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Ty Cobb League
8-17-2086
Jimmy Watts Catcher
Retired (1989, Age 37)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .293 Total Rating   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .846 Status Deceased (2030) Option Years 0  
H 2723 Age at Death 79 Date of Birth 12-15-1951
HR 385 Drafted Round 1, Pick 13
(1969)
Majors Svc Time 18 years
(10 games)
RBI 1442
SB 278
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R Contact vs. L B+ Endurance B-   Ldrship D-
Power vs. R B+ Power vs. L B+ Velocity D-   Mentor vR C+
Speed B- Bunt Control D-   Mentor vL C+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * A+ (100%) SS --- Range WS Rings 2
1B (43.2%) LF --- Arm WS Appearances 7
2B --- CF ---   Health C+ LCS Appearances 11
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 9
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1969 Minors 18 0.00 5 / 6 5 / 5 5 / 7 6 / 7 5 / 5 7 / 7 7 / 7 40 / 44
1970 Minors 19 63.00 5 / 7 9 / 10 5 / 10 7 / 11 10 / 10 7 / 7 9 / 9 52 / 64
1971 Minors 20 67.00 5 / 7 8 / 11 6 / 11 6 / 9 7 / 9 11 / 11 10 / 10 53 / 68
1972 Minors 21 14.00 1 / 2 1 / 1 2 / 3 1 / 2 2 / 2 1 / 1 3 / 3 11 / 14
1972 Majors 21 41.08 1 / 5 2 / 7 0 / 10 1 / 6 1 / 2 3 / 6 4 / 5 12 / 41
1973 Majors 22 68.94 5 / 11 3 / 6 5 / 13 3 / 14 5 / 7 5 / 6 6 / 11 32 / 68
1974 Majors 23 67.20 5 / 12 5 / 10 5 / 7 2 / 15 9 / 11 3 / 7 3 / 5 32 / 67
1975 Majors 24 67.23 2 / 8 4 / 14 0 / 10 2 / 7 5 / 12 5 / 9 7 / 7 25 / 67
1976 Majors 25 69.00 1 / 10 3 / 11 2 / 13 0 / 6 4 / 10 3 / 9 7 / 10 20 / 69
1977 Majors 26 67.23 3 / 9 0 / 12 2 / 10 3 / 5 1 / 11 3 / 9 4 / 11 16 / 67
1978 Majors 27 68.36 0 / 10 1 / 12 1 / 9 0 / 7 1 / 7 3 / 7 4 / 16 10 / 68
1979 Majors 28 67.18 2 / 7 3 / 6 1 / 6 2 / 10 1 / 11 2 / 12 4 / 15 15 / 67
1980 Majors 29 66.30 0 / 7 0 / 14 0 / 6 1 / 16 0 / 8 1 / 6 1 / 9 3 / 66
1981 Majors 30 47.60 0 / 9 0 / 1 0 / 13 0 / 8 1 / 6 0 / 3 0 / 7 1 / 47
1982 Majors 31 40.40 0 / 4 0 / 7 0 / 9 0 / 6 0 / 3 0 / 7 0 / 4 0 / 40
1983 Majors 32 51.97 1 / 5 1 / 7 0 / 9 0 / 7 0 / 3 1 / 11 0 / 9 3 / 51
1984 Majors 33 60.99 1 / 7 0 / 12 0 / 10 0 / 9 0 / 7 0 / 5 0 / 10 1 / 60
1985 Majors 34 59.79 0 / 3 0 / 8 0 / 7 1 / 10 0 / 7 0 / 11 1 / 13 2 / 59
1986 Majors 35 58.89 0 / 5 0 / 7 0 / 10 0 / 11 0 / 8 0 / 11 0 / 6 0 / 58
1987 Majors 36 57.69 0 / 8 1 / 11 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 16 0 / 10 0 / 5 1 / 57
1988 Majors 37 60.09 0 / 10 0 / 6 0 / 9 0 / 7 0 / 8 0 / 11 0 / 9 0 / 60
1989 Majors 38 46.29 162 70 0 0 / 4 0 / 6 0 / 6 0 / 6 0 / 7 1 / 12 1 / 5 2 / 46
Total 162 70 0 37 / 156 46 / 184 34 / 191 35 / 183 52 / 170 56 / 178 71 / 186 331 / 1248
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1989-11-01Jimmy Watts has retired from the Chicago Experience
1988-10-04Jimmy Watts of the Chicago Colosimos is injured and is expected to be out 15 days.
1972-08-30The Chicago Cubs have promoted Jimmy Watts to the major league team. The Chicago Cubs have sent Toledo Harris to the minors.
1972-08-29The Chicago Cubs have promoted Toledo Harris to the major league team. The Chicago Cubs have sent Jimmy Watts to the minors.
1972-08-19The Chicago Cubs have promoted Toledo Harris to the major league team. The Chicago Cubs have promoted Jimmy Watts to the major league team. The Chicago Cubs have sent Doug Smith to the minors. The Chicago Cubs have sent Brock Wilson to the minors.
1972-08-17The Chicago Cubs have promoted Brock Wilson to the major league team. The Chicago Cubs have promoted Tony Nieson to the major league team. The Chicago Cubs have sent Jimmy Watts to the minors. The Chicago Cubs have sent Toledo Harris to the minors.
1972-08-02The Chicago Cubs have promoted Jimmy Watts to the major league team. The Chicago Cubs have sent Ray Robinson to the minors.
1972-08-01The Chicago Cubs have promoted Ray Robinson to the major league team. The Chicago Cubs have promoted Toledo Harris to the major league team. The Chicago Cubs have sent Jimmy Watts to the minors. The Chicago Cubs have sent Doug Smith to the minors.
1972-07-22The Chicago Cubs have promoted Doug Smith to the major league team. The Chicago Cubs have promoted Jimmy Watts to the major league team. The Chicago Cubs have sent Ray Robinson to the minors. The Chicago Cubs have sent Toledo Harris to the minors.
1972-07-20The Chicago Cubs have promoted Brock Wilson to the major league team. The Chicago Cubs have promoted Toledo Harris to the major league team. The Chicago Cubs have sent Jimmy Watts to the minors. The Chicago Cubs have sent Doug Smith to the minors.
1972-06-28The Chicago Cubs have promoted Jimmy Watts to the major league team. The Chicago Cubs have sent Ray Robinson to the minors.
1972-06-26The Chicago Cubs have promoted Ray Robinson to the major league team. The Chicago Cubs have sent Jimmy Watts to the minors.
1972-06-15The Chicago Cubs have promoted Jimmy Watts to the major league team. The Chicago Cubs have sent Toledo Harris to the minors.
1972-03-05A trade has been completed between the Chicago Cubs and the Cleveland Crew. The Cleveland Crew receive Thurman Munson from the Chicago Cubs in exchange for Jimmy Watts, Draft Pick - 1973 Round 2 (CLE).
1970-05-13A trade has been completed between the Washington War Dogs and the Cleveland Crew. The Cleveland Crew receive Morgan Donahue, Jimmy Watts, Stubby Greenwood, Steve Kloza, Draft Pick - 1971 Round 1 (CHA) from the Washington War Dogs in exchange for Angelo Harris, Mel Bivin, Elrod "Bud" Hanebrink.
1969-04-15The Washington War Dogs have renamed Jim Watt to Jimmy Watts.