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Player Report for #14 Bob 'Bull' Watson Thursday, October 27th, 1988  AB   306  HR   8  RBI   47  AVG   .288  OPS   .804 Name: Bob Watson Contract: Major League Contract Nickname: Bull Salary: $500,000 Birthday: 04-10-1946 Signed Through: 1989 Season Age: 42 Years of Major League Service: 20 Years, 72 Days Born in: Houston (Texas) Major League Service Days this Year: 185 Days Nationality: American     Height: 6' 2" Years on 40-Man Roster: 19 Years, 72 Days Weight: 206 lbs Years of Pro Service: 22 Years     Arbitration Eligibility: Not eligible, free agent after contract expires! Position: LF Minor League Option Years: 3 option years left Bats: Right     Throws: Right Contract Extension - Status: Completely Rested Drafted - Morale: Unhappy Local Popularity (National) Fair (Fair) Toronto Blue Jays MLB Batting Ratings (OSA) Batting Contact Gap Power Discipline/Eye Avoid K's   Overall 7 7 7 7 8   Versus LHP 7 7 7 7 8   Versus RHP 7 7 7 7 7   Talent 7 7 7 10 8   Running & Bunting Ratings     Fielding Ratings Running Speed: 3   First Base 3 Stealing Ability: 2   Left Field 7 (Arm: 4) Baserunning Instincts: 4   Center Field 3 (Arm: 4) Sacrifice Bunt: 6   Right Field 3 (Arm: 4) Bunt for Hit: 2   Hitter Type: Normal                     Game Log, Last 10 Games Date Opponent Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB                   10-01-1988 WAS Loss, 3-4 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0                 09-29-1988 @ BOS Loss, 6-10 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0                 09-28-1988 @ Oak Win, 2-1 3 1 3 1 0 1 0 0                 09-27-1988 CAL Loss, 1-9 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0                 09-26-1988 DET Loss, 4-5 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0                 09-25-1988 @ MIN Loss, 4-9 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0                 09-24-1988 @ MIN Win, 9-7 3 2 1 2 0 2 0 0                 09-23-1988 @ MIL Win, 6-4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0                 09-22-1988 @ MIL Loss, 2-17 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0                 09-20-1988 CHA Loss, 1-10 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0                 Major League Baseball 1988 Batting Stats Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS TAVG ISO VORP Overall 137 306 88 17 2 8 47 38 41 28 .288 .369 .435 .804 .752 .147 11.1 Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27     Overall 54 355 1 4 0 10 3 4 133 27 0 2 0.0 49.3 5.61     Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS Versus Left   79 22 6 0 3 13 14 15 7 2 1 0 .278 .385 .468 .854 Versus Right   227 66 11 2 5 34 24 26 21 2 2 1 .291 .363 .423 .786 Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS April   22 7 1 0 0 4 4 4 2 2 3 0 .318 .393 .364 .756 May   32 11 2 0 0 3 4 4 2 0 0 0 .344 .417 .406 .823 June   26 8 3 0 1 5 3 1 1 0 0 0 .308 .333 .538 .872 July   27 13 1 0 3 12 5 5 2 0 0 0 .481 .563 .852 1.414 August   99 20 3 1 3 13 10 14 14 0 0 0 .202 .301 .343 .644 September   96 27 6 1 1 10 11 13 7 2 0 1 .281 .366 .396 .762 October   4 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .750 1.250 Spring Training   26 7 1 0 2 7 7 7 4 1 1 0 .269 .412 .538 .950 Last Year   437 125 37 1 12 71 65 42 55 3 5 1 .286 .348 .458 .805 2 Years Ago   20 6 2 0 1 1 3 2 2 0 0 1 .300 .391 .550 .941 Career   9532 2799 613 68 331 1596 1380 959 1225 70 11 26 .294 .357 .476 .834 Home   147 45 10 1 6 32 19 18 15 4 1 1 .306 .376 .510 .887 Road   159 43 7 1 2 15 19 23 13 0 2 0 .270 .363 .365 .727 Grass   124 36 7 1 1 9 13 17 10 0 1 0 .290 .376 .387 .763 Turf   182 52 10 1 7 38 25 24 18 4 2 1 .286 .365 .467 .832 Day   143 45 8 0 3 21 13 13 7 3 2 0 .315 .365 .434 .798 Night   163 43 9 2 5 26 25 28 21 1 1 1 .264 .373 .436 .809 Pinch Hitting   68 27 5 0 3 16 13 12 3 0 3 0 .397 .487 .603 1.090 Close/Late   125 41 8 1 5 29 21 17 12 3 3 0 .328 .400 .528 .928 Inning 1-3   65 14 2 0 2 8 3 9 7 0 0 1 .215 .320 .338 .658 Inning 4-6   72 18 2 1 1 7 8 10 7 1 0 0 .250 .337 .347 .685 Inning 7-9   158 54 13 1 5 32 27 22 12 3 3 0 .342 .415 .532 .947 Extra Innings   11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .182 .182 .182 .364 0 Outs   109 34 10 2 1 12 22 17 10 1 2 0 .312 .402 .468 .869 1 Outs   95 20 3 0 2 13 7 15 11 3 1 0 .211 .310 .305 .615 2 Outs   102 34 4 0 5 22 9 9 7 0 0 1 .333 .393 .520 .912 Scoring Position   96 25 3 1 4 40 12 16 10 4 0 1 .260 .359 .438 .796 Bases Empty   138 40 10 1 2 2 14 13 16 0 0 0 .290 .351 .420 .771 Runner on 1st   72 23 4 0 2 5 12 12 2 0 3 0 .319 .417 .458 .875 Runner on 2nd   26 6 1 0 1 5 2 7 1 0 0 0 .231 .394 .385 .779 Runner on 3rd   10 4 1 0 0 6 2 2 0 1 0 0 .400 .462 .500 .962 Runner on 1st & 2nd   28 9 1 0 1 9 2 4 4 0 0 0 .321 .406 .464 .871 Runner on 1st & 3rd   10 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 3 1 0 1 .100 .231 .100 .331 Runner on 2nd & 3rd   14 2 0 1 0 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 .143 .200 .286 .486 Bases Loaded   8 3 0 0 2 14 4 1 0 2 0 0 .375 .364 1.125 1.489 Two Strikes   120 29 6 0 2 14 11 20 28 2 0 1 .242 .350 .342 .691 First Pitch   53 17 2 1 1 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 .321 .321 .453 .774 Count 0-1   29 12 2 1 0 7 2 0 0 0 2 0 .414 .414 .552 .966 Count 0-2   24 3 0 0 1 3 1 0 9 1 0 1 .125 .154 .250 .404 Count 1-0   37 9 1 0 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 .243 .243 .351 .595 Count 1-1   31 5 0 0 1 4 2 0 0 1 1 0 .161 .156 .258 .414 Count 1-2   30 7 0 0 0 1 2 0 6 1 0 0 .233 .226 .233 .459 Count 2-0   9 6 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.111 1.778 Count 2-1   12 5 1 0 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 .417 .417 .750 1.167 Count 2-2   34 12 5 0 1 5 2 0 5 0 0 0 .353 .353 .588 .941 Count 3-0   3 2 1 0 1 4 4 8 0 0 0 0 .667 .909 2.000 2.909 Count 3-1   12 3 0 0 1 3 5 13 0 1 0 0 .250 .615 .500 1.115 Full Count   32 7 1 0 0 5 6 20 8 0 0 0 .219 .519 .250 .769 Behind in Count   83 22 2 1 1 11 5 0 15 2 2 1 .265 .267 .349 .617 Ahead in Count   73 25 7 0 4 15 18 21 0 1 0 0 .342 .484 .603 1.087 Career Batting Stats Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS VORP 1968 Boston - MLB 22 110 371 117 18 3 5 50 40 19 0 0 38 0 0 .315 .349 .420 .769 0.0 1969 Boston - MLB 23 148 549 172 44 5 11 91 66 24 0 3 49 0 0 .313 .340 .472 .812 0.0 1970 Boston - MLB 24 133 410 111 21 2 5 52 42 29 0 4 47 2 1 .271 .316 .368 .684 0.0 1971 Boston - MLB 25 140 439 117 31 5 14 70 59 31 0 5 53 0 0 .267 .312 .456 .767 0.0 1972 Boston - MLB 26 139 363 105 29 2 14 62 54 46 0 1 52 0 0 .289 .368 .496 .864 0.0 1973 Boston - MLB 27 145 526 117 28 4 15 74 55 58 0 3 73 0 2 .222 .298 .376 .675 0.0 1974 Minnesota - MLB 28 156 586 172 39 6 23 86 85 56 0 4 76 0 1 .294 .353 .498 .851 0.0 1975 Minnesota - MLB 29 156 594 183 43 4 32 121 113 62 1 4 75 0 0 .308 .372 .556 .928 0.0 1976 Minnesota - MLB 30 152 514 150 42 5 26 105 84 55 0 4 68 2 0 .292 .358 .545 .903 0.0 1977 Baltimore - MLB 31 155 578 178 44 6 31 132 113 82 1 1 76 2 0 .308 .394 .566 .960 0.0 1978 Baltimore - MLB 32 156 622 176 25 3 18 100 88 65 1 8 98 0 2 .283 .348 .420 .767 17.5 1979 Baltimore - MLB 33 141 561 163 31 4 20 94 85 57 5 8 78 0 0 .291 .357 .467 .824 26.2 1980 Baltimore - MLB 34 103 425 131 24 2 24 79 66 44 3 3 55 0 0 .308 .375 .544 .918 34.4 1981 Baltimore - MLB 35 45 170 45 9 0 8 28 21 17 2 1 23 0 0 .265 .337 .459 .796 4.6 1982 Baltimore - MLB 36 154 592 185 28 3 22 113 100 77 6 4 85 1 2 .313 .395 .481 .876 45.5 1983 New York (N) - MLB 37 155 638 207 41 5 17 83 80 62 2 4 93 0 0 .324 .384 .484 .868 56.2 1984 San Diego - MLB 38 133 498 148 34 2 19 87 83 64 0 4 69 1 1 .297 .375 .488 .863 46.2 1985 San Diego - MLB 39 85 333 103 26 4 6 50 40 26 2 2 32 4 0 .309 .361 .465 .826 29.2 1986 San Diego - MLB 40 9 20 6 2 0 1 1 3 2 1 0 2 0 0 .300 .391 .550 .941 1.8 1987 Minnesota - MLB 41 112 412 120 36 1 12 66 61 41 1 3 50 0 1 .291 .354 .471 .825 23.9 1987 San Diego - MLB 41 25 25 5 1 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 5 0 0 .200 .231 .240 .471 -2.3 1987 Total - MLB 41 137 437 125 37 1 12 71 65 42 1 3 55 0 1 .286 .348 .458 .805 21.7 1988 Toronto - MLB 42 137 306 88 17 2 8 47 38 41 1 4 28 0 2 .288 .369 .435 .804 11.1 Total MLB 2689 9532 2799 613 68 331 1596 1380 959 26 70 1225 12 12 .294 .357 .476 .834 294.3 Career Minor League Batting Stats Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS VORP Career Postseason Batting Stats Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS VORP 1979 Baltimore - MLB 33 9 36 11 4 0 1 3 4 3 0 0 5 0 0 .306 .359 .500 .859 0.0 1984 San Diego - MLB 38 4 13 3 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 2 5 0 0 .231 .250 .462 .712 0.0 Total MLB 13 49 14 5 1 1 6 6 4 0 2 10 0 0 .286 .327 .490 .817 0.0 Career Fielding Stats Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RANGE PB RSTA RTO RTO% 1978 Baltimore - ML LF 156 156 312 9 0 321 0 1.000 1386.0 2.08 1979 Baltimore - ML LF 141 141 242 5 0 254 7 .972 1281.2 1.73 1980 Baltimore - ML LF 103 103 184 11 0 198 3 .985 926.0 1.90 1981 Baltimore - ML 1B 14 14 113 11 6 124 0 1.000 121.0 9.22 1981 Baltimore - ML LF 31 31 46 1 0 48 1 .979 263.2 1.60 1982 Baltimore - ML 1B 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 1.0 18.00 1982 Baltimore - ML LF 129 129 243 11 2 258 4 .984 1131.0 2.02 1982 Baltimore - ML CF 23 22 50 3 0 53 0 1.000 198.2 2.40 1982 Baltimore - ML DH 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 1983 New York (N) - ML 1B 6 0 20 0 1 20 0 1.000 17.0 10.59 1983 New York (N) - ML LF 151 151 351 11 1 369 7 .981 1352.0 2.41 1984 San Diego - ML CF 130 130 313 12 2 327 2 .994 1136.1 2.57 1985 San Diego - ML 1B 2 0 14 1 4 15 0 1.000 11.0 12.27 1985 San Diego - ML CF 84 84 211 8 0 222 3 .986 724.2 2.72 1986 San Diego - ML LF 4 4 7 1 0 8 0 1.000 28.0 2.57 1986 San Diego - ML CF 4 3 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 19.0 1.89 1987 San Diego - ML 1B 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1.000 2.0 4.50 1987 Minnesota - ML LF 109 108 233 7 1 243 3 .988 943.0 2.29 1987 San Diego - ML LF 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 8.0 1.13 1987 Minnesota - ML RF 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 6.0 3.00 1987 San Diego - ML RF 3 0 3 0 0 4 1 .750 6.0 4.50 1988 Toronto - ML 1B 47 0 84 5 6 90 1 .989 95.0 8.43 1988 Toronto - ML LF 29 19 47 1 0 48 0 1.000 191.1 2.26 1988 Toronto - ML RF 35 34 57 5 1 68 6 .912 303.1 1.84 1988 Toronto - ML DH 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 Player History 05-18-1966 Drafted in 1st round, 7th overall pick, by Boston in 1966. 05-16-1968 Had first career hit (triple) on 5/16/1968, off Fritz Fisher (KC). 06-11-1968 Hit first career homerun on 6/11/1968, off Mike Lee (CLE). 04-23-1969 Had 36-game hitting streak snapped on 4/23/1969. 05-21-1971 Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Kansas City on 5/21/1971. 01-29-1972 Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,785,714 through salary arbitration. 01-29-1973 Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,421,429 through salary arbitration. 05-01-1973 Traded from Boston to Minnesota on 5/1/1973 (Going to BOS: LF Dave Parker, RF Bill Voss. Going to MIN: 1B Bob Watson, P Mike Wallace, LF Curt Motton). 10-05-1973 Signed a contract extension with Minnesota, $3,010,000 per year, for 2 years. 04-04-1975 Signed a contract extension with Minnesota, $5,700,000 per year, for 3 years. 07-26-1975 Had 5 hits with 6 RBI against Baltimore on 7/26/1975. 10-01-1975 Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1975, hitting .343 with 7 HR, 26 RBI. 07-28-1976 Traded from Minnesota to Baltimore on 7/31/1976 (Going to BAL: LF Bob Watson. Going to MIN: RF Ken Griffey sr.). 07-01-1977 Was selected to the 1977 Allstar game... 10-04-1978 Signed a 4-year contract extension worth a total of $54,990,000 with the Baltimore Orioles organization. 01-01-1979 SISA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 7 (7); Power: 7 (7); Eye: 5 (5). 05-04-1979 Injured (fractured nose), out for 2 weeks. 08-01-1979 Collects his 1000th career Major League Baseball RBI! 01-01-1980 SISA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 7 (7); Power: 7 (7); Eye: 6 (6). 04-14-1980 Injured (fractured foot), out for 2-3 months. 01-01-1981 SISA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 7 (7); Power: 7 (7); Eye: 6 (7). 05-19-1981 Injured (dislocated shoulder), out for 8 months. 01-01-1982 SISA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 7 (8); Power: 7 (7); Eye: 6 (8). 04-20-1982 Injured (back spasms), day-to-day for one week. 05-21-1982 Scores his 1000th career Major League Baseball run! 06-01-1982 Collects his 2000th career Major League Baseball hit! 07-13-1982 Goes 5-5 against the Minnesota Twins, with 1 2B, 3 RBI and 0 R. 11-22-1982 Became a free agent. 01-01-1983 SISA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 6 (7); Power: 7 (7); Eye: 6 (8). 05-06-1983 Injured (fractured finger), out for 5 days. 09-10-1983 Injured (bruised wrist), day-to-day for one week. 11-10-1983 Wins the 1983 MLB NL Gold Glove at LF. 11-23-1983 Was traded by the New York (N) Mets to the San Diego Padres, along with RF F. Lynn, 1B G. Scott, $1, in exchange for $1. 01-01-1984 SISA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 7 (7); Power: 7 (7); Eye: 6 (9). 03-26-1984 Injured (fractured jaw), out for 4-5 weeks. 07-09-1984 Wins the MLB NL Player of the Week Award. 07-09-1984 Injured (bruised jaw), day-to-day for 5 days. 07-17-1984 Injured (strained thigh muscle), out for one week. 08-26-1984 Hits his 300th career Major League Baseball home run! 01-01-1985 SISA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 6 (7); Power: 7 (7); Eye: 6 (8). 04-08-1985 Injured (fractured finger), out for 3 weeks. 05-11-1985 Collects his 2500th career Major League Baseball hit! 05-12-1985 Injured (inguinal hernia), out for 4 weeks. 07-29-1985 Wins the MLB NL Player of the Week Award. 08-17-1985 Injured (torn thigh muscle), out for 2-3 months. 01-01-1986 SISA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 7 (7); Power: 7 (7); Eye: 6 (9). 03-13-1986 Injured (strained posterior cruciate ligament), out for 2 weeks. 04-09-1986 Injured (torn anterior cruciate ligament), out for 8 months. 01-01-1987 SISA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 6 (7); Power: 7 (7); Eye: 6 (10). 05-01-1987 Was traded by the San Diego Padres to the Minnesota Twins in exchange for RF L. Sutherland. 06-06-1987 Collects his 1500th career Major League Baseball RBI! 09-08-1987 Injured (strained back muscle), out for 6 weeks. 11-16-1987 Became a free agent. 01-01-1988 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 7 (7); Power: 7 (7); Eye: 7 (10). Leader Boards Appearances Year PA Rank 1983 706 8 Year AB Rank 1983 638 4 Year H Rank 1983 207 3 Year TB Rank 1983 309 7 Year 2B Rank 1983 41 9 Year RBI Rank 1982 113 8 Year SF Rank 1979 8 7 Year AVG Rank 1983 .324 6 Year OBP Rank 1983 .384 9 Year RC Rank 1983 118.58 4 Year RC/27 Rank 1983 7.08 8 1984 6.68 9 Year OPS Rank 1984 .863 7 Year VORP Rank 1983 56.2 9

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