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Mule Watson
John Reaves Watson

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 185 lb.
School Baylor University

Debut July 4, 1918
Final Game September 18, 1924
Born October 15, 1896 in Homer, LA
Died August 25, 1949 in Arizona, LA

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1918 21 PHA AL   7  10  21  19  11   3   2  0  141.7  139   74   53   0   44   30   1   2   568       0  3.37  2.91   86 1.292
 1919 22 PHA AL   0   1   4   2   0   0   2  0   14.3   17   11   11   2    7    6   0   1    62       1  6.91  3.41   49 1.674
 1920 23 TOT NL   5   4  18  10   4   2   5  0   86.0   94   44   41   2   24   17   1   1   360       0  4.29  3.06   71 1.372
         BSN NL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    3.0    0    0    0   0    0    0   0   0     9       0  0.00  3.04  inf 0.000
         PIT NL   0   0   5   0   0   0   2  0   11.3   15   11   11   2    7    1   0   0    55       0  8.74  3.23   37 1.941
         BSN NL   5   4  12  10   4   2   2  0   71.7   79   33   30   0   17   16   1   1   296       0  3.77  3.04   81 1.340
 1921 24 BSN NL  14  13  44  31  15   1   8  2  259.3  269  128  111  11   57   48   7   0  1095       0  3.85  3.67   95 1.257
 1922 25 BSN NL   8  14  41  29   8   1   8  1  201.0  262  140  105   9   59   53   5   1   914       0  4.70  4.02   85 1.597
 1923 26 TOT NL   9   7  28  19   9   0   4  1  139.7  159   69   59  13   41   36   1   0   597       1  3.80  3.87  102 1.432
         BSN NL   1   2  11   4   1   0   4  1   31.3   42   26   18   2   20   10   0   0   150       0  5.17  3.99   77 1.979
         NYG NL   8   5  17  15   8   0   0  0  108.3  117   43   41  11   21   26   1   0   447       1  3.41  3.83  113 1.274
 1924 27 NYG NL   7   4  22  16   6   1   3  0   99.7  122   54   42   7   24   18   1   2   434       0  3.79  3.67   97 1.465
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  7 Yr WL% .485  50  53 178 126  53   8  32  4  941.7 1062  520  422  44  256  208  16   7  4030       2  4.03  3.60   89 1.400
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    11  11  39  28  11   1   7  0  210.3  237  116   94   9   57   46   3   1   901   0   0  4.03  3.60   89 1.400
 Career High     14  14  44  31  15   3   8  2  259.3  269  140  111  13   59   53   7   2  1095   0   1  3.37  4.02  102 1.257

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1918 21 PHA AL  21   47    0    6   1  0   0    3   0      1  17  .128  .146  .149  -12    7   1           0    
 1919 22 PHA AL   4    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
 1920 23 TOT NL  18   27    2    3   0  0   0    1   0  0   1  11  .111  .143  .111  -25    3   1       0   0   0
         BSN NL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0       0   0   0
         PIT NL   5    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
         BSN NL  12   23    2    3   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   9  .130  .167  .130  -13    3   1           0    
 1921 24 BSN NL  44   87    9   12   2  1   0    1   0  0   1  36  .138  .148  .184  -11   16   6           0    
 1922 25 BSN NL  41   66    4   13   1  1   0    1   0  0   1  17  .197  .221  .242   21   16   3           1    
 1923 26 TOT NL  28   54    4   10   3  0   0    4   0  0   0  15  .185  .185  .241   12   13   2           0    
         BSN NL  11    8    1    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .250  .250  .250   34    2   1           0    
         NYG NL  17   46    3    8   3  0   0    4   0  0   0  13  .174  .174  .239    8   11   1           0    
 1924 27 NYG NL  22   35    4    9   0  2   2   11   0  0   2  11  .257  .297  .543  123   19   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      178  322   23   53   7  4   2   21   0  0   6 108  .165  .182  .230   12   74  13   0   0   1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        293   21   48   6  4   2   19   0  0   5  98  .165  .182  .230   12   67  12   0   0   1   0
 Career High     44   87    9   13   3  2   2   11   0  0   2  36                          19   6   0   0   1   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1918 21 PHA AL   49   42    1   0.6    83| .128  .262| .146  .333| .149  .333| .295  .666| -12  .044  -6.6  -0.8     
 1919 22 PHA AL    6    6    0   0.0    96| .000  .277| .000  .344| .000  .373| .000  .716|-100  .000  -1.6  -0.2     
 1920 23 TOT NL   29   25    1   1.1    88| .111  .273| .143  .326| .111  .362| .254  .688| -25  .090  -4.3  -0.5   0%
         BSN NL    1    1    0   0.0    87| .000  .272| .000  .325| .000  .361| .000  .686|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
         PIT NL    3    3    0   0.0    93| .000  .280| .000  .334| .000  .372| .000  .706|-100  .000  -0.8  -0.1   0%
         BSN NL   25   21    1   1.3    87| .130  .272| .167  .325| .130  .361| .297  .686| -13  .120  -3.3  -0.4   0%
 1921 24 BSN NL   94   81    2   0.7   101| .138  .290| .148  .340| .184  .400| .332  .740| -11  .028 -13.6  -1.4   0%
 1922 25 BSN NL   71   56    3   1.4   108| .197  .296| .221  .354| .242  .412| .463  .765|  21  .094  -7.8  -0.8   0%
 1923 26 TOT NL   56   46    3   1.8   106| .185  .291| .185  .350| .241  .406| .426  .756|  12  .140  -6.9  -0.7   0%
         BSN NL    9    7    1   3.8   104| .250  .288| .250  .346| .250  .401| .500  .748|  34  .405  -0.8  -0.1   0%
         NYG NL   47   39    2   1.4   106| .174  .292| .174  .351| .239  .406| .413  .757|   8  .094  -6.1  -0.6   0%
 1924 27 NYG NL   37   26    6   6.2   101| .257  .286| .297  .341| .543  .399| .840  .740| 123  .637   0.6   0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons       342  282   16   1.5   100| .165  .285| .182  .342| .230  .390| .412  .732|  12  .124 -40.2  -4.3     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1918 21 PHA AL P 21 5 30 3 3 .921 .951 1.67 1.85 2.22 2.82 19 141.7 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 10.90 1919 22 PHA AL P 4 0 9 0 0 1.000 .947 2.25 1.75 5.66 2.83 2 14.3 1920 23 TOT NL P 18 0 26 1 1 .963 .959 1.44 1.76 13.53 2.76 0 17.3 BSN NL P 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.80 3.00 2.70 0 3.0 PIT NL P 5 0 3 0 1 1.000 .968 0.60 1.76 2.39 2.79 0 11.3 BSN NL P 12 0 22 1 0 .957 .957 1.83 1.75 66.00 2.70 0 3.0 1921 24 BSN NL P 44 7 72 6 1 .929 .953 1.80 1.52 2.74 2.67 31 259.3 1922 25 BSN NL P 41 4 47 3 1 .944 .957 1.24 1.29 2.28 2.38 29 201.0 1923 26 TOT NL P 28 5 29 1 0 .971 .958 1.21 1.34 2.19 2.41 19 139.6 BSN NL P 11 2 7 0 0 1.000 .957 0.82 1.34 2.59 2.42 4 31.3 NYG NL P 17 3 22 1 0 .962 .958 1.47 1.34 2.08 2.41 15 108.3 1924 27 NYG NL P 22 1 22 1 3 .958 .966 1.05 1.42 2.08 2.52 16 99.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1918 21 PHA AL 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 10.90 1918 21 PHA AL P 21 5 30 3 3 .921 .951 1.67 1.85 2.22 2.82 19 141.7 1919 22 PHA AL P 4 0 9 0 0 1.000 .947 2.25 1.75 5.66 2.83 2 14.3 1920 23 TOT NL P 18 0 26 1 1 .963 .959 1.44 1.76 13.53 2.76 0 17.3 BSN NL P 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.80 3.00 2.70 0 3.0 PIT NL P 5 0 3 0 1 1.000 .968 0.60 1.76 2.39 2.79 0 11.3 BSN NL P 12 0 22 1 0 .957 .957 1.83 1.75 66.00 2.70 0 3.0 1921 24 BSN NL P 44 7 72 6 1 .929 .953 1.80 1.52 2.74 2.67 31 259.3 1922 25 BSN NL P 41 4 47 3 1 .944 .957 1.24 1.29 2.28 2.38 29 201.0 1923 26 TOT NL P 28 5 29 1 0 .971 .958 1.21 1.34 2.19 2.41 19 139.6 BSN NL P 11 2 7 0 0 1.000 .957 0.82 1.34 2.59 2.42 4 31.3 NYG NL P 17 3 22 1 0 .962 .958 1.47 1.34 2.08 2.41 15 108.3 1924 27 NYG NL P 22 1 22 1 3 .958 .966 1.05 1.42 2.08 2.52 16 99.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 178 22 235 15 9 .945 .956 1.44 1.49 116 873.0 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 10.90 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 179 22 235 15 9 .945 .956 1.44 1.55
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1923   WS    NYG NYY     L   1   1  13.50  0  0  0  0   2     4   3   1   1 
 1924   WS    NYG WSH     L   1   0   0.00  0  0  1  0   0.2   0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        0-2   2   1  10.12  0  0  1  0   2.2   4   3   1   1 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1923   WS    NYG NYY     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1924   WS    NYG WSH     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        0-2   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1921 NL-1.257-6

Hits Allowed/9IP
1921 NL-9.34-7

Games
1921 NL-44-4

Innings
1921 NL-259.3-8

Games Started
1921 NL-31-9

Shutouts
1918 AL-3-8

Home Runs Allow.
1923 NL-13-10

Losses
1922 NL-14-10

Earned Runs Allow.
1921 NL-111-6
1922 NL-105-10

Hit Batsmen
1921 NL-7-9

Batters Faced
1921 NL-1095-7

 

Gray Ink: Pitching - 8 (1574) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 5.0 (1327) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 3.0 (1467) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

May 28, 1920: Selected off waivers by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Boston Braves.

June 30, 1920: Selected off waivers by the Boston Braves from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

June 7, 1923: Traded by the Boston Braves with Hank Gowdy to the New York Giants for Jesse Barnes and Earl Smith.


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