Failure is often even more fascinating than success. I am definitely intrigued by the 1932 Boston Red Sox, the worst Red Sox team of all time. The team finished with a record of 43-111, for a winning percentage of .279 and very little went right.
Watwood had a couple good years with the White Sox in the early 1930's, including hitting .302 in 1930. He played a variety of positions, including first base and center field. He started the 1932 season still with the White Sox, but after playing 13 games, he was sent to the Red Sox as part of the trade that brought Smead Jolley to Boston. The full details were Watwood, Jolley, Bennie Tate and $75,000.00 to the Red Sox for Charlie Berry and Jack Rothrock. Watwood finished the 1932 season with the Red Sox.
Unfortunately for Boston, Watwood was not very good in 1932. After a couple of seasons of decent hitting lines, he hit just .248/.301/.289. He also had a power outage, not homering and contributing just eleven doubles. He stole seven bases and walked 20 times versus eleven strikeouts, but that was about the most positive thing about his season.
Watwood played in only 13 games in 1933 and his numbers were awful. In May, he was traded along with Marv Olson to the Yankees for Dusty Cooke, a deal that worked out much better for Boston. Watwood never played for the Yankees and later appeared in a couple games with the Phillies in 1939 after several years in the minor leagues.
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