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Brandon Watson

Brandon Eric Watson

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: September 30, 1981 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Westchester HS (Los Angeles, CA)
Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 9th round of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed June 7, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 9, 2005
Teams (by GP): Nationals/Reds 2005-2007
Agents: Lenny Strelitz [*]
Final Game: June 25, 2007
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1999	17	WSN-min	Rk	33	135	119	15	36	2	0	0	12	4	2	11	11	.303	.361	.319	.680		38	0	1	2	2	2		EXO · GULF
2000	18	WSN-min	A-	69	312	278	53	81	9	1	0	30	26	9	25	38	.291	.354	.331	.685		92	4	3	4	2	0		VMT · NYPL
2001	19	WSN-min	A	117	525	489	74	160	16	9	2	38	33	20	29	65	.327	.364	.409	.773		200	6	1	3	3	0		CLI · MIDW
2002	20	WSN-min	A+,AA	113	474	430	59	115	16	2	0	24	22	13	28	53	.267	.315	.314	.629		135	5	3	11	2	0		BRE,HRB · FLOR,EL
2003	21	WSN-min	AA	139	621	565	86	180	17	6	1	39	18	17	38	60	.319	.362	.375	.738		212	7	3	11	4	2		HRB · EL
2004	22	WSN-min	AAA	139	566	526	74	154	17	3	2	41	22	10	31	68	.293	.332	.348	.680		183	3	1	6	2	2		EDM · PCL
2005	23	WSN-min	AAA,AA	122	564	518	82	168	16	3	1	31	38	18	35	54	.324	.369	.373	.742		193	7	3	6	2	0		NOR,HRB · PCL,EL
2005	23	WSN	NL	25	48	40	8	7	1	1	1	5	0	2	4	8	.175	.250	.325	.575	53	13	0	0	4	0	0	7/8
2006	24	CIN-WSN-min	AAA,Rk	65	246	225	28	64	6	1	0	21	8	3	15	23	.284	.328	.320	.648		72	3	0	5	1	1		LOU,NOR,NAT · IL,PCL,GULF
2006	24	TOT	NL	10	29	28	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	3	.179	.207	.179	.385	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	/8
2006	24	WSN	NL	9	29	28	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	.179	.207	.179	.385	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	/8
2006	24	CIN	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
2007	25	WSN-min	AAA	103	440	399	47	125	11	6	2	29	17	8	21	51	.313	.347	.386	.733		154	2	2	14	4	1		CLB · IL
2007	25	WSN	NL	5	19	18	2	5	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	.278	.316	.333	.649	73	6	0	0	0	0	1	/87
2008	26	PHI-min	AAA	126	559	518	78	158	21	2	6	40	11	9	26	53	.305	.341	.388	.729		201	5	3	10	2	1		LHV · IL
2009	27	ARI-min	AAA	128	513	463	72	129	16	5	5	49	18	10	29	29	.279	.321	.367	.688		170	8	2	15	4	0		REN · PCL
3 Yrs				40	96	86	10	17	2	1	1	7	2	4	6	12	.198	.250	.279	.529	41	24	0	0	4	0	1
162 Game Avg.				162	389	348	41	69	8	4	4	28	8	16	24	49	.198	.250	.279	.529	41	97	0	0	16	0	4

WSN (3 yrs)				39	96	86	10	17	2	1	1	7	1	4	6	12	.198	.250	.279	.529	41	24	0	0	4	0	1
CIN (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
2005	23	WSN	NL	25	48	-2	-0	0	2	-0	-1	-0.1	1	0	0.0	.496	.499	-0.2	0.2	-2	$	7/8
2006	24	WSN	NL	9	29	-4	-2	0	-1	0	-6	-0.6	1	-6	-0.6	.429	.496	-0.5	-0.1	-5	$327,000	/8
2006	24	CIN	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
2007	25	WSN	NL	5	19	-1	1	0	1	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.512	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$	/87
3 Seasons				40	96	-8	-1	1	2	-0	-7	-0.7	3	-4	-0.5	.483	.499	-0.7	0.2	-6	$327,000

WSN (3 yrs)				39	96	-8	-1	1	2	-0	-7	-0.7	3	-4	-0.5	.483	.499	-0.7	0.2	-6	$327,000
CIN (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
2005	23	WSN	NL	48	39	3	2.0	104	.194	.175	.262	.250	.332	.325	.418	.575	.750	53	.172	-2.9	-0.3	.429	.200	.150	.0
2006	24	TOT	NL	29	25	1	1.1	107	.200	.179	.265	.207	.335	.179	.430	.385	.765	3	.054	-4.1	-0.4	.200	.000	.000	.0
2006	24	WSN	NL	29	25	1	1.1	107	.200	.179	.265	.207	.335	.179	.430	.385	.765	3	.054	-4.1	-0.4	.160	-.036	.000
2007	25	WSN	NL	19	13	2	4.1	106	.294	.278	.266	.316	.334	.333	.424	.649	.758	73	.408	-0.7	-0.1	.615	.167	.056	.0
3 Yrs				96	77	6	2.1	105	.219	.198	.264	.250	.333	.279	.423	.529	.757	41	.169	-7.7	-0.7	.384	.128	.081	1.3
162 Game Avg.				389	312	24	2.1	105	.219	.198	.264	.250	.333	.279	.423	.529	.757	41	.169	-7.7	-0.7	.384	.128	.081	5

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
2005	23	WSN	NL	48	2.1%	16.7%	8.3%	6.3%	43%	2.00	5.0	40.0	8.0	1.15	1.42	65%	6%	7.7%	0%
2006	24	TOT	NL	29	0.0%	10.3%	3.5%	0.0%	0%	3.00	9.3			1.00	1.22	86%	8%	0.0%	0%
2006	24	WSN	NL	29	0.0%	10.3%	3.5%	0.0%	0%	3.00	9.3			1.00	1.22	86%	8%	0.0%	0%
2007	25	WSN	NL	19	0.0%	5.3%	5.3%	5.3%	20%	1.00	18.0		9.0	0.50	0.71	89%	29%	0.0%	0%
3 Yrs				96	1.0%	12.5%	6.3%	4.2%	24%	2.00	7.2	86.0	12.3	0.91	1.18	76%	12%	2.9%	0%
MLB Averages					2.7%	16.8%	8.4%	8.1%	34%	2.00	5.3	32.6	7.6	0.79	1.07	70%	19%	7.6%	11%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2005	23	WSN	NL	-2.9	-0.3	50	-0.2	0.5	-0.7	.74	-0.1	-0.2	-2.2	-0.2	0.93	-1.8	0.81	10
2006	24	TOT	NL	-4.1	-0.4	33	-0.3	0.4	-0.8	1.28	-0.5	0.2	-4.1	-0.4	0.91	-5.0	0.15	1
2006	24	WSN	NL	-4.1	-0.4	32	-0.3	0.4	-0.8	1.13	-0.5	0.2	-4.2	-0.4	0.89	-5.1	0.15	1
2006	24	CIN	NL	0.0	0.0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.91	0.0	-0.0	0.1	0.0	1.54	0.1
2007	25	WSN	NL	-0.7	-0.1	21	0.1	0.5	-0.4	1.24	0.0	0.1	0.9	0.1	0.96	-0.1		0
3 Yrs				-7.7	-0.7	104	-0.5	1.4	-1.8	1.01	-0.5	0.1	-5.4	-0.5	0.93	-6.9	0.75	11

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	CS3	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stDH
2005	23	WSN	NL	1	70%	13	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	1	3	60%	3	2	1	2	2
2006	24	TOT	NL	0	0%	7	1	2	33%	1	1	1	1	0	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0
2006	24	WSN	NL	0	0%	7	0	2	0%	0	1	1	1	0	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0
2007	25	WSN	NL	0	33%	7	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	2	100%	1	0	1	0	0
3 Yrs				1	41%	27	2	4	33%	2	3	1	1	1	5	50%	6	4	2	2	2

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
2005	23	WSN	NL	48	75%	7	2	1	10	2	0	0	0.81	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	6	4	67%	9	0	0%	7	5	71%	19	4	21%	3	3	100%	2	1	50%	0
2006	24	TOT	NL	29	86%	5	2	1	1	0	0	0	0.15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0%	4	0	0%	1	0	0%	9	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
2006	24	WSN	NL	29	86%	5	2	1	1	0	0	0	0.15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0%	4	0	0%	1	0	0%	9	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
2007	25	WSN	NL	19	89%	5	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	10	2	20%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
3 Yrs				96	81%	17	4	2	11	2	0	0	0.75	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	9	4	44%	14	0	0%	10	5	50%	38	6	16%	4	3	75%	4	2	50%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			67%			11%			33%			15%			52%			56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2005	23	WSN	NL	48	177	3.69	110	62%	25%	13%	30%	33%	75%	0%	47%	83%	44%	6%	3	0	19%	9	1	8%	4	0	25%	0	0	0
2006	24	TOT	NL	29	106	3.66	73	69%	34%	12%	19%	34%	66%	0%	45%	81%	10%	0%	0	0	3%	1	0	3%	1	0	33%	0	0	0
2006	24	WSN	NL	29	106	3.66	73	69%	34%	12%	19%	34%	66%	0%	45%	81%	10%	0%	0	0	3%	1	0	3%	1	0	33%	0	0	0
2007	25	WSN	NL	19	51	2.68	31	61%	26%	10%	10%	55%	74%	20%	45%	87%	32%	5%	1	0	16%	3	1	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
3 Yrs				96	334	3.48	214	64%	28%	12%	23%	36%	72%	3%	46%	83%	31%	4%	4	0	14%	13	2	5%	5	0	25%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.75		63%	27%	14%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	80%	28%	5%			15%			9%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH	IBB
2005	23	25	48	40	8	7	1	1	1	5	0	2	4	8	.175	.250	.325	.575	53	13	4	0
2006	24	35	77	68	8	12	1	1	1	5	1	4	5	11	.176	.233	.265	.498	32	18	4	0
2007	25	40	96	86	10	17	2	1	1	7	2	4	6	12	.198	.250	.279	.529	41	24	4	1

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2005	23	25	48	40	7	7	1	1	1	5	0	4	8	.175	.250	.325	.575	3	25
2006	24	10	29	28	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	.179	.207	.179	.385	1	10
2007	25	5	19	18	2	5	1	0	0	2	1	1	1	.278	.316	.333	.649	2	5
3 Yrs		40	96	86	9	17	2	1	1	7	2	6	12	.198	.250	.279	.529	6	40
162 Game Avg.		162	389	348	36	69	8	4	4	28	8	24	49	.198	.250	.279	.529	24	40

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