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	36-34 / in Starts: 27-25
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	11 games
Most Games w/o HR	18 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	5

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 202 PAs	25
Actual Runners on Base	142 (64-49-29)
Avg. MLBer w/ 202 PAs	20
Avg. Runners on Base	122 (60-40-21)

Most Driven In
Self	9
S Kemp	6
L Parrish	2
L Jones	2
L Whitaker	2
R Jackson	1
R Peters	1
K Gibson	1

Most Driven In By
Self	9
S Papi	2
T Brookens	2
A Cowens	2
C Summers	1
L Parrish	1
B Fahey	1
L Whitaker	1

1981 Batting Game Log

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1981 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	446	2 (1)	Apr 11	DET		TOR	W,6-2	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	5	.05	-0.001	.04	0.00%	-0.19	PH
2	447	3	Apr 12	DET		TOR	L,2-6	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	5	.11	0.003	.09	0.00%	0.12	PH
3	448	4	Apr 14	DET	@	KCR	W,6-5	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.500	1.000	1.500	5	1.01	0.274	.63	0.10%	1.77	DH
4	449	5	Apr 15	DET	@	KCR	W,4-0	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.625	1.025	5	.40	0.005	.27	0.00%	-0.41	DH
5	450	6	Apr 16	DET	@	TOR	W,2-0	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.455	.625	1.080	5	.47	0.018	.41	0.01%	0.38	PH
6	451	10 (3)	Apr 20	DET	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.400	.455	.855	5	1.11	-0.071	1.15	-0.04%	-0.70	1B
7	452	11	Apr 21	DET	@	NYY	L,0-2	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.438	.455	.892	8	1.96	0.075	1.85	0.04%	0.37	PH
8	453	12	Apr 22	DET	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.350	.333	.683	5	1.26	-0.201	1.12	-0.11%	-1.83	1B
9	454	13	Apr 24	DET		CHW	L,2-3	GS-10	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.105	.292	.263	.555	5	1.99	-0.189	1.34	-0.08%	-1.29	1B
10	455	15 (1)	Apr 26	DET		CHW	L,4-5	GS-8	4	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.393	.333	.726	5	1.20	0.180	.73	0.07%	1.20	1B
11	456	16	Apr 27	DET		NYY	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.355	.292	.647	5	.95	-0.070	.64	-0.03%	-0.52	DH
12	457	17	Apr 28	DET		NYY	L,1-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.343	.393	.736	5	.83	0.046	.52	0.02%	0.38	DH
13	458	18	Apr 29	DET		NYY	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.156	.308	.344	.651	5	1.56	-0.189	.85	-0.06%	-1.25	DH
14	459	19	Apr 30	DET	@	SEA	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.302	.333	.636	5	.72	-0.019	.30	-0.01%	-0.35	DH
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
15	460	21 (1)	May 2	DET	@	SEA	L,1-3	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.283	.308	.590	5	1.24	-0.093	.66	-0.03%	-0.87	1B
16	461	22	May 3	DET	@	SEA	W,8-5	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.286	.310	.595	5	1.13	-0.031	.49	-0.01%	-0.37	1B
17	462	25 (2)	May 7	DET	@	OAK	L,3-5	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.286	.310	.595	4						PH
18	463	27 (1)	May 9	DET	@	CAL	L,1-15	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.156	.283	.289	.572	5	.70	-0.048	.39	-0.02%	-0.66	DH
19	464	28	May 10	DET	@	CAL	L,3-4	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.152	.278	.283	.560	5	1.14	0.072	.51	0.02%	0.94	PH
20	465	29	May 12	DET		SEA	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.180	.293	.320	.613	5	.79	0.142	.31	0.03%	1.55	1B C
21	466	30	May 13	DET		SEA	W,1-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.189	.306	.321	.627	4	1.44	-0.029	.64	-0.01%	-0.07	C
22	467	32 (1)	May 16	DET		CAL	W,7-5	CG	4	4	2	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228	.333	.421	.754	4	.53	0.179	.24	0.05%	1.64	C
23	468	34 (1)	May 18	DET		TEX	L,5-13	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.237	.343	.424	.767	4	.72	0.013	.30	0.00%	0.22	1B
24	469	37 (2)	May 22	DET		BAL	L,2-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.338	.413	.751	4	1.47	-0.062	.76	-0.02%	-0.46	DH
25	470	38	May 23	DET		BAL	L,2-9	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.346	.418	.764	4	1.02	0.043	.42	0.01%	0.79	DH
26	471	40 (1)	May 24 (2)	DET		BAL	W,5-3	5-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.350	.412	.762	4	2.50	-0.035	1.05	-0.01%	-0.39	PH
27	472	41	May 25	DET	@	MIL	W,12-3	CG	5	4	2	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.250	.353	.417	.770	4	.59	0.104	.26	0.03%	3.70	1B LF
28	473	42	May 26	DET	@	MIL	L,3-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.247	.349	.411	.760	5	.69	-0.025	.34	-0.01%	-1.06	PH
29	474	43	May 27	DET	@	MIL	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.344	.403	.747	4	1.06	-0.037	.46	-0.01%	-0.48	1B
30	475	44	May 28	DET	@	MIL	L,1-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.247	.340	.395	.735	4	.84	-0.089	.33	-0.02%	-0.85	1B
31	476	45	May 29	DET	@	BAL	L,5-6	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.337	.390	.727	4	3.05	-0.067	1.16	-0.02%	-0.76	PH 1B
32	477	47 (1)	May 31	DET	@	BAL	W,5-4	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.337	.381	.718	4	1.07	0.016	.44	0.00%	-0.12	1B
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
33	478	48	Jun 1	DET		MIL	W,4-3	CG(12)	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.330	.371	.701	4	1.77	-0.067	.76	-0.02%	-0.14	1B
34	479	49	Jun 2	DET		MIL	L,2-5	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.228	.321	.359	.679	4	1.84	-0.067	.88	-0.02%	-0.54	1B
35	480	51 (1)	Jun 5	DET		MIN	W,2-0	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.221	.312	.347	.659	6	.98	-0.044	.38	-0.01%	-0.47	1B
36	481	52	Jun 6	DET		MIN	W,5-1	8-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.318	.354	.672	6	.26	0.008	.11	0.00%	1.00	PH 1B
37	482	53	Jun 7	DET		MIN	W,3-0	GS-8	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.319	.347	.666	6	1.15	-0.011	.48	0.00%	-0.02	1B
38	483	54	Jun 8	DET	@	TEX	L,1-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.216	.308	.333	.641	6	.15	-0.015	.08	-0.01%	-1.26	1B
39	484	55	Jun 9	DET	@	TEX	W,5-0	GS-8	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.210	.306	.324	.630	6	.68	-0.067	.28	-0.02%	-0.71	1B
40	485	56	Jun 10	DET	@	MIN	W,4-2	GS-8	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.304	.349	.653	6	1.04	0.029	.52	0.01%	-0.18	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
41	486	59 (2)	Aug 11	DET		TOR	L,4-6	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.297	.339	.636	6	.80	-0.063	1.10	-0.05%	-0.63	DH
42	487	61 (1)	Aug 13	DET		NYY	L,0-3	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.202	.292	.333	.626	6	.57	-0.028	.60	-0.02%	-0.25	DH
43	488	62	Aug 14	DET		NYY	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.293	.333	.627	6	.84	-0.022	.68	-0.01%	-0.29	DH
44	489	63	Aug 15	DET		NYY	W,8-5	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.202	.289	.328	.617	4	.84	-0.045	.87	-0.03%	-0.41	DH
45	490	64	Aug 16	DET		NYY	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.195	.281	.317	.598	4	1.50	-0.163	1.67	-0.11%	-1.43	1B
46	491	65	Aug 17	DET		MIN	W,12-2	GS-2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.202	.286	.323	.608	6	.55	0.013	.65	0.01%	0.20	1B
47	492	67 (1)	Aug 19	DET		MIN	W,4-0	GS-6	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.296	.336	.632	6	1.37	0.170	2.08	0.15%	1.38	1B
48	493	69 (1)	Aug 22	DET		TEX	W,2-0	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.203	.290	.328	.618	6	.70	-0.072	1.26	-0.08%	-0.81	1B
49	494	70	Aug 23	DET		TEX	W,5-4	GS-9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.297	.331	.628	7	.67	0.059	1.31	0.07%	1.12	DH
50	495	71	Aug 24	DET		KCR	L,2-4	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.298	.326	.624	7	1.42	0.003	2.81	0.00%	0.08	DH
51	496	73 (1)	Aug 26	DET		KCR	L,1-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.200	.297	.319	.615	7	.54	-0.062	1.11	-0.08%	-0.84	DH
52	497	76 (2)	Aug 29	DET	@	MIN	L,1-7	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.291	.312	.603	7	.80	-0.060	1.38	-0.06%	-0.86	DH
53	498	77	Aug 30	DET	@	MIN	W,6-1	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.193	.288	.307	.595	7	1.02	-0.058	1.49	-0.05%	-0.73	PH
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
54	499	82 (4)	Sep 4	DET	@	TEX	L,2-3	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.191	.286	.305	.591	6	.97	-0.024	2.37	-0.04%	-0.09	PH
55	500	84 (1)	Sep 6	DET	@	TEX	W,4-3	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.284	.303	.587	6	3.71	-0.150	9.17	-0.22%	-0.56	PH
56	501	87 (2)	Sep 9	DET		BOS	L,5-6	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.186	.279	.297	.575	7	.70	-0.027	2.04	-0.05%	-0.57	DH
57	502	88	Sep 11	DET		CLE	W,6-3	GS-8	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.189	.284	.297	.581	7	.66	0.058	1.98	0.10%	0.86	DH
58	503	89	Sep 12	DET		CLE	W,11-9	9-12	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.287	.295	.582	6	2.23	0.019	6.81	0.04%	0.15	PH
59	504	93 (3)	Sep 16 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS-7	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.193	.295	.320	.615	7	.88	0.107	3.36	0.25%	1.20	DH
60	505	94	Sep 17	DET	@	BOS	L,1-6	GS-8	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.197	.301	.322	.624	7	1.75	0.103	7.04	0.25%	0.97	DH
61	506	96 (1)	Sep 19	DET	@	CLE	W,4-3	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.299	.320	.620	5	.69	-0.016	1.76	-0.02%	-0.34	PH
62	507	97	Sep 20	DET	@	CLE	W,5-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.196	.299	.320	.620	6						C
63	508	98	Sep 21	DET	@	BAL	W,5-1	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.200	.304	.323	.626	6	1.26	0.120	4.53	0.26%	1.22	DH
64	509	99	Sep 22	DET	@	BAL	W,6-3	GS-8	4	3	2	2	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.209	.314	.367	.681	6	.90	0.375	3.46	0.87%	2.73	DH
65	510	101 (1)	Sep 25	DET		MIL	L,6-8	GS-9	4	3	1	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.323	.391	.714	6	.66	0.115	3.53	0.37%	1.27	DH
66	511	103 (1)	Sep 27	DET		MIL	W,2-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.215	.323	.387	.709	6	1.00	-0.038	5.56	-0.13%	-0.19	DH
67	512	104	Sep 28	DET		BAL	L,3-7	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.213	.321	.384	.705	8	.88	-0.024	4.13	-0.07%	-0.48	PH
68	513	105	Sep 29	DET		BAL	W,14-0	GS-6	3	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.327	.404	.730	6	.30	-0.002	1.28	0.00%	1.03	DH
69	514	106	Oct 1	DET		BAL	L,4-5	8-GF(10)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.323	.399	.722	5	3.63	-0.186	1.29	-0.04%	-0.98	PH C
70	515	109 (2)	Oct 4	DET	@	MIL	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.215	.322	.395	.717	6	1.79	-0.084	.00	0.00%	-0.10	DH
							36-34		202	172	20	37	4	0	9	25	28	1	22	0	0	2	4	5	0	0	.215	.322	.395	.717		1.07	-0.302	1.29	1.18%	0.81

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