John Stuper
John Anton Stuper
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: May 9, 1957 in Butler, PA
School: Point Park University
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 18th round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 1, 1982
Final Game: October 4, 1985
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1982 25 STL NL 9 7 .563 3.36 23 21 0 2 0 0 136.2 137 55 51 8 55 5 53 0 1 4 578 109 1.405 9.0 0.5 3.6 3.5 0.96
1983 26 STL NL 12 11 .522 3.68 40 30 6 6 1 1 198.0 202 95 81 15 71 3 81 2 2 8 845 99 1.379 9.2 0.7 3.2 3.7 1.14
1984 27 STL NL 3 5 .375 5.28 15 12 2 0 0 0 61.1 73 39 36 4 20 2 19 2 0 1 272 67 1.516 10.7 0.6 2.9 2.8 0.95
1985 28 CIN NL 8 5 .615 4.55 33 13 11 1 0 0 99.0 116 60 50 8 37 3 38 0 1 1 432 83 1.545 10.5 0.7 3.4 3.5 1.03
4 Seasons 32 28 .533 3.96 111 76 19 9 1 1 495.0 528 249 218 35 183 13 191 4 4 14 2127 92 1.436 9.6 0.6 3.3 3.5 1.04
162 Game Avg. 12 10 .533 3.96 40 28 7 3 0 0 180 192 91 79 13 67 5 69 1 1 5 773 92 1.436 9.6 0.6 3.3 3.5 1.04
STL (3 yrs) 24 23 .511 3.82 78 63 8 8 1 1 396.0 412 189 168 27 146 10 153 4 3 13 1695 95 1.409 9.4 0.6 3.3 3.5 1.05
CIN (1 yr) 8 5 .615 4.55 33 13 11 1 0 0 99.0 116 60 50 8 37 3 38 0 1 1 432 83 1.545 10.5 0.7 3.4 3.5 1.03

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1982 25 STL NL NLCS W ATL 0 0 3.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 4 3 2 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 23 0.833 6.0 0.0 1.5 6.0 4.00
1982 25 STL NL WS W MIL 1 0 1.000 3.46 2 2 0 1 0 0 13.0 10 5 5 1 5 0 5 0 0 3 52 1.154 6.9 0.7 3.5 3.5 1.00
1 Season (2 Series) 1 0 1.000 3.32 3 3 0 1 0 0 19.0 14 8 7 1 6 0 9 0 0 3 75 1.053 6.6 0.5 2.8 4.3 1.50
1 NLCS 0 0 3.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 4 3 2 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 23 0.833 6.0 0.0 1.5 6.0 4.00
1 WS 1 0 1.000 3.46 2 2 0 1 0 0 13.0 10 5 5 1 5 0 5 0 0 3 52 1.154 6.9 0.7 3.5 3.5 1.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1982 25 STL NL 23 578 515 55 137 27 3 8 5 10 55 53 .266 .336 .377 .713 .284 194 15 0 7 1 5
1983 26 STL NL 40 845 763 95 202 33 6 15 8 9 71 81 .265 .327 .383 .710 .279 292 24 2 5 4 3
1984 27 STL NL 15 272 246 39 73 18 4 4 3 3 20 19 .297 .351 .451 .802 .305 111 6 2 1 3 2
1985 28 CIN NL 33 432 383 60 116 13 1 8 7 3 37 38 .303 .358 .405 .763 .314 155 13 0 5 7 3
4 Seasons 111 2127 1907 249 528 91 14 35 23 25 183 191 .277 .339 .394 .733 .291 752 58 4 18 15 13
162 Game Avg. 40 773 693 91 192 33 5 13 8 9 67 69 .277 .339 .394 .733 .291 273 21 1 7 5 5
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1982 25 STL NL 23 21 9 7 5 1 3 10 11 .476 0 4 2 0 13 62% 51 73 23 19 5 4 7 3.4 3.3 6.4
1983 26 STL NL 40 30 11 10 9 2 4 15 15 .500 1 3 6 1 18 60% 50 75 15 23 12 8 6 4.6 4.6 6.1
1984 27 STL NL 15 12 3 5 4 2 2 5 7 .417 1 2 0 0 4 33% 43 59 19 9 3 6 2 3.4 3.5 4.8
1985 28 CIN NL 33 13 6 5 2 1 1 8 5 .615 1 0 1 0 7 54% 44 83 18 13 6 7 3 5.3 5.2 5.2
4 Seasons 111 76 29 27 20 6 10 38 38 .500 3 9 9 1 42 55% 48 83 15 64 26 25 18 4.2 4.2 5.8
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1982 25 STL NL 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.085 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 4.5
1983 26 STL NL 40 10 6 1 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 7 0 0% 8 0.916 2 2 6 3 1 6 3 7 3 2 3 2 4.6
1984 27 STL NL 15 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 3 0.987 0 1 2 0 0 3 2 1 2 0 2 0 4.0
1985 28 CIN NL 33 20 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 8 0.806 1 0 18 0 1 19 1 19 8 0 8 4 4.7
4 Seasons 111 35 19 3 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 12 4 33% 0.949 3 4 27 3 2 30 6 29 14 2 14 6 4.6

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1982 25 STL NL 578 43% 1.4% 9.2% 9.5% 6.6% 28% 1.43 79% 91 15 16%
1983 26 STL NL 845 49% 1.8% 9.6% 8.4% 6.4% 27% 1.23 79% 156 24 15%
1984 27 STL NL 272 55% 1.5% 7.0% 7.4% 9.6% 36% 1.01 83% 58 6 10%
1985 28 CIN NL 432 47% 1.9% 8.8% 8.6% 5.1% 19% 1.26 80% 96 13 14%
4 Seasons 2127 48% 1.7% 9.0% 8.6% 6.6% 27% 1.26 80% 401 58 14%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1982 25 STL NL 578 137 8 0 10 4 4 5 3 29 14 3 48% 4 4 1 201 5 10 33% 5 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1983 26 STL NL 845 202 15 0 8 8 7 8 7 46 27 4 59% 12 8 4 321 8 9 47% 6 8 2 1 0 0 1 0 21 0
1984 27 STL NL 272 73 4 0 1 3 1 2 2 20 13 2 65% 3 1 0 113 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1985 28 CIN NL 432 116 8 0 5 6 2 5 3 33 24 0 73% 3 1 0 175 7 3 70% 5 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 14 0
4 Seasons 2127 528 35 0 24 21 14 20 15 128 78 9 61% 22 14 5 810 23 25 48% 19 23 4 2 0 0 1 0 47 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1982 25 9 7 .563 3.36 23 21 0 2 0 0 136.2 137 55 51 8 55 5 53 0 1 4 578 109 1.405 9.0 0.5 3.6 3.5 0.96 109
1983 26 21 18 .538 3.55 63 51 6 8 1 1 334.2 339 150 132 23 126 8 134 2 3 12 1423 103 1.389 9.1 0.6 3.4 3.6 1.06 103
1984 27 24 23 .511 3.82 78 63 8 8 1 1 396.0 412 189 168 27 146 10 153 4 3 13 1695 95 1.409 9.4 0.6 3.3 3.5 1.05 95
1985 28 32 28 .533 3.96 111 76 19 9 1 1 495.0 528 249 218 35 183 13 191 4 4 14 2127 92 1.436 9.6 0.6 3.3 3.5 1.04 92

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1982 25 7 7 .500 3.83 127.0 140 60 54 8 56 49 0 1.543 9.9 4.0 3.5 0.88 0.6 23
1983 26 9 11 .450 4.26 186.0 210 98 88 16 74 76 2 1.527 10.2 3.6 3.7 1.03 0.8 40
1984 27 2 4 .333 6.21 58.0 76 44 40 4 21 18 2 1.672 11.8 3.3 2.8 0.86 0.6 15
1985 28 4 6 .400 5.03 93.0 117 58 52 8 37 36 0 1.656 11.3 3.6 3.5 0.97 0.8 33
4 Seasons 22 28 .440 4.54 464.0 543 260 234 36 188 179 4 1.575 10.5 3.5 0.95 0.7 111

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1983 NL--8--9th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1146), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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  5. Ubaldo Jimenez (970)
  6. Duster Mails (970)
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  8. Ralph Birkofer (967)
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