2B Ryo Watanabe #23
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters NPB
Age: 31 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Normal
10/26/2026
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2B RYO WATANABE #23 - AGE: 31 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: NORMAL
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
31 75 13 4 0 1 5 10 23 .173 .271 .267 1 -0.2
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 8 8 8 8
Gap 9 9 9 9
Power 9 9 9 9
Eye 11 11 11 11
Avoid K's 5 5 5 5
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 9 3
Errors: - 12 9
Arm: 1 14 12
Turn DP: - 12 -
Ability: 1 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: 2
Catcher: - Left Field: 1
1st Base: - Center Field: -
2nd Base: 9 Right Field: -
3rd Base: 2
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 5
Stealing Ability: 10
Baserunning Inst.: 13
Sacrifice Bunt: 9
Bunt for Hit: 1
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
09/06/2026 SB Loss, 1-2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
09/05/2026 SB Loss, 1-13 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
09/01/2026 @ CHIB Loss, 5-8 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 1
08/26/2026 @ SB Loss, 1-8 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
08/21/2026 SEIB Win, 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/14/2026 ORI Win, 6-2 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
08/08/2026 CHIB Win, 3-2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/02/2026 @ SEIB Win, 8-5 4 0 0 1 0 1 1 0
07/28/2026 RAKU Win, 9-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
07/22/2026 SEIB Win, 5-3 6 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
PERSONALITY
Good influence on the other players; quiet, and plays the game the right way.
Personality Class: Humble
High: Loyalty, Adaptability
Low: Greed
Birthday:04/30/1995
Born in:Kofu, YAM
Nationality:Japanese
Height:5' 10"
Weight:200 lbs
Local Popularity:Popular
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$2,960,000
Signed Through:2026 Season
Major Service:9 Years, 68 Days
Service This Yr:191 Days
40-Man Service:9 Years, 68 Days
Pro Service:13 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:-
NIPPON PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL LEAGUE 2026 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 31 75 13 4 0 1 5 6 10 23 .173 .271 .267 .537 .247 .093 67
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 16 85 0 0 0 2 0 0 20 5 1 0 100.0 5.7 2.41 -0.2  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   24 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 9 0 0 0 .083 .154 .125 .279
Versus Right   51 11 3 0 1 4 6 8 14 0 0 0 .216 .322 .333 .655
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
March   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
April   30 7 1 0 1 2 3 4 8 0 0 0 .233 .324 .367 .690
May   6 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000
June   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 .333
July   13 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6 0 0 0 .077 .200 .154 .354
August   16 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 4 0 0 0 .125 .176 .125 .301
September   7 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 .143 .250 .143 .393
Spring Training   37 9 2 0 0 3 2 4 8 0 0 0 .243 .317 .297 .614
Last Year   169 40 9 0 4 21 21 22 52 1 3 2 .237 .330 .361 .691
2 Years Ago   362 75 11 0 10 39 35 56 113 3 7 4 .207 .318 .320 .638
Career   3082 728 137 7 105 386 372 333 875 19 59 36 .236 .316 .387 .704
Home   40 7 2 0 0 1 3 4 11 0 0 0 .175 .250 .225 .475
Road   35 6 2 0 1 4 3 6 12 0 0 0 .171 .293 .314 .607
Grass   7 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 .286 .375 .429 .804
Turf   68 11 3 0 1 4 5 9 21 0 0 0 .162 .260 .250 .510
Day   32 3 2 0 1 3 1 5 10 0 0 0 .094 .216 .250 .466
Night   43 10 2 0 0 2 5 5 13 0 0 0 .233 .312 .279 .592
As Starter   63 12 3 0 1 4 6 6 19 0 0 0 .190 .261 .286 .547
As Reliever / Substitution   12 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 4 0 0 0 .083 .312 .167 .479
Pinch Hitting   6 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 .167 .375 .333 .708
Close/Late   24 3 0 0 1 2 1 1 6 0 0 0 .125 .160 .250 .410
Inning 1-3   17 5 2 0 0 1 3 3 7 0 0 0 .294 .400 .412 .812
Inning 4-6   23 4 1 0 0 1 2 2 7 0 0 0 .174 .240 .217 .457
Inning 7-9   31 4 1 0 1 3 1 4 7 0 0 0 .129 .229 .258 .487
Extra Innings   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 .000 .200 .000 .200
0 Outs   24 3 2 0 0 1 2 0 5 0 0 0 .125 .125 .208 .333
1 Outs   27 5 0 0 1 2 3 3 9 0 0 0 .185 .267 .296 .563
2 Outs   24 5 2 0 0 2 1 7 9 0 0 0 .208 .387 .292 .679
Scoring Position   20 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 7 0 0 0 .050 .208 .050 .258
Bases Empty   43 9 2 0 1 1 5 3 10 0 0 0 .209 .261 .326 .586
Runner on 1st   12 3 2 0 0 2 1 3 6 0 0 0 .250 .400 .417 .817
Runner on 2nd   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 .000 .286 .000 .286
Runner on 3rd   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Runner on 1st & 2nd   8 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 .125 .222 .125 .347
Runner on 1st & 3rd   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Bases Loaded   1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
Two Strikes   41 5 1 0 0 1 2 4 23 0 0 0 .122 .200 .146 .346
First Pitch   9 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .222 .222 .222 .444
Count 0-1   5 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .800 1.000
Count 0-2   9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 1-0   4 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .750 1.250
Count 1-1   6 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333
Count 1-2   17 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 11 0 0 0 .118 .118 .176 .294
Count 2-0   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 2-1   7 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .571 .857
Count 2-2   10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .100 .100 .100 .200
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   2 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 .667 .000 .667
Full Count   5 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 2 0 0 0 .400 .667 .400 1.067
Behind in Count   31 3 1 0 1 2 2 0 18 0 0 0 .097 .097 .226 .323
Ahead in Count   14 4 3 0 0 3 1 6 0 0 0 0 .286 .500 .500 1.000
Batting 2nd   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
Batting 3rd   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 .333
Batting 5th   21 6 1 0 0 1 2 2 5 0 0 0 .286 .348 .333 .681
Batting 6th   23 5 2 0 0 1 3 2 5 0 0 0 .217 .280 .304 .584
Batting 7th   18 2 1 0 1 3 1 3 8 0 0 0 .111 .238 .333 .571
Batting 8th   9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 .000 .100 .000 .100
Batting 9th   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Low Leverage   34 5 2 0 0 1 1 6 10 0 0 0 .147 .275 .206 .481
Medium Leverage   30 8 2 0 1 3 5 1 9 0 0 0 .267 .290 .433 .724
High Leverage   11 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 0 0 0 .000 .214 .000 .214
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
2014 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham - NPB 19 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 .200 .333 .200 .533 63 73 0.0
2015 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham - NPB 20 9 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 .154 .154 .154 .308 -8 -40 -0.1
2016 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham - NPB 21 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 1.333 1.667 366 461 0.1
2017 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham - NPB 22 22 30 4 1 1 0 2 4 3 0 0 13 0 0 .133 .212 .233 .445 32 10 -0.2
2018 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham - NPB 23 60 161 39 7 0 7 14 17 11 2 1 43 1 0 .242 .297 .416 .713 109 105 0.7
2019 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham - NPB 24 132 481 126 16 5 11 58 60 48 6 5 120 0 2 .262 .333 .385 .718 112 121 2.7
2020 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham - NPB 25 127 451 111 21 1 15 45 43 46 1 3 138 3 1 .246 .315 .397 .712 108 106 1.3
2021 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham - NPB 26 130 478 126 26 0 23 85 78 58 7 2 113 4 0 .264 .350 .462 .813 136 137 5.2
2022 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham - NPB 27 125 459 113 28 0 20 66 61 38 4 3 148 2 3 .246 .308 .438 .745 107 107 1.6
2023 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham - NPB 28 111 395 77 14 0 13 50 46 40 10 1 105 2 1 .195 .285 .329 .614 74 75 -0.6
2024 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham - NPB 29 110 362 75 11 0 10 39 35 56 4 3 113 1 0 .207 .318 .320 .638 84 86 -0.3
2025 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham - NPB 30 53 169 40 9 0 4 21 21 22 2 1 52 1 0 .237 .330 .361 .691 99 100 0.1
2026 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham - NPB 31 31 75 13 4 0 1 5 6 10 0 0 23 1 0 .173 .271 .267 .537 58 67 -0.2
Total NPB 913 3082 728 137 7 105 386 372 333 36 19 875 15 7 .236 .316 .387 .704 103 104 10.3
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
2014 Hokkaido Nippon Ham (Ni-Gun) - AA 19 50 174 44 8 0 4 19 35 23 3 1 42 5 3 .253 .348 .368 .716 72 81 0.0
2015 Hokkaido Nippon Ham (Ni-Gun) - AA 20 84 311 82 13 3 6 35 48 38 3 3 65 3 1 .264 .346 .383 .729 75 78 -0.4
2016 Hokkaido Nippon Ham (Ni-Gun) - AA 21 67 187 54 9 0 10 33 19 18 2 2 42 0 1 .289 .354 .497 .851 101 97 0.4
2017 Hokkaido Nippon Ham (Ni-Gun) - AA 22 47 153 37 5 0 2 19 17 18 1 1 28 4 1 .242 .324 .314 .637 54 71 -0.3
2018 Hokkaido Nippon Ham (Ni-Gun) - AA 23 56 182 44 7 2 6 22 31 28 3 0 49 8 1 .242 .352 .401 .753 80 88 0.2
2019 Hokkaido Nippon Ham (Ni-Gun) - AA 24 13 39 9 3 0 0 1 6 8 1 0 6 3 1 .231 .375 .308 .683 66 84 0.1
Total NGN 317 1046 270 45 5 28 129 156 133 13 7 232 23 8 .258 .347 .391 .738 77 83
CAREER POSTSEASON BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
2021 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham - NPB 26 3 11 1 0 0 1 4 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 .091 .167 .364 .530 51 56 0.1
2022 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham - NPB 27 2 6 3 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 .500 .571 1.000 1.571 331 325 -0.8
2023 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham - NPB 28 11 37 9 1 0 1 4 2 5 0 0 11 1 0 .243 .333 .351 .685 94 82 -0.8
2024 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham - NPB 29 10 30 4 1 0 0 1 4 2 0 0 13 0 0 .133 .188 .167 .354 3 3 -1.2
Total NPB 26 84 17 2 0 3 10 8 9 0 0 31 1 0 .202 .280 .333 .613 75 69
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
2020 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham - INT 2B 121 121 227 270 62 512 15 .971 1068.2 4.19 -12.2 .934
2020 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham - INT 3B 3 2 1 3 0 4 0 1.000 21.0 1.71 +0.3 1.061
2020 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham - INT RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2021 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham - INT 2B 128 127 229 326 61 558 3 .995 1118.1 4.47 -1.5 .980
2021 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham - INT 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 10.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2021 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham - INT SS 1 0 2 1 1 3 0 1.000 3.0 9.00 +0.0 .000
2022 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham - INT 2B 122 122 226 312 87 547 9 .984 1095.1 4.42 -11.4 .924
2023 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham - INT 2B 59 59 99 108 30 210 3 .986 497.1 3.75 -2.6 .947
2024 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham - INT 2B 50 49 97 117 32 215 1 .995 425.1 4.53 -2.9 .957
2025 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham - INT 2B 8 7 18 15 6 34 1 .971 69.0 4.30 -1.0 .938
2025 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham - INT 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3.0 0.00 -0.2 .000
2025 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham - INT LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2026 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham - INT 2B 19 9 21 26 4 50 3 .940 107.0 3.95 -1.6 .874
2026 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham - INT 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2026 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham - INT SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2026 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham - INT LF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3.0 0.00 0.0 .000
TOTAL 2B 507 494 917 1174 282 2126 35 .984 4381.0 4.30 -33.3 .946
TOTAL 3B 8 2 1 3 0 4 0 1.000 35.0 1.03 +0.1 1.061
TOTAL SS 1 0 2 1 1 3 0 1.000 3.0 9.00 +0.0 .000
TOTAL LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 4.0 0.00 0.0 .000
PLAYER HISTORY
10/24/2013 Drafted by the Nippon Ham Fighters in the 1st round of the 2013 NPB Draft from Kofu High School
04/13/2020 Wins the NPB JPL Player of the Week Award.
07/18/2020 Was selected to the 2020 Nippon Professional Baseball League All-Star Game.
11/14/2020 Signed a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $960,000 with the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters organization.
01/01/2021 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 9 (9); Power: 9 (9); Eye: 10 (10).
04/05/2021 Wins the NPB JPL Player of the Week Award.
06/28/2021 Wins the NPB JPL Player of the Week Award.
07/08/2021 Was selected to the 2021 Nippon Professional Baseball League All-Star Game.
10/20/2021 Signed a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $1,900,000 with the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters organization.
10/26/2021 Wins the 2021 NPB JPL Platinum Stick Award at 2B.
01/01/2022 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 9 (9); Power: 9 (9); Eye: 11 (11).
10/25/2022 Signed a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $2,600,000 with the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters organization.
12/28/2022 Signed a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $9,280,000 with the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters organization.
01/01/2023 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 9 (9); Power: 9 (9); Eye: 11 (11).
10/22/2023 Wins the 2023 Japan Series with the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.
01/01/2024 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 9 (9); Power: 9 (9); Eye: 11 (11).
03/30/2024 Injured (Sore hamstring), day-to-day for 1 day.
10/19/2024 Wins the 2024 Japan Series with the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.
01/01/2025 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 9 (9); Power: 9 (9); Eye: 10 (11).
01/01/2026 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 9 (9); Power: 9 (9); Eye: 11 (11).
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year K Rank
2020 138 7
2022 148 4
Year TB Rank
2021 221 7
Year 2B Rank
2021 26 10
2022 28 8
Year HR Rank
2021 23 3
Year RBI Rank
2021 85 2
Year R Rank
2021 78 4
Year BB Rank
2021 58 9
Year IBB Rank
2020 6 6
Year HP Rank
2021 7 7
2023 10 5
Year EBH Rank
2021 49 6
Year OBP Rank
2021 .350 7
Year SLG Rank
2021 .462 5
Year RC Rank
2021 81.31 6
Year RC/27 Rank
2021 5.82 6
Year ISO Rank
2021 .199 4
Year wOBA Rank
2021 .354 6
Year OPS Rank
2021 .813 6
Year WAR Rank
2021 5.2 5
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