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.

1983 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1983 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 4	KCR	@	BAL	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
2	2	Apr 6	KCR	@	BAL	L,1-11	CG	44	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
3	3	Apr 9	KCR		MIL	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	1	C
4	4	Apr 10	KCR		MIL	L,5-9	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
5	5	Apr 11	KCR		BOS	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
6	6	Apr 12	KCR		BOS	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
7	8 (1)	Apr 15	KCR	@	MIL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	13	1	1	15	1	1B
8	9	Apr 17	KCR	@	MIL	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
9	10	Apr 20	KCR	@	DET	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
10	11	Apr 22	KCR		TOR	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	6	4	0	10	0	C
11	12	Apr 23	KCR		TOR	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
12	13	Apr 24	KCR		TOR	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
13	14	Apr 26	KCR	@	NYY	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
14	15	Apr 27	KCR	@	NYY	L,0-6	CG	39	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
15	16	Apr 29	KCR		CLE	W,6-5	CG	49	11.0	5	0	2	7	0	C
16	17	Apr 30	KCR		CLE	L,1-5	GS	39	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	C RF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	18	May 1	KCR		CLE	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
18	19	May 2	KCR		NYY	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
19	20	May 3	KCR		NYY	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
20	21	May 4	KCR		NYY	L,1-8	CG	41	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
21	22	May 6	KCR	@	TOR	L,1-6	CG	40	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	C
22	23	May 7	KCR	@	TOR	L,4-7	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
23	24	May 8	KCR	@	TOR	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
24	25	May 10	KCR	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
25	26	May 11	KCR	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
26	27	May 13	KCR		DET	W,5-2	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
27	28	May 14	KCR		DET	L,10-11	GS	49	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B C
28	29	May 15	KCR		DET	L,4-6	CG	46	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
29	30	May 17	KCR	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
30	31	May 18	KCR	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
31	32	May 20	KCR		CHW	L,6-9	CG	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
32	33	May 21	KCR		CHW	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
33	34	May 22	KCR		CHW	L,3-11	CG	52	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
34	35	May 23	KCR		TEX	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
35	36	May 24	KCR		TEX	T,2-2	CG	24	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
36	37	May 25	KCR		TEX	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
37	38	May 26	KCR		BAL	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
38	39	May 27	KCR		BAL	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
39	40	May 28	KCR		BAL	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
40	41	May 29	KCR		BAL	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
41	42	May 31	KCR	@	TEX	W,6-5	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	43	Jun 1	KCR	@	TEX	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
43	44	Jun 2	KCR	@	CHW	L,3-6	GS	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C 1B
44	45	Jun 3	KCR	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	28	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
45	46	Jun 4	KCR	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	6	2	0	8	3	1B
46	47	Jun 5 (1)	KCR	@	CHW	W,7-5	GS	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B C
47	48	Jun 5 (2)	KCR	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
48	49	Jun 7	KCR		MIN	W,9-4	GS	28	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
49	56 (6)	Jun 14	KCR	@	MIN	L,1-8	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
50	57	Jun 15	KCR	@	MIN	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
51	58	Jun 17	KCR		SEA	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
52	59	Jun 18	KCR		SEA	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
53	61 (1)	Jun 20	KCR		OAK	L,2-7	CG	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
54	63 (1)	Jun 22	KCR		OAK	W,7-6	GF	11	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
55	64	Jun 23	KCR		CAL	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
56	65	Jun 24	KCR		CAL	W,11-3	GS	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF 1B
57	66	Jun 25	KCR		CAL	L,2-9	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
58	68 (1)	Jun 28	KCR	@	OAK	L,3-4	GS	32	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	RF C
59	69	Jun 29	KCR	@	OAK	L,6-11	CG	38	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
60	70	Jun 30	KCR	@	OAK	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	71	Jul 1	KCR	@	CAL	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
62	72	Jul 2	KCR	@	CAL	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
63	73	Jul 3	KCR	@	CAL	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
64	74	Jul 4	KCR	@	CAL	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
65	75	Jul 8	KCR		NYY	L,2-9	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
66	76	Jul 9	KCR		NYY	W,3-2	CG	46	12.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
67	77	Jul 10	KCR		NYY	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
68	78	Jul 11	KCR		TOR	L,4-7	CG	55	11.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
69	80 (1)	Jul 13	KCR		TOR	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
70	81	Jul 14	KCR	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
71	82	Jul 15	KCR	@	CLE	W,10-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
72	83	Jul 16	KCR	@	CLE	L,3-17	GS	43	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
73	84	Jul 17	KCR	@	CLE	W,7-2	GS	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF 1B
74	85	Jul 18	KCR	@	TOR	L,2-8	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
75	86	Jul 19	KCR	@	TOR	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
76	88 (1)	Jul 22 (1)	KCR	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	41	8.2	4	0	0	4	0	C
77	90 (1)	Jul 23	KCR	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
78	91	Jul 24 susp	KCR	@	NYY	W,5-4	GS	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	LF 1B
79	92	Jul 25	KCR		CLE	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
80	93	Jul 26	KCR		CLE	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
81	94	Jul 27	KCR		CLE	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
82	95	Jul 29 susp	KCR	@	DET	L,1-10	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
83	97 (1)	Jul 31 (1)	KCR	@	DET	L,6-8	CG	39	8.0	8	2	0	10	1	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
84	100 (2)	Aug 2 (1)	KCR	@	MIL	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
85	101	Aug 2 (2)	KCR	@	MIL	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
86	102	Aug 3	KCR	@	MIL	W,8-5	GF	10	2.0	1	1	1	3	0	1B
87	103	Aug 4	KCR	@	MIL	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
88	104	Aug 5	KCR		BOS	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
89	105	Aug 6	KCR		BOS	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
90	106	Aug 7	KCR		BOS	W,1-0	GF	10	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	PR 1B
91	107	Aug 8 (1)	KCR		MIL	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
92	108	Aug 8 (2)	KCR		MIL	L,5-8	GS	35	7.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
93	109	Aug 9	KCR		MIL	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
94	110	Aug 10	KCR		MIL	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
95	111	Aug 13 (1)	KCR	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	9	1	1	11	0	1B
96	112	Aug 13 (2)	KCR	@	BOS	L,3-12	CG	42	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
97	113	Aug 14 (1)	KCR	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	41	8.1	4	1	0	5	0	C
98	116 (2)	Aug 16	KCR		DET	W,18-7	CG	48	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
99	117	Aug 17	KCR		DET	L,4-10	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
100	118	Aug 19 (1)	KCR	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	34	8.2	13	1	0	14	1	1B
101	119	Aug 19 (2)	KCR	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
102	120	Aug 20	KCR	@	BAL	L,1-6	GS	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C LF
103	123 (2)	Aug 23	KCR		CHW	W,10-2	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
104	124	Aug 24	KCR		CHW	L,3-4	GF	8	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PR 1B
105	125	Aug 25 (1)	KCR		TEX	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
106	126	Aug 25 (2)	KCR		TEX	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	C
107	127	Aug 26	KCR		TEX	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
108	128	Aug 27	KCR		TEX	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
109	129	Aug 28	KCR		TEX	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	9	3	0	12	0	1B
110	130	Aug 29	KCR		BAL	L,2-9	CG	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
111	132 (1)	Aug 31	KCR	@	CHW	L,3-7	GS	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
112	136 (3)	Sep 3 (2)	KCR	@	TEX	L,1-8	CG	41	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
113	139 (2)	Sep 6	KCR		SEA	L,1-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
114	140	Sep 7	KCR		SEA	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
115	141	Sep 9	KCR	@	MIN	L,6-7	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
116	142	Sep 10	KCR	@	MIN	L,3-6	GS	35	7.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
117	143	Sep 11	KCR	@	MIN	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
118	145 (1)	Sep 14	KCR	@	CAL	W,1-0	GS	50	14.0	9	2	0	11	1	C 1B
119	147 (1)	Sep 17	KCR		OAK	W,10-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
120	149 (1)	Sep 19 (1)	KCR		CAL	W,8-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
121	150	Sep 19 (2)	KCR		CAL	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
122	152 (1)	Sep 21	KCR		CAL	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
123	154 (1)	Sep 23	KCR		MIN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
124	156 (1)	Sep 25	KCR		MIN	L,1-7	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
125	157	Sep 26	KCR	@	SEA	W,6-2	GF	9	3.0	5	1	0	6	0	PH 1B
126	158	Sep 27	KCR	@	SEA	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
127	160 (1)	Sep 29	KCR	@	SEA	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
128	162 (1)	Oct 1 (2)	KCR	@	OAK	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
							140gm		1057.2	615	58	9	682	29