Bob Watson

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 0 in · 201 lb

BornApril 10, 1946 · Los Angeles, CA, USA

MLB debutSeptember 9, 1966

Final gameSeptember 30, 1984

Seasons19 (1966–1984)

Houston Astros 1966–1978; Boston Red Sox 1979; Houston Astros 1979; New York Yankees 1980–1981; Atlanta Braves 1982; New York Yankees 1982; Atlanta Braves 1983–1984

Percentile snapshot

1980 season — qualified batters

130

9.7

525

8.9

469

8.1

19.4

144

35.5

46.8

28.2

RBI

53.2

40.3

64.5

10.5

88.7

.307

87.9

OBP

.368

74.2

SLG

.456

OPS

.825

wRC+

128.7

76.6

OPS+

128.4

77.4

wOBA

.370

74.2

sWAR

2.5

44.4

of 125 qualified 1980 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

129.0

89.6

OPS+

128.7

89.3

sWAR

34.4

97.2

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1966	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-122.1	-100.0	.000	0.0
1967	6	14	14	1	3	0	0	1	2	0	3	0	0	.214	.214	.429	.643	77.0	81.7	.286	0.0
1968	45	155	140	13	32	7	0	2	8	13	32	1	0	.229	.297	.321	.618	88.3	86.9	.294	0.1
1969	20	48	40	3	11	3	0	0	3	6	5	0	0	.275	.396	.350	.746	125.5	112.9	.364	0.2
1970	97	362	327	48	89	19	2	11	61	24	59	1	1	.272	.324	.443	.768	106.8	107.9	.345	0.9
1971	129	514	468	49	135	17	3	9	67	41	56	0	3	.288	.347	.395	.742	114.8	113.1	.343	1.8
1972	147	616	548	74	171	27	4	16	86	53	83	1	1	.312	.378	.464	.841	145.4	141.1	.385	4.6
1973	158	666	573	97	179	24	3	16	94	85	73	1	4	.312	.403	.449	.852	142.9	137.2	.393	4.8
1974	150	593	524	69	156	19	4	11	67	60	61	3	4	.298	.370	.412	.782	124.2	123.3	.365	2.6
1975	132	533	485	67	157	27	1	18	85	40	50	3	5	.324	.375	.495	.870	145.8	148.1	.394	3.6
1976	157	662	585	76	183	31	3	16	102	62	64	3	3	.313	.377	.458	.835	145.0	146.2	.383	4.4
1977	151	623	554	77	160	38	6	22	110	57	69	5	0	.289	.360	.498	.858	135.0	137.6	.378	3.5
1978	139	527	461	51	133	25	4	14	79	51	57	3	1	.289	.357	.451	.808	127.3	133.4	.359	2.3
1979	133	529	475	63	144	23	4	16	71	45	56	3	2	.303	.367	.469	.837	124.7	123.7	.372	2.1
1980	130	525	469	62	144	25	3	13	68	48	56	2	1	.307	.368	.456	.825	128.7	128.4	.370	2.5
1981	59	180	156	15	33	3	3	6	12	24	17	0	0	.212	.317	.385	.701	105.3	104.1	.325	0.2
1982	64	150	131	19	32	6	1	5	25	17	20	1	1	.244	.327	.420	.747	103.8	104.6	.338	0.3
1983	65	170	149	14	46	9	0	6	37	18	23	0	2	.309	.376	.490	.866	132.7	132.4	.388	0.9
1984	49	94	85	4	18	4	0	2	12	9	12	0	0	.212	.287	.329	.617	62.6	68.4	.283	-0.3

Career totals

1,832

380th-most career G

6,962

472nd-most career PA

6,185

465th-most career AB

802

1,826

391st-most career H

307

460th-most career 2B

184

455th-most career HR

RBI

989

317th-most career RBI

653

443rd-most career BB

796

.2952

302nd-highest career batting average

OBP

.3635

409th-highest career on-base percentage

SLG

.4474

OPS

.8109

419th-highest career OPS

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1977-06-24	SF @ HOU Gameday	4	1	4	1	1	1	5	0	10
1982-07-30	LAD @ ATL Gameday	4	3	4	0	0	2	3	0	10
1979-09-15	BOS @ BAL Gameday	5	2	4	1	1	1	2	0	10
1976-05-22	HOU @ LAD Gameday	5	2	3	0	0	2	5	1	9
1971-09-03	HOU @ SF Gameday	4	2	3	0	0	2	4	0	9

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1967-05-30	HOU @ PIT Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1967-07-22	HOU @ PIT Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1967-07-23	HOU @ PIT Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1967-09-29	HOU @ PIT Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1967-09-30	HOU @ PIT Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

2× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.