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.

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	NYY	@	TEX	L,0-1	CG	40	11.1	15	1	0	16	1	1B
2	5 (3)	Apr 15	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS	32	7.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
3	8 (2)	Apr 18	NYY		MIL	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
4	10 (1)	Apr 20	NYY		MIL	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
5	11	Apr 21	NYY		BAL	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
6	12	Apr 22	NYY		BAL	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
7	14 (1)	Apr 25	NYY		CHW	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
8	15	Apr 26	NYY		CHW	L,7-8	CG	50	12.0	10	3	0	13	2	1B
9	16	Apr 27	NYY		CHW	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
10	17	Apr 29	NYY	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	19 (1)	May 2	NYY	@	MIN	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	2	1B
12	20	May 3	NYY	@	MIN	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
13	21	May 4	NYY	@	MIN	W,10-1	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
14	22	May 6	NYY	@	MIL	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
15	23	May 7	NYY	@	MIL	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	13	1	0	14	3	1B
16	24	May 9	NYY		MIN	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
17	25	May 10	NYY		MIN	L,0-1	CG	40	11.0	14	1	0	15	2	1B
18	26	May 11	NYY		MIN	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	14	0	0	14	2	1B
19	28 (1)	May 13	NYY		KCR	L,1-4	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
20	31 (2)	May 17	NYY		TEX	W,3-0	GS	29	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
21	32	May 18	NYY		TEX	L,4-5	GF	9	2.0	3	3	0	6	0	PH 1B
22	34 (1)	May 20	NYY	@	DET	L,8-12	CG	46	8.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
23	35	May 21	NYY	@	DET	W,9-5	CG	42	11.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
24	44 (8)	May 31	NYY		TOR	W,8-6	GF	15	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH 1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	45	Jun 1	NYY		TOR	W,11-7	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
26	46	Jun 2	NYY	@	KCR	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
27	47	Jun 3	NYY	@	KCR	L,5-6	GS	29	6.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
28	52 (4)	Jun 9	NYY	@	CAL	W,8-7		4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
29	53	Jun 10	NYY	@	CAL	L,4-5	CG	41	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
30	56 (2)	Jun 13 (2)	NYY	@	OAK	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
31	57	Jun 14	NYY	@	OAK	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
32	58	Jun 15	NYY	@	OAK	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
33	62 (3)	Jun 19	NYY		CAL	W,7-5	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
34	68 (5)	Jun 25	NYY		BOS	L,3-4	CG	39	10.0	14	0	0	14	3	1B
35	72 (3)	Jun 30	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	73	Jul 1	NYY	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	16	1	0	17	1	1B
37	74	Jul 2	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
38	75	Jul 3	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-7	CG	41	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
39	77 (1)	Jul 5	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-2	GF	14	4.0	5	1	0	6	0	PH 1B
40	78	Jul 6	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
41	80 (1)	Jul 11	NYY	@	TEX	L,8-10	CG	44	8.0	9	0	1	10	1	1B
42	81	Jul 12	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
43	82	Jul 13	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
44	83	Jul 14	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
45	84	Jul 15	NYY		MIN	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
46	85	Jul 16	NYY		MIN	W,11-1	GS	17	5.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
47	86	Jul 17	NYY		MIN	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	14	1	0	15	0	1B
48	87	Jul 18	NYY		KCR	L,1-13	CG	50	9.0	6	0	0	6	3	1B
49	88	Jul 19	NYY		KCR	W,13-7	CG	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
50	90 (1)	Jul 21	NYY		MIL	L,4-7	CG	48	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
51	92 (1)	Jul 22 (2)	NYY		MIL	L,1-4	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
52	93	Jul 23	NYY		MIL	W,4-0	GF	3	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH 1B
53	95 (1)	Jul 26	NYY	@	KCR	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
54	96	Jul 27	NYY	@	KCR	L,0-8	CG	42	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
55	97	Jul 28	NYY	@	MIN	W,7-6	CG	47	10.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
56	98	Jul 29	NYY	@	MIN	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	7	2	0	9	2	1B
57	99	Jul 30	NYY	@	MIN	L,1-2	CG	39	9.2	8	1	0	9	2	1B
58	100	Jul 31	NYY	@	MIL	W,7-6	CG	50	11.0	18	0	0	18	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	101	Aug 1	NYY	@	MIL	W,9-4	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
60	102	Aug 2	NYY	@	MIL	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
61	107 (4)	Aug 8	NYY		BAL	L,2-5	GF	6	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
62	109 (1)	Aug 10	NYY		BAL	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
63	110	Aug 11	NYY		CHW	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
64	111	Aug 12	NYY		CHW	W,8-4	CG	41	10.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
65	112	Aug 13	NYY		CHW	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	9	1	1	11	1	1B
66	113	Aug 14	NYY	@	BAL	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
67	114	Aug 15	NYY	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	6	0	1	7	1	1B
68	116 (1)	Aug 17	NYY	@	BAL	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
69	118 (1)	Aug 19	NYY	@	SEA	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
70	119	Aug 20	NYY	@	SEA	W,6-4	GS	26	7.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
71	120	Aug 21	NYY	@	SEA	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	3	1B
72	121	Aug 22	NYY	@	CAL	L,4-8	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
73	122	Aug 23	NYY	@	CAL	W,5-2	GS	23	6.0	5	0	1	6	0	1B
74	123	Aug 24	NYY	@	CAL	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
75	124	Aug 25	NYY	@	OAK	L,1-9	CG	41	8.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
76	125	Aug 26	NYY	@	OAK	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
77	126	Aug 28	NYY		SEA	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
78	127	Aug 29	NYY		SEA	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	11	1	1	13	0	1B
79	128	Aug 30	NYY		SEA	W,9-3	GS	21	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
80	129	Aug 31	NYY		SEA	L,0-1	CG	39	9.0	5	3	1	9	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
81	133 (3)	Sep 4	NYY		CAL	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
82	134	Sep 5	NYY		CAL	W,6-5	CG	39	10.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
83	135	Sep 6	NYY		CAL	W,7-4	GS	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
84	136	Sep 7	NYY		CAL	W,4-1	GF	18	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
85	137	Sep 8	NYY	@	TOR	W,7-4	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
86	140 (2)	Sep 11	NYY	@	BOS	W,8-5	CG	44	10.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
87	141	Sep 12	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
88	142	Sep 13	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
89	143	Sep 14	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
90	145 (1)	Sep 17 susp	NYY		TOR	W,8-7	GF	22	5.0	5	0	0	5	0	PH 1B
91	146	Sep 18	NYY		TOR	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	13	5	0	18	3	1B
92	147	Sep 19	NYY		BOS	W,2-1	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	PH 1B
93	149 (1)	Sep 21	NYY		BOS	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
94	150	Sep 22	NYY		CLE	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
95	151	Sep 23	NYY		CLE	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	8	3	1	12	0	1B
96	152	Sep 24	NYY		CLE	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
97	153	Sep 25	NYY		CLE	L,0-5	CG	42	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
98	154	Sep 26	NYY	@	DET	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
99	155	Sep 27	NYY	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	8	1	0	9	3	1B
100	156	Sep 28	NYY	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	11	0	1	12	0	1B
101	157	Sep 30	NYY	@	CLE	L,9-12	CG	41	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
102	158	Oct 1	NYY	@	CLE	W,18-7	GS	28	6.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
103	159	Oct 2	NYY		DET	W,3-2	GS	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
104	160	Oct 4 (1)	NYY		DET	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	12	1	1	14	0	1B
							104gm		827.0	851	63	9	923	87