Brandon Watson

Outfielder

Born: September 30, 1981 (age 35)
Los Angeles, California

Batted: Left

Threw: Right

MLB debut

August 9, 2005, for the Washington Nationals

Last MLB appearance

June 25, 2007, for the Washington Nationals

Career statistics

Batting average

.198

Home runs

Runs batted in

Teams

Brandon Eric Watson (born September 30, 1981 in Los Angeles, California) is an American former baseball outfielder. Although he bats left-handed, Watson throws right-handed.

Watson spent a portion of the 2005 and the 2006 with the Washington Nationals. In addition, in 2006, Watson appeared in one game as a member of the Cincinnati Reds.

The godson of Eric Davis, a former Major League Baseball player, Watson graduated from Westchester High School in 1999. While at Westchester, Watson was the Most Valuable Player for the school's baseball team. He also made the All-State first team and the All-City team.

In 2005, Watson played for the New Orleans Zephyrs, batting .355 and being selected as a Pacific League All-Star. In August, he was brought up for 10 days before being sent back to New Orleans, and then brought up again in September, amassing only 40 at bats. In 2006, Watson started in center field and batted lead-off for the Nationals on Opening-Day, but he was optioned to the minors after just nine games. He was batting .305 with the Zephyrs, when he suffered a shoulder separation which sidelined him for six weeks (May 27-July 12). Upon his return, he was claimed off waivers in July by the Cincinnati Reds, playing the rest of the season (except for one game with the Reds—on July 30 where he appeared as a pinch runner and stole a base) with their minor league affiliate, Louisville. At the end of the season, he became a free agent, and was signed to a minor league contract with the Detroit Tigers. In the spring of 2007, the Tigers released him, and the Nationals claimed him on April 9, sending him to the Nationals' new AAA affiliate, the Columbus Clippers.

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