John Wathan

Positions: Catcher, First Baseman and Outfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 205lb (188cm, 92kg)

Born: October 4, 1949 in Cedar Rapids, IA us

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (4th) of the 1971 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from University of San Diego (San Diego, CA).

High School: St. Augustine HS (San Diego, CA)

School: University of San Diego (San Diego, CA)

Debut: May 26, 1976 (Age 26-235d, 13,753rd in major league history)
vs. TEX 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 6, 1985 (Age 36-002d)
vs. OAK 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1977 season

Full Name: John David Wathan

Nicknames: Duke

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Relatives: Father of Dusty Wathan

1985 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.9

2505

656

.262

305

RBI

261

105

OBP

.318

SLG

.343

OPS

.661

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 9	KCR	@	DET	W,16-2	GF	14	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
2	10 (7)	Apr 19	KCR		MIN	W,11-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
3	11	Apr 20	KCR		MIN	L,2-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
4	15 (3)	Apr 24 (2)	KCR	@	SEA	L,2-4	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	26 (10)	May 7	KCR	@	TEX	W,6-5	GF	29	6.1	5	0	0	5	0	C
6	31 (4)	May 13	KCR		TEX	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
7	35 (3)	May 19	KCR	@	CHW	L,3-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
8	37 (1)	May 21	KCR		CLE	L,7-12	GF	15	3.0	2	1	0	3	0	PH C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	48 (10)	Jun 4 (2)	KCR		BAL	W,14-13	GS	14	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
10	50 (1)	Jun 6	KCR		BOS	L,0-1	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
11	52 (1)	Jun 8	KCR	@	MIN	L,8-9	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
12	53	Jun 9	KCR	@	MIN	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
13	54	Jun 10	KCR	@	MIL	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
14	56 (1)	Jun 12	KCR	@	MIL	L,0-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
15	61 (4)	Jun 18	KCR		MIN	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
16	69 (7)	Jun 26 (1)	KCR	@	OAK	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	10	0	1	11	1	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	78 (8)	Jul 5	KCR	@	TEX	W,6-4	GS	36	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
18	79	Jul 6	KCR		MIL	W,8-7	GF	11	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
19	94 (14)	Jul 27	KCR		CLE	W,5-4	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
20	99 (4)	Jul 31 (2)	KCR	@	CHW	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	102 (2)	Aug 3	KCR		TOR	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
22	107 (4)	Aug 8 (1)	KCR		CAL	L,4-6	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
23	114 (6)	Aug 15	KCR	@	BOS	L,1-2	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
24	123 (8)	Aug 24	KCR	@	MIL	W,4-3	GF	20	5.0	6	0	0	6	0	PH C
25	124	Aug 25	KCR	@	MIL	W,9-6	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
26	126 (1)	Aug 27	KCR	@	BAL	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
27	127	Aug 28	KCR	@	BAL	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	132 (4)	Sep 2 (2)	KCR		MIL	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
29	134 (1)	Sep 4	KCR		MIL	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
30	136 (1)	Sep 6	KCR	@	SEA	W,10-0	GS	22	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
31	141 (4)	Sep 11	KCR	@	MIN	W,4-1	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
32	144 (2)	Sep 15 (1)	KCR		OAK	W,7-6	GS	34	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
33	145	Sep 15 (2)	KCR		OAK	W,5-4	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH C
34	149 (3)	Sep 20	KCR		MIN	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
35	152 (2)	Sep 24	KCR	@	CAL	W,4-3	GS	32	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
36	153	Sep 25 (1)	KCR	@	CAL	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
37	156 (2)	Sep 27 (1)	KCR	@	OAK	L,2-4	GF	30	7.2	4	0	1	5	0	C
38	157	Sep 27 (2)	KCR	@	OAK	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
39	158	Sep 28	KCR	@	OAK	L,5-6	GS	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
40	160 (1)	Sep 30	KCR		CAL	W,8-5	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
							40gm		231.0	156	9	2	167	2