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 (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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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Willie Mays… #3. Ty Cobb… #4. Ted Williams… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Stan Musial… #7. Rogers Hornsby…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Willie Mays… #3. Ty Cobb… #4. Ted Williams… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Stan Musial… #7. Rogers Hornsby…

Standard Batting

More Stats

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
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
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	/
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 Seasons				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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rfield	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
2005	23	WSN	NL	48	-3	0	-2	1	-5	-0.5	-2	-0.2	-0.3	$
2006	24	WSN	NL	29	-4	-2	-2	1	-7	-0.7	-5	-0.5	-0.2	$327,000	/8
2007	25	WSN	NL	19	-1	1	-1	1	0	-0.1	1	0.1	-0.2	$	/
3 Seasons				96	-8	-1	-5	3	-12	-1.3	-6	-0.6	-0.7	$327,000

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
2005	WSN	NL	23	OF	13				15	13	1	1	.933	-2	2				1.08	.984		2.16
2005	WSN	NL	23	LF	12	7	5	69.0	13	11	1	1	.923	-3	2	-47	35	1.57	1.00	.984	1.94	1.92
2005	WSN	NL	23	CF	1	0	0	3.0	2	2	0	0	1.000	0	0	80	0	6.00	2.00	.985	2.40	2.50
2006	WSN	NL	24	CF	8	7	5	56.2	17	17	0	0	1.000	-2	-1	-44	-21	2.70	2.13	.988	2.59	2.58
2006	WSN	NL	24	OF	8	7	5	56.2	17	17	0	0	1.000	-2	-1	-44	-21	2.70	2.13	.984	28.03	2.20
2007	WSN	NL	25	OF	5				9	9	0	0	1.000	-1	1				1.80	.984		2.28
2007	WSN	NL	25	CF	5	5	3	42.0	9	9	0	0	1.000	-0	1	-14	29	1.93	1.80	.987	2.70	2.70
2007	WSN	NL	25	LF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0		-0	0	-240	0	0.00	0.00		1.80	2.00
	3 Seasons			OF	26	7	5	56.2	41	39	1	1	.976	-5	2	-112	13	2.70	1.54	.984	28.03	2.20
	3 Seasons			CF	14	12	8	101.2	28	28	0	0	1.000	-2	0	-28	0	2.48	2.00	.987	2.63	2.61
	2 Seasons			LF	13	7	5	70.0	13	11	1	1	.923	-3	2	-50	34	1.54	0.92	.984	1.94	1.92
	3 Seasons			TOT	26	7	5	56.2	41	39	1	1	.976	-5	4	-112	84	2.70	1.54	.984	28.03	2.20

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Transactions

June 2, 1999: Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 9th round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 1999.
July 14, 2006: Selected off waivers by the Cincinnati Reds from the Washington Nationals.
November 30, 2006: Granted Free Agency.
December 12, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.
March 27, 2007: Released by the Detroit Tigers.
April 9, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the Washington Nationals.
October 12, 2007: Granted Free Agency.
November 20, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.
November 3, 2008: Granted Free Agency.
February 10, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
November 9, 2009: Granted Free Agency.
February 1, 2011: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary
2006	24	Washington Nationals	$327,000

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$327,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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