Tony Watson stats
Bio
- Age
- 41 yearsMay 30, 1985
- Height
- 6' 3"
Tony Watson played 11 MLB seasons, 2011 to 2021.
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 689
- W
- 47
- L
- 29
- ERA
- 2.90
- IP
- 648.1
- K
- 570
- BB
- 174
- WHIP
- 1.08
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | PIT | 43 | 2 | 2 | 3.95 | 41.0 | 37 | 20 | 1.32 |
| 2012 | PIT | 68 | 5 | 2 | 3.38 | 53.1 | 53 | 23 | 1.13 |
| 2013 | PIT | 67 | 3 | 1 | 2.39 | 71.2 | 54 | 12 | 0.88 |
| 2014 | PIT | 78 | 10 | 2 | 1.63 | 77.1 | 81 | 15 | 1.02 |
| 2015 | PIT | 77 | 4 | 1 | 1.91 | 75.1 | 62 | 17 | 0.96 |
| 2016 | PIT | 70 | 2 | 5 | 3.06 | 67.2 | 58 | 20 | 1.06 |
| 2017 |  PIT/LAD | 71 | 7 | 4 | 3.38 | 66.2 | 53 | 20 | 1.38 |
| 2018 | SF | 72 | 4 | 6 | 2.59 | 66.0 | 72 | 14 | 1.03 |
| 2019 | SF | 60 | 2 | 2 | 4.17 | 54.0 | 41 | 12 | 1.26 |
| 2020 | SF | 21 | 1 | 0 | 2.50 | 18.0 | 15 | 3 | 0.89 |
| 2021 |  LAA/SF | 62 | 7 | 4 | 3.92 | 57.1 | 44 | 18 | 1.01 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 16
- W
- 2
- L
- 0
- ERA
- 2.25
- IP
- 12.0
- K
- 5
- BB
- 2
- WHIP
- 0.92
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 0
- SHO
- 0
- K/9
- 7.9
- GB
- 866
- FB
- 974
- G/F
- 0.90
- WP
- 5
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.1 | 42 | 71 | 0.6 | 0 |
| 2012 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.9 | 58 | 80 | 0.7 | 1 |
| 2013 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.8 | 96 | 112 | 0.9 | 2 |
| 2014 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.4 | 104 | 99 | 1.1 | 0 |
| 2015 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.4 | 104 | 106 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.7 | 88 | 103 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2017 | PIT/LAD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 108 | 105 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | SF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.8 | 81 | 93 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2019 | SF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.8 | 80 | 93 | 0.9 | 1 |
| 2020 | SF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.5 | 27 | 27 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | LAA/SF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.9 | 78 | 85 | 0.9 | 0 |
Bio
- Age
- 41 yearsMay 30, 1985
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Debut
- 2011
- Birthplace
- Sioux City, IA
- Draft
- 2007Rd 9, Pk 278
- College
- Nebraska
Latest performance
Tony Watson
Sep 28 · vs ARI · W 6-4
- IP
- 1.0
- H
- 1
- R
- 1
- ER
- 1
- BB
- 0
- K
- 0
- HR
- 1
- ERA
- 3.92
Games
All games| Date | Opponent | IP | H | R | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue, Sep 28 | vs ARIW 6-4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Sat, Sep 25 | at COLW 7-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Fri, Sep 24 | atCOLW 7-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wed, Sep 22 | at SDW 8-6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tue, Sep 21 | atSDW 6-5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Fri, Sep 17 | vs ATLW 6-5 F/11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Tony Watson's career stats?
Tony Watson played 11 seasons for the Pirates and the Giants. He had 47 wins and 570 strikeouts with a 2.90 ERA over 648.1 innings. His best season was 2014: 10 wins, a 1.63 ERA and 81 strikeouts.
More on Tony Watson
Playoff series
Tony Watson played 16 games across 3 MLB postseasons in 6 series — 4 won, 2 lost.
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | ARI | Won 2-0 | 2 | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 2017 |  CHC | Won 3-1 | 4 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 |  HOU | Lost 2-3 | 5 | 3.2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | CHC | Lost 0-1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 |  CIN | Won 1-0 | 1 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 |  STL | Won 2-1 | 3 | 3.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Tony Watson’s playoff series, round by round
Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2001 postseason — earlier series are not counted.
Tony Watson against each club
- vs St. Louis Cardinals (63)
- vs Chicago Cubs (62)
- vs Cincinnati Reds (60)
- vs Arizona Diamondbacks (56)
- vs Milwaukee Brewers (55)
- vs Colorado Rockies (48)
- vs Los Angeles Dodgers (40)
- vs San Diego Padres (39)
- vs Philadelphia Phillies (29)
- vs New York Mets (28)
- vs San Francisco Giants (27)
- vs Atlanta Braves (25)
- vs Houston Astros (23)
- vs Washington Nationals (20)
- vs Miami Marlins (18)
- vs Detroit Tigers (16)
- vs Athletics (14)
- vs Seattle Mariners (12)
- vs Texas Rangers (10)
- vs Boston Red Sox (8)
- vs Pittsburgh Pirates (8)
- vs Baltimore Orioles (7)
- vs Cleveland Guardians (6)
- vs Los Angeles Angels (5)
- vs Minnesota Twins (5)
- vs Tampa Bay Rays (5)
- vs Toronto Blue Jays (5)
- vs Chicago White Sox (4)
- vs New York Yankees (4)
- vs Kansas City Royals (3)
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