Mark Belanger vs. Johnny Watwood — Career Comparison

Mark Belanger
Silent GenerationMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueShortstopGold GloveAll-Star
Johnny Watwood
Greatest GenerationAlabamaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueCenter Fielder

Mark Belanger and Johnny Watwood are a strikingly close offensive match — their adjusted numbers sit nearly on top of each other across the most important hitting dimensions. Their on-base numbers were nearly identical (OBP+ 101 for Mark Belanger, 100 for Johnny Watwood), and so was their slugging (SLG+ 83 vs 87). The overall lean goes to Mark Belanger, but the margin between these two hitters is genuinely razor-thin.

Hitting Stats for Mark Belanger and Johnny Watwood

Mark Belanger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Johnny Watwood
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Mark Belanger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2016
183.22
Johnny Watwood
Career
Per 600 PA
469
173.6
Mark Belanger
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6602
600
Johnny Watwood
Career
Per 600 PA
1621
600
Mark Belanger
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5784
525.66
Johnny Watwood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1423
526.71
Mark Belanger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.228
0.228
Johnny Watwood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Mark Belanger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.628
0.628
Johnny Watwood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.743
0.743
Mark Belanger
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1316
119.6
Johnny Watwood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
403
149.17
Mark Belanger
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1088
98.88
Johnny Watwood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
316
116.96
Mark Belanger
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
175
15.9
Johnny Watwood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
66
24.43
Mark Belanger
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
3
Johnny Watwood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
5.92
Mark Belanger
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
1.82
Johnny Watwood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
1.85
Mark Belanger
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
228
20.72
Johnny Watwood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
87
32.2
Mark Belanger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.173
0.173
Johnny Watwood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Mark Belanger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.004
0.004
Johnny Watwood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.004
0.004
Mark Belanger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Johnny Watwood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.012
0.012
Mark Belanger
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
521.58
47.4
Johnny Watwood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
195.99
72.55
Mark Belanger
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1617
146.96
Johnny Watwood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
516
190.99
Mark Belanger
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1934
175.76
Johnny Watwood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
563
208.39
Mark Belanger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Johnny Watwood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.356
0.356
Mark Belanger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.28
0.28
Johnny Watwood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.363
0.363
Mark Belanger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.58
0.58
Johnny Watwood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.718
0.718
Mark Belanger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.052
0.052
Johnny Watwood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Mark Belanger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Johnny Watwood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.251
0.251
Mark Belanger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.519
0.519
Johnny Watwood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.678
0.678
Mark Belanger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.261
0.261
Johnny Watwood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Mark Belanger
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
676
61.44
Johnny Watwood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
192
71.07
Mark Belanger
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
389
35.35
Johnny Watwood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
158
58.48
Mark Belanger
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1045
94.97
Johnny Watwood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
345
127.7
Mark Belanger
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
569.35
51.74
Johnny Watwood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
216.88
80.28
Mark Belanger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
3.82
Johnny Watwood
Career
Per 600 PA
6
2.22
Mark Belanger
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
576
52.35
Johnny Watwood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
154
57
Mark Belanger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
2
Johnny Watwood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Belanger
Career
Per 600 PA
839
76.25
Johnny Watwood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
103
38.12
Mark Belanger
Career
Per 600 PA
7.87
7.87
Johnny Watwood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.74
15.74
Mark Belanger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.69
0.69
Johnny Watwood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Mark Belanger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
14.09
Johnny Watwood
Career
Per 600 PA
38
14.07
Mark Belanger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
4.09
Johnny Watwood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Belanger
Career
Per 600 PA
83
7.54
Johnny Watwood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mark Belanger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
167
15.18
Johnny Watwood
Career
Per 600 PA
27
9.99
Mark Belanger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
6.82
Johnny Watwood
Career
Per 600 PA
17
6.29
Mark Belanger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
242
21.99
Johnny Watwood
Career
Per 600 PA
44
16.29
Mark Belanger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69.01
69.01
Johnny Watwood
Career
Per 600 PA
61.36
61.36

Fielding Stats for Mark Belanger and Johnny Watwood

Mark Belanger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Johnny Watwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Mark Belanger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1971
1.15
Johnny Watwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
385
Mark Belanger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1691
0.98
Johnny Watwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mark Belanger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46382
27
Johnny Watwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mark Belanger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15460.2
9
Johnny Watwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mark Belanger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3040
1.77
Johnny Watwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
1478
Mark Belanger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5831
3.39
Johnny Watwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
Mark Belanger
Career
Per 9 Innings
211
0.12
Johnny Watwood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
Mark Belanger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9082
5.29
Johnny Watwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
1620
Mark Belanger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8871
5.16
Johnny Watwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
1565
Mark Belanger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.68
97.68
Johnny Watwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.6
Mark Belanger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.501
4.501
Johnny Watwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.065
Mark Belanger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.79
85.79
Johnny Watwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mark Belanger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1061
0.62
Johnny Watwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
Mark Belanger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Watwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mark Belanger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Watwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mark Belanger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Watwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mark Belanger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Watwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0