John Wathan

Positions: Catcher, First Baseman and Outfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 205lb (188cm, 92kg)

Born: October 4, 1949 in Cedar Rapids, IA us

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (4th) of the 1971 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from University of San Diego (San Diego, CA).

High School: St. Augustine HS (San Diego, CA)

School: University of San Diego (San Diego, CA)

Debut: May 26, 1976 (Age 26-235d, 13,753rd in major league history)
vs. TEX 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 6, 1985 (Age 36-002d)
vs. OAK 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1977 season

Full Name: John David Wathan

Nicknames: Duke

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Relatives: Father of Dusty Wathan

1985 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.9

2505

656

.262

305

RBI

261

105

OBP

.318

SLG

.343

OPS

.661

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	32-23 / in Starts: 18-5
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	32 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 127 PAs	21
Actual Runners on Base	93 (47-26-20)
Avg. MLBer w/ 127 PAs	14
Avg. Runners on Base	77 (38-25-13)

Most Driven In
A Cowens	7
A Otis	6
Self	2
J Mayberry	2
F Patek	1
H McRae	1
C Rojas	1
G Brett	1

Most Driven In By
F White	4
F Patek	3
J Zdeb	3
Self	2
D Porter	2
D Nelson	1
J Mayberry	1
A Otis	1

1977 Batting Game Log

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1977 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	28	2 (1)	Apr 9	KCR	@	DET	W,16-2	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	5	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.17	C
2	29	10 (7)	Apr 19	KCR		MIN	W,11-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	5						C
3	30	11	Apr 20	KCR		MIN	L,2-3	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	5	2.49	-0.064	3.95	-0.06%	-0.24	PH C
4	31	15 (3)	Apr 24 (2)	KCR	@	SEA	L,2-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	7						C
5	32	19 (3)	Apr 30	KCR		TOR	L,1-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	4						PR
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	33	26 (6)	May 7	KCR	@	TEX	W,6-5	4-GF(10)	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	6	.59	0.032	.98	0.03%	-0.02	C
7	34	31 (4)	May 13	KCR		TEX	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	7	1.75	0.323	1.98	0.22%	1.94	C
8	35	33 (1)	May 15	KCR		TEX	L,3-7	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	6	.22	0.012	.27	0.01%	0.27	PH
9	36	35 (1)	May 19	KCR	@	CHW	L,3-8	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	5						C
10	37	37 (1)	May 21	KCR		CLE	L,7-12	9-GF(12)	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.455	.500	.455	.955	9	3.03	0.103	2.32	0.05%	1.40	PH C
11	38	40 (2)	May 25 (2)	KCR	@	BAL	L,2-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.417	.462	.417	.878	9	.01	0.001	.01	0.00%	0.26	PH
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	39	46 (5)	Jun 3	KCR		BAL	L,6-7	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.417	.429	.417	.845	8	6.61	-0.506	5.10	-0.23%	-1.36	PH
13	40	48 (1)	Jun 4 (2)	KCR		BAL	W,14-13	GS-2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.462	.467	.462	.928	6	.44	0.016	.22	0.01%	0.22	1B
14	41	50 (1)	Jun 6	KCR		BOS	L,0-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.462	.467	.462	.928	4						1B
15	42	51	Jun 7	KCR		BOS	W,5-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.429	.438	.429	.866	9	8.82	0.295	6.54	0.13%	1.00	PH
16	43	52	Jun 8	KCR	@	MIN	L,8-9	CG(10)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.368	.381	.368	.749	7	1.23	0.024	1.44	0.02%	-0.35	C
17	44	53	Jun 9	KCR	@	MIN	W,7-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.348	.360	.348	.708	7	1.16	0.042	1.15	0.03%	0.72	C
18	45	54	Jun 10	KCR	@	MIL	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.370	.379	.370	.750	7	1.21	0.029	1.06	0.02%	-0.08	C
19	46	56 (1)	Jun 12	KCR	@	MIL	L,0-4	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.357	.367	.357	.724	9	.55	-0.014	.56	-0.01%	-0.16	PH C
20	47	61 (4)	Jun 18	KCR		MIN	W,2-1	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.355	.364	.355	.718	7	.68	-0.029	.76	-0.02%	-0.43	C
21	48	63 (1)	Jun 20	KCR		SEA	L,2-4	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.382	.375	.757	8	.58	0.031	.64	0.02%	0.13	PH
22	49	66 (2)	Jun 23	KCR		SEA	L,6-8	8-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.400	.375	.775	9	3.48	0.023	4.24	0.02%	0.12	PH
23	50	69 (2)	Jun 26 (1)	KCR	@	OAK	L,3-7	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.361	.385	.389	.774	5	.84	-0.034	1.13	-0.03%	-0.33	1B
24	51	73 (3)	Jun 29	KCR	@	CAL	L,0-7	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.351	.375	.378	.753	8	.07	-0.002	.12	0.00%	-0.23	PH
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
25	52	75 (1)	Jul 2	KCR	@	CLE	W,1-0	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.342	.366	.368	.734	8	.88	-0.022	1.42	-0.02%	-0.23	PH
26	53	78 (2)	Jul 5	KCR	@	TEX	W,6-4	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.310	.333	.333	.667	6	.82	-0.102	1.56	-0.12%	-1.43	C
27	54	79	Jul 6	KCR		MIL	W,8-7	7-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.326	.348	.349	.697	6	1.41	0.047	2.35	0.05%	0.27	C
28	55	82 (2)	Jul 10	KCR		OAK	W,5-4	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.326	.340	.349	.689	5	7.22	0.146	11.89	0.14%	0.13	PH
29	56	83	Jul 11	KCR	@	CHW	L,2-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.318	.333	.341	.674	9	.96	-0.024	2.84	-0.04%	-0.16	PH
30	57	91 (7)	Jul 22	KCR	@	DET	W,5-4	12-GF(12)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.311	.327	.333	.660	3	1.85	-0.047	4.82	-0.07%	-0.17	PH
31	58	94 (2)	Jul 27	KCR		CLE	W,5-4	9-GF(11)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.298	.314	.319	.633	7	4.27	-0.313	7.71	-0.34%	-1.00	PH C
32	59	99 (4)	Jul 31 (2)	KCR	@	CHW	W,8-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.309	.353	.662	7	.50	-0.045	1.13	-0.06%	-0.46	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
33	60	102 (2)	Aug 3	KCR		TOR	W,7-4	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.283	.321	.605	5	.58	-0.076	.82	-0.06%	-1.41	C
34	61	105 (2)	Aug 6	KCR		CHW	W,6-3	8-9	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.268	.283	.321	.605	5		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
35	62	106	Aug 7	KCR		CHW	W,3-2	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.295	.333	.628	6	4.29	0.290	14.39	0.58%	1.00	PH
36	63	107	Aug 8 (1)	KCR		CAL	L,4-6	7-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.286	.322	.608	7	3.51	-0.184	8.81	-0.28%	-1.15	PH C
37	64	114 (6)	Aug 15	KCR	@	BOS	L,1-2	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.281	.317	.598	7	1.07	-0.029	2.69	-0.04%	-0.12	C
38	65	121 (6)	Aug 22	KCR		BAL	W,8-7	9-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.292	.328	.620	7	1.23	0.063	4.61	0.14%	0.27	PH
39	66	123 (1)	Aug 24	KCR	@	MIL	W,4-3	11-GF(15)	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.297	.309	.359	.668	6	2.56	0.439	10.30	1.06%	1.60	PH C
40	67	124	Aug 25	KCR	@	MIL	W,9-6	CG	5	4	3	2	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.309	.329	.412	.741	5	.57	0.156	2.37	0.39%	3.02	C
41	68	126 (1)	Aug 27	KCR	@	BAL	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292	.312	.389	.701	5	1.19	-0.119	5.08	-0.31%	-1.16	C
42	69	127	Aug 28	KCR	@	BAL	W,5-0	CG	4	4	2	2	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.303	.321	.447	.768	7	.70	0.251	3.09	0.67%	2.24	C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
43	70	132 (4)	Sep 2 (2)	KCR		MIL	W,3-0	CG	3	3	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.316	.333	.481	.814	6	.65	0.117	2.97	0.32%	0.61	C
44	71	134 (1)	Sep 4	KCR		MIL	W,6-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.317	.330	.476	.805	6	.57	-0.030	2.20	-0.07%	-0.54	C
45	72	136 (1)	Sep 6	KCR	@	SEA	W,10-0	GS-7	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.326	.337	.477	.814	6	.22	0.024	.53	0.03%	0.50	C
46	73	141 (4)	Sep 11	KCR	@	MIN	W,4-1	CG	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.326	.344	.472	.816	6	1.65	0.251	.67	0.06%	1.57	C
47	74	144 (2)	Sep 15 (1)	KCR		OAK	W,7-6	GS-7	4	4	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.355	.370	.495	.865	6	1.12	0.212	.06	0.01%	1.85	C
48	75	145	Sep 15 (2)	KCR		OAK	W,5-4	8-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.351	.366	.489	.856	7	5.33	-0.135	.20	0.00%	-0.78	PH C
49	76	149 (3)	Sep 20	KCR		MIN	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.347	.362	.480	.841	6	.65	-0.048	.00	0.00%	-1.09	C
50	77	152 (2)	Sep 24	KCR	@	CAL	W,4-3	GS-9	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.340	.355	.476	.830	4	1.21	-0.005	.00	0.00%	-0.36	1B
51	78	153	Sep 25 (1)	KCR	@	CAL	W,6-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.336	.351	.486	.837	6	.72	0.030	.00	0.00%	-0.14	C
52	79	156 (2)	Sep 27 (1)	KCR	@	OAK	L,2-4	8-GF(15)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.327	.347	.473	.820	9	2.58	-0.153	.00	0.00%	-0.51	C
53	80	157	Sep 27 (2)	KCR	@	OAK	L,2-3	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.324	.345	.468	.813	5	4.50	-0.132	.00	0.00%	-0.58	PH C
54	81	158	Sep 28	KCR	@	OAK	L,5-6	GS-8	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.330	.350	.478	.828	5	.55	0.098	.00	0.00%	1.40	1B
55	82	160 (1)	Sep 30	KCR		CAL	W,8-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	.328	.346	.471	.817	5	.57	-0.037	.00	0.00%	0.00	C
							32-23		127	119	18	39	5	3	2	21	5	1	8	0	0	3	6	1	2	0	.328	.346	.471	.817		1.35	0.905	2.00	2.22%	5.86

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