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John Wathan

John David Wathan

Positions: Catcher, First Baseman and Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: October 4, 1949 in Cedar Rapids, IA
High School: St. Augustine HS (San Diego, CA)
School: University of San Diego (San Diego, CA)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1971 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: May 26, 1976
Team: Royals 1976-1985

Final Game: October 6, 1985
Relatives: Father of Dusty Wathan
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1976 KCR AL 26 C 23 8 7 101.0 62 57 4 1 1 .984 0 0 5.44 2.65 .981 5.75 5.77 0 2 9 3 25% 34% 0
1976 KCR AL 26 1B 3 1 0 11.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -11 4.91 2.00 .992 9.82 9.90
1977 KCR AL 27 C 35 19 16 205.0 140 130 9 1 0 .993 -3 -18 6.10 3.97 .986 6.01 5.97 2 4 15 3 17% 39% 0
1977 KCR AL 27 1B 5 4 1 26.0 27 26 0 1 2 .963 -1 -28 9.00 5.20 .990 10.00 9.96
1977 KCR AL 27 DH 2 0
1978 KCR AL 28 1B 47 31 23 296.1 329 307 22 0 20 1.000 6 24 9.99 7.00 .992 10.05 9.95
1978 KCR AL 28 C 21 16 12 146.1 86 78 6 2 0 .977 0 0 5.17 4.00 .983 5.53 5.48 1 2 11 6 35% 38% 0
1979 KCR AL 29 1B 49 25 16 250.0 285 264 19 2 30 .993 -0 -1 10.19 5.78 .992 10.08 9.96
1979 KCR AL 29 C 23 18 16 164.1 76 70 5 1 0 .987 0 0 4.11 3.26 .982 5.46 5.39 0 2 7 2 22% 36% 0
1979 KCR AL 29 DH 10 5
1979 KCR AL 29 OF 3 0 0 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -120 2.25 0.67 .980 2.48 2.43
1979 KCR AL 29 LF 2 0 0 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -100 1.50 0.50 .980 2.25 2.20
1979 KCR AL 29 RF 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -180 4.50 1.00 .980 2.25 2.20
1980 KCR AL 30 C 77 72 70 651.0 337 306 25 6 5 .982 -4 -7 4.58 4.30 .986 5.48 5.47 1 17 58 21 27% 35% 0 MVP-24
1980 KCR AL 30 OF 35 31 26 278.0 56 54 1 1 0 .982 -1 -6 1.78 1.57 .979 2.47 2.46 MVP-24
1980 KCR AL 30 LF 19 18 15 157.0 36 35 0 1 0 .972 1 6 2.01 1.84 .980 2.35 2.35 MVP-24
1980 KCR AL 30 RF 17 13 11 121.0 20 19 1 0 0 1.000 -2 -22 1.49 1.18 .975 2.13 2.12 MVP-24
1980 KCR AL 30 1B 12 11 9 102.1 120 112 7 1 14 .992 0 0 10.47 9.92 .992 10.02 10.00 MVP-24
1981 KCR AL 31 C 73 68 61 615.1 333 300 26 7 1 .979 -3 -6 4.77 4.47 .987 5.51 5.49 2 10 45 18 29% 38% 0
1981 KCR AL 31 OF 16 13 8 115.0 17 15 2 0 0 1.000 -6 -61 1.33 1.06 .983 2.48 2.47
1981 KCR AL 31 RF 13 10 7 92.0 15 14 1 0 0 1.000 -4 -50 1.47 1.15 .980 2.16 2.15
1981 KCR AL 31 LF 3 3 1 23.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -2 -104 0.78 0.67 .980 2.39 2.37
1981 KCR AL 31 1B 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -120 9.00 1.00 .990 9.90 10.00
1982 KCR AL 32 C 120 116 93 991.1 511 463 38 10 3 .980 0 0 4.55 4.18 .988 5.69 5.66 4 29 61 40 40% 36% 0
1982 KCR AL 32 1B 3 2 0 18.2 21 19 2 0 2 1.000 0 13 10.12 7.00 .992 9.88 9.80
1983 KCR AL 33 C 92 89 83 786.2 398 360 32 6 5 .985 -1 -2 4.48 4.26 .986 5.70 5.66 2 28 57 30 34% 33% 1
1983 KCR AL 33 1B 37 27 21 238.0 273 244 26 3 24 .989 1 7 10.21 7.30 .992 9.90 9.82
1983 KCR AL 33 OF 9 3 0 33.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 0 7 3.00 1.22 .981 2.51 2.48
1983 KCR AL 33 RF 8 2 0 24.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0 15 3.38 1.13 .978 2.25 2.22
1983 KCR AL 33 LF 3 1 0 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -13 2.00 0.67 .975 2.30 2.30
1984 KCR AL 34 C 59 49 36 421.0 240 213 21 6 2 .975 -2 -6 5.00 3.97 .987 5.96 5.92 1 13 29 13 31% 36% 1
1984 KCR AL 34 1B 33 1 1 77.1 101 91 10 0 8 1.000 1 14 11.75 3.06 .991 9.74 9.68
1984 KCR AL 34 DH 4 0
1984 KCR AL 34 LF 1 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -150 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.30
1984 KCR AL 34 OF 1 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -150 0.00 0.00 2.48 2.50
1985 KCR AL 35 C 49 40 35 371.2 279 247 28 4 6 .986 4 13 6.66 5.61 .987 6.05 5.99 2 9 21 16 43% 33% 0
1985 KCR AL 35 1B 6 1 0 14.0 13 12 1 0 0 1.000 1 69 8.36 2.17 .991 9.77 9.67
1985 KCR AL 35 DH 2 0
10 Seasons C 572 495 429 4453.2 2462 2224 194 44 23 .982 -9 -2 4.89 4.23 .986 5.69 5.67 15 116 313 152 33% 35% 2
10 Seasons 1B 196 103 71 1034.2 1176 1082 87 7 100 .994 8 9 10.17 5.96 .992 9.99 9.87
5 Seasons OF 64 48 34 438.0 86 82 3 1 0 .988 -8 -23 1.75 1.33 .980 2.48 2.46
4 Seasons RF 39 25 18 239.0 45 43 2 0 0 1.000 -6 -30 1.69 1.15 .977 2.15 2.15
5 Seasons LF 28 23 16 199.0 41 39 1 1 0 .976 -2 -14 1.81 1.43 .980 2.35 2.33
10 Seasons TOT 832 646 534 5926.1 3724 3388 284 52 123 .986 -9 -2 5.58 4.41 .988 6.21 6.42 15 116 313 152 33% 35% 2
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1976 KCR AL 26 C 0 0 0
1976 KCR AL 26 1B -0 -11 -0 0 -0 0
1977 KCR AL 27 C -3 -18 -3
1977 KCR AL 27 1B -1 -28 -1 0 -1 0
1978 KCR AL 28 1B 6 24 6 4 2 0
1978 KCR AL 28 C 0 0 0
1979 KCR AL 29 1B -0 -1 -0 -1 1 0
1979 KCR AL 29 C 0 0 0
1979 KCR AL 29 LF -0 -100 -0 -0 -0 0
1979 KCR AL 29 RF -0 -180 -0 -0 0 0
1980 KCR AL 30 C -4 -7 -4
1980 KCR AL 30 LF 1 6 -0 0 -1 1
1980 KCR AL 30 RF -2 -22 -2 -1 -1 0
1980 KCR AL 30 1B 0 0 0 -0 0 0
1981 KCR AL 31 C -3 -6 -3
1981 KCR AL 31 RF -4 -50 -4 -2 -2 0
1981 KCR AL 31 LF -2 -104 -2 -1 -1 0
1981 KCR AL 31 1B -0 -120 -0 0 -0
1982 KCR AL 32 C 0 0 0
1982 KCR AL 32 1B 0 13 0 0 0 0
1983 KCR AL 33 C -1 -2 -1
1983 KCR AL 33 1B 1 7 1 1 1 0
1983 KCR AL 33 RF 0 15 0 -0 0 0
1983 KCR AL 33 LF -0 -13 -0 0 -0 0
1984 KCR AL 34 C -2 -6 -2
1984 KCR AL 34 1B 1 14 1 -0 1 0
1984 KCR AL 34 LF -0 -150 -0 0 -0
1985 KCR AL 35 C 4 13 4
1985 KCR AL 35 1B 1 69 1 0 0 0
10 Seasons C -9 -2 -9
10 Seasons 1B 8 9 8 4 4 0
4 Seasons RF -6 -30 -6 -3 -3 0
5 Seasons LF -2 -14 -3 -1 -3 1
10 Seasons TOT -9 -2 -1 -0 -1 0 1 -9
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

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 2 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 10 34 0
1980 KCR AL 30 126 114 126 120 0 77 12 0 0 0 19 0 17 36 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 4 4 13
1985 KCR AL 35 60 41 60 54 0 49 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 9
10 Seasons 860 651 860 806 0 571 197 0 0 0 28 0 39 67 18 105 32
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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 26 441 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 27 850 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 28 606 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 29 698 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 2762 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 2568 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 4186 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 3401 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 1807 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 1576 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 18895 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*

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 1.23 1.88
1977 KCR AL 27 2 4 325 15 3 3 17% 14 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 24 7 1.57 1.55
1978 KCR AL 28 1 2 236 11 6 2 35% 11 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 15 7 0.90 1.99
1979 KCR AL 29 0 2 255 7 2 2 22% 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 14 3 1.10 0.56
1980 KCR AL 30 2 17 1057 58 21 14 27% 47 18 8 2 3 1 0 0 95 23 1.32 1.17
1981 KCR AL 31 2 10 952 45 18 11 29% 44 17 1 1 0 0 0 0 71 20 1.15 1.65
1982 KCR AL 32 7 29 1548 61 39 24 39% 53 36 8 1 0 2 0 0 119 45 1.26 1.33
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 1.13
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 313 151 97 33% 274 131 35 12 4 8 2 0 564 173 1.26 1.32
MLB Averages 34% 1.30 1.29

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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 47 66% 85% 26% 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 27 115 70% 80% 23% 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 1223 61% 85% 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 1084 57% 87% 26% 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 30 419 67% 88% 29% 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 82 78% 82% 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 1004 63% 86% 28% 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 34 312 51% 90% 35% 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 68 74% 79% 24% 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 4358 61% 86% 28% 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 60% 82% 27% 95% 89%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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 9 1 0 7 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 18 6 33.3% 12 0 0.0% 1 514 54% 85% 27% 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 2 1 0 13 6 46.2% 7 0 0.0% 1 392 59% 83% 28% 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% 0 102 83% 88% 41% 11 91%
4 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 14 4 0 8 4 0 4 2 0 5 1 0 3 2 0 34 13 38.2% 21 0 0.0% 2 1024 59% 85% 29% 109 42%
MLB Averages 41.9% 3.1% 60% 82% 27% 56%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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% 0 661 63% 85% 28% 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% 1 100 52% 92% 31% 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 43 65% 86% 30% 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% 1 860 61% 86% 29% 111 36%
MLB Averages 59.4% 3.0% 60% 82% 27% 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 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1991 BBWAA ()

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1980 AL (24, 0%)
0.00 Career Shares (1712th)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1981 AL  7 (4th)
1982 AL  10 (3rd)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
1981 AL  45 (5th)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
1985 AL  43.2 (3rd)

Total Zone Runs as C s c a p y
1985 AL  4 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y
1978 AL  6 (3rd)
Career  8 (99th)

             

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