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Season Age Team Lg WAR G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ rOBA Rbat+ TB GIDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1976 26 KCR AL 0.1 27 46 42 5 12 1 0 0 5 0 2 2 5 .286 .333 .310 .643 88 .283 82 13 1 1 1 0 0 2/H3
1977 27 KCR AL 1.0 55 127 119 18 39 5 3 2 21 2 0 5 8 .328 .346 .471 .817 119 .403 139 56 1 0 0 3 1 2H/3D
1978 28 KCR AL 1.2 67 203 190 19 57 10 1 2 28 2 1 3 12 .300 .320 .395 .715 99 .340 101 75 5 4 3 3 1 32H
1979 29 KCR AL -1.3 90 216 199 26 41 7 3 2 28 2 1 7 24 .206 .227 .302 .529 41 .245 28 60 7 0 5 5 1 3H2D/79
1980 30 KCR AL 2.6 126 510 453 57 138 14 7 6 58 17 3 50 42 .305 .377 .406 .783 115 .372 120 184 19 3 3 1 6 2793H MVP-24
1981 31 KCR AL -0.4 89 330 301 24 76 9 3 1 19 11 6 19 23 .252 .298 .312 .611 78 .288 72 94 9 2 5 3 1 *29/H73
1982 32 KCR AL 2.1 121 502 448 79 121 11 3 3 51 36 9 48 46 .270 .343 .328 .671 86 .337 94 147 26 2 3 1 0 *2/3H
1983 33 KCR AL -0.2 128 469 437 49 107 18 3 2 32 28 7 27 56 .245 .289 .314 .603 67 .288 60 137 11 1 2 2 0 23/9H7
1984 34 KCR AL -0.9 97 196 171 17 31 7 1 2 10 6 6 21 34 .181 .271 .269 .540 51 .261 52 46 6 0 4 0 0 23H/D7
1985 35 KCR AL 0.7 60 165 145 11 34 8 1 1 9 1 1 17 15 .234 .319 .324 .643 78 .295 73 47 4 1 2 0 0 2H/3D
10 Yrs 4.9 860 2764 2505 305 656 90 25 21 261 105 36 199 265 .262 .318 .343 .661 83 .317 83 859 89 14 28 18 10 23H97D
162 Game Avg 0.9 162 521 472 57 124 17 5 4 49 20 7 37 50 .262 .318 .343 .661 83 .317 83 162 17 3 5 3 2
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Season Age Team Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GIDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1976 26 KCR AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1977 27 KCR AL 4 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 /3H2D
1978 28 KCR AL 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 /3
1980 30 KCR AL,WS 6 19 13 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 2 .154 .368 .154 .522 2 2 0 0 1 1 /92H
1981 31 KCR AL 3 11 10 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .300 .364 .300 .664 3 0 0 0 0 0 /*2
1984 34 KCR AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 /DH
1985 35 KCR WS 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 /H
7 Yrs 18 41 34 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 7 .147 .268 .147 .415 5 2 0 0 1 1 /2H93D
162 Game Avg 162 369 306 27 45 0 0 0 9 0 0 54 63 .147 .268 .147 .415 45 0 0
AL (6 Yrs) 13 30 26 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 .115 .233 .115 .349 3 0 0 0 0 1 /2H39D
WS (2 Yrs) 5 11 8 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .250 .364 .250 .614 2 2 0 0 1 0 /H29
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Season Age Team Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Pos Awards
1976 26 KCR AL 46 -1 0 0 0 1 -1 0.0 2 1 0.1 .498 .500 0.1 0.1 1 2/H3
1977 27 KCR AL 127 6 1 1 -4 1 5 0.6 5 10 1.0 .510 .503 1.4 -0.2 14 2H/3D
1978 28 KCR AL 203 0 0 0 6 -1 5 0.5 7 12 1.2 .508 .503 0.6 0.5 6 32H
1979 29 KCR AL 216 -18 1 0 -1 -2 -20 -2.1 8 -13 -1.3 .477 .487 -1.2 -0.3 -11 3H2D/79
1980 30 KCR AL 510 11 2 -2 -6 3 9 1.0 17 27 2.6 .507 .506 3.2 -0.2 32 2793H MVP-24
1981 31 KCR AL 330 -9 0 1 -9 4 -13 -1.5 11 -2 -0.4 .484 .491 0.7 -0.5 7 *29/H73
1982 32 KCR AL 502 -4 3 -3 0 8 5 0.5 17 22 2.1 .504 .503 2.2 0.8 22 *2/3H
1983 33 KCR AL 469 -21 2 -2 1 4 -17 -1.7 16 -1 -0.2 .486 .489 -0.2 0.5 -2 23/9H7
1984 34 KCR AL 196 -10 -3 0 -2 1 -15 -1.6 7 -8 -0.9 .484 .490 -0.8 0.0 -7 23H/D7
1985 35 KCR AL 165 -5 0 0 5 2 2 0.2 6 7 0.7 .503 .501 0.2 0.8 2 2H/3D
10 Yrs 2764 -51 6 -6 -10 21 -41 -4.0 95 55 4.9 .495 .497 6.2 1.4 64 23H97D
162 Game Avg 521 -10 1 -1 -2 4 -8 -0.8 18 10 0.9 .495 .497 1.2 0.3 12

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Season Age Team Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% lgFld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 lgRF9 RF/G lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% Pick Awards
1976 26 KCR AL C 23 8 7 101.0 62 57 4 1 1 .984 .981 0 0 5.44 5.75 2.65 5.77 0 2 9 3 25.0 33.9 0
1976 26 KCR AL 1B 3 1 0 11.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 .992 0 -11 4.91 9.82 2.00 9.90
1977 27 KCR AL C 35 19 16 205.0 140 130 9 1 0 .993 .986 -3 -18 6.10 6.01 3.97 5.97 2 4 15 3 16.7 39.1 0
1977 27 KCR AL 1B 5 4 1 26.0 27 26 0 1 2 .963 .990 -1 -28 9.00 10.00 5.20 9.96
1978 28 KCR AL 1B 47 31 23 296.1 329 307 22 0 20 1.000 .992 6 24 9.99 10.05 7.00 9.95
1978 28 KCR AL C 21 16 12 146.1 86 78 6 2 0 .977 .983 0 0 5.17 5.53 4.00 5.48 1 2 11 6 35.3 37.8 0
1979 29 KCR AL 1B 49 25 16 250.0 285 264 19 2 30 .993 .992 0 -1 10.19 10.08 5.78 9.96
1979 29 KCR AL C 23 18 16 164.1 76 70 5 1 0 .987 .982 0 0 4.11 5.46 3.26 5.39 0 2 7 2 22.2 35.7 1
1979 29 KCR AL OF 3 0 0 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 .980 -1 -120 2.25 2.48 0.67 2.43
1979 29 KCR AL LF 2 0 0 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .980 -1 -100 1.50 2.25 0.50 2.20
1979 29 KCR AL RF 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .980 0 -180 4.50 2.25 1.00 2.20
1980 30 KCR AL C 77 72 70 651.0 337 306 25 6 5 .982 .986 -4 -7 4.58 5.48 4.30 5.47 1 17 58 21 26.6 34.7 0 MVP-24
1980 30 KCR AL OF 35 31 26 278.0 56 54 1 1 0 .982 .979 -1 -6 1.78 2.47 1.57 2.46 MVP-24
1980 30 KCR AL LF 19 18 15 157.0 36 35 0 1 0 .972 .980 1 6 2.01 2.35 1.84 2.35 MVP-24
1980 30 KCR AL RF 17 13 11 121.0 20 19 1 0 0 1.000 .974 -2 -22 1.49 2.13 1.18 2.12 MVP-24
1980 30 KCR AL 1B 12 11 9 102.1 120 112 7 1 14 .992 .992 0 0 10.47 10.02 9.92 10.00 MVP-24
1981 31 KCR AL C 73 68 61 615.1 333 300 26 7 1 .979 .987 -3 -6 4.77 5.51 4.47 5.49 2 10 45 18 28.6 37.9 0
1981 31 KCR AL OF 16 13 8 115.0 17 15 2 0 0 1.000 .983 -6 -61 1.33 2.48 1.06 2.47
1981 31 KCR AL RF 13 10 7 92.0 15 14 1 0 0 1.000 .980 -4 -50 1.47 2.16 1.15 2.15
1981 31 KCR AL LF 3 3 1 23.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 .980 -2 -104 0.78 2.39 0.67 2.37
1981 31 KCR AL 1B 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .990 0 -120 9.00 9.90 1.00 10.00
1982 32 KCR AL C 120 116 93 991.1 511 463 38 10 3 .980 .988 0 0 4.55 5.69 4.18 5.66 4 29 61 40 39.6 36.3 1
1982 32 KCR AL 1B 3 2 0 18.2 21 19 2 0 2 1.000 .992 0 13 10.13 9.88 7.00 9.80
1983 33 KCR AL C 92 89 83 786.2 398 360 32 6 5 .985 .986 -1 -2 4.48 5.70 4.26 5.66 2 28 57 30 34.5 32.7 2
1983 33 KCR AL 1B 37 27 21 238.0 273 244 26 3 24 .989 .992 1 7 10.21 9.90 7.30 9.82
1983 33 KCR AL OF 9 3 0 33.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 .981 0 7 3.00 2.51 1.22 2.48
1983 33 KCR AL RF 8 2 0 24.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 .978 0 15 3.38 2.25 1.13 2.23
1983 33 KCR AL LF 3 1 0 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 .975 0 -13 2.00 2.30 0.67 2.30
1984 34 KCR AL C 59 49 36 421.0 240 213 21 6 2 .975 .987 -2 -6 5.00 5.96 3.97 5.92 1 13 29 13 31.0 36.1 1
1984 34 KCR AL 1B 33 1 1 77.1 101 91 10 0 8 1.000 .991 1 14 11.75 9.74 3.06 9.68
1984 34 KCR AL LF 1 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -150 0.00 2.25 0.00 2.30
1984 34 KCR AL OF 1 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -150 0.00 2.48 0.00 2.50
1985 35 KCR AL C 49 40 35 371.2 279 247 28 4 6 .986 .987 4 13 6.66 6.05 5.61 5.99 2 9 21 16 43.2 32.9 0
1985 35 KCR AL 1B 6 1 0 14.0 13 12 1 0 0 1.000 .991 1 69 8.36 9.77 2.17 9.67
Standard Total Zone Range Factor Baserunners
Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% lgFld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 lgRF9 RF/G lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% Pick Awards
10 Yrs 832 646 534 5926.1 3724 3388 284 52 123 .986 .988 -9 -2 5.58 6.21 4.41 6.42 15 116 313 152 32.7 35.4 5
C (10 Yrs) C 572 495 429 4453.2 2462 2224 194 44 23 .982 .986 -9 -2 4.89 5.69 4.23 5.67 15 116 313 152 32.7 35.4 5
1B (10 Yrs) 1B 196 103 71 1034.2 1176 1082 87 7 100 .994 .992 8 9 10.17 9.99 5.96 9.87
OF (5 Yrs) OF 64 48 34 438.0 86 82 3 1 0 .988 .980 -8 -23 1.75 2.48 1.33 2.46
LF (5 Yrs) LF 28 23 16 199.0 41 39 1 1 0 .976 .980 -2 -14 1.81 2.35 1.43 2.34
RF (4 Yrs) RF 39 25 18 239.0 45 43 2 0 0 1.000 .977 -6 -30 1.69 2.15 1.15 2.15
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Standard Range Factor Baserunners
Season Age Team Lg Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G PB SB CS CS% Awards
1976 26 KCR AL C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0 0 0
1977 27 KCR AL 1B 2 1 11.0 17 17 0 0 0 1.000 13.91 8.50
1977 27 KCR AL C 1 0 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 2.00 0 1 0 0.0
1978 28 KCR AL 1B 1 1 8.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 7.88 7.00
1980 30 KCR AL,WS RF 4 2 18.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 2.00
1980 30 KCR WS C 2 2 16.0 7 6 1 0 0 1.000 3.94 3.50 0 0 1 100.0
1981 31 KCR AL C 3 3 26.0 15 11 3 1 0 .933 4.85 4.67 0 2 1 33.3
5 Yrs 14 9 81.0 56 51 4 1 0 .982 6.11 3.93 0 3 2 40.0
C (4 Yrs) C 7 5 44.0 24 19 4 1 0 .958 4.70 3.29 0 3 2 40.0
1B (2 Yrs) 1B 3 2 19.0 24 24 0 0 0 1.000 11.37 8.00
RF (1 Yr) RF 4 2 18.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 2.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

How old is John Wathan?

John Wathan is 75 years old.

When was John Wathan born?

John Wathan was born on October 4, 1949.

Where was John Wathan born?

John Wathan was born in Cedar Rapids, IA.

How tall is John Wathan?

John Wathan is 6-2 (188 cm) tall.

How much did John Wathan weigh when playing?

John Wathan weighed 205 lbs (92 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did John Wathan play?

John Wathan played 10 seasons.

Is John Wathan in the Hall of Fame?

John Wathan has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

When was John Wathan drafted?

John Wathan was 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).

What position did John Wathan play?

John Wathan was a Catcher, First Baseman and Outfielder.

How many hits did John Wathan have?

John Wathan had 656 hits over his career.

How many home runs did John Wathan have?

John Wathan had 21 home runs over his career.

What was John Wathan's average?

John Wathan had a .262 average over his career.

How many teams has John Wathan played for?

John Wathan played for 1 team, the Kansas City Royals.

How many World Series has John Wathan won?

John Wathan has won 1 World Series.

When did John Wathan retire?

John Wathan last played in 1985.

What are John Wathan's nicknames?

Duke is a nickname for John Wathan.

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