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John Wockenfuss

Positions: Catcher, First Baseman and Outfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 190lb (183cm, 86kg)

Born: February 27, 1949 in Welch, WV us

Died: August 19, 2022 in Wilmington, DE

Buried: All Saints Cemetery, Wilmington, DE

Draft: Drafted by the Washington Senators in the 42nd round of the 1967 MLB June Amateur Draft from Dickinson HS (Wilmington, DE).

High School: Dickinson HS (Wilmington, DE)

Debut: August 11, 1974 (Age 25-165d, 13,528th in major league history)
vs. TEX 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 15, 1985 (Age 36-169d)
vs. NYM 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1975 season

Full Name: Johnny Bilton Wockenfuss

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.1

2072

543

.262

267

RBI

310

OBP

.349

SLG

.432

OPS

.782

OPS+

115

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	38-32 / in Starts: 30-24
Longest Hitting Streak	8 games
Longest On Base Streak	11 games
Most Games w/o HR	28 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 224 PAs	32
Actual Runners on Base	127 (70-36-21)
Avg. MLBer w/ 224 PAs	24
Avg. Runners on Base	135 (66-45-23)

Most Driven In
Self	8
L Herndon	6
E Cabell	3
H Johnson	3
C Lemon	2
K Gibson	2
R Hebner	2
L Parrish	2

Most Driven In By
Self	8
T Brookens	5
L Jones	3
A Trammell	2
E Cabell	2
G Wilson	2
L Whitaker	2
C Lemon	1

1982 Batting Game Log

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1982 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	516	1	Apr 9	DET	@	KCR	L,2-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	5	1.15	-0.025	1.34	-0.02%	0.12	DH
2	517	3 (1)	Apr 11	DET	@	KCR	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	5	.57	-0.057	.60	-0.04%	-0.66	DH
3	518	5 (1)	Apr 13	DET	@	TOR	W,4-2	CG	4	4	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.417	.417	.500	.917	6	1.33	0.118	1.67	0.09%	0.72	C
4	519	6	Apr 14	DET	@	TOR	L,4-5	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.438	.467	.904	8	2.51	0.272	3.50	0.23%	0.53	C
5	520	7	Apr 15	DET		TOR	W,4-2	CG	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.353	.421	.412	.833	8	.71	0.006	.96	0.01%	-0.07	C
6	521	8	Apr 16	DET		NYY	L,2-10	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.391	.350	.741	5	.43	-0.004	.63	0.00%	-0.35	C
7	522	9	Apr 17	DET		NYY	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292	.370	.333	.704	5	.41	-0.007	.58	-0.01%	0.22	C
8	523	10	Apr 18	DET		NYY	W,5-2	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.387	.308	.695	5	.61	-0.001	.97	0.00%	-0.32	C
9	524	11	Apr 19	DET		KCR	W,3-2	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.364	.286	.649	5	1.06	-0.054	1.46	-0.05%	-0.47	C
10	525	12	Apr 20	DET		KCR	W,8-0	CG	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.405	.300	.705	5	.21	0.024	.33	0.02%	0.54	C
11	526	13	Apr 21	DET		KCR	W,4-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.415	.303	.718	5	.69	0.060	1.09	0.06%	0.69	C
12	527	14	Apr 22	DET	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.378	.270	.648	5	1.15	-0.114	2.32	-0.14%	-1.29	C
13	528	15	Apr 23	DET	@	NYY	W,9-1	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.380	.268	.648	5	.46	0.059	.98	0.07%	0.78	C
14	529	16	Apr 24	DET	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.389	.295	.684	8	.39	-0.003	.84	0.00%	1.05	C
15	530	17	Apr 25	DET	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.234	.362	.277	.639	5	1.73	-0.063	3.94	-0.09%	-0.61	C
16	531	18	Apr 27	DET	@	MIN	W,5-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.371	.280	.651	4	.47	0.030	.85	0.03%	0.27	DH
17	532	21 (2)	Apr 30	DET	@	CHW	W,6-4	GS-11	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.222	.343	.259	.603	5	1.18	-0.139	2.09	-0.15%	-1.67	DH
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
18	533	22	May 1	DET	@	CHW	W,5-2	7-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.232	.348	.268	.616	4	.63	0.039	1.16	0.04%	0.38	PH
19	534	23	May 2	DET	@	CHW	L,3-10	7-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.338	.259	.597	3	.02	-0.001	.03	0.00%	-0.60	1B
20	535	24	May 4	DET		TEX	W,4-3	CG	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.338	.250	.588	6	1.15	-0.059	2.00	-0.06%	-0.46	DH
21	536	26 (1)	May 7	DET		CHW	L,5-8	GS-8	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.346	.266	.612	8	1.56	0.126	2.92	0.14%	1.44	C
22	537	27	May 8	DET		CHW	L,4-7	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.342	.262	.603	5	1.85	-0.046	3.38	-0.05%	-0.16	PH 1B
23	538	28	May 9	DET		CHW	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.338	.258	.595	1	6.65	-0.171	11.28	-0.17%	-0.44	PH
24	539	29	May 10	DET	@	TEX	W,3-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.227	.338	.258	.595	1						C
25	540	30	May 13	DET		MIN	W,6-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.333	.246	.580	7	.25	0.004	.40	0.00%	-0.21	C
26	541	31	May 14	DET		MIN	W,4-2	11-GF(11)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.217	.333	.246	.580	7						C
27	542	32	May 15	DET		MIN	W,5-4	GS-8	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.225	.345	.254	.598	7	1.32	0.041	2.44	0.05%	-0.08	1B
28	543	33	May 16	DET		MIN	W,7-6	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.341	.243	.584	6	.64	0.004	1.17	0.00%	0.24	1B
29	544	37 (3)	May 21	DET		CAL	L,7-9	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.221	.347	.260	.607	7	1.16	0.138	2.54	0.18%	1.34	C
30	545	45 (7)	May 30 (2)	DET	@	OAK	L,3-10	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.354	.263	.616	8	.68	0.007	1.49	0.01%	-0.07	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
31	546	48 (2)	Jun 2	DET	@	CAL	W,5-4	GS-7	3	3	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.363	.313	.676	8	1.07	0.140	2.53	0.20%	1.03	1B
32	547	53 (4)	Jun 9 susp	DET		CLE	W,4-3	GS-11	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.358	.310	.669	7	.91	-0.071	2.36	-0.11%	-0.44	C
33	548	56 (2)	Jun 13	DET	@	MIL	L,5-13	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.355	.308	.662	7	.28	-0.014	.76	-0.02%	-0.28	1B
34	549	57	Jun 14 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,0-5	5-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.357	.312	.669	6	.06	0.004	.16	0.01%	0.02	C
35	550	66 (8)	Jun 24	DET	@	BAL	W,7-1	GS-7	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.357	.323	.679	8	.74	0.029	1.27	0.03%	0.33	1B
36	551	67	Jun 25	DET	@	BAL	L,2-5	GS-9	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.364	.333	.698	8	1.40	-0.001	2.68	0.00%	0.07	1B
37	552	71 (3)	Jun 30	DET		BOS	W,12-3	GS-7	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.252	.352	.320	.673	7	.28	-0.039	.45	-0.04%	-1.13	1B
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
38	553	72	Jul 1	DET		BOS	W,5-4	GS-7	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.352	.330	.682	7	.69	-0.019	1.26	-0.02%	-0.10	1B
39	554	73	Jul 2	DET		BAL	L,4-5	6-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.252	.349	.327	.676	6	1.49	-0.042	2.61	-0.04%	-0.23	PH 1B
40	555	74	Jul 3	DET		BAL	L,3-8	7-GF	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.359	.333	.693	4	.37	0.024	.57	0.02%	0.54	PH C
41	556	82 (7)	Jul 10 (1)	DET	@	TEX	L,5-6	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.364	.366	.730	7	1.36	0.246	1.15	0.13%	2.50	1B 3B
42	557	84 (1)	Jul 11	DET	@	TEX	W,3-2	GS-8	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.272	.370	.368	.739	6	1.09	0.018	.87	0.01%	0.27	1B
43	558	85	Jul 15	DET	@	MIN	W,18-2	CG	6	5	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.376	.378	.754	7	.16	0.044	.14	0.02%	0.72	RF
44	559	86	Jul 16	DET	@	MIN	W,6-3	GS-8	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.375	.385	.760	7	.36	0.006	.33	0.00%	-0.11	RF
45	560	88 (1)	Jul 18	DET	@	MIN	L,1-6	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.274	.374	.379	.753	7	.56	-0.003	.56	0.00%	-0.29	RF
46	561	92 (3)	Jul 23	DET		TEX	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.266	.364	.367	.731	6	1.20	-0.118	.83	-0.05%	-0.77	LF
47	562	95 (2)	Jul 25 (2)	DET		TEX	W,7-6	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.264	.362	.364	.726	8	3.51	-0.085	2.69	-0.04%	-0.32	PH C
48	563	98 (2)	Jul 28	DET	@	NYY	L,7-8	GS-8	3	2	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.368	.389	.757	7	.79	0.220	.74	0.12%	1.76	RF
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
49	564	102 (3)	Aug 2	DET	@	KCR	L,5-6	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.367	.383	.751	5	1.16	-0.001	.91	0.00%	-0.21	DH
50	565	104 (1)	Aug 4	DET	@	KCR	W,7-1	GS-7	4	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.272	.377	.390	.766	6	.77	0.100	.40	0.03%	0.97	1B
51	566	110 (5)	Aug 8 (2)	DET		TOR	L,4-7	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.374	.387	.761	5	1.81	-0.050	1.32	-0.02%	-0.44	PH RF
52	567	111	Aug 9	DET		NYY	L,7-9	GS-8	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.266	.373	.381	.755	6	.57	-0.022	.27	-0.01%	-0.85	RF
53	568	113 (1)	Aug 11	DET		NYY	W,3-2	GS-11	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.266	.371	.378	.748	5	1.05	-0.085	.45	-0.02%	-0.51	DH
54	569	115 (1)	Aug 14	DET		KCR	L,0-1	GS-9	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.272	.374	.381	.755	5	1.66	-0.005	.77	0.00%	-0.46	DH
55	570	117 (1)	Aug 16	DET		SEA	W,3-1	GS-8	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.376	.380	.756	5	.59	-0.012	.23	0.00%	-0.01	DH
56	571	118	Aug 17 (1)	DET		SEA	L,4-5	GS-9	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.275	.376	.399	.774	6	1.59	-0.028	.73	-0.01%	1.28	1B
57	572	122 (3)	Aug 21	DET	@	CAL	L,1-13	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.370	.391	.761	7	.56	-0.031	.37	-0.01%	-0.60	1B
58	573	128 (5)	Aug 28	DET	@	SEA	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.372	.394	.766	5	.75	-0.044	.11	0.00%	-0.51	DH
59	574	130 (1)	Aug 31	DET		CAL	L,0-11	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.365	.384	.749	6	.19	-0.019	.03	0.00%	-0.72	RF
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
60	575	135 (4)	Sep 5	DET		OAK	W,8-1	3-GF	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.364	.389	.753	8	.37	0.007	.02	0.00%	0.48	PH C
61	576	138 (2)	Sep 8	DET	@	MIL	L,7-9	CG	5	5	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.370	.395	.765	5	1.00	0.081	.03	0.00%	1.30	1B
62	577	139	Sep 10	DET	@	BOS	W,6-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.368	.409	.777	7	.41	0.058	.01	0.00%	-0.23	DH
63	578	140	Sep 11	DET	@	BOS	L,3-13	CG	4	4	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.380	.422	.802	7	.44	0.128	.01	0.00%	2.47	DH
64	579	141	Sep 12	DET	@	BOS	L,7-10	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.290	.377	.415	.793	6	.53	-0.025	.00	0.00%	-0.37	DH
65	580	151 (9)	Sep 23	DET	@	BAL	W,10-5	7-GF	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292	.379	.416	.795	6	.69	0.102	.00	0.00%	0.61	PH
66	581	154 (2)	Sep 26	DET		CLE	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.290	.377	.414	.791	1	5.04	-0.143	.00	0.00%	-0.32	PH
67	582	155	Sep 28	DET		BAL	W,9-6	GS-8	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.374	.426	.801	5	.77	0.070	.00	0.00%	0.44	RF
68	583	156	Sep 29	DET		BAL	W,3-2	9-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.293	.377	.445	.822	7	2.26	0.363	.00	0.00%	1.00	PH
69	584	157	Sep 30	DET		BAL	L,5-6	GS-7	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.297	.386	.453	.839	5	.76	0.078	.00	0.00%	1.67	DH
70	585	162 (4)	Oct 3	DET	@	CLE	W,9-1	8-9	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.301	.388	.472	.860	7	.15	0.022	.00	0.00%	1.62	PH LF
							38-32		224	193	28	58	9	0	8	32	29	2	21	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	.301	.388	.472	.860		.87	1.067	1.05	0.34%	11.04

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