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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

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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.

1931 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1931 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	40	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
2	2	Apr 15	CHW	@	CLE	W,7-6	CG	46	10.0	1	0	1	2	0
3	3	Apr 16	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-7	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
4	8 (4)	Apr 24	CHW		CLE	L,1-8	GF	18	5.0	4	0	0	4	0
5	10 (1)	Apr 28	CHW		DET	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	14 (3)	May 2	CHW		SLB	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
7	15	May 3	CHW		SLB	L,5-9	CG	47	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	16	May 4	CHW	@	DET	L,3-9	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
9	17	May 5	CHW	@	DET	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
10	18	May 6	CHW	@	DET	L,4-9	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
11	24 (5)	May 15	CHW		BOS	L,8-12	CG	47	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
12	31 (6)	May 24 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	32	May 24 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
14	33	May 25	CHW	@	CLE	L,6-7	GS	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
15	34	May 26	CHW		DET	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	35	May 27 (1)	CHW		DET	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
17	36	May 27 (2)	CHW		DET	W,10-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
18	37	May 28	CHW		DET	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
19	38	May 31	CHW		SLB	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	39	Jun 2	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
21	40	Jun 3	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-2	GS	29	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	41	Jun 4	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	42	Jun 5	CHW	@	PHA	W,7-5	CG	49	12.0	2	0	0	2	0
24	43	Jun 6	CHW	@	WSH	L,3-7	CG	43	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
25	44	Jun 7	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-8	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	45	Jun 8	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-18	CG	50	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
27	46	Jun 9	CHW	@	WSH	L,3-9	CG	43	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
28	47	Jun 12	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-11	CG	45	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	48	Jun 13	CHW	@	NYY	L,6-11	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
30	49	Jun 14	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	50	Jun 15	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	42	10.2	3	0	1	4	0
32	53 (2)	Jun 21	CHW		PHA	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
33	54	Jun 22	CHW		PHA	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
34	55	Jun 23 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,6-8	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
35	56	Jun 23 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,4-9	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
36	57	Jun 24	CHW		NYY	L,3-10	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
37	58	Jun 25 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,9-10	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
38	59	Jun 25 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,2-9	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
39	60	Jun 26	CHW		WSH	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
40	61	Jun 27	CHW		WSH	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
41	62	Jun 28 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,2-1	GS	28	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	63	Jun 28 (2)	CHW		WSH	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
43	64	Jun 29	CHW		WSH	W,9-7	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	71 (6)	Jul 5 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	W,6-5	GF	14	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
45	78 (6)	Jul 12 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,7-5	GF	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
46	79	Jul 14	CHW	@	WSH	W,9-1	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
47	80	Jul 16	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-5	GF	10	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
48	81	Jul 17	CHW	@	WSH	L,7-12	GF	21	4.0	4	1	0	5	0
49	82	Jul 18 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	L,6-7	CG	50	10.2	0	1	0	1	0
50	84 (1)	Jul 20	CHW	@	PHA	L,7-12	CG	44	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
51	85	Jul 21	CHW	@	PHA	L,5-10	CG	45	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
52	86	Jul 22 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	32	8.1	3	0	0	3	0
53	87	Jul 22 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
54	88	Jul 23	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-13	CG	47	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
55	89	Jul 24	CHW	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
56	90	Jul 25	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
57	91	Jul 26 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
58	92	Jul 26 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,5-22	CG	52	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
59	93	Jul 27 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,8-7	CG	45	10.0	7	0	0	7	0
60	95 (1)	Jul 28	CHW	@	NYY	W,14-12	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
61	96	Jul 29	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-10	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	97	Aug 1	CHW	@	DET	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
63	98	Aug 2	CHW	@	DET	L,4-8	CG	43	8.0	1	0	2	3	0
64	100 (1)	Aug 4	CHW	@	DET	W,5-1	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
65	101	Aug 6	CHW		SLB	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
66	102	Aug 7	CHW		SLB	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
67	103	Aug 8 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
68	104	Aug 8 (2)	CHW		SLB	L,7-8	CG	46	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
69	105	Aug 9 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,4-2	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
70	106	Aug 9 (2)	CHW		SLB	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
71	107	Aug 11	CHW		WSH	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
72	108	Aug 12	CHW		WSH	W,11-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
73	110 (1)	Aug 14	CHW		WSH	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
74	111	Aug 15	CHW		BOS	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
75	112	Aug 16 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,9-2	GS	0		3	1	0	4	0
76	119 (6)	Aug 23 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,4-10	CG	48	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
77	120	Aug 23 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,1-9	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
78	123 (2)	Aug 26	CHW		NYY	W,8-5	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
79	124	Aug 27	CHW	@	DET	L,4-9	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
80	125	Aug 29	CHW	@	DET	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
81	126	Aug 30	CHW	@	DET	W,10-8	CG	0	12.0	5	0	0	5	0
82	127	Aug 31	CHW		CLE	L,5-15	CG	50	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
83	128	Sep 2 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
84	129	Sep 2 (2)	CHW		CLE	T,4-4	CG	27	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
85	130	Sep 3	CHW		DET	L,3-9	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
86	132 (1)	Sep 5	CHW		DET	L,3-8	GS	45	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
87	133	Sep 6	CHW		DET	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
88	134	Sep 7 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
89	137 (2)	Sep 8 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
90	138	Sep 11	CHW	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
91	139	Sep 12 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,8-5	CG	54	13.0	4	1	0	5	0
92	140	Sep 12 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	T,13-13	CG	56	10.0	4	0	1	5	0
93	141	Sep 13 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
94	142	Sep 13 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	T,2-2	CG	0	14.0	2	1	0	3	0
95	143	Sep 14	CHW	@	BOS	L,8-12	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
96	144	Sep 15	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	41	9.2	4	0	0	4	0
97	145	Sep 16	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
98	148 (2)	Sep 19 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
99	149	Sep 20 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	40	8.2	0	0	0	0	0
100	150	Sep 20 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-6	CG	33	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
101	151	Sep 21	CHW	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
102	152	Sep 22	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-7	GS	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
103	153	Sep 26 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,5-4	GF	17	5.0	1	0	0	1	1
104	154	Sep 26 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,3-13	CG	41	7.0	7	0	0	7	0
105	156 (1)	Sep 27 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-2	GS	0		5	0	0	5	0
							108gm		19.0	243	14	16	273	3