Dave Watkins, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Dave Watkins

American baseball player

Date of Birth: 15-Mar-1944

Place of Birth: Owensboro, Kentucky, United States

Profession: physician, baseball player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Dave Watkins

  • David Roger Watkins (born March 15, 1944) is an American retired physician and former professional baseball player.
  • The native of Owensboro, Kentucky, was a catcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1969.
  • After his seven-year professional baseball career, Watkins matriculated from Kentucky Wesleyan College with a Bachelor's degree in biology in 1972, then earned his medical degree from the University of Louisville School of Medicine in 1976.
  • Based in Louisville, Watkins is a former medical director of the Prauer Rehabilitation and Neuroscience Institute, partner with Rehab Associates PSC, and physician advisor at Jewish Hospital.
  • He was a board member of the U.S.
  • Marine Hospital Foundation, the Greater Louisville Medical Society, and the trustees of the Kentucky Medical Association Political Action Committee.
  • In 2009, he received the Greater Louisville Medical Society's Excellence in Citizenship Award.Watkins' baseball career began in 1963 when he was signed by the Detroit Tigers.
  • The catcher threw and batted right-handed, and was listed as 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m) tall and 185 pounds (84 kg).
  • He was selected by the Phillies in December 1963 in the annual first-year player draft then in force, and worked his way through the club's farm system for the next five seasons.
  • In 1969, he made the MLB Phillies' roster and spent the season as the team's backup catcher to regular Mike Ryan.
  • In 69 games, including 33 as starting catcher, Watkins had 26 hits in 148 at-bats for a .176 batting average.
  • He collected two doubles, a triple and four home runs. The 1969 campaign was Watkins' last in baseball before he began his education and career in medicine.

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