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Name Team Age
Wesley Watanabe Retired (1992, Age 34) Died (2016, Age 58)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 3, Pick 45
(1979)		 LF B/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Reggie Smith League 0 6 years (136 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
63 34 47
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
85 83 68
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
56 52 50
Endurance Velocity Control
55 21 11
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
23 66 65
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
3 0 2/2/1958
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 0 0
Alt Pos (RF) Alt Pos (LF) Alt Pos (---)
98 (98.4 %) 95 (95.5 %) 0 (0.0 %)

Stats  |   Splits  |   Playoffs  |   Positions  |   Improvements  |   Past Skills  |   Awards   |  Fielding   |  Game Log
Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1981 BAL 22 85 8 22 3 2 2 14 2 9 2 0 3 .684 .273 .412 .259
1982 BAL 36 50 9 10 2 1 0 4 8 14 0 0 0 .590 .310 .280 .200
1983 BAL 8 9 4 5 2 0 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 1.444 .667 .778 .556
1984 BAL 92 157 25 39 6 3 2 15 20 26 5 0 2 .700 .337 .363 .248
1985 BAL 127 336 42 91 16 2 1 26 45 46 5 5 4 .697 .358 .339 .271
1986 BAL 129 264 31 61 12 1 3 19 23 38 6 1 1 .612 .294 .318 .231
1987 BAL 126 338 49 94 15 3 7 36 34 45 10 7 5 .746 .343 .402 .278
1988 BAL-KC 109 332 44 86 17 2 5 32 23 45 12 9 1 .679 .311 .367 .259
1989 KC-MIL 19 37 3 8 3 1 1 4 4 5 0 1 0 .718 .286 .432 .216
1990 MIL-DET 30 94 9 32 7 0 2 13 12 11 3 2 2 .894 .415 .479 .340
1991 DET 28 56 4 8 0 1 0 4 6 12 1 1 0 .401 .222 .179 .143
1992 DET 10 10 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 .382 .182 .200 .100
Total 736 1768 229 457 84 16 23 171 181 254 44 26 18 .691 .328 .363 .258
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1992-11-01Wesley Watanabe has retired from the Detroit Auto Builders
1992-08-07The Detroit Auto Builders have promoted Wesley Watanabe to the major league team. The Detroit Auto Builders have designated Larry Thies for assignment.
1991-08-26The Detroit Auto Builders have promoted Larry Walden to the major league team. The Detroit Auto Builders have designated Wesley Watanabe for assignment.
1991-08-11The Detroit Auto Builders have promoted Wesley Watanabe to the major league team.
1991-07-30The Detroit Auto Builders have designated Wesley Watanabe for assignment.
1990-08-17The Detroit Auto Builders have acquired Wesley Watanabe from the waiver wire.
1990-08-13The Milwaukee Mutant Monkeys have designated Wesley Watanabe for assignment.
1990-07-20The Milwaukee Mutant Monkeys have promoted Wesley Watanabe to the major league team.
1989-05-09The Milwaukee Mutant Monkeys have acquired Wesley Watanabe from the waiver wire.
1989-05-05The Kansas City Royals have promoted George Brett to the major league team. The Kansas City Royals have promoted Jack Black to the major league team. The Kansas City Royals have sent Bruce Mendoza to the minors. The Kansas City Royals have waived Bill Gentile. The Kansas City Royals have waived Pop Shaw. The Kansas City Royals have waived Wesley Watanabe.
1989-04-28The Kansas City Royals have promoted Rob Kammeyer to the major league team. The Kansas City Royals have designated Pop Shaw for assignment. The Kansas City Royals have designated Wesley Watanabe for assignment.
1988-07-17A trade has been completed between the Baltimore BLUE SOX and the Kansas City Royals. The Kansas City Royals receive Wesley Watanabe, Dan Kleven from the Baltimore BLUE SOX in exchange for Amos Otis.
1986-08-25The Baltimore Banshees have re-claimed Wesley Watanabe from the waiver wire.
1986-08-23The Baltimore Banshees have designated Wesley Watanabe for assignment.
1985-03-07The Baltimore Banshees have promoted Wesley Watanabe to the major league team. The Baltimore Banshees have designated Heinie Weathers for assignment.
1984-08-29The Baltimore Banshees have sent Wesley Watanabe to the minors.
1984-05-07The Baltimore Banshees have promoted Wesley Watanabe to the major league team. The Baltimore Banshees have sent David Sikes to the minors.
1984-05-02The Baltimore Banshees have sent Wesley Watanabe to the minors.
1984-04-11The Baltimore Banshees have promoted Wesley Watanabe to the major league team.
1984-03-01The Baltimore Banshees have sent Wesley Watanabe to the minors.
1983-09-28The Baltimore Banshees have promoted Wesley Watanabe to the major league team.
1983-07-04The Baltimore Banshees have promoted Rick Westbrook to the major league team. The Baltimore Banshees have sent Wesley Watanabe to the minors.
1983-06-27The Baltimore Banshees have promoted Wesley Watanabe to the major league team. The Baltimore Banshees have designated Heinie Weathers for assignment.
1983-03-01The Baltimore Banshees have promoted Ray Masterson to the major league team. The Baltimore Banshees have promoted Casey Kline to the major league team. The Baltimore Banshees have promoted Steve Zelasko to the major league team. The Baltimore Banshees have sent Wesley Watanabe to the minors. The Baltimore Banshees have sent Luigi Cassini to the minors. The Baltimore Banshees have designated Tom Robertson for assignment. The Baltimore Banshees have designated Les Mueller for assignment.
1982-09-27The Baltimore Banshees have promoted Wesley Watanabe to the major league team. The Baltimore Banshees have sent Ethan Blackledge to the minors.
1982-07-28The Baltimore Banshees have promoted Ray Masterson to the major league team. The Baltimore Banshees have sent Wesley Watanabe to the minors.
1982-06-30The Baltimore Banshees have promoted Wesley Watanabe to the major league team. The Baltimore Banshees have designated Rich Harris for assignment.
1982-04-27The Baltimore Banshees have promoted Luigi Cassini to the major league team. The Baltimore Banshees have sent Wesley Watanabe to the minors.
1982-04-01The Baltimore Banshees have renamed Wesly Watanabe to Wesley Watanabe.
1981-09-02The Baltimore Banshees have promoted Wesly Watanabe to the major league team. The Baltimore Banshees have designated Mike Boonestopple for assignment.
1981-03-01The Baltimore Banshees have renamed Alex Ross to Wesly Watanabe.
1980-08-12A trade has been completed between the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago Werebears. The Chicago Werebears receive Reggie Medwick, Si Werrick from the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Alex Ross.