John Wathan
HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at6 ft 2 in · 205 lb
BornOctober 4, 1949 · Cedar Rapids, IA, USA
MLB debutMay 26, 1976
Final gameOctober 6, 1985
Seasons10 (1976–1985)
Kansas City Royals 1976–1985
Percentile snapshot
1982 season — qualified batters
of 141 qualified 1982 batters (min 502 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 27 | 46 | 42 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | .286 | .333 | .310 | .643 | 93.1 | 90.2 | .310 | 0.3 |
| 1977 | 55 | 127 | 119 | 18 | 39 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .328 | .346 | .471 | .817 | 118.2 | 121.4 | .357 | 1.0 |
| 1978 | 67 | 203 | 190 | 19 | 57 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .300 | .320 | .395 | .715 | 95.6 | 99.1 | .322 | 0.4 |
| 1979 | 90 | 216 | 199 | 26 | 41 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 7 | 24 | 2 | 1 | .206 | .227 | .302 | .529 | 32.8 | 41.0 | .234 | -1.4 |
| 1980 | 126 | 510 | 453 | 57 | 138 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 58 | 50 | 42 | 17 | 3 | .305 | .377 | .406 | .783 | 117.2 | 114.3 | .359 | 3.2 |
| 1981 | 89 | 330 | 301 | 24 | 76 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 19 | 23 | 11 | 6 | .252 | .298 | .312 | .611 | 76.5 | 77.8 | .286 | 0.8 |
| 1982 | 121 | 502 | 448 | 79 | 121 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 51 | 48 | 46 | 36 | 9 | .270 | .343 | .328 | .671 | 90.3 | 85.8 | .314 | 2.2 |
| 1983 | 128 | 469 | 437 | 49 | 107 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 27 | 56 | 28 | 7 | .245 | .289 | .314 | .603 | 66.2 | 66.6 | .278 | 0.1 |
| 1984 | 97 | 196 | 171 | 17 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 21 | 34 | 6 | 6 | .181 | .271 | .269 | .540 | 52.9 | 50.5 | .258 | -0.3 |
| 1985 | 60 | 165 | 145 | 11 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .234 | .319 | .324 | .643 | 82.3 | 77.9 | .300 | 0.6 |
Career totals
G
860
PA
2,764
AB
2,505
R
305
H
656
2B
90
3B
25
HR
21
RBI
261
BB
199
SO
265
SB
105
BA
.2619
OBP
.3176
SLG
.3429
OPS
.6605
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978-07-09 | BAL @ KC Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 1980-07-02 | MIN @ KC Gameday | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 1979-06-09 | NYY @ KC Gameday | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 1980-05-22 | ATH @ KC Gameday | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 1977-08-28 | KC @ BAL Gameday | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.