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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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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

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

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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 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--13.087--10th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 2 (2000), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1849), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 3 (3165), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

January 13, 1971: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1971 amateur draft (January).

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Salaries

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1985Kansas City Royals$425,000
1986Kansas City Royals$400,000
Career (may be incomplete)$825,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
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