Mule Watson Notable

b. October 15, 1896 · Philadelphia Athletics 1918–1919, Boston Braves 1920–1923, Pittsburgh Pirates 1920, New York Giants 1923–1924

Mule Watson played for four clubs across seven seasons as a pitcher, opening with the Philadelphia Athletics in 1918 and closing with the New York Giants in 1924.

He went 50 and 53 with a 4.03 earned run average, pitching 941.7 innings in 178 games. He struck out 208, completed 53 of his 126 starts and threw 8 shutouts. Across 178 games he batted .165, with 53 hits and 23 runs. He finished with 2 home runs and 7 doubles.

He was born in Arizona, LA, USA on October 15, 1896, and died on August 25, 1949. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1918	PHA	21	47	0	6	1	0	0	3	1	17	.128
1919	PHA	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000
1920	BSN/PIT	18	27	2	3	0	0	0	1	1	11	.111
1921	BSN	44	87	9	12	2	1	0	1	1	36	.138
1922	BSN	41	66	4	13	1	1	0	1	1	17	.197
1923	BSN/NYG	28	54	4	10	3	0	0	4	0	15	.185
1924	NYG	22	35	4	9	0	2	2	11	2	11	.257
Career	—	178	322	23	53	7	4	2	21	6	108	.165

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1918	PHA	7	10	21	19	0	141.2	139	53	44	30	3.37
1919	PHA	0	1	4	2	0	14.1	17	11	7	6	6.91
1920	BSN/PIT	5	4	18	10	0	86.0	94	41	24	17	4.29
1921	BSN	14	13	44	31	2	259.1	269	111	57	48	3.85
1922	BSN	8	14	41	29	1	201.0	262	105	59	53	4.70
1923	BSN/NYG	9	7	28	19	1	139.2	159	59	41	36	3.80
1924	NYG	7	4	22	16	0	99.2	122	42	24	18	3.79
Career	—	50	53	178	126	4	941.2	1062	422	256	208	4.03

On this day & linked events

1896

Born October 15, 1896

Arizona, LA, USA

1949

Died August 25, 1949

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