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John Wathan

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Full Name: John David Wathan Primary Position: C,1B
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/205 First Game: May 26, 1976
Birthdate: October 4, 1949 Final Game: October 6, 1985
Birthplace: Cedar Rapids, Iowa MLB Experience: 10 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

John Wathan (John David Wathan) was born on October 4, 1949 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He made his Major League debut on May 26, 1976 for the Kansas City Royals. In 1978, his rookie year, he hit .300 with 2 home runs and 28 RBI. Wathan played for the Kansas City Royals for his entire 10 year career.

There is some disagreement on what was John Wathan's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1980, when he hit for a .305 average and knocked in 58 runs. However, others believe that it was 1982, when he stole 36 bases and knocked in 51 runs.

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Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1976 KC A 27 42 5 12 0 5 .286 .333 .310 1 0 2 5 1 1 0 0 1
1977 KC A 55 119 18 39 2 21 .328 .346 .471 5 3 5 8 0 0 2 1 1
1978 KC A 67 190 19 57 2 28 .300 .320 .395 10 1 3 12 4 3 2 1 5
1979 KC A 90 199 26 41 2 28 .206 .227 .302 7 3 7 24 0 5 2 1 7
1980 KC A 126 453 57 138 6 58 .305 .377 .406 14 7 50 42 3 3 17 6 19
1981 KC A 89 301 24 76 1 19 .252 .298 .312 9 3 19 23 2 5 11 1 9
1982 KC A 121 448 79 121 3 51 .270 .343 .328 11 3 48 46 2 3 36 0 26
1983 KC A 128 437 49 107 2 32 .245 .289 .314 18 3 27 56 1 2 28 0 11
1984 KC A 97 171 17 31 2 10 .181 .271 .269 7 1 21 34 0 4 6 0 6
1985 KC A 60 145 11 34 1 9 .234 .319 .324 8 1 17 15 1 2 1 0 4
Total 860 2505 305 656 21 261 .262 .318 .343 90 25 199 265 14 28 105 10 89

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Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1976 KC A C 22 8 101 57 4 1 1 0 0 9 3 0 .984
1976 KC A 1B 4 1 11 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1977 KC A 1B 5 4 26 26 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .963
1977 KC A DH 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1977 KC A C 35 19 205 130 9 1 0 0 2 15 3 0 .993
1978 KC A C 21 16 146.1 78 6 2 0 0 1 11 6 0 .977
1978 KC A 1B 47 31 296.1 307 22 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1979 KC A DH 11 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1979 KC A RF 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1979 KC A 1B 49 25 250 264 19 2 30 0 0 0 0 0 .993
1979 KC A OF 3 0 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1979 KC A C 23 18 164.1 70 5 1 0 0 0 7 2 0 .987
1979 KC A LF 2 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1980 KC A LF 19 18 157 35 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .972
1980 KC A C 77 72 651 306 25 6 5 0 1 58 21 0 .982
1980 KC A RF 17 13 121 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1980 KC A OF 35 31 278 54 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .982
1980 KC A 1B 12 11 102.1 112 7 1 14 0 0 0 0 0 .992
1981 KC A C 74 68 615.1 300 26 7 1 0 2 45 18 0 .979
1981 KC A LF 3 3 23 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1981 KC A OF 16 13 115 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1981 KC A 1B 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1981 KC A RF 13 10 92 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1982 KC A 1B 3 2 18.2 19 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1982 KC A C 120 116 991.1 463 38 10 3 0 4 61 40 0 .980
1983 KC A OF 11 3 33 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1983 KC A C 92 89 786.2 360 32 6 5 0 2 57 30 1 .985
1983 KC A RF 8 2 24 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1983 KC A 1B 36 27 238 244 26 3 24 0 0 0 0 0 .989
1983 KC A LF 3 1 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1984 KC A DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1984 KC A C 58 49 421 213 21 6 2 0 1 29 13 1 .975
1984 KC A LF 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1984 KC A 1B 34 1 77.1 91 10 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1984 KC A OF 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1985 KC A C 49 40 371.2 247 28 4 6 0 2 21 16 0 .986
1985 KC A 1B 6 1 14 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1985 KC A DH 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total 1B 197 103 1034.2 1082 87 7 100 0 0 0 0 0 .994
Total LF 28 23 199 39 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .976
Total C 571 495 4453.2 2224 194 44 23 0 15 313 152 2 .982
Total OF 66 48 438 82 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .988
Total DH 19 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total RF 39 25 239 43 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000

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  • Selected by Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (4th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (January 13, 1971).

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