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Matthew Kyle Watson (born September 5, 1978 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. 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 , 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 , 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. He last played with the Lancaster Barnstormers of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball in 2011. ==External links== *(Career statistics and player information ) from Korea Baseball Organization 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Matt Watson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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