Mule Watson
1918–1924 · bats R / throws R · Boston Braves, New York Giants, Philadelphia Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates
178G
.165AVG
.182OBP
.230SLG
More career statistics
53H
2HR
21RBI
0SB
50–53W–L
941.2IP
208K
4.03ERA
124GS
4SV
2Rare feats
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 · At bats | 322 | 321 |
| Batting · Doubles | 7 | 6 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 108 | 110 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 342 | 341 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 4,004 | 4,030 |
| Pitching · p er | 422 | 411 |
| Pitching · p h | 983 | 1,062 |
| Pitching · p hr | 44 | 42 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 2,825 | 2,818 |
| Pitching · p k | 208 | 212 |
| Pitching · p r | 515 | 516 |
| Pitching · p w | 256 | 257 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 178 | 342 | 322 | 23 | 53 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 6 | 108 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 74 | .165 | .182 | .230 | .412 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 941.7 | 178 | 124 | 53 | 50 | 53 | 4 | 983 | 515 | 422 | 44 | 256 | 208 | 0 | 0 | 4.03 | 1.316 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1923-08-07 to 1923-09-01
4longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47 | One-Hit Shutout | 1918-08-31 | 1 in 193 games | box score ↗ |
| 42 | Four Runs, No Outs | 1923-06-03 | 1 in 121 games | box score ↗ |
| 34 | 11 innings pitched | 1920-08-10 | 1 in 308 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 81 | 159 | 27 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 50 | .182 | .189 | .257 |
| Away | 97 | 182 | 26 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 60 | .150 | .159 | .202 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 13 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | .190 | .217 | .238 |
| May | 28 | 44 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .146 | .159 | .171 |
| June | 27 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 12 | .219 | .242 | .500 |
| July | 42 | 92 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 32 | .184 | .185 | .264 |
| August | 39 | 85 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 27 | .087 | .106 | .087 |
| September | 27 | 59 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 19 | .236 | .220 | .273 |
| October | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pittsburgh-pirates | 25 | 43 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 17 | .122 | .140 | .268 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 25 | 51 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 | .217 | .235 | .283 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 25 | 58 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | .158 | .155 | .175 |
| cincinnati-reds | 22 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | .167 | .189 | .278 |
| chicago-cubs | 21 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | .276 | .242 | .310 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 19 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | .152 | .162 | .182 |
| new-york-giants | 13 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | .143 | .136 | .143 |
| cleveland-guardians | 5 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .077 | .071 | .077 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1918 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 21 | 47 | 6 | – | 3 | – | .128 | 140 | 30 |
| 1919 | Philadelphia Athletics | 4 | 6 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 14 | 6 |
| 1920 | Boston Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates | 18 | 27 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .111 | 86 | 17 |
| 1921 |  Boston Braves | 44 | 86 | 12 | – | 1 | – | .140 | 259 | 51 |
| 1922 | Boston Braves | 41 | 66 | 13 | – | 1 | – | .197 | 201 | 54 |
| 1923 | Boston Braves, New York Giants | 28 | 54 | 10 | – | 4 | – | .185 | 138 | 36 |
| 1924 |  New York Giants | 22 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 11 | – | .257 | 99 | 18 |