Bio
- Debut
- 1918
Bio
- Debut
- 1918
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 178
- W
- 50
- L
- 53
- ERA
- 4.03
- IP
- 941.2
- K
- 208
- BB
- 256
- WHIP
- 1.40
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1918 | ATH | 21 | 7 | 10 | 3.37 | 141.2 | 30 | 44 | 1.29 |
| 1919 | ATH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6.91 | 14.1 | 6 | 7 | 1.67 |
| 1920 |  PIT/ATL | 18 | 5 | 4 | 4.29 | 86.0 | 17 | 24 | 1.37 |
| 1921 | ATL | 44 | 14 | 13 | 3.85 | 259.1 | 48 | 57 | 1.26 |
| 1922 | ATL | 41 | 8 | 14 | 4.70 | 201.0 | 53 | 59 | 1.60 |
| 1923 |  ATL/SF | 28 | 9 | 7 | 3.80 | 139.2 | 36 | 41 | 1.43 |
| 1924 | SF | 22 | 7 | 4 | 3.79 | 99.2 | 18 | 24 | 1.46 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 2
- W
- 0
- L
- 0
- ERA
- 13.50
- IP
- 2.0
- K
- 1
- BB
- 1
- WHIP
- 2.50
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 53
- SHO
- 8
- K/9
- 2.0
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1918 | ATH | 0 | 11 | 3 | 1.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1919 | ATH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1920 | PIT/ATL | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1921 | ATL | 0 | 15 | 1 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1922 | ATL | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1923 | ATL/SF | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1924 | SF | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Mule Watson's career stats?
Mule Watson played 7 seasons for the Athletics, the Braves and the Giants. He had 50 wins and 208 strikeouts with a 4.03 ERA over 941.2 innings. His best season was 1921: 14 wins, a 3.85 ERA and 48 strikeouts.
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