#15 Kenneth Waters, Second Base, 31 yrs, Seattle Mariners

#15 Kenneth Waters, Second Base, 31 yrs, Seattle Mariners
Saturday, 10/26/2019

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Kenneth Waters

3/11/1988
31
USA
6"0
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Second Base
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Big League Contract
$ 4,500,000
2021
7 Year(s), 85 Days (1289 total Days)
172 Day(s)
10 Year(s), 0 Days (1720 total Days)
12 Year(s)
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Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	8	6	6	4	9
Versus LHP	8	6	6	4	9
Versus RHP	8	6	6	4	9
Talent	7	6	6	5	8

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Fielding Ratings
2B : 3 (Range), .997 (Fielding Pct.)
SS : 2 (Range), .984 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Infield Arm : 7
Outfield Arm : 2

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	Spot
9/18	@OAK	L 9-16	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	#1
9/19	@OAK	W 12-1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	#1
9/21	@TEX	L 3-5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#1
9/22	@TEX	L 1-4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#1
9/24	@ANA	L 6-8	5	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	#1
9/25	@ANA	L 4-9	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	#1
9/26	@ANA	L 3-8	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	#1
9/27	TEX	W 8-5	5	3	4	1	0	1	2	0	0	#1	PoG
9/28	TEX	W 4-3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#1
9/29	TEX	L 4-18	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	#1

Batting Stats 2019

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO
Overall	137	528	139	24	2	16	66	63	28	66	.263	.307	.407	.714	.618	.144
Projected	137	528	139	24	2	16	66	63	28	66	.263	.307	.407	.714	.618	.144

Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
Overall	124	569	6	0	0	14	5	2	215	42	0	0	.0	63.8	4.2

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHP	184	47	6	0	9	32	22	13	25	0	1	1	.255	.307	.435	.741
vs. RHP	344	92	18	2	7	34	41	15	41	2	4	5	.267	.306	.392	.698
Close/Late	48	10	1	0	1	4	3	3	4	0	1	1	.208	.264	.292	.556
Scoring Position	110	31	6	0	4	45	0	4	7	2	1	0	.282	.299	.445	.745
Pinch Hitting	11	2	0	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.182	.455	.636

	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Home	71	268	80	15	2	11	37	36	16	35	.299	.338	.493	.830
Road	66	260	59	9	0	5	29	27	12	31	.227	.269	.319	.588
March/April	26	107	27	5	2	3	24	10	5	12	.252	.296	.421	.716
May	22	82	20	4	0	0	4	7	4	10	.244	.284	.293	.577
June	20	54	20	5	0	2	10	8	3	5	.370	.397	.574	.971
July	20	82	21	2	0	4	11	13	4	12	.256	.284	.427	.711
August	25	106	22	2	0	4	8	10	6	16	.208	.261	.340	.600
Sept/Oct	24	97	29	6	0	3	9	15	6	11	.299	.343	.454	.796

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
2012	32	79	17	1	1	0	3	5	3	0	1	17	0	0	.215	.241	.253	.494	HOU
2013	90	186	51	12	0	6	29	31	14	5	2	26	2	0	.274	.338	.435	.774	HOU KC
2014	91	209	60	13	1	12	43	37	12	5	1	33	0	0	.287	.339	.531	.870	KC
2015	122	387	115	14	3	13	66	43	15	5	4	51	2	2	.297	.328	.450	.778	KC
2016	33	63	19	3	1	3	11	9	4	1	1	7	0	0	.302	.348	.524	.872	KC
2017	48	116	32	3	3	4	17	16	4	2	3	17	0	0	.276	.304	.457	.761	KC
2018	66	165	53	9	0	8	27	30	16	2	5	21	1	0	.321	.378	.521	.899	KC
2019	137	528	139	24	2	16	66	63	28	6	2	66	0	0	.263	.307	.407	.714	SEA
Total	619	1733	486	79	11	62	262	234	96	26	19	238	5	2	.280	.324	.446	.770

Career Minor League Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2007, A	137	518	116	18	0	12	62	49	12	148	4	5	.224	.238	.328	.567
2008, A	137	502	129	23	1	13	71	43	19	125	3	2	.257	.281	.384	.666
2009, A	138	502	134	32	0	19	79	62	23	112	7	6	.267	.290	.444	.734
2010, A	138	519	146	39	5	29	104	81	54	60	6	5	.281	.342	.543	.886
2011, A	83	309	107	19	2	24	69	62	37	23	6	5	.346	.407	.654	1.061
2012, AA	88	347	96	24	0	21	51	71	22	40	3	3	.277	.316	.527	.843

Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

Fielding Stats 2019

Position	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
Second Base	94	85	145	224	45	374	5	.987	749.1	4.49
Shortstop	3	2	3	6	2	9	0	1.000	19.1	4.19

Player History

Drafted in 7th round, 184th overall pick, by Houston in 2007...
Injured on 7/4/2011 with a Torn Anterior Cruciate Ligament, out for full season...
Had first career hit on 7/12/2012, off Dave Coggin (ATL)...
Hit first career homerun on 4/19/2013, off Freddy Garcia (MIL)...
Traded from Houston to Kansas City on 7/22/2013 (Going to KC: P Alex Millen, P Enrique Asuncion, 2B Kenneth Waters, RF Andres Torres. Going to HOU: RF Ben Johnson, 3B Glen Junior)...
1/30/2016: Gets a new one-year contract worth $750,000 through salary arbitration...
1/30/2017: Gets a new one-year contract worth $750,000 through salary arbitration...
1/30/2018: Gets a new one-year contract worth $750,000 through salary arbitration...
Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 2/2/2019 to a 3-year deal worth $4,500,000 per year...

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