Lew Watts | |||
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Pitcher | |||
Born: | March 7, 1922|||
Died: June 25, 2003 | (aged 81)|||
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Llewellyn 'Lew' Watts III was a baseball player and coach in the United States. He played professionally as a pitcher for the St. Louis Browns and wrote a book titled The Fine Art of Baseball that was published in 1964.
Watts completed two seasons of play in the minor leagues 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.
Before playing baseball professionally, Watts served aboard the USS Rich (DE-695) during World War II for the United States Navy.