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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	6 (5)	Apr 15	KCR		CLE	W,6-5	GS	33	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
2	11 (4)	Apr 22	KCR	@	BAL	W,5-3	GS	25	7.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
3	15 (3)	Apr 26	KCR		TOR	L,1-3	CG	32	9.0	16	0	0	16	1	1B
4	17 (1)	Apr 28	KCR		MIL	W,7-6	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
5	18	Apr 29	KCR		MIL	W,11-2	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
6	19	Apr 30	KCR		MIL	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	23 (3)	May 5	KCR	@	MIL	L,0-9	GS	41	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B C
8	25 (1)	May 7	KCR	@	MIL	W,8-6	CG	43	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
9	29 (3)	May 13	KCR		NYY	L,2-5	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
10	31 (1)	May 15	KCR		BOS	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
11	32	May 16	KCR		BOS	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
12	33	May 18	KCR		MIN	L,6-8	CG	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
13	37 (3)	May 22	KCR	@	SEA	L,1-10	CG	37	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
14	39 (1)	May 23 (2)	KCR	@	SEA	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	45 (5)	Jun 1	KCR		SEA	W,10-0	CG	32	9.0	11	2	0	13	2	1B
16	47 (1)	Jun 3	KCR		CHW	L,5-9	GS	45	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B C
17	48	Jun 4	KCR		CHW	W,13-2	CG	33	9.0	15	1	0	16	1	1B
18	50 (1)	Jun 8 (1)	KCR	@	TEX	L,4-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
19	51	Jun 8 (2)	KCR	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	51	12.2	15	1	0	16	1	1B
20	53 (1)	Jun 10	KCR	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
21	54	Jun 11	KCR	@	DET	L,2-5	GF	9	1.1	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
22	55	Jun 12	KCR		TEX	L,5-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
23	58 (2)	Jun 15	KCR		DET	W,7-2	GS	3	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	82 (23)	Jul 7	KCR		BAL	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
25	83	Jul 8	KCR		BAL	W,11-3	GF	12	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
26	84	Jul 9	KCR		BAL	W,10-4	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
27	85	Jul 13	KCR	@	MIL	L,2-13	GS	45	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	1B C
28	89 (3)	Jul 17	KCR	@	NYY	W,9-7	GF	30	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	PH 1B
29	93 (3)	Jul 22	KCR		BOS	W,6-5	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
30	95 (1)	Jul 24	KCR		NYY	W,5-2	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
31	96	Jul 25	KCR		NYY	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
32	97	Jul 26	KCR		SEA	W,12-3	GS	26	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
33	101 (3)	Jul 30	KCR	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
34	102	Jul 31	KCR	@	CLE	L,3-4	GS	27	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	103	Aug 1	KCR	@	CLE	L,1-2	GS	34	7.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
36	104	Aug 2	KCR	@	CLE	L,2-5	GF	23	5.0	8	1	0	9	0	PH 1B
37	107 (2)	Aug 6	KCR		TOR	W,12-5	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
38	110 (2)	Aug 9	KCR	@	BAL	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
39	112 (1)	Aug 11	KCR	@	TOR	W,9-8	GS	38	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	C
40	114 (1)	Aug 13	KCR	@	TOR	L,2-3	GS	29	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
41	117 (2)	Aug 16 (1)	KCR	@	MIN	L,1-5	CG	40	8.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
42	118	Aug 16 (2)	KCR	@	MIN	W,11-7	GF	9	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH 1B
43	119	Aug 17	KCR	@	MIN	L,5-6	GF	11	2.2	2	0	0	2	0	1B
44	122 (2)	Aug 20	KCR		TEX	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
45	123	Aug 22	KCR	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
46	124	Aug 23	KCR	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
47	126 (1)	Aug 25	KCR	@	TEX	L,2-7	CG	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
48	129 (2)	Aug 28	KCR		CHW	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	15	1	0	16	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	137 (7)	Sep 6	KCR	@	OAK	W,11-8	GF	19	5.0	2	1	0	3	0	PH 1B
50	138	Sep 8	KCR	@	CAL	W,9-7	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
51	140 (1)	Sep 9 (2)	KCR	@	CAL	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
52	144 (3)	Sep 13	KCR		OAK	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
53	145	Sep 14	KCR		OAK	W,5-1	GF	12	4.0	5	1	0	6	0	PH 1B
54	147 (1)	Sep 16	KCR		CAL	L,3-4	GF	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
55	148	Sep 17	KCR		CAL	W,5-0	GS	23	7.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
56	149	Sep 18	KCR	@	SEA	W,7-6	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
57	150	Sep 19	KCR	@	SEA	W,9-8	CG	41	9.0	13	1	0	14	2	1B
58	151	Sep 20	KCR		MIL	L,4-5	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
59	152	Sep 21	KCR		MIL	W,8-4	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
60	153	Sep 22 (1)	KCR	@	MIN	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
61	154	Sep 22 (2)	KCR	@	MIN	L,0-4	CG	31	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
62	157 (2)	Sep 25	KCR		SEA	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
63	159 (1)	Sep 27	KCR		SEA	L,2-4	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
64	160	Sep 29	KCR		MIN	W,4-0	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
65	162 (1)	Oct 1	KCR		MIN	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
							68gm		442.2	385	28	2	415	20