Lew Watts

Lew Watts
Pitcher
Born: (1922-03-07)March 7, 1922
Died: June 25, 2003(2003-06-25) (aged 81)
Batted: Right
Threw: Right

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.[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]

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