Bob Watson

Positions: First Baseman and Leftfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 201lb (183cm, 91kg)

Born: April 10, 1946 in Los Angeles, CA us

Died: May 14, 2020 in Houston, TX

Buried: Cremated

High School: Fremont HS (Los Angeles, CA)

School: Los Angeles Harbor College (Wilmington, CA)

Debut: September 9, 1966 (Age 20-152d, 12,508th in major league history)
vs. LAD 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1984 (Age 38-173d)
vs. SDP 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1968 season

Agents: Tom Reich

Full Name: Robert Jose Watson

Nicknames: Bull

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2x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

28.2

6185

1826

184

.295

802

RBI

989

OBP

.364

SLG

.447

OPS

.811

OPS+

129

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.
Triple Plays: 1 (Jul 28)

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	HOU		ATL	W,2-1	GS	30	7.0	7	0	0	7	3	1B
2	2	Apr 7	HOU		ATL	W,6-0	GS	22	7.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
3	3	Apr 8	HOU		ATL	W,2-0	GS	25	7.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
4	4	Apr 9	HOU		LAD	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
5	5	Apr 10	HOU		LAD	W,2-1	GS	28	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
6	6	Apr 11	HOU		LAD	W,10-3	GS	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
7	7	Apr 13	HOU	@	SFG	L,7-8	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
8	8	Apr 14	HOU	@	SFG	L,1-2	GS	26	7.0	10	2	1	13	1	1B
9	9	Apr 15 (1)	HOU	@	SFG	W,4-3	GS	26	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
10	10	Apr 15 (2)	HOU	@	SFG	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	14	2	0	16	1	1B
11	11	Apr 16	HOU	@	LAD	W,4-0	GS	21	6.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
12	12	Apr 17	HOU	@	LAD	L,6-10	GS	32	7.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
13	13	Apr 18	HOU	@	LAD	W,4-0	GS	26	7.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
14	14	Apr 20	HOU		PIT	W,5-4	GS	31	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
15	15	Apr 21	HOU		PIT	W,5-4	GS	38	9.0	14	1	0	15	1	1B
16	16	Apr 22	HOU		PIT	W,3-2	GS	29	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
17	17	Apr 25	HOU	@	CHC	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
18	18	Apr 26	HOU	@	CHC	W,6-2	GS	25	6.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
19	19	Apr 27	HOU	@	PIT	W,9-8	GS	38	8.0	10	1	1	12	0	1B
20	20	Apr 29	HOU	@	PIT	L,5-10	CG	45	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	1B
21	21	Apr 30	HOU	@	STL	W,6-5	GS	33	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	22	May 1	HOU	@	STL	L,6-7	GS	41	10.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
23	23	May 2	HOU	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
24	24	May 3	HOU	@	STL	W,4-1	GS	20	6.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
25	25	May 4	HOU	@	CIN	L,5-6	GS	35	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
26	26	May 5	HOU	@	CIN	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
27	27	May 6 (1)	HOU	@	CIN	L,5-17	CG	47	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
28	28	May 6 (2)	HOU	@	CIN	W,8-2	GS	27	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
29	29	May 8	HOU		STL	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	14	1	0	15	1	1B
30	30	May 9	HOU		STL	W,5-4	CG	64	16.0	10	2	0	12	2	1B
31	31	May 10	HOU		STL	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
32	32	May 11	HOU		CHC	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
33	33	May 12 (1)	HOU		CHC	W,11-3	CG	33	9.0	13	2	0	15	1	1B
34	34	May 12 (2)	HOU		CHC	L,0-2	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
35	35	May 13	HOU		CHC	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
36	36	May 15	HOU		SFG	L,1-8	CG	42	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
37	37	May 16	HOU		SFG	L,4-8	CG	49	10.0	17	0	0	17	0	1B
38	38	May 17	HOU		SFG	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
39	39	May 18	HOU		SDP	W,3-2	GS	31	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
40	40	May 19	HOU		SDP	L,2-4	GS	27	7.0	4	3	0	7	1	1B
41	42 (1)	May 20 (2)	HOU		SDP	W,6-3	GS	33	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
42	43	May 21	HOU	@	ATL	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
43	44	May 22	HOU	@	ATL	W,4-1	GS	23	7.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
44	46 (1)	May 25	HOU	@	SDP	L,1-2	CG	39	9.1	9	0	1	10	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
				Player went from Houston Astros to Boston Red Sox
45	60	Jun 15	BOS	@	CHW	L,5-8	CG	37	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
46	61	Jun 16	BOS	@	CHW	W,11-5	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
47	62	Jun 17	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	40	8.0	8	1	1	10	1	1B
48	69 (6)	Jun 24	BOS		TOR	W,8-4	CG	34	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	75 (5)	Jul 1	BOS	@	NYY	L,5-6	GS	29	7.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
50	76	Jul 2	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
51	77	Jul 3	BOS		KCR	W,10-0	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
52	78	Jul 4	BOS		KCR	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
53	79	Jul 5	BOS		KCR	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	3	1B
54	80	Jul 6	BOS	@	SEA	L,3-5	CG	41	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
55	81	Jul 7	BOS	@	SEA	W,10-8	CG	44	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
56	82	Jul 8	BOS	@	SEA	W,8-2	GS	19	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	1B
57	83	Jul 9	BOS	@	CAL	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
58	84	Jul 10	BOS	@	CAL	L,3-4	GS	25	6.1	11	0	1	12	2	1B
59	86 (1)	Jul 13	BOS	@	OAK	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	15	0	0	15	0	1B
60	87	Jul 14	BOS	@	OAK	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	11	0	1	12	0	1B
61	88	Jul 15	BOS	@	OAK	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	18	1	0	19	1	1B
62	89	Jul 19	BOS		SEA	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	2	1B
63	90	Jul 20	BOS		SEA	L,0-8	CG	42	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
64	92 (1)	Jul 22	BOS		CAL	W,6-5	CG	41	10.0	14	2	0	16	2	1B
65	95 (2)	Jul 25	BOS		OAK	W,16-4	GF	9	3.0	4	0	0	4	1	DH 1B
66	98 (2)	Jul 28	BOS	@	TEX	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
67	99	Jul 29	BOS	@	TEX	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B
68	100	Jul 30	BOS	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	40	8.0	6	3	0	9	1	1B
69	101	Jul 31 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,10-11	CG	50	10.2	11	2	0	13	1	1B
70	102	Jul 31 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	103	Aug 1	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
72	104	Aug 2	BOS	@	MIL	W,10-1	CG	35	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
73	105	Aug 3	BOS	@	MIL	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
74	106	Aug 4	BOS	@	MIL	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
75	108 (1)	Aug 5 (2)	BOS	@	MIL	W,19-5	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
76	109	Aug 7	BOS		CLE	W,12-3	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
77	110	Aug 8 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	12	1	0	13	3	1B
78	111	Aug 8 (2)	BOS		CLE	L,2-8	CG	46	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
79	112	Aug 9	BOS		CLE	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	9	0	1	10	3	1B
80	113	Aug 10	BOS		MIL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
81	123 (9)	Aug 21	BOS	@	MIN	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
82	124	Aug 22	BOS	@	MIN	W,9-4	CG	31	8.0	9	1	0	10	3	1B
83	125	Aug 24	BOS	@	KCR	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
84	126	Aug 25	BOS	@	KCR	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
85	127	Aug 26	BOS	@	KCR	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
86	128	Aug 27	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	15	0	0	15	1	1B
87	129	Aug 28	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	2	1B
88	130	Aug 30	BOS		TEX	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
89	131	Aug 31	BOS		TEX	W,9-6	CG	44	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
90	132	Sep 1	BOS		TEX	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
91	133	Sep 2	BOS		TEX	L,6-7	CG	46	11.0	14	1	0	15	1	1B
92	134	Sep 3	BOS	@	NYY	L,6-10	CG	40	8.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
93	135	Sep 4	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
94	136	Sep 5	BOS	@	NYY	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	12	2	0	14	2	1B
95	137	Sep 7	BOS		BAL	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	14	2	0	16	2	1B
96	144 (6)	Sep 14	BOS	@	BAL	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
97	145	Sep 15	BOS	@	BAL	W,10-2	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
98	146	Sep 16	BOS	@	BAL	L,3-13	GS	20	2.0	0	0	1	1	0	1B
99	147	Sep 17 (1)	BOS	@	TOR	L,4-5	CG	35	8.1	7	0	0	7	0	1B
100	148	Sep 17 (2)	BOS	@	TOR	W,5-3	GS	11	2.0	3	0	1	4	0	1B
101	155 (6)	Sep 25	BOS		TOR	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	10	1	1	12	2	1B
102	156	Sep 26	BOS		TOR	W,6-4	GS	33	8.0	11	2	0	13	2	1B
							102gm		836.2	896	80	10	986	81