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John Stearns

John Hardin Stearns (Bad Dude)

Positions: Catcher, First Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: August 21, 1951 in Denver, CO
High School: Thomas Jefferson HS (Denver, CO)
School: University of Colorado (Boulder, CO)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1973 amateur draft.
Signed June 15, 1973. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 22, 1974
Teams (by GP): Mets/Phillies 1974-1984

Final Game: September 30, 1984
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All-Star

Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1974 22 PHI NL 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 177 1 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1975 23 NYM NL 59 193 169 25 32 5 1 3 10 4 1 17 15 .189 .268 .284 .552 57 48 6 2 3 2 4 2
1976 24 NYM NL 32 121 103 13 27 6 0 2 10 1 2 16 11 .262 .364 .379 .742 118 39 4 1 0 1 0 2
1977 25 NYM NL 139 521 431 52 108 25 1 12 55 9 8 77 76 .251 .370 .397 .767 112 171 15 7 1 4 7 *2/3 AS
1978 26 NYM NL 143 563 477 65 126 24 1 15 73 25 13 70 57 .264 .364 .413 .777 121 197 11 8 2 6 4 *2/5
1979 27 NYM NL 155 602 538 58 131 29 2 9 66 15 15 52 57 .243 .312 .355 .667 86 191 21 4 3 5 5 *235/7 AS
1980 28 NYM NL 91 363 319 42 91 25 1 0 45 7 3 33 24 .285 .346 .370 .716 103 118 5 1 2 8 1 23/5 AS
1981 29 NYM NL 80 305 273 25 74 12 1 1 24 12 2 24 17 .271 .329 .333 .662 91 91 10 0 7 1 2 2/35
1982 30 NYM NL 98 392 352 46 103 25 3 4 28 17 7 30 35 .293 .349 .415 .764 115 146 8 2 5 3 2 25 AS
1983 31 NYM NL 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 32 NYM NL 8 21 17 6 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 2 .176 .333 .235 .569 64 4 0 0 0 0 0 /23
11 Yrs 810 3083 2681 334 696 152 10 46 312 91 51 323 294 .260 .341 .375 .717 102 1006 80 25 23 30 25
162 Game Avg. 162 617 536 67 139 30 2 9 62 18 10 65 59 .260 .341 .375 .717 102 201 16 5 5 6 5
NYM (10 yrs) 809 3081 2679 334 695 152 10 46 312 91 51 323 294 .259 .341 .375 .716 102 1005 80 25 23 30 25
PHI (1 yr) 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 177 1 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1974 22 PHI NL 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .591 .501 0.1 0.0 1 $ /2
1975 23 NYM NL 59 193 -9 1 -0 2 3 -4 -0.4 6 2 0.2 .493 .498 -0.1 0.6 0 $ 2
1976 24 NYM NL 32 121 2 -0 -0 5 2 8 1.0 4 12 1.3 .530 .506 0.7 0.8 7 $ 2
1977 25 NYM NL 139 521 10 -3 -2 5 7 16 1.8 15 31 3.2 .512 .511 2.7 1.2 27 $45,000 *2/3 AS
1978 26 NYM NL 143 563 14 -2 -0 10 8 30 3.5 17 46 5.1 .524 .521 3.9 2.1 37 $ *2/5
1979 27 NYM NL 155 602 -6 -3 -2 -0 6 -6 -0.5 18 12 1.2 .496 .496 1.2 0.7 12 $300,000 *235/7 AS
1980 28 NYM NL 91 363 2 1 1 1 3 9 1.0 11 20 2.1 .511 .506 2.0 0.6 19 $ 23/5 AS
1981 29 NYM NL 80 305 -0 3 -1 2 3 7 0.9 9 16 1.8 .510 .505 1.5 0.7 14 $400,000 2/35
1982 30 NYM NL 98 392 8 1 1 6 5 21 2.4 12 33 3.6 .524 .514 2.8 1.3 27 $400,000 25 AS
1983 31 NYM NL 4 0 0 -0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .489 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $400,000
1984 32 NYM NL 8 21 -1 1 0 -1 0 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.1 .485 .499 0.1 -0.1 1 $400,000 /23
11 Seasons 810 3083 21 -3 -4 29 37 81 9.6 91 173 18.5 .511 .505 14.9 7.9 143 $1,945,000
NYM (10 yrs) 809 3081 20 -3 -4 29 37 80 9.5 91 172 18.4 .511 .506 14.8 7.9 142 $1,945,000
PHI (1 yr) 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .591 .501 0.1 0.0 1 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1974 22 PHI NL 2 1 1 27.0 98 .500 .500 .267 .500 .340 .500 .386 1.000 .726 177 .967 0.2 0.0 1.000 .000 .000
1975 23 NYM NL 193 149 13 2.4 92 .190 .189 .260 .268 .330 .284 .375 .552 .704 57 .247 -9.7 -1.0 .486 .213 .095 3.4
1976 24 NYM NL 121 83 14 4.5 86 .275 .262 .254 .364 .320 .379 .363 .742 .682 118 .548 3.4 0.4 .671 .262 .117 1.3
1977 25 NYM NL 521 351 64 4.9 98 .277 .251 .262 .370 .329 .397 .399 .767 .728 112 .529 11.7 1.2 .740 .327 .146 10.3
1978 26 NYM NL 563 383 75 5.2 91 .270 .264 .257 .364 .324 .413 .378 .777 .703 121 .602 16.6 1.7 .765 .321 .149 18.8
1979 27 NYM NL 602 451 54 3.2 95 .256 .243 .263 .312 .328 .355 .390 .667 .718 86 .360 -8.9 -0.9 .558 .208 .112 11.3
1980 28 NYM NL 363 246 44 4.8 93 .300 .285 .263 .346 .325 .370 .382 .716 .707 103 .559 3.9 0.4 .661 .201 .085 .0
1981 29 NYM NL 305 219 30 3.7 90 .285 .271 .260 .329 .325 .333 .373 .662 .698 91 .452 -3.1 -0.3 .592 .187 .062 1.8
1982 30 NYM NL 392 272 51 5.1 94 .313 .293 .264 .349 .327 .415 .384 .764 .712 115 .583 7.4 0.8 .712 .236 .122 6.5
1984 32 NYM NL 21 14 2 3.8 93 .200 .176 .262 .333 .327 .235 .381 .569 .708 64 .462 -0.6 -0.1 .643 .353 .059 .0
11 Yrs 3083 2169 348 4.3 93 .274 .260 .261 .341 .326 .375 .384 .717 .711 102 .502 20.9 2.1 .659 .251 .116 61.1
162 Game Avg. 617 434 70 4.3 93 .274 .260 .261 .341 .326 .375 .384 .717 .711 102 .502 4 0 .659 .251 .116 12
NYM (10 yrs) 3081 2168 347 4.3 93 .274 .259 .261 .341 .326 .375 .384 .716 .711 102 .500 20.7 2.1 .659 .251 .116 61.1
PHI (1 yr) 2 1 1 27.0 98 .500 .500 .267 .500 .340 .500 .386 1.000 .726 177 .967 0.2 0.0 1.000 .000 .000

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1977 NYM NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 NYM NL 27 DNP
1980 NYM NL 28 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 NYM NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs (3 GP) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1974 22 PHI NL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 100%
1975 23 NYM NL 193 1.6% 7.8% 8.8% 4.7% 28% 0.88 11.3 56.3 16.9 1.06 79%
1976 24 NYM NL 121 1.7% 9.1% 13.2% 6.6% 30% 0.69 9.4 51.5 10.3 1.22 75%
1977 25 NYM NL 521 2.3% 14.6% 14.8% 7.3% 35% 0.99 5.7 35.9 7.8 1.11 67%
1978 26 NYM NL 563 2.7% 10.1% 12.4% 7.1% 32% 0.81 8.4 31.8 6.5 0.91 73%
1979 27 NYM NL 602 1.5% 9.5% 8.6% 6.6% 31% 1.10 9.4 59.8 8.2 1.03 79%
1980 28 NYM NL 363 0.0% 6.6% 9.1% 7.2% 29% 0.73 13.3 7.1 1.08 83%
1981 29 NYM NL 305 0.3% 5.6% 7.9% 4.6% 19% 0.71 16.1 273.0 11.4 1.20 84%
1982 30 NYM NL 392 1.0% 8.9% 7.7% 8.2% 31% 1.17 10.1 88.0 12.6 1.41 81%
1984 32 NYM NL 21 0.0% 9.5% 19.1% 4.8% 33% 0.50 8.5 17.0 1.60 71%
11 Yrs 3083 1.5% 9.5% 10.5% 6.8% 30% 0.91 9.1 58.3 8.6 1.10 77%
MLB Averages 1.9% 13.0% 8.5% 6.4% 28% 1.54 6.8 46.1 8.6 1.09 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1974 22 PHI NL 0.2 0.0 2 0.1 0.1 0.0 .95 0.1 0.0 1.9 0.2 1.60 1.1 0.35 1
1975 23 NYM NL -9.9 -1.0 198 -2.1 2.3 -4.4 1.14 -0.8 -1.0 -12.6 -1.3 0.98 -9.7 1.64 8
1976 24 NYM NL 3.2 0.3 126 -0.1 2.5 -2.6 1.13 0.1 -0.2 -1.0 -0.1 1.04 0.8 2.69 3
1977 25 NYM NL 11.0 1.1 542 -0.2 10.4 -10.6 1.19 1.1 -1.3 8.9 0.9 0.98 13.3 2.52 9
1978 26 NYM NL 16.6 1.7 608 3.1 13.8 -10.7 1.13 2.0 0.7 20.5 2.1 0.97 19.2 2.20 4
1979 27 NYM NL -9.7 -1.0 645 -0.0 12.7 -12.7 1.16 -0.3 0.3 -7.5 -0.8 0.99 -6.2 2.31 12
1980 28 NYM NL 3.9 0.4 379 1.8 8.0 -6.2 1.12 0.5 1.1 14.6 1.5 1.02 6.2 3.11 5
1981 29 NYM NL -3.1 -0.3 321 0.5 5.8 -5.4 1.11 0.1 0.3 5.2 0.5 0.98 1.9 2.27 6
1982 30 NYM NL 7.4 0.8 428 0.4 7.2 -6.8 .98 1.0 -0.6 8.7 0.9 0.93 9.8 1.93 6
1983 31 NYM NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1984 32 NYM NL -0.6 -0.1 23 -0.0 0.2 -0.2 .61 -0.1 -0.0 -0.9 -0.1 1.01 -0.5 0.35 2
11 Yrs 19.0 1.9 3272 3.4 62.9 -59.6 1.12 3.8 -0.8 37.7 3.9 0.98 35.8 2.18 56

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1974 22 PHI NL 1 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 23 NYM NL 4 0 46% 75 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 54% 12 8 3 3 0 3 9 1 7
1976 24 NYM NL 0 0 26% 41 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 44% 12 7 5 0 0 0 6 3 3
1977 25 NYM NL 7 1 22% 232 9 8 53% 9 7 0 0 0 1 1 0 12 12 43% 31 20 10 10 5 5 15 4 9
1978 26 NYM NL 5 0 27% 191 25 13 66% 23 9 2 0 0 4 5 3 8 11 43% 34 20 12 12 6 5 19 6 11
1979 27 NYM NL 10 0 28% 188 15 15 50% 14 15 1 0 0 0 5 2 6 17 46% 28 13 14 7 4 2 21 9 10
1980 28 NYM NL 5 0 34% 139 7 3 70% 7 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 12 54% 24 12 11 5 2 3 12 3 8
1981 29 NYM NL 7 0 25% 113 12 2 86% 11 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 8 63% 18 7 11 1 0 1 8 2 5
1982 30 NYM NL 6 0 32% 148 17 7 71% 16 7 1 0 0 0 4 0 6 14 44% 17 10 6 6 2 4 11 6 5
1984 32 NYM NL 0 0 86% 13 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 33% 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 1
11 Yrs 45 1 29% 1145 91 51 64% 86 44 5 2 0 5 17 5 50 82 47% 177 98 72 47 21 23 103 35 59

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1974 22 PHI NL 2 0% 1 1 1 0 0 0.35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 3 1 33% 0 0 0 0 0
1975 23 NYM NL 193 36% 32 8 1 0 1 1.64 3 0 6 3 0 1 2 0 3 3 100% 37 6 16% 15 6 40% 118 8 7% 7 2 29% 5 3 60% 0
1976 24 NYM NL 121 39% 27 3 0 0 0 2.69 2 0 5 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 27 4 15% 11 3 27% 85 10 12% 7 2 29% 4 1 25% 0
1977 25 NYM NL 521 33% 108 9 1 0 1 2.52 12 1 9 9 3 4 8 0 2 1 50% 90 15 17% 51 12 24% 339 47 14% 30 14 47% 27 11 41% 0
1978 26 NYM NL 563 39% 126 4 2 0 1 2.20 15 0 17 6 9 4 11 0 2 2 100% 86 11 13% 43 13 30% 354 61 17% 32 17 53% 18 5 28% 0
1979 27 NYM NL 602 34% 131 12 1 0 0 2.31 9 0 11 5 4 3 6 0 6 3 50% 114 21 18% 48 13 27% 393 58 15% 34 17 50% 11 7 64% 0
1980 28 NYM NL 363 29% 91 5 2 0 3 3.11 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 64 5 8% 31 19 61% 247 48 19% 25 18 72% 14 9 64% 0
1981 29 NYM NL 305 21% 74 6 1 0 0 2.27 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 9 7 78% 70 10 14% 31 13 42% 193 25 13% 16 10 63% 14 9 64% 0
1982 30 NYM NL 392 25% 103 6 2 0 0 1.93 4 0 7 4 0 0 4 0 6 5 83% 73 8 11% 39 18 46% 214 26 12% 21 6 29% 16 9 56% 0
1984 32 NYM NL 21 38% 3 2 1 0 0 0.35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 4 1 25% 13 1 8% 1 0 0% 2 1 50% 0
11 Yrs 3083 32% 696 56 12 0 6 2.18 46 1 74 29 17 14 32 0 33 23 70% 568 80 14% 273 98 36% 1959 285 15% 173 86 50% 111 55 50% 0
MLB Averages 56% 80% 11% 35% 14% 51% 54%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1974 22 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 177 1 0 0 0 0 0
1975 23 60 195 171 25 33 5 1 3 10 4 1 17 15 .193 .271 .287 .557 59 49 6 2 3 2 4
1976 24 92 316 274 38 60 11 1 5 20 5 3 33 26 .219 .307 .321 .628 81 88 10 3 3 3 4
1977 25 231 837 705 90 168 36 2 17 75 14 11 110 102 .238 .346 .367 .714 100 259 25 10 4 7 11
1978 26 374 1400 1182 155 294 60 3 32 148 39 24 180 159 .249 .353 .386 .739 109 456 36 18 6 13 15
1979 27 529 2002 1720 213 425 89 5 41 214 54 39 232 216 .247 .341 .376 .717 102 647 57 22 9 18 20
1980 28 620 2365 2039 255 516 114 6 41 259 61 42 265 240 .253 .342 .375 .717 102 765 62 23 11 26 21
1981 29 700 2670 2312 280 590 126 7 42 283 73 44 289 257 .255 .340 .370 .710 101 856 72 23 18 27 23
1982 30 798 3062 2664 326 693 151 10 46 311 90 51 319 292 .260 .341 .376 .717 102 1002 80 25 23 30 25
1983 31 802 3062 2664 328 693 151 10 46 311 90 51 319 292 .260 .341 .376 .717 102 1002 80 25 23 30 25
1984 32 810 3083 2681 334 696 152 10 46 312 91 51 323 294 .260 .341 .375 .717 102 1006 80 25 23 30 25

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1974 22 1 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 1 1
1975 23 59 196 171 28 34 5 1 3 11 4 18 15 .199 .280 .292 .572 14 59
1976 24 32 126 106 16 30 7 0 2 12 1 18 11 .283 .389 .406 .795 17 32
1977 25 139 529 436 56 113 26 1 13 59 9 81 76 .259 .381 .413 .794 67 139
1978 26 143 583 489 76 138 26 1 16 85 27 77 57 .282 .386 .438 .823 82 143
1979 27 155 612 545 64 138 31 2 9 72 16 55 57 .253 .323 .367 .690 65 155
1980 28 91 373 326 47 98 27 1 0 51 8 36 24 .301 .364 .390 .753 47 91
1981 29 121 477 424 44 123 20 2 2 42 20 40 26 .290 .350 .361 .711 53 80
1982 30 98 400 358 51 109 26 3 4 31 18 32 35 .304 .362 .427 .789 56 98
1984 32 8 21 17 5 3 1 0 0 1 1 4 2 .176 .333 .235 .569 1 8
10 Yrs 847 3320 2875 387 788 169 11 49 364 104 361 303 .274 .357 .392 .748 403 806
162 Game Avg. 162 635 550 74 151 32 2 9 70 20 69 58 .274 .357 .392 .748 77 806

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1990 BBWAA ()

All-Star Games
1977 *
1979
1980 *
1982 *

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1978 NL  5.1 (8th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1978 NL  2.1 (4th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1977 NL  7 (4th)
1978 NL  8 (5th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1980 NL  8 (10th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1979 NL  21 (3rd)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1978 NL  13 (8th)
1979 NL  15 (8th)

SB % s c a p y
1981 NL  85.71 (7th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1978 NL  18.8 (7th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 12 (1068), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 6 (2065), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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