Player Report for #29 William 'Twig' Watts

04/26/1981

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P William 'Twig' Watts #29

Age: 39

Bats: R

Throws: R

Morale: Normal

G	GS	Rec	SV	ERA	IP	HA	HR	BB	K	WHIP
0	0	0-0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.00

	Overall	Potential
Stuff
Movement
Control

Pitching Ratings (OSA)
	Overall	Vs Left	Vs Right	Potential
Stuff	5	4	5	7
Movement	13	12	13	14
Control	6	5	6	16

Pitch Ratings
Pitch	Current	Potential
Fastball	7	8
Curveball	8	11
Changeup	1	2

Other Pitching Ratings
Velocity	84-86 Mph
Stamina	10
Suggested Role	Strictly BP
Groundball Percentage	67 %
Hold Runners	13
Defense	8

Run/Bunt Ratings
Running Speed:	5
Stealing Ability:	2
Baserunning Inst.:	3
Sacrifice Bunt:	11
Bunt for Hit:	1

Game Log, Last 10 Games
Date	Vs.	Result	Start	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Dec

Personality Ratings
Leader Ability:	Normal
Loyalty:	Low
Desire f. Win:	Very High
Greed:	Low
Intelligence:	Very High
Work Ethic:	Very High

William Watts
Birthday:	12/08/1926
Born in:	Taylor Lake Village (Texas)
Nationality:	American
Height:	6' 1"
Weight:	185 lbs
Local Popularity:	Insignificant
National Pop.:	Insignificant

Status
Contract:	RETIRED
Salary:	-
Signed Through:	-
Major Service:	7 Years, 99 Days
Service This Yr:	None
40-Man Service:	8 Years, 161 Days
Pro Service:	17 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:	Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:	Out of option years
Contract Extension:	-
Drafted:	-

Career Pitching Stats

Year/Team/League	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	VORP	ERA+
1952 Cincinnati - ABA	25	8	4	0	4	0	9.58	31.0	47	36	33	5	15	13	0	0	2.00	.362	-15.1	35
1953 Cincinnati - ABA	26	20	0	0	3	2	6.19	32.0	31	25	22	5	22	13	0	0	1.66	.255	-3.9	56
1954 Cincinnati - ABA	27	9	0	1	0	0	1.38	13.0	17	3	2	0	3	5	0	0	1.54	.347	4.9	271
1957 Atlanta - ABA	30	3	0	1	0	0	0.00	7.0	7	3	0	0	3	2	0	0	1.43	.269	3.6	999
1957 Chicago - ABA	30	30	9	6	4	0	3.70	112.0	98	51	46	16	31	43	1	0	1.15	.234	10.6	100
1957 Total - ABA	30	33	9	7	4	0	3.48	119.0	105	54	46	16	34	45	1	0	1.17	.237	14.2	0
1958 Atlanta - ABA	31	10	0	0	1	1	0.92	19.2	14	5	2	1	5	11	0	0	0.97	.206	8.2	396
1958 Los Angeles - ABA	31	13	2	3	0	1	3.31	35.1	29	13	13	5	10	20	1	0	1.10	.226	5.6	110
1958 Total - ABA	31	23	2	3	1	2	2.45	55.0	43	18	15	6	15	31	1	0	1.05	.219	13.8	0
1959 Los Angeles - ABA	32	27	0	2	1	6	4.12	43.2	50	21	20	7	20	28	0	0	1.60	.307	4.4	91
1960 Cleveland - ABA	33	23	0	0	2	5	4.45	28.1	31	14	14	4	7	15	0	0	1.34	.297	1.6	88
1960 Philadelphia - ABA	33	22	1	4	2	10	1.88	28.2	18	8	6	0	13	23	0	0	1.08	.231	9.4	192
1960 Total - ABA	33	45	1	4	4	15	3.16	57.0	49	22	20	4	20	38	0	0	1.21	.266	11.0	0
1961 Cleveland - ABA	34	50	1	4	6	2	4.24	70.0	76	42	33	13	21	46	0	0	1.39	.285	6.0	95
1962 Cleveland - ABA	35	45	2	4	5	1	5.32	66.0	80	46	39	7	20	41	0	0	1.52	.329	-2.3	76
1963 Cleveland - ABA	36	11	0	0	1	1	3.12	17.1	15	7	6	3	6	12	0	0	1.21	.235	3.1	123
1964 Detroit - ABA	37	28	0	1	3	0	2.91	34.0	35	14	11	2	10	22	0	0	1.32	.303	5.8	115
Total ABA		299	19	26	32	29	4.13	538.0	548	288	247	68	186	294	2	0	1.36	.278	42.1	123

Career Minor League Pitching Stats

Year/Team/League	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	VORP	ERA+
1951 Victoria - AA	24	27	17	6	5	2	2.68	121.0	99	38	36	5	29	81	0	0	1.06	.267	11.3	82
1951 Kitchener - AAA	24	3	3	2	0	0	0.89	20.1	16	2	2	1	0	11	0	0	0.79	.246	7.6	358
1952 Victoria - AA	25	9	9	5	1	0	1.85	58.1	50	16	12	1	8	25	0	0	0.99	.257	20.5	193
1952 Kitchener - AAA	25	19	19	4	7	0	2.88	134.1	121	49	43	8	37	50	1	0	1.18	.260	28.6	128
1953 Kitchener - AAA	26	25	25	10	7	0	2.75	183.1	163	62	56	12	48	76	1	0	1.15	.249	46.7	151
1954 Kitchener - AAA	27	33	33	20	9	0	2.99	255.2	220	96	85	31	60	115	8	4	1.10	.234	57.2	141
1955 Kitchener - AAA	28	31	31	17	8	0	2.09	241.2	178	62	56	19	43	146	8	3	0.91	.226	73.2	178
1956 Kitchener - AAA	29	29	29	17	8	0	2.20	233.1	183	62	57	20	35	99	10	1	0.93	.224	70.7	172
1963 Pickering - AAA	36	25	0	2	2	6	2.80	35.1	33	12	11	4	7	30	0	0	1.13	.274	6.9	129
1964 Vaughan - AAA	37	16	0	1	3	7	4.79	20.2	24	14	11	4	6	12	0	0	1.45	.299	-1.8	66
1965 San Antonio - AA	38	6	0	0	2	1	2.57	7.0	8	2	2	1	3	4	0	0	1.57	.350	1.4	129
1965 Vaughan - AAA	38	9	0	0	2	3	8.31	8.2	12	9	8	0	9	7	0	0	2.42	.400	-4.1	41
Total GHL		190	140	73	46	16	2.61	1133.1	950	368	329	99	245	546	28	8	1.05	.240	285.0	156.9
Total STL		42	26	11	8	3	2.42	186.1	157	56	50	7	40	110	0	0	1.06	.266	33.3	118.8

Career Postseason Pitching Stats

Year/Team/League	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	VORP	ERA+
1960 Cleveland - ABA	33	1	0	0	0	1	0.00	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	.000	0.0	0
Total ABA		1	0	0	0	1	0.00	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	.000	0.0	999.0

Career Fielding Stats

Year/Team/League	POS	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RNG	ZR	EFF	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
1952 Cincinnati - ML	P	8	4	1	7	0	9	1	.889	31.0	2.32	-0.5	.846
1953 Cincinnati - ML	P	20	0	2	5	0	7	0	1.000	32.0	1.97	-0.5	.878
1954 Cincinnati - ML	P	9	0	1	0	0	2	1	.500	13.0	0.69	0.0	.000
1957 Chicago - ML	P	30	9	16	16	0	32	0	1.000	112.0	2.57	-0.5	.956
1957 Atlanta - ML	P	3	0	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	7.0	2.57	+0.0	1.002
1958 Atlanta - ML	P	10	0	3	1	0	5	1	.800	19.2	1.83	-0.0	.998
1958 Los Angeles - ML	P	13	2	4	4	0	8	0	1.000	35.1	2.04	-0.5	.798
1959 Los Angeles - ML	P	27	0	6	6	0	12	0	1.000	43.2	2.47	-0.5	.889
1960 Philadelphia - ML	P	22	1	2	2	1	5	1	.800	28.2	1.26	-0.5	.497
1960 Cleveland - ML	P	23	0	3	4	2	7	0	1.000	28.1	2.22	-0.0	.995
1961 Cleveland - ML	P	50	1	6	11	0	18	1	.944	70.0	2.19	-0.6	.938
1962 Cleveland - ML	P	45	2	4	7	0	13	2	.846	66.0	1.50	-2.0	.559
1963 Cleveland - ML	P	11	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	17.1	0.52	+0.0	1.017
1964 Detroit - ML	P	28	0	7	6	1	14	1	.929	34.0	3.44	-0.4	.898

Player History
01/02/1951	Drafted in the 1951 inaugural draft (Round 10, Pick 2, 146th overall pick) by the Cincinnati Rivermen.
01/02/1951	Named the #6 prospect in the ABA
04/16/1951	Named the #6 prospect in the ABA
07/08/1951	Was selected to the 1951 South Texas League All-Star Game.
01/01/1952	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 8 (9); Movement: 9 (11); Control: 13 (13).
04/22/1952	Named the #12 prospect in the ABA
06/05/1952	Injured (sore shoulder), out for 4 days.
01/01/1953	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 9 (10); Movement: 12 (13); Control: 17 (17).
01/01/1954	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 10 (12); Movement: 12 (13); Control: 19 (20).
05/01/1954	Wins the GHL MKL Pitcher of the Month Award.
05/22/1954	Pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Port Credit Traders with 4 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed!
06/27/1954	Pitches a 2-hit shutout against the Guelph Royals with 3 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed!
07/05/1954	Pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Brantford Bells with 3 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed!
07/11/1954	Was selected to the 1954 Golden Horseshoe League All-Star Game.
07/29/1954	Pitches a 6-hit shutout against the Port Credit Traders with 0 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed!
01/01/1955	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 12 (13); Movement: 12 (13); Control: 19 (19).
05/04/1955	Pitches a 5-hit shutout against the St. Catherines Wildcats with 6 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed!
05/22/1955	Pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Guelph Royals with 6 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed!
05/27/1955	Pitches a 2-hit shutout against the St. Catherines Wildcats with 1 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed!
06/01/1955	Wins the GHL MKL Pitcher of the Month Award.
07/10/1955	Was selected to the 1955 Golden Horseshoe League All-Star Game.
09/24/1955	Wins the 1955 GHL MKL Lord Acheson Award.
01/01/1956	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 11 (11); Movement: 12 (13); Control: 18 (18).
06/07/1956	Pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Guelph Royals with 2 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed!
07/01/1956	Wins the GHL MKL Pitcher of the Month Award.
07/08/1956	Was selected to the 1956 Golden Horseshoe League All-Star Game.
08/01/1956	Wins the GHL MKL Pitcher of the Month Award.
08/01/1956	Injured (undisclosed injury), out for one week.
09/14/1956	Wins the 1956 GHL MKL Lord Acheson Award.
12/01/1956	Drafted in the rule 5 draft (Pick 10, Round 1, 10th overall Pick) by the Chicago Hitmen, from the Cincinnati Rivermen.
01/01/1957	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 10 (10); Movement: 13 (13); Control: 15 (15).
08/26/1957	Got claimed off waivers by Atlanta while with Chicago.
01/01/1958	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 13 (16); Movement: 13 (13); Control: 17 (17).
07/05/1958	Got claimed off waivers by Los Angeles while with Atlanta.
01/01/1959	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 13 (14); Movement: 13 (13); Control: 17 (17).
01/01/1960	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 13 (13); Movement: 13 (13); Control: 16 (16).
07/08/1960	Was traded by the Los Angeles Moguls to the Cleveland Eagles in exchange for LF José García.
10/12/1960	Won the 1960 American Baseball Association Heckel Cup with the Cleveland Eagles!
01/01/1961	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 13 (13); Movement: 13 (13); Control: 16 (16).
01/01/1962	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 13 (13); Movement: 13 (13); Control: 16 (16).
01/01/1963	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 12 (12); Movement: 13 (13); Control: 17 (17).
06/07/1963	Was selected to the 1963 Golden Horseshoe League All-Star Game.
09/24/1963	Was traded by the Cleveland Eagles to the Detroit Bears in exchange for SS Kenny Campbell, C Mark Mooney.
01/01/1964	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 8 (9); Movement: 13 (14); Control: 16 (16).
01/01/1965	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 7 (9); Movement: 13 (14); Control: 10 (16).
07/02/1965	Released by the Detroit organization.
01/01/1966	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 5 (7); Movement: 13 (14); Control: 6 (16).
01/01/1966	Retired from professional baseball.

Leader Boards Appearances

Year	G	Rank
1961	50	9

Year	SV	Rank
1960	10	9

Year	HLD	Rank
1953	3	1
1961	7	9

Year	RA	Rank
1961	49	8