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Old Sutter Thomas League
4-8-2025
Noboru Watanabe Left Field
Retired (1981, Age 34)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .237 Total Rating 63   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .652 Status Retired (1981) Option Years 0  
H 410 Age 77 (OS 78) Date of Birth 06-29-1947
HR 33 Drafted Round 2, Pick 34
(1972)		 Majors Svc Time 7 years
(91 games)
RBI 188
SB 60
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R 65 Contact vs. L 75 Endurance 53   Ldrship 58
Power vs. R 52 Power vs. L 64 Velocity 7   Mentor vR 100
Speed 81 Bunt 10 Control 29   Mentor vL 100
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range 54 WS Rings 0
1B 21 (21.3%) LF 100 (100%) Arm 44 WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF ---   Health 54 LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF 64 (64.6%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1972 BRO
103
301
26
63
4
2
2
24
25
 88 2 1
11
 2 4
.529
.274
.256
.047
.209
1973 BRO
91
153
12
28
2
0
0
15
15
 37 0 1
4
 2 3
.451
.254
.196
.013
.183
1974 BRO
107
91
15
23
2
1
5
13
8
 20 1 1
4
 1 0
.778
.317
.462
.209
.253
1975 BRO
106
213
32
57
13
2
7
33
23
 37 0 1
4
 2 2
.784
.338
.446
.178
.268
1976 BRO
87
155
26
40
4
2
3
22
15
 35 0 0
10
 1 3
.691
.324
.368
.110
.258
1977 BRO
102
246
38
62
9
4
4
32
23
 44 2 1
5
 4 7
.690
.320
.370
.118
.252
1978 STL
116
321
40
88
9
5
8
29
32
 72 4 0
15
 3 5
.755
.347
.408
.134
.274
1979 STL-SD
83
232
27
46
4
3
4
20
26
 45 4 1
6
 1 1
.582
.289
.293
.095
.198
1980 SD-CHA
10
18
0
3
0
0
0
0
3
 3 0 0
1
 0 1
.452
.286
.167
.000
.167
Total
805
1730
216
410
47
19
33
188
170
 381 13 6
60
 16 26
.652
.309
.343
.106
.237
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1981-11-01Noboru Watanabe has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1981-11-01The Detroit Tigers have waived Noboru Watanabe.
1981-09-26The Detroit Tigers have acquired Noboru Watanabe from the waiver wire.
1981-04-01The Tampa Bay Blue Crabs have waived Noboru Watanabe.
1981-03-25The Tampa Bay Blue Crabs have promoted Roy Briggs to the major league team. The Tampa Bay Blue Crabs have promoted Noboru Watanabe to the major league team.
1981-03-25The Tampa Bay Blue Crabs have acquired Noboru Watanabe from the waiver wire.
1980-06-08The Chicago River Carp have waived Noboru Watanabe.
1980-05-17The Chicago River Carp have designated Noboru Watanabe for assignment.
1980-04-27Trade #1317564 has been completed between the San Diego Gaslamp Gulls and the Chicago River Carp. The Chicago River Carp receive Bull Quayle, Noboru Watanabe, Shane Vendrell, Draft Pick - 1981 Round 1 (STL), Draft Pick - 1981 Round 1 (SD) from the San Diego Gaslamp Gulls in exchange for Vance Beckendorf, Doug Kerr, Hick Hutton, Dan Stricker.
1980-03-25The San Diego Gaslamp Gulls have promoted Bernie Gaston to the major league team. The San Diego Gaslamp Gulls have promoted Noboru Watanabe to the major league team.
1979-11-01The San Diego Gaslamp Gulls have acquired Noboru Watanabe from the waiver wire.
1979-10-12The St. Louis Cardinals have waived Noboru Watanabe.
1979-08-16The St. Louis Cardinals have designated Noboru Watanabe for assignment.
1978-04-11The St. Louis Cardinals have acquired Noboru Watanabe from the waiver wire.
1978-04-01The Brooklyn Dodgers have promoted Ken Schmidt to the major league team. The Brooklyn Dodgers have promoted Gene Solomon to the major league team. The Brooklyn Dodgers have promoted Carroll Farrell to the major league team. The Brooklyn Dodgers have promoted Orlando Garcia to the major league team. The Brooklyn Dodgers have designated Noboru Watanabe for assignment. The Brooklyn Dodgers have designated Satoshi Tomashino for assignment. The Brooklyn Dodgers have sent George Webster to the minors.
1976-08-29Noboru Watanabe of the Brooklyn Dodgers is injured and is expected to be out 19 days.
1973-05-06Noboru Watanabe of the Brooklyn Dodgers is injured and is expected to be out 18 days.
1972-05-16The Brooklyn Hipsters have promoted Noboru Watanabe to the major league team.