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.

1985 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1985 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	KCR		TOR	W,2-1	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
2	2	Apr 10	KCR		TOR	L,0-1	GF	5	1.0	1	0	1	2	0	PR C
3	3	Apr 11	KCR		TOR	L,3-4	GF	9	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PR 1B
4	8 (4)	Apr 18	KCR		BOS	L,3-4	GF	19	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
5	11 (2)	Apr 21	KCR	@	DET	W,3-2	GF	9	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	PR 1B
6	14 (2)	Apr 24	KCR	@	TOR	L,2-10	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	23 (8)	May 5	KCR	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
8	26 (2)	May 10	KCR		NYY	L,4-6	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 1B
9	28 (1)	May 12	KCR		NYY	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
10	35 (6)	May 19	KCR	@	MIL	L,10-11	CG	47	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
11	41 (5)	May 26	KCR		CHW	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	48 (6)	Jun 2	KCR	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
13	50 (1)	Jun 5	KCR		MIL	L,2-10	GF	9	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
14	53 (2)	Jun 9	KCR	@	CAL	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
15	56 (2)	Jun 12	KCR	@	OAK	W,3-2	GS	52	13.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
16	58 (1)	Jun 14	KCR	@	SEA	L,5-13	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	1	C
17	60 (1)	Jun 16	KCR	@	SEA	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	11	2	0	13	2	C
18	72 (11)	Jun 30	KCR		CAL	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	73	Jul 1	KCR		OAK	L,3-4	GF	7	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR 1B
20	78 (4)	Jul 6	KCR		BAL	L,3-8	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
21	79	Jul 7	KCR		BAL	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
22	82 (2)	Jul 10	KCR	@	NYY	L,5-6	GS	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
23	86 (3)	Jul 14	KCR	@	CLE	W,9-5	CG	43	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	C
24	89 (2)	Jul 20	KCR	@	BAL	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
25	96 (6)	Jul 28	KCR		CLE	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
26	99 (2)	Jul 31	KCR	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	11	1	1	13	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	101 (1)	Aug 3	KCR		BOS	L,4-5	GS	32	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
28	103 (1)	Aug 5	KCR		DET	L,4-8	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
29	104	Aug 8 (1)	KCR		DET	W,10-3	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
30	105	Aug 8 (2)	KCR		DET	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
31	108 (2)	Aug 11	KCR		TOR	L,3-5	CG	43	10.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
32	113 (4)	Aug 17	KCR	@	TOR	W,4-2	GS	27	7.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
33	114	Aug 18	KCR	@	TOR	L,6-10	CG	41	8.0	5	1	1	7	1	C
34	115	Aug 19	KCR		DET	W,2-1	CG	35	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
35	116	Aug 20	KCR	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	38	8.2	9	2	0	11	0	C
36	117	Aug 21	KCR	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
37	118	Aug 22	KCR	@	CHW	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
38	119	Aug 23	KCR		TEX	L,3-4	GS	32	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
39	120	Aug 24	KCR		TEX	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
40	121	Aug 25	KCR		TEX	L,3-7	CG	46	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	C
41	122	Aug 26	KCR		TEX	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
42	123	Aug 27	KCR	@	MIL	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
43	125 (1)	Aug 30	KCR	@	TEX	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
44	126	Aug 31	KCR	@	TEX	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	127	Sep 1	KCR	@	TEX	L,3-5	CG	31	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
46	130 (2)	Sep 4	KCR		CHW	W,6-5	CG	46	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
47	131	Sep 5	KCR		MIL	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
48	132	Sep 6 (1)	KCR		MIL	W,4-3	CG	43	11.0	6	3	0	9	0	C
49	134 (1)	Sep 7	KCR		MIL	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
50	135	Sep 8	KCR		MIL	W,13-11		9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
51	136	Sep 9	KCR	@	CAL	L,1-7	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
52	137	Sep 10	KCR	@	CAL	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
53	146 (8)	Sep 19	KCR		SEA	L,4-6	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
54	162 (15)	Oct 6	KCR		OAK	L,3-9	GS	42	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B C
							55gm		385.2	259	29	4	292	6