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John Wathan
John David Wathan

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: October 4, 1949 in Cedar Rapids, IA
High School: St. Augustine (San Diego, CA)
School: University of San Diego
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1971 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: May 26, 1976
Final Game: October 6, 1985
Relatives: Father of Dusty Wathan
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John Wathan
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Minors
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- 1976
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Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1976	26	KCR	AL	27	46	42	5	12	1	0	0	5	0	2	2	5	.286	.333	.310	.643	88	13	1	1	1	0	0	2/3
1977	27	KCR	AL	55	127	119	18	39	5	3	2	21	2	0	5	8	.328	.346	.471	.817	119	56	1	0	0	3	1	2/3D
1978	28	KCR	AL	67	203	190	19	57	10	1	2	28	2	1	3	12	.300	.320	.395	.715	98	75	5	4	3	3	1	32
1979	29	KCR	AL	90	216	199	26	41	7	3	2	28	2	1	7	24	.206	.227	.302	.529	41	60	7	0	5	5	1	32D/79
1980	30	KCR	AL	126	510	453	57	138	14	7	6	58	17	3	50	42	.305	.377	.406	.783	115	184	19	3	3	1	6	2793	MVP-24
1981	31	KCR	AL	89	330	301	24	76	9	3	1	19	11	6	19	23	.252	.298	.312	.611	78	94	9	2	5	3	1	*29/73
1982	32	KCR	AL	121	502	448	79	121	11	3	3	51	36	9	48	46	.270	.343	.328	.671	86	147	26	2	3	1	0	*2/3
1983	33	KCR	AL	128	469	437	49	107	18	3	2	32	28	7	27	56	.245	.289	.314	.603	67	137	11	1	2	2	0	23/97
1984	34	KCR	AL	97	196	171	17	31	7	1	2	10	6	6	21	34	.181	.271	.269	.540	51	46	6	0	4	0	0	23/D7
1985	35	KCR	AL	60	165	145	11	34	8	1	1	9	1	1	17	15	.234	.319	.324	.643	77	47	4	1	2	0	0	2/3D
10 Seasons				860	2764	2505	305	656	90	25	21	261	105	36	199	265	.262	.318	.343	.661	83	859	89	14	28	18	10
162 Game Avg.				162	521	472	57	124	17	5	4	49	20	7	37	50	.262	.318	.343	.661	83	162	17	3	5	3	2

Advanced Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1976	26	KCR	AL	46	34	4	3.2	87	.324	.286	.258	.333	.323	.310	.364	.643	.687	88	.398	-0.7	-0.1	.424	.024	.024
1977	27	KCR	AL	127	84	20	6.4	102	.330	.328	.269	.346	.333	.471	.409	.817	.742	119	.642	2.9	0.3	.778	.202	.143	2.0
1978	28	KCR	AL	203	145	23	4.2	96	.307	.300	.264	.320	.330	.395	.390	.715	.720	98	.491	-0.8	-0.1	.597	.116	.095	2.0
1979	29	KCR	AL	216	176	13	2.0	104	.219	.206	.272	.227	.337	.302	.412	.529	.749	41	.169	-17.4	-1.7	.410	.136	.095	2.0
1980	30	KCR	AL	510	341	69	5.4	99	.325	.305	.269	.377	.331	.406	.399	.783	.730	115	.577	10.2	1.0	.745	.243	.102	8.9
1981	31	KCR	AL	330	248	27	2.9	88	.268	.252	.255	.298	.319	.312	.371	.611	.690	78	.351	-9.0	-0.9	.500	.140	.060	1.8
1982	32	KCR	AL	502	366	49	3.6	98	.295	.270	.264	.343	.328	.328	.402	.671	.730	86	.391	-7.9	-0.8	.619	.225	.058	5.5
1983	33	KCR	AL	469	352	40	3.0	98	.276	.245	.266	.289	.327	.314	.401	.603	.728	67	.325	-20.6	-2.1	.534	.178	.069	3.7
1984	34	KCR	AL	196	156	12	2.1	97	.215	.181	.264	.271	.326	.269	.398	.540	.724	51	.192	-11.5	-1.2	.441	.211	.088	3.0
1985	35	KCR	AL	165	118	15	3.4	99	.256	.234	.261	.319	.327	.324	.406	.643	.733	77	.366	-4.2	-0.4	.560	.207	.090	1.0
10 Seasons				2764	2020	272	3.6	97	.284	.262	.265	.318	.328	.343	.397	.661	.725	83	.400	-59.0	-5.9	.578	.188	.081	35.0
162 Game Avg.				521	381	51	3.6	97	.284	.262	.265	.318	.328	.343	.397	.661	.725	83	.400	-59.0	-5.9	.578	.188	.081	7

Postseason Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1976	26	KCR	AL	ALCS	NYY	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
1977	27	KCR	AL	ALCS	NYY	L	4	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1978	28	KCR	AL	ALCS	NYY	L	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

1980	30	KCR	AL	ALCS	NYY	W	3	9	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0	1
1980	30	KCR	AL	WS	PHI	L	3	10	7	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	.286	.400	.286	.686	2	2	0	0	1	0
1981	31	KCR	AL	ALDS	OAK	L	3	11	10	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.300	.364	.300	.664	3	0	0	0	0	0

1984	34	KCR	AL	ALCS	DET	L	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1985	35	KCR	AL	WS	STL	W	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
7 Seasons (8 Series)							18	41	34	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	7	.147	.268	.147	.415	5	2	0	0	1	1
1 ALDS							3	11	10	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.300	.364	.300	.664	3	0	0	0	0	0
5 ALCS							10	19	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	.000	.158	.000	.158	0	0	0	0	0	1
2 WS							5	11	8	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	.250	.364	.250	.614	2	2	0	0	1	0

Ratio Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1976	26	KCR	AL	46	0.0%	10.9%	4.4%	2.2%	8%	2.50	8.4		8.4	1.80	80%
1977	27	KCR	AL	127	1.6%	6.3%	3.9%	7.9%	26%	1.60	14.9	59.5	5.7	0.89	88%
1978	28	KCR	AL	203	1.0%	5.9%	1.5%	6.4%	23%	4.00	15.8	95.0	6.8	1.13	88%
1979	29	KCR	AL	216	0.9%	11.1%	3.2%	5.6%	29%	3.43	8.3	99.5	7.1	1.08	82%
1980	30	KCR	AL	510	1.2%	8.2%	9.8%	5.3%	20%	0.84	10.8	75.5	7.8	1.97	80%
1981	31	KCR	AL	330	0.3%	7.0%	5.8%	3.9%	17%	1.21	13.1	301.0	15.8	1.70	85%
1982	32	KCR	AL	502	0.6%	9.2%	9.6%	3.4%	14%	0.96	9.7	149.3	8.8	2.03	80%
1983	33	KCR	AL	469	0.4%	11.9%	5.8%	4.9%	22%	2.07	7.8	218.5	13.7	1.17	81%
1984	34	KCR	AL	196	1.0%	17.4%	10.7%	5.1%	32%	1.62	5.0	85.5	17.1	1.51	69%
1985	35	KCR	AL	165	0.6%	9.1%	10.3%	6.1%	29%	0.88	9.7	145.0	16.1	1.24	78%
10 Seasons				2764	0.8%	9.6%	7.2%	4.9%	21%	1.33	9.5	119.3	9.6	1.48	81%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1976	26	KCR	AL	0	0	33%	23	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	67%	4	1	3	1	1	0	1	0	1
1977	27	KCR	AL	6	0	38%	64	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	31%	8	7	1	1	1	0	7	2	4
1978	28	KCR	AL	4	0	27%	81	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	3	54%	12	6	6	3	2	1	9	3	6
1979	29	KCR	AL	3	0	52%	61	2	1	67%	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	4	48%	13	7	6	4	2	2	4	2	2
1980	30	KCR	AL	7	0	28%	216	17	3	85%	17	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	16	47%	37	22	14	7	1	5	18	8	10
1981	31	KCR	AL	2	0	24%	121	11	6	65%	10	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	9	42%	22	14	7	2	2	0	7	1	6
1982	32	KCR	AL	9	0	45%	189	36	9	80%	33	8	3	1	0	0	10	3	3	13	60%	29	16	13	8	4	4	33	8	25
1983	33	KCR	AL	3	0	35%	147	28	7	80%	25	7	3	0	0	0	6	3	6	10	52%	19	13	6	5	2	3	24	7	16
1984	34	KCR	AL	3	0	30%	74	6	6	50%	6	6	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	2	36%	6	5	1	3	2	1	2	0	2
1985	35	KCR	AL	0	0	20%	72	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	62%	9	4	5	0	0	0	4	1	3
10 Seasons				37	0	34%	1048	105	36	74%	97	35	7	1	1	0	19	8	34	70	51%	159	95	62	34	17	16	109	32	75
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1976	26	KCR	AL	46	43%	12			2	1	0	0	0.61	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	10	1	10%	7	3	43%	41	7	17%	5	3	60%	5	2	40%	0
1977	27	KCR	AL	127	55%	39			17	6	0	4	2.73	2	0	4	1	1	0	2	0	0	0		27	1	4%	11	3	27%	93	19	20%	12	6	50%	3	1	33%	0
1978	28	KCR	AL	203	68%	57			13	6	0	3	2.24	2	0	5	1	1	2	0	1	4	3	75%	45	5	11%	20	9	45%	146	26	18%	14	9	64%	15	5	33%	0
1979	29	KCR	AL	216	83%	41			26	3	0	4	1.86	2	0	13	1	1	0	2	0	7	5	71%	53	7	13%	28	12	43%	176	27	15%	21	13	62%	12	8	67%	0
1980	30	KCR	AL	510	46%	138			10	3	0	1	1.35	6	0	10	5	1	5	1	1	3	3	100%	96	19	20%	47	16	34%	343	53	15%	32	19	59%	41	20	49%	0
1981	31	KCR	AL	330	38%	76			5	0	0	0	1.23	1	0	5	1	0	0	1	0	5	5	100%	73	9	12%	36	12	33%	221	18	8%	16	6	38%	15	5	33%	0
1982	32	KCR	AL	502	36%	121			2	0	0	0	2.64	3	0	5	2	1	2	1	0	4	3	75%	101	26	26%	55	18	33%	289	52	18%	36	22	61%	31	17	55%	0
1983	33	KCR	AL	469	37%	107			5	2	0	1	2.09	2	0	3	2	0	2	0	1	3	2	67%	70	11	16%	34	7	21%	253	35	14%	24	12	50%	31	10	32%	0
1984	34	KCR	AL	196	33%	31			4	1	0	0	0.85	2	0	5	0	2	1	1	0	5	4	80%	34	6	18%	18	5	28%	101	8	8%	4	0	0%	11	2	18%	0
1985	35	KCR	AL	165	26%	34			2	0	0	0	1.24	1	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	100%	25	4	16%	12	4	33%	96	8	8%	6	1	17%	9	4	44%	0
10 Seasons				2764	45%	656			86	22	0	13	1.93	21	0	59	13	8	13	8	3	34	28	82%	534	89	17%	268	89	33%	1759	253	14%	170	91	54%	173	74	43%	0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1976	26	27	46	42	5	12	1	0	0	5	0	2	2	5	.286	.333	.310	.643	88	13	1	1	1	0	0
1977	27	82	173	161	23	51	6	3	2	26	2	2	7	13	.317	.343	.429	.772	112	69	2	1	1	3	1
1978	28	149	376	351	42	108	16	4	4	54	4	3	10	25	.308	.331	.410	.741	105	144	7	5	4	6	2
1979	29	239	592	550	68	149	23	7	6	82	6	4	17	49	.271	.293	.371	.664	81	204	14	5	9	11	3
1980	30	365	1102	1003	125	287	37	14	12	140	23	7	67	91	.286	.332	.387	.719	97	388	33	8	12	12	9
1981	31	454	1432	1304	149	363	46	17	13	159	34	13	86	114	.278	.324	.370	.694	93	482	42	10	17	15	10
1982	32	575	1934	1752	228	484	57	20	16	210	70	22	134	160	.276	.329	.359	.688	91	629	68	12	20	16	10
1983	33	703	2403	2189	277	591	75	23	18	242	98	29	161	216	.270	.321	.350	.671	86	766	79	13	22	18	10
1984	34	800	2599	2360	294	622	82	24	20	252	104	35	182	250	.264	.318	.344	.662	83	812	85	13	26	18	10
1985	35	860	2764	2505	305	656	90	25	21	261	105	36	199	265	.262	.318	.343	.661	83	859	89	14	28	18	10

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1976	26	27	45	42	5	12	1	0	0	5	0	2	5	.286	.333	.310	.643	4	27
1977	27	55	128	120	19	40	5	3	2	22	2	5	8	.333	.352	.475	.827	21	55
1978	28	67	202	192	21	59	10	1	2	30	2	3	12	.307	.327	.401	.728	25	67
1979	29	91	208	197	25	38	6	3	2	27	2	6	24	.193	.212	.284	.496	12	90
1980	30	126	512	457	60	142	14	7	6	61	17	51	42	.311	.383	.411	.794	72	126
1981	31	135	505	466	43	125	15	5	2	34	18	31	35	.268	.315	.335	.650	48	89
1982	32	121	503	451	84	124	11	3	3	54	37	49	46	.275	.348	.333	.681	52	121
1983	33	128	472	441	51	111	19	3	2	33	29	28	56	.252	.297	.322	.619	42	128
1984	34	97	190	170	18	30	7	1	2	10	6	20	34	.176	.263	.265	.528	12	97
1985	35	60	166	147	12	36	8	1	1	9	1	18	15	.245	.331	.333	.665	16	60
10 Seasons		907	2931	2683	338	717	96	27	22	285	114	213	277	.267	.322	.348	.670	304	860
162 Game Avg.		162	524	479	60	128	17	5	4	51	20	38	49	.267	.322	.348	.670	54	860

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1980-AL-24-0%
0.00 Career Shares (1667th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1982 AL--36--6th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1982 AL--26--2nd

AB per SO s c a p y
1981 AL--13.1--10th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink Batting - 2 (2092), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Hall of Fame Monitor Batting - 2 (1859), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 3 (3145), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

Compare Stats to Similars

Most Similar by Ages

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Paddy Baumann (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Homer Bush (953) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Alex Arias (966) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bob Fisher (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bones Ely (955) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ernie Johnson (955) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ernie Johnson (959) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Gray Ink	Batting - 2 (2092), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 2 (1859), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 3 (3145), Average HOFer ≈ 50