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John Stearns

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Full Name: John Hardin Stearns Primary Position: C
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/185 First Game: September 22, 1974
Birthdate: August 21, 1951 Final Game: September 30, 1984
Birthplace: Denver, Colorado MLB Experience: 10 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

John Stearns (John Hardin Stearns) was born on August 21, 1951 in Denver, Colorado. He made his Major League debut on September 22, 1974 for the Philadelphia Phillies. In 1975, his rookie year, he hit .189 with 3 home runs and 10 RBI. Stearns played for the Philadelphia Phillies and New York Mets over the course of his 10 year career.

Most people believe that John Stearns's best season was 1978, when he slugged 15 home runs, stole 25 bases and knocked in 73 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1974 PHI N 1 2 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 NY N 59 169 25 32 3 10 .189 .268 .284 5 1 17 15 2 3 4 4 6
1976 NY N 32 103 13 27 2 10 .262 .364 .379 6 0 16 11 1 0 1 0 4
1977 NY N 139 431 52 108 12 55 .251 .370 .397 25 1 77 76 7 1 9 7 15
1978 NY N 143 477 65 126 15 73 .264 .364 .413 24 1 70 57 8 2 25 4 11
1979 NY N 155 538 58 131 9 66 .243 .312 .355 29 2 52 57 4 3 15 5 21
1980 NY N 91 319 42 91 0 45 .285 .346 .370 25 1 33 24 1 2 7 1 5
1981 NY N 80 273 25 74 1 24 .271 .329 .333 12 1 24 17 0 7 12 2 10
1982 NY N 98 352 46 103 4 28 .293 .349 .415 25 3 30 35 2 5 17 2 8
1983 NY N 4 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 NY N 8 17 6 3 0 1 .176 .333 .235 1 0 4 2 0 0 1 0 0
Total 810 2681 334 696 46 312 .260 .341 .375 152 10 323 294 25 23 91 25 80

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1974 PHI N C 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1975 NY N C 54 46 432.2 297 40 2 9 0 2 41 24 1 .994
1976 NY N C 30 28 256.1 200 20 3 2 0 1 15 17 0 .987
1977 NY N C 127 116 1045 742 76 15 12 0 8 81 51 4 .982
1977 NY N 1B 7 5 41.1 30 3 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 .943
1978 NY N C 141 134 1202.1 711 84 12 7 0 8 86 52 6 .985
1978 NY N 3B 1 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1979 NY N 1B 16 14 130.1 114 8 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1979 NY N OF 6 6 40.2 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .778
1979 NY N 3B 11 7 65 5 14 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .905
1979 NY N C 121 113 1029.2 628 85 12 11 0 7 100 52 6 .983
1979 NY N LF 6 6 40.2 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .778
1980 NY N 3B 1 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1980 NY N C 74 70 618 432 41 7 6 0 1 60 26 0 .985
1980 NY N 1B 16 15 128 120 18 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 .993
1981 NY N 3B 4 3 28 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .857
1981 NY N C 66 63 551.2 302 38 6 7 0 2 42 24 3 .983
1981 NY N 1B 9 7 61 58 8 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1982 NY N C 81 79 705.1 379 61 6 9 0 2 72 49 1 .987
1982 NY N 3B 12 10 91 5 13 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .818
1984 NY N C 4 2 27.1 20 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1.000
1984 NY N 1B 2 1 12 8 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total 3B 29 20 188.1 10 36 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 .868
Total OF 6 6 40.2 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .778
Total C 699 651 5869.1 3712 446 63 64 0 31 500 295 21 .985
Total 1B 50 42 372.2 330 38 3 36 0 0 0 0 0 .992
Total LF 6 6 40.2 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .778

[edit] Transactions

  • Selected by Oakland Athletics in the 13th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 5, 1969).
  • Selected by Philadelphia Phillies in the 1st round (2nd pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 5, 1973 - signed June 15, 1973).
  • Traded by Philadelphia Phillies with Del Unser and Mac Scarce to New York Mets in exchange for Tug McGraw, Don Hahn and Dave Schneck (December 3, 1974).
  • Granted free agency (November 8, 1984).

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