John Stearns

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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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.

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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

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

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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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