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John Wathan John Wathan
Full name: John David Wathan
Born: October 4, 1949, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
First Game: May 26, 1976; Final Game: October 6, 1985
Managed First Game: August 27, 1987; Managed Final Game: August 26, 1992
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 2" Weight: 205
Father of Dusty Wathan
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Batting RecordBatting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam
1976 KC  A Daily Splits   27    42    5   12   1   0   0    5    2   0    5   1   1   0   0   0   1    0   2  .286  .333  .310  -0.1 1976 KC  A
1977 KC  A Daily Splits   55   119   18   39   5   3   2   21    5   1    8   0   0   3   0   6   1    2   0  .328  .346  .471   0.3 1977 KC  A
1978 KC  A Daily Splits   67   190   19   57  10   1   2   28    3   1   12   4   3   3   0   5   5    2   1  .300  .320  .395  -0.1 1978 KC  A
1979 KC  A Daily Splits   90   199   26   41   7   3   2   28    7   1   24   0   5   5   0   3   7    2   1  .206  .227  .302  -2.1 1979 KC  A
1980 KC  A Daily Splits  126   453   57  138  14   7   6   58   50   6   42   3   3   1   0   9  19   17   3  .305  .377  .406   0.4 1980 KC  A
1981 KC  A Daily Splits   89   301   24   76   9   3   1   19   19   1   23   2   5   3   0   3   9   11   6  .252  .298  .312  -1.2 1981 KC  A
1982 KC  A Daily Splits  121   448   79  121  11   3   3   51   48   0   46   2   3   1   0   9  26   36   9  .270  .343  .328  -0.7 1982 KC  A
1983 KC  A Daily Splits  128   437   49  107  18   3   2   32   27   0   56   1   2   2   0   4  11   28   7  .245  .289  .314  -1.4 1983 KC  A
1984 KC  A Daily Splits   97   171   17   31   7   1   2   10   21   0   34   0   4   0   0   3   6    6   6  .181  .271  .269  -1.3 1984 KC  A
1985 KC  A Daily Splits   60   145   11   34   8   1   1    9   17   0   15   1   2   0   0   1   4    1   1  .234  .319  .324   0.9 1985 KC  A
Total            Splits  860  2505  305  656  90  25  21  261  199  10  265  14  28  18   0  43  89  105  36  .262  .318  .343  -5.3 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam
Division Series Batting RecordDivision Series Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1981 KC  A Daily Splits    3    10    1    3   0   0   0    0    1   0    1   0   0   0   0   1   0    0   0  .300  .364  .300 1981 KC  A
League Championship Series Batting RecordLeague Championship Series Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1976 KC  A Daily           1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1976 KC  A
1977 KC  A Daily Splits    4     6    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    3   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1977 KC  A
1978 KC  A Daily Splits    1     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1978 KC  A
1980 KC  A Daily Splits    3     6    1    0   0   0   0    0    3   1    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .333  .000 1980 KC  A
1984 KC  A Daily Splits    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1984 KC  A
Total            Splits   10    16    1    0   0   0   0    0    3   1    4   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .158  .000 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
World Series Batting RecordWorld Series Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1980 KC  A Daily Splits    3     7    1    2   0   0   0    1    2   0    1   0   0   1   0   0   2    0   0  .286  .400  .286 1980 KC  A
1985 KC  A Daily Splits    2     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1985 KC  A
Total            Splits    5     8    1    2   0   0   0    1    2   0    2   0   0   1   0   0   2    0   0  .250  .364  .250 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

Fielding RecordFielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1976 KC  A Daily   C   22    8    7   101      57    4    1    1   0    0    3    9    0  .984
1976 KC  A        1B    4    1    0    11       6    0    0    0   0                     1.000
1977 KC  A Daily   C   35   19   16   205     130    9    1    0   0    2    3   15    0  .993
1977 KC  A        1B    5    4    1    26      26    0    1    2   0                      .963
1977 KC  A        DH    2    0    0                                                          -
1978 KC  A Daily  1B   47   31   23   296.1   307   22    0   20   0                     1.000
1978 KC  A         C   21   16   12   146.1    78    6    2    0   0    1    6   11    0  .977
1979 KC  A Daily  1B   49   25   16   250     264   19    2   30   0                      .993
1979 KC  A         C   23   18   16   164.1    70    5    1    0   0    0    2    7    0  .987
1979 KC  A        DH   11    5    3                                                          -
1979 KC  A        OF    3    0    0     8       2    0    0    0   0                     1.000     2    0    1 
1979 KC  A        LF    2    0    0     6       1    0    0    0   0                     1.000
1979 KC  A        RF    1    0    0     2       1    0    0    0   0                     1.000
1980 KC  A Daily   C   77   72   70   651     306   25    6    5   0    1   21   58    0  .982
1980 KC  A        OF   35   31   26   278      54    1    1    0   0                      .982    19    0   17 
1980 KC  A        LF   19   18   15   157      35    0    1    0   0                      .972
1980 KC  A        RF   17   13   11   121      19    1    0    0   0                     1.000
1980 KC  A        1B   12   11    9   102.1   112    7    1   14   0                      .992
1981 KC  A Daily   C   74   68   61   615.1   300   26    7    1   0    2   18   45    0  .979
1981 KC  A        OF   16   13    8   115      15    2    0    0   0                     1.000     3    0   13 
1981 KC  A        RF   13   10    7    92      14    1    0    0   0                     1.000
1981 KC  A        LF    3    3    1    23       1    1    0    0   0                     1.000
1981 KC  A        1B    1    0    0     1       1    0    0    0   0                     1.000
1982 KC  A Daily   C  120  116   93   991.1   463   38   10    3   0    4   40   61    0  .980
1982 KC  A        1B    3    2    0    18.2    19    2    0    2   0                     1.000
1983 KC  A Daily   C   92   89   83   786.2   360   32    6    5   0    2   30   57    1  .985
1983 KC  A        1B   36   27   21   238     244   26    3   24   0                      .989
1983 KC  A        OF   11    3    0    33      11    0    0    0   0                     1.000     3    0    8 
1983 KC  A        RF    8    2    0    24       9    0    0    0   0                     1.000
1983 KC  A        LF    3    1    0     9       2    0    0    0   0                     1.000
1984 KC  A Daily   C   58   49   36   421     213   21    6    2   0    1   13   29    1  .975
1984 KC  A        1B   34    1    1    77.1    91   10    0    8   0                     1.000
1984 KC  A        DH    4    0    0                                                          -
1984 KC  A        LF    1    1    0     4       0    0    0    0   0                         -
1984 KC  A        OF    1    1    0     4       0    0    0    0   0                         -     1    0    0 
1985 KC  A Daily   C   49   40   35   371.2   247   28    4    6   0    2   16   21    0  .986
1985 KC  A        1B    6    1    0    14      12    1    0    0   0                     1.000
1985 KC  A        DH    2    0    0                                                          -
Total              C  571  495  429  4453.2  2224  194   44   23   0   15  152  313    2  .982
Total             1B  197  103   71  1034.2  1082   87    7  100   0                      .994
Total             OF   66   48   34   438      82    3    1    0   0                      .988    28    0   39 
Total             RF   39   25   18   239      43    2    0    0   0                     1.000
Total             LF   28   23   16   199      39    1    1    0   0                      .976
Total             DH   19    5    3                                                          -
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
Division Series Fielding RecordDivision Series Fielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
1981 KC  A Daily   C    3    3    3    26      11    4    1    0   0    0    2    2    0  .938
League Championship Series Fielding RecordLeague Championship Series Fielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1976 KC  A Daily   C    1    0    0     1       0    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0     -
1977 KC  A Daily  1B    2    1    0    11      17    0    0    0   0                     1.000
1977 KC  A        DH    1    0    0                                                          -
1977 KC  A         C    1    0    0     1       2    0    0    0   0    0    0    1    0 1.000
1978 KC  A Daily  1B    1    1    1     8       7    0    0    0   0                     1.000
1980 KC  A Daily  OF    3    2    0    17       0    0    0    0   0                         -     0    0    3 
1980 KC  A        RF    3    2    0    17       7    0    0    0   0                     1.000
1984 KC  A Daily  DH    1    0    0                                                          -
Total             OF    3    2    0    17       0    0    0    0   0                         -     0    0    3 
Total             RF    3    2    0    17       7    0    0    0   0                     1.000
Total             1B    3    2    1    19      24    0    0    0   0                     1.000
Total              C    2    0    0     2       2    0    0    0   0    0    0    1    0 1.000
Total             DH    2    0    0                                                          -
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
World Series Fielding RecordWorld Series Fielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1980 KC  A Daily   C    2    2    2    16       6    1    0    0   0    0    1    0    0 1.000
1980 KC  A        RF    1    0    0     1       1    0    0    0   0                     1.000
1980 KC  A        OF    1    0    0     1       0    0    0    0   0                         -     0    0    1 
Total              C    2    2    2    16       6    1    0    0   0    0    1    0    0 1.000
Total             RF    1    0    0     1       1    0    0    0   0                     1.000
Total             OF    1    0    0     1       0    0    0    0   0                         -     0    0    1 
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G

Managerial RecordManagerial Record
Year Team     G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
1987 KC  A   36   21   15  .583   175   150   8-27           4  2
1988 KC  A  161   84   77  .522   704   648                  3
1989 KC  A  162   92   70  .568   690   635                  2
1990 KC  A  161   75   86  .466   707   709                  6
1991 KC  A   37   15   22  .405   134   156          5-21    7  6
1992 CAL A   89   39   50  .438   308   386   5-22   8-26    5  5  5
Total       646  326  320  .505  2718  2684
Year Team     G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING

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


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