George Watkins (baseball)

George Watkins
Outfielder
Born: (1900-06-04)June 4, 1900
Freestone County, Texas, U.S.
Died: June 1, 1970(1970-06-01) (aged 69)
Houston, Texas, U.S.
Batted: Left
Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 15, 1930, for the St. Louis Cardinals
Last MLB appearance
September 27, 1936, for the Brooklyn Dodgers
MLB statistics
Batting average.288
Home runs73
Runs batted in420
Stats at Baseball Reference 
Teams
Career highlights and awards

George Archibald Watkins (June 4, 1900 – June 1, 1970) was an American Major League Baseball player, born in Freestone County, Texas[1] who owns the National League record for the highest batting average in his rookie season, batting .373 in his rookie year of 1930,[2] with the St. Louis Cardinals.

Watkins went on to play until the 1936 season with the New York Giants (1934), the Philadelphia Phillies (1935–1936), and Brooklyn Dodgers (1936), never again posting a batting average over .312.[3] On June 24, 1931, he hit three home runs in one game.

In 894 games played, Watkins compiled a .288 batting average (925–3,207) with 490 runs scored, 73 home runs, 420 RBI, a .347 on-base percentage and a .443 slugging percentage in seven major league seasons. He posted a career .956 fielding percentage. In nine World Series games, he batted .231 (6–26), scoring six runs, with two home runs and three RBI. He died in Houston, Texas on June 1, 1970, three days before his 70th birthday.

References

  1. ↑ "George Watkins Player page". Sports Illustrated. September 15, 2006. Archived from the original on August 22, 2003. Retrieved January 4, 2007.
  2. ↑ "Batting Average Records". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved January 4, 2007.
  3. ↑ "George Watkins Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 4, 2007.
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