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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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1976 KCR AL 26 C 23 8 101.0 62 57 4 1 1 .984 0.0 0.0 0 5.44 2.65 .981 5.75 4.90 0 2 9 3 25%
1976 KCR AL 26 1B 3 1 11.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -10.9 -0.1 -0.2 0.1 0 4.91 2.00 1.000 9.82 8.87
1977 KCR AL 27 C 35 19 205.0 140 130 9 1 0 .993 -3.0 -17.6 -3 6.10 3.97 .986 6.01 5.06 2 4 15 3 17%
1977 KCR AL 27 1B 5 4 26.0 27 26 0 1 2 .963 -0.6 -27.7 -0.6 -0.8 0.2 0 9.00 5.20 .989 10.00 8.78
1977 KCR AL 27 DH 2
1978 KCR AL 28 1B 47 31 296.1 329 307 22 0 20 1.000 5.9 23.9 5.9 2.4 3.5 0 9.99 7.00 .992 10.05 8.75
1978 KCR AL 28 C 21 16 146.1 86 78 6 2 0 .977 0.0 0.0 0 5.17 4.00 .983 5.53 4.86 1 2 11 6 35%
1979 KCR AL 29 1B 49 25 250.0 285 264 19 2 30 .993 -0.3 -1.4 -0.3 0.7 -1.0 0 10.19 5.78 .992 10.08 8.85
1979 KCR AL 29 C 23 18 164.1 76 70 5 1 0 .987 0.0 0.0 0 4.11 3.26 .982 5.46 4.69 0 2 7 2 22%
1979 KCR AL 29 DH 11
1979 KCR AL 29 OF 3 0 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.8 -120.0 -0.8 -0.2 -0.7 0 2.25 0.67 1.000 2.48 2.13
1979 KCR AL 29 LF 2 0 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -100.0 -0.5 -0.2 -0.4 0 1.50 0.50 1.000 2.25 1.80
1979 KCR AL 29 RF 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -180.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 2.25 1.90
1980 KCR AL 30 C 77 72 651.0 337 306 25 6 5 .982 -4.0 -7.4 -4 4.58 4.30 .986 5.48 4.60 1 17 58 21 27% MVP-24
1980 KCR AL 30 OF 35 31 278.0 56 54 1 1 0 .982 -1.4 -6.0 -2.4 -1.8 -0.6 1 1.78 1.57 .979 2.47 2.15 MVP-24
1980 KCR AL 30 LF 19 18 157.0 36 35 0 1 0 .972 0.8 6.1 -0.2 -0.7 0.5 1 2.01 1.84 .981 2.35 1.92 MVP-24
1980 KCR AL 30 RF 17 13 121.0 20 19 1 0 0 1.000 -2.2 -21.8 -2.2 -1.1 -1.1 0 1.49 1.18 .975 2.13 1.77 MVP-24
1980 KCR AL 30 1B 12 11 102.1 120 112 7 1 14 .992 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 -0.3 0 10.47 9.92 .992 10.02 8.40 MVP-24
1981 KCR AL 31 C 73 68 615.1 333 300 26 7 1 .979 -3.0 -5.9 -3 4.77 4.47 .987 5.51 4.76 2 10 45 18 29%
1981 KCR AL 31 OF 16 13 115.0 17 15 2 0 0 1.000 -5.8 -60.5 -5.8 -3.3 -2.6 0 1.33 1.06 .982 2.48 2.16
1981 KCR AL 31 RF 13 10 92.0 15 14 1 0 0 1.000 -3.8 -49.6 -3.8 -2.1 -1.8 0 1.47 1.15 .980 2.16 1.75
1981 KCR AL 31 LF 3 3 23.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -2.0 -104.3 -2.0 -1.2 -0.8 0 0.78 0.67 1.000 2.39 2.00
1981 KCR AL 31 1B 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 9.00 1.00 1.000 9.90 8.60
1982 KCR AL 32 C 120 116 991.1 511 463 38 10 3 .980 0.0 0.0 0 4.55 4.18 .988 5.69 4.90 4 29 61 40 40%
1982 KCR AL 32 1B 3 2 18.2 21 19 2 0 2 1.000 0.2 12.9 0.2 0.1 0.1 0 10.12 7.00 .990 9.88 8.50
1983 KCR AL 33 C 92 89 786.2 398 360 32 6 5 .985 -1.0 -1.5 -1 4.48 4.26 .986 5.70 4.76 2 28 57 30 34%
1983 KCR AL 33 1B 37 27 238.0 273 244 26 3 24 .989 1.4 7.1 1.4 0.6 0.8 0 10.21 7.30 .992 9.90 8.24
1983 KCR AL 33 OF 9 3 33.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 7.3 0.2 0.2 -0.1 0 3.00 1.22 .982 2.51 2.16
1983 KCR AL 33 RF 8 2 24.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 15.0 0.3 0.3 -0.1 0 3.38 1.13 .978 2.25 1.85
1983 KCR AL 33 LF 3 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -13.3 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 2.00 0.67 1.000 2.30 1.90
1984 KCR AL 34 C 59 49 421.0 240 213 21 6 2 .975 -2.0 -5.7 -2 5.00 3.97 .987 5.96 5.05 1 13 29 13 31%
1984 KCR AL 34 1B 33 1 77.1 101 91 10 0 8 1.000 0.9 14.0 0.9 1.2 -0.2 0 11.75 3.06 .991 9.74 8.25
1984 KCR AL 34 DH 4
1984 KCR AL 34 LF 1 1 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 -150.0 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.80
1984 KCR AL 34 OF 1 1 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 -150.0 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.48 2.20
1985 KCR AL 35 C 49 40 371.2 279 247 28 4 6 .986 4.0 12.9 4 6.66 5.61 .987 6.05 5.03 2 9 21 16 43%
1985 KCR AL 35 1B 6 1 14.0 13 12 1 0 0 1.000 0.8 68.6 0.8 0.3 0.5 0 8.36 2.17 .992 9.77 8.67
1985 KCR AL 35 DH 2
10 Seasons C 572 495 4453.2 2462 2224 194 44 23 .982 -9.0 -2.4 -9 4.89 4.23 .986 5.69 4.85 15 116 313 152 33%
10 Seasons 1B 196 103 1034.2 1176 1082 87 7 100 .994 8.1 9.4 8.1 4.4 3.7 0 10.17 5.96 .992 9.99 8.57
5 Seasons OF 64 48 438.0 86 82 3 1 0 .988 -8.3 -22.7 -9.3 -5.6 -4.0 1 1.75 1.33 .980 2.48 2.15
4 Seasons RF 39 25 239.0 45 43 2 0 0 1.000 -6.0 -30.1 -6.0 -2.9 -3.3 0 1.69 1.15 .978 2.15 1.78
5 Seasons LF 28 23 199.0 41 39 1 1 0 .976 -2.3 -13.9 -3.3 -2.7 -0.7 1 1.81 1.43 .983 2.35 1.91
4 Seasons DH 19
10 Seasons TOT 832 646 5926.1 3724 3388 284 52 123 .986 -9.2 -1.9 -1.2 -1.2 -0.3 1 0 -9 5.58 4.41 .974 6.21 5.52 15 116 313 152 33%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1976 KCR AL 26 27 9 27 26 0 22 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4
1977 KCR AL 27 55 23 55 40 0 35 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 2
1978 KCR AL 28 67 47 67 65 0 21 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
1979 KCR AL 29 90 48 90 74 0 23 49 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 5 34 0
1980 KCR AL 30 126 114 126 120 0 77 12 0 0 0 19 0 17 35 0 11 0
1981 KCR AL 31 89 81 89 88 0 74 1 0 0 0 3 0 13 16 0 6 2
1982 KCR AL 32 121 118 121 121 0 120 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1983 KCR AL 33 128 119 128 128 0 92 36 0 0 0 3 0 8 11 0 6 2
1984 KCR AL 34 97 51 97 90 0 58 34 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 13
1985 KCR AL 35 60 41 60 54 0 49 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 9
10 Seasons 860 651 860 806 0 571 197 0 0 0 28 0 39 66 5 105 32
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1976 KCR AL 26 458 3.56 4.10 3 100% 0 0 51 3 2 0 46 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
1977 KCR AL 27 880 3.12 3.34 8 100% 0 0 129 7 0 4 118 9 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1978 KCR AL 28 630 3.20 3.38 8 88% 0 0 78 5 0 2 71 6 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1979 KCR AL 29 711 3.72 4.44 9 100% 0 0 70 5 1 3 61 6 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1980 KCR AL 30 2857 3.62 4.06 26 96% 0 1 306 15 3 10 275 26 8 1 0 1 6 0 0 6 0 6 1 0 3 6 100%
1981 KCR AL 31 2648 3.31 3.69 35 97% 0 0 302 25 5 7 265 25 8 0 0 3 7 0 0 7 0 1 0 0 0 4 100%
1982 KCR AL 32 4331 3.96 4.33 34 94% 0 0 460 24 1 12 423 37 4 0 1 7 10 0 4 6 2 5 0 1 2 5 80%
1983 KCR AL 33 3520 4.24 4.71 25 100% 0 0 359 17 3 17 321 34 5 0 0 6 6 1 2 3 0 5 0 1 2 3 100%
1984 KCR AL 34 1867 4.32 4.77 17 94% 0 0 214 9 0 2 203 19 6 0 0 2 6 0 1 5 1 2 0 0 0 4 75%
1985 KCR AL 35 1623 3.51 4.07 6 100% 1 0 253 4 1 5 241 24 1 1 0 6 4 0 2 2 0 7 0 0 1 1 100%
10 Seasons 19525 3.78 4.21 171 96% 1 1 2222 114 16 62 2024 189 40 2 2 27 44 1 10 33 3 27 1 3 9 28 93%
MLB Averages 3.81 4.28 96% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1976 KCR AL 26 0 2 169 9 3 2 25% 8 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 14 4 1.25 1.78
1977 KCR AL 27 2 4 325 15 3 3 17% 14 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 24 7 1.58 1.57
1978 KCR AL 28 1 2 236 11 6 2 35% 11 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 15 7 0.92 2.05
1979 KCR AL 29 0 2 255 7 2 2 22% 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 14 3 1.10 0.58
1980 KCR AL 30 2 17 1057 58 21 14 27% 47 18 8 2 3 1 0 0 95 23 1.31 1.17
1981 KCR AL 31 2 10 952 45 18 11 29% 44 17 1 1 0 0 0 0 71 20 1.18 1.59
1982 KCR AL 32 7 29 1548 61 40 24 40% 53 37 8 1 0 2 0 0 119 45 1.23 1.30
1983 KCR AL 33 3 28 1323 57 30 15 34% 50 25 7 1 0 4 1 0 114 31 1.22 1.10
1984 KCR AL 34 1 13 677 29 13 9 31% 23 9 5 4 1 0 1 0 58 15 1.32 1.15
1985 KCR AL 35 1 9 570 21 16 15 43% 19 14 2 1 0 1 0 0 40 18 1.41 1.38
10 Seasons 19 116 7112 313 152 97 33% 274 132 35 12 4 8 2 0 564 173 1.26 1.31
MLB Averages 34% 1.30 1.28

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1976 KCR AL 26 50 62% 80% 24% 1 100% 0 9 0 9 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 KCR AL 27 122 66% 75% 22% 7 86% 0 26 4 21 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
1978 KCR AL 28 1258 60% 83% 26% 81 99% 0 306 28 276 2 32 21 16 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 20 2 0 1 19 2 1 1 0 5 80%
1979 KCR AL 29 1129 55% 83% 25% 58 97% 0 261 18 240 3 22 19 15 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 30 0 0 0 27 0 3 0 3 3 100%
1980 KCR AL 30 431 65% 86% 28% 25 96% 0 112 11 101 0 7 7 4 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 15 0 1 1 13 2 2 1 1 2 50%
1981 KCR AL 31 4 50% 100% 75% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 KCR AL 32 85 75% 79% 24% 6 100% 0 19 1 18 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1983 KCR AL 33 1035 61% 83% 27% 64 94% 1 244 10 234 1 29 24 19 3 0 1 3 1 2 0 2 24 2 0 1 24 3 0 0 0 2 100%
1984 KCR AL 34 320 50% 88% 34% 22 100% 0 97 3 94 0 11 8 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 0 0 8 1 0 0 0 1 100%
1985 KCR AL 35 71 70% 76% 23% 6 100% 0 13 1 12 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 4505 59% 83% 27% 270 97% 1 1088 76 1006 7 110 84 64 13 0 3 7 1 6 0 5 101 5 1 3 95 8 6 2 4 14 86%
MLB Averages 57% 79% 26% 95% 89%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1979 KCR AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 75% 100% 31% 2 50%
1980 KCR AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 8 0 0 7 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 17 5 29.4% 12 0 0.0% 1 529 53% 83% 26% 55 36%
1981 KCR AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 3 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 11 5 45.5% 6 0 0.0% 1 403 57% 81% 27% 41 37%
1983 KCR AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 106 80% 85% 40% 11 91%
4 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 13 3 0 8 4 0 4 2 0 5 1 0 1 1 0 31 11 35.5% 20 0 0.0% 2 1054 58% 83% 28% 109 42%
MLB Averages 43.0% 3.0% 57% 79% 26% 56%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1979 KCR AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 34 50% 91% 41% 4 25%
1980 KCR AL 30 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 0 4 3 0 8 5 0 1 1 0 5 5 0 24 19 79.2% 5 0 0.0% 0 679 62% 83% 27% 90 39%
1981 KCR AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40.0% 3 0 0.0% 1 104 50% 88% 30% 13 15%
1983 KCR AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 46 61% 80% 28% 4 50%
1984 KCR AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 41% 77% 23% 0
5 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 9 7 0 5 3 0 11 7 0 2 1 0 5 5 0 32 23 71.9% 9 0 0.0% 1 885 59% 84% 28% 111 36%
MLB Averages 58.0% 2.8% 57% 79% 26% 52%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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