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 | PL Player of the Week, Watanabe of Fukuoka SoftBank Monday, September 9th, 2013: A veteran of baseball wars, Makoto Watanabe knows how to stay with a stroke that's working for him. The 36-year-old left fielder for the Hawks batted .643 last week on his way to the Pacific League Player of the Week award. His noteworthy week also featured 9 hits in 14 at-bats, 2 home runs, 2 RBIs and 3 runs scored. This season Watanabe has banged out 129 hits in 326 at-bats for a .396 average with 34 home runs. He is getting on base at a .506 pace and his totals also include 95 RBIs and 77 runs scored. |   |
