George Heard Stone

Full Name: George Heard Stone	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/205	First Game: September 15, 1967
Birthdate: July 9, 1946	Final Game: September 27, 1975
Birthplace: Ruston, Louisiana	MLB Experience: 9 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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Born on July 9, 1946 in Ruston, Louisiana, George Stone (George Heard Stone) played for the Atlanta Braves and New York Mets over the course of his 9 year career. Stone broke into the bigs on September 15, 1967 with the Atlanta Braves, and put up a 2.76 ERA in 75 innings pitched in 1968, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was George Stone's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1969, when he posted a 3.65 ERA, won 13 games and struck out 102 batters. However, others believe that it was 1970, when he posted a 3.86 ERA, won 11 games and struck out 131 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1967	ATL	N	2	1	0	0	4.91	5	4	4	0	0	0	7.1	8	0	1	0	0	0
1968	ATL	N	17	10	7	4	2.76	52	27	23	2	0	0	75	63	9	19	4	1	0
1969	ATL	N	36	20	13	10	3.65	102	82	67	3	0	3	165.1	166	20	48	5	1	5
1970	ATL	N	35	30	11	11	3.86	131	111	89	9	2	0	207.1	218	27	50	7	2	6
1971	ATL	N	27	24	6	8	3.60	110	80	69	4	2	0	172.2	186	19	35	4	2	6
1972	ATL	N	31	16	6	11	5.51	63	72	68	2	1	1	111	143	18	44	11	3	4
1973	NY	N	27	20	12	3	2.80	77	53	46	2	0	1	148	157	16	31	3	0	0
1974	NY	N	15	13	2	7	5.03	29	57	43	1	0	0	77	103	10	21	4	0	0
1975	NY	N	13	11	3	3	5.05	21	38	32	1	0	0	57	75	3	21	3	4	0
Total			203	145	60	57	3.89	590	524	441	24	5	5	1020.2	1119	122	270	41	13	21

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1967	ATL	N	P	2	1	7.1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1968	ATL	N	P	17	10	75	4	6	2	1	0	4	0	0	.833
1969	ATL	N	P	36	20	165.1	7	24	0	3	0	8	4	0	1.000
1970	ATL	N	P	35	30	207.1	14	42	3	3	1	13	5	3	.949
1971	ATL	N	P	27	24	172.2	5	26	1	4	3	7	4	0	.969
1972	ATL	N	P	31	16	111	3	23	1	2	0	4	1	0	.963
1973	NY	N	P	27	20	148	6	27	0	2	0	3	4	1	1.000
1974	NY	N	P	15	13	77	6	13	1	1	1	6	4	1	.950
1975	NY	N	P	13	11	57	1	15	0	1	0	7	2	0	1.000
Total			P	203	145	1020.2	47	177	8	17	5	52	24	5	.966

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	SH	GDP
1967	ATL	N	2	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1968	ATL	N	17	27	2	9	0	7	.333	.357	.333	0	1	7	1	0
1969	ATL	N	36	59	7	11	1	8	.186	.200	.237	0	1	19	5	3
1970	ATL	N	35	72	9	17	0	5	.236	.313	.264	2	8	8	3	2
1971	ATL	N	30	62	7	11	0	6	.177	.190	.210	2	1	14	3	0
1972	ATL	N	33	25	2	5	0	2	.200	.344	.200	0	6	6	6	1
1973	NY	N	28	48	4	13	0	5	.271	.271	.271	0	0	8	3	1
1974	NY	N	15	26	0	3	0	4	.115	.148	.115	0	1	5	0	0
1975	NY	N	13	18	2	3	0	2	.167	.211	.167	0	1	5	2	0
Total			209	339	33	72	1	39	.212	.253	.233	4	19	72	23	7

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Selected by Atlanta Braves in the 5th round of the free-agent draft (June 7, 1966).
Traded by Atlanta Braves with Felix Millan to New York Mets in exchange for Gary Gentry and Danny Frisella (November 2, 1972).
Traded by New York Mets to Texas Rangers in exchange for Bill Hands (February 24, 1976).

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