- Born
- Birth nameJohn David Wathan
- Height6′ 2″ (1.88 m)
- John Wathan was born on October 4, 1949 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA.
- His mother Mary was murdered by his half-brother, Mark Yavorsky, in 1979. This incident inspired Werner Herzog's film My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2009).
- Catcher for the Kansas City Royals from 1976 to 1985.
- Inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in 2008.
- Inducted into the West Coast Conference Hall of Honor in 2011.
- Inducted into the University of San Diego's Chet & Marguerite Pagni Family Athletic Hall of Fame in 1994 (inaugural class).
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