Earl Stephenson
Chester Earl Stephenson
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: July 31, 1947 in Benson, NC
High School: Benson (Benson, NC)
School: Campbell University
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 3rd round of the 1967 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 1971
Final Game: July 26, 1978
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1971 23 CHC NL 1 0 1.000 4.43 16 0 5 0 0 1 20.1 24 10 10 1 11 0 11 0 0 1 90 89 1.721 10.6 0.4 4.9 4.9 1.00
1972 24 MIL AL 3 5 .375 3.25 35 8 6 1 0 0 80.1 79 32 29 5 33 5 33 3 0 7 345 93 1.394 8.9 0.6 3.7 3.7 1.00
1977 29 BAL AL 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 5 3 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 14 43 1.667 15.0 3.0 0.0 6.0
1978 30 BAL AL 0 0 2.79 2 0 2 0 0 0 9.2 10 3 3 0 5 0 4 0 0 1 40 126 1.552 9.3 0.0 4.7 3.7 0.80
4 Seasons 4 5 .444 3.57 54 8 13 1 0 1 113.1 118 48 45 7 49 5 50 3 0 9 489 91 1.474 9.4 0.6 3.9 4.0 1.02
162 Game Avg. 4 5 .444 3.57 59 9 14 1 0 1 124 129 53 49 8 54 5 55 3 0 10 536 91 1.474 9.4 0.6 3.9 4.0 1.02
BAL (2 yrs) 0 0 4.26 3 0 2 0 0 0 12.2 15 6 6 1 5 0 6 0 0 1 54 84 1.579 10.7 0.7 3.6 4.3 1.20
CHC (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 4.43 16 0 5 0 0 1 20.1 24 10 10 1 11 0 11 0 0 1 90 89 1.721 10.6 0.4 4.9 4.9 1.00
MIL (1 yr) 3 5 .375 3.25 35 8 6 1 0 0 80.1 79 32 29 5 33 5 33 3 0 7 345 93 1.394 8.9 0.6 3.7 3.7 1.00
AL (3 yrs) 3 5 .375 3.39 38 8 8 1 0 0 93.0 94 38 35 6 38 5 39 3 0 8 399 91 1.419 9.1 0.6 3.7 3.8 1.03
NL (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 4.43 16 0 5 0 0 1 20.1 24 10 10 1 11 0 11 0 0 1 90 89 1.721 10.6 0.4 4.9 4.9 1.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1971 23 CHC NL 16 90 76 10 24 3 0 1 2 2 11 11 .316 .393 .395 .788 .348 30 4 0 1 2 0
1972 24 MIL AL 35 346 303 32 79 13 0 5 4 1 33 33 .261 .338 .353 .691 .278 107 12 3 6 1 5
1977 29 BAL AL 1 14 14 3 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 .357 .357 .714 1.071 .364 10 0 0 0 0 0
1978 30 BAL AL 2 40 34 3 10 1 1 0 1 0 5 4 .294 .375 .382 .757 .323 13 4 0 0 1 0
4 Seasons 54 490 427 48 118 19 1 7 7 3 49 50 .276 .352 .375 .727 .297 160 20 3 7 4 5
162 Game Avg. 59 537 468 53 129 21 1 8 8 3 54 55 .276 .352 .375 .727 .297 175 22 3 8 4 5
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1972 24 MIL AL 35 8 2 5 1 0 2 2 6 .250 1 0 1 0 5 63% 50 69 19 29 8 2 3 2.2 1.4 5.0
1 Season 35 8 2 5 1 0 2 2 6 .250 1 0 1 0 5 63% 50 69 19 29 8 2 3 2.2 1.4 5.0
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1971 23 CHC NL 16 16 5 1 0 3 1 2 33% 4 1 13 6 46% 7 0.826 5 2 8 4 2 10 6 10 6 4 7 3 3.8
1972 24 MIL AL 35 27 6 1 0 1 0 1 0% 2 1 19 9 47% 6 1.014 4 7 15 2 3 22 9 18 16 4 16 5 4.4
1977 29 BAL AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 4 0.044 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 9.0
1978 30 BAL AL 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 3 0.169 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 14.5
4 Seasons 54 46 13 2 0 4 1 3 25% 6 2 39 18 46% 0.883 9 9 26 6 5 35 18 28 25 8 26 8 4.8

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1971 23 CHC NL 90 67% 1.1% 12.2% 12.2% 4.4% 17% 3.00 73% 21 4 19%
1972 24 MIL AL 346 73% 1.5% 9.5% 9.5% 5.2% 23% 1.72 77% 79 12 15%
1977 29 BAL AL 14 57% 7.1% 14.3% 0.0% 21.4% 60% 0.75 79% 2 0 0%
1978 30 BAL AL 40 50% 0.0% 10.0% 12.5% 5.0% 20% 1.50 78% 10 4 40%
4 Seasons 490 70% 1.4% 10.2% 10.0% 5.5% 23% 1.81 76% 112 20 18%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1971 23 CHC NL 90 24 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 7 4 2 57% 0 1 0 43 2 2 50% 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 0
1972 24 MIL AL 346 79 5 1 8 3 2 2 3 25 11 3 44% 5 7 1 135 4 1 80% 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 9 0
1977 29 BAL AL 14 5 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 50% 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 30 BAL AL 40 10 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 2 0 33% 0 1 1 17 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
4 Seasons 490 118 7 1 13 4 3 3 4 40 18 5 45% 5 9 2 199 7 3 70% 6 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 15 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1971 23 1 0 1.000 4.43 16 0 5 0 0 1 20.1 24 10 10 1 11 0 11 0 0 1 90 89 1.721 10.6 0.4 4.9 4.9 1.00 89
1972 24 4 5 .444 3.49 51 8 11 1 0 1 100.2 103 42 39 6 44 5 44 3 0 8 435 92 1.460 9.2 0.5 3.9 3.9 1.00 92
1973 25 4 5 .444 3.49 51 8 11 1 0 1 100.2 103 42 39 6 44 5 44 3 0 8 435 92 1.460 9.2 0.5 3.9 3.9 1.00 92
1974 26 4 5 .444 3.49 51 8 11 1 0 1 100.2 103 42 39 6 44 5 44 3 0 8 435 92 1.460 9.2 0.5 3.9 3.9 1.00 92
1975 27 4 5 .444 3.49 51 8 11 1 0 1 100.2 103 42 39 6 44 5 44 3 0 8 435 92 1.460 9.2 0.5 3.9 3.9 1.00 92
1976 28 4 5 .444 3.49 51 8 11 1 0 1 100.2 103 42 39 6 44 5 44 3 0 8 435 92 1.460 9.2 0.5 3.9 3.9 1.00 92
1977 29 4 5 .444 3.65 52 8 11 1 0 1 103.2 108 45 42 7 44 5 46 3 0 8 449 88 1.466 9.4 0.6 3.8 4.0 1.05 88
1978 30 4 5 .444 3.57 54 8 13 1 0 1 113.1 118 48 45 7 49 5 50 3 0 9 489 91 1.474 9.4 0.6 3.9 4.0 1.02 91

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1971 23 1 1 .500 5.00 18.0 24 11 10 1 11 10 0 1.944 12.0 5.5 5.0 0.91 0.5 16
1972 24 3 5 .375 4.68 75.0 94 43 39 6 39 31 4 1.773 11.3 4.7 3.7 0.79 0.7 35
1977 29 0 0 5.40 5.0 0 3 3 0 0 3 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 5.4 0.0 1
1978 30 0 0 4.50 8.0 11 4 4 0 6 3 0 2.125 12.4 6.8 3.4 0.50 0.0 2
4 Seasons 4 6 .400 4.75 106.0 129 61 56 7 56 47 4 1.745 11.0 4.0 0.84 0.6 54

* 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

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1972 AL  7 (10th)

                                         

Similarity Scores

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