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George Watkins
George Archibald Watkins

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 175 lb.

Debut April 15, 1930
Final Game September 27, 1936
Born June 4, 1900 in Freestone County, TX
Died June 1, 1970 in Houston, TX

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1930 30 STL NL 119  391   85  146  32  7  17   87   5     24  49  .373  .415  .621  143  243   5           4    
 1931 31 STL NL 131  503   93  145  30 13  13   51  15     31  66  .288  .336  .477  113  240   2           5    
 1932 32 STL NL 127  458   67  143  35  3   9   63  18     45  46  .312  .384  .461  123  211   0           8    
 1933 33 STL NL 138  525   66  146  24  5   5   62  11     39  62  .278  .342  .371   99  195   9          12   7
 1934 34 NYG NL 105  296   38   73  18  3   6   33   2     24  34  .247  .316  .389   89  115   2           6   0
 1935 35 PHI NL 150  600   80  162  25  5  17   76   3     40  78  .270  .320  .413   88  248  11           4   8
 1936 36 TOT NL 124  434   61  110  28  6   6   48   7     43  47  .253  .328  .387   90  168   0           5   4
         PHI NL  19   70    7   17   4  0   2    5   2      5  13  .243  .293  .386   74   27   0           0   1
         BRO NL 105  364   54   93  24  6   4   43   5     38  34  .255  .334  .387   93  141   0           5   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      894 3207  490  925 192 42  73  420  61  0 246 382  .288  .347  .443  106 1420  29   0   0  44  19
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        581   89  168  35  8  13   76  11  0  45  69  .288  .347  .443  106  257   5   0   0   8   3
 Career High    150  600   93  162  35 13  17   87  18  0  45  78  .373  .415  .621  143  248  11   0   0  12   8
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1930 30 STL NL  424  250  100  10.6   129| .373  .316| .415  .375| .621  .470|1.036  .844| 143  .748  26.9   2.3     
 1931 31 STL NL  541  360   79   5.8   107| .288  .290| .336  .349| .477  .409| .813  .759| 113  .607   6.5   0.6     
 1932 32 STL NL  511  315   79   6.8   106| .312  .288| .384  .341| .461  .417| .845  .758| 123  .660  17.2   1.7     
 1933 33 STL NL  585  395   64   4.3    95| .278  .280| .342  .333| .371  .383| .713  .717|  99  .529   0.4   0.0     
 1934 34 NYG NL  328  225   35   4.2   103| .247  .285| .316  .340| .389  .405| .705  .744|  89  .439  -4.4  -0.4     
 1935 35 PHI NL  655  457   78   4.6   112| .270  .297| .320  .354| .413  .424| .733  .778|  88  .488 -12.6  -1.2     
 1936 36 TOT NL  482  328   54   4.4   105| .253  .289| .328  .348| .387  .404| .715  .752|  90  .473  -6.0  -0.6     
         PHI NL   75   54    8   4.0   111| .243  .298| .293  .358| .386  .417| .679  .775|  74  .425  -2.8  -0.3     
         BRO NL  407  274   46   4.5   104| .255  .287| .334  .346| .387  .402| .721  .748|  93  .482  -3.2  -0.3     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons      3526 2330  489   5.6   108| .288  .292| .347  .348| .443  .415| .790  .763| 106  .578  28.0   2.4     

* 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  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1930 30 STL NL OF 89 163 10 8 4 .956 .968 1.94 2.28 3 1 85 1B 13 116 8 3 12 .976 .990 9.54 9.90 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.60 1931 31 STL NL OF 129 263 12 12 4 .958 .973 2.13 2.38 0 9 121 1932 32 STL NL OF 120 267 11 15 1 .949 .976 2.32 2.41 38 19 62 1933 33 STL NL OF 135 295 9 15 3 .953 .977 2.25 2.35 0 0 135 1934 34 NYG NL OF 81 165 3 10 1 .944 .973 2.07 2.26 8 68 5 1935 35 PHI NL OF 148 325 18 15 4 .958 .971 2.32 2.31 128 20 1 1936 36 TOT NL OF 115 206 6 9 2 .959 .973 1.84 2.25 89 1 25 PHI NL OF 17 23 1 3 1 .889 .972 1.41 2.25 17 0 0 BRO NL OF 98 183 5 6 1 .969 .973 1.92 2.25 72 1 25
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1930 30 STL NL 1B 13 116 8 3 12 .976 .990 9.54 9.90 1930 30 STL NL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.60 1930 30 STL NL OF 89 163 10 8 4 .956 .968 1.94 2.28 3 1 85 1931 31 STL NL OF 129 263 12 12 4 .958 .973 2.13 2.38 0 9 121 1932 32 STL NL OF 120 267 11 15 1 .949 .976 2.32 2.41 38 19 62 1933 33 STL NL OF 135 295 9 15 3 .953 .977 2.25 2.35 0 0 135 1934 34 NYG NL OF 81 165 3 10 1 .944 .973 2.07 2.26 8 68 5 1935 35 PHI NL OF 148 325 18 15 4 .958 .971 2.32 2.31 128 20 1 1936 36 TOT NL OF 115 206 6 9 2 .959 .973 1.84 2.25 89 1 25 PHI NL OF 17 23 1 3 1 .889 .972 1.41 2.25 17 0 0 BRO NL OF 98 183 5 6 1 .969 .973 1.92 2.25 72 1 25
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 817 1684 69 84 19 .954 .973 2.15 2.33 266 118 434 1B 13 116 8 3 12 .976 .990 9.54 9.90 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.60 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 831 1800 77 87 31 .956 .974 2.26 2.45
An Important note about our fielding stats

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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1930   WS    STL PHA     L   4  12   2   2  0  0  1   1   1   3  .167  .231  .417   0  0   0   0   0 
 1931   WS    STL PHA     W   5  14   4   4  1  0  1   2   2   1  .286  .375  .571   1  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        1-1   9  26   6   6  1  0  2   3   3   4  .231  .310  .500   1  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.

Batting Average
1930 NL-.373-6

On-base %
1932 NL-.384-8

Slugging %
1930 NL-.621-6

OPS
1930 NL-1.037-7

At Bats
1935 NL-600-9

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1935 NL-655-10

Runs
1931 NL-93-10

Triples
1931 NL-13-5

Home Runs
1931 NL-13-9
1935 NL-17-10

Strikeouts
1931 NL-66-5
1933 NL-62-3
1935 NL-78-5

Stolen Bases
1931 NL-15-5
1932 NL-18-3
1933 NL-11-8

Adjusted OPS+
1930 NL-143-9

Extra-Base Hits
1931 NL-56-9

Offensive Win%
1930 NL-.748-6

Hit By Pitch
1931 NL-5-6
1932 NL-8-1
1933 NL-12-1
1934 NL-6-3
1936 NL-5-10

Power/Speed Number
1931 NL-13.9-4
1932 NL-12.0-5
1933 NL-6.9-10

At Bats per Home Run
1930 NL-23.0-8

Outs
1935 NL-457-4

Gray Ink: Batting - 26 (853) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 11.0 (1492) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 12.5 (1014) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

March 24, 1934: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the New York Giants for Kiddo Davis.

November 1, 1934: Traded by the New York Giants with Pretzel Pezzullo, Blondy Ryan, Johnny Vergez, and cash to the Philadelphia Phillies for Dick Bartell.

May 15, 1936: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.

May 16, 1936: Signed as a Free Agent with the Brooklyn Dodgers.

February 17, 1937: Released by the Brooklyn Dodgers.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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