John Stearns

Positions: Catcher, First Baseman and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 185lb (183cm, 83kg)

Born: August 21, 1951 in Denver, CO us

Draft: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 13th round of the 1969 MLB June Amateur Draft from Thomas Jefferson HS (Denver, CO) and the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1st round (2nd) of the 1973 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Colorado (Boulder, CO).

High School: Thomas Jefferson HS (Denver, CO)

School: University of Colorado (Boulder, CO)

Debut: September 22, 1974 (Age 23-032d, 11,202nd in MLB history)
vs. MON 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1984 (Age 33-040d)
vs. MON 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1975 season

Full Name: John Hardin Stearns

Nicknames: Bad Dude

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4x All-Star

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

19.7

AB

2681

H

696

HR

BA

.260

R

334

RBI

312

SB

OBP

.341

SLG

.375

OPS

.717

OPS+

102

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Games by Position

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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
1973	21	PHI-min	AA	67	216	166	28	40	7	4	3	24	2	1	46	26	.241	.400	.386	.786		64		0	1	3			REA · EL
1974	22	PHI-min	AAA,A	139	588	508	75	153	25	6	7	66	12	3	67	39	.301	.383	.415	.799		211	8	5	1	7	3		TOL,RKM · IL,CARL
1974	22	PHI	NL	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	177	1	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1975	23	NYM	NL	59	193	169	25	32	5	1	3	10	4	1	17	15	.189	.268	.284	.552	57	48	6	2	3	2	4	2
1976	24	NYM-min	AAA	102	410	332	64	103	17	2	10	45	11	8	71	29	.310	.437	.464	.901		154		4	3	0			TID · IL
1976	24	NYM	NL	32	121	103	13	27	6	0	2	10	1	2	16	11	.262	.364	.379	.742	118	39	4	1	0	1	0	2
1977	25	NYM	NL	139	521	431	52	108	25	1	12	55	9	8	77	76	.251	.370	.397	.767	112	171	15	7	1	4	7	*2/3	AS
1978	26	NYM	NL	143	563	477	65	126	24	1	15	73	25	13	70	57	.264	.364	.413	.777	121	197	11	8	2	6	4	*2/5
1979	27	NYM	NL	155	602	538	58	131	29	2	9	66	15	15	52	57	.243	.312	.355	.667	86	191	21	4	3	5	5	*235/7	AS
1980	28	NYM	NL	91	363	319	42	91	25	1	0	45	7	3	33	24	.285	.346	.370	.716	103	118	5	1	2	8	1	23/5	AS
1981	29	NYM	NL	80	305	273	25	74	12	1	1	24	12	2	24	17	.271	.329	.333	.662	91	91	10	0	7	1	2	2/35
1982	30	NYM	NL	98	392	352	46	103	25	3	4	28	17	7	30	35	.293	.349	.415	.764	115	146	8	2	5	3	2	25	AS
1983	31	NYM	NL	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
1984	32	NYM-min	AAA	10	34	28	4	7	0	1	0	1	2	1	5	7	.250	.353	.321	.674		9		0	0	1	0		TID · IL
1984	32	NYM	NL	8	21	17	6	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	4	2	.176	.333	.235	.569	64	4	0	0	0	0	0	/23
1985	33	CIN-min	AAA	72	280	235	46	62	8	3	3	19	9	8	39	34	.264	.367	.362	.729		85		1	2	3	2		DEN · AA
11 Yrs				810	3083	2681	334	696	152	10	46	312	91	51	323	294	.260	.341	.375	.717	102	1006	80	25	23	30	25
162 Game Avg.				162	617	536	67	139	30	2	9	62	18	10	65	59	.260	.341	.375	.717	102	201	16	5	5	6	5

NYM (10 yrs)				809	3081	2679	334	695	152	10	46	312	91	51	323	294	.259	.341	.375	.716	102	1005	80	25	23	30	25
PHI (1 yr)				1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	177	1	0	0	0	0	0

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