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	35-36 / in Starts: 24-25
Longest Hitting Streak	8 games
Longest On Base Streak	10 games
Most Games w/o HR	29 games
Most Games w/o RBI	14 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	6

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 211 PAs	22
Actual Runners on Base	129 (67-40-22)
Avg. MLBer w/ 211 PAs	21
Avg. Runners on Base	129 (63-43-22)

Most Driven In
Self	7
R LeFlore	2
A Trammell	2
M Stanley	2
A RodrÃguez	2
S Kemp	2
T Corcoran	2
R Staub	1

Most Driven In By
Self	7
L Parrish	3
A Trammell	3
J Thompson	3
R LeFlore	2
R Staub	1
S Dillard	1
S Kemp	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	162	6 (5)	Apr 14	DET	@	TOR	L,8-10	9-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	9	.32	0.017	.55	0.02%	0.38	PH
2	163	9 (2)	Apr 17	DET		CHW	W,10-9	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	6						RF
3	164	12 (2)	Apr 23 (2)	DET		TEX	L,1-2	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	5	1.02	0.066	1.89	0.07%	0.62	RF
4	165	14 (1)	Apr 25	DET	@	CHW	W,8-4	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	9	.24	-0.006	.44	-0.01%	-0.10	PH
5	166	15	Apr 26	DET	@	CHW	L,2-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	.33	-0.008	.66	-0.01%	-0.43	PH
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
6	167	19 (3)	May 2	DET	@	CAL	W,10-2	CG	5	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.444	.545	.444	.990	6	.31	0.028	.64	0.04%	1.47	RF
7	168	20	May 3	DET	@	CAL	W,7-4	GS-7	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.417	.500	.417	.917	6	.85	-0.042	1.79	-0.05%	-0.38	RF
8	169	21	May 5	DET	@	OAK	L,1-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.444	.333	.778	6	.55	0.006	1.18	0.01%	-0.19	RF
9	170	24 (2)	May 9	DET		CAL	L,5-7	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.421	.500	.579	1.079	6	1.27	0.151	2.57	0.19%	1.35	RF
10	171	25	May 12	DET		OAK	L,4-10	GS-6	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.381	.458	.524	.982	6	.80	-0.015	1.61	-0.02%	-0.19	RF
11	172	26	May 13	DET		OAK	L,2-3	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.364	.440	.500	.940	7	5.27	-0.099	10.57	-0.12%	-0.41	PH RF
12	173	29 (2)	May 16	DET		SEA	W,4-2	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.407	.458	.866	6	1.75	-0.084	3.66	-0.11%	-0.71	RF
13	174	30	May 17	DET	@	MIL	W,5-3	GS-8	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.357	.419	.464	.884	6	1.04	0.040	2.31	0.05%	0.61	RF
14	175	33 (2)	May 20	DET		BOS	L,5-6	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.379	.438	.483	.920	9	4.64	0.125	13.54	0.22%	0.38	PH
15	176	34	May 21 (1)	DET		BOS	W,2-1	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.344	.400	.438	.838	6	1.63	-0.129	4.84	-0.23%	-1.51	RF
16	177	36 (1)	May 23	DET	@	BAL	L,0-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.324	.395	.412	.807	6	.95	0.030	2.07	0.04%	0.09	RF
17	178	39 (2)	May 25	DET	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.357	.368	.726	6	1.71	-0.161	3.55	-0.20%	-0.96	RF
18	179	40	May 26	DET	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.293	.356	.366	.721	6	1.09	0.010	2.68	0.02%	-0.03	RF
19	180	44 (3)	May 29	DET		BAL	L,3-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.333	.341	.674	7	.41	-0.031	.49	-0.02%	-0.54	RF
20	181	46 (1)	May 31	DET		MIL	W,3-0	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.320	.326	.646	6	1.01	-0.071	1.17	-0.05%	-0.74	RF
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
21	182	50 (3)	Jun 4	DET		MIN	W,6-4	GS-6	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.340	.347	.687	6	1.41	0.187	1.43	0.11%	1.22	RF
22	183	53 (2)	Jun 9	DET		KCR	W,3-2	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.288	.339	.346	.685	7	.64	0.042	.79	0.03%	0.40	RF
23	184	55 (1)	Jun 11	DET		KCR	W,5-2	CG(10)	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.291	.350	.345	.695	7	1.93	0.048	2.09	0.03%	0.34	RF
24	185	56	Jun 12	DET		MIL	L,4-7	6-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.355	.339	.694	6	1.03	0.021	1.24	0.02%	0.15	PH RF
25	186	57	Jun 13	DET		MIL	L,2-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.267	.333	.317	.650	7	.93	-0.105	.96	-0.07%	-1.59	RF
26	187	63 (5)	Jun 20	DET	@	TOR	W,4-3	11-GF(13)	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.274	.338	.339	.677	3	2.02	0.060	.42	0.01%	0.18	PH
27	188	72 (8)	Jun 28 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.338	.338	.676	8	1.67	-0.098	.38	-0.01%	-0.64	RF
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	189	77 (4)	Jul 2 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.320	.319	.639	7	1.45	-0.127	.19	-0.01%	-0.79	LF
29	190	78	Jul 3	DET		TOR	W,6-5	9-9	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.329	.343	.672	9	4.64	0.333	.36	0.02%	0.88	PH
30	191	79	Jul 4	DET		TOR	L,2-9	2-GF	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.274	.329	.342	.672	7	.64	-0.074	.06	0.00%	-0.96	PR RF
31	192	81 (1)	Jul 6	DET		CLE	W,8-4	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.337	.351	.688	7	.34	0.006	.03	0.00%	0.09	RF
32	193	84 (2)	Jul 9	DET	@	TEX	L,3-4	13-GF(13)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.282	.333	.346	.679	3	1.74	-0.042	.18	0.00%	-0.15	PH
33	194	85	Jul 13	DET	@	SEA	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.329	.342	.671	9	1.36	-0.034	.15	0.00%	-0.10	PH
34	195	86	Jul 14	DET	@	SEA	W,2-0	GS-9	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.337	.349	.686	8	1.15	-0.047	.10	0.00%	-0.07	RF
35	196	87	Jul 15	DET	@	CAL	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.323	.333	.656	8	.92	-0.092	.13	-0.01%	-0.66	RF
36	197	89 (1)	Jul 17	DET	@	CAL	W,4-3	7-GF(10)	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.326	.337	.663	7	4.20	0.253	.37	0.01%	0.53	RF
37	198	92 (2)	Jul 21 (1)	DET		CAL	L,2-4	GS-11	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.269	.320	.323	.643	2	2.32	-0.128	.20	-0.01%	-1.05	RF
38	199	93	Jul 21 (2)	DET		CAL	W,5-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.327	.323	.650	8	.40	-0.008	.02	0.00%	0.86	RF
39	200	94	Jul 22	DET		CAL	W,7-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.324	.350	.674	8	.70	0.120	.06	0.01%	0.89	RF
40	201	95	Jul 23 (1)	DET		CAL	W,4-3	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.330	.350	.680	7	6.60	0.101	.76	0.01%	0.33	PH
41	202	97 (1)	Jul 24	DET		OAK	W,4-1	3-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.321	.340	.661	7	.74	-0.060	.06	0.00%	-0.82	PH RF
42	203	99 (1)	Jul 26	DET		BAL	W,9-6	GS-3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.327	.340	.667	8	.56	0.022	.11	0.00%	0.26	RF
43	204	100	Jul 27	DET		BAL	L,3-7	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.264	.333	.340	.673	8	.50	0.029	.14	0.01%	0.33	RF
44	205	102 (1)	Jul 29	DET		SEA	W,9-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.264	.331	.336	.667	8	.20	-0.022	.06	0.00%	-0.84	RF
45	206	104 (1)	Jul 31	DET	@	TOR	L,7-8	GS-9	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.344	.339	.683	8	.81	0.063	.38	0.02%	0.73	RF
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
46	207	120 (15)	Aug 19	DET	@	MIL	W,6-4	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.349	.353	.702	8	1.10	0.222	.36	0.04%	1.73	RF LF
47	208	121	Aug 20	DET	@	MIL	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.275	.346	.350	.696	2	1.76	0.117	1.01	0.04%	-0.09	LF
48	209	122	Aug 21	DET	@	MIN	W,9-6	CG	5	5	2	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.288	.355	.384	.739	2	.45	0.138	.16	0.03%	1.56	LF
49	210	123	Aug 22	DET	@	MIN	W,7-3	CG	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.295	.364	.388	.751	2	1.04	0.061	.45	0.02%	0.74	LF
50	211	124	Aug 23 (1)	DET		TOR	L,3-4	GS-12	5	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.295	.372	.409	.781	4	1.42	0.052	1.06	0.02%	1.26	LF
51	212	125	Aug 23 (2)	DET		TOR	L,4-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.368	.400	.768	5	1.26	-0.086	.57	-0.02%	-0.51	RF
52	213	126	Aug 24	DET		TOR	W,5-2	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.285	.364	.394	.758	7	.76	-0.057	.29	-0.01%	-0.70	RF
53	214	127	Aug 25	DET		MIL	W,6-3	GS-7	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	.281	.363	.388	.752	7	.37	0.043	.21	0.02%	0.89	RF
54	215	128	Aug 26	DET		MIL	L,5-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.273	.354	.378	.732	7	1.12	-0.131	.62	-0.04%	-1.09	RF
55	216	130 (1)	Aug 28	DET		MIL	L,1-10	CG	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.360	.375	.735	7	.59	0.029	.16	0.01%	0.61	RF
56	217	132 (1)	Aug 31	DET		MIN	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.357	.372	.729	7	.76	-0.028	.11	0.00%	-0.31	RF
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
57	218	134 (1)	Sep 2	DET	@	KCR	L,3-8	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.283	.366	.401	.768	7	.27	0.011	.05	0.00%	1.15	RF
58	219	135	Sep 3	DET	@	KCR	L,2-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.360	.394	.754	6	.59	-0.044	.07	0.00%	-0.48	RF
59	220	136	Sep 4 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,1-9	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.272	.354	.386	.740	7	1.46	-0.105	.14	-0.01%	-0.71	RF
60	221	137	Sep 4 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,5-4	8-GF	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.358	.396	.754	7	1.35	0.092	.06	0.00%	0.40	PH RF
61	222	140 (2)	Sep 8	DET		CLE	W,6-3	CG	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.282	.364	.405	.769	7	.70	0.045	.01	0.00%	-0.02	RF
62	223	141	Sep 9	DET		CLE	W,5-2	5-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.360	.400	.760	7	.88	-0.068	.02	0.00%	-1.26	PH RF
63	224	142	Sep 10	DET		CLE	L,4-7	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.358	.398	.756	7	2.37	-0.026	.09	0.00%	-0.20	PH RF
64	225	145 (2)	Sep 14	DET		NYY	L,2-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.356	.395	.752	6	1.15	-0.029	.01	0.00%	-0.16	PH
65	226	149 (3)	Sep 18	DET		BOS	L,4-5	GS-9	3	3	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.282	.361	.418	.779	7	1.56	0.236	.00	0.00%	2.51	RF
66	227	151 (1)	Sep 20	DET		BOS	W,12-2	5-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.277	.356	.410	.766	7	.33	-0.057	.00	0.00%	-2.29	PH RF
67	228	153 (1)	Sep 22	DET	@	BAL	W,7-5	CG(10)	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.352	.401	.753	2	1.60	-0.108	.00	0.00%	-0.74	RF
68	229	154	Sep 23 (1)	DET	@	BAL	W,4-3	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.355	.404	.759	9	5.82	0.265	.00	0.00%	1.15	PH
69	230	156 (1)	Sep 24	DET	@	BAL	W,4-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.271	.348	.398	.746	2	1.55	-0.119	.00	0.00%	-0.85	RF
70	231	158 (1)	Sep 27	DET	@	BOS	L,2-5	7-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.350	.399	.748	7	.93	-0.015	.00	0.00%	-0.32	PH RF
71	232	161 (2)	Sep 30	DET		BAL	W,5-4	CG	4	4	2	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.283	.357	.422	.780	2	1.11	0.225	.00	0.00%	1.63	RF
							35-36		211	187	23	53	5	0	7	22	21	4	14	1	1	1	3	7	0	1	.283	.357	.422	.780		1.15	0.938	.84	0.05%	2.16

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