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John Stone

John Thomas Stone (Rocky)

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 178 lb.

Born: October 10, 1905 in Lynchburg, TN
School: Maryville College (All Transactions)
Debut: August 31, 1928
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Senators 1928-1938

Final Game: June 17, 1938
Died: November 30, 1955 in Shelbyville, TN
Buried: Lynchburg City Cemetery, Lynchburg, TN
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 12:21AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #652. Tommy McCarthy… #653. Brandon Phillips… #654. Mike Scioscia… #655. JOHN STONE… #656. Willie Jones… #657. Woody English… #658. Tim McCarver… 

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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
1928 22 DET AL 26 122 113 20 40 10 3 2 21 1 0 5 8 .354 .387 .549 .935 141 62 1 3 O
1929 23 DET AL 51 163 150 23 39 11 2 2 15 1 1 11 13 .260 .311 .400 .711 81 60 0 2 O
1930 24 DET AL 127 465 425 60 132 29 11 3 56 6 9 32 49 .311 .360 .452 .812 103 192 1 7 *O
1931 25 DET AL 147 647 584 86 191 28 11 10 76 13 13 56 48 .327 .388 .464 .852 120 271 2 5 *O MVP-16
1932 26 DET AL 145 643 582 106 173 35 12 17 108 2 1 58 64 .297 .361 .486 .847 114 283 0 3 *O
1933 27 DET AL 148 632 574 86 161 33 11 11 80 1 4 54 37 .280 .344 .434 .778 103 249 2 2 *O
1934 28 WSH AL 113 483 419 77 132 28 7 7 67 1 2 52 26 .315 .395 .465 .860 125 195 3 9 *O
1935 29 WSH AL 125 498 455 78 143 27 18 1 78 4 5 39 29 .314 .372 .459 .832 117 209 3 1 *O
1936 30 WSH AL 123 500 437 95 149 22 11 15 90 8 0 60 26 .341 .421 .545 .965 143 238 0 3 *O
1937 31 WSH AL 139 609 542 84 179 33 15 6 88 6 4 66 36 .330 .403 .480 .883 126 260 0 1 *O
1938 32 WSH AL 56 244 213 24 52 12 4 3 28 2 1 30 16 .244 .337 .380 .718 85 81 0 1 O
11 Seasons 1200 5006 4494 739 1391 268 105 77 707 45 40 463 352 .310 .376 .467 .843 116 2100 12 37
162 Game Avg. 162 676 607 100 188 36 14 10 95 6 5 63 48 .310 .376 .467 .843 116 284 2 5
DET (6 yrs) 644 2672 2428 381 736 146 50 45 356 24 28 216 219 .303 .362 .460 .822 110 1117 6 22
WSH (5 yrs) 556 2334 2066 358 655 122 55 32 351 21 12 247 133 .317 .392 .476 .867 123 983 6 15

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1928 22 DET AL 122 6 1 0 0 0 -1 3 9 1.0 9 0.9 0.1 $ O
1929 23 DET AL 163 -5 0 0 0 -2 -2 5 -4 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ O
1930 24 DET AL 465 0 -2 0 0 2 -5 15 10 1.1 8 0.7 0.4 $ *O
1931 25 DET AL 647 9 -3 0 0 2 -7 20 21 2.0 19 1.8 0.2 $ *O MVP-16
1932 26 DET AL 643 11 3 0 0 3 -5 19 31 3.1 28 2.8 0.3 $ *O
1933 27 DET AL 632 0 0 0 0 3 -6 20 17 1.7 14 1.4 0.3 $ *O
1934 28 WSH AL 483 14 1 0 0 5 -5 15 30 2.9 25 2.4 0.5 $ *O
1935 29 WSH AL 498 14 2 0 0 -3 -5 17 25 2.4 28 2.7 -0.3 $ *O
1936 30 WSH AL 500 33 4 0 0 6 -5 17 55 5.0 49 4.7 0.3 $ *O
1937 31 WSH AL 609 22 0 0 0 8 -6 19 43 4.1 35 3.4 0.7 $ *O
1938 32 WSH AL 244 -6 -1 0 0 0 -3 8 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ O
11 Seasons 5006 98 5 0 0 24 -50 158 235 22.8 211 20.4 2.4 $
DET (6 yrs) 2672 21 -1 0 0 8 -26 82 84 8.6 76 7.4 1.2 $
WSH (5 yrs) 2334 77 6 0 0 16 -24 76 151 14.2 135 13.0 1.2 $

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1928 DET AL 22 OF 26 53 49 2 2 0 .962 1.96 .973 2.36
1928 DET AL 22 LF 26 26 26 53 49 2 2 0 .962 1.96 .974 2.30
1929 DET AL 23 OF 36 73 68 4 1 0 .986 2.00 .966 2.42
1929 DET AL 23 LF 33 30 27 72 67 4 1 0 .986 2.15 .964 2.39
1929 DET AL 23 CF 2 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .970 2.90
1929 DET AL 23 RF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.95
1930 DET AL 24 OF 109 236 223 5 8 1 .966 2.09 .965 2.32
1930 DET AL 24 LF 89 88 82 204 193 4 7 1 .966 2.21 .968 2.14
1930 DET AL 24 CF 12 10 8 20 19 1 0 0 1.000 1.67 .966 2.84
1930 DET AL 24 RF 9 8 6 10 9 0 1 0 .900 1.00 .961 1.96
1931 DET AL 25 OF 147 344 319 11 14 6 .959 2.24 .969 2.38 MVP-16
1931 DET AL 25 LF 135 130 128 305 282 10 13 5 .957 2.16 .966 2.20 MVP-16
1931 DET AL 25 CF 15 15 12 39 37 1 1 1 .974 2.53 .974 2.83 MVP-16
1932 DET AL 26 OF 142 359 334 11 14 2 .961 2.43 .967 2.42
1932 DET AL 26 LF 88 87 87 195 178 9 8 2 .959 2.13 .964 2.21
1932 DET AL 26 CF 55 55 52 164 156 2 6 0 .963 2.87 .971 2.94
1933 DET AL 27 OF 141 300 280 11 9 1 .970 2.06 .970 2.37
1933 DET AL 27 RF 124 122 121 270 251 10 9 1 .967 2.10 .962 2.10
1933 DET AL 27 LF 18 18 17 31 30 1 0 0 1.000 1.72 .971 2.27
1934 WSH AL 28 OF 112 267 245 13 9 3 .966 2.30 .968 2.29
1934 WSH AL 28 RF 101 93 84 235 214 13 8 3 .966 2.25 .964 2.07
1934 WSH AL 28 CF 14 12 11 32 31 0 1 0 .969 2.21 .972 2.64
1935 WSH AL 29 OF 114 247 224 12 11 4 .955 2.07 .970 2.39
1935 WSH AL 29 RF 90 79 76 192 172 9 11 2 .943 2.01 .968 2.09
1935 WSH AL 29 LF 19 18 17 48 46 2 0 1 1.000 2.53 .968 2.24
1935 WSH AL 29 CF 7 3 3 7 6 1 0 1 1.000 1.00 .974 2.84
1936 WSH AL 30 OF 114 270 249 12 9 5 .967 2.29 .968 2.38
1936 WSH AL 30 LF 109 102 97 263 242 12 9 5 .966 2.33 .963 2.12
1936 WSH AL 30 RF 6 3 3 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.33 .968 2.18
1937 WSH AL 31 OF 137 320 300 15 5 3 .984 2.30 .969 2.35
1937 WSH AL 31 RF 96 95 90 207 192 11 4 3 .981 2.11 .964 2.04
1937 WSH AL 31 LF 36 36 35 98 94 3 1 0 .990 2.69 .966 2.16
1937 WSH AL 31 CF 7 5 5 17 16 1 0 0 1.000 2.43 .974 2.84
1938 WSH AL 32 OF 53 115 107 5 3 0 .974 2.11 .972 2.35
1938 WSH AL 32 LF 30 29 25 65 59 4 2 0 .969 2.10 .972 2.17
1938 WSH AL 32 RF 26 23 21 50 48 1 1 0 .980 1.88 .972 2.06
1938 WSH AL 32 CF 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .970 2.80
11 Seasons OF 1131 2584 2398 101 85 25 .967 2.21 .968 2.37
10 Seasons LF 583 564 541 1334 1240 51 43 14 .968 2.21 .966 2.19
8 Seasons RF 454 423 401 972 894 44 34 9 .965 2.07 .965 2.07
8 Seasons CF 113 102 92 282 268 6 8 2 .972 2.42 .971 2.86
11 Seasons TOT 1131 2584 2398 101 85 25 .967 2.21 .968 2.37
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG 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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 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

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1931 AL (16, 8%)
0.08 Career Shares (972nd)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1936 AL  5.0 (8th)
1937 AL  4.1 (10th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1936 AL  4.7 (7th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1937 AL  0.7 (7th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1931 AL  .327 (10th)
1936 AL  .341 (10th)
Career  .310 (113th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1936 AL  .421 (9th)
Career  .376 (206th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1936 AL  .545 (8th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1936 AL  .965 (8th)
Career  .843 (196th)

Hits s c a p y
1931 AL  191 (7th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1932 AL  283 (9th)

Triples s c a p y
1931 AL  11 (10th)
1932 AL  12 (8th)
1935 AL  18 (2nd)
1936 AL  11 (9th)
1937 AL  15 (3rd)
Career  105 (142nd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1932 AL  17 (10th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1932 AL  108 (10th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1932 AL  64 (7th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1931 AL  13 (10th)

Singles s c a p y
1931 AL  142 (1st)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1936 AL  143 (6th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1936 AL  30 (9th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1936 AL  2.6 (9th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1932 AL  64 (10th)
1933 AL  55 (10th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1936 AL  .721 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1934 AL  3 (9th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1931 AL  13 (5th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1931 AL  11.3 (6th)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
Career  51 (94th)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
Career  43 (72nd)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1931 AL  14 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1930 AL  2.21 (2nd)
1931 AL  2.16 (5th)
1932 AL  2.13 (5th)
1936 AL  2.33 (2nd)
Career  2.21 (23rd)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1930 AL  .966 (4th)
1932 AL  .959 (4th)
1936 AL  .966 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1933 AL  2.10 (3rd)
1934 AL  2.25 (1st)
1935 AL  2.01 (3rd)
1937 AL  2.11 (4th)

Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1933 AL  .967 (4th)
1934 AL  .966 (4th)
1937 AL  .981 (3rd)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1937 AL  .984 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 29 (805), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 30 (604), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 26 (456), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Bruce Campbell (922)
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  4. Enos Slaughter (953) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Sam West (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Sam West (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bruce Campbell (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Gee Walker (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Enos Slaughter (950) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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