Lew Watts

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]

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

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]