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Name Team Age
Socks Watson Retired (1983, Age 36) Died (2015, Age 68)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 19
(1966)		 2B R/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Harold Baines League 0 14 years (61 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B+ B  A+
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
B- B+ A-
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
A- B+ D+
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D- D-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
C+ A+ A+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
D  0 1/30/1947
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 1 1
Alt Pos (1B) Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---)
D- (11.0 %) F  (0.0 %) F  (0.0 %)

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Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1966 CIN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1969 COL 135 499 46 116 15 2 9 55 43 111 4 1 18 .617 .293 .325 .232
1970 COL 135 548 64 122 15 5 13 77 31 109 6 1 17 .603 .264 .339 .223
1971 COL 63 240 26 59 16 4 8 36 19 54 1 1 4 .752 .307 .446 .246
1972 COL 135 520 59 125 19 7 13 56 51 107 3 2 10 .686 .307 .379 .240
1973 COL 135 524 74 137 18 8 12 49 59 110 2 0 4 .732 .337 .395 .261
1974 COL 123 500 59 115 19 2 15 75 38 108 2 2 5 .654 .288 .366 .230
1975 COL 135 543 76 127 22 3 22 70 45 111 2 2 9 .699 .292 .407 .234
1976 COL-NYA 118 482 78 146 23 2 17 62 45 96 5 5 10 .830 .365 .465 .303
1977 NYA 136 510 55 118 15 8 15 76 51 105 0 0 10 .680 .300 .380 .231
1978 NYA 135 506 54 120 26 5 7 64 41 117 4 0 12 .644 .295 .350 .237
1979 NYA 117 444 56 112 20 3 8 61 43 91 19 4 4 .683 .318 .365 .252
1980 NYA 135 515 62 125 17 4 16 60 41 111 17 7 13 .683 .299 .384 .243
1981 NYA 130 473 67 120 16 9 11 70 43 100 15 6 11 .713 .318 .395 .254
1982 WAS 137 498 74 136 19 2 19 79 39 112 28 8 8 .760 .326 .434 .273
1983 WAS 66 117 14 25 4 0 3 15 7 22 5 3 2 .583 .258 .325 .214
Total 1835 6919 864 1703 264 64 188 905 596 1464 113 42 137 .691 .306 .384 .246
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1983-11-01Socks Watson has retired from the Washington Wise Guys
1981-04-21Socks Watson of the New York Legends is injured and is expected to be out 16 days.
1980-09-05The New York Legends have removed Socks Watson from the trade block.
1980-07-05The New York Legends have placed Socks Watson on the trade block.
1980-03-25The New York Legends have removed Socks Watson from the trade block.
1979-08-16The New York Legends have placed Socks Watson on the trade block.
1979-06-02Socks Watson of the New York Legends is injured and is expected to be out 23 days.
1978-09-05The New York Legends have removed Socks Watson from the trade block.
1977-04-13The New York Legends have placed Socks Watson on the trade block.
1976-09-07Socks Watson of the New York Legends is injured and is expected to be out 31 days.
1976-08-29A trade has been completed between the Colorado Crush and the New York Legends. The New York Legends receive Socks Watson from the Colorado Crush in exchange for Draft Pick 1977 Round 1 NYA (Rollie Lapan). Protest This Trade.
1974-07-28Socks Watson of the Colorado Crush is injured and is expected to be out 17 days.
1971-04-29Socks Watson of the Colorado Crush is injured and is expected to be out 38 days.
1969-04-01The Colorado Crush have promoted Socks Watson to the major league team. The Colorado Crush have promoted Tricky Janzen to the major league team. The Colorado Crush have promoted Eddie Scott to the major league team. The Colorado Crush have designated Larry Kessinger for assignment.
1968-04-28A trade has been completed between the Colorado Crush and the Cincinnati Mavericks. The Cincinnati Mavericks receive Van Boyer, Lou Gettel from the Colorado Crush in exchange for Socks Watson, Ivan Armbruster, Draft Pick 1969 Round 1 LAA (Mike Lewis), Draft Pick 1969 Round 2 LAA (Bill Maas).
1966-07-31The Cincinnati Mavericks have promoted Scott Nunez to the major league team. The Cincinnati Mavericks have sent Socks Watson to the minors.
1966-07-30The Cincinnati Mavericks have auto-promoted Socks Watson to the major leagues.
1966-07-30A trade has been reversed between Cincinnati Mavericks and Texas Wranglers. The Texas Wranglers have re-acquired Javier Martinez, Tommy Anderson, Draft Pick 1967 Round 1 TEX (Ray Budnick), Draft Pick 1968 Round 2 TEX (John Tremie). The Cincinnati Mavericks have re-acquired Socks Watson, Jack Kish, Draft Pick 1967 Round 2 CIN (Mike Abbaticchio), Draft Pick 1968 Round 1 CIN (Ivan Armbruster).
1966-07-13A trade has been completed between the Cincinnati Mavericks and the Texas Wranglers. The Texas Wranglers receive Jack Kish, Socks Watson, Draft Pick 1967 Round 2 CIN (Mike Abbaticchio), Draft Pick 1968 Round 1 CIN (Ivan Armbruster) from the Cincinnati Mavericks in exchange for Javier Martinez, Tommy Anderson, Draft Pick 1967 Round 1 TEX (Ray Budnick), Draft Pick 1968 Round 2 TEX (John Tremie).