George Watkins

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Full Name: George Archibald Watkins	Primary Position: OF
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/175	First Game: April 15, 1930
Birthdate: June 4, 1900	Final Game: September 27, 1936
Birthplace: Freestone County, Texas	MLB Experience: 7 years
Died: June 1, 1970
Deathplace: Houston, Texas
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
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George Watkins (George Archibald Watkins) was born on June 4, 1900 in Freestone County, Texas. He made his Major League debut on April 15, 1930 for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 1930, his rookie year, he hit .373 with 17 home runs and 87 RBI. Watkins played for the St. Louis Cardinals, New York Giants, Philadelphia Phillies and Brooklyn Dodgers over the course of his 7 year career.

There is some disagreement on what was George Watkins's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1930, when he slugged 17 home runs, hit for a .373 average and knocked in 87 runs. However, others believe that it was 1931, when he hit for a .288 average and knocked in 51 runs.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1930	STL	N	119	391	85	146	17	87	.373	.415	.621	32	7	24	49	4	5	5	0	0
1931	STL	N	131	503	93	145	13	51	.288	.336	.477	30	13	31	66	5	2	15	0	0
1932	STL	N	127	458	67	143	9	63	.312	.384	.461	35	3	45	46	8	0	18	0	0
1933	STL	N	138	525	66	146	5	62	.278	.342	.371	24	5	39	62	12	9	11	0	7
1934	NY	N	105	296	38	73	6	33	.247	.316	.389	18	3	24	34	6	2	2	0	0
1935	PHI	N	150	600	80	162	17	76	.270	.320	.413	25	5	40	78	4	11	3	0	8
1936	PHI	N	19	70	7	17	2	5	.243	.293	.386	4	0	5	13	0	0	2	0	1
1936	BRO	N	105	364	54	93	4	43	.255	.334	.387	24	6	38	34	5	0	5	0	3
1936	TOT	N	124	434	61	110	6	48	.253	.328	.387	28	6	43	47	5	0	7	0	4
Total			894	3207	490	925	73	420	.288	.347	.443	192	42	246	382	44	29	61	0	19

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1930	STL	N	OF	89	0	0	163	10	8	4	0	0	0	0	0	.956
1930	STL	N	1B	13	0	0	116	8	3	12	0	0	0	0	0	.976
1930	STL	N	2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1931	STL	N	OF	129	0	0	263	12	12	4	0	0	0	0	0	.958
1932	STL	N	OF	120	0	0	267	11	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	.949
1933	STL	N	OF	135	0	0	295	9	15	3	0	0	0	0	0	.953
1934	NY	N	OF	81	0	0	165	3	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.944
1935	PHI	N	OF	148	0	0	325	18	15	4	0	0	0	0	0	.958
1936	PHI	N	OF	17	0	0	23	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.889
1936	BRO	N	OF	98	0	0	183	5	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.969
1936	TOT	N	OF	115	0	0	206	6	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	.959
1936	TOT	N	LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			OF	817	0	0	1684	69	84	19	0	0	0	0	0	.954
Total			1B	13	0	0	116	8	3	12	0	0	0	0	0	.976
Total			2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

[edit] Transactions

Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to New York Giants in exchange for Kiddo Davis (March 24, 1934).
Traded by New York Giants with Pretzel Pezzullo, Blondy Ryan, Johnny Vergez and cash to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Dick Bartell (November 1, 1934).
Released by Philadelphia Phillies (May 15, 1936).
Signed by Brooklyn Dodgers (May 16, 1936).
Released by Brooklyn Dodgers (February 17, 1937).

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