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Bill Watkins

Manager

William Harton Thomas Watkins

914 Games
452-444 Record
0.504 Win%
10 Seasons

👤 Personal Information

Bats R
Born 5/5/1858
Brantford, ON, CAN
Died 6/9/1937
Port Huron, MI, USA
MLB Debut 1884-08-01
Final Game 1884-10-13

📊 Career Record

914 Games Managed
452 Wins
444 Losses
0.504 Win Percentage

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📅 Season-by-Season Record

10 seasons
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Bill Watkins — 📅 Season-by-Season Record
Year Team Lg G W L Win% Rank P-M
1884 IN2 AA 23 4 18 0.182 11 Y
1885 DTN NL 70 34 36 0.486 6 N
1886 DTN NL 126 87 36 0.707 2 N
1887 DTN NL 127 79 45 0.637 1st 🏆 N
1888 DTN NL 94 49 44 0.527 5 N
1888 KC2 AA 25 8 17 0.320 8 N
1889 KC2 AA 139 55 82 0.401 7 N
1893 SLN NL 135 57 75 0.432 10 N
1898 PIT NL 151 72 76 0.486 8 N
1899 PIT NL 24 7 15 0.318 7 N

Bill Watkins as a manager

In 914 games as a manager between 1884 and 1899, Watkins went 452-444, a .504 mark. The season table runs through the Indianapolis Hoosiers (1884), the Detroit Wolverines (1885-1888), the Kansas City Cowboys (1888-1889), the St. Louis Browns (1893), and the Pittsburgh Pirates (1898-1899). The best full season was 1886, 87-36 with the Detroit Wolverines. The weakest full season was 1889, at 55-82. The Rank column for the Detroit Wolverines years shows 6th, 2nd, 1st, and 5th. With the Kansas City Cowboys (1888-1889), the finishes read 8th and 7th. The first season in the table, 1884, ended 4-18; the last, 1899, ended 7-15.

First-place seasons under Watkins: 1887. The Lg column places these seasons in the American Association and National League. Some stints began mid-season, in 1884, 1885, and 1888. The P-M column marks 1884 as player-manager season. The personal information panel gives a birth date of May 5, 1858 in Brantford, ON, CAN. Watkins died on June 9, 1937. The player profile covers Watkins's playing days, 1884 to 1884.

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