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Masaru Watanabe

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Masaru Watanabe
渡辺勝
Outfielder
Born: (1993-10-14) October 14, 1993 (age 31)
Kōnan-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
NPB debut
29 March 2019, for the Chunichi Dragons
NPB statistics
(through 2020 season)
Batting average.167
Hits7
Homeruns0
RBIs2
Teams

Masaru Watanabe (渡辺 勝, Watanabe Masaru, born October 14, 1993 in Kōnan-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa), Japan is a professional Japanese baseball outfielder. He last played for the Chunichi Dragons.

On 22 October 2015, Watanabe was selected as the 6th draft pick for the Chunichi Dragons at the development player round of the 2015 NPB Draft[1] and on 27 November signed a development player contract with a ¥2,000,000 moving allowance and a ¥3,000,000 yearly salary.[2]

After performing well for the farm team over 3 seasons, Watanabe was upgraded to a fully rostered contract at the end of the 2018 NPB season being presented with the number 31.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "中日は未来型ドラフトだ、高校生5人に「上出来」 - プロ野球 : 日刊スポーツ" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-12-04.
  2. ^ "中日、D4・福と年俸1000万円で仮契約" (in Japanese). 2015-11-27. Retrieved 2019-01-07.
  3. ^ "ドラゴンズ情報 ドラゴンズニュース". Retrieved 2019-01-07.
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