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Matt Watson Lancaster Barnstormers Outfielder Born: September 5, 1978
Lancaster, PennsylvaniaBats: Left Throws: Right MLB debut September 12, 2003 for the New York Mets Career statistics
(through 2008 season)Batting average .183 Home runs 1 Runs batted in 10 Teams - New York Mets (2003)
- Oakland Athletics (2005)
- Chiba Lotte Marines (2006-2007) (NPB)
- Doosan Bears (2009) (KBO)
- Oakland Athletics (2010)
Matthew Kyle Watson (born September 5, 1978 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania) is an outfielder who is currently with the Lancaster Barnstormers of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball.
Watson was drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 16th round of the 1999 Major League Baseball Draft.
In 2002, Watson was traded with Phil Seibel and Scott Strickland to the New York Mets for Bruce Chen, Luis Figueroa, Dicky Gonzalez and a player to be named later, who would be Saul Rivera. Watson made his major league debut with the Mets in 2003.
Following the 2003 season, Watson was selected off waivers by the Oakland Athletics. He spent 2004 in the minors, and played for the Athletics in 2005.
The Chiba Lotte Marines purchased Watson from the A's after the 2005 season. Watson spent the next two seasons in Japan.
In 2008, he played for the Triple-A Syracuse Chiefs in the Toronto Blue Jays organization. In 76 games, he batted .290.
He signed with the Doosan Bears in South Korea in January 2009, but was released in May 2009. He joined his hometown Lancaster Barnstormers in July 2009 after a brief stint in the New York Mets system.
He rejoined the Athletics organization in 2010, and was again promoted to the major leagues. On July 21, 2010 he hit his first career home run off of Clay Buchholz of the Boston Red Sox.
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Categories:- 1978 births
- Living people
- Major League Baseball outfielders
- Baseball players from Pennsylvania
- New York Mets players
- Oakland Athletics players
- American expatriate baseball players in Japan
- Expatriate baseball players in South Korea
- Vermont Expos players
- Jupiter Hammerheads players
- Binghamton Mets players
- Harrisburg Senators players
- St. Lucie Mets players
- Norfolk Tides players
- Brooklyn Cyclones players
- Sacramento River Cats players
- Chiba Lotte Marines players
- Syracuse Chiefs players
- Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players
- Doosan Bears players
- Lancaster Barnstormers players
- American baseball outfielder, 1970s birth stubs
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