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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1974 PHI NL 22 C 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 6.30 5.40 0 0 0 0
1975 NYM NL 23 C 54 46 432.2 339 297 40 2 9 .994 2.0 5.5 2 7.01 6.24 .985 6.03 5.24 2 20 41 24 37%
1976 NYM NL 24 C 30 28 256.1 223 200 20 3 2 .987 5.0 23.4 5 7.72 7.33 .986 5.96 5.16 1 5 15 17 53%
1977 NYM NL 25 C 127 116 1045.0 833 742 76 15 12 .982 6.0 6.9 6 7.04 6.44 .985 6.49 5.54 8 18 81 51 39% AS
1977 NYM NL 25 1B 6 5 41.1 35 30 3 2 3 .943 -1.4 -40.6 -1.4 -1.1 -0.3 0 7.19 5.50 .991 9.89 8.32 AS
1978 NYM NL 26 C 141 134 1202.1 807 711 84 12 7 .985 10.0 10.0 10 5.95 5.64 .985 6.17 5.11 8 27 86 52 38%
1978 NYM NL 26 3B 1 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -90.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.50
1979 NYM NL 27 C 121 113 1029.2 725 628 85 12 11 .983 3.0 3.5 3 6.23 5.89 .985 6.13 5.27 7 26 100 52 34% AS
1979 NYM NL 27 1B 16 14 130.1 122 114 8 0 16 1.000 -0.1 -0.9 -0.1 0.5 -0.6 0 8.42 7.63 .992 9.89 8.59 AS
1979 NYM NL 27 3B 11 7 65.0 21 5 14 2 2 .905 -1.4 -25.8 -1.4 -1.3 -0.1 0 2.63 1.73 .952 2.89 2.50 AS
1979 NYM NL 27 LF 6 6 40.2 9 7 0 2 0 .778 -1.9 -56.1 -0.9 -0.8 -0.1 -1 1.55 1.17 .978 2.01 1.58 AS
1979 NYM NL 27 OF 6 6 40.2 9 7 0 2 0 .778 -1.9 -56.1 -0.9 -0.8 -0.1 -1 1.55 1.17 .978 2.32 2.00 AS
1980 NYM NL 28 C 74 70 618.0 480 432 41 7 6 .985 -1.0 -1.9 -1 6.89 6.39 .983 6.09 5.23 1 20 60 26 30% AS
1980 NYM NL 28 1B 16 15 128.0 139 120 18 1 10 .993 1.8 16.9 1.8 0.4 1.3 0 9.70 8.63 .992 10.16 8.97 AS
1980 NYM NL 28 3B 1 0 3.0 3 0 3 0 1 1.000 0.5 200.0 0.5 0.0 0.5 0 9.00 3.00 .933 3.00 2.40 AS
1981 NYM NL 29 C 66 63 551.2 346 302 38 6 7 .983 3.0 6.5 3 5.55 5.15 .983 5.93 5.07 2 14 42 24 36%
1981 NYM NL 29 1B 9 7 61.0 66 58 8 0 4 1.000 -0.5 -9.8 -0.5 -0.2 -0.2 0 9.74 7.33 .992 10.22 8.68
1981 NYM NL 29 3B 4 3 28.0 7 0 6 1 0 .857 -0.4 -17.1 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0 1.93 1.50 .957 2.83 2.48
1982 NYM NL 30 C 81 79 705.1 446 379 61 6 9 .987 9.0 15.3 9 5.61 5.43 .985 6.29 5.52 2 16 72 49 40% AS
1982 NYM NL 30 3B 12 10 91.0 22 5 13 4 0 .818 -3.1 -40.9 -3.1 -0.3 -2.8 0 1.78 1.50 .959 2.77 2.43 AS
1984 NYM NL 32 C 4 2 27.1 21 20 1 0 1 1.000 -1.0 -43.9 -1 6.91 5.25 .986 6.52 5.68 0 2 3 0 0%
1984 NYM NL 32 1B 2 1 12.0 9 8 1 0 3 1.000 -0.1 -10.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 6.75 4.50 .989 9.82 8.15
10 Seasons C 699 651 5869.1 4221 3712 446 63 64 .985 36.0 7.4 36 6.38 5.95 .985 6.19 5.29 31 148 500 295 37%
5 Seasons 1B 49 42 372.2 371 330 38 3 36 .992 -0.3 -1.0 -0.3 -0.4 0.1 0 8.89 7.51 .992 10.03 8.68
5 Seasons 3B 29 20 188.1 53 10 36 7 3 .868 -4.5 -28.7 -4.5 -1.7 -2.8 0 2.20 1.59 .955 2.82 2.47
1 Season LF 6 6 40.2 9 7 0 2 0 .778 -1.9 -56.1 -0.9 -0.8 -0.1 -1 1.55 1.17 .978 2.01 1.58
1 Season OF 6 6 40.2 9 7 0 2 0 .778 -1.9 -56.1 -0.9 -0.8 -0.1 -1 1.55 1.17 .978 2.32 2.00
11 Seasons TOT 783 719 6471.0 4654 4059 520 75 103 .984 29.3 5.4 -5.7 -2.9 -2.8 -1 0 36 6.37 5.85 .969 6.28 5.37 31 148 500 295 37%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1974 PHI NL 22 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1975 NYM NL 23 59 46 59 54 0 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1
1976 NYM NL 24 32 28 32 30 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
1977 NYM NL 25 139 121 139 131 0 128 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 1
1978 NYM NL 26 143 134 143 141 0 141 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1979 NYM NL 27 155 140 155 146 0 121 16 0 11 0 6 0 0 6 0 12 0
1980 NYM NL 28 91 85 91 89 0 74 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1981 NYM NL 29 80 73 80 76 0 66 9 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1982 NYM NL 30 98 89 98 90 0 81 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3
1983 NYM NL 31 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
1984 NYM NL 32 8 3 8 6 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
11 Seasons 810 719 810 764 0 700 50 0 29 0 6 0 0 6 0 63 11
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1974 PHI NL 22 3 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 NYM NL 23 1941 3.72 4.18 28 100% 0 0 293 21 0 6 266 39 7 0 0 5 2 0 1 1 0 9 0 0 3 3 100%
1976 NYM NL 24 1089 3.05 3.44 10 80% 0 0 201 5 1 4 190 20 3 0 0 2 3 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 67%
1977 NYM NL 25 4580 3.73 4.07 65 100% 3 0 740 47 7 7 679 75 18 2 1 3 15 0 3 12 0 12 1 3 4 10 100%
1978 NYM NL 26 5287 3.86 4.27 70 99% 0 0 709 47 4 29 629 86 19 2 2 2 12 0 7 5 0 7 0 2 2 12 100%
1979 NYM NL 27 4652 3.85 4.40 63 95% 0 1 629 35 2 30 560 84 17 5 1 3 12 0 4 8 0 11 2 1 6 14 100%
1980 NYM NL 28 2752 3.87 4.51 36 100% 1 0 434 26 1 9 398 40 9 1 0 3 8 0 1 7 0 3 0 1 1 6 100%
1981 NYM NL 29 2440 3.52 4.03 24 96% 1 1 302 14 3 12 273 41 8 1 0 4 7 1 1 5 0 7 1 0 2 10 90%
1982 NYM NL 30 3213 4.14 4.71 33 94% 0 0 381 22 1 14 344 59 7 0 1 4 6 0 1 5 0 8 0 0 1 6 100%
1984 NYM NL 32 133 5.60 6.91 1 100% 0 0 20 0 0 0 20 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 100%
10 Seasons 26090 3.80 4.28 330 97% 5 2 3710 217 19 111 3360 445 88 12 5 26 65 1 19 45 0 60 5 7 20 65 97%
MLB Averages 3.77 4.25 96% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1974 PHI NL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 NYM NL 23 2 20 666 41 24 20 37% 34 20 6 3 1 1 1 1 75 25 1.24 1.23
1976 NYM NL 24 1 5 362 15 17 14 53% 13 15 2 1 0 1 0 0 23 19 1.28 1.36
1977 NYM NL 25 8 18 1507 81 51 43 39% 71 47 10 3 0 1 4 1 144 62 1.33 1.20
1978 NYM NL 26 8 27 1824 86 52 43 38% 75 45 9 2 2 5 6 0 158 72 1.37 1.22
1979 NYM NL 27 7 26 1705 100 52 45 34% 89 45 11 3 0 4 6 0 160 59 1.36 1.40
1980 NYM NL 28 1 20 988 60 26 25 30% 53 21 6 4 1 1 0 0 100 27 1.31 1.29
1981 NYM NL 29 2 14 860 42 24 23 36% 39 20 2 2 1 2 3 1 77 34 1.30 1.24
1982 NYM NL 30 2 16 1144 72 49 45 40% 62 42 10 3 0 4 1 0 112 60 1.05 1.35
1984 NYM NL 32 0 2 59 3 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 1.10
10 Seasons 31 148 9115 500 295 258 37% 439 255 56 21 5 19 21 3 856 358 1.29 1.29
MLB Averages 34% 1.30 1.28

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1977 NYM NL 25 190 53% 79% 22% 10 80% 0 34 3 31 0 2 4 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
1979 NYM NL 27 565 64% 77% 23% 27 96% 0 117 11 105 1 8 8 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 14 0 2 1 1 1 100%
1980 NYM NL 28 537 43% 78% 27% 30 97% 1 120 4 116 0 10 18 13 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 10 0 0 0 8 0 2 1 1 2 100%
1981 NYM NL 29 278 41% 82% 29% 15 87% 0 59 1 56 2 4 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 1 0%
1984 NYM NL 32 49 63% 65% 24% 0 0 8 0 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 1619 52% 78% 25% 82 93% 1 338 19 316 3 24 39 30 2 1 2 3 0 3 0 3 36 0 0 0 31 0 5 3 2 4 75%
MLB Averages 58% 79% 27% 94% 89%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1978 NYM NL 26 12 42% 58% 8% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 NYM NL 27 289 68% 82% 24% 22 91% 0 7 7 0 0 13 9 4 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 100%
1980 NYM NL 28 14 64% 79% 21% 2 100% 0 1 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 NYM NL 29 134 51% 77% 22% 8 75% 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 NYM NL 30 418 54% 78% 23% 23 74% 0 5 5 0 0 13 10 2 0 0 4 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 867 58% 79% 23% 55 82% 0 13 12 0 1 35 25 8 0 1 7 0 7 0 5 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 100%
MLB Averages 58% 79% 27% 89% 70%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1979 NYM NL 27 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 16.7% 5 0 0.0% 0 192 69% 80% 30% 20 35%
1 Season 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 16.7% 5 0 0.0% 0 192 69% 80% 30% 20 35%
MLB Averages 58.0% 2.8% 58% 79% 26% 50%

* 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.

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