John Stephenson
John Herman Stephenson
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: April 13, 1941 in South Portsmouth, KY
High School: South (Portsmouth, KY)
School: William Carey College
Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1964
Final Game: September 29, 1973
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1964 NYM NL 23 3B 14 6 64.1 30 6 18 6 1 .800 -3.4 -63.4 -3.4 -3.0 -0.5 0 3.36 1.71 .950 2.92 2.60
1964 NYM NL 23 OF 8 2 27.2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 4.3 0.1 0.3 -0.2 0 1.30 0.50 .975 1.98 1.72
1964 NYM NL 23 LF 5 2 20.2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 29.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 1.74 0.80 .975 1.70 1.34
1964 NYM NL 23 CF 3 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 -68.6 -0.4 -0.2 -0.2 0 0.00 0.00 2.31 2.10
1965 NYM NL 24 C 47 23 244.1 162 146 13 3 1 .981 -2.0 -9.8 -2 5.86 3.38 .988 6.96 5.80 5 13 17 7 29%
1965 NYM NL 24 OF 2 1 5.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.80 0.50 1.000 1.98 1.75
1965 NYM NL 24 RF 2 1 5.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.80 0.50 1.000 1.98 1.75
1966 NYM NL 25 C 52 31 302.1 223 187 30 6 4 .973 -4.0 -15.9 -4 6.46 4.17 .987 6.84 5.81 6 17 21 12 36%
1966 NYM NL 25 LF 1 1 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 -68.6 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.40
1966 NYM NL 25 OF 1 1 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 -68.6 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0 0.00 0.00 2.06 1.80
1967 CHC NL 26 C 13 12 109.0 75 67 8 0 2 1.000 1.0 11.0 1 6.19 5.77 .989 6.89 5.85 0 1 9 6 40%
1969 SFG NL 28 C 9 1 30.0 17 15 1 1 0 .941 -1.0 -40.0 -1 4.80 1.78 .988 7.05 6.24 0 2 4 0 0%
1969 SFG NL 28 3B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 2 0 .000 -0.5 -600.0 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 0 0.00 0.00 1.000 2.70 2.60
1970 SFG NL 29 C 9 7 73.0 60 52 8 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 7.40 6.67 .987 6.85 5.94 0 3 6 2 25%
1970 SFG NL 29 LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.40
1970 SFG NL 29 OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
1971 CAL AL 30 C 88 74 656.2 471 434 33 4 3 .992 -4.0 -7.3 -4 6.40 5.31 .988 6.37 5.63 11 25 31 13 30%
1972 CAL AL 31 C 56 37 346.0 287 273 12 2 2 .993 -5.0 -17.3 -5 7.41 5.09 .985 6.48 5.66 6 14 27 9 25%
1973 CAL AL 32 C 56 32 314.0 248 232 11 5 1 .980 -5.0 -19.1 -5 6.96 4.34 .985 6.05 5.29 6 15 21 7 25%
8 Seasons C 330 217 2075.1 1543 1406 116 21 14 .986 -20.0 -11.6 -20 6.60 4.61 .987 6.53 5.66 34 90 136 56 29%
2 Seasons 3B 15 6 65.1 32 6 18 8 1 .750 -3.9 -71.6 -3.9 -3.0 -1.0 0 3.31 1.60 .953 2.92 2.60
4 Seasons OF 12 4 40.2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -8.9 -0.3 0.3 -0.6 0 1.11 0.42 .980 1.99 1.74
3 Seasons LF 7 3 28.2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 4.2 0.1 0.5 -0.4 0 1.26 0.57 .975 1.73 1.36
1 Season CF 3 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 -68.6 -0.4 -0.2 -0.2 0 0.00 0.00 2.31 2.10
1 Season RF 2 1 5.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.80 0.50 1.000 1.98 1.75
10 Seasons TOT 357 227 2181.1 1580 1417 134 29 15 .982 -24.2 -13.3 -4.2 -2.7 -1.6 0 0 -20 6.40 4.34 .968 6.34 5.40 34 90 136 56 29%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances

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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 37 0 0 0 0 14 0 5 3 0 8 24 0
1965 NYM NL 24 62 24 62 62 0 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 33 0
1966 NYM NL 25 63 32 63 63 0 52 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 28 0
1967 CHC NL 26 18 12 18 18 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1968 CHC NL 27 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1969 SFG NL 28 22 1 22 22 0 9 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 1
1970 SFG NL 29 23 7 23 23 0 9 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 15 0
1971 CAL AL 30 98 74 98 98 0 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0
1972 CAL AL 31 66 37 66 66 0 56 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 451 227 451 447 0 330 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 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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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 1100 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 1319 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 26 470 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 28 139 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 29 355 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 2809 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 1500 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 1407 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 9099 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*

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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 0.79 0.62
1966 NYM NL 25 7 17 415 21 12 11 36% 19 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 57 12 1.08 0.88
1967 CHC NL 26 0 1 169 9 6 4 40% 8 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 10 6 1.23 1.50
1969 SFG NL 28 0 2 58 4 0 0 0% 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1.32
1970 SFG NL 29 0 3 141 6 2 2 25% 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 2 1.19 1.26
1971 CAL AL 30 9 25 1000 31 13 12 30% 30 12 1 1 0 0 2 0 82 21 1.14 1.21
1972 CAL AL 31 6 14 494 27 9 8 25% 23 8 3 1 1 0 0 0 63 10 1.39 1.00
1973 CAL AL 32 6 15 497 21 7 5 25% 19 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 60 13 1.00 1.16
8 Seasons 33 90 3142 136 56 48 29% 123 50 12 4 1 2 4 0 330 81 1.13 1.06
MLB Averages 38% 1.28 1.23

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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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 23 288 68% 84% 38% 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 9 56% 100% 22% 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 297 68% 84% 38% 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 62% 77% 27% 89% 66%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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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 95 78% 79% 32% 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 36 64% 69% 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% 0 135 74% 76% 26% 12 33%
MLB Averages 57.4% 2.6% 62% 77% 26% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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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 29 55% 93% 31% 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 29 55% 93% 31% 2 0%
MLB Averages 41.2% 2.1% 62% 77% 26% 56%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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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 27 67% 74% 22% 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 27 67% 74% 22% 2 50%
MLB Averages 42.0% 3.3% 62% 77% 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 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.

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