John Wockenfuss

Positions: Catcher, First Baseman and Outfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 190lb (183cm, 86kg)

Born: February 27, 1949 in Welch, WV us

Died: August 19, 2022 in Wilmington, DE

Draft: Drafted by the Washington Senators in the 42nd round of the 1967 MLB June Amateur Draft from Dickinson HS (Wilmington, DE).

High School: Dickinson HS (Wilmington, DE)

Debut: August 11, 1974 (Age 25-165d, 13,528th in major league history)
vs. TEX 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 15, 1985 (Age 36-169d)
vs. NYM 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1975 season

Full Name: Johnny Bilton Wockenfuss

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.1

2072

543

.262

267

RBI

310

OBP

.349

SLG

.432

OPS

.782

OPS+

115

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

1983 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1983 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	8 (7)	Apr 14	DET	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
2	30 (21)	May 15	DET	@	KCR	W,6-4	GS	24	6.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
3	36 (5)	May 21	DET		TEX	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
4	37	May 22	DET		TEX	W,12-5	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
5	41 (3)	May 27 (1)	DET		MIN	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
6	42	May 27 (2)	DET		MIN	W,2-1	GS	30	7.1	5	2	0	7	0	C
7	44 (1)	May 29	DET		MIN	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	51 (6)	Jun 6	DET	@	BOS	W,11-6	CG	43	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
9	52	Jun 7	DET	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
10	61 (8)	Jun 16	DET		BOS	W,10-2	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
11	62	Jun 17	DET	@	CLE	W,11-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
12	63	Jun 18	DET	@	CLE	L,8-12	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	75 (11)	Jul 2	DET		BAL	L,2-7	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
14	77 (1)	Jul 8	DET		OAK	W,3-2	GS	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
15	80 (2)	Jul 11	DET		CAL	W,12-6	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
16	82 (1)	Jul 13	DET		CAL	W,7-1	GF	11	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH C
17	91 (8)	Jul 21 (2)	DET	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
18	97 (5)	Jul 28	DET		SEA	W,6-1	GS	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
19	98	Jul 29 susp	DET		KCR	W,10-1	GS	25	7.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
20	99	Jul 30	DET		KCR	W,4-1	GS	30	7.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
21	100	Jul 31 (1)	DET		KCR	W,8-6	GS	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
22	101	Jul 31 (2)	DET		KCR	L,5-7	GS	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	104 (2)	Aug 3	DET	@	CHW	W,6-3	GS	22	6.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
24	106 (1)	Aug 5	DET	@	NYY	L,3-12	CG	44	8.0	7	1	1	9	1	1B
25	107	Aug 6	DET	@	NYY	L,3-13	GS	45	8.0	4	0	0	4	2	1B C
26	110 (2)	Aug 8 (2)	DET		CHW	W,7-2	GS	27	7.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
27	112 (1)	Aug 11	DET		NYY	L,5-6	GS	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
28	114 (1)	Aug 13	DET		NYY	W,6-3	GS	28	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
29	115	Aug 14	DET		NYY	L,1-4	GS	27	7.0	1	1	1	3	0	1B
30	116	Aug 15	DET	@	KCR	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
31	117	Aug 16	DET	@	KCR	L,7-18	GS	48	8.0	15	0	0	15	1	1B C
32	118	Aug 17	DET	@	KCR	W,10-4	GS	32	7.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
33	120 (1)	Aug 20	DET	@	MIN	W,9-1	GS	30	7.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
34	121	Aug 21	DET	@	MIN	L,3-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
35	122	Aug 22	DET	@	TEX	L,1-3	GS	32	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
36	125 (2)	Aug 25	DET		CHW	W,10-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
37	128 (2)	Aug 28	DET		TOR	W,4-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
38	129	Aug 29	DET		MIN	L,4-5	CG	48	11.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	134 (4)	Sep 2 (2)	DET	@	TOR	L,7-8	GS	7	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
40	147 (12)	Sep 16	DET	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	40	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
41	150 (2)	Sep 20	DET		BAL	W,14-1	GF	17	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
42	152 (1)	Sep 21 (2)	DET		BAL	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
43	155 (2)	Sep 24	DET		BOS	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
44	159 (3)	Sep 29	DET	@	BAL	W,9-4	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
							44gm		312.1	225	21	2	248	10