John Stephenson

Positions: Catcher and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-11, 180lb (180cm, 81kg)

Born: April 13, 1941 in South Portsmouth, KY us

High School: South HS (Portsmouth, KY)

School: William Carey University (Hattiesburg, MS)

Debut: April 14, 1964 (Age 23-001d, 9,814th in MLB history)
vs. PHI 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 29, 1973 (Age 32-169d)
vs. MIN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1965 season

Full Name: John Herman Stephenson

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-2.2

AB

989

H

214

HR

BA

.216

R

RBI

SB

OBP

.271

SLG

.296

OPS

.567

OPS+

Standard Batting

Games by Position

Standard Batting
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
1963	22	NYM-min	A	60	239	208	34	53	6	3	8	36	3	2	26	29	.255	.346	.428	.774		89		3	2	0			AUB,RAL · NYPL,CARL
1964	23	NYM-min	AAA	51	174	151	21	45	7	1	9	42	0	1	16	20	.298	.372	.536	.909		81		3	2	2			BFL · IL
1964	23	NYM	NL	37	62	57	2	9	0	0	1	2	0	0	4	18	.158	.226	.211	.436	26	12	0	1	0	0	0	H5/78
1965	24	NYM-min	AAA	44	145	136	13	32	3	0	5	12	0	0	9	19	.235	.283	.368	.650		50		0	0	0			BFL · IL
1965	24	NYM	NL	62	131	121	9	26	5	0	4	15	0	1	8	19	.215	.264	.355	.619	77	43	7	0	2	0	2	2H/9
1966	25	NYM	NL	63	153	143	17	28	1	1	1	11	0	0	8	28	.196	.248	.238	.486	38	34	7	2	0	0	0	2H/7
1967	26	NYM-CHC-min	AAA	47	144	131	11	31	5	1	2	16	1	1	10	14	.237	.301	.336	.637		44		2	1	0			JCK,TAC · IL,PCL
1967	26	CHC	NL	18	52	49	3	11	3	1	0	5	0	0	1	6	.224	.255	.327	.581	62	16	1	1	1	0	1	2/H
1968	27	SFG-min	AAA	60	200	194	24	44	7	0	4	21	1	0	4	20	.227	.245	.325	.570		63		1	0	1			PHX · PCL
1968	27	CHC	NL	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/H
1969	28	SFG-min	AAA	78	321	288	38	84	15	2	6	53	0	0	20	22	.292	.353	.420	.773		121		8	4	1			PHX · PCL
1969	28	SFG	NL	22	29	27	2	6	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	4	.222	.214	.296	.511	43	8	2	0	1	1	0	H/25
1970	29	SFG-min	AAA	44	181	163	22	51	13	1	4	29	0	1	11	13	.313	.352	.479	.830		78		1	2	4			PHX · PCL
1970	29	SFG	NL	23	46	43	3	3	1	0	0	6	0	0	2	7	.070	.109	.093	.202	-45	4	1	0	0	1	0	H/27
1971	30	CAL	AL	98	308	279	24	61	17	0	3	25	0	0	22	21	.219	.281	.312	.593	74	87	9	3	2	2	6	2H
1972	31	CAL-min	AAA	18	58	52	8	15	3	0	1	3	1	0	6	5	.288	.362	.404	.766		21		0	0	0			SLC · PCL
1972	31	CAL	AL	66	161	146	14	40	3	1	2	17	0	0	11	8	.274	.342	.349	.691	112	51	7	4	0	0	5	2H
1973	32	CAL	AL	60	132	122	9	30	5	0	1	9	0	0	7	7	.246	.292	.311	.604	78	38	4	1	2	0	1	2H
10 Yrs				451	1076	989	83	214	37	3	12	93	0	1	63	118	.216	.271	.296	.567	65	293	38	12	8	4	15
162 Game Avg.				162	387	355	30	77	13	1	4	33	0	0	23	42	.216	.271	.296	.567	65	105	14	4	3	1	5

NYM (3 yrs)				162	346	321	28	63	6	1	6	28	0	1	20	65	.196	.250	.277	.527	50	89	14	3	2	0	2
CAL (3 yrs)				224	601	547	47	131	25	1	6	51	0	0	40	36	.239	.300	.322	.622	85	176	20	8	4	2	12
CHC (2 yrs)				20	54	51	3	11	3	1	0	5	0	0	1	6	.216	.245	.314	.559	56	16	1	1	1	0	1
SFG (2 yrs)				45	75	70	5	9	3	0	0	9	0	0	2	11	.129	.149	.171	.320	-12	12	3	0	1	2	0

NL (7 yrs)				227	475	442	36	83	12	2	6	42	0	1	23	82	.188	.234	.265	.498	41	117	18	4	4	2	3
AL (3 yrs)				224	601	547	47	131	25	1	6	51	0	0	40	36	.239	.300	.322	.622	85	176	20	8	4	2	12

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