Tony Watson

27-Year-Old Pitcher – Pittsburgh Pirates

2013 Stats

W-L

1-1

ERA

5.23

WHIP

1.21

K

20

SV

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Watson held opponents to 37 hits in 53.1 innings in 2012, courtesy of a strong fastball (92.5 mph) and slider (84.9). He held opposing hitters to a .198 batting average (.183/.213 vs. LHB/RHB) as a re...

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2013 ADP: 396.02

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Watson allowed one run on two hits in one inning of relief against Milwaukee on Monday.

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Tony Watson Stats

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Year	Age	Lg	Tm	G	GS	SH	IP	H	ER	HR	K	BB	W	L	SV	BS	HLD	ERA	WHIP
2008	23	A	Lyn	28	28	0	151.2	149	60	16	104	36	8	12	0	–	–	3.56	1.22
2009	24	AA	ALT	4	4	0	11.7	19	9	1	12	7	0	3	0	–	–	6.94	2.23
2010	25	AA	Alt	34	9	0	112.0	84	34	11	105	24	6	4	2	0	0	2.73	0.96
2011	26	AAA	Ind	26	1	0	34.1	24	9	2	35	11	3	3	0	0	0	2.36	1.03
2011	26	MAJ	PIT	43	0	0	41.0	34	18	6	37	20	2	2	0	1	10	3.95	1.32
2012	27	MAJ	PIT	68	0	0	53.3	37	20	5	53	23	5	2	0	2	16	3.38	1.13
2013	28	MAJ	PIT	19	0	0	20.7	19	12	3	20	6	1	1	1	1	7	5.23	1.21
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3-Year Averages		MAJ		55	0	0	47.2	35	19	5	45	21	3	2	0	1	13	3.63	1.19

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Tony Watson Game Log (View Full Game Log)

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DATE	OPP	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HBP	WP	CG	W-L	SV	BS	HLD	ERA	WHIP
May. 17	Hou	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	5.23	1.21
May. 13	Mil	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	-	0	0	0	5.79	1.18
May. 11	@NYM	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	5.60	1.13
May. 9	@NYM	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	5.40	1.14
May. 7	Sea	0.7	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	-	0	0	1	5.17	1.09
May. 4	Was	1.7	2	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	L	0	0	0	4.80	1.07
Apr. 30	@Mil	0.3	2	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	-	0	0	0	4.73	1.05
Apr. 27	@StL	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	-	0	0	1	2.77	0.85
Apr. 25	@Phi	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	-	1	0	0	3.00	0.83
Apr. 23	@Phi	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	-	0	0	1	2.70	0.80
Apr. 21	Atl	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	-	0	0	1	3.00	0.89
Apr. 20	Atl	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	-	0	0	1	3.38	1.00
Apr. 18	Atl	0.7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	3.86	1.00
Apr. 17	StL	0.7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	4.26	1.11
Apr. 15	StL	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	4.76	1.24
Apr. 12	Cin	1.0	1	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	W	0	1	0	5.79	1.29
Apr. 9	@Ari	1.3	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	1	2.45	1.09
Apr. 6	@LAD	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	0.00	0.86
Apr. 3	ChC	1.3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	-	0	0	1	0.00	0.00
Last 14 Days 5 Games: Avg. 1.1 IP/G		5.7	8	4	4	1	1	7	0	1	0	0-0	0	0	1	6.35	1.59
Last 30 Days 12 Games: Avg. 1.1 IP/G		13.7	15	9	9	2	3	15	3	1	0	0-1	1	0	5	5.93	1.32
Last 60 Days 19 Games: Avg. 1.1 IP/G		20.7	19	12	12	3	6	20	3	1	0	1-1	1	1	7	5.23	1.21
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Tony Watson Split Stats (View Full Split Stats)

Vs. Left

Year	Batters	K	BB	H	2B	HR	BAA
2013	29	7	1	7	3	0	.259
2012	103	21	9	17	5	2	.183
2011	69	19	6	17	2	1	.279

Vs. Right

Year	Batters	K	BB	H	2B	3B	HR	BAA
2013	58	13	5	12	2	0	3	.245
2012	112	32	14	20	4	1	3	.213
2011	105	18	14	17	4	0	5	.193

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Year	IP	W	L	K	BB	HR	ERA	WHIP
2013	12.0	1	1	10	2	1	3.75	1.00
2012	23.3	3	1	23	9	2	1.93	0.94
2011	22.3	2	0	18	10	3	2.82	1.12

Away

Year	IP	W	L	SV	K	BB	HR	ERA	WHIP
2013	8.7	0	0	1	10	4	2	7.27	1.50
2012	30.0	2	1	0	30	14	3	4.50	1.27
2011	18.7	0	2	0	19	10	3	5.30	1.55

Tony Watson Advanced Stats

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Year	Age	Lg	Tm	G	GS	IP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	GB/FB Ratio	Strand %	Fastball	ERA	FIP	BABIP
2008	23	A	Lyn	28	28	151.2	6.19	2.14	2.89	0.95	–	74%	–	3.56	3.91	.292
2009	24	AA	ALT	4	4	11.7	9.26	5.40	1.71	0.77	–	68%	–	6.94	4.06	.463
2010	25	AA	Alt	34	9	112.0	8.44	1.93	4.38	0.88	–	76.3%	–	2.73	3.43	.257
2011	26	AAA	Ind	26	1	34.1	9.24	2.90	3.18	0.53	–	78.8%	–	2.36	3.05	.265
2011	26	MAJ	PIT	43	0	41.0	8.12	4.39	1.85	1.32	0.77	75%	91.2 MPH	3.95	4.83	.263
2012	27	MAJ	PIT	68	0	53.3	8.94	3.88	2.30	0.84	0.96	72.7%	93.6 MPH	3.38	3.78	.247
2013	28	MAJ	PIT	19	0	20.7	8.71	2.61	3.33	1.31	1.00	59.1%	92.5 MPH	5.23	4.46	.295
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3-Year Averages		MAJ		55	0	47.2	8.59	4.01	2.14	0.95	–	72.5%	–	3.63	4.01	.254

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2013 Stat Review for Tony Watson As compared to the top 250 relief pitchers in 2012 (min 20 in)

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3.33 K/BB

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8.71 K/9

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2.61 BB/9

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92.5 MPH Fastball

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1.3 HR/9

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1.00 GB/FB Ratio

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5.23 ERA

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1.21 WHIP

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4.46 FIP

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BABIP/Strand

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.295 BABIP

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59.1% Strand Rate

LOW

2013 Projected Stats Breakdown for Tony Watson

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Pittsburgh Pirates Roster

Majors

Alvarez, Pedro (3B)
Barmes, Clint (SS)
Burnett, A.J. (P)
Contreras, Jose (P)
d'Arnaud, Chase (SS)
Gomez, Jeanmar (P)
Grilli, Jason (P)
Inge, Brandon (3B)
Jones, Garrett (1B)
Karstens, Jeff (P)
Liriano, Francisco (P)
Locke, Jeff (P)
Marte, Starling (OF)
Martin, Russell (C)
Mazzaro, Vin (P)
McCutchen, Andrew (OF)
McDonald, James (P)
McDonald, John (SS)
McKenry, Mike (C)
Melancon, Mark (P)
Mercer, Jordy (SS)
Morris, Bryan (P)
Morton, Charlie (P)
Rodriguez, Wandy (P)
Sanchez, Gaby (1B)
Snider, Travis (OF)
Tabata, Jose (OF)
Walker, Neil (2B)
Tony Watson (P)
Wilson, Justin (P)

AAA

Black, Victor (P)
Brown, Brooks (P)
Carroll, Brett (OF)
Cole, Gerrit (P)
De Jesus, Ivan (2B)
Ford, Darren (OF)
Goedert, Jared (3B)
Hague, Matt (1B)
Harrison, Josh (SS)
Hughes, Jared (P)
Irwin, Phil (P)
Johnson, Kris (P)
May, Lucas (C)
McPherson, Kyle (P)
Oliver, Andrew (P)
Pie, Felix (OF)
Presley, Alex (OF)
Reid, Ryan (P)
Sanchez, Tony (C)
Sands, Jerry (OF)
Welker, Duke (P)
Zagurski, Mike (P)

AA

Alderson, Tim (P)
Baker, Nathan (P)
Bromberg, David (P)
Chalk, Brad (OF)
Cordier, Erik (P)
Cumpton, Brandon (P)
Cunningham, Jarek (3B)
Curry, Matt (1B)
Dickerson, Alex (1B)
Farrell, Jeremy (3B)

Hart, Kevin (P)
Hollingsworth, Ethan (P)
Jackson, Steven (P)
Julio, Jorge (P)
Lambo, Andrew (OF)
Larish, Jeff (1B)
McClune, Austin (OF)
Ngoepe, Gift (SS)
Norman, Anthony (OF)
Perez, Miguel (C)
Pimentel, Stolmy (P)
Pribanic, Aaron (P)
Rojas, Jr, Mel (OF)
Sadler, Casey (P)
Sandfort, Jonathan (P)
Santos, Adalberto (OF)
Sinkbeil, Brett (P)
Solis, Ali (C)
Taillon, Jameson (P)
Tejeda, Oscar (OF)
Toregas, Wyatt (C)
Waldrop, Kyle (P)
Yates, Tyler (P)

A+

Anderson, Calvin (1B)
Cardenas, Eliecer (P)
Chambers, Evan (OF)
Erickson, Casey (P)
Ford, Shelby (2B)
Gamache, Daniel (3B)
Krol, Noah (P)
Lattimore, Quincy (OF)
Navarro, Eliecer (P)

Polanco, Gregory (OF)
Thornton, Zach (P)

A

Allie, Stetson (3B)
Barnes, Barrett (OF)
Bell, Joshua (OF)
Brito, Jesus (3B)
Castro, Orlando (P)
Dodson, Zackry (P)
Garcia, Willy (P)
Glasnow, Tyler (P)
Hanson, Alen (2B)
Kingham, Nick (P)
Mathisen, Wyatt (C)
Medina, Jhondaniel (P)
Osuna, Jose (3B)
Stevenson, Trent (P)
Von Rosenberg, Zack (P)

Rookie

Brewer, Colten (P)
De la Cruz, Julio (3B)
Escobar, Elvis (OF)
Heredia, Luis (P)
Pimentel, Julio (P)
Polanco, Yomifer (OF)
Rowland, Robby (P)
Waldron, Tyler (P)

Career Pitcher vs. Batter Stats (View All Matchup Data)

Worst Matchups for Tony Watson (by OPS against, min 1 AB)

Batter	Team	AB	H	HR	RBI	BB	AVG	SLG	OPS
Chris Davis	BAL	1	1	1	2	0	1.000	4.000	5.000
Cody Ransom	CHI-N	1	1	1	4	0	1.000	4.000	5.000
Corey Patterson	SEA	1	1	1	1	0	1.000	4.000	5.000
Kyle Blanks	SD	1	1	1	1	0	1.000	4.000	5.000
Edwin Encarnacion	TOR	1	1	1	1	0	1.000	4.000	5.000
Chase Headley	SD	1	1	1	2	0	1.000	4.000	5.000
Darwin Barney	CHI-N	2	2	0	0	1	1.000	2.000	3.000
Adam LaRoche	WAS	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	3.000
Jonathan Lucroy	MIL	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	2.000	3.000
Jerry Sands	PIT	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	3.000

Best Matchups for Tony Watson (by OPS against, min 1 AB)

Batter	Team	AB	K	AVG	SLG	OPS
Greg Dobbs	MIA	1	1	.000	.000	.000
Omar Infante	DET	1	0	.000	.000	.000
Aaron Harang	SEA	1	0	.000	.000	.000
Austin Jackson	DET	1	1	.000	.000	.000
Ryan Roberts	TB	1	1	.000	.000	.000
Marwin Gonzalez	HOU	1	1	.000	.000	.000
Mark Reynolds	CLE	1	1	.000	.000	.000
Paul Janish	ATL	1	0	.000	.000	.000
Andre Ethier	LA	1	0	.000	.000	.000
Denis Phipps	CIN	1	0	.000	.000	.000

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Tony Watson: Past News Updates ( ▲ View most recent update )

4/25/2013

Watson picked up a sneaky save Thursday, hurling two innings of one-run ball to close out the Phillies in a 6-4 win.

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4/25/2013

With regular closer Jason Grilli unavailable Thursday, Watson will get the ball if the Pirates are in a save situation, Bill Brink of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.

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4/3/2013

Watson registered his first hold of the season Wednesday, hurling 1.1 innings of scoreless ball against the Cubs.

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3/27/2013

Watson will travel north with Pittsburgh after making the team's final 25-man roster, the team's official website reports.

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3/26/2013

Watson (back), who has made only four appearances in spring training, missed a scheduled outing Monday night against Tampa Bay.

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3/20/2013

Watson (back) gave up three runs on three hits Wednesday in his first inning since Feb. 28.

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3/18/2013

Watson (back) completed a 23-pitch outing Sunday in a minor league game without reporting pain, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports.

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3/16/2013

Watson, who has been battling an upper-back ailment, will pitch in a minor league game at Pirate City on Sunday, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports.

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3/15/2013

Watson, who hasn't pitched since Feb. 28, is set to return to Grapefruit League play Sunday, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports.

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2013

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2012

Watson got his first taste of big league ball in 2011, compiling a 3.95 ERA in 41 innings. The left-hander features a hard-to-pickup delivery and actually did better against righties (.193 BAA) than lefties (.279 BAA). He has the potential to start in a pinch but will likely continue on as a reliever, shuttling back and forth between Pittsburgh and Triple-A Indianapolis. Provided Pittsburgh keeps him in the bullpen, Watson has the upside of an eighth-inning setup man.

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