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Johnny Watwood

Positions: Outfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-1, 186lb (185cm, 84kg)

Born: August 17, 1905 in Alexander City, AL us

Died: March 1, 1980 in Goodwater, AL

Buried: Hillview Memorial Park, Alexander City, AL

School: Auburn University (Auburn, AL)

Debut: April 16, 1929 (Age 23-242d, 6,873rd in major league history)
vs. SLB 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 29, 1939 (Age 33-285d)
vs. NYG 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1929 season

Full Name: John Clifford Watwood

Nicknames: Lefty

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.5

1423

403

.283

192

RBI

158

OBP

.356

SLG

.363

OPS

.718

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1932 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1932 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	CHW		SLB	W,9-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	Apr 13	CHW		SLB	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
3	3	Apr 14	CHW		SLB	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
4	4	Apr 15	CHW		SLB	W,4-3	CG	48	13.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	Apr 16	CHW		CLE	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
6	6	Apr 17	CHW		CLE	L,1-6	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
7	7	Apr 18	CHW		CLE	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
8	8	Apr 19	CHW		CLE	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
9	9	Apr 20	CHW	@	SLB	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
10	10	Apr 22	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
11	11	Apr 23	CHW	@	SLB	L,6-11	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
12	12	Apr 24	CHW	@	DET	L,9-10	GS	50	8.2	0	0	0	0	0
13	13	Apr 27	CHW	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
14	14	Apr 28	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-11	CG	44	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	15	Apr 29	CHW	@	CLE	L,5-7	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
				Player went from Chicago White Sox to Boston Red Sox
16	14	Apr 30	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	5	1	2	8	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	15	May 2	BOS		PHA	L,2-3	CG	46	11.0	13	1	1	15	2
18	16	May 3	BOS		PHA	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
19	17	May 5	BOS		SLB	L,3-11	CG	45	9.0	7	1	1	9	2
20	18	May 6	BOS		SLB	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
21	19	May 7	BOS		SLB	L,0-4	CG	43	9.0	9	3	0	12	1
22	20	May 8	BOS		SLB	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
23	21	May 10	BOS		DET	L,0-11	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	22	May 12	BOS		CLE	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
25	23	May 14	BOS		CLE	L,0-6	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
26	24	May 15	BOS		CHW	L,2-9	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
27	25	May 16	BOS		CHW	L,3-4	CG	37	10.0	12	0	0	12	1
28	30 (4)	May 21 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,6-18	CG	54	8.0	10	0	0	10	2
29	31	May 21 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
30	32	May 22	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-7	CG	41	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	41 (8)	Jun 2 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	9	1	1	11	2
32	43 (1)	Jun 4 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	9	2	1	12	0
33	45 (1)	Jun 5	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-12	CG	0	8.0	6	2	1	9	1
34	47 (1)	Jun 8	BOS	@	SLB	L,4-11	GS	44	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
35	48	Jun 9	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
36	49	Jun 10	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	8	1	0	9	1
37	50	Jun 11	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
38	51	Jun 12	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
39	52	Jun 13	BOS	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
40	53	Jun 14	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	47	11.0	5	0	0	5	0
41	54	Jun 15	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-9	CG	41	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
42	55	Jun 18	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-9	CG	44	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
43	56	Jun 19 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-9	CG	44	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
44	58 (1)	Jun 20	BOS	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
45	59	Jun 21	BOS	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	36	8.2	4	0	0	4	0
46	60	Jun 22	BOS	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
47	61	Jun 23	BOS	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
48	62	Jun 25	BOS	@	WSH	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
49	63	Jun 26	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-8	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
50	64	Jun 27 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,8-15	GS	17	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	71 (6)	Jul 3	BOS		NYY	L,2-13	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
52	72	Jul 6	BOS		SLB	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
53	73	Jul 7	BOS		SLB	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
54	74	Jul 8	BOS		SLB	L,4-8	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
55	75	Jul 9	BOS		SLB	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
56	76	Jul 10 (1)	BOS		DET	L,5-7	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
57	77	Jul 10 (2)	BOS		DET	W,13-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
58	78	Jul 11	BOS		DET	L,3-5	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
59	79	Jul 12	BOS		DET	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
60	85 (5)	Jul 17 (2)	BOS		CLE	L,6-8	CG	50	11.0	6	1	0	7	0
61	86	Jul 18	BOS		CLE	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
62	87	Jul 19	BOS		CLE	L,0-7	CG	41	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
63	88	Jul 20	BOS		CLE	L,1-8	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
64	89	Jul 21	BOS	@	NYY	W,3-2	GS	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
65	90	Jul 23 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS	61	14.2	3	0	1	4	0
66	93 (2)	Jul 26	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-1	GF	16	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	104 (10)	Aug 6	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
68	105	Aug 7	BOS	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
69	106	Aug 9 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	133 (26)	Sep 4	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-8	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
71	134	Sep 5 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	4	0	1	5	0
72	135	Sep 5 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-9	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
73	140 (4)	Sep 11 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,8-3	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
74	143 (2)	Sep 15	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
75	144	Sep 16	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
76	145	Sep 17	BOS	@	DET	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
							81gm		151.0	264	20	14	298	17