Johnny Watwood
1929–1939 · bats L / throws L · Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Phillies
472G
.283AVG
.356OBP
.363SLG
More career statistics
403H
5HR
158RBI
27SB
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 472 | 470 |
| Batting · At bats | 1,423 | 1,425 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 17 | 18 |
| Batting · Doubles | 66 | 67 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,621 | 1,623 |
| Batting · Runs | 192 | 193 |
| Batting · RBI | 158 | 161 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 27 | 28 |
| Batting · Walks | 154 | 155 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 472 | 1,621 | 1,423 | 192 | 403 | 66 | 16 | 5 | 158 | 154 | 103 | 27 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 516 | .283 | .356 | .363 | .719 |
Streaks
21longest hitting streak · 1930-09-06 to 1931-04-14
23longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | Five for Five | 1931-07-22 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 4 walks | 1930-09-11 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 5 RBI | 1930-09-28 | 1 in 492 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 220 | 768 | 191 | 2 | 85 | 81 | 31 | .286 | .354 | .371 |
| Away | 250 | 855 | 212 | 3 | 76 | 74 | 72 | .280 | .335 | .355 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 50 | 165 | 35 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 10 | .233 | .273 | .260 |
| May | 85 | 250 | 59 | 0 | 22 | 19 | 10 | .261 | .312 | .332 |
| June | 96 | 370 | 78 | 2 | 32 | 32 | 36 | .243 | .297 | .330 |
| July | 96 | 333 | 105 | 2 | 49 | 30 | 13 | .356 | .405 | .475 |
| August | 76 | 247 | 62 | 0 | 21 | 27 | 17 | .288 | .360 | .358 |
| September | 67 | 258 | 64 | 1 | 28 | 37 | 17 | .294 | .391 | .367 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland-guardians | 88 | 270 | 63 | 1 | 37 | 24 | 6 | .265 | .322 | .332 |
| st-louis-browns | 76 | 234 | 65 | 0 | 22 | 19 | 16 | .308 | .359 | .370 |
| detroit-tigers | 67 | 247 | 63 | 0 | 26 | 20 | 20 | .286 | .336 | .382 |
| new-york-yankees | 65 | 253 | 59 | 0 | 23 | 27 | 22 | .272 | .340 | .318 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 61 | 215 | 51 | 1 | 13 | 18 | 16 | .267 | .321 | .340 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 56 | 187 | 44 | 3 | 16 | 26 | 13 | .280 | .374 | .408 |
| boston-red-sox | 43 | 177 | 46 | 0 | 20 | 21 | 10 | .303 | .379 | .414 |
| chicago-white-sox | 12 | 34 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .324 | .424 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 |  Chicago White Sox | 85 | 279 | 84 | 2 | 29 | 6 | .301 | – | – |
| 1930 | Chicago White Sox | 133 | 427 | 129 | 2 | 53 | 5 | .302 | – | – |
| 1931 | Chicago White Sox | 128 | 367 | 104 | 1 | 46 | 10 | .283 | – | – |
| 1932 | Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox | 108 | 315 | 81 | – | 31 | 7 | .257 | – | – |
| 1933 |  Boston Red Sox | 14 | 31 | 4 | – | 2 | – | .129 | – | – |
| 1939 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 2 | 6 | 1 | – | – | – | .167 | – | – |