Masaru Watanabe

{{Short description|Japanese baseball player}}

{{Infobox NPB player

|name=Masaru Watanabe
渡辺勝

|image= Doragons watanabemasaru 20160812.jpg

|image_size=250

|caption=

|position=Outfielder

|team=

|number=

|bats=Left

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1993|10|14}}

|birth_place=Kōnan-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

|debutleague = NPB

|debutteam = Chunichi Dragons

|debutyear = 29 March 2019

| statyear = 2020 season

| statleague = NPB

| stat1label = Batting average

| stat1value = .167

| stat2label = Hits

| stat2value = 7

| stat3label = Homeruns

| stat3value = 0

| stat4label = RBIs

| stat4value = 2

|teams=

• Chunichi Dragons ({{npby|2016}}–{{npby|2022}})

}}

{{nihongo|Masaru Watanabe|渡辺 勝|Watanabe Masaru|extra=born October 14, 1993 in Kōnan-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa}}, Japan is a professional Japanese baseball outfielder. He last played for the Chunichi Dragons.

On 22 October 2015, Watanabe was selected as the 6th draft pick for the Chunichi Dragons at the development player round of the 2015 NPB Draft{{Cite news |url=https://www.nikkansports.com/baseball/news/201710260000893.html |title=中日は未来型ドラフトだ、高校生５人に「上出来」 - プロ野球 : 日刊スポーツ |access-date=2018-12-04 |language=ja}} and on 27 November signed a development player contract with a ¥2,000,000 moving allowance and a ¥3,000,000 yearly salary.{{Cite news |url=https://www.sanspo.com/baseball/news/20151127/dra15112718520002-n1.html |title=中日、Ｄ４・福と年俸１０００万円で仮契約 |date=2015-11-27 |access-date=2019-01-07 |language=ja-JP}}

After performing well for the farm team over 3 seasons, Watanabe was upgraded to a fully rostered contract at the end of the 2018 NPB season being presented with the number 31.{{Cite news |url=http://sp.chunichi.co.jp/dra/news/2018/18111801.php |title=ドラゴンズ情報 ドラゴンズニュース |access-date=2019-01-07}}