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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 Fielding

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% lgCS% PO Awards
1964 NYM NL 23 3B 14 6 6 64.1 30 6 18 6 1 .800 -3 -63 3.36 1.71 .941 2.92 2.91
1964 NYM NL 23 OF 8 2 2 27.2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 4 1.30 0.50 .972 1.98 1.98
1964 NYM NL 23 LF 5 2 2 20.2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 29 1.74 0.80 .965 1.70 1.68
1964 NYM NL 23 CF 3 0 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -69 0.00 0.00 2.31 2.33
1965 NYM NL 24 C 47 23 15 244.1 162 146 13 3 1 .981 -2 -10 5.86 3.38 .988 6.96 6.97 5 13 17 7 29% 36% 2
1965 NYM NL 24 OF 2 1 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.80 0.50 .980 1.98 2.00
1965 NYM NL 24 RF 2 1 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.80 0.50 .980 1.98 1.95
1966 NYM NL 25 C 52 31 20 302.1 223 187 30 6 4 .973 -4 -16 6.46 4.17 .987 6.84 6.83 6 17 21 12 36% 40% 0
1966 NYM NL 25 LF 1 1 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -69 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.70
1966 NYM NL 25 OF 1 1 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -69 0.00 0.00 2.06 2.00
1967 CHC NL 26 C 13 12 7 109.0 75 67 8 0 2 1.000 1 11 6.19 5.77 .990 6.89 6.89 0 1 9 6 40% 40% 0
1969 SFG NL 28 C 9 1 0 30.0 17 15 1 1 0 .941 -1 -40 4.80 1.78 .989 7.05 7.01 0 2 4 0 0% 40% 0
1969 SFG NL 28 3B 1 0 0 1.0 2 0 0 2 0 .000 -0 -600 0.00 0.00 .945 2.70 2.90
1970 SFG NL 29 C 9 7 6 73.0 60 52 8 0 1 1.000 0 0 7.40 6.67 .987 6.85 6.82 0 3 6 2 25% 33% 0
1970 SFG NL 29 LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
1970 SFG NL 29 OF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.10
1971 CAL AL 30 C 88 74 57 656.2 471 434 33 4 3 .992 -4 -7 6.40 5.31 .988 6.37 6.34 11 25 31 13 30% 39% 2
1972 CAL AL 31 C 56 37 28 346.0 287 273 12 2 2 .993 -5 -17 7.41 5.09 .985 6.48 6.46 6 14 27 9 25% 39% 0
1973 CAL AL 32 C 56 32 22 314.0 248 232 11 5 1 .980 -5 -19 6.96 4.34 .985 6.05 6.02 6 15 21 7 25% 38% 0
8 Seasons C 330 217 155 2075.1 1543 1406 116 21 14 .986 -20 -12 6.60 4.61 .987 6.53 6.53 34 90 136 56 29% 39% 4
2 Seasons 3B 15 6 6 65.1 32 6 18 8 1 .750 -4 -72 3.31 1.60 .941 2.92 2.91
4 Seasons OF 12 4 2 40.2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -9 1.11 0.42 .974 1.99 1.99
3 Seasons LF 7 3 2 28.2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 4 1.26 0.57 .965 1.73 1.70
1 Season CF 3 0 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -69 0.00 0.00 2.31 2.33
1 Season RF 2 1 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.80 0.50 .980 1.98 1.95
10 Seasons TOT 357 227 163 2181.1 1580 1417 134 29 15 .982 -24 -13 6.40 4.34 .986 6.34 6.22 34 90 136 56 29% 39% 4
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% lgCS% 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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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 1948 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

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1964 NYM NL 23 3B -3 -63 -3 -0 -3 0
1964 NYM NL 23 LF 0 29 0 0 0 0
1964 NYM NL 23 CF -0 -69 -0 -0 -0 0
1965 NYM NL 24 C -2 -10 -2
1965 NYM NL 24 RF 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 NYM NL 25 C -4 -16 -4
1966 NYM NL 25 LF -0 -69 -0 -0 0 0
1967 CHC NL 26 C 1 11 1
1969 SFG NL 28 C -1 -40 -1
1969 SFG NL 28 3B -0 -600 -0 -0 0 0
1970 SFG NL 29 C 0 0 0
1970 SFG NL 29 LF 0 0 0 0 0
1971 CAL AL 30 C -4 -7 -4
1972 CAL AL 31 C -5 -17 -5
1973 CAL AL 32 C -5 -19 -5
8 Seasons C -20 -12 -20
2 Seasons 3B -4 -72 -4 -1 -3 0
3 Seasons LF 0 4 0 -0 0 0
1 Season CF -0 -69 -0 -0 -0 0
1 Season RF 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons TOT -24 -13 -4 -2 -3 0 0 -20

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1964 NYM NL 23 37 8 37 22 0 0 0 0 14 0 5 3 0 8 0 24 0
1965 NYM NL 24 62 24 62 49 0 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 33 0
1966 NYM NL 25 63 32 63 52 0 51 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 28 0
1967 CHC NL 26 18 12 18 13 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1968 CHC NL 27 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1969 SFG NL 28 22 1 22 10 0 9 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 1
1970 SFG NL 29 23 7 23 10 0 9 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 15 0
1971 CAL AL 30 98 74 98 88 0 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0
1972 CAL AL 31 66 37 66 56 0 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0
1973 CAL AL 32 60 32 60 56 0 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
10 Seasons 451 227 451 356 0 329 0 0 15 0 7 3 2 12 0 178 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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%
1965 NYM NL 24 1048 4.09 4.60 12 100% 1 0 146 10 0 6 130 14 2 0 0 1 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0
1966 NYM NL 25 1260 3.48 4.20 12 92% 2 0 192 7 1 6 178 27 3 0 0 7 6 0 3 3 0 4 0 1 2 1 100%
1967 CHC NL 26 456 3.47 4.05 5 100% 0 0 67 3 0 2 62 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 100%
1969 SFG NL 28 133 1.80 2.40 2 100% 1 0 17 1 0 0 16 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 SFG NL 29 344 4.56 5.30 6 100% 0 0 51 4 1 1 45 8 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0
1971 CAL AL 30 2721 3.02 3.41 36 94% 0 0 431 25 1 13 392 38 8 1 0 11 4 2 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 3 100%
1972 CAL AL 31 1435 2.81 3.23 17 100% 1 0 273 10 2 7 254 16 5 0 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 4 100%
1973 CAL AL 32 1347 3.67 4.30 15 93% 1 0 231 12 1 3 215 11 3 0 0 2 5 0 2 3 1 1 0 1 1 2 100%
8 Seasons 8744 3.33 3.86 105 96% 6 0 1408 72 6 38 1292 122 26 2 0 26 21 2 9 10 1 15 0 3 6 11 100%
MLB Averages 3.50 3.97 95% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1965 NYM NL 24 5 13 368 17 7 6 29% 16 5 1 1 0 1 2 0 42 17 0.80 0.58
1966 NYM NL 25 7 17 415 21 12 11 36% 19 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 57 12 1.11 0.84
1967 CHC NL 26 0 1 169 9 6 4 40% 8 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 10 6 1.28 1.58
1969 SFG NL 28 0 2 58 4 0 0 0% 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1.34
1970 SFG NL 29 0 3 141 6 2 2 25% 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 2 1.14 1.21
1971 CAL AL 30 9 25 1000 31 13 12 30% 30 12 1 1 0 0 2 0 82 21 1.13 1.25
1972 CAL AL 31 6 14 494 27 9 8 25% 23 8 3 1 1 0 0 0 63 10 1.38 0.91
1973 CAL AL 32 6 15 497 21 7 5 25% 19 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 60 13 0.97 1.14
8 Seasons 33 90 3142 136 56 48 29% 123 50 12 4 1 2 4 0 330 81 1.13 1.05
MLB Averages 38% 1.28 1.23

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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%
1964 NYM NL 23 278 71% 87% 40% 28 71% 0 5 5 0 0 15 13 2 0 0 6 0 5 1 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 50%
1969 SFG NL 28 8 63% 113% 25% 2 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0%
2 Seasons 286 70% 87% 39% 30 67% 0 5 5 0 0 15 13 2 0 0 8 0 5 3 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 25%
MLB Averages 64% 79% 28% 89% 66%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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%
1964 NYM NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 92 80% 82% 33% 8 50%
1966 NYM NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 35 66% 71% 11% 4 0%
1970 SFG NL 29 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 0 0 0 0 4 75% 50% 25% 0
3 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 131 76% 78% 27% 12 33%
MLB Averages 58.8% 2.8% 64% 79% 26% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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%
1964 NYM NL 23 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 0 0 0 0 27 59% 100% 33% 2 0%
1 Season 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 0 0 0 0 27 59% 100% 33% 2 0%
MLB Averages 42.3% 2.3% 64% 79% 26% 56%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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%
1965 NYM NL 24 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 0 0 0 0 25 72% 80% 24% 2 50%
1 Season 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 0 0 0 0 25 72% 80% 24% 2 50%
MLB Averages 40.7% 3.3% 64% 79% 26% 53%

* 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 ()

Fielding % as C s c a p y
1971 AL  .992 (5th)

                           

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