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

Nicknames: Lefty

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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.

1929 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1929 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
2	2	Apr 17	CHW	@	SLB	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	Apr 18	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-4	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
4	4	Apr 19	CHW	@	SLB	W,5-4	GS	29	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	Apr 22	CHW	@	CLE	W,10-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
6	6	Apr 23	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS	21	5.0	1	1	0	2	0
7	7	Apr 25	CHW		SLB	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
8	8	Apr 26	CHW		SLB	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
9	9	Apr 27	CHW		CLE	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
10	10	Apr 28	CHW		CLE	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
11	11	Apr 29	CHW		CLE	W,13-4	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
12	12	Apr 30	CHW		CLE	W,8-4	GS	29	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 3	CHW		DET	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
14	14	May 4	CHW		NYY	L,9-11	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
15	15	May 5	CHW		NYY	L,3-8	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	16	May 6	CHW		NYY	L,6-7	GS	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
17	18 (1)	May 8	CHW		PHA	L,4-5	GS	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	19	May 9	CHW		PHA	L,2-9	CG	48	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
19	34 (14)	May 25 (1)	CHW		DET	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	35	May 25 (2)	CHW		DET	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
21	36	May 26	CHW		DET	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	37	May 27 (1)	CHW		DET	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
23	38	May 27 (2)	CHW		DET	W,6-5	CG	0	14.0	9	0	0	9	0
24	39	May 28	CHW		CLE	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
25	40	May 29	CHW		CLE	L,1-11	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
26	41	May 30 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,5-6	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
27	42	May 30 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	43	Jun 1	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-8	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
29	44	Jun 2	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	45	Jun 3	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
31	46	Jun 4	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
32	47	Jun 5	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-17	CG	47	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	48	Jun 6	CHW	@	BOS	W,9-5	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
34	49	Jun 8 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
35	50	Jun 8 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	51	Jun 10	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
37	53 (1)	Jun 12	CHW	@	PHA	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
38	54	Jun 13	CHW	@	WSH	W,11-8	CG	44	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
39	55	Jun 14	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
40	56	Jun 15	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	57	Jun 16	CHW	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	58	Jun 17	CHW	@	PHA	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
43	59	Jun 19	CHW	@	SLB	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
44	60	Jun 20	CHW	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
45	61	Jun 22	CHW	@	SLB	L,3-11	CG	43	8.0	4	0	1	5	0
46	62	Jun 23	CHW	@	SLB	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	63	Jun 24	CHW	@	DET	L,4-13	GS	44	8.0	4	0	2	6	0
48	64	Jun 25	CHW	@	DET	L,2-14	CG	45	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
49	65	Jun 26	CHW	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
50	66	Jun 27	CHW		SLB	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
51	67	Jun 28	CHW		SLB	L,2-7	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
52	68	Jun 29 (1)	CHW		SLB	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
53	69	Jun 29 (2)	CHW		SLB	L,4-12	CG	50	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	70	Jul 2 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-4	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
55	71	Jul 2 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	42	10.1	4	0	0	4	0
56	72	Jul 3	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	39	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
57	73	Jul 4 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,9-2	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
58	74	Jul 4 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,5-12	CG	43	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
59	75	Jul 5	CHW	@	CLE	L,10-11	CG	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
60	76	Jul 6	CHW		PHA	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
61	77	Jul 7	CHW		PHA	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
62	78	Jul 8	CHW		PHA	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
63	79	Jul 9	CHW		PHA	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
64	80	Jul 10	CHW		NYY	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
65	81	Jul 12	CHW		NYY	L,2-12	CG	50	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
66	82	Jul 13 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
67	83	Jul 13 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,5-6	GS	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
68	97 (13)	Jul 29	CHW	@	PHA	W,8-6		12	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	116 (18)	Aug 19	CHW		NYY	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
70	120 (3)	Aug 23	CHW		PHA	W,3-1	GS	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
71	122 (1)	Aug 25	CHW		PHA	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
72	123	Aug 29	CHW		CLE	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
73	124	Aug 31	CHW		CLE	L,5-8	CG	43	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
74	125	Sep 1	CHW		CLE	L,0-5	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
75	126	Sep 2 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,8-10	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
76	127	Sep 2 (2)	CHW	@	DET	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
77	128	Sep 4	CHW		SLB	L,2-7	GS	17	4.0	3	0	0	3	0
							78gm			182	7	10	199	1