John Wockenfuss

Positions: Catcher, First Baseman and Outfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 190lb (183cm, 86kg)

Born: February 27, 1949 in Welch, WV us

Died: August 19, 2022 in Wilmington, DE

Draft: Drafted by the Washington Senators in the 42nd round of the 1967 MLB June Amateur Draft from Dickinson HS (Wilmington, DE).

High School: Dickinson HS (Wilmington, DE)

Debut: August 11, 1974 (Age 25-165d, 13,528th in major league history)
vs. TEX 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 15, 1985 (Age 36-169d)
vs. NYM 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1975 season

Full Name: Johnny Bilton Wockenfuss

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.1

2072

543

.262

267

RBI

310

OBP

.349

SLG

.432

OPS

.782

OPS+

115

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	29-31 / in Starts: 23-20
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	9 games
Most Games w/o HR	20 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	0 in 0 bases loaded PA and 0 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 163 PAs	10
Actual Runners on Base	80 (44-25-11)
Avg. MLBer w/ 163 PAs	16
Avg. Runners on Base	100 (49-33-17)

Most Driven In
J Thompson	3
Self	3
A RodrÃguez	1
B Oglivie	1
R Staub	1
T Veryzer	1

Most Driven In By
R LeFlore	5
C Scrivener	3
Self	3
T Veryzer	2
G Sutherland	2
R Staub	1
M Stanley	1
P GarcÃa	0

1976 Batting Game Log

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1976 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	49	11 (10)	Apr 27	DET		OAK	W,10-2	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	7	.35	-0.002	.43	0.00%	-0.64	C
2	50	12	Apr 28	DET		OAK	W,8-1	CG	4	4	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.556	.625	1.181	7	.65	-0.017	.82	-0.01%	1.33	C
3	51	13	Apr 30	DET	@	CHW	L,4-8	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.455	.538	.636	1.175	7	.56	-0.049	.74	-0.04%	0.26	C
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
4	52	15 (1)	May 4	DET		MIN	L,4-5	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.455	.538	.636	1.175	6						C
5	53	17 (1)	May 7	DET		CHW	W,5-0	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.429	.529	.643	1.172	7	.74	0.038	.85	0.03%	0.91	C
6	54	18	May 8	DET		CHW	W,7-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.389	.476	.556	1.032	7	.39	-0.035	.44	-0.02%	0.38	C
7	55	19	May 9	DET		CHW	L,2-4	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.350	.458	.500	.958	7	.86	-0.061	1.06	-0.04%	-0.52	C
8	56	20	May 11	DET	@	NYY	W,4-3	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.318	.444	.455	.899	7	.94	-0.054	1.73	-0.06%	-0.44	C
9	57	21	May 12	DET	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292	.452	.417	.868	7	.80	0.001	1.58	0.00%	0.68	C
10	58	23 (1)	May 14	DET		CLE	L,3-6	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.292	.452	.417	.868	9						C
11	59	25 (1)	May 16	DET		CLE	L,0-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.292	.452	.417	.868	8						C
12	60	27 (1)	May 18	DET		BOS	L,3-5	8-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292	.469	.417	.885	9	3.50	0.022	5.02	0.02%	0.11	C
13	61	31 (3)	May 23	DET	@	BAL	W,10-6	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.455	.400	.855	9	.04	-0.001	.04	0.00%	-0.20	C
14	62	35 (3)	May 26 (2)	DET		BAL	W,6-2	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.432	.414	.846	7	.68	0.043	.56	0.02%	-0.12	C
15	63	36	May 27	DET		BAL	L,3-4	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.425	.500	.925	6	1.47	0.023	1.24	0.01%	0.18	C
16	64	38 (1)	May 29	DET		NYY	W,4-1	CG	3	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.442	.588	1.030	8	.67	0.034	.52	0.02%	1.10	C
17	65	39	May 30	DET		NYY	L,0-4	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.297	.435	.568	1.002	8	.82	-0.072	.71	-0.04%	-0.70	C
18	66	40	May 31	DET		MIL	W,5-4	10-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.426	.553	.978	8	5.40	-0.122	3.35	-0.05%	-0.34	C
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
19	67	41	Jun 1 (1)	DET		MIL	W,8-7	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.420	.525	.945	8	.86	-0.038	.61	-0.02%	-0.44	C
20	68	43 (1)	Jun 2	DET		MIL	W,6-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.275	.420	.525	.945	8						C
21	69	50 (6)	Jun 9	DET	@	KCR	L,3-6	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.275	.420	.525	.945	8						C
22	70	52 (1)	Jun 12	DET		CAL	W,10-4	CG	4	4	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.318	.444	.568	1.013	8	.64	0.104	.53	0.05%	1.53	C
23	71	53	Jun 13	DET		CAL	L,7-10	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.319	.439	.553	.992	8	1.08	-0.021	1.03	-0.01%	-0.05	C
24	72	54	Jun 14	DET		KCR	L,2-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.417	.520	.937	8	.86	-0.064	.76	-0.03%	-0.53	C
25	73	55	Jun 15	DET		KCR	L,7-21	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.283	.397	.491	.887	8	.20	-0.014	.14	-0.01%	-0.50	C
26	74	67 (11)	Jun 27	DET	@	BOS	W,4-2	9-GF(11)	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.296	.406	.500	.906	8	3.21	0.197	1.93	0.07%	0.75	C
27	75	69 (1)	Jun 29	DET		NYY	W,7-5	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.298	.403	.491	.894	8	1.10	-0.012	1.15	-0.01%	-0.31	C
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
28	76	73 (3)	Jul 4	DET		BAL	L,4-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.298	.403	.491	.894	8						C
29	77	76 (2)	Jul 7	DET	@	TEX	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.279	.380	.459	.839	8	1.06	-0.127	.55	-0.04%	-1.11	C
30	78	77	Jul 9	DET		KCR	L,0-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.279	.380	.459	.839	8						C
31	79	78	Jul 10	DET		KCR	L,1-7	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.387	.453	.840	8	.77	0.008	.38	0.00%	-0.07	C
32	80	79	Jul 11	DET		KCR	W,6-5	7-GF(12)	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.390	.446	.836	9	2.21	0.020	1.06	0.01%	0.16	C
33	81	80	Jul 15	DET		OAK	W,3-2	GS-11	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.383	.426	.809	8	1.32	-0.060	.64	-0.02%	-0.16	C
34	82	81	Jul 16	DET		OAK	W,1-0	11-GF(11)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.265	.383	.426	.809	8						C
35	83	82	Jul 17	DET		OAK	L,0-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.265	.383	.426	.809	8						C
36	84	88 (5)	Jul 22 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-9	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.378	.420	.798	8	.02	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.21	C
37	85	89	Jul 22 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.372	.438	.810	8	.85	0.076	.08	0.00%	0.15	C
38	86	90	Jul 23	DET	@	CLE	L,4-9	CG	4	4	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.389	.468	.856	8	.47	0.051	.06	0.00%	1.14	C
39	87	92 (1)	Jul 25 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,9-1	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.293	.389	.500	.889	8	.49	0.095	.06	0.01%	0.53	C
40	88	95 (2)	Jul 27	DET	@	MIL	L,4-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.291	.384	.488	.872	8	1.10	-0.070	.19	-0.01%	-0.57	C
41	89	97 (1)	Jul 29	DET		BAL	L,0-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.291	.384	.488	.872	9						C
42	90	98	Jul 30	DET		BAL	L,3-7	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.373	.472	.844	8	.47	-0.037	.10	-0.01%	-0.50	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
43	91	101 (2)	Aug 2	DET	@	NYY	L,0-1	GS-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.365	.462	.827	8	.86	-0.041	.28	-0.01%	-0.28	C
44	92	104 (2)	Aug 5	DET		BOS	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.272	.362	.457	.818	9	1.69	-0.043	.08	0.00%	-0.09	PH
45	93	105	Aug 6	DET		CLE	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.349	.438	.786	7	.52	-0.052	.03	0.00%	-0.76	C
46	94	107 (1)	Aug 8 (1)	DET		CLE	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.339	.424	.764	7	1.45	-0.108	.16	-0.01%	-0.65	C
47	95	110 (2)	Aug 10 (1)	DET		TEX	W,7-5	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.353	.431	.785	7	1.05	0.078	.20	0.01%	0.69	C
48	96	113 (2)	Aug 13	DET	@	KCR	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.264	.350	.434	.784	8	1.26	0.143	.10	0.01%	0.34	C
49	97	114	Aug 14	DET	@	KCR	L,3-15	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.255	.339	.418	.757	7	.10	0.015	.01	0.00%	-0.06	C
50	98	117 (2)	Aug 18	DET		CAL	L,4-5	GS-9	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.339	.411	.749	8	1.15	-0.057	.02	0.00%	-0.30	C
51	99	120 (2)	Aug 20 (2)	DET		MIN	L,5-8	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.331	.400	.731	7	.99	-0.073	.02	0.00%	-0.90	C
52	100	123 (2)	Aug 23	DET		CHW	W,5-4	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.331	.393	.724	7	.93	-0.036	.01	0.00%	-0.24	C
53	101	126 (2)	Aug 27	DET	@	OAK	W,8-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.328	.388	.717	7	.63	-0.034	.00	0.00%	-0.47	C
54	102	127	Aug 28	DET	@	OAK	L,2-5	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.236	.329	.382	.711	7	.57	0.045	.00	0.00%	0.77	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
55	103	131 (3)	Sep 1	DET	@	CAL	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.329	.381	.710	6	.42	0.010	.00	0.00%	0.15	C
56	104	140 (8)	Sep 11	DET	@	NYY	W,6-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.320	.369	.689	7	.67	-0.065	.00	0.00%	-1.02	C
57	105	142 (1)	Sep 12 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.311	.358	.669	7	1.26	-0.125	.00	0.00%	-1.07	C
58	106	143	Sep 13	DET	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.310	.355	.665	7	.81	-0.005	.00	0.00%	-0.35	C
59	107	151 (7)	Sep 22	DET		CLE	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.304	.348	.651	7	.99	-0.075	.00	0.00%	-0.63	C
60	108	152	Sep 24 (1)	DET		NYY	W,3-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.222	.309	.361	.670	7	.72	0.002	.00	0.00%	-0.43	C
							29-31		163	144	18	32	7	2	3	10	17	0	14	1	1	0	2	3	0	3	.222	.309	.361	.670		.88	-0.565	.48	-0.17%	-3.49

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