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.

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 11	KCR		DET	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	C
2	3	Apr 12	KCR		DET	W,8-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
3	6 (2)	Apr 16	KCR	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
4	8 (1)	Apr 18	KCR	@	DET	W,9-6	GF	22	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
5	10 (1)	Apr 20	KCR	@	DET	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
6	12 (1)	Apr 22	KCR		TOR	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
7	13	Apr 23	KCR		TOR	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
8	14	Apr 25	KCR		BAL	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
9	15	Apr 26	KCR		BAL	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	7	1	1	9	0	C
10	16	Apr 27	KCR		BAL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
11	17	Apr 29	KCR	@	TOR	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
12	18	Apr 30	KCR	@	TOR	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	19	May 2	KCR		BOS	L,5-6	CG	47	11.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
14	20	May 3	KCR		BOS	L,0-7	CG	44	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
15	21	May 4	KCR		BOS	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
16	22	May 6	KCR	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	C
17	23	May 7	KCR	@	CHW	W,12-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
18	24	May 8	KCR	@	CHW	L,2-8	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
19	25	May 9	KCR	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
20	26	May 10	KCR	@	BOS	W,13-8	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
21	27	May 11	KCR	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
22	28	May 12	KCR	@	NYY	W,12-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
23	29	May 13	KCR	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
24	30	May 14	KCR	@	NYY	L,3-16	CG	52	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
25	31	May 16	KCR		CAL	L,1-11	CG	48	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
26	32	May 17	KCR		CAL	W,2-1	CG	41	10.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
27	33	May 18	KCR		CAL	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
28	34	May 19	KCR		OAK	W,6-5	CG	46	11.0	4	1	1	6	1	C
29	35	May 20	KCR		OAK	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
30	36	May 21	KCR		OAK	L,2-4	CG	60	14.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
31	37	May 22	KCR		OAK	W,16-3	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
32	38	May 23	KCR	@	CAL	W,13-9	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
33	39	May 24	KCR	@	CAL	W,6-5	CG	44	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
34	40	May 25	KCR	@	CAL	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
35	41	May 26	KCR	@	OAK	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
36	42	May 27	KCR	@	OAK	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
37	43	May 28	KCR	@	OAK	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	3	1	1	5	0	C
38	44	May 30	KCR		CHW	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
39	45	May 31	KCR		CHW	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	46	Jun 1	KCR		CHW	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
41	47	Jun 2	KCR		NYY	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
42	48	Jun 3	KCR		NYY	W,6-5	CG	45	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
43	49	Jun 4	KCR		NYY	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
44	50	Jun 5	KCR	@	TEX	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
45	51	Jun 6	KCR	@	TEX	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
46	53 (1)	Jun 8	KCR	@	TEX	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
47	55 (1)	Jun 11 (1)	KCR	@	CLE	W,5-0	GS	25	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
48	56	Jun 11 (2)	KCR	@	CLE	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
49	58 (1)	Jun 14	KCR	@	MIL	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
50	60 (1)	Jun 16	KCR		TEX	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
51	62 (1)	Jun 18	KCR		CLE	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
52	63	Jun 19	KCR		CLE	L,4-5	CG	45	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
53	67 (3)	Jun 23	KCR	@	MIN	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
54	68	Jun 24 (1)	KCR	@	MIN	L,1-2	CG	38	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	C
55	70 (1)	Jun 25	KCR	@	MIN	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
56	71	Jun 27	KCR	@	SEA	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
57	72	Jun 28	KCR	@	SEA	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
58	74 (1)	Jun 30	KCR		MIN	L,3-12	CG	47	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	75	Jul 1	KCR		MIN	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
60	76	Jul 2	KCR		MIN	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
61	77	Jul 3	KCR		SEA	L,2-13	CG	48	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
62	78	Jul 4	KCR		SEA	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
63	79	Jul 5	KCR		SEA	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
64	80	Jul 6	KCR		SEA	L,3-5	CG	45	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
65	82 (1)	Jul 11	KCR		DET	W,7-3	GS	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
66	84 (1)	Jul 13	KCR	@	BAL	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
67	85	Jul 14	KCR	@	BAL	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
68	88 (2)	Jul 17	KCR	@	BOS	L,4-12	CG	43	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
69	89	Jul 18	KCR	@	NYY	W,13-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
70	91 (1)	Jul 20	KCR	@	NYY	W,14-3	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	C
71	92	Jul 21	KCR		CHW	W,2-1	GS	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF C
72	93	Jul 22	KCR		CHW	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
73	94	Jul 23	KCR		CHW	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
74	95	Jul 24	KCR		CHW	W,12-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
75	96	Jul 25	KCR		NYY	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
76	97	Jul 26	KCR		NYY	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
77	98	Jul 27	KCR		NYY	W,8-0	CG	30	9.0	10	0	0	10	5	1B
78	99	Jul 29	KCR		BOS	W,9-8	CG	47	9.0	12	2	0	14	1	1B
79	101 (1)	Jul 31	KCR		BOS	W,13-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
80	102	Aug 1	KCR	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
81	103	Aug 2	KCR	@	CHW	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
82	105 (1)	Aug 4	KCR	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
83	107 (1)	Aug 6	KCR	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
84	108	Aug 8 (1)	KCR	@	TOR	W,9-0	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
85	110 (1)	Aug 9	KCR	@	TOR	L,3-4	GS	58	13.1	18	3	0	21	1	1B C
86	111	Aug 10	KCR	@	TOR	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
87	112	Aug 11	KCR		BAL	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
88	113	Aug 12	KCR		BAL	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	3	1B
89	114	Aug 13	KCR		BAL	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
90	115	Aug 15	KCR		TOR	W,4-3	GS	30	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
91	116	Aug 16	KCR		TOR	W,11-5	GS	18	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
92	117	Aug 17	KCR		TOR	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
93	119 (1)	Aug 19	KCR	@	TEX	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
94	120	Aug 20	KCR	@	TEX	W,5-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
95	121	Aug 21	KCR		CLE	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
96	122	Aug 22	KCR		CLE	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
97	124 (1)	Aug 24	KCR		CLE	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
98	126 (1)	Aug 26	KCR	@	MIL	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
99	128 (1)	Aug 28	KCR		TEX	L,6-10	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
100	130 (1)	Aug 30	KCR		TEX	L,5-7	GS	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
101	131	Aug 31	KCR		TEX	W,4-3	GS	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
102	132	Sep 1	KCR		MIL	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
103	133	Sep 3	KCR		MIL	L,1-3	CG	44	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
104	134	Sep 4	KCR		MIL	L,5-9	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	C
105	135	Sep 5	KCR	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	10	1	1	12	2	1B
106	139 (3)	Sep 9	KCR	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
107	140	Sep 10	KCR	@	CAL	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
108	143 (2)	Sep 13	KCR	@	OAK	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
109	144	Sep 14	KCR	@	OAK	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
110	145	Sep 17 (1)	KCR		CAL	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
111	146	Sep 17 (2)	KCR		CAL	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
112	148 (1)	Sep 19	KCR		OAK	W,13-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
113	150 (1)	Sep 21	KCR		OAK	L,3-9	CG	42	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
114	151	Sep 22	KCR	@	SEA	L,4-5	CG	49	10.1	2	0	1	3	0	LF
115	153 (1)	Sep 24	KCR	@	SEA	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	2	2	1	5	0	C
116	155 (1)	Sep 27	KCR	@	MIN	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
117	156	Sep 28	KCR	@	MIN	L,7-8	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
118	157	Sep 30	KCR		SEA	W,7-5	GF	25	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH RF 1B
119	159 (1)	Oct 2	KCR		SEA	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
120	162 (2)	Oct 5	KCR		MIN	W,4-0	GS	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF LF C
							125gm		1031.1	472	33	8	513	19