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Mule Watson

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Full Name: John Reaves Watson Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1.5"/185 First Game: July 4, 1918
Birthdate: October 15, 1896 Final Game: September 18, 1924
Birthplace: Arizona, Louisiana MLB Experience: 7 years
Died: August 25, 1949
Deathplace: Shreveport, Louisiana
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on October 15, 1896 in Arizona, Louisiana, Mule Watson (John Reaves Watson) played for the Philadelphia Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates, Boston Braves and New York Giants over the course of his 7 year career. Watson broke into the bigs on July 4, 1918 with the Philadelphia Athletics, and put up a 3.37 ERA in 141.2 innings pitched in 1918, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Mule Watson's best season was 1921, when he posted a 3.85 ERA and won 14 games.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1918 PHI A 21 19 7 10 3.37 30 74 53 11 3 0 141.2 139 0 44 0 2 1
1919 PHI A 4 2 0 1 6.91 6 11 11 0 0 0 14.1 17 2 7 0 1 0
1920 PIT N 5 0 0 0 8.74 1 11 11 0 0 0 11.1 15 2 7 0 0 0
1920 BOS N 12 10 5 4 3.77 16 33 30 4 2 0 71.2 79 0 17 0 1 1
1920 BOS N 1 0 0 0 .00 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
1920 TOT N 18 10 5 4 4.29 17 44 41 4 2 0 86 94 2 24 0 1 1
1921 BOS N 44 31 14 13 3.85 48 128 111 15 1 2 259.1 269 11 57 0 0 7
1922 BOS N 41 27 8 14 4.70 53 140 105 8 1 1 201 262 9 59 2 1 5
1923 NY N 17 15 8 5 3.41 26 43 41 8 0 0 108.1 117 11 21 0 0 1
1923 BOS N 11 4 1 2 5.17 10 26 18 1 0 1 31.1 42 2 20 0 0 0
1923 TOT N 28 19 9 7 3.80 36 69 59 9 0 1 139.2 159 13 41 0 0 1
1924 NY N 22 16 7 4 3.79 18 54 42 6 1 0 99.2 122 7 24 0 2 1
Total NL 153 103 43 42 4.10 172 435 358 42 5 4 785.2 906 42 205 2 4 15
Total AL 25 21 7 11 3.69 36 85 64 11 3 0 156 156 2 51 0 3 1
Total 178 124 50 53 4.03 208 520 422 53 8 4 941.2 1062 44 256 2 7 16

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1918 PHI A 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1918 PHI A P 21 0 0 5 30 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 .921
1919 PHI A P 4 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1920 PIT N P 5 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1920 BOS N P 12 0 0 0 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .957
1920 BOS N P 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1920 TOT N P 18 0 0 0 26 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .963
1921 BOS N P 44 31 259.1 7 72 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 .929
1922 BOS N P 41 27 200 4 47 3 1 0 0 10 4 0 .944
1923 NY N P 17 0 0 3 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .962
1923 BOS N P 11 0 0 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1923 TOT N P 28 0 0 5 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .971
1924 NY N P 22 0 0 1 22 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .958
Total 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total P 178 58 459.1 22 235 15 9 0 0 10 4 0 .945

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1918 PHI A 21 47 0 6 0 3 .128 .146 .149 1 0 1 17 0 1 0 0 0
1919 PHI A 4 6 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1920 PIT N 5 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
1920 BOS N 12 23 2 3 0 1 .130 .167 .130 0 0 1 9 0 1 0 0 0
1920 BOS N 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1920 TOT N 18 27 2 3 0 1 .111 .143 .111 0 0 1 11 0 1 0 0 0
1921 BOS N 44 87 9 12 0 1 .138 .148 .184 2 1 1 36 0 6 0 0 0
1922 BOS N 41 66 4 13 0 1 .197 .221 .242 1 1 1 17 1 3 0 0 0
1923 NY N 17 46 3 8 0 4 .174 .174 .239 3 0 0 13 0 1 0 0 0
1923 BOS N 11 8 1 2 0 0 .250 .250 .250 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
1923 TOT N 28 54 4 10 0 4 .185 .185 .241 3 0 0 15 0 2 0 0 0
1924 NY N 22 35 4 9 2 11 .257 .297 .543 0 2 2 11 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 153 269 23 47 2 18 .175 .193 .249 6 4 5 90 1 12 0 0 0
Total AL 25 53 0 6 0 3 .113 .130 .132 1 0 1 18 0 1 0 0 0
Total 178 322 23 53 2 21 .165 .182 .230 7 4 6 108 1 13 0 0 0

[edit] Transactions

  • Claimed on waivers by Pittsburgh Pirates from Boston Braves (May 28, 1920).
  • Claimed on waivers by Boston Braves from Pittsburgh Pirates (June 30, 1920).
  • Traded by Boston Braves with Hank Gowdy to New York Giants in exchange for Jesse Barnes and Earl Smith (June 7, 1923).

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