Hilton
Watson
 
Nickname: Mr. Monarch
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 215
 
Born: December 26, 1948 in Usa
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 24 JAX JL   4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 3
1974 25 JAX JL   5 4 5 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4
1975 26 JAX JL $ 300,000 6 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4
1976 27 JAX JL $ 300,000 6 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4
1977 28 JAX JL $ 300,000 6 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 3
1978 29 JAX JL $ 1,710,000 6 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 3
1979 30 BAL JL $ 1,710,000 6 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4
1980 31 BAL JL $ 1,710,000 6 5 5 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 3
OOTP5 Min Ratings   4 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 3
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 1,710,000 6 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 32 BAL JL $ 650,000   12 12 13 6 6 6 9 9 9 6 6 6 8 8 8
1982 33 BAL JL $ 650,000   12 12 13 6 6 6 9 9 9 6 6 6 7 8 8
1983 34 DM FL $ 650,000   12 12 13 8 8 8 9 9 9 6 6 6 7 8 7
1984 35 DM FL $ 650,000   11 11 11 5 5 5 7 7 7 6 5 6 6 6 6
1985 36 BAL JL $ 300,000   10 10 10 4 4 4 7 7 7 6 5 6 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   10 10 10 4 4 4 7 7 7 6 5 6 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 650,000   12 12 13 8 8 8 9 9 9 6 6 6 8 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1973 24 AAA   157 619 72 174 31 3 10 71 26 5 41 132 .281 .326 .389 .715 79.1  
1974 25 AAA   138 594 73 194 26 2 14 62 28 4 35 94 .327 .364 .448 .812 94.2  
1975 26 JAX JL 120 425 42 110 13 3 4 22 18 5 31 81 .259 .314 .332 .645 45.2 6.8
    AAA   32 113 13 32 5 0 1 8 5 1 10 25 .283 .341 .354 .695 14.2  
1976 27 JAX JL 152 598 74 189 31 7 6 46 34 9 28 79 .316 .350 .421 .771 85.2 15.6
1977 28 JAX JL 153 574 64 171 24 3 7 44 24 13 34 86 .298 .340 .387 .727 71.1 12.2
1978 29 JAX JL 155 573 59 147 18 10 4 54 19 6 34 99 .257 .302 .344 .646 58.2 5.2
1979 30 BAL JL 124 455 69 130 20 7 5 42 30 2 20 80 .286 .317 .393 .710 58.0 12.8
    AAA   28 98 11 33 2 0 1 8 5 0 9 21 .337 .393 .388 .780 15.6  
1980 31 BAL JL 99 179 22 47 5 3 4 18 5 1 11 40 .263 .309 .391 .700 19.9 2.4
1981 32 BAL JL 73 115 8 29 3 1 1 16 1 0 3 35 .252 .269 .322 .591 9.5 0.4
    AAA   12 48 4 13 2 0 1 8 1 0 1 10 .271 .286 .375 .661 5.0  
1982 33 BAL JL 60 80 6 18 3 0 0 4 3 0 6 18 .225 .279 .263 .542 5.4 0.0
1983 34 DM FL 21 29 1 10 2 0 0 4 0 1 0 6 .345 .345 .414 .759 3.0 0.6
    AAA   59 109 18 41 3 0 4 16 6 0 14 36 .376 .447 .514 .961 24.2  
1984 35 DM FL 54 116 11 30 4 0 1 11 3 0 7 45 .259 .312 .319 .631 12.0 1.4
1985 36 AAA   71 135 13 35 6 0 3 13 2 0 8 42 .259 .301 .370 .671 15.1  
10 Years Sim 1011 3144 356 881 123 34 32 261 137 37 174 569 .280 .321 .372 .693 367.4 57.4
7 Years AAA 497 1716 204 522 75 5 34 186 73 10 118 360 .304 .350 .413 .764 247.6  
162 Game Average 503 57 141 19 5 5 41 21 5 27 91 .280 .321 .372 .693 58.9  
Career Highs 155 598 74 189 31 10 7 54 34 13 34 99 .345 .350 .421 .771 85.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2154 238 596 84 24 23 168 88 27 99 405 .277 .312 .370 .682 242.4
vs LH   990 118 285 39 10 9 93 49 10 75 164 .288 .340 .375 .715 128.4
Home 501 1542 173 439 60 18 20 141 63 23 88 261 .285 .328 .386 .714 189.2
Away 510 1602 183 442 63 16 12 120 74 14 86 308 .276 .315 .358 .672 181.5
RISP   643 0 178 26 6 6 209 0 0 37 113 .277 .316 .364 .680 71.5
Pinch Hitting   119 10 32 8 1 1 14 1 1 8 27 .269 .315 .378 .693 13.5
Close/Late   390 43 98 13 1 6 32 0 1 29 66 .251 .302 .336 .638 39.5
Mar/Apr 151 465 55 117 18 3 8 44 17 5 30 77 .252 .299 .355 .654 49.9
May 177 540 57 134 13 5 9 37 29 2 34 116 .248 .295 .341 .636 58.2
June 176 577 65 173 21 6 7 43 22 10 35 109 .300 .346 .393 .739 74.8
July 175 561 71 172 23 5 4 45 30 9 23 93 .307 .338 .387 .725 70.5
August 166 515 55 147 24 4 2 47 22 6 30 96 .285 .327 .359 .686 59.7
Sep/Oct 166 486 53 138 24 11 2 45 17 5 22 78 .284 .315 .391 .706 57.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1975 26 JAX JL SS 65 59 536.3 88 178 9 32 .967 4.46   2.4
    3B 53 44 379.3 25 78 3 6 .972 2.44   0.7
1976 27 JAX JL 3B 117 113 994.3 85 206 17 16 .945 2.63   2.4
    SS 34 32 284.0 38 77 3 10 .975 3.64   1.2
1977 28 JAX JL SS 107 100 869.7 114 256 12 47 .969 3.83   3.2
    3B 45 43 371.7 26 69 6 4 .941 2.30   0.7
1978 29 JAX JL SS 105 97 857.7 118 273 9 51 .978 4.10   2.8
    3B 49 45 411.3 29 90 8 6 .937 2.60   1.0
1979 30 BAL JL SS 108 107 937.3 133 299 7 47 .984 4.15   5.0
    3B 9 1 32.3 4 5 0 0 1.000 2.51   0.1
1980 31 BAL JL SS 23 15 144.0 25 49 0 8 1.000 4.63   0.9
    2B 19 10 105.3 25 33 2 12 .967 4.96   0.2
    3B 23 7 92.7 9 22 0 2 1.000 3.01   0.3
    1B 5 5 39.0 40 9 0 3 1.000 11.31   0.1
1981 32 BAL JL SS 21 11 131.7 17 41 5 9 .921 3.96   0.6
    3B 30 8 109.7 8 26 3 4 .919 2.79   0.4
1982 33 BAL JL SS 22 8 109.3 20 35 1 6 .982 4.53   0.8
    3B 15 5 57.0 3 6 2 0 .818 1.42   0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1983 34 DM FL 3B 10 4 44.0 2 11 2 0 .867 2.66   0.1
    SS 2 1 13.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.08   0.0
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1984 35 DM FL SS 27 17 166.7 30 59 4 10 .957 4.81   0.8
    3B 14 7 69.3 4 21 2 6 .926 3.25   0.3
    2B 2 0 8.0 4 4 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.1
  SS 514 447 4049.6 584 1269 50 220 .974 4.12   17.8
  3B 365 277 2561.6 195 534 43 44 .944 2.56   6.0
  2B 22 10 115.3 29 37 2 12 .971 5.15   0.3
  1B 6 5 40.0 41 9 0 3 1.000 11.25   0.1
Career Totals   907 739 6766.6 849 1849 95 279 .966 3.59   24.2
Career Highs   154 145 1278.3 147 363 20 57 .991 5.01    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1982 33 BAL JL 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Career Post-Season Batting 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1976-4-.316
1977-10-.298
Games
1978-8-155
At-Bats
1976-6-598
Hits
1976-3-189
1977-10-171
Singles
1976-2-145
1977-4-137
Triples
1978-8-10
Caught Stealing
1977-9-13
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 17    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 22    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
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  1. Hershel Abernethy (959)
  2. Robby Potters (953)
  3. Don Money (934)
  4. Paul Eury (934)
  5. Michael Hawkins (909)
  6. Lowell Gullo (909)
  7. Moses Cepeda (907)
  8. Quentin Lazarus (904)
  9. Pietro Guzman (903)
  10. Jerry Fitzgerald (903)
History
Injured on 4/26/1973 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Injured on 8/14/1973 with a Strained Tricep Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 4/3/1974 with a Strained Back, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 4/20/1975 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Had first career hit (double) on 5/11/1975, off Xavier Vasquez (LOU)
Hit first career homerun on 5/18/1975, off Ryan Dunne (WAS)
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Valencia on 5/5/1976
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Chicago on 9/4/1979