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Bob Watson played 19 major-league seasons (1966-1984) as a 1B (1,088), OF (570), C (10). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 21 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 20 | HOU | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1967 | 21 | HOU | 6 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .214 | .643 | 87 |
| 1968 | 22 | HOU | 45 | 140 | 13 | 32 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 32 | .229 | .618 | 92 |
| 1969 | 23 | HOU | 20 | 40 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | .275 | .746 | 118 |
| 1970 | 24 | HOU | 97 | 327 | 48 | 89 | 11 | 61 | 1 | 24 | 59 | .272 | .768 | 112 |
| 1971 | 25 | HOU | 129 | 468 | 49 | 135 | 9 | 67 | 0 | 41 | 56 | .288 | .742 | 118 |
| 1972 | 26 | HOU | 147 | 548 | 74 | 171 | 16 | 86 | 1 | 53 | 83 | .312 | .841 | 147 |
| 1973 | 27 | HOU | 158 | 573 | 97 | 179 | 16 | 94 | 1 | 85 | 73 | .312 | .852 | 145 |
| 1974 | 28 | HOU | 150 | 524 | 69 | 156 | 11 | 67 | 3 | 60 | 61 | .298 | .782 | 126 |
| 1975 | 29 | HOU | 132 | 485 | 67 | 157 | 18 | 85 | 3 | 40 | 50 | .324 | .870 | 149 |
| 1976 | 30 | HOU | 157 | 585 | 76 | 183 | 16 | 102 | 3 | 62 | 64 | .313 | .835 | 145 |
| 1977 | 31 | HOU | 151 | 554 | 77 | 160 | 22 | 110 | 5 | 57 | 69 | .289 | .858 | 135 |
| 1978 | 32 | HOU | 139 | 461 | 51 | 133 | 14 | 79 | 3 | 51 | 57 | .289 | .808 | 133 |
| 1979 | 33 | BOS | 84 | 312 | 48 | 105 | 13 | 53 | 3 | 29 | 33 | .337 | .949 | 154 |
| 1979 | 33 | HOU | 49 | 163 | 15 | 39 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 16 | 23 | .239 | .623 | 77 |
| 1980 | 34 | NYA | 130 | 469 | 62 | 144 | 13 | 68 | 2 | 48 | 56 | .307 | .825 | 125 |
| 1981 | 35 | NYA | 59 | 156 | 15 | 33 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 24 | 17 | .212 | .701 | 102 |
| 1982 | 36 | NYA | 7 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .235 | .762 | 109 |
| 1982 | 36 | ATL | 57 | 114 | 16 | 28 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 14 | 20 | .246 | .744 | 114 |
| 1983 | 37 | ATL | 65 | 149 | 14 | 46 | 6 | 37 | 0 | 18 | 23 | .309 | .866 | 147 |
| 1984 | 38 | ATL | 49 | 85 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 12 | .212 | .617 | 79 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 1B | 3 | 3 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1968 | OF | 40 | 38 | 46 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 1969 | OF | 6 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1969 | 1B | 5 | 5 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 1969 | C | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1970 | 1B | 83 | 82 | 695 | 39 | 6 | 54 |
| 1970 | C | 6 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1970 | OF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1971 | OF | 87 | 88 | 131 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1971 | 1B | 45 | 37 | 339 | 16 | 5 | 28 |
| 1972 | OF | 143 | 143 | 218 | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| 1972 | 1B | 2 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 1973 | OF | 142 | 142 | 271 | 8 | 9 | 0 |
| 1973 | 1B | 26 | 12 | 150 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 1973 | C | 3 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1974 | OF | 140 | 139 | 202 | 7 | 4 | 2 |
| 1974 | 1B | 35 | 2 | 96 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 1975 | 1B | 118 | 116 | 1077 | 69 | 8 | 106 |
| 1975 | OF | 9 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1976 | 1B | 155 | 154 | 1395 | 96 | 15 | 126 |
| 1977 | 1B | 146 | 146 | 1331 | 118 | 9 | 100 |
| 1978 | 1B | 128 | 127 | 974 | 95 | 9 | 63 |
| 1979 | 1B | 102 | 101 | 896 | 80 | 10 | 81 |
| 1980 | 1B | 104 | 91 | 851 | 63 | 9 | 87 |
| 1981 | 1B | 50 | 43 | 367 | 25 | 1 | 42 |
| 1982 | 1B | 33 | 29 | 246 | 8 | 0 | 23 |
| 1982 | OF | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1B | 34 | 34 | 280 | 19 | 5 | 23 |
| 1984 | 1B | 19 | 19 | 165 | 12 | 3 | 17 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (3 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1976, 1975, 1973.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 22 | 7 / 336 | 0 |
| 1975 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 20 | 8 / 336 | 0 |
| 1976 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 11 | 38 / 336 | 0 |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.