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.

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	KCR		TOR	W,11-2	GS	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B C
2	4 (2)	Apr 9	KCR		DET	L,3-7	GF	8	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
3	5	Apr 11	KCR		DET	W,10-3	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
4	8 (2)	Apr 15	KCR	@	TOR	W,12-10	GF	20	4.0	6	1	0	7	0	PH 1B
5	10 (1)	Apr 17	KCR	@	DET	L,3-6	GF	11	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
6	11	Apr 20	KCR	@	BOS	L,2-9	GF	30	5.0	7	0	0	7	1	PH 1B
7	12	Apr 21	KCR	@	BOS	L,4-10	GF	14	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
8	14 (1)	Apr 23	KCR		CHW	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
9	16 (1)	Apr 25	KCR		CHW	W,7-6	GS	29	7.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
10	18 (1)	Apr 27	KCR		CLE	W,15-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
11	19	Apr 28	KCR		CLE	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	22 (2)	May 1	KCR		TEX	W,9-3	GS	11	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
13	23	May 2	KCR		TEX	L,2-3	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
14	24	May 4	KCR	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	49	10.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
15	27 (2)	May 7	KCR	@	TEX	W,10-6	GF	17	4.0	1	1	0	2	1	PH 1B
16	30 (2)	May 10	KCR	@	CHW	L,2-5	GF	8	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
17	31	May 11	KCR	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	30	8.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
18	32	May 12	KCR	@	CHW	W,5-4	GS	24	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	1B
19	33	May 13	KCR	@	CHW	W,14-5	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
20	34	May 14	KCR	@	SEA	W,1-0	GS	26	7.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
21	35	May 15 (1)	KCR	@	SEA	W,7-4	GF	20	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH 1B
22	36	May 15 (2)	KCR	@	SEA	L,2-6	CG	32	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
23	38 (1)	May 17	KCR		MIN	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	11	2	0	13	1	1B
24	40 (1)	May 20	KCR		MIN	W,5-1	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	PH 1B
25	41	May 21	KCR		SEA	L,7-12	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	PH 1B
26	42	May 22	KCR		SEA	L,11-12	GF	12	3.0	5	0	0	5	1	PH 1B
27	43	May 24	KCR		SEA	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
28	45 (1)	May 26	KCR	@	MIN	W,7-4	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
29	46	May 27	KCR	@	MIN	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	14	1	0	15	0	1B
30	49 (2)	May 30	KCR		BAL	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	50	Jun 1	KCR		MIL	L,4-5	GF	4	1.0	1	1	0	2	1	PH 1B
32	51	Jun 2	KCR		MIL	W,4-3	GS	14	3.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
33	52	Jun 3	KCR		MIL	W,6-1	GF	13	3.0	1	2	0	3	0	PH 1B
34	53	Jun 4	KCR	@	NYY	L,3-8	CG	44	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
35	58 (4)	Jun 9	KCR		NYY	W,9-8	CG	59	13.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
36	68 (9)	Jun 20	KCR	@	OAK	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	78 (9)	Jul 1	KCR		CAL	L,2-14	GF	16	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
38	80 (1)	Jul 4	KCR	@	BOS	L,4-6	GF	7	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	C
39	81	Jul 5	KCR	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	45	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
40	82	Jul 6	KCR		CHW	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
41	83	Jul 7	KCR		CHW	W,4-3	GS	19	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
42	91 (7)	Jul 15	KCR		TEX	W,4-3	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
43	97 (5)	Jul 24	KCR	@	CHW	W,11-6	GS	32	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
44	99 (1)	Jul 26	KCR	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
45	102 (2)	Jul 29	KCR		BAL	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	107 (4)	Aug 3 (2)	KCR	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
47	110 (2)	Aug 6	KCR	@	TOR	W,16-12	GF	20	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
48	114 (3)	Aug 10 (2)	KCR		DET	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
49	118 (3)	Aug 14	KCR	@	MIL	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
50	119	Aug 15	KCR	@	MIL	L,5-6	CG	42	8.2	5	0	0	5	0	C
51	122 (2)	Aug 18	KCR	@	BAL	L,2-9	GS	24	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
52	123	Aug 19	KCR	@	BAL	W,11-7	GF	26	5.0	4	0	0	4	1	PH 1B
53	124	Aug 20	KCR		NYY	L,4-17	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
54	125	Aug 21	KCR		NYY	L,2-6	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
55	129 (3)	Aug 26	KCR		BOS	W,6-3	GF	14	4.0	5	0	0	5	1	PH 1B
56	130	Aug 27	KCR		MIL	W,10-9		8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
57	131	Aug 28	KCR		MIL	L,6-11	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
58	133 (1)	Aug 30	KCR	@	NYY	W,8-3	GF	20	5.0	5	0	0	5	1	PH 1B
59	134	Aug 31	KCR	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	136 (1)	Sep 2	KCR	@	NYY	L,5-6	GF	16	3.0	5	0	0	5	1	PH 1B
61	137	Sep 3	KCR	@	MIN	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
62	138	Sep 4	KCR	@	MIN	L,1-5	CG	31	8.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
63	140 (1)	Sep 7	KCR	@	SEA	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	2	1B
64	141	Sep 8	KCR	@	SEA	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
65	142	Sep 9	KCR	@	SEA	W,3-1	GF	12	3.0	3	1	0	4	0	PH 1B
66	143	Sep 10 (1)	KCR		MIN	W,6-5		12	3.0	3	0	1	4	1	PH 1B
67	145 (1)	Sep 11	KCR		MIN	L,1-3	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
68	146	Sep 12	KCR		MIN	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	12	0	1	13	0	1B
69	147	Sep 14	KCR		SEA	L,5-7	GS	32	7.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
70	150 (2)	Sep 17	KCR		CAL	W,16-4	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
71	154 (3)	Sep 21	KCR	@	OAK	W,13-4	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
72	158 (3)	Sep 25	KCR	@	CAL	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
73	159	Sep 26	KCR	@	CAL	W,4-0	GS	11	3.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
74	162 (2)	Sep 30	KCR		OAK	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
							75gm		422.1	336	24	3	363	30