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.

1981 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1981 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	KCR	@	BAL	L,3-5	GS	34	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
2	2	Apr 12	KCR	@	BAL	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
3	3	Apr 14	KCR		DET	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
4	4	Apr 15	KCR		DET	L,0-4	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
5	5	Apr 17	KCR		BAL	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
6	6	Apr 19	KCR		BAL	W,3-2		15	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
7	8 (1)	Apr 21	KCR		CLE	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
8	9	Apr 22	KCR		CLE	L,0-4	GS	37	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	C
9	10	Apr 24	KCR	@	MIL	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
10	11	Apr 25	KCR	@	MIL	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
11	12	Apr 26	KCR	@	MIL	L,1-11	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
12	13	Apr 30	KCR	@	TEX	L,0-7	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	14	May 1	KCR	@	TEX	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
14	15	May 2	KCR	@	TEX	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
15	16	May 3	KCR	@	TEX	L,8-9	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
16	17	May 4 susp	KCR		BOS	L,7-8	CG	58	12.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
17	18	May 5	KCR		BOS	W,2-1	GS	28	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
18	20 (1)	May 8	KCR	@	CHW	L,5-9	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
19	21	May 9	KCR	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
20	22	May 11	KCR		TEX	L,1-9	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
21	23	May 12	KCR		TEX	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
22	24	May 14	KCR		TEX	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
23	25	May 15	KCR	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	42	8.2	7	0	0	7	0	C
24	26	May 16	KCR	@	BOS	W,7-6	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
25	27	May 17	KCR	@	BOS	W,5-4	GS	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF C
26	28	May 18	KCR	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
27	29	May 19	KCR	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	41	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
28	30	May 20	KCR	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	43	10.1	3	1	0	4	0	C
29	31	May 22	KCR		MIN	L,0-7	GS	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF C
30	32	May 23	KCR		MIN	W,1-0	CG	55	15.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
31	33	May 24	KCR		MIN	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
32	35 (1)	May 25 (2)	KCR	@	SEA	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
33	36	May 26	KCR	@	SEA	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
34	37	May 27	KCR	@	SEA	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
35	38	May 29	KCR	@	MIN	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
36	39	May 30	KCR	@	MIN	W,6-5	GS	22	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	41 (1)	Jun 1	KCR		SEA	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
38	42	Jun 2	KCR		SEA	L,3-4	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR C
39	43	Jun 3	KCR		SEA	W,12-9	GS	33	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
40	45 (1)	Jun 6	KCR		MIL	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
41	46	Jun 7	KCR		MIL	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	8	1	1	10	0	C
42	47	Jun 8	KCR		NYY	L,3-8	CG	47	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
43	48	Jun 9	KCR		NYY	L,5-8	GF	19	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	51 (2)	Aug 10	KCR	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	41	11.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
45	53 (1)	Aug 12 (2)	KCR	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
46	54	Aug 13	KCR	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
47	57 (2)	Aug 16 (1)	KCR	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
48	62 (4)	Aug 21	KCR	@	NYY	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
49	63	Aug 22	KCR	@	NYY	L,0-5	GF	11	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
50	64	Aug 23	KCR	@	NYY	L,0-8	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
51	65	Aug 24	KCR	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
52	66	Aug 25	KCR	@	DET	L,3-4	GF	4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
53	67	Aug 26	KCR	@	DET	W,6-1	GF	21	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
54	68	Aug 27	KCR	@	TOR	W,11-5	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
55	69	Aug 28	KCR	@	TOR	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
56	70	Aug 29	KCR	@	TOR	W,2-0	GS	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF 1B
57	71	Aug 31	KCR		MIL	L,1-5	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	72	Sep 1	KCR		MIL	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
59	73	Sep 2	KCR		MIL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
60	74	Sep 3	KCR		NYY	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
61	75	Sep 4	KCR		NYY	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
62	76	Sep 5	KCR		NYY	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
63	77	Sep 6	KCR		NYY	L,1-6	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
64	78	Sep 7	KCR		CAL	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
65	79	Sep 8	KCR		CAL	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
66	80	Sep 9	KCR		CAL	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
67	81	Sep 11	KCR	@	OAK	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
68	82	Sep 12	KCR	@	OAK	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
69	83	Sep 13	KCR	@	OAK	W,6-5	CG	52	12.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
70	84	Sep 14	KCR	@	CAL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
71	85	Sep 15	KCR	@	CAL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
72	86	Sep 16	KCR	@	CAL	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
73	87	Sep 18	KCR	@	SEA	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
74	88	Sep 19	KCR	@	SEA	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
75	89	Sep 20	KCR	@	SEA	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
76	90	Sep 21	KCR		MIN	L,2-7	GS	42	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	C
77	91	Sep 22	KCR		MIN	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
78	92	Sep 23	KCR		MIN	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
79	93	Sep 24	KCR		MIN	W,9-2	GS	26	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
80	94	Sep 25	KCR		SEA	L,3-8	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	C
81	95	Sep 26	KCR		SEA	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
82	97 (1)	Sep 28	KCR	@	MIN	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
83	98	Sep 29	KCR	@	MIN	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
84	99	Sep 30	KCR	@	MIN	W,5-2	CG	31	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
85	100	Oct 2	KCR		OAK	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
86	101	Oct 3	KCR		OAK	L,4-8	GS	37	8.0	7	1	1	9	0	C
87	102	Oct 4	KCR		OAK	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
88	103	Oct 5	KCR	@	CLE	W,9-0	GS	29	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
							90gm		731.1	316	28	7	351	1