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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 (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
Teams (by GP): Mets/Phillies 1974-1984

Final Game: September 30, 1984
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 1:31PM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1051. Derek Bell… #1052. Eddie Bressoud… #1053. Fred Schulte… #1054. JOHN STEARNS… #1055. Todd Walker… #1056. Tony Batista… #1057. Joe Pepitone… 

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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/ 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

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1974 22 PHI NL 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ /2
1975 23 NYM NL 193 -10 1 1 0 2 3 6 3 0.2 1 0.1 0.1 $ 2
1976 24 NYM NL 121 4 -1 -1 0 5 2 4 13 1.3 8 0.8 0.5 $ 2
1977 25 NYM NL 521 12 -2 -1 -2 5 7 16 35 3.5 30 3.2 0.3 $45,000 *2/3 AS
1978 26 NYM NL 563 19 -1 0 -1 10 9 17 53 5.5 43 4.6 0.9 $ *2/5
1979 27 NYM NL 602 -11 -3 2 -2 -0 7 18 11 1.0 11 1.2 -0.2 $300,000 *235/ AS
1980 28 NYM NL 363 5 0 0 1 1 4 11 23 2.4 21 2.3 0.1 $ 23/5 AS
1981 29 NYM NL 305 -7 3 1 -2 2 4 10 11 1.0 9 1.0 0.0 $400,000 2/35
1982 30 NYM NL 392 8 1 1 1 6 5 12 34 3.6 28 3.0 0.6 $400,000 25 AS
1984 32 NYM NL 21 -1 1 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $400,000 /23
10 Seasons 3083 19 -1 4 -5 29 41 95 184 18.6 153 16.4 2.2 $1,545,000
NYM (9 yrs) 3081 19 -1 3 -5 29 41 95 183 18.5 152 16.3 2.2 $1,545,000
PHI (1 yr) 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% PO Awards
1974 PHI NL 22 C 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 1.00 .980 6.10 0 0 0
1975 NYM NL 23 C 54 339 297 40 2 9 .994 2 6.24 .985 6.02 2 41 24 37%
1976 NYM NL 24 C 30 223 200 20 3 2 .987 5 7.33 .986 5.94 1 15 17 53%
1977 NYM NL 25 C 127 833 742 76 15 12 .982 6 6.44 .985 6.49 8 81 51 39% AS
1977 NYM NL 25 1B 6 35 30 3 2 3 .943 -1 5.50 .991 9.88 AS
1978 NYM NL 26 C 141 807 711 84 12 7 .985 10 5.64 .985 6.12 8 86 52 38%
1978 NYM NL 26 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0.00 3.00
1979 NYM NL 27 C 121 725 628 85 12 11 .983 3 5.89 .985 6.11 7 100 52 34% AS
1979 NYM NL 27 1B 16 122 114 8 0 16 1.000 -0 7.63 .992 9.86 AS
1979 NYM NL 27 3B 11 21 5 14 2 2 .905 -1 1.73 .951 2.88 AS
1979 NYM NL 27 OF 6 9 7 0 2 0 .778 -2 1.17 .979 2.32 AS
1979 NYM NL 27 LF 6 6 1 40.2 9 7 0 2 0 .778 -2 -56 1.55 1.17 .970 2.01 2.00 AS
1980 NYM NL 28 C 74 480 432 41 7 6 .985 -1 6.39 .983 6.10 1 60 26 30% AS
1980 NYM NL 28 1B 16 139 120 18 1 10 .993 2 8.63 .992 10.17 AS
1980 NYM NL 28 3B 1 3 0 3 0 1 1.000 0 3.00 .947 2.90 AS
1981 NYM NL 29 C 66 346 302 38 6 7 .983 3 5.15 .983 5.95 2 42 24 36%
1981 NYM NL 29 1B 9 66 58 8 0 4 1.000 -0 7.33 .992 10.24
1981 NYM NL 29 3B 4 7 0 6 1 0 .857 -0 1.50 .949 2.85
1982 NYM NL 30 C 81 446 379 61 6 9 .987 9 5.43 .985 6.30 2 72 49 40% AS
1982 NYM NL 30 3B 12 22 5 13 4 0 .818 -3 1.50 .951 2.78 AS
1984 NYM NL 32 C 4 21 20 1 0 1 1.000 -1 5.25 .986 6.50 0 3 0 0%
1984 NYM NL 32 1B 2 9 8 1 0 3 1.000 -0 4.50 .992 9.85
10 Seasons C 699 4221 3712 446 63 64 .985 36 5.95 .985 6.17 31 500 295 37%
5 Seasons 1B 49 371 330 38 3 36 .992 -0 7.51 .992 10.03
5 Seasons 3B 29 53 10 36 7 3 .868 -4 1.59 .950 2.84
1 Season LF 6 6 1 40.2 9 7 0 2 0 .778 -2 -56 1.55 1.17 .970 2.01 2.00
1 Season OF 6 9 7 0 2 0 .778 -2 1.17 .979 2.32
11 Seasons TOT 783 4654 4059 520 75 103 .984 29 5.85 .985 6.26 31 500 295 37%
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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 *

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1978 NL  5.5 (8th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1978 NL  5.5 (5th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1978 NL  0.9 (9th)

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)

Def. Games as C s c a p y
1977 NL  127 (5th)
1978 NL  141 (2nd)
1979 NL  121 (5th)

Putouts as C s c a p y
1977 NL  742 (2nd)
1978 NL  711 (2nd)
1979 NL  628 (3rd)

Assists as C s c a p y
1978 NL  84 (2nd)
1979 NL  85 (2nd)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1977 NL  15 (2nd)
1978 NL  12 (2nd)
1979 NL  12 (2nd)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
1977 NL  81 (5th)
1978 NL  86 (2nd)
1979 NL  100 (1st)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
1978 NL  52 (3rd)
1979 NL  52 (2nd)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
1982 NL  40.5 (3rd)

Total Zone Runs as C s c a p y
1977 NL  6 (2nd)
1978 NL  10 (3rd)
1981 NL  3 (5th)
1982 NL  9 (2nd)
Career  36 (31st)

Range Factor/9Inn as C† s c a p y
1977 NL  7.05 (1st)
1979 NL  6.23 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
1977 NL  6.44 (1st)
1978 NL  5.64 (5th)
1979 NL  5.89 (3rd)
Career  5.95 (99th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 12 (1070), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 6 (2058), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
197725New York Mets$45,0001977 TSN salary survey, 4/23/77
197927New York Mets$300,0008/20/81 NYT
198129New York Mets$400,0008/20/81 NYT
198230New York Mets$400,0008/20/81 NYT
198331New York Mets$400,0008/20/81 NYT
198432New York Mets$400,0001/4/85 TSN
Career to date (may be incomplete)$1,945,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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