1914 28 TOT FL P 35 7 60 2 0 .971 .948 1.91 1.95 2.64 3.04 25 228.0 CHI FL P 26 3 49 2 0 .963 .947 2.00 1.95 2.72 3.04 18 172.0 SLM FL P 9 4 11 0 0 1.000 .949 1.67 1.96 2.41 3.04 7 56.0 1915 29 SLM FL P 33 2 24 2 1 .929 .956 0.79 1.97 1.72 3.08 20 135.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1913 27 CHC NL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.60 0.00 2.60 1 9.0 1914 28 TOT FL P 35 7 60 2 0 .971 .948 1.91 1.95 2.64 3.04 25 228.0 CHI FL P 26 3 49 2 0 .963 .947 2.00 1.95 2.72 3.04 18 172.0 SLM FL P 9 4 11 0 0 1.000 .949 1.67 1.96 2.41 3.04 7 56.0 1915 29 SLM FL P 33 2 24 2 1 .929 .956 0.79 1.97 1.72 3.08 20 135.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 69 9 84 4 1 .959 .950 1.35 1.96 2.25 3.04 46 372.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 69 9 84 4 1 .959 .950 1.35 1.96 2.24 3.04 46 373
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

ERA
1914 FL-2.01-3

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1914 FL-1.136-5

Hits Allowed/9IP
1914 FL-7.34-5

Shutouts
1914 FL-5-5

Adjusted ERA+
1914 FL-152-4

Gray Ink: Pitching - 7 (1633) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 1.0 (1839) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

Before 1914 Season: Jumped from the Chicago Cubs to the Chicago Chi-Feds.


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