George Watkins (baseball)

George Watkins (baseball)

Infobox MLB retired
name=George Watkins
position=Outfielder


bgcolor1=black
bgcolor2=black
textcolor1=white
textcolor2=white
bats=Left
throws=Right
birthdate=June 4, 1900
deathdate=death date and age|1970|6|1|1900|6|4
debutdate= April 15
debutyear= 1930
debutteam= St. Louis Cardinals
finaldate=September 27
finalyear=1936
finalteam=Brooklyn Dodgers
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.288
stat2label=Home runs
stat2value=73
stat3label=Runs batted in
stat3value=420
teams=
* St. Louis Cardinals (1930-1933)
* New York Giants (1934)
* Philadelphia Phillies (1935-1936)
* Brooklyn Dodgers (1936)
highlights=
* 1931 World Series Championship
* Participated in the 1930 World Series

George Watkins (June 4, 1900 - June 1, 1970) was a Major League Baseball player, born in Freestone County, Texas [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 ] who owns the record for the highest batting average in their rookie season, batting .373 in his rookie year of by|1930 [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 ] , with the St. Louis Cardinals.

He went on to play until the by|1936 season with the New York Giants (by|1934), the Philadelphia Phillies (by|1935-by|1936), and Brooklyn Dodgers (by|1936), never again posting a batting average over .312 [cite web | url = http://www.baseball-reference.com/w/watkige01.shtml | title = George Watkins Statistics | last = | first = |work = Baseball-Reference.com |date = | accessdate = 2007-01-04 ] . On June 24, by|1931, Watkins hit three home runs in one game.

ee also

* Major League Baseball hitters with three home runs in one game

Further reading

* [http://www.baseballlibrary.com/ballplayers/player.php?name=George_Watkins_1902 Biography]

References


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