John Stearns
John Hardin Stearns (Bad Dude)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: August 21, 1951 in Denver, CO
High School: Thomas Jefferson (Denver, CO)
School: University of Colorado
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
Final Game: September 30, 1984
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Standard Batting

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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 .742 117 39 4 1 0 1 0 2
1977 25 NYM NL 139 520 431 52 108 25 1 12 55 9 8 77 76 .251 .370 .397 .767 111 171 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 85 191 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 Seasons 810 3082 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. 162 616 536 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 3080 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

Advanced Batting

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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 93 .190 .189 .261 .268 .331 .284 .376 .552 .707 57 .247 -9.9 -1.0 .486 .213 .095 3.4
1976 24 NYM NL 121 83 14 4.5 87 .275 .262 .255 .364 .321 .379 .364 .742 .685 117 .548 3.2 0.3 .671 .262 .117 1.3
1977 25 NYM NL 520 351 64 4.9 99 .277 .251 .263 .370 .330 .397 .401 .767 .731 111 .529 11.1 1.1 .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 96 .256 .243 .264 .312 .329 .355 .392 .667 .721 85 .360 -9.6 -1.0 .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 .711 115 .582 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 .461 -0.6 -0.1 .643 .353 .059 .0
11 Seasons 3082 2169 348 4.3 94 .274 .260 .262 .341 .327 .375 .385 .717 .712 102 .502 19.3 1.9 .659 .251 .116 61.1
162 Game Avg. 616 434 70 4.3 94 .274 .260 .262 .341 .327 .375 .385 .717 .712 102 .502 4 0 .659 .251 .116 12
NYM (10 yrs) 3080 2168 347 4.3 94 .274 .259 .262 .341 .327 .375 .385 .716 .712 102 .500 19.1 1.9 .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

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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 Seasons (3 Appearances) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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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 520 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 1.19 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 Seasons 3082 1.5% 9.5% 10.5% 6.8% 30% 0.91 9.1 58.3 8.6 1.10 77%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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 Seasons 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
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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 0.41 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 1.76 3 0 6 3 0 1 2 0 3 3 100% 37 6 16% 15 6 40% 118 8 7% 7 2 29% 6 3 50% 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% 8 4 50% 0
1977 25 NYM NL 521 33% 108 9 1 0 1 2.56 12 1 9 9 3 4 8 0 2 1 50% 90 15 17% 51 12 24% 339 47 14% 30 14 47% 43 12 28% 0
1978 26 NYM NL 563 39% 126 4 2 0 1 2.24 15 0 17 6 9 4 11 0 2 2 100% 86 11 13% 43 13 30% 354 61 17% 32 17 53% 31 4 13% 0
1979 27 NYM NL 602 34% 131 12 1 0 0 2.34 9 0 11 5 4 3 6 0 6 3 50% 114 21 18% 48 13 27% 393 58 15% 34 17 50% 32 13 41% 0
1980 28 NYM NL 363 29% 91 5 2 0 3 3.01 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 64 5 8% 31 19 61% 247 48 19% 25 18 72% 24 6 25% 0
1981 29 NYM NL 304 21% 74 6 1 0 0 2.28 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 9 7 78% 70 10 14% 31 13 42% 192 25 13% 16 10 63% 24 12 50% 1
1982 30 NYM NL 392 25% 103 6 2 0 0 1.98 4 0 7 4 0 0 4 0 6 5 83% 73 8 11% 39 18 46% 214 26 12% 21 6 29% 28 9 32% 0
1984 32 NYM NL 21 38% 3 2 1 0 0 0.42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 4 1 25% 13 1 8% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
11 Seasons 3082 32% 696 56 12 0 6 2.21 46 1 74 29 17 14 32 0 33 23 70% 568 80 14% 273 98 36% 1958 285 15% 173 86 50% 197 63 32% 1
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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 58 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 80 88 10 3 3 3 4
1977 25 231 836 705 90 168 36 2 17 75 14 11 110 102 .238 .346 .367 .714 100 259 25 10 4 7 11
1978 26 374 1399 1182 155 294 60 3 32 148 39 24 180 159 .249 .353 .386 .739 108 456 36 18 6 13 15
1979 27 529 2001 1720 213 425 89 5 41 214 54 39 232 216 .247 .341 .376 .717 101 647 57 22 9 18 20
1980 28 620 2364 2039 255 516 114 6 41 259 61 42 265 240 .253 .342 .375 .717 101 765 62 23 11 26 21
1981 29 700 2669 2312 280 590 126 7 42 283 73 44 289 257 .255 .340 .370 .710 100 856 72 23 18 27 23
1982 30 798 3061 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 3061 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 3082 2681 334 696 152 10 46 312 91 51 323 294 .260 .341 .375 .717 102 1006 80 25 23 30 25

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1974 22 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 1
1975 23 59 193 171 27 34 5 1 3 11 4 18 15 .199 .280 .292 .572 14 59
1976 24 32 124 105 15 29 6 0 2 11 1 17 11 .276 .379 .390 .770 16 32
1977 25 139 529 437 55 114 26 1 13 58 10 81 76 .261 .382 .414 .796 68 139
1978 26 143 587 493 75 142 27 1 17 84 28 79 57 .288 .392 .450 .842 86 143
1979 27 155 599 538 63 131 29 2 9 72 15 52 57 .243 .312 .355 .667 59 155
1980 28 91 375 329 47 101 28 1 0 51 8 37 24 .307 .371 .398 .769 49 91
1981 29 121 466 424 44 123 20 2 2 42 20 40 26 .290 .350 .361 .711 53 80
1982 30 98 395 358 50 109 26 3 4 31 18 32 35 .304 .362 .427 .789 56 98
1984 32 8 23 18 6 4 1 0 0 1 1 5 2 .222 .391 .278 .669 2 8
10 Seasons 847 3293 2875 382 787 168 11 50 361 105 361 303 .274 .357 .392 .749 404 806
162 Game Avg. 162 630 550 73 151 32 2 10 69 20 69 58 .274 .357 .392 .749 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 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1977 *
1979
1980 *
1982 *

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

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

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 12 (1037), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 6 (2348), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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