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Johnny Watwood
John Clifford Watwood (Lefty)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 1", Weight 186 lb.
School Auburn University

Debut April 16, 1929
Final Game May 29, 1939
Born August 17, 1905 in Alexander City, AL
Died March 1, 1980 in Goodwater, AL

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1929 23 CHW AL  85  278   33   84  12  6   2   28   6  3  22  21  .302  .355  .410   97  114   7           1    
 1930 24 CHW AL 133  427   75  129  25  4   2   51   5  7  52  35  .302  .382  .393   99  168  14           3    
 1931 25 CHW AL 128  367   51  104  16  6   1   47   9  3  56  30  .283  .380  .368  102  135  10           1    
 1932 26 TOT AL 108  315   31   81  13  0   0   30   7  4  21  14  .257  .306  .298   58   94   7           1    
         CHW AL  13   49    5   15   2  0   0    0   0  0   1   3  .306  .333  .347   81   17   2           1    
         BOS AL  95  266   26   66  11  0   0   30   7  4  20  11  .248  .301  .289   54   77   5           0    
 1933 27 BOS AL  13   30    2    4   0  0   0    2   0  0   3   3  .133  .212  .133   -7    4   0           0    
 1939 33 PHI NL   2    6    0    1   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .167  .167  .167   -9    1   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      469 1423  192  403  66 16   5  158  27 17 154 103  .283  .356  .363   88  516  38   0   0   6   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        492   66  139  23  6   2   55   9  6  53  36  .283  .356  .363   88  178  13   0   0   2   0
 Career High    133  427   75  129  25  6   2   51   9  7  56  35  .302  .382  .410  102  168  14   0   0   3   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1929 23 CHW AL  308  204   40   5.2   111| .302  .290| .355  .357| .410  .420| .765  .777|  97  .525  -1.5  -0.1  66%
 1930 24 CHW AL  496  319   62   5.2   113| .302  .291| .382  .355| .393  .428| .775  .783|  99  .492   2.5   0.2  41%
 1931 25 CHW AL  434  276   52   5.0   103| .283  .279| .380  .345| .368  .399| .748  .744| 102  .511   4.1   0.4  75%
 1932 26 TOT AL  344  245   28   3.1   109| .257  .283| .306  .353| .298  .416| .604  .769|  58  .289 -19.2  -1.8  63%
         CHW AL   53   36    5   3.7   106| .306  .278| .333  .347| .347  .408| .680  .755|  81  .367  -1.3  -0.1   0%
         BOS AL  291  209   23   3.0   110| .248  .284| .301  .354| .289  .417| .590  .772|  54  .274 -17.9  -1.7  63%
 1933 27 BOS AL   33   26    1   1.0   107| .133  .282| .212  .354| .133  .406| .345  .760|  -7  .057  -4.7  -0.5   0%
 1939 33 PHI NL    6    5    0   0.0   100| .167  .275| .167  .340| .167  .394| .334  .734|  -9  .000  -0.9  -0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons      1621 1075  183   4.6   109| .283  .286| .356  .352| .363  .416| .719  .768|  88  .452 -19.8  -1.9     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1929 23 CHW AL OF 77 188 7 12 2 .942 .966 2.53 2.28 1 53 23 1930 24 CHW AL 1B 62 590 41 7 59 .989 .989 10.18 9.53 OF 52 117 5 4 0 .968 .965 2.35 2.16 1 36 14 1931 25 CHW AL OF 102 259 13 16 2 .944 .969 2.67 2.25 4 76 24 1B 4 18 1 0 1 1.000 .990 4.75 9.70 1932 26 TOT AL OF 59 124 4 7 0 .948 .967 2.17 2.28 11 26 25 CHW AL OF 13 23 1 1 0 .960 .968 1.85 2.28 4 1 11 BOS AL OF 46 101 3 6 0 .945 .967 2.26 2.28 7 25 14 1B 18 149 16 7 17 .959 .989 9.17 9.83 1933 27 BOS AL OF 9 19 0 1 0 .950 .969 2.11 2.21 5 0 4 1939 33 PHI NL 1B 2 14 0 1 0 .933 .986 7.00 10.00
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1930 24 CHW AL 1B 62 590 41 7 59 .989 .989 10.18 9.53 1931 25 CHW AL 1B 4 18 1 0 1 1.000 .990 4.75 9.70 1932 26 BOS AL 1B 18 149 16 7 17 .959 .989 9.17 9.83 1939 33 PHI NL 1B 2 14 0 1 0 .933 .986 7.00 10.00 1929 23 CHW AL OF 77 188 7 12 2 .942 .966 2.53 2.28 1 53 23 1930 24 CHW AL OF 52 117 5 4 0 .968 .965 2.35 2.16 1 36 14 1931 25 CHW AL OF 102 259 13 16 2 .944 .969 2.67 2.25 4 76 24 1932 26 TOT AL OF 59 124 4 7 0 .948 .967 2.17 2.28 11 26 25 CHW AL OF 13 23 1 1 0 .960 .968 1.85 2.28 4 1 11 BOS AL OF 46 101 3 6 0 .945 .967 2.26 2.28 7 25 14 1933 27 BOS AL OF 9 19 0 1 0 .950 .969 2.11 2.21 5 0 4
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 299 707 29 40 4 .948 .967 2.46 2.25 22 191 90 1B 86 771 58 15 77 .982 .989 9.64 9.61 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 385 1478 87 55 81 .966 .979 4.06 3.89
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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.

Sac. Hits
1931 AL-10-7

HOF Standards: Batting - 8.0 (1907) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 2.5 (1811) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

August, 1928: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from the Shreveport (Texas). (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

April 29, 1932: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Smead Jolley, Bennie Tate, and $7,500 to the Boston Red Sox for Charlie Berry and Jack Rothrock.

May 25, 1939: Purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies from the St. Louis Cardinals.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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