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+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	39-28 / in Starts: 28-19
Longest Hitting Streak	9 games
Longest On Base Streak	9 games
Most Games w/o HR	25 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	4

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 203 PAs	28
Actual Runners on Base	146 (70-51-25)
Avg. MLBer w/ 203 PAs	21
Avg. Runners on Base	124 (60-41-21)

Most Driven In
A Cowens	6
G Brett	6
A Otis	5
W Wilson	2
H McRae	2
D Porter	2
Self	2
T Poquette	1

Most Driven In By
D Porter	4
A Otis	2
F White	2
J Terrell	2
F Patek	2
Self	2
U Washington	1
C Hurdle	1

1978 Batting Game Log

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1978 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	83	6 (5)	Apr 15	KCR		CLE	W,6-5	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	6	1.68	-0.132	2.38	-0.11%	-1.17	C
2	84	11 (4)	Apr 22	KCR	@	BAL	W,5-3	GS-8	3	3	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	6	.73	0.132	1.25	0.14%	1.76	1B
3	85	15 (3)	Apr 26	KCR		TOR	L,1-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.222	.222	.444	.667	6	.99	-0.005	1.77	-0.01%	0.08	1B
4	86	17 (1)	Apr 28	KCR		MIL	W,7-6	8-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.300	.500	.800	7	2.68	0.133	4.50	0.13%	0.76	PH 1B
5	87	18	Apr 29	KCR		MIL	W,11-2	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.357	.357	.571	.929	6	.34	0.093	.62	0.10%	1.00	1B
6	88	19	Apr 30	KCR		MIL	W,3-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.333	.471	.804	6	.78	-0.074	1.49	-0.08%	-0.88	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
7	89	20	May 1	KCR	@	NYY	L,4-8	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.316	.444	.760	1	1.76	-0.045	3.31	-0.05%	-0.74	PH
8	90	21	May 2	KCR	@	NYY	L,2-4	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.316	.350	.474	.824	6	2.81	0.121	4.98	0.13%	0.60	PH
9	91	23 (1)	May 5	KCR	@	MIL	L,0-9	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.318	.348	.455	.802	6	.58	-0.018	.95	-0.02%	-0.41	1B C
10	92	25 (1)	May 7	KCR	@	MIL	W,8-6	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.286	.370	.656	6	1.16	-0.153	1.68	-0.13%	-1.68	1B
11	93	29 (3)	May 13	KCR		NYY	L,2-5	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.290	.367	.657	6	1.39	0.049	2.12	0.05%	0.65	1B
12	94	31 (1)	May 15	KCR		BOS	W,3-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.286	.333	.619	7	1.08	-0.140	1.67	-0.13%	-1.46	C
13	95	32	May 16	KCR		BOS	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.282	.324	.606	5	2.00	0.116	3.16	0.11%	-0.07	C
14	96	33	May 18	KCR		MIN	L,6-8	GS-9	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.268	.302	.341	.644	2	.83	0.089	1.45	0.09%	1.47	1B
15	97	37 (3)	May 22	KCR	@	SEA	L,1-10	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.319	.356	.675	5	.31	0.035	.46	0.03%	0.22	1B
16	98	39 (1)	May 23 (2)	KCR	@	SEA	W,5-3	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.314	.367	.681	6	.91	0.026	1.28	0.02%	-0.05	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
17	99	45 (5)	Jun 1	KCR		SEA	W,10-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	.283	.309	.358	.668	7	.63	0.064	1.30	0.08%	0.80	1B
18	100	47 (1)	Jun 3	KCR		CHW	L,5-9	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.322	.357	.679	7	.63	-0.022	1.36	-0.03%	0.17	1B C
19	101	48	Jun 4	KCR		CHW	W,13-2	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.300	.328	.367	.695	7	.52	0.073	1.11	0.09%	0.81	1B
20	102	50 (1)	Jun 8 (1)	KCR	@	TEX	L,4-5	8-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.328	.367	.695	7	3.87	-0.024	9.29	-0.04%	-0.08	PH 1B
21	103	51	Jun 8 (2)	KCR	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG(13)	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.292	.319	.354	.673	5	1.34	0.010	3.04	0.01%	-0.09	1B
22	104	53 (1)	Jun 10	KCR	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.304	.329	.362	.691	6	.77	0.119	1.36	0.13%	1.04	C
23	105	54	Jun 11	KCR	@	DET	L,2-5	9-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.324	.357	.681	6	3.02	-0.072	5.61	-0.08%	-0.29	PH C
24	106	55	Jun 12	KCR		TEX	L,5-6	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.296	.320	.352	.672	7	3.67	-0.382	8.55	-0.53%	-1.51	PH 1B
25	107	58 (2)	Jun 15	KCR		DET	W,7-2	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.296	.320	.352	.672	6						1B
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
26	108	82 (23)	Jul 7	KCR		BAL	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.280	.304	.333	.637	6	1.03	-0.154	2.04	-0.18%	-2.29	1B
27	109	83	Jul 8	KCR		BAL	W,11-3	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.300	.329	.629	6	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.23	C
28	110	84	Jul 9	KCR		BAL	W,10-4	CG	4	4	2	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.321	.400	.721	6	.35	0.132	.77	0.18%	2.22	1B
29	111	85	Jul 13	KCR	@	MIL	L,2-13	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.307	.381	.688	6	.13	-0.013	.31	-0.02%	-0.76	1B C
30	112	89 (3)	Jul 17	KCR	@	NYY	W,9-7	5-GF(11)	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.291	.308	.384	.691	3	2.70	0.048	7.01	0.08%	0.48	PH 1B
31	113	93 (3)	Jul 22	KCR		BOS	W,6-5	9-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.287	.304	.379	.684	3	4.31	-0.205	13.08	-0.37%	-0.89	1B
32	114	95 (1)	Jul 24	KCR		NYY	W,5-2	7-GF	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.295	.312	.398	.710	3	1.39	0.107	4.13	0.19%	1.16	PH 1B
33	115	96	Jul 25	KCR		NYY	L,0-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.283	.299	.380	.679	3	1.35	-0.137	3.89	-0.24%	-1.24	1B
34	116	97	Jul 26	KCR		SEA	W,12-3	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.284	.300	.379	.679	7	.42	-0.032	1.22	-0.06%	-0.37	C
35	117	101 (3)	Jul 30	KCR	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.283	.298	.374	.672	6	1.08	-0.089	3.10	-0.15%	-1.26	1B
36	118	102	Jul 31	KCR	@	CLE	L,3-4	GS-9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.284	.306	.373	.678	6	1.58	0.036	4.54	0.06%	0.06	1B
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
37	119	103	Aug 1	KCR	@	CLE	L,1-2	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.306	.371	.678	2	1.07	0.010	3.25	0.02%	-0.07	1B
38	120	104	Aug 2	KCR	@	CLE	L,2-5	4-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.301	.364	.665	3	.96	-0.044	2.88	-0.08%	-0.55	PH 1B
39	121	107 (2)	Aug 6	KCR		TOR	W,12-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.299	.360	.660	6	.14	-0.009	.47	-0.02%	0.52	C
40	122	110 (2)	Aug 9	KCR	@	BAL	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.298	.357	.654	6	.84	0.083	2.82	0.17%	0.36	C
41	123	112 (1)	Aug 11	KCR	@	TOR	W,9-8	GS-9	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.296	.361	.657	6	1.14	-0.023	3.81	-0.05%	0.01	C
42	124	114 (1)	Aug 13	KCR	@	TOR	L,2-3	GS-8	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.287	.305	.369	.674	6	1.21	0.072	4.10	0.15%	0.50	C
43	125	117 (2)	Aug 16 (1)	KCR	@	MIN	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.303	.365	.668	5	.64	-0.029	2.34	-0.06%	-0.49	C
44	126	118	Aug 16 (2)	KCR	@	MIN	W,11-7	8-GF	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.291	.313	.370	.684	6	1.11	0.099	3.97	0.21%	2.28	PH 1B
45	127	119	Aug 17	KCR	@	MIN	L,5-6	8-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.291	.313	.370	.684	6						1B
46	128	122 (2)	Aug 20	KCR		TEX	W,2-1	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292	.314	.392	.706	6	.86	0.126	3.64	0.32%	0.68	C
47	129	123	Aug 22	KCR	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.296	.317	.393	.709	6	.59	0.134	2.12	0.29%	0.78	1B
48	130	124	Aug 23	KCR	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.297	.317	.391	.709	6	1.50	-0.045	5.12	-0.09%	-0.60	1B
49	131	126 (1)	Aug 25	KCR	@	TEX	L,2-7	CG	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.291	.311	.383	.694	6	.91	-0.076	3.74	-0.19%	-0.88	1B
50	132	129 (2)	Aug 28	KCR		CHW	W,3-2	CG	4	3	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.306	.329	.410	.739	7	1.26	0.299	4.92	0.70%	1.53	1B
Sep/Oct		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
51	133	137 (7)	Sep 6	KCR	@	OAK	W,11-8	8-GF(12)	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.335	.415	.750	3	2.22	0.067	8.55	0.16%	0.49	PH 1B
52	134	138	Sep 8	KCR	@	CAL	W,9-7	8-GF	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.315	.338	.416	.754	3	1.18	0.091	7.74	0.36%	0.70	PH 1B
53	135	140 (1)	Sep 9 (2)	KCR	@	CAL	L,2-4	GS-9	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.322	.344	.421	.765	7	.88	0.033	5.78	0.13%	0.15	C
54	136	144 (3)	Sep 13	KCR		OAK	W,9-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.314	.335	.410	.746	6	.30	-0.030	1.07	-0.06%	-0.56	1B
55	137	145	Sep 14	KCR		OAK	W,5-1	5-GF	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.323	.343	.418	.761	5	.26	0.011	.67	0.02%	0.62	PH 1B
56	138	147 (1)	Sep 16	KCR		CAL	L,3-4	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.321	.341	.415	.756	5	.87	-0.025	2.66	-0.05%	-0.59	PH 1B
57	139	148	Sep 17	KCR		CAL	W,5-0	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.315	.335	.407	.743	5	.41	-0.031	2.14	-0.10%	-0.53	1B
58	140	149	Sep 18	KCR	@	SEA	W,7-6	9-GF(11)	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.337	.405	.742	5	3.59	-0.011	4.69	-0.01%	0.66	PH 1B
59	141	150	Sep 19	KCR	@	SEA	W,9-8	CG	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.315	.339	.411	.750	6	.72	0.131	.34	0.04%	1.83	1B
60	142	151	Sep 20	KCR		MIL	L,4-5	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.314	.337	.408	.745	5	2.47	-0.062	1.03	-0.02%	-0.23	PH 1B
61	143	152	Sep 21	KCR		MIL	W,8-4	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.312	.335	.406	.741	1	.10	-0.003	.06	0.00%	-0.23	1B
62	144	153	Sep 22 (1)	KCR	@	MIN	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.310	.333	.402	.736	5	1.09	0.014	.20	0.00%	0.18	C
63	145	154	Sep 22 (2)	KCR	@	MIN	L,0-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.305	.328	.395	.723	5	.61	-0.046	.07	0.00%	-0.53	1B
64	146	157 (2)	Sep 25	KCR		SEA	W,7-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.306	.328	.406	.734	5	.61	0.166	.07	0.01%	1.30	1B
65	147	159 (1)	Sep 27	KCR		SEA	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.304	.326	.402	.729	7	.99	-0.059	.00	0.00%	-0.61	C
66	148	160	Sep 29	KCR		MIN	W,4-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.299	.320	.396	.716	3	.58	-0.007	.00	0.00%	-0.64	1B
67	149	162 (1)	Oct 1	KCR		MIN	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.300	.320	.395	.715	6	.78	-0.051	.00	0.00%	-0.52	1B
							39-28		203	190	19	57	10	1	2	28	3	1	12	4	3	3	4	5	2	1	.300	.320	.395	.715		1.02	0.471	2.36	1.23%	3.39

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