Johnny Watwood was born on Thursday, August 17, 1905, in Alexander City, Alabama. Watwood was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 16, 1929, with the Chicago White Sox. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Johnny Watwood baseball stats page.
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Johnny WatwoodJohnny Watwood Pitching Stats |
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| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
| - | - | Did Not Pitch | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Career | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD | ||
Johnny WatwoodJohnny Watwood Hitting Stats |
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| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| 1929 | 24 | White Sox | 85 | 278 | 33 | 84 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 22 | - | 21 | 7 | - | 1 | - | .302 | .355 | .410 |
| 1930 | 25 | White Sox | 133 | 427 | 75 | 129 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 51 | 52 | - | 35 | 14 | - | 3 | - | .302 | .382 | .393 |
| 1931 | 26 | White Sox | 128 | 367 | 51 | 104 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 56 | - | 30 | 10 | - | 1 | - | .283 | .380 | .368 |
| 1932 | 27 | White Sox | 13 | 49 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | - | .306 | .333 | .347 |
| 1932 | 27 | Red Sox | 95 | 266 | 26 | 66 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 20 | - | 11 | 5 | - | 0 | - | .248 | .301 | .289 |
| 1933 | 28 | Red Sox | 13 | 30 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | - | 3 | 0 | - | 0 | - | .133 | .212 | .133 |
| 1939 | 34 | Phillies | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 |
| Career | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | ||
| 6 Years | 469 | 1,423 | 192 | 403 | 66 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 158 | 154 | 0 | 103 | 38 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .283 | .356 | .363 | ||
Johnny WatwoodJohnny Watwood Fielding Stats |
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| Team | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
| 1929 White Sox | CF | 57 | 55 | 1,326 | 1,162 | 20.4 | 1,153 | 1,149 | 4 | 9 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .992 | 23.48 |
| 1929 White Sox | LF | 1 | 1 | - | 6 | 6.0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .667 | 0.00 |
| 1929 White Sox | RF | 20 | 20 | 396 | 40 | 2.0 | 39 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .975 | 2.66 |
| 1930 White Sox | 1B | 62 | 62 | 1,632 | 638 | 10.3 | 631 | 590 | 41 | 7 | 59 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .989 | 10.44 |
| 1930 White Sox | CF | 38 | 38 | 903 | 2,112 | 55.6 | 2,109 | 2,105 | 4 | 3 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .999 | 63.06 |
| 1930 White Sox | LF | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
| 1930 White Sox | RF | 15 | 3 | 78 | 14 | 0.9 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .929 | 4.50 |
| 1931 White Sox | 1B | 4 | 2 | 45 | 19 | 4.8 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 11.40 |
| 1931 White Sox | CF | 75 | 66 | 1,716 | 1,211 | 16.1 | 1,201 | 1,192 | 9 | 10 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .992 | 18.90 |
| 1931 White Sox | LF | 4 | 4 | 105 | 12 | 3.0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .750 | 2.31 |
| 1931 White Sox | RF | 25 | 22 | 621 | 64 | 2.6 | 61 | 57 | 4 | 3 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .953 | 2.65 |
| 1932 Red Sox | CF | 25 | 23 | 501 | 276 | 11.0 | 271 | 269 | 2 | 5 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .982 | 14.60 |
| 1932 White Sox | CF | 2 | 2 | 24 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 3.38 |
| 1932 Red Sox | LF | 7 | 5 | 129 | 10 | 1.4 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.09 |
| 1932 White Sox | LF | 3 | 3 | 72 | 3 | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.13 |
| 1932 Red Sox | RF | 15 | 13 | 324 | 24 | 1.6 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .958 | 1.92 |
| 1932 White Sox | RF | 11 | 8 | 228 | 19 | 1.7 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .947 | 2.13 |
| 1932 Red Sox | 1B | 18 | 18 | 450 | 172 | 9.6 | 165 | 149 | 16 | 7 | 17 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .959 | 9.90 |
| 1933 Red Sox | LF | 5 | 5 | 126 | 212 | 42.4 | 212 | 212 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 45.43 |
| 1933 Red Sox | RF | 4 | 2 | 54 | 8 | 2.0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .875 | 3.50 |
| 1939 Phillies | 1B | 2 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 7.5 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .933 | 14.00 |
| Career | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
| CF Totals | 197 | 184 | 4,470 | 4,764 | 24.2 | 4,737 | 4,718 | 19 | 27 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .994 | 28.61 | |
| RF Totals | 90 | 68 | 1,701 | 169 | 1.9 | 161 | 152 | 9 | 8 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .953 | 2.56 | |
| 1B Totals | 86 | 84 | 2,154 | 844 | 9.8 | 829 | 771 | 58 | 15 | 77 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .982 | 10.39 | |
| LF Totals | 21 | 18 | 432 | 243 | 11.6 | 238 | 237 | 1 | 5 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .979 | 14.88 | |
| 6 Years | 394 | 354 | 8,757 | 6,020 | 15.3 | 5,965 | 5,878 | 87 | 55 | 81 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .991 | 18.39 | |
Johnny WatwoodJohnny Watwood Miscellaneous Stats |
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| Baserunning Statistics | Other Positions | Common Hitting Ratios | Common Pitching Ratios | |||||||||
| Team | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
| 1929 White Sox | 6 | 3 | .667 | 7 | 1 | n/a | 139.0 | 13.2 | 9.9 | - | - | - |
| 1930 White Sox | 5 | 7 | .417 | 19 | 0 | n/a | 213.5 | 12.2 | 8.4 | - | - | - |
| 1931 White Sox | 9 | 3 | .750 | 21 | 2 | n/a | 367.0 | 12.2 | 7.8 | - | - | - |
| 1932 White Sox | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 16.3 | 0.0 | - | - | - |
| 1932 Red Sox | 7 | 4 | .636 | 29 | 3 | n/a | 0.0 | 24.2 | 8.9 | - | - | - |
| 1933 Red Sox | 0 | 0 | .000 | 4 | 1 | n/a | 0.0 | 10.0 | 15.0 | - | - | - |
| 1939 Phillies | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | - | - | - |
| Career | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
| 6 Years | 27 | 17 | .614 | 80 | 7 | n/a | 284.6 | 13.8 | 9.0 | - | - | - |
Johnny WatwoodJohnny Watwood Miscellaneous Items of Interest |
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| Team | Roster | Uniform Numbers | Salary | All-Star | World Series |
| 1929 Chicago White Sox | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | - |
| 1930 Chicago White Sox | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | - |
| 1931 Chicago White Sox | 6 | Undetermined | n/a | - |
| 1932 Chicago White Sox | 14 | $6,000.00 | n/a | - |
| 1932 Boston Red Sox | 12 | Undetermined | n/a | - |
| 1933 Boston Red Sox | 7 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1939 Philadelphia Phillies | 5 | Undetermined | - | - |
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