American baseball player (1900-1970)
Baseball player
George Watkins |
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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. |
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April 15, 1930, for the St. Louis Cardinals |
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September 27, 1936, for the Brooklyn Dodgers |
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Batting average | .288 |
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Home runs | 73 |
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Runs batted in | 420 |
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George Archibald Watkins (June 4, 1900 – June 1, 1970) was a 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 (925-3207) 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.
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