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Johnny
Watwood		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 196
 
Born: August 17, 1905 in Usa, AL, ALEXANDER CIT
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1933   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 24 TAM AL $ 300,000   52 52 49 9 9 9 55 63 61 40 48 46 80 83 82
1931 25 TAM AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 2 2 2 6 7 6 5 5 5 8 9 9
1932 26 TAM AL $ 571,429   7 7 6 2 2 2 6 7 7 5 5 5 8 9 9
1933 27 TAM AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 7 7 5 5 5 8 9 9
1934 28 ATL NL $ 725,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 6 7 7 5 5 5 8 9 9
1935 29 ATL NL $ 2,565,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 6 7 7 5 5 5 9 9 9
1936 30 ATL NL $ 5,650,000   7 7 6 3 3 3 6 7 7 4 5 5 9 9 9
1937 31 BSN NL $ 5,650,000   7 7 6 3 3 3 6 7 6 4 5 5 8 9 9
1938 32 BSN NL $ 5,650,000   7 7 6 3 3 3 5 6 6 4 5 5 8 9 9
1939 33 BSN NL $ 5,650,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 5 6 6 4 4 4 8 9 9
1940 34 NYG NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 4 4 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 4 4 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,650,000   52 52 49 9 9 9 55 63 61 40 48 46 80 83 82
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
1930 24 NYG NL 101 383 56 105 22 2 5 40 9 3 47 13 .274 .353 .381 .734 54.3 9.6
  TAM AL 51 202 35 60 8 7 1 21 4 2 23 12 .297 .370 .421 .791 31.1 5.5
  TOT   152 585 91 165 30 9 6 61 13 5 70 25 .282 .359 .395 .753 85.4 15.2
1931 25 TAM AL 84 142 15 33 5 1 0 11 0 0 10 11 .232 .288 .282 .569 8.7 0.0
1932 26 TAM AL 15 33 4 10 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 1 .303 .343 .303 .646 3.2 0.2
    AAA   79 286 43 96 12 2 1 42 10 1 40 17 .336 .417 .402 .819 49.5  
1933 27 TAM AL 64 132 23 41 4 2 3 20 1 0 16 6 .311 .393 .439 .833 21.2 3.4
    AAA   37 133 20 49 9 1 3 20 2 0 20 5 .368 .451 .519 .970 28.9  
1934 28 ATL NL 128 361 68 117 13 4 4 72 0 0 32 22 .324 .375 .416 .791 55.0 11.2
1935 29 ATL NL 144 551 102 176 31 7 5 45 7 4 62 35 .319 .389 .428 .817 88.0 19.6
1936 30 ATL NL 156 612 77 175 38 6 5 59 3 2 53 34 .286 .345 .392 .737 77.8 10.6
1937 31 BSN NL 131 487 80 135 21 4 4 44 29 11 43 28 .277 .336 .361 .697 60.7 10.3
1938 32 BSN NL 141 399 55 115 15 6 4 53 20 14 39 19 .288 .351 .386 .737 51.9 8.0
1939 33 BSN NL 116 256 37 76 10 3 2 33 10 6 18 14 .297 .338 .383 .721 32.0 5.4
1940 34 NYG NL 21 17 5 6 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 .353 .450 .353 .803 3.4 0.8
    AAA   19 21 2 6 1 0 1 3 1 0 3 1 .286 .375 .476 .851 3.9  
11 Years Sim 1152 3575 557 1049 167 42 33 403 85 42 348 195 .293 .356 .391 .747 487.2 84.7
3 Years AAA 135 440 65 151 22 3 5 65 13 1 63 23 .343 .423 .441 .864 82.4  
162 Game Average 502 78 147 23 5 4 56 11 5 48 27 .293 .356 .391 .747 68.5  
Career Highs 156 612 102 176 38 9 6 72 29 14 70 35 .353 .450 .439 .833 88.0  
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   2755 436 829 127 33 26 309 65 36 281 145 .301 .365 .399 .765 395.5
vs LH   820 121 220 40 9 7 94 20 6 67 50 .268 .325 .365 .689 97.1
Home 585 1791 283 544 75 19 21 213 45 20 167 86 .304 .364 .402 .766 257.3
Away 567 1784 274 505 92 23 12 190 40 22 181 109 .283 .348 .381 .729 235.4
RISP   824 0 247 38 11 5 349 0 0 104 46 .300 .372 .391 .763 122.5
Pinch Hitting   226 37 65 7 5 2 50 6 0 18 8 .288 .340 .389 .729 30.4
Close/Late   468 85 159 22 4 4 86 0 0 50 20 .340 .403 .429 .832 77.6
Mar/Apr 162 469 69 144 22 3 6 53 12 10 41 23 .307 .362 .405 .767 65.8
May 196 622 94 184 35 7 3 72 16 3 52 35 .296 .349 .389 .738 83.9
June 194 576 105 174 34 5 9 72 14 10 60 30 .302 .364 .425 .790 86.8
July 200 650 102 194 20 8 6 71 18 6 73 31 .298 .373 .382 .755 93.7
August 219 715 109 197 30 13 7 77 18 6 63 41 .276 .337 .383 .720 91.7
Sep/Oct 181 543 78 156 26 6 2 58 7 7 59 35 .287 .355 .368 .723 70.8
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
1930 24 NYG NL 1B 67 65 577.0 798 66 10 78 .989 13.48   0.3
    CF 24 23 197.8 74 1 2 0 .974 3.41   1.3
    RF 9 9 76.9 13 1 2 0 .875 1.64   0.0
  TAM AL 1B 34 33 301.0 417 35 5 40 .989 13.51   1.0
    CF 12 11 103.2 39 1 1 0 .976 3.49   0.2
    RF 4 4 40.1 7 0 1 0 .875 1.57   0.0
  TOT   1B 101 98 878.0 1215 101 15 118 .989 13.49   1.3
      CF 36 34 301.0 113 2 3 0 .975 3.44   1.4
      RF 13 13 117.0 20 1 3 0 .875 1.62   0.0
1931 25 TAM AL CF 9 6 64.7 26 1 3 1 .900 3.76   0.1
    1B 6 6 53.0 74 9 1 6 .988 14.09   0.2
    LF 5 5 43.0 6 1 1 0 .875 1.47    
    RF 4 4 32.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.81    
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1932 26 TAM AL 1B 9 8 68.0 92 3 0 11 1.000 12.57   0.2
1933 27 TAM AL CF 28 19 190.7 53 1 3 1 .947 2.55   0.8
    1B 9 8 65.0 79 9 1 9 .989 12.18   0.2
1934 28 ATL NL CF 100 79 702.7 216 1 9 1 .960 2.78   1.3
    1B 8 0 20.7 29 4 0 5 1.000 14.38   0.0
    RF 7 0 15.0 1 0 1 0 .500 0.60    
1935 29 ATL NL CF 131 125 1092.7 320 8 18 3 .948 2.70   2.8
    RF 4 2 23.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.78    
    1B 4 1 15.0 23 0 0 2 1.000 13.80   0.0
1936 30 ATL NL CF 151 143 1267.3 360 6 31 3 .922 2.60   5.0
    1B 1 1 8.0 9 0 0 3 1.000 10.13   0.0
1937 31 BSN NL CF 126 115 1002.7 323 4 26 0 .926 2.94   3.5
    1B 1 0 4.0 5 0 0 1 1.000 11.25   0.0
    RF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1938 32 BSN NL 1B 96 80 709.3 943 71 8 99 .992 12.87   1.4
    CF 10 10 84.0 20 1 1 0 .955 2.25   0.3
    RF 9 2 32.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.81    
1939 33 BSN NL 1B 66 36 363.3 499 30 8 51 .985 13.10   0.9
    CF 14 8 86.3 25 1 0 1 1.000 2.71   0.3
    RF 14 3 51.0 10 1 1 1 .917 1.94    
1940 34 NYG NL CF 3 3 28.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.96   0.0
    LF 1 0 4.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.93    
    1B 4 0 2.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 13.53   0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
  CF 608 542 4820.0 1459 25 94 10 .940 2.77   15.7
  1B 305 238 2187.0 2972 227 33 305 .990 13.16   4.3
  RF 53 24 275.0 55 2 5 1 .919 1.87   0.0
  LF 7 5 48.7 7 1 1 0 .889 1.48    
  3B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
  2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   975 809 7332.6 4493 256 133 316 .973 5.83   20.0
Career Highs   152 145 1296.0 1348 104 31 118 1.000 12.57    
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
1931 25 TAM AL 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
1933 27 TAM AL 9 28 4 5 2 1 0 3 0 0 2 1 .179 .233 .321 .555
Career Post-Season Batting 12 30 4 7 2 1 0 4 0 0 2 1 .233 .281 .367 .648
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.
On-Base Pct
1935-10-.389
 Games
1936-2-156
 At-Bats
1936-6-612
 Runs
1935-9-102
 Doubles
1936-6-38
 Stolen Bases
1935-8-7
1937-1-29
1938-1-20
Caught Stealing
1935-9-4
1937-1-11
1938-1-14
1939-8-6
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 13    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 27    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Harry Rice (971)
  2. Wattie Holm (965)
  3. Sam West (957)
  4. R.J. Reynolds (944)
  5. Wally Moses (943)
  6. Harry Walker (940)
  7. Taffy Wright (938)
  8. Dale Mitchell (938)
  9. Dave Harris (938)
  10. Jim Eisenreich (938)
History
Had first career hit on 4/3/1930, off Ossie Orwoll (CLE)
Hit first career homerun on 4/7/1930, off Red Peery (HOU)
Traded from New York (G) to Tampa Bay on 7/31/1930 (Going to NYG: RF Showboat Fisher. Going to TAM: 2B Tommy Thevenow, 1B Johnny Watwood)
1/31/1932: Gets a new one-year contract worth $571,429 through salary arbitration
4/6/1932: Signed a minor league contract extension with Tampa Bay
Injured on 5/6/1932 with a Bruised Ribs, out for one week
Won World Championship with Tampa Bay in 1933
2/5/1934: Gets a new one-year contract worth $725,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from Tampa Bay to Atlanta on 2/7/1934 (Going to ATL: SS Joe Sewell, CF Johnny Watwood. Going to TAM: SS Otto Bluege)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1934, hitting .519 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Had 6 hits with 3 RBI against Boston (A) on 8/17/1934
2/5/1935: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,565,000 through salary arbitration
Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 6/16/1935
9/22/1935: Signed a contract extension with Atlanta, $5,650,000 per year, for 4 years
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Brooklyn on 5/26/1936
Signed as a free agent by New York (G) on 4/2/1940 to a minor league deal
 
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