Bob Watson career batting average
.295Career Regular Season
Bob Watson has a career batting average of .295 over 19 regular seasons.
- Best season on file: .324 in 1975.
- Most recent: .212 in 1984.
Average of 19 regular seasons, 1966 through 1984. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 22, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches. | SLG: Total bases per at-bat, so a home run counts four times a single. | OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 |  HOU | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 1967 | HOU | 6 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .214 | .214 | .429 | .643 |
| 1968 | HOU | 45 | 140 | 13 | 32 | 2 | 8 | 1 | .229 | .297 | .321 | .618 |
| 1969 | HOU | 20 | 40 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .275 | .396 | .350 | .746 |
| 1970 | HOU | 97 | 327 | 48 | 89 | 11 | 61 | 1 | .272 | .324 | .443 | .768 |
| 1971 | HOU | 129 | 468 | 49 | 135 | 9 | 67 | 0 | .288 | .347 | .395 | .742 |
| 1972 | HOU | 147 | 548 | 74 | 171 | 16 | 86 | 1 | .312 | .378 | .464 | .841 |
| 1973 | HOU | 158 | 573 | 97 | 179 | 16 | 94 | 1 | .312 | .403 | .449 | .852 |
| 1974 | HOU | 150 | 524 | 69 | 156 | 11 | 67 | 3 | .298 | .370 | .412 | .782 |
| 1975 | HOU | 132 | 485 | 67 | 157 | 18 | 85 | 3 | .324 | .375 | .495 | .870 |
| 1976 | HOU | 157 | 585 | 76 | 183 | 16 | 102 | 3 | .313 | .377 | .458 | .835 |
| 1977 | HOU | 151 | 554 | 77 | 160 | 22 | 110 | 5 | .289 | .360 | .498 | .858 |
| 1978 | HOU | 139 | 461 | 51 | 133 | 14 | 79 | 3 | .289 | .357 | .451 | .808 |
| 1979 |  HOU/BOS | 133 | 475 | 63 | 144 | 16 | 71 | 3 | .303 | .367 | .469 | .837 |
| 1980 |  NYY | 130 | 469 | 62 | 144 | 13 | 68 | 2 | .307 | .368 | .456 | .825 |
| 1981 | NYY | 59 | 156 | 15 | 33 | 6 | 12 | 0 | .212 | .317 | .385 | .701 |
| 1982 |  NYY/ATL | 64 | 131 | 19 | 32 | 5 | 25 | 1 | .244 | .327 | .420 | .747 |
| 1983 | ATL | 65 | 149 | 14 | 46 | 6 | 37 | 0 | .309 | .376 | .490 | .866 |
| 1984 | ATL | 49 | 85 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 12 | 0 | .212 | .287 | .329 | .617 |
What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · SLG · OPS