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John Wockenfuss

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Full Name: Johnny Bilton Wockenfuss Primary Position: C,1B,DH,OF
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/190 First Game: August 11, 1974
Birthdate: February 27, 1949 Final Game: August 15, 1985
Birthplace: Welch, West Virginia MLB Experience: 12 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 Wockenfuss (Johnny Bilton Wockenfuss) was born on February 27, 1949 in Welch, West Virginia. He made his Major League debut on August 11, 1974 for the Detroit Tigers. In 1976, his rookie year, he hit .222 with 3 home runs and 10 RBI. Wockenfuss played for the Detroit Tigers and Philadelphia Phillies over the course of his 12 year career.

Most people believe that John Wockenfuss's best season was 1980, when he slugged 16 home runs and knocked in 65 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1974 DET A 13 29 1 4 0 2 .138 .212 .172 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0
1975 DET A 35 118 15 27 4 13 .229 .287 .432 6 3 10 15 0 1 0 0 5
1976 DET A 60 144 18 32 3 10 .222 .309 .361 7 2 17 14 1 1 0 0 3
1977 DET A 53 164 26 45 9 25 .274 .331 .500 8 1 14 18 0 0 0 0 1
1978 DET A 71 187 23 53 7 22 .283 .357 .422 5 0 21 14 1 1 0 4 7
1979 DET A 87 231 27 61 15 46 .264 .320 .506 9 1 18 40 2 1 2 0 9
1980 DET A 126 372 56 102 16 65 .274 .390 .449 13 2 68 64 3 0 1 4 7
1981 DET A 70 172 20 37 9 25 .215 .322 .395 4 0 28 22 0 0 0 1 5
1982 DET A 70 193 28 58 8 32 .301 .388 .472 9 0 29 21 0 0 0 2 3
1983 DET A 92 245 32 66 9 44 .269 .349 .420 8 1 31 37 0 0 1 1 5
1984 PHI N 86 180 20 52 6 24 .289 .390 .417 3 1 30 24 0 1 1 1 4
1985 PHI N 32 37 1 6 0 2 .162 .311 .162 0 0 8 7 0 0 0 1 3
Total NL 118 217 21 58 6 26 .267 .376 .373 3 1 38 31 0 1 1 2 7
Total AL 677 1855 246 485 80 284 .261 .346 .439 70 10 239 247 7 4 4 12 45
Total 795 2072 267 543 86 310 .262 .349 .432 73 11 277 278 7 5 5 14 52

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1974 DET A C 13 10 91.2 45 10 4 1 0 2 6 6 0 .932
1975 DET A C 34 32 294.1 195 23 4 4 0 7 26 15 1 .982
1976 DET A C 59 43 405 221 19 15 5 0 2 39 19 2 .941
1977 DET A C 37 33 296.2 175 20 3 2 0 5 20 12 0 .985
1977 DET A RF 3 1 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1977 DET A OF 9 7 60 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1977 DET A DH 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1977 DET A LF 6 6 46 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1978 DET A RF 55 44 389 72 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .973
1978 DET A LF 6 5 49.2 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1978 DET A OF 60 49 438.2 89 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .978
1978 DET A DH 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1979 DET A DH 18 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1979 DET A RF 1 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1979 DET A 1B 31 25 193 205 18 1 22 0 0 0 0 0 .996
1979 DET A OF 6 6 42 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1979 DET A C 20 18 148 109 8 2 0 0 2 18 6 0 .983
1979 DET A LF 5 5 34 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1980 DET A C 26 23 210.2 123 10 3 2 0 6 19 5 1 .978
1980 DET A RF 2 2 15 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1980 DET A 1B 52 45 404 415 35 8 41 0 0 0 0 0 .983
1980 DET A OF 23 20 153.2 37 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1980 DET A DH 28 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1980 DET A LF 21 18 138.2 32 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1981 DET A C 5 2 23 15 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1.000
1981 DET A DH 39 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1981 DET A LF 1 0 8.2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1981 DET A 1B 25 23 166.1 179 5 3 27 0 0 0 0 0 .984
1981 DET A OF 1 0 8.2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1982 DET A C 24 18 172.2 91 10 2 0 0 1 18 7 1 .981
1982 DET A OF 10 8 66 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1982 DET A 3B 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1982 DET A DH 17 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1982 DET A RF 8 7 56 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1982 DET A 1B 17 14 107 122 3 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1982 DET A LF 2 1 10 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1983 DET A 1B 16 16 120 84 10 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 .979
1983 DET A LF 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1983 DET A DH 38 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1983 DET A 3B 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1983 DET A C 27 22 190 141 11 0 2 0 0 13 8 1 1.000
1983 DET A OF 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1984 PHI N 3B 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1984 PHI N 1B 39 32 235.1 231 13 1 20 0 0 0 0 0 .996
1984 PHI N C 21 15 148.2 92 7 6 1 0 2 26 4 0 .943
1985 PHI N C 2 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1985 PHI N 1B 7 4 40 39 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total C 268 216 1985.2 1212 119 39 17 0 27 188 82 6 .972
Total OF 110 90 770 154 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .988
Total 1B 187 159 1265.2 1275 85 15 132 0 0 0 0 0 .989
Total DH 145 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total RF 69 55 482 87 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .978
Total 3B 5 0 4.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total LF 42 35 288 66 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000

[edit] Transactions

  • Selected by Washington Senators in the 42nd round of the free-agent draft (June 6, 1967 - signed June 19, 1967).
  • Traded by Texas Rangers with Mike Nagy to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Jim Bibby (June 6, 1973).
  • Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Larry Elliott (December 3, 1973).
  • Traded by Detroit Tigers with Glenn Wilson to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Guillermo Hernandez and Dave Bergman (March 24, 1984).
  • Released by Philadelphia Phillies (August 19, 1985).

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