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John Wathan
John David Wathan

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 205 lb.
School San Diego

MLB Debut May 26, 1976
Final Game October 6, 1985
Born October 4, 1949 in Cedar Rapids, IA (age 74)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1976 26 KCA AL    2    7    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .286  .286  .286  .571    83     2   0   0   0   0   0  
 1977 27 KCA AL   40  122   16   44   8   5   3   25   2   0    7   11  .361  .395  .582  .977   128    71   0   0   1   0   2  
 1978 28 KCA AL   38   69    4   14   1   0   1    6   1   1    2   10  .203  .222  .261  .483    65    18   1   1   0   0   1  
 1979 29 KCA AL   19   20    2    5   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    5  .250  .250  .300  .550    75     6   0   0   0   0   0  
 1980 30 KCA AL  128  433   40  114   6   3   7   67   6   7   44   50  .263  .335  .339  .674    93   147   7   3   3   4  11  
 1981 31 KCA AL  111  330   28   84  10   2   0   23   5   7   18   23  .255  .287  .297  .584    79    98   4   7   1   0  10  
 1982 32 KCA AL  107  355   38   99  15   4   1   33  12   3   36   39  .279  .345  .352  .697    91   125   0   2   1   1  10  
 1983 33 KCA AL  113  402   38   97  22   2   3   33   5   0   20   66  .241  .275  .328  .603    83   132   1   4   0   0  11  
 1984 34 KCA AL   24   77    7   16   2   0   3   10   0   0    5   17  .208  .256  .351  .607    84    27   1   0   0   0   0  
 1985 35 KCA AL   37   96   10   17   3   0   0    2   3   1   12   16  .177  .269  .208  .477    65    20   0   0   0   0   0  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons      619 1911  184  492  68  16  18  199  34  19  144  237  .257  .309  .338  .647         646  14  17   6   5  45
 Per 600 PA           548   53  141  20   5   5   57  10   5   41   68                                 185   4   5   2   1  13
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With KCA      619 1911  184  492  68  16  18  199  34  19  144  237  .257  .309  .338  .647         646  14  17   6   5  45
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals      860 2505  305  656  90  25  21  261 105  36  199  265  .262  .318  .343  .661         859  28  18  10  14  89
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1976 26 KCA AL  86    0   3.1   0   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  1B   4e25      -71   
 1977 27 KCA AL  72   27   9.4   1   1   0 1.000   4   11    6  .545   19    6  .760  C    4(+2)e1   160   
 1978 28 KCA AL  52    3   1.8   5   1   0  .200   3    6    3  .500    3    3  .500  UT            -232   
 1979 29 KCA AL  20    1   2.7   4   1   0  .250   0    2    1  .500    5    2  .714  C    4(+2)e1    21   
 1980 30 KCA AL  34   48   3.8   6   2   0  .333   8   65   51  .785   45   28  .616  C    3(+1)e4  -109   
 1981 31 KCA AL  44   26   2.6   4   1   0  .250   8   53   41  .774   77   30  .720  C    3(+1)e2   -26   
 1982 32 KCA AL  36   44   4.4   5   1   0  .200   5   54   48  .889   43   20  .683  C    3(-1)e4    26   
 1983 33 KCA AL   5   35   3.0   0   0   0  .000  10   63   44  .698   40   19  .678  C    3(-1)e8     0   
 1984 34 KCA AL  77    7   3.2   1   0   0  .000   2    6    5  .833    0    0  .000  OF   4(+1)e12   67   
 1985 35 KCA AL  13    6   2.2   0   0   0  .000   7   20   10  .500    6    3  .667  C    3(0)e4   -166   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 10 Seasons          202   3.6  26   7   0  .269  47  280  209  .746  238  111  .682                 -28   0
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 2.4 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 0.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1976 26 KCA AL  1B     1     2     0    0    0  1.000     1     5.0   3.60
 1977 27 KCA AL  C     35   173     8    3    2   .984    31   274.1   5.94
                 1B     5    22     0    1    2   .957     2    21.0   9.43
 1978 28 KCA AL  C     21    45     5    3    1   .943     9   110.0   4.09
                 1B    14    60     1    0    3  1.000     3    53.0  10.36
 1979 29 KCA AL  C     14    24     2    0    0  1.000     2    42.0   5.57
                 1B     2     2     0    0    1  1.000     0     2.0   9.00
 1980 30 KCA AL  C     87   406    55    6    1   .987    82   741.0   5.60
                 RF    37    84     3    2    1   .978    36   324.2   2.41
                 1B     1     4     0    0    0  1.000     0     3.0  12.00
                 LF     2     0     0    0    0   .000     0     2.0   0.00
 1981 31 KCA AL  C    111   405    44    8    1   .982    89   826.2   4.89
 1982 32 KCA AL  C    101   491    34    5    2   .991    96   848.1   5.57
 1983 33 KCA AL  C    112   480    40   10    6   .981   112   993.0   4.71
                 RF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     1.0   9.00
                 1B     1     1     1    0    0  1.000     0     1.0  18.00
 1984 34 KCA AL  LF    19    31     0    2    0   .939    19   165.0   1.69
                 C      2     4     0    0    0  1.000     0     4.0   9.00
                 1B     2     4     0    0    0  1.000     0     3.0  12.00
 1985 35 KCA AL  C     30   140     7    7    0   .955    21   210.0   6.30
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 C    513  2168   195   42   13   .983   442  4049.1   5.25
                 RF    38    85     3    2    1   .978    36   325.2   2.43
                 LF    21    31     0    2    0   .939    19   167.0   1.67
                 1B    26    95     2    1    6   .990     6    88.0   9.92
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1978 ALCS  KCA BOA   L    2   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1976  KCA   96-66   Gary Dewing
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 1979  KCA   89-73   Thomas Toney
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