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
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Majors Service Time |
Wilson Roberts League | 0 | 8 years (5 games) |
Total Rating
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Arm | Range |
Contact vs R | Contact vs L | Speed |
Power vs R | Power vs L | Bunting |
Endurance | Velocity | Control |
Leadership
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Mentor vs RHP
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Mentor vs LHP
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Health
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Injured Days
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Birthday |
0 | 8/27/1975 | |
WS Rings | WS Appearances | LCS Appearances |
0 | 1 | 3 |
Alt Pos (3B) | Alt Pos (RF) | Alt Pos (1B) |
(98.6 %) | (5.3 %) | (5.2 %) |
Year
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Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | E | OPS | OBP | SLG | AVG |
2005 | HOU | 142 | 466 | 72 | 120 | 24 | 6 | 13 | 78 | 47 | 88 | 20 | 6 | 13 | .747 | .328 | .418 | .258 |
2006 | HOU | 106 | 307 | 42 | 88 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 46 | 30 | 50 | 13 | 2 | 14 | .811 | .348 | .463 | .287 |
2007 | HOU | 116 | 256 | 51 | 87 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 45 | 31 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 5 | .923 | .411 | .512 | .340 |
2008 | HOU | 137 | 436 | 83 | 132 | 14 | 4 | 18 | 78 | 51 | 82 | 20 | 9 | 9 | .855 | .378 | .477 | .303 |
2009 | TB | 136 | 401 | 61 | 113 | 19 | 6 | 15 | 65 | 44 | 76 | 7 | 1 | 11 | .822 | .351 | .471 | .282 |
2010 | TB | 104 | 241 | 33 | 63 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 41 | 20 | 37 | 5 | 9 | 5 | .758 | .318 | .440 | .261 |
2011 | TB | 140 | 487 | 80 | 127 | 22 | 5 | 17 | 72 | 62 | 83 | 16 | 7 | 16 | .778 | .347 | .431 | .261 |
2012 | TB-PHI | 64 | 71 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .661 | .337 | .324 | .239 |
Total | 945 | 2665 | 433 | 747 | 110 | 34 | 93 | 436 | 296 | 460 | 92 | 37 | 75 | .805 | .353 | .452 | .280 |
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. |