Milt Watson
[edit] Biography
Born on January 10, 1890 in Flovilla, Georgia, Milt Watson (Milton Robert Watson) played for the St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies over the course of his 4 year career. Watson broke into the bigs on July 26, 1916 with the St. Louis Cardinals, and put up a 3.06 ERA in 103 innings pitched in 1916, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Milt Watson's best season was 1917, when he posted a 3.51 ERA and won 10 games.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1916
| STL
| N
| 18
| 13
| 4
| 6
| 3.06
| 27
| 51
| 35
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 103
| 109
| 3
| 33
| 0
| 1
| 4
|
| 1917
| STL
| N
| 41
| 20
| 10
| 13
| 3.51
| 45
| 74
| 63
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 161.1
| 149
| 3
| 51
| 0
| 1
| 9
|
| 1918
| PHI
| N
| 23
| 11
| 5
| 7
| 3.43
| 29
| 51
| 43
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 112.2
| 126
| 1
| 36
| 0
| 4
| 2
|
| 1919
| PHI
| N
| 8
| 4
| 2
| 4
| 5.17
| 12
| 30
| 27
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 47
| 51
| 3
| 19
| 0
| 2
| 2
|
| Total
|
|
| 90
| 48
| 21
| 30
| 3.57
| 113
| 206
| 168
| 19
| 5
| 0
| 424
| 435
| 10
| 139
| 0
| 8
| 17
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1916
| STL
| N
| P
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 26
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .857
|
| 1917
| STL
| N
| P
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 55
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .967
|
| 1918
| PHI
| N
| P
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 31
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .939
|
| 1919
| PHI
| N
| P
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 17
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .944
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 90
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 129
| 10
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .932
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1916
| STL
| N
| 18
| 32
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 1
| .219
| .242
| .219
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1917
| STL
| N
| 41
| 51
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 1
| .098
| .098
| .118
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1918
| PHI
| N
| 23
| 40
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| .075
| .075
| .075
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1919
| PHI
| N
| 8
| 16
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .063
| .063
| .063
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 90
| 139
| 5
| 16
| 0
| 3
| .115
| .121
| .122
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 37
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Bert Niehoff and $500 (April 4, 1918).
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