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.

1982 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1982 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	KCR	@	BAL	L,5-13	CG	45	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
2	2	Apr 9	KCR		DET	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
3	3	Apr 10	KCR		DET	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
4	4	Apr 11	KCR		DET	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
5	5	Apr 13	KCR		BAL	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
6	6	Apr 14	KCR		BAL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
7	7	Apr 16	KCR	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
8	8	Apr 17	KCR	@	CLE	W,12-10	CG	43	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
9	9	Apr 18	KCR	@	CLE	L,2-8	CG	36	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
10	10	Apr 19	KCR	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
11	11	Apr 20	KCR	@	DET	L,0-8	GS	34	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
12	12	Apr 21	KCR	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
13	13	Apr 23	KCR		CLE	W,11-6	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
14	14	Apr 24	KCR		CLE	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
15	15	Apr 25	KCR		CLE	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
16	16	Apr 27	KCR	@	BOS	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
17	17	Apr 28	KCR	@	BOS	W,8-5	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
18	18	Apr 29	KCR		TOR	L,0-7	GS	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
19	19	Apr 30	KCR		TOR	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	20	May 1	KCR		TOR	W,8-7	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
21	21	May 2	KCR		TOR	L,5-7	GF	20	3.2	3	1	0	4	0	1B
22	22	May 3	KCR	@	MIL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
23	23	May 4	KCR	@	MIL	L,5-9	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
24	24	May 5	KCR	@	MIL	W,3-2	CG	38	10.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
25	25	May 7	KCR	@	TOR	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
26	26	May 8	KCR	@	TOR	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	C
27	27	May 9	KCR	@	TOR	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	4	3	0	7	0	C
28	28	May 10	KCR		MIL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
29	29	May 11	KCR		MIL	W,17-3	GS	21	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
30	30	May 12	KCR		MIL	W,9-7	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
31	31	May 13	KCR		BOS	W,11-2	GS	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
32	32	May 15	KCR		BOS	L,5-10	GS	36	7.0	7	1	1	9	1	C
33	33	May 16	KCR		BOS	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
34	34	May 17	KCR		NYY	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
35	35	May 18	KCR		NYY	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
36	36	May 19	KCR		NYY	L,2-3	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
37	37	May 21	KCR		TEX	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
38	38	May 22	KCR		TEX	L,1-3	CG	48	12.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
39	39	May 23	KCR		TEX	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
40	40	May 24	KCR	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
41	41	May 25	KCR	@	CHW	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
42	42	May 26	KCR	@	CHW	L,5-7	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
43	43	May 28	KCR	@	TEX	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
44	44	May 29	KCR	@	TEX	W,14-1	CG	30	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
45	46 (1)	May 31	KCR		CHW	W,11-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	47	Jun 1	KCR		CHW	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	11	0	1	12	0	C
47	48	Jun 2	KCR		CHW	W,7-6	CG	55	11.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
48	49	Jun 4	KCR	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
49	50	Jun 6	KCR	@	NYY	W,14-1	GS	18	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
50	51	Jun 7	KCR	@	MIN	W,5-4	CG	40	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
51	52	Jun 8	KCR	@	MIN	W,9-4	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
52	53	Jun 9	KCR	@	MIN	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
53	54	Jun 10	KCR	@	MIN	L,7-8	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
54	55	Jun 11	KCR		SEA	W,3-2	CG	46	12.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
55	56	Jun 12	KCR		SEA	L,2-3	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
56	57	Jun 13	KCR		SEA	L,1-7	GS	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
57	58	Jun 14	KCR		MIN	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
58	59	Jun 15	KCR		MIN	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
59	60	Jun 16	KCR		MIN	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
60	61	Jun 18	KCR	@	SEA	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	2	5	0	C
61	63 (1)	Jun 20	KCR	@	SEA	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
62	64	Jun 21	KCR	@	OAK	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
63	65	Jun 22	KCR	@	OAK	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
64	66	Jun 23	KCR	@	OAK	W,1-0	GS	26	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
65	67	Jun 24	KCR	@	CAL	L,2-7	GS	23	5.0	0	1	1	2	0	C
66	72 (4)	Jun 29	KCR		OAK	W,7-2	GS	30	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
67	73	Jun 30	KCR		OAK	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	74	Jul 2	KCR		CAL	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
69	75	Jul 3	KCR		CAL	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
70	76	Jul 4	KCR		CAL	W,6-1	CG	30	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
71	77	Jul 5 (1)	KCR		BOS	L,3-4	GS	28	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	111 (33)	Aug 10	KCR		CLE	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
73	112	Aug 11	KCR		CLE	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
74	113	Aug 13	KCR	@	DET	L,1-10	CG	42	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
75	114	Aug 14	KCR	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
76	115	Aug 15	KCR	@	DET	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
77	116	Aug 16 (1)	KCR	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
78	118 (1)	Aug 17	KCR	@	NYY	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
79	119	Aug 18	KCR	@	NYY	L,2-9	GS	32	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
80	120	Aug 19	KCR		CHW	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
81	121	Aug 20	KCR		CHW	W,13-5	GS	31	7.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
82	122	Aug 21	KCR		CHW	W,4-3	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
83	123	Aug 22	KCR		CHW	L,3-12	GS	34	7.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
84	124	Aug 23	KCR	@	TEX	L,2-5	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
85	125	Aug 24	KCR	@	TEX	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
86	126	Aug 25	KCR	@	TEX	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
87	127	Aug 26	KCR	@	TEX	W,5-3	GS	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B C
88	128	Aug 27	KCR	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
89	129	Aug 28	KCR	@	CHW	W,10-1	GS	24	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
90	130	Aug 29	KCR	@	CHW	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
91	131	Aug 30	KCR		TEX	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
92	132	Aug 31	KCR		TEX	L,0-6	GS	38	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
93	133	Sep 1	KCR		TEX	L,3-7	GS	34	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
94	134	Sep 3	KCR		NYY	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
95	135	Sep 4	KCR		NYY	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	1	C
96	136	Sep 5	KCR		NYY	L,7-18	GS	36	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
97	137	Sep 6	KCR	@	SEA	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
98	138	Sep 7	KCR	@	SEA	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
99	139	Sep 8	KCR	@	SEA	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
100	140	Sep 10	KCR		MIN	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
101	141	Sep 11	KCR		MIN	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
102	142	Sep 12	KCR		MIN	W,18-7	GS	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
103	143	Sep 13	KCR		SEA	W,8-0	GS	25	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
104	144	Sep 14	KCR		SEA	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
105	145	Sep 15	KCR		SEA	W,5-4	CG	42	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
106	146	Sep 16	KCR		SEA	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
107	147	Sep 17	KCR	@	MIN	L,4-5	GS	30	7.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
108	148	Sep 18	KCR	@	MIN	L,5-11	CG	44	8.0	7	2	0	9	1	C
109	150 (1)	Sep 20	KCR	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
110	151	Sep 21	KCR	@	CAL	L,1-2	GS	36	8.1	9	0	0	9	1	1B C
111	152	Sep 22	KCR	@	CAL	L,5-8	CG	41	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
112	153	Sep 24	KCR	@	OAK	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
113	154	Sep 25	KCR	@	OAK	L,3-10	CG	43	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
114	155	Sep 26	KCR	@	OAK	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
115	156	Sep 27	KCR		CAL	L,2-3	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
116	157	Sep 28	KCR		CAL	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
117	158	Sep 29	KCR		CAL	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
118	159	Sep 30	KCR		OAK	W,11-4	GS	25	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
119	160	Oct 1	KCR		OAK	W,12-7	GF	23	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
120	161	Oct 2	KCR		OAK	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
121	162	Oct 3	KCR		OAK	L,3-6	GS	25	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
							123gm		1010.0	482	40	10	532	5