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Bob
Watson		  
Nickname: Bull
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 210
 
Born: April 10, 1946 in Usa, CA, LOS ANGELES
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1970   
All-Star Selections 1975    1976   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1967 21 LAD NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 7 6 6 6 8 7 8
1968 22 LAD NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 8
1969 23 LAD NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 5 6 8 8 8
1970 24 LAD NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 8 6 5 6 8 8 8
1971 25 LAD NL $ 1,035,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 8 6 5 6 9 8 8
1972 26 LAD NL $ 2,078,571   7 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 8 6 5 6 9 8 8
1973 27 LAD NL $ 3,800,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 8 6 5 5 9 8 8
1974 28 KCR AL $ 7,150,000   7 7 7 7 6 7 8 8 8 6 5 5 8 8 8
1975 29 NYG NL $ 7,150,000   7 7 7 7 6 7 8 8 8 6 5 5 8 8 8
1976 30 NYG NL $ 7,150,000   7 7 7 7 6 7 8 8 8 6 5 5 8 8 8
1977 31 NYG NL $ 7,150,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 8 6 5 5 8 8 8
1978 32 CLE AL $ 5,500,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 7 7
1979 33 CLE AL $ 5,500,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7
1980 34 CLE AL $ 5,500,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7
1981 35 CLE AL $ 5,500,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 7 4 4 4 6 6 6
1982 36 CLE AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 5 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 6 5 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,150,000   7 7 7 7 6 7 8 8 8 6 6 6 9 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1967 21 LAD NL 51 167 17 44 5 1 4 18 1 1 12 20 .263 .311 .377 .688 17.9 2.9
    AAA   106 396 54 108 23 0 15 52 3 7 68 48 .273 .379 .444 .824 66.9  
1968 22 LAD NL 155 580 81 164 25 3 16 63 1 4 45 80 .283 .335 .419 .754 74.2 16.6
1969 23 LAD NL 123 415 51 97 23 1 8 44 3 1 35 54 .234 .295 .352 .646 42.8 6.6
1970 24 LAD NL 101 324 46 74 12 2 6 32 2 3 27 30 .228 .286 .333 .619 28.2 2.1
1971 25 LAD NL 154 561 67 144 28 2 14 82 3 3 51 58 .257 .320 .389 .709 69.5 10.7
1972 26 LAD NL 141 538 83 165 28 3 13 87 5 2 55 47 .307 .372 .442 .814 83.8 17.8
1973 27 LAD NL 133 445 51 111 20 2 7 61 0 4 44 42 .249 .318 .351 .669 45.3 5.6
1974 28 KCR AL 152 527 65 139 30 2 14 62 4 5 42 48 .264 .320 .408 .728 68.0 9.0
1975 29 NYG NL 153 582 82 172 52 2 16 95 2 3 49 60 .296 .351 .474 .826 87.2 17.5
1976 30 NYG NL 155 600 87 179 41 2 24 100 4 2 45 65 .298 .347 .493 .840 94.5 17.6
1977 31 NYG NL 154 603 82 181 43 1 18 111 3 2 49 52 .300 .352 .464 .816 91.8 20.4
1978 32 CLE AL 140 532 62 132 34 6 11 59 1 1 32 51 .248 .294 .397 .691 57.3 8.0
1979 33 CLE AL 122 445 47 112 15 3 12 60 0 1 27 41 .252 .292 .380 .672 48.1 6.4
1980 34 CLE AL 85 278 27 57 8 2 3 32 0 0 12 29 .205 .235 .281 .516 15.9 0.0
1981 35 CLE AL 27 63 5 15 3 1 0 5 0 0 5 10 .238 .290 .317 .607 5.3 0.2
1982 36 AAA   126 474 63 143 28 3 13 63 1 1 40 81 .302 .356 .456 .812 73.2  
15 Years Sim 1846 6660 853 1786 367 33 166 911 29 32 530 687 .268 .323 .408 .731 829.7 141.4
2 Years AAA 232 870 117 251 51 3 28 115 4 8 108 129 .289 .370 .451 .821 140.1  
162 Game Average 584 74 156 32 2 14 79 2 2 46 60 .268 .323 .408 .731 72.8  
Career Highs 155 603 87 181 52 6 24 111 5 5 55 80 .307 .372 .493 .840 94.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4045 519 1091 223 21 106 574 17 19 303 419 .270 .320 .414 .734 522.0
vs LH   2615 334 695 144 12 60 337 12 13 227 268 .266 .326 .399 .725 332.9
Home 939 3287 421 887 192 20 84 457 13 16 259 339 .270 .323 .417 .740 430.4
Away 907 3373 432 899 175 13 82 454 16 16 271 348 .267 .322 .399 .721 424.5
RISP   1699 0 473 110 5 48 700 0 0 177 171 .278 .339 .434 .773 251.0
Pinch Hitting   102 13 33 4 2 4 22 1 0 5 11 .324 .355 .520 .875 17.5
Close/Late   784 93 201 33 3 32 118 0 0 77 80 .256 .322 .429 .750 109.7
Mar/Apr 315 1162 144 318 65 5 23 165 4 6 85 121 .274 .323 .398 .721 144.3
May 337 1245 153 334 62 8 31 164 7 8 89 131 .268 .317 .406 .723 155.6
June 307 1083 148 302 65 8 34 163 5 7 99 97 .279 .339 .448 .787 158.9
July 268 993 136 262 60 6 21 146 5 3 70 103 .264 .314 .400 .714 120.7
August 308 1057 125 269 66 4 25 129 4 3 89 116 .254 .313 .395 .709 129.1
Sep/Oct 311 1120 147 301 49 2 32 144 4 5 98 119 .269 .328 .402 .729 146.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1967 21 LAD NL RF 41 40 352.3 67 2 1 0 .986 1.76   0.6
    LF 4 0 9.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1968 22 LAD NL RF 150 144 1255.7 235 10 0 4 1.000 1.76   2.6
    1B 2 0 3.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 15.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1969 23 LAD NL RF 117 107 965.3 173 9 0 2 1.000 1.70   2.1
    1B 5 0 5.0 4 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    LF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1970 24 LAD NL RF 94 88 787.3 166 4 0 1 1.000 1.94   2.6
    LF 2 1 10.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90    
    1B 3 0 5.0 4 0 0 1 1.000 7.20   0.0
1971 25 LAD NL RF 151 150 1289.7 240 9 0 5 1.000 1.74   3.5
    1B 15 0 26.3 36 2 0 6 1.000 12.99   0.1
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1972 26 LAD NL RF 138 132 1143.0 225 6 1 1 .996 1.82   3.1
    1B 3 0 7.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1973 27 LAD NL RF 106 106 927.3 187 4 0 0 1.000 1.85   2.0
    1B 18 0 39.3 42 7 0 5 1.000 11.21   0.1
    LF 8 0 14.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1974 28 KCR AL RF 150 150 1260.7 268 8 3 1 .989 1.97   1.1
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1975 29 NYG NL RF 148 148 1290.0 310 7 1 2 .997 2.21   3.9
    1B 3 0 6.3 8 1 0 0 1.000 12.80   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1976 30 NYG NL 1B 153 150 1322.3 1613 95 15 146 .991 11.62   2.6
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1977 31 NYG NL 1B 150 148 1326.3 1669 111 14 167 .992 12.08   2.0
    RF 2 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1978 32 CLE AL LF 64 62 549.3 124 1 3 1 .977 2.05   3.1
    RF 32 31 282.3 73 3 0 0 1.000 2.42    
    1B 20 18 162.7 204 14 1 18 .995 12.06   0.4
1979 33 CLE AL LF 36 36 292.0 48 0 3 0 .941 1.48   0.5
    1B 10 3 47.3 66 1 0 5 1.000 12.74   0.1
1980 34 CLE AL 1B 54 45 393.3 480 44 3 39 .994 11.99   1.1
    LF 28 28 226.0 49 0 5 0 .907 1.95   0.5
    RF 4 2 19.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.37    
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1981 35 CLE AL RF 12 10 83.0 15 1 0 0 1.000 1.73   0.2
    1B 12 6 69.0 79 2 1 4 .988 10.57   0.1
    LF 1 1 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
  RF 1146 1108 9661.6 1964 63 6 16 .997 1.89   21.8
  1B 450 370 3415.0 4218 278 34 391 .992 11.85   6.5
  LF 150 128 1119.3 226 1 11 1 .954 1.83   4.1
  SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
  CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   1748 1606 14198.9 6408 343 51 408 .993 4.28   32.4
Career Highs   167 150 1336.3 1669 111 15 167 1.000 11.99    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1969 23 LAD NL 7 26 4 11 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 2 .423 .464 .423 .887
1970 24 LAD NL 18 66 9 17 1 1 1 7 0 0 1 10 .258 .269 .348 .617
1979 33 CLE AL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1980 34 CLE AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 28 95 13 28 1 1 1 10 0 0 3 12 .295 .316 .358 .674
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1972-6-.307
1976-9-.298
1977-8-.300
 Slugging Pct
1976-6-.493
1977-10-.464
 XR
1976-9-94.5
1977-6-91.8
 At-Bats
1968-10-580
1975-10-582
1976-4-600
1977-6-603
 Hits
1968-9-164
1975-8-172
1976-4-179
1977-5-181
 Total Bases
1975-5-276
1976-3-296
1977-6-280
Singles
1968-7-120
1972-9-121
 Doubles
1975-1-52
1976-3-41
1977-1-43
 Homeruns
1976-8-24
 RBIs
1976-8-100
1977-3-111
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 52    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 21    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  4. Willie Crawford (928)
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  6. Ken Landreaux (921)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 4th overall pick, by Los Angeles in 1967
Had first career hit on 7/31/1967, off Tommy John (BOS)
Hit first career homerun on 8/24/1967, off Fritz Peterson (MON)
Injured on 7/13/1969 with a Pulled Hamstring Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 7/19/1970 with a Broken Foot, out for 7 weeks
Won World Championship with Los Angeles in 1970
2/1/1971: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,035,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1972: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,078,571 through salary arbitration
Injured on 7/25/1972 with a Inflamed Rib Cage Muscle, out for one week
2/1/1973: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,800,000 through salary arbitration
Drove in 7 runs against New York (A) on 8/19/1973
Signed as a free agent by Kansas City on 2/6/1974 to a 4-year deal worth $7,150,000 per year
Traded from Kansas City to Detroit on 2/1/1975 (Going to DET: RF Bob Watson, P Sandy Koufax, CF Leon Roberts, P Doc Medich, P Dan Spillner. Going to KCR: LF Boog Powell, P Jim Palmer, P John Morris)
Traded from Detroit to New York (N) on 2/3/1975 (Going to NYG: RF Bob Watson. Going to DET: P Rich Troedson)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/7/1975, hitting .556 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
Was selected to the 1975 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1976 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/1976, hitting .591 with 2 HR, 5 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 7/15/1977, hitting .520 with 2 HR, 9 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Boston (N) on 7/31/1977
9/22/1977: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $5,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from New York (N) to Cleveland (A) on 2/14/1978 (Going to NYG: 2B Tucker Ashford. Going to CLE: LF Bernie Carbo, P Skip Guinn, 1B Bob Watson, P Steve Hargan)
4/3/1981: Signed a minor league contract extension with Cleveland (A)
 
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