This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Find sources: "Skeeter Watkins" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (February 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)
| Skeeter Watkins | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Third baseman | |
| Born: October 16, 1915 Towson, Maryland | |
| Died: March 26, 1987 (aged 71) Bolton Hill, Maryland | |
Batted: Left Threw: Right | |
| Negro league baseball debut | |
| 1942, for the Newark Eagles | |
| Last appearance | |
| 1950, for the Philadelphia Stars | |
| Teams | |
|
Maurice "Murray" Clifton Watkins (October 16, 1915 – March 26, 1987), nicknamed "Skeeter", was an American Negro league third baseman in the 1940s.
A native of Towson, Maryland, Watkins was selected to play in the East–West All-Star Game in 1945 and 1946.[1] He also played with Jackie Robinson's All-Stars in 1949.[2] Small of stature but fleet of foot, he often batted leadoff.[1] The Society for American Baseball Research described Watkins as a baseball lifer; after his career in the Negro Leagues, he played professionally in the Canadian League from 1951-1953, and continued to play semiprofessional baseball in Baltimore until he was in his 50s.[2] Watkins died in Bolton Hill, Maryland, in 1987 at the age of 71.[2]