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Name	Team	Age
Ken Watanabe	Retired (2012, Age 37)	71
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 8 (2005)	3B	L/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Wilson Roberts League	0	8 years (5 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B+	A	B-
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B+	B+	B
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B	B+	D
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	C	D
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
A	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
B-	0	8/27/1975
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	1	3
Alt Pos (3B)	Alt Pos (RF)	Alt Pos (1B)
A+ (98.6 %)	D- (5.3 %)	D- (5.2 %)
Alt Pos (SS)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (C)
D- (4.6 %)	F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)
Alt Pos (LF)	Alt Pos (CF)
F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)

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Year	Team	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	PH
2005	HOU	0	2	3	111	2	0	0	1	23
2006	HOU	0	1	9	60	1	0	2	3	30
2007	HOU	1	14	21	19	0	1	0	4	56
2008	HOU	0	10	9	85	0	0	0	5	28
2009	TB	0	1	0	121	0	0	1	0	13
2010	TB	2	5	6	59	4	0	0	0	28
2011	TB	1	0	81	53	0	0	0	0	5
2012	TB-PHI	4	0	17	5	4	0	0	4	30

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
2012-11-01	Ken Watanabe has retired from the Philadelphia Freedom
2012-08-10	The Philadelphia Freedom have acquired Ken Watanabe from the waiver wire.
2012-08-03	The Tampa Bay Bolts have designated Ken Watanabe for assignment.
2009-04-01	Trade #1775147 has been completed between the Houston Moonrunners and the Tampa Bay Bolts. The Tampa Bay Bolts receive Ken Watanabe, Draft Pick 2012 Round 3 HOU (Julio Archer) from the Houston Moonrunners in exchange for Jeff Drott.
2006-08-23	The Houston Moonrunners have removed Ken Watanabe from the trade block.
2006-04-28	The Houston Moonrunners have placed Ken Watanabe on the trade block.
2005-04-01	The Houston Moonrunners have renamed Tomojiro Watabe to Ken Watanabe.
2005-04-01	The Houston Moonrunners have promoted Tyson Cochran to the major league team. The Houston Moonrunners have promoted Tomojiro Watabe to the major league team.