Matt Watson

Matthew Kyle Watson
Born: September 5, 1978
Lancaster, PA US
Primary Position: Outfield
All Position(s) Played: 1B, CF, LF, P, RF
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 205
Draft: Round 47 (1996 June Amateur Draft, Chicago White Sox)
Draft: Round 16 (1999 June Amateur Draft, Montreal Expos)
School: McCaskey HS (Lancaster, PA)
Xavier
Career: 1999-2011
Major League Statistics

Matt Watson compiled a career batting average of .297 with 125 home runs and 652 RBI in his 1531-game career with the Vermont Expos, Jupiter Hammerheads, Harrisburg Senators, Binghamton Mets, Brooklyn Cyclones, St. Lucie Mets, Norfolk Tides, Sacramento River Cats, Chiba Lotte Marines, Syracuse Chiefs, Lancaster Barnstormers and Buffalo Bisons. He began playing during the 1999 season and last took the field during the 2011 campaign.

Vermont Expos	Jupiter Hammerheads	Harrisburg Senators	Binghamton Mets	St. Lucie Mets	Norfolk Tides
Brooklyn Cyclones	Sacramento River Cats	Chiba Lotte Marines	Syracuse Chiefs	Lancaster Barnstormers	Buffalo Bisons
Sacramento River Cats

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Pitching:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
2008	AAA	IL	Syracuse Chiefs	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Totals				0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6

Batting:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1999	Short Season A	NYPL	Vermont Expos	70	323	284	55	108	12	3	7	47	17	7	30	27	.380	.439	.518	.957	147	6	3	2	4	1
2000	Advanced A	FLOR	Jupiter Hammerheads	40	156	137	10	24	5	2	0	8	4	3	18	23	.175	.276	.241	.517	33	6	1	0	0	2
2001	Advanced A	FLOR	Jupiter Hammerheads	124	518	446	70	147	33	4	5	74	17	9	63	45	.330	.417	.455	.872	203	11	6	0	3	4
2002	AA	EL	Binghamton Mets	127	486	437	55	122	26	2	10	67	12	8	39	52	.279	.339	.416	.755	182	14	3	2	5	4
2002	AA	EL	Harrisburg Senators	1	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0
2003	Short Season A	NYPL	Brooklyn Cyclones	4	17	14	0	2	1	0	0	0	2	1	2	3	.143	.294	.214	.508	3	0	1	0	0	0
2003	AAA	IL	Norfolk Tides	74	291	254	40	75	18	1	11	55	2	2	23	23	.295	.366	.504	.869	128	4	8	1	5	1
2003	AA	EL	Binghamton Mets	8	31	28	6	11	3	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	.393	.452	.607	1.059	17	0	1	0	0	0
2003	Advanced A	FLOR	St. Lucie Mets	2	9	7	2	2	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	2	.286	.333	.571	.905	4	0	0	0	1	0
2004	AAA	PCL	Sacramento River Cats	125	541	476	79	145	37	3	19	96	3	4	54	75	.305	.377	.515	.891	245	12	4	2	5	2
2005	AAA	PCL	Sacramento River Cats	113	500	419	82	132	27	3	17	81	12	1	67	57	.315	.404	.516	.919	216	7	2	2	10	0
2006	AAA	PCL	Sacramento River Cats	32	146	126	21	40	8	1	5	28	0	1	19	15	.317	.411	.516	.927	65	4	1	0	0	2
2006	Foreign Major	JPPL	Chiba Lotte Marines	64	213	186	14	51	12	0	5	20	0	1	25	37	.274	.362	.419	.781	78	4	1	0	1	1
2007	Foreign Major	JPPL	Chiba Lotte Marines	51	150	138	12	28	7	0	4	13	2	0	12	25	.203	.267	.341	.607	47	9	0	0	0	0
2008	AAA	IL	Syracuse Chiefs	76	304	252	37	73	18	0	5	30	1	0	46	47	.290	.395	.421	.815	106	8	1	0	5	1
2009	Advanced A	FLOR	St. Lucie Mets	3	12	9	1	4	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	1	.444	.500	.778	1.278	7	0	0	0	1	0
2009	Ind	ATLL	Lancaster Barnstormers	66	278	234	35	63	12	2	8	43	1	0	39	41	.269	.378	.440	.818	103	4	3	0	2	1
2009	AAA	IL	Buffalo Bisons	5	19	16	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	.188	.316	.188	.503	3	0	0	0	0	0
2009	AA	EL	Binghamton Mets	2	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0	0	0
2010	AAA	PCL	Sacramento River Cats	37	165	153	25	44	12	0	9	26	0	0	11	24	.288	.339	.542	.882	83	4	1	0	0	0
2010	Ind	ATLL	Lancaster Barnstormers	30	127	101	22	32	7	2	4	14	1	0	23	14	.317	.452	.545	.997	55		2	1	0	3
2011	Ind	ATLL	Lancaster Barnstormers	78	326	272	51	78	16	0	15	45	0	2	49	53	.287	.399	.511	.910	139		3	0	2	3
Totals				1132	4621	3998	621	1186	255	25	125	652	76	40	528	572	.297	.381	.467	.847	1866	93	41	10	44	25

Fielding:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
1999	Short Season A	NYPL	Vermont Expos	OF	63	133	6	6	2	.959	2.206
1999	Short Season A	NYPL	Vermont Expos	CF	39						.000
1999	Short Season A	NYPL	Vermont Expos	LF	16						.000
1999	Short Season A	NYPL	Vermont Expos	RF	11						.000
2000	Advanced A	FLOR	Jupiter Hammerheads	RF	7						.000
2000	Advanced A	FLOR	Jupiter Hammerheads	CF	2						.000
2000	Advanced A	FLOR	Jupiter Hammerheads	OF	18	39	0	2	0	.951	2.167
2000	Advanced A	FLOR	Jupiter Hammerheads	LF	10						.000
2001	Advanced A	FLOR	Jupiter Hammerheads	LF	107						.000
2001	Advanced A	FLOR	Jupiter Hammerheads	OF	107	204	11	4	3	.982	2.009
2002	AA	EL	Binghamton Mets	LF	74						.000
2002	AA	EL	Binghamton Mets	RF	30						.000
2002	AA	EL	Binghamton Mets	OF	104	177	11	4	1	.979	1.808
2002	AA	EL	Harrisburg Senators	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
2002	AA	EL	Harrisburg Senators	RF	1						.000
2003	AAA	IL	Norfolk Tides	OF	60	119	5	8	2	.939	2.067
2003	AA	EL	Binghamton Mets	LF	6						.000
2003	AA	EL	Binghamton Mets	OF	6	8	0	0	0	1.000	1.333
2003	AAA	IL	Norfolk Tides	LF	56						.000
2003	AAA	IL	Norfolk Tides	RF	5						.000
2003	Short Season A	NYPL	Brooklyn Cyclones	OF	3	5	0	0	0	1.000	1.667
2003	Advanced A	FLOR	St. Lucie Mets	OF	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
2003	Advanced A	FLOR	St. Lucie Mets	RF	2						.000
2003	Short Season A	NYPL	Brooklyn Cyclones	RF	2						.000
2003	Short Season A	NYPL	Brooklyn Cyclones	LF	1						.000
2004	AAA	PCL	Sacramento River Cats	OF	123	223	10	11	0	.955	1.894
2005	AAA	PCL	Sacramento River Cats	OF	99	181	0	4	0	.978	1.828
2005	AAA	PCL	Sacramento River Cats	RF	98	177	0	4	0	.978	1.806
2005	AAA	PCL	Sacramento River Cats	LF	1	4	0	0	0	1.000	4.000
2006	Foreign Major	JPPL	Chiba Lotte Marines	OF	54	72	3	3	0	.962	1.389
2006	AAA	PCL	Sacramento River Cats	OF	28	41	0	1	0	.976	1.464
2006	AAA	PCL	Sacramento River Cats	RF	28	41	0	1	0	.976	1.464
2007	Foreign Major	JPPL	Chiba Lotte Marines	OF	24	25	0	0	0	1.000	1.042
2008	AAA	IL	Syracuse Chiefs	1B	9	58	1	3	4	.952	6.556
2008	AAA	IL	Syracuse Chiefs	RF	6	13	0	1	0	.929	2.167
2008	AAA	IL	Syracuse Chiefs	OF	27	54	1	3	0	.948	2.037
2008	AAA	IL	Syracuse Chiefs	LF	21	41	1	2	0	.955	2.000
2008	AAA	IL	Syracuse Chiefs	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
2009	AAA	IL	Buffalo Bisons	OF	5	9	0	1	0	.900	1.800
2009	AAA	IL	Buffalo Bisons	RF	5	9	0	1	0	.900	1.800
2009	Ind	ATLL	Lancaster Barnstormers	OF	37	76	3	2	0	.975	2.135
2009	Ind	ATLL	Lancaster Barnstormers	LF	23						.000
2009	Advanced A	FLOR	St. Lucie Mets	LF	2	4	1	0	0	1.000	2.500
2009	Advanced A	FLOR	St. Lucie Mets	OF	2	4	1	0	0	1.000	2.500
2009	AA	EL	Binghamton Mets	OF	2	3	0	1	0	.750	1.500
2009	Ind	ATLL	Lancaster Barnstormers	RF	15						.000
2009	AA	EL	Binghamton Mets	LF	1	1	0	1	0	.500	1.000
2009	AA	EL	Binghamton Mets	RF	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
2010	AAA	PCL	Sacramento River Cats	RF	4	7	1	0	1	1.000	2.000
2010	Ind	ATLL	Lancaster Barnstormers	LF	3						.000
2010	AAA	PCL	Sacramento River Cats	OF	24	43	2	2	1	.957	1.875
2010	AAA	PCL	Sacramento River Cats	LF	21	36	1	2	0	.949	1.762
2010	Ind	ATLL	Lancaster Barnstormers	OF	16	26	2	2	0	.933	1.750
2010	Ind	ATLL	Lancaster Barnstormers	RF	13						.000
2011	Ind	ATLL	Lancaster Barnstormers	OF	51	73	3	1	0	.987	1.490
2011	Ind	ATLL	Lancaster Barnstormers	LF	37						.000
2011	Ind	ATLL	Lancaster Barnstormers	RF	17						.000
Totals					1531	1911	63	70	14	.966	1.289

Minor League Service:

Year	Level	League	Team	Affiliation	First Appearance	Final Appearance
1999	Short Season A	New York-Pennsylvania League	Vermont Expos	MON
2000	Advanced A	Florida State League	Jupiter Hammerheads	MON
2001	Advanced A	Florida State League	Jupiter Hammerheads	MON
2002	AA	Eastern League	Harrisburg Senators	MON
2002	AA	Eastern League	Binghamton Mets	NYN
2003	AAA	International League	Norfolk Tides	NYN
2003	Short Season A	New York-Pennsylvania League	Brooklyn Cyclones	NYN
2003	Advanced A	Florida State League	St. Lucie Mets	NYN
2003	AA	Eastern League	Binghamton Mets	NYN
2004	AAA	Pacific Coast League	Sacramento River Cats	OAK	April 8, 2004	September 6, 2004
2005	AAA	Pacific Coast League	Sacramento River Cats	OAK	April 7, 2005	August 31, 2005
2006	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Chiba Lotte Marines
2006	AAA	Pacific Coast League	Sacramento River Cats	OAK	April 6, 2006	May 11, 2006
2007	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Chiba Lotte Marines
2008	AAA	International League	Syracuse Chiefs	TOR	April 3, 2008	August 1, 2008
2009	Ind	Atlantic League	Lancaster Barnstormers
2009	Advanced A	Florida State League	St. Lucie Mets	NYN	May 31, 2009	June 2, 2009
2009	AAA	International League	Buffalo Bisons	NYN	June 4, 2009	June 9, 2009
2009	AA	Eastern League	Binghamton Mets	NYN	June 11, 2009	June 12, 2009
2010	Ind	Atlantic League	Lancaster Barnstormers		April 22, 2010	May 26, 2010
2010	AAA	Pacific Coast League	Sacramento River Cats	OAK	May 28, 2010	September 6, 2010
2011	Ind	Atlantic League	Lancaster Barnstormers		April 30, 2011	September 18, 2011

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