Lew_Watts

Lew Watts

Lew Watts

Baseball player and coach

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]

Quick Facts

Watts completed two seasons of play in the minor leagues[2] before pitching for the Browns.[3] 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 USS Rich (DE-695) 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]

References

  1. [1]
    Books. Boys' Life. March 1973. p. 15. Retrieved August 18, 2012.
  2. [2]
    "Llewellyn Watts". Baseball Reference. Retrieved August 18, 2012.
  3. [3]
    "Former Coach Lew Watts Dies". Peddie School. July 3, 2003. Archived from the original on September 16, 2009. Retrieved August 18, 2012.
  4. [4]
    "Memories of Lew Watts". USS Rich DE695 Survivors Association. Retrieved August 18, 2012.
  5. [5]
    "Llewellyn 'Lew' Watts III, baseball, jazz author, coach". 9 July 2003. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
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