Lew Watts Explained

Lew Watts
Bats:Right
Throws:Right
Birth Date:7 March 1922
Debutleague:MLB
Finalleague:MLB

Llewellyn Watts III (1922–2003) was a baseball player and coach in the United States. He played professionally as a pitcher for the St. Louis Browns organization and wrote a book titled The Fine Art of Baseball that was published in 1964.[1]

Watts completed two seasons of play in the minor leagues[2] before pitching for the Browns. He later became a baseball coach, and teacher. He was coach and mentor to Major League players Erik Hanson and Brian Meyer.[3]

Before playing baseball professionally, Watts served aboard the during World War II for the United States Navy.[4]

Watts was a teacher and baseball coach at The Peddie School and later The Hun School. [5]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Books. Boys' Life. August 18, 2012. March 1973. 15.
  2. Web site: Llewellyn Watts. Baseball Reference. August 18, 2012.
  3. Web site: Former Coach Lew Watts Dies. Peddie School. August 18, 2012. July 3, 2003. https://web.archive.org/web/20090916004230/http://www.peddie.org/podium/default.aspx?t=204. September 16, 2009. dead.
  4. Web site: Memories of Lew Watts. August 18, 2012. USS Rich DE695 Survivors Association.
  5. Web site: Llewellyn 'Lew' Watts III, baseball, jazz author, coach . February 12, 2024 . 9 July 2003 .