Английская Википедия:George Watkins (baseball)

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George Archibald Watkins (June 4, 1900 – June 1, 1970) was a Major League Baseball player, born in Freestone County, Texas[1] who owns the National League record for the highest batting average in his rookie season, batting .373 in his rookie year of Шаблон:Baseball year,[2] with the St. Louis Cardinals.

Watkins went on to play until the Шаблон:Baseball year season with the New York Giants (Шаблон:Baseball year), the Philadelphia Phillies (Шаблон:Baseball year-1936), and Brooklyn Dodgers (1936), never again posting a batting average over .312.[3] On June 24, Шаблон:Baseball year, he hit three home runs in one game.

In 894 games played, Watkins compiled a .288 batting average (925-3207) with 490 runs scored, 73 home runs, 420 RBI, a .347 on-base percentage and a .443 slugging percentage in seven major league seasons. He posted a career .956 fielding percentage. In nine World Series games, he batted .231 (6-26), scoring six runs, with two home runs and three RBI.

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