Jerry Stephenson

Jerry Joseph Stephenson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: October 6, 1943 in Detroit, MI
High School: Anaheim HS (Anaheim, CA)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1963
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Dodgers/Pilots 1963-1970

Final Game: September 21, 1970
Died: June 6, 2010 in Anaheim, CA
Buried: Holy Sepulcher Cemetery, Orange, CA
Relatives: Son of Joe Stephenson
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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
1962	18	BOS-min	B	24	56	47	8	10	1	1	0	1	0		6	8	.213	.302	.277	.578		13		0	3	0	0		WSM · CARL
1963	19	BOS-min	AA,AAA	30	63	54	4	8	2	0	0	2	0	0	9	12	.148	.270	.185	.455		10							REA,SLE · EL,PCL
1963	19	BOS	AL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

1964	20	BOS-min	AAA	14	35	30	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	.100	.182	.100	.282		3		0	2	0			SLE · PCL
1965	21	BOS	AL	15	14	13	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.231	.286	.231	.516	46	3	0	0	0	0	0	1
1966	22	BOS-min	AAA	5	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0			TTO · IL
1966	22	BOS	AL	15	19	17	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.118	.118	.118	.235	-35	2	1	0	2	0	0	1
1967	23	BOS-min	AAA	20	48	38	4	9	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	8	.237	.293	.263	.556		10		0	7	0			TTO · IL
1967	23	BOS	AL	8	16	16	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.250	.250	.250	.500	43	4	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1968	24	BOS	AL	23	18	17	0	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	4	.353	.389	.353	.742	120	6	1	0	0	0	0	1
1969	25	VAN	AAA	25	25	25	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.120	.120	.120	.240		3		0	0	0			VAN · PCL
1969	25	SEP	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1970	26	LAD-min	AAA	28	82	70	9	16	1	2	0	6	0	0	7	20	.229	.299	.300	.599		21		0	5	0			SPO · PCL
1970	26	LAD	NL	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1971	27	LAD-min	AAA	31	71	65	8	12	1	2	0	7	0	0	3	21	.185	.221	.262	.482		17		0	3	0			SPO · PCL
1972	28	LAD-min	AAA	27	56	42	4	6	0	1	0	4	0	0	8	10	.143	.280	.190	.470		8		0	6	0			ABQ · PCL
1973	29	LAD-min	AAA	36	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000		1		0	0	0			ABQ · PCL
7 Yrs				67	69	65	2	15	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	18	.231	.254	.231	.485	38	15	2	0	2	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	167	157	5	36	0	0	0	7	0	0	5	44	.231	.254	.231	.485	38	36	5	0	5	0	0

BOS (5 yrs)				62	68	64	2	15	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	18	.234	.258	.234	.492	41	15	2	0	2	0	0
LAD (1 yr)				3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
SEP (1 yr)				2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (6 yrs)				64	68	64	2	15	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	18	.234	.258	.234	.492	41	15	2	0	2	0	0
NL (1 yr)				3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	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
1963	19	BOS	AL	1	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.477	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1

1965	21	BOS	AL	15	14	-1	0	0	0	2	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.506	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$	1
1966	22	BOS	AL	15	19	-2	-0	-0	0	2	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.491	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	1
1967	23	BOS	AL	8	16	-1	0	0	0	2	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.509	.500	0.1	-0.0	1	$	/1
1968	24	BOS	AL	23	18	0	-0	-0	0	2	2	0.2	0	2	0.2	.509	.501	0.2	-0.0	2	$	1
1969	25	SEP	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1970	26	LAD	NL	3	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.493	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1
7 Seasons				67	69	-5	-1	-0	0	7	2	0.2	2	3	0.3	.503	.500	0.3	-0.0	3	$

BOS (5 yrs)				62	68	-5	-1	-0	0	7	2	0.2	2	4	0.3	.504	.500	0.3	-0.0	4	$
LAD (1 yr)				3	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.493	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$
SEP (1 yr)				2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$

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
1963	19	BOS	AL	1	1	0	0.0	97	.000	.000	.259	.000	.326	.000	.400	.000	.726	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

1965	21	BOS	AL	14	10	1	2.7	97	.273	.231	.257	.286	.328	.231	.394	.516	.723	46	.323	-1.0	-0.1	.400	.077	.000
1966	22	BOS	AL	19	18	0	0.0	98	.167	.118	.260	.118	.328	.118	.401	.235	.729	-35	.000	-3.1	-0.3	.125	.000	.000
1967	23	BOS	AL	16	12	1	2.2	91	.444	.250	.253	.250	.324	.250	.379	.500	.703	43	.283	-1.2	-0.1	.333	.000	.000
1968	24	BOS	AL	18	12	2	4.5	85	.462	.353	.245	.389	.316	.353	.363	.742	.679	120	.610	0.4	0.0	.583	.059	.000

1970	26	LAD	NL	1	1	0	0.0	99	.000	.000	.261	.000	.333	.000	.399	.000	.732	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
7 Yrs				69	54	4	2.0	93	.319	.231	.254	.254	.324	.231	.384	.485	.708	38	.235	-5.5	-0.6	.327	.031	.000
162 Game Avg.				167	131	10	2.0	93	.319	.231	.254	.254	.324	.231	.384	.485	.708	38	.235	-5.5	-0.6	.327	.031	.000

BOS (5 yrs)				68	53	4	2.0	93	.326	.234	.254	.258	.324	.234	.384	.492	.708	41	.242	-5.2	-0.6	.333	.031	.000
LAD (1 yr)				1	1	0	0.0	99	.000	.000	.261	.000	.333	.000	.399	.000	.732	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

AL (6 yrs)				68	53	4	2.0	93	.326	.234	.254	.258	.324	.234	.384	.492	.708	41	.242	-5.2	-0.6	.333	.031	.000
NL (1 yr)				1	1	0	0.0	99	.000	.000	.261	.000	.333	.000	.399	.000	.732	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1967	23	BOS	AL	WS	STL	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	GO/AO	IP%
1963	19	BOS	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						0.00	100%

1965	21	BOS	AL	14	0.0%	14.3%	7.1%	0.0%	0%	2.00	6.5		13.0	1.67	79%
1966	22	BOS	AL	19	0.0%	26.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.4			5.00	63%
1967	23	BOS	AL	16	0.0%	43.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.3			4.00	56%
1968	24	BOS	AL	18	0.0%	22.2%	5.6%	0.0%	0%	4.00	4.3		8.5	0.60	72%

1970	26	LAD	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							100%
7 Yrs				69	0.0%	26.1%	2.9%	0.0%	0%	9.00	3.6		21.7	1.92	68%
MLB Averages					2.1%	15.5%	8.2%	6.1%	28%	1.89	5.8	42.4	9.2	1.11	72%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1963	19	BOS	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.70	-0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.0	0.60	-0.2	0

1965	21	BOS	AL	-1.0	-0.1	14	-0.0	0.2	-0.2	.78	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.0	0.85	-0.7	0
1966	22	BOS	AL	-3.1	-0.3	19	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	.80	-0.3	0.0	-1.9	-0.2	0.81	-2.8	0
1967	23	BOS	AL	-1.2	-0.1	16	-0.3	0.1	-0.3	.99	-0.2	-0.1	-2.6	-0.3	0.96	-1.8	0
1968	24	BOS	AL	0.4	0.0	18	0.1	0.3	-0.2	.79	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.1	0.92	0.3	0
1969	25	SEP	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1970	26	LAD	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.37	-0.0	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.74	-0.3	0
7 Yrs				-5.5	-0.6	69	-0.5	0.6	-1.1	.83	-0.6	0.0	-4.3	-0.5	0.88	-5.6	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1963	19	BOS	AL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1965	21	BOS	AL	0	0	0%	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1966	22	BOS	AL	1	0	100%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
1967	23	BOS	AL	0	0	0%	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1968	24	BOS	AL	0	0	0%	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0

1970	26	LAD	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7 Yrs				1	0	12%	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	20%	3	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	0

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
1963	19	BOS	AL	1	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0

1965	21	BOS	AL	14	93%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	1	0	0%	4	1	25%	0	0		0	0		0
1966	22	BOS	AL	19	74%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	67%	5	1	20%	4	1	25%	7	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1967	23	BOS	AL	16	75%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	2	0	0%	10	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0
1968	24	BOS	AL	18	89%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	1	33%	3	0	0%	11	2	18%	1	1	100%	0	0		0

1970	26	LAD	NL	1	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
7 Yrs				69	83%	15			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	67%	11	2	18%	10	1	10%	33	3	9%	3	1	33%	0	0		0
MLB Averages					53%																			78%			10%			30%			14%			47%			51%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1963	19	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0
1964	20	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0
1965	21	16	15	14	0	3	1	1	2	.214	.267	.214	.481	36	3	0	0
1966	22	31	34	31	2	5	1	1	7	.161	.188	.161	.349	-2	5	1	2
1967	23	39	50	47	2	9	1	1	14	.191	.208	.191	.400	13	9	1	2
1968	24	62	68	64	2	15	3	2	18	.234	.258	.234	.492	41	15	2	2
1969	25	64	68	64	2	15	3	2	18	.234	.258	.234	.492	41	15	2	2
1970	26	67	69	65	2	15	3	2	18	.231	.254	.231	.485	38	15	2	2

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
1963	19	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1

1965	21	15	14	13	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	.231	.286	.231	.516	1	15
1966	22	15	19	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	15
1967	23	8	16	16	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	8
1968	24	23	19	18	0	7	0	0	0	3	0	1	4	.389	.421	.389	.810	3	23

1970	26	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3
6 Yrs		65	70	66	0	14	0	0	0	4	0	2	18	.212	.235	.212	.447	5	65
162 Game Avg.		162	174	164	0	35	0	0	0	10	0	5	45	.212	.235	.212	.447	12	65

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Youngest s c a p y 1963 AL born 1943-10-06 (7th)

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1963 AL born 1943-10-06 (7th)

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