Mother Watson

{{Short description|American baseball player (1865–1898)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Mother Watson |position=Pitcher |image= |bats=Unknown |throws=Unknown |birth_date={{birth date|1865|1|27}} |birth_place=Middleport, Ohio, U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|1898|11|23|1865|1|27}} |death_place=Middleport, Ohio, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=May 19 |debutyear=1887 |debutteam=Cincinnati Reds |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=May 27 |finalyear=1887 |finalteam= Cincinnati Reds |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Games pitched |stat1value=2 |stat2label=Innings pitched |stat2value=14 |stat3label=Earned run average |stat3value=5.79 |teams= * Cincinnati Reds ({{baseball year|1887}}) }} '''Walter L. "Mother" Watson''' (January 27, 1865 – November 23, 1898) was an American professional baseball player in the mid-1880s. Born in Middleport, Ohio in 1865, he started two games at pitcher for the {{baseball year|1887}} Cincinnati Reds of the American Association. He completed one of his starts, and in 14 innings pitched, he had a 5.79 ERA, and was 0–1. In {{baseball year|1888}}, he played for the Zanesville Kickapoos of the Tri-State League.<ref name="minors">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=watson001mot|title=Mother Watson|work=baseball-reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=6 January 2010}}</ref> In November 1898, Watson was shot in an "Election Day" saloon brawl and later died of his injuries at the age of 33.<ref>Zanesville, Ohio Times Recorder, November 25, 1898</ref> He is interred at Middleport Hill Cemetery.<ref name="murders">{{cite web|url=https://www.thedeadballera.com/murders.html|title=Murders|work=www.thedeadballera.com|publisher=TheDeadBallEra|accessdate=6 January 2010}}</ref>

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==External links== {{Baseballstats|br=w/watsomo01|brm=watson001mot}} * [https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/Pwatsm101.htm Retrosheet]

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