Erik Komatsu #44

Played college baseball at Cal-State Fullerton where he led the Titans in all triple crown categories in 2008 for a Co-Big West Conference Championship and a Super Regional appearance after transferring from Oxnard College where he was a 2007 First Team Western State (North) Conference selection ... attended Vanguard University in 2006 ... graduated from Camarillo (CA) High School where he was a teammate of Minnesota Twins' outfielder Delmon Young...was originally drafted by the New York Yankees in the 38th round of the 2007 draft but did not sign ... resides in Camarillo, California ... name pronounced ko-MAHT-su.

2011

Played in 93 games for Huntsville (AA) of the Milwaukee Brewers organization before getting traded to the Washington Nationals for Jerry Hairston, Jr., on 7/30, where he finished the season playing in 31 games at Harrisburg (AA). • Batted a combined .277 with 7 HR and 48 RBI in 124 games with 21 stolen bases. ... Led Huntsville squad with 53 walks despite playing in only 93 games. ... Did not commit an error in his 31 games (63 TC) in centerfield with Harrisburg. ... Ranked third in Double-A for walk/strikeout ratio (64/66) amongst players with at least 20 stolen bases. ... Hit second career grand slam at Chattanooga (4/22) off Steven Jackson. ... Registered 34 multi-hit games including tying his career-best four hits 4/24 vs. Birmingham...had three consecutive three-hit games at Tennessee 5/10-12.

2010

Was the Robin Yount Performance Award winner as the Brewers' Minor League Player of the Year ... played all three outfield positions making 75 starts in centerfield, 29 in right field and 22 in left field ... batted .323 with 5 HR, 63 RBI and 28 stolen bases in 130 games including more walks (68) than strikeouts (61) at Class-A Brevard County ... named to the Florida State League All-Star and postseason All-Star teams ... led the FSL in runs (90), on-base percentage (.413), and walks (68), and ranked 2nd in the league in batting (.323) and hits (157) ... had 46 multi-hit games, tying his career-high four hits three times ... hit safely in 97 of 130 games and reached safely in 110 of 130 games ... had a 13-game hitting streak from 7/15-30, batting .468 (22-47) during stretch ... rated by Baseball America as having the "Best Strike Zone Discipline" and "Best Hitter for Average" in the Brewers organization.

2009

Spent most of the season on the disabled list ... was on the DL from 4/13-7/21 with a concussion ... was injured in his first game at ClassA Wisconsin ... made five rehab appearances with Arizona League Brewers ... went on DL again from 8/26-end of season with a left hamstring strain.

2008

Played in 68 games for short-season Helena (R) batting .321 with 11 HR, 47 RBI and totaled 29 multi-hit games ... was a Pioneer League All-Star ... ranked among the league leaders in runs (3rd, 61), on-base percentage (T3rd, .394) hits (4th, 89), slugging percentage (4th, .538) and batting average (6th, .321) ... had a season-high 6 RBI on 8/13 at Ogden, going 2-for-4 with a walk and a career high two home runs ... hit first pro home run at Great Falls (6/23) ... hit first career grand slam off Javier Solano of Ogden (8/18) part of a season-high four hit game ... led team with six outfield assists with at least one at each position playing left, center and right field ... rated as the 17th-best prospect in the Pioneer League by Baseball America.