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

Summary of 86 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 12 tying, 26 go ahead

2 Tms
DET	80
PHI	6

Platoon
vs LHP	75
vs RHP	11

Home/Road
Home	47
Away	39

Outs
0	30
2	29
1	27

17 Opps
BAL	14
KCR	8
MIN	7
TEX	7
CAL	6
NYY	6
BOS	6
SEA	5
TOR	5
MIL	5
OAK	4
CHW	4
CLE	3
STL	2
PIT	2
CIN	1
CHC	1

57 Pitchers
Mike Flanagan	4
Geoff Zahn	4
John Tudor	4
Scott McGregor	3
John Henry Johnson	3
Britt Burns	3
Jerry Augustine	3
Paul Splittorff	3
Dave Hamilton	2
Bert Blyleven	2
Tommy John	2
Frank Tanana	2
Larry Gura	2
Brad Havens	2
Rudy May	2
Dennis Eckersley	2
Rick Honeycutt	2
Mike Caldwell	2
Balor Moore	1
Jerry Koosman	1
Tippy Martinez	1
Dave LaPoint	1
Ken Holtzman	1
Sparky Lyle	1
Mike Willis	1
Dennis Leonard	1
Dock Ellis	1
Paul Lindblad	1
Jim Burton	1
Neal Heaton	1
Steve Baker	1
Rick Waits	1
Craig Minetto	1
Shane Rawley	1
Bobby Sprowl	1
Bob Owchinko	1
Ron Guidry	1
Darold Knowles	1
Jon Matlack	1
Jerry Garvin	1
Keith Creel	1
Tom Underwood	1
Ricky Horton	1
John D'Acquisto	1
Dan Morogiello	1
Rick Jones	1
Ross Baumgarten	1
Steve Trout	1
Sammy Stewart	1
Bruce Hurst	1
Ken Brett	1
Darrell Jackson	1
Floyd Bannister	1
Steve Stone	1
Bryan Clark	1
Vida Blue	1
Paul Mirabella	1

16 Parks
Tiger Stad (DET)	42
Memor. Stad (BAL)	6
VeteransStad (PHI)	5
Arlington St (ARL)	5
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	5
KauffmanStad (KAN)	4
Fenway Pk (BOS)	4
County Stad (MIL)	3
Kingdome (SEA)	2
ClevelandStd (CLE)	2
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	2
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
Busch Stad (STL)	1
Yankee Stad (NYC)	1
Angel Stad (ANA)	1

Where Hit
7	60
8	6
9	4
89	1
78	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	76
2·HR gms	5

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	53
1--	13
12-	9
1-3	5
-2-	4
123	2

137 RBI
RISP	20
0 on	53
1 on	17
2 on	14
3 on	2
Any on	33

Inning
1	5
2	14
3	5
4	22
5	10
6	9
7	8
8	8
9	5

1-3	24
4-6	41
7-end	21

RelScore
+4..	6
+3	4
+2	9
+1	11
Tied	20
-1	11
-2	9
-3	7
-4..	9

Ahead	30
Tied	20
Behind	36

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
C	24
1B	22
DH	15
LF	10
RF	9
PH/DH	4
PH	2

OrderPos
6th	26
7th	21
5th	16
4th	9
8th	9
3rd	2
2nd	2
9th	1

Leverage
High Lev	20
Medium Lev	29
Low Lev	37

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1975	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1975-06-11 (1)	DET		CAL	Frank Tanana	behind 2-7	b 7	1	---	1	8	2	0.024	5%		Home Run
2	2	2	1	1975-06-14	DET		OAK	Dave Hamilton	ahead 2-0	b 4	0	---	1	8	2	0.075	87%		Home Run
3	3	3	1	1975-06-16	DET		BOS	Jim Burton	tied 0-0	b 3	1	---	1	8	2	0.122	65%		Home Run
4	4	4	1	1975-08-23	DET	@	MIN	Bert Blyleven	behind 0-4	t 6	1	---	1	8	2	0.047	11%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1976	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	1976-05-27	DET		BAL	Ken Holtzman	tied 2-2	b 4	1	---	1	6	2	0.143	67%		Home Run (LF-CF)
6	6	2	1	1976-05-29	DET		NYY	Dock Ellis	ahead 3-0	b 7	0	---	1	8	2	0.026	98%		Home Run (Deep LF)
7	7	3	1	1976-07-25 (1)	DET	@	CLE	Dennis Eckersley	ahead 3-0	t 4	0	---	1	8	2	0.060	90%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
8	8	1	1	1977-04-14	DET	@	TOR	Jerry Garvin	behind 0-2	t 7	1	1--	2	7	2	0.273	46%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Thompson Scores
9	9	2	1	1977-05-15 (2)	DET	@	MIL	Jerry Augustine	behind 0-2	t 5	0	-2-	2	7	2	0.179	50%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Stanley Scores
10	10	3	1	1977-05-29	DET		SEA	Rick Jones	ahead 2-1	b 4	2	---	1	7	2	0.109	76%		Home Run (Deep LF)
11	11	4	1	1977-06-22	DET		NYY	Sparky Lyle	ahead 8-7	b 7	2	1--	2	7	2	0.167	93%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Stanley Scores
12	12	5	1	1977-07-04	DET	@	BAL	Rudy May	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	1	6	9	0.112	59%		Home Run (Deep CF)
13	13	6	2	1977-07-04	DET	@	BAL	Rudy May	behind 3-6	t 9	0	---	1	6	9	0.039	7%		Home Run (Deep LF)
14	14	7	1	1977-07-29	DET	@	TEX	Paul Lindblad	ahead 8-3	t 7	1	12-	3	7	2	0.023	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Thompson Scores; B. Oglivie Scores
15	15	8	2	1977-07-29	DET	@	TEX	Darold Knowles	ahead 12-4	t 9	1	---	1	7	2	0.000	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
16	16	9	1	1977-07-31	DET	@	TEX	Bert Blyleven	behind 0-2	t 4	2	---	1	7	2	0.102	33%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1978	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
17	17	1	1	1978-05-09	DET		CAL	Frank Tanana	behind 0-1	b 4	2	---	1	6	9	0.143	51%		Home Run (Deep LF)
18	18	2	1	1978-07-22	DET		CAL	Ken Brett	ahead 4-3	b 6	1	1--	2	8	9	0.162	91%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Corcoran Scores
19	19	3	1	1978-08-21	DET	@	MIN	Geoff Zahn	ahead 3-1	t 5	2	1--	2	2	7	0.151	89%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. LeFlore Scores
20	20	4	1	1978-08-23 (1)	DET		TOR	Tom Underwood	behind 0-3	b 4	0	---	1	4	7	0.096	30%		Home Run (Deep LF)
21	21	5	1	1978-09-02	DET	@	KCR	Paul Splittorff	behind 2-8	t 9	2	---	1	7	9	0.000	0%		Home Run (Deep LF)
22	22	6	1	1978-09-18	DET		BOS	Bobby Sprowl	tied 0-0	b 2	1	1--	2	7	9	0.185	74%		Home Run (Deep RF); S. Kemp Scores
23	23	7	1	1978-09-30	DET		BAL	Mike Flanagan	tied 2-2	b 5	1	---	1	2	9	0.156	69%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
24	24	1	1	1979-04-11	DET	@	KCR	Larry Gura	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	1	6	DH	0.103	58%		Home Run (CF-RF)
25	25	2	1	1979-04-26 (2)	DET	@	MIL	Jerry Augustine	tied 1-1	t 6	2	---	1	6	7	0.173	61%		Home Run (Deep LF)
26	26	3	1	1979-04-27	DET		MIN	Jerry Koosman	behind 2-5	b 9	0	---	1	3	3	0.054	10%		Home Run (Deep CF)
27	27	4	1	1979-05-27 (1)	DET		BAL	Scott McGregor	ahead 3-0	b 4	0	---	1	6	2	0.052	91%		Home Run (Deep RF)
28	28	5	1	1979-06-29	DET		CLE	Rick Waits	behind 0-1	b 2	2	---	1	6	7	0.108	51%		Home Run (Deep LF)
29	29	6	1	1979-07-14	DET	@	CHW	Ross Baumgarten	behind 2-9	t 8	1	-2-	2	5	3	0.007	1%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Morales Scores
30	30	7	1	1979-07-20	DET	@	MIN	Darrell Jackson	tied 0-0	t 2	1	12-	3	7	DH	0.217	76%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Morales Scores; J. Thompson Scores
31	31	8	1	1979-07-25	DET		MIL	Jerry Augustine	ahead 5-2	b 8	0	---	1	7	PH/DH	0.016	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
32	32	9	1	1979-07-27	DET	@	TOR	Balor Moore	ahead 2-1	t 6	2	---	1	6	PH/DH	0.132	75%		Home Run (Deep CF)
33	33	10	1	1979-07-30	DET	@	TEX	John Henry Johnson	ahead 2-0	t 2	0	---	1	7	DH	0.080	78%		Home Run (Deep LF)
34	34	11	1	1979-08-03 (2)	DET		KCR	Paul Splittorff	behind 0-2	b 4	2	1--	2	6	3	0.229	51%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Parrish Scores
35	35	12	1	1979-08-08 (2)	DET		TEX	John Henry Johnson	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	1	5	7	0.105	63%		Home Run (Deep RF)
36	36	13	2	1979-08-08 (2)	DET		TEX	John Henry Johnson	ahead 2-0	b 3	2	123	4	5	7	0.174	95%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Trammell Scores; S. Kemp Scores; J. Morales Scores
37	37	14	1	1979-08-10 (2)	DET	@	KCR	Dennis Leonard	behind 0-7	t 7	2	12-	3	7	2	0.028	4%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Summers Scores; A. Greene Scores
38	38	15	1	1979-08-17	DET	@	SEA	Rick Honeycutt	tied 1-1	t 3	2	1-3	3	4	DH	0.266	76%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Brookens Scores; J. Morales Scores
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
39	39	1	1	1980-05-02	DET	@	OAK	Dave Hamilton	behind 4-10	t 8	0	---	1	9	7	0.008	1%		Home Run (Deep LF)
40	40	2	1	1980-05-08	DET	@	SEA	Rick Honeycutt	ahead 1-0	t 4	1	1--	2	5	DH	0.177	80%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Parrish Scores
41	41	3	1	1980-05-18	DET		BAL	Scott McGregor	tied 0-0	b 1	2	1-3	3	5	7	0.237	78%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Trammell Scores; S. Kemp Scores
42	42	4	1	1980-05-20	DET		NYY	Tommy John	behind 1-5	b 4	0	---	1	5	7	0.072	21%		Home Run (Deep LF)
43	43	5	1	1980-05-25	DET	@	BAL	Mike Flanagan	tied 2-2	t 4	1	---	1	4	7	0.131	60%		Home Run (Deep LF)
44	44	6	1	1980-06-04	DET		SEA	Floyd Bannister	ahead 2-1	b 5	2	12-	3	6	3	0.220	92%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Kemp Scores; A. Cowens Scores
45	45	7	1	1980-06-14	DET		CHW	Britt Burns	ahead 2-0	b 7	1	---	1	6	3	0.059	94%		Home Run (Deep LF)
46	46	8	1	1980-06-20	DET	@	CHW	Britt Burns	ahead 2-0	t 6	2	---	1	5	2	0.094	85%		Home Run (Deep CF)
47	47	9	1	1980-07-12	DET	@	BOS	John Tudor	behind 0-1	t 2	0	---	1	4	3	0.101	50%		Home Run
48	48	10	1	1980-07-27 (1)	DET		OAK	Craig Minetto	tied 1-1	b 4	0	---	1	5	3	0.126	69%		Home Run (Deep LF)
49	49	11	1	1980-08-06	DET		KCR	Larry Gura	behind 0-1	b 1	1	12-	3	4	3	0.230	72%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Trammell Scores; S. Kemp Scores
50	50	12	1	1980-08-20	DET	@	MIL	Mike Caldwell	tied 1-1	t 3	2	1-3	3	4	DH	0.280	78%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Peters Scores/unER; A. Trammell Scores/unER; J. Wockenfuss Scores/unER
51	51	13	1	1980-08-24	DET	@	MIN	Geoff Zahn	tied 0-0	t 4	0	---	1	4	3	0.120	62%		Home Run (Deep RF)
52	52	14	1	1980-09-17	DET	@	BAL	Mike Flanagan	behind 1-2	t 3	2	1--	2	4	3	0.222	58%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Trammell Scores
53	53	15	1	1980-09-23	DET		TOR	Mike Willis	behind 4-7	b 8	1	12-	3	8	PH	0.415	56%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Parrish Scores; A. Cowens Scores
54	54	16	1	1980-09-24	DET		TOR	Paul Mirabella	behind 7-8	b 8	0	---	1	6	2	0.300	61%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1981	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
55	55	1	1	1981-04-14	DET	@	KCR	Paul Splittorff	behind 0-2	t 4	2	---	1	5	DH	0.108	32%		Home Run (Deep LF)
56	56	2	1	1981-04-28	DET		NYY	Tommy John	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	5	DH	0.112	66%		Home Run (Deep LF)
57	57	3	1	1981-05-16	DET		CAL	John D'Acquisto	ahead 6-5	b 5	1	---	1	4	2	0.114	81%		Home Run (Deep LF)
58	58	4	1	1981-06-10	DET	@	MIN	Brad Havens	ahead 3-2	t 6	0	---	1	6	3	0.121	79%		Home Run (Deep LF)
59	59	5	1	1981-09-16 (2)	DET	@	BOS	Bruce Hurst	behind 0-3	t 5	0	---	1	7	DH	0.085	24%		Home Run (Deep LF)
60	60	6	1	1981-09-22	DET	@	BAL	Mike Flanagan	behind 1-3	t 4	0	1--	2	6	DH	0.201	50%		Home Run; L. Parrish Scores
61	61	7	2	1981-09-22	DET	@	BAL	Sammy Stewart	tied 3-3	t 6	1	---	1	6	DH	0.183	65%		Home Run (Deep LF)
62	62	8	1	1981-09-25	DET		MIL	Mike Caldwell	behind 1-4	b 2	0	---	1	6	DH	0.091	33%		Home Run (Deep LF)
63	63	9	1	1981-09-29	DET		BAL	Steve Stone	ahead 6-0	b 5	1	---	1	6	DH	0.009	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
64	64	1	1	1982-06-02	DET	@	CAL	Geoff Zahn	behind 1-3	t 5	0	---	1	8	3	0.114	36%		Home Run (Deep CF)
65	65	2	1	1982-07-10 (1)	DET	@	TEX	Jon Matlack	behind 1-4	t 4	2	1-3	3	7	3	0.280	45%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Herndon Scores; E. Cabell Scores
66	66	3	1	1982-07-28	DET	@	NYY	Shane Rawley	behind 2-3	t 4	1	1--	2	7	9	0.228	60%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Cabell Scores
67	67	4	1	1982-08-17 (1)	DET		SEA	Bryan Clark	behind 0-5	b 6	2	12-	3	6	3	0.144	20%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Wilson Scores; M. Ivie Scores
68	68	5	1	1982-09-10	DET	@	BOS	Dennis Eckersley	ahead 1-0	t 2	1	---	1	7	DH	0.097	68%		Home Run (Deep LF)
69	69	6	1	1982-09-28	DET		BAL	Scott McGregor	behind 2-4	b 4	0	---	1	5	9	0.119	43%		Home Run (Deep LF)
70	70	7	1	1982-09-29	DET		BAL	Tippy Martinez	tied 2-2	b 9	0	---	1	7	PH/DH	0.363	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
71	71	8	1	1982-10-03	DET	@	CLE	Neal Heaton	ahead 5-1	t 8	0	1--	2	7	PH	0.022	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Leach Scores
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
72	72	1	1	1983-05-07	DET		CAL	Geoff Zahn	behind 1-2	b 2	0	---	1	6	DH	0.113	55%		Home Run (Deep LF)
73	73	2	1	1983-05-27 (1)	DET		MIN	Brad Havens	ahead 3-1	b 5	2	---	1	5	2	0.081	87%		Home Run
74	74	3	1	1983-06-07	DET	@	BOS	John Tudor	ahead 2-0	t 1	2	1--	2	6	3	0.142	80%		Home Run; G. Wilson Scores
75	75	4	1	1983-07-03	DET		BAL	Dan Morogiello	ahead 6-1	b 8	2	123	4	3	PH/DH	0.004	100%		Home Run; T. Brookens Scores; L. Whitaker Scores; E. Cabell Scores
76	76	5	1	1983-07-08	DET		OAK	Steve Baker	behind 0-2	b 8	2	1-3	3	6	2	0.686	85%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Cabell Scores; L. Parrish Scores
77	77	6	1	1983-07-29	DET		KCR	Keith Creel	ahead 8-0	b 6	2	1--	2	5	2	0.003	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Laga Scores
78	78	7	1	1983-07-31 (2)	DET		KCR	Vida Blue	ahead 1-0	b 2	0	---	1	5	2	0.094	75%		Home Run (Deep LF)
79	79	8	1	1983-08-13	DET		NYY	Ron Guidry	behind 2-3	b 7	1	-2-	2	7	3	0.377	78%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Herndon Scores
80	80	9	1	1983-08-25	DET		CHW	Britt Burns	tied 0-0	b 1	2	12-	3	5	2	0.250	79%		Home Run (Deep CF); L. Herndon Scores; L. Parrish Scores
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
81	81	1	1	1984-06-03	PHI		CHC	Steve Trout	behind 0-1	b 4	1	-2-	2	6	3	0.231	67%		Home Run; G. Wilson Scores
82	82	2	1	1984-06-09	PHI		PIT	John Tudor	behind 0-1	b 2	0	---	1	6	3	0.117	55%		Home Run
83	83	3	2	1984-06-09	PHI		PIT	John Tudor	ahead 2-1	b 4	0	---	1	6	3	0.105	80%		Home Run
84	84	4	1	1984-06-12	PHI		STL	Ricky Horton	behind 1-5	b 4	2	---	1	6	3	0.060	16%		Home Run
85	85	5	1	1984-07-04	PHI		CIN	Bob Owchinko	ahead 3-1	b 5	0	---	1	7	3	0.071	90%		Home Run
86	86	6	1	1984-09-05	PHI	@	STL	Dave LaPoint	tied 0-0	t 1	2	12-	3	5	3	0.268	76%		Home Run; V. Hayes Scores; O. Virgil Scores