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.

1984 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1984 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 5	KCR		NYY	W,15-4	GF	15	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
2	15 (11)	Apr 24	KCR	@	NYY	L,0-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
3	16	Apr 25	KCR		BAL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
4	17	Apr 26	KCR		BAL	L,3-11	CG	50	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
5	18	Apr 27	KCR		TOR	L,0-1	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
6	19	Apr 28	KCR		TOR	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	21 (1)	May 3	KCR	@	MIL	L,5-6	GF	10	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	C
8	22	May 4	KCR	@	TOR	L,3-4	GF	8	1.2	3	1	0	4	0	PR 1B
9	24 (1)	May 6	KCR	@	TOR	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
10	27 (2)	May 9	KCR		DET	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
11	28	May 11	KCR		BOS	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
12	29	May 12	KCR		BOS	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
13	30	May 13	KCR		BOS	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
14	31	May 14	KCR	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
15	33 (1)	May 16	KCR	@	CHW	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
16	34	May 18	KCR		TEX	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
17	35	May 19	KCR		TEX	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
18	37 (1)	May 21	KCR		CHW	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
19	38	May 22	KCR		CHW	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
20	39	May 23	KCR		CHW	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
21	40	May 25	KCR	@	BOS	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
22	41	May 26	KCR	@	BOS	W,11-7	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
23	42	May 27	KCR	@	BOS	L,0-6	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
24	45 (2)	May 30	KCR	@	TEX	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	49 (3)	Jun 3	KCR	@	MIN	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
26	51 (1)	Jun 5	KCR		SEA	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
27	52	Jun 6	KCR		SEA	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
28	53	Jun 7	KCR		SEA	W,9-8	CG	45	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	C
29	54	Jun 9	KCR		CAL	L,1-4	GS	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
30	56 (1)	Jun 12	KCR	@	SEA	L,2-3	GF	5	0.2	0	1	0	1	0	C
31	58 (1)	Jun 14	KCR	@	SEA	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
32	59	Jun 15	KCR		MIN	L,0-3	GS	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
33	60	Jun 16	KCR		MIN	L,1-6	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	C
34	61	Jun 17	KCR		MIN	L,1-3	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
35	62	Jun 18	KCR	@	OAK	L,2-10	GS	32	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
36	63	Jun 19	KCR	@	OAK	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
37	65 (1)	Jun 22	KCR	@	CAL	L,1-8	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
38	67 (1)	Jun 24	KCR	@	CAL	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
39	69 (1)	Jun 26 (1)	KCR		OAK	L,4-8	GS	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	76 (6)	Jul 2 (2)	KCR	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
41	77	Jul 3	KCR	@	CLE	L,3-15	GF	12	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
42	81 (3)	Jul 7 (2)	KCR	@	BAL	L,0-8	CG	42	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
43	85 (3)	Jul 13 (2)	KCR	@	NYY	L,1-8	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
44	86	Jul 14	KCR	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
45	87	Jul 15	KCR	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
46	88	Jul 16	KCR		CLE	W,3-1	GS	25	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
47	90 (1)	Jul 17 (2)	KCR		CLE	L,2-6	GS	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
48	97 (6)	Jul 23 (2)	KCR		TOR	W,7-2	GS	17	4.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
49	98	Jul 24	KCR		TOR	W,5-4	GF	9	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
50	99	Jul 25	KCR		TOR	W,5-4	GF	16	5.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
51	101 (1)	Jul 27 (2)	KCR	@	MIL	L,1-3	GS	28	6.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
52	104 (2)	Jul 30	KCR	@	TOR	W,7-4	GF	23	6.0	9	0	0	9	0	PR 1B
53	105	Jul 31	KCR	@	TOR	L,5-6	GS	31	7.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	107 (1)	Aug 3	KCR	@	DET	W,9-6	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
55	108	Aug 4	KCR	@	DET	W,9-5	GF	7	2.0	1	2	0	3	0	1B
56	109	Aug 5 (1)	KCR	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
57	110	Aug 5 (2)	KCR	@	DET	W,4-0	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
58	111	Aug 7	KCR		MIL	W,8-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR C
59	116 (4)	Aug 12	KCR		DET	L,4-8	GS	32	7.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
60	117	Aug 13	KCR		BOS	W,6-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 1B
61	119 (1)	Aug 15	KCR		BOS	W,13-8	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
62	120	Aug 16	KCR	@	TEX	W,6-3	GF	7	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
63	121	Aug 17	KCR	@	TEX	L,6-8	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	1B
64	122	Aug 18	KCR	@	TEX	W,5-4	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 1B
65	124 (1)	Aug 20	KCR	@	BOS	W,8-5	GF	7	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
66	125	Aug 21	KCR	@	BOS	L,1-11	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
67	126	Aug 22	KCR	@	BOS	W,6-2	GF	7	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
68	127	Aug 24	KCR		CHW	W,5-2	GF	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
69	129 (1)	Aug 26	KCR		CHW	W,6-5		20	5.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
70	130	Aug 27	KCR		CHW	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
71	132 (1)	Aug 29	KCR		TEX	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
72	134 (1)	Aug 31	KCR	@	CHW	W,3-1	GF	3	1.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	136 (1)	Sep 2	KCR	@	CHW	W,6-4		15	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
74	138 (1)	Sep 4	KCR		MIN	W,4-1	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
75	139	Sep 5	KCR		MIN	W,4-1	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	1	1B
76	140	Sep 7	KCR		SEA	W,5-4	GF	15	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
77	141	Sep 8	KCR		SEA	W,5-4	GF	12	3.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
78	142	Sep 9	KCR		SEA	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
79	147 (4)	Sep 15	KCR	@	SEA	W,8-5	GF	7	2.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
80	148	Sep 16	KCR	@	SEA	W,4-2	GS	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C 1B
81	149	Sep 17	KCR	@	CAL	W,10-1	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
82	150	Sep 18	KCR	@	CAL	W,10-0	GF	9	3.0	6	1	0	7	2	PR 1B
83	153 (2)	Sep 21	KCR		OAK	W,7-4	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
84	154	Sep 22	KCR		OAK	W,4-2	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
85	155	Sep 23	KCR		OAK	L,1-5	GS	31	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
86	156	Sep 24 (1)	KCR		CAL	W,4-0	GF	8	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PR 1B
87	157	Sep 24 (2)	KCR		CAL	W,12-4	GF	13	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
88	160 (2)	Sep 28	KCR	@	OAK	W,6-5	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
89	161	Sep 29	KCR	@	OAK	L,2-6	GS	39	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C 1B
90	162	Sep 30	KCR	@	OAK	L,2-8	GS	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	2	LF 1B
							93gm		502.1	304	31	6	341	10