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词条 George Watkins (baseball)
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{{other people||George Watkins (disambiguation)}}{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=George Watkins
|position=Outfielder
|image=GeorgeWatkinsGoudeycard.jpg
|bats=Left
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date|1900|6|4}}
|birth_place=Freestone County, Texas
|death_date={{death date and age|1970|6|1|1900|6|4}}
|death_place=Houston, Texas
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate= April 15
|debutyear= 1930
|debutteam= St. Louis Cardinals
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=September 27
|finalyear=1936
|finalteam=Brooklyn Dodgers
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=Batting average
|stat1value=.288
|stat2label=Home runs
|stat2value=73
|stat3label=Runs batted in
|stat3value=420
|teams=
  • St. Louis Cardinals ({{mlby|1930}}–{{mlby|1933}})
  • New York Giants ({{mlby|1934}})
  • Philadelphia Phillies ({{mlby|1935}}–{{mlby|1936}})
  • Brooklyn Dodgers ({{mlby|1936}})

|highlights=
  • World Series champion ({{wsy|1931}})

}}

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 {{Baseball year|1930}},[2] with the St. Louis Cardinals.

He went on to play until the {{Baseball year|1936}} season with the New York Giants ({{Baseball year|1934}}), the Philadelphia Phillies ({{Baseball year|1935}}-1936), and Brooklyn Dodgers (1936), never again posting a batting average over .312.[3] On June 24, {{Baseball year|1931}}, Watkins 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 7 major league seasons. He posted a career .956 fielding percentage. In 9 World Series games, he batted .231 (6-26), scoring 6 runs, with 2 home runs and 3 RBI.

References

1. ^{{cite web | url = http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/players/45013/ | title = George Watkins Player page | last = | first = |work = Sports Illustrated |date = 2006-09-15 | accessdate = 2007-01-04 }}
2. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.baseball-almanac.com/recbooks/rb_bavg1.shtml | title = Batting Average Records | last = | first = |work = Baseball Almanac|date = | accessdate = 2007-01-04 }}
3. ^{{cite web | url = https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/watkige01.shtml | title = George Watkins Statistics | last = | first = |work = Baseball-Reference.com |date = | accessdate = 2007-01-04 }}

External links

{{Baseballstats | br=w/watkige01 | fangraphs=1013671 | cube=19439 |brm=watkin001geo}}
  • Biography
  • {{Find a Grave}}
{{1931 St. Louis Cardinals}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Watkins, George}}{{Baseball-right-fielder-stub}}

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