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John Stephenson

John Herman Stephenson

Positions: Catcher and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: April 13, 1941 in South Portsmouth, KY
High School: South HS (Portsmouth, KY)
School: William Carey College (Hattiesburg, MS)
Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1964
Teams (by GP): Angels/Mets/Giants/Cubs 1964-1973

Final Game: September 29, 1973
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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
1964 23 NYM NL 37 62 57 2 9 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 18 .158 .226 .211 .436 26 12 0 1 0 0 0 5/78
1965 24 NYM NL 62 131 121 9 26 5 0 4 15 0 1 8 19 .215 .264 .355 .619 77 43 7 0 2 0 2 2/9
1966 25 NYM NL 63 153 143 17 28 1 1 1 11 0 0 8 28 .196 .248 .238 .486 38 34 7 2 0 0 0 2/7
1967 26 CHC NL 18 52 49 3 11 3 1 0 5 0 0 1 6 .224 .255 .327 .581 62 16 1 1 1 0 1 2
1968 27 CHC NL 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 28 SFG NL 22 29 27 2 6 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 .222 .214 .296 .511 43 8 2 0 1 1 0 /25
1970 29 SFG NL 23 46 43 3 3 1 0 0 6 0 0 2 7 .070 .109 .093 .202 -45 4 1 0 0 1 0 /27
1971 30 CAL AL 98 308 279 24 61 17 0 3 25 0 0 22 21 .219 .281 .312 .593 74 87 9 3 2 2 6 2
1972 31 CAL AL 66 161 146 14 40 3 1 2 17 0 0 11 8 .274 .342 .349 .691 112 51 7 4 0 0 5 2
1973 32 CAL AL 60 132 122 9 30 5 0 1 9 0 0 7 7 .246 .292 .311 .604 78 38 4 1 2 0 1 2
10 Yrs 451 1076 989 83 214 37 3 12 93 0 1 63 118 .216 .271 .296 .567 65 293 38 12 8 4 15
162 Game Avg. 162 387 355 30 77 13 1 4 33 0 0 23 42 .216 .271 .296 .567 65 105 14 4 3 1 5
NYM (3 yrs) 162 346 321 28 63 6 1 6 28 0 1 20 65 .196 .250 .277 .527 50 89 14 3 2 0 2
CAL (3 yrs) 224 601 547 47 131 25 1 6 51 0 0 40 36 .239 .300 .322 .622 85 176 20 8 4 2 12
SFG (2 yrs) 45 75 70 5 9 3 0 0 9 0 0 2 11 .129 .149 .171 .320 -12 12 3 0 1 2 0
CHC (2 yrs) 20 54 51 3 11 3 1 0 5 0 0 1 6 .216 .245 .314 .559 56 16 1 1 1 0 1
NL (7 yrs) 227 475 442 36 83 12 2 6 42 0 1 23 82 .188 .234 .265 .498 41 117 18 4 4 2 3
AL (3 yrs) 224 601 547 47 131 25 1 6 51 0 0 40 36 .239 .300 .322 .622 85 176 20 8 4 2 12

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 Awards
1964 23 NYM NL 37 62 -5 -1 0 -3 -0 -9 -1.0 2 -6 -0.7 .474 .494 -0.4 -0.3 -3 $ 5/78
1965 24 NYM NL 62 131 -2 -0 -1 -2 2 -4 -0.5 4 0 0.0 .493 .497 0.2 -0.1 2 $ 2/9
1966 25 NYM NL 63 153 -12 -0 -1 -4 2 -15 -1.7 5 -10 -1.1 .473 .489 -0.7 -0.2 -6 $ 2/7
1967 26 CHC NL 18 52 -2 0 0 1 1 -0 -0.0 2 1 0.2 .497 .500 0.0 0.2 0 $ 2
1968 27 CHC NL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .512 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $
1969 28 SFG NL 22 29 -2 -0 -0 -2 0 -4 -0.5 1 -3 -0.4 .478 .497 -0.2 -0.1 -2 $ /25
1970 29 SFG NL 23 46 -7 0 0 0 0 -6 -0.6 1 -5 -0.5 .472 .496 -0.5 0.1 -5 $ /27
1971 30 CAL AL 98 308 -7 -2 -0 -4 4 -9 -1.0 10 2 0.0 .490 .494 0.5 0.0 6 $ 2
1972 31 CAL AL 66 161 1 -0 -0 -5 2 -2 -0.3 5 3 0.3 .496 .498 0.9 -0.4 8 $ 2
1973 32 CAL AL 60 132 -4 0 -0 -5 2 -7 -0.7 4 -3 -0.3 .488 .495 0.2 -0.2 2 $ 2
10 Seasons 451 1076 -40 -3 -3 -24 13 -56 -6.2 36 -20 -2.5 .486 .496 -0.0 -1.0 4 $
NYM (3 yrs) 162 346 -19 -1 -2 -10 3 -28 -3.1 12 -16 -1.8 .481 .494 -0.9 -0.6 -6 $
CAL (3 yrs) 224 601 -10 -1 -1 -14 9 -18 -2.0 20 2 0.0 .491 .496 1.6 -0.6 16 $
SFG (2 yrs) 45 75 -9 -0 0 -2 1 -10 -1.1 2 -8 -0.9 .475 .497 -0.7 -0.1 -6 $
CHC (2 yrs) 20 54 -2 0 0 1 1 -0 -0.0 2 2 0.2 .499 .500 0.0 0.2 1 $

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 PwrSpd
1964 23 NYM NL 62 48 3 1.7 90 .211 .158 .259 .226 .316 .211 .384 .436 .700 26 .164 -5.6 -0.6 .354 .123 .053 .0
1965 24 NYM NL 131 105 9 2.3 89 .224 .215 .252 .264 .315 .355 .382 .619 .697 77 .257 -3.9 -0.4 .485 .198 .140 .0
1966 25 NYM NL 153 122 7 1.6 94 .237 .196 .261 .248 .320 .238 .394 .486 .713 38 .137 -12.1 -1.3 .361 .098 .042 .0
1967 26 CHC NL 52 40 4 2.7 94 .256 .224 .264 .255 .327 .327 .387 .581 .714 62 .331 -2.6 -0.3 .462 .122 .102
1968 27 CHC NL 2 2 0 0.0 87 .000 .000 .260 .000 .319 .000 .366 .000 .685 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1969 28 SFG NL 29 25 1 1.1 94 .250 .222 .258 .214 .328 .296 .383 .511 .711 43 .077 -2.0 -0.2 .348 .074 .074
1970 29 SFG NL 46 42 0 0.0 103 .081 .070 .266 .109 .338 .093 .406 .202 .745 -45 .000 -8.9 -0.9 .146 .070 .023
1971 30 CAL AL 308 231 24 2.8 86 .226 .219 .246 .281 .316 .312 .365 .593 .681 74 .339 -8.6 -0.9 .493 .172 .093 .0
1972 31 CAL AL 161 113 16 3.8 78 .279 .274 .240 .342 .308 .349 .346 .691 .654 112 .522 2.1 0.2 .584 .151 .075 .0
1973 32 CAL AL 132 98 11 3.0 86 .254 .246 .249 .292 .316 .311 .366 .604 .682 78 .339 -3.4 -0.4 .479 .123 .066 .0
10 Yrs 1076 826 75 2.4 88 .234 .216 .251 .271 .317 .296 .373 .567 .690 65 .281 -45.6 -4.7 .451 .143 .080 .0
162 Game Avg. 387 297 27 2.4 88 .234 .216 .251 .271 .317 .296 .373 .567 .690 65 .281 -45.6 -4.7 .451 .143 .080
NYM (3 yrs) 346 275 19 1.9 92 .228 .196 .257 .250 .317 .277 .387 .527 .705 50 .186 -21.6 -2.3 .407 .140 .081 .0
CAL (3 yrs) 601 442 51 3.1 84 .247 .239 .245 .300 .314 .322 .360 .622 .674 85 .387 -9.9 -1.0 .514 .155 .082 .0
SFG (2 yrs) 75 67 1 0.4 99 .148 .129 .263 .149 .335 .171 .397 .320 .732 -12 .012 -10.9 -1.1 .219 .071 .043
CHC (2 yrs) 54 42 4 2.6 94 .244 .216 .264 .245 .327 .314 .386 .559 .713 56 .313 -3.1 -0.3 .439 .118 .098
NL (7 yrs) 475 384 24 1.7 93 .216 .188 .259 .234 .321 .265 .389 .498 .710 41 .159 -35.7 -3.7 .378 .127 .077 .0
AL (3 yrs) 601 442 51 3.1 84 .247 .239 .245 .300 .314 .322 .360 .622 .674 85 .387 -9.9 -1.0 .514 .155 .082 .0

Ratio Batting*

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
1964 23 NYM NL 62 1.6% 29.0% 6.5% 1.6% 11% 4.50 3.2 57.0 28.5 1.00 61%
1965 24 NYM NL 131 3.1% 14.5% 6.1% 6.9% 35% 2.38 6.4 30.3 8.1 1.70 75%
1966 25 NYM NL 153 0.7% 18.3% 5.2% 2.0% 11% 3.50 5.1 143.0 13.0 0.98 75%
1967 26 CHC NL 52 0.0% 11.5% 1.9% 7.7% 36% 6.00 8.2 9.8 1.06 83%
1968 27 CHC NL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100%
1969 28 SFG NL 29 0.0% 13.8% 0.0% 6.9% 33% 6.8 9.0 1.33 83%
1970 29 SFG NL 46 0.0% 15.2% 4.4% 2.2% 33% 3.50 6.1 7.2 1.91 80%
1971 30 CAL AL 308 1.0% 6.8% 7.1% 6.5% 33% 0.95 13.3 93.0 11.2 1.07 83%
1972 31 CAL AL 161 1.2% 5.0% 6.8% 3.7% 15% 0.73 18.3 73.0 8.6 1.34 84%
1973 32 CAL AL 132 0.8% 5.3% 5.3% 4.6% 20% 1.00 17.4 122.0 13.6 1.07 86%
10 Yrs 1076 1.1% 11.0% 5.9% 4.8% 24% 1.87 8.4 82.4 10.6 1.19 80%
MLB Averages 2.1% 15.1% 8.4% 6.0% 27% 1.80 5.9 43.5 9.2 1.12 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1964 23 NYM NL -5.7 -0.6 63 -0.4 0.8 -1.1 .97 -0.6 0.2 -5.5 -0.6 0.86 -6.3 1.05 20
1965 24 NYM NL -4.1 -0.4 132 0.2 3.3 -3.1 1.31 -0.4 0.5 -1.7 -0.2 1.02 -4.7 1.55 29
1966 25 NYM NL -12.1 -1.3 155 -1.2 1.7 -2.9 .99 -1.2 0.0 -9.9 -1.0 0.96 -12.4 1.05 25
1967 26 CHC NL -2.6 -0.3 53 0.1 1.1 -0.9 1.13 -0.2 0.3 -0.1 -0.0 1.10 -1.5 2.02 3
1968 27 CHC NL -0.5 -0.1 2 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .48 0.0 -0.1 -0.2 -0.0 0.82 0.0 0.48 2
1969 28 SFG NL -2.0 -0.2 29 -0.9 0.3 -1.2 2.09 -0.3 -0.1 -4.9 -0.5 1.24 -2.8 1.58 15
1970 29 SFG NL -9.0 -0.9 46 -0.3 1.1 -1.4 1.60 -0.5 0.4 -5.1 -0.5 1.07 -6.2 2.26 14
1971 30 CAL AL -9.0 -1.0 310 -1.0 4.7 -5.7 1.11 -0.5 -0.4 -0.3 -0.0 0.92 -4.4 1.89 16
1972 31 CAL AL 2.1 0.2 162 0.0 3.0 -3.0 1.14 0.2 -0.1 3.9 0.4 0.96 2.5 2.30 21
1973 32 CAL AL -3.6 -0.4 132 -0.8 1.7 -2.5 1.02 -0.8 -0.0 -10.2 -1.1 0.99 -8.2 1.01 10
10 Yrs -46.5 -4.8 1084 -4.2 17.7 -21.9 1.15 -4.3 0.7 -34.1 -3.6 0.97 -44.0 1.57 155

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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
1964 23 NYM NL 1 0 8% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 50% 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1965 24 NYM NL 4 0 17% 35 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 38% 6 4 2 0 0 0 2 1 1
1966 25 NYM NL 0 0 43% 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 35% 8 7 1 1 0 1 8 4 4
1967 26 CHC NL 1 0 23% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 2
1968 27 CHC NL 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 28 SFG NL 0 0 33% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20% 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 1
1970 29 SFG NL 3 0 60% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
1971 30 CAL AL 7 0 25% 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 39% 16 11 5 3 2 1 9 4 5
1972 31 CAL AL 2 0 23% 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 44% 9 5 4 4 3 1 5 1 3
1973 32 CAL AL 1 0 22% 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 50% 8 6 2 1 0 1 5 0 4
10 Yrs 20 0 26% 361 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 6 8 41% 53 39 14 11 6 5 36 12 22

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
1964 23 NYM NL 62 97% 9 20 2 0 0 1.05 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0 0% 2 0 0% 27 1 4% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1965 24 NYM NL 131 98% 26 29 6 0 3 1.55 4 0 1 3 1 2 2 0 4 2 50% 27 7 26% 16 4 25% 89 13 15% 7 3 43% 6 5 83% 0
1966 25 NYM NL 153 95% 28 25 4 1 1 1.05 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0% 39 7 18% 13 2 15% 95 12 13% 7 3 43% 4 2 50% 0
1967 26 CHC NL 52 92% 11 3 1 0 1 2.02 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 20 1 5% 9 2 22% 43 6 14% 6 2 33% 3 1 33% 0
1968 27 CHC NL 2 100% 0 2 0 0 0 0.48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1969 28 SFG NL 29 97% 6 15 3 0 2 1.58 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 9 2 22% 6 3 50% 30 3 10% 3 2 67% 1 1 100% 0
1970 29 SFG NL 46 100% 3 14 3 0 3 2.26 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 1 8% 8 3 38% 39 7 18% 5 2 40% 2 0 0% 0
1971 30 CAL AL 308 90% 61 16 1 0 1 1.89 3 0 2 3 0 3 0 0 2 2 100% 55 9 16% 18 12 67% 174 23 13% 9 6 67% 8 7 88% 0
1972 31 CAL AL 161 94% 40 21 8 1 5 2.30 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 33 7 21% 10 4 40% 95 15 16% 7 4 57% 2 2 100% 0
1973 32 CAL AL 132 82% 30 10 4 0 0 1.01 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 100% 27 4 15% 16 4 25% 90 8 9% 11 2 18% 3 2 67% 0
10 Yrs 1076 92% 214 155 32 2 16 1.57 12 0 21 11 1 7 5 0 11 8 73% 229 38 17% 98 34 35% 683 88 13% 56 24 43% 29 20 69% 0
MLB Averages 54% 77% 11% 30% 13% 47% 52%

Cumulative Batting

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
1964 23 37 62 57 2 9 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 18 .158 .226 .211 .436 26 12 0 1 0 0 0
1965 24 99 193 178 11 35 5 0 5 17 0 1 12 37 .197 .251 .309 .560 60 55 7 1 2 0 2
1966 25 162 346 321 28 63 6 1 6 28 0 1 20 65 .196 .250 .277 .527 50 89 14 3 2 0 2
1967 26 180 398 370 31 74 9 2 6 33 0 1 21 71 .200 .251 .284 .534 52 105 15 4 3 0 3
1968 27 182 400 372 31 74 9 2 6 33 0 1 21 71 .199 .249 .282 .532 51 105 15 4 3 0 3
1969 28 204 429 399 33 80 11 2 6 36 0 1 21 75 .201 .247 .283 .530 51 113 17 4 4 1 3
1970 29 227 475 442 36 83 12 2 6 42 0 1 23 82 .188 .234 .265 .498 41 117 18 4 4 2 3
1971 30 325 783 721 60 144 29 2 9 67 0 1 45 103 .200 .252 .283 .535 54 204 27 7 6 4 9
1972 31 391 944 867 74 184 32 3 11 84 0 1 56 111 .212 .268 .294 .562 63 255 34 11 6 4 14
1973 32 451 1076 989 83 214 37 3 12 93 0 1 63 118 .216 .271 .296 .567 65 293 38 12 8 4 15

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1964 23 37 63 58 2 10 0 0 1 2 0 4 18 .172 .238 .224 .462 3 37
1965 24 62 133 122 10 28 5 0 4 17 0 9 19 .230 .282 .369 .651 13 62
1966 25 63 156 145 19 30 1 1 1 12 0 9 28 .207 .263 .248 .511 9 63
1967 26 18 52 49 3 11 3 1 0 5 0 1 6 .224 .255 .327 .581 4 18
1968 27 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
1969 28 22 29 27 2 6 2 0 0 3 0 0 4 .222 .214 .296 .511 2 22
1970 29 23 46 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 .000 .043 .000 .043 0 23
1971 30 99 321 289 30 70 20 0 3 31 0 25 21 .242 .307 .343 .650 30 98
1972 31 69 180 161 19 50 4 1 2 24 0 14 8 .311 .383 .385 .768 23 66
1973 32 60 136 125 11 33 6 0 1 11 0 8 7 .264 .313 .336 .649 13 60
10 Yrs 455 1118 1021 96 238 41 3 12 105 0 72 118 .233 .291 .314 .605 97 451
162 Game Avg. 162 398 364 34 85 15 1 4 37 0 26 42 .233 .291 .314 .605 35 451

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1979 BBWAA ()

                                         

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