John Stephenson

Full Name: John Herman Stephenson	Primary Position: C
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/180	First Game: April 14, 1964
Birthdate: April 13, 1941	Final Game: September 29, 1973
Birthplace: South Portsmouth, Kentucky	MLB Experience: 9 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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John Stephenson (John Herman Stephenson) was born on April 13, 1941 in South Portsmouth, Kentucky. He made his Major League debut on April 14, 1964 for the New York Mets. In 1966, his rookie year, he hit .196 with 1 home run and 11 RBI. Stephenson played for the New York Mets, Chicago Cubs, San Francisco Giants and California Angels over the course of his 9 year career.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	IBB	GDP
1964	NY	N	37	57	2	9	1	2	.158	.226	.211	0	0	4	18	1	0	0	0
1965	NY	N	62	121	9	26	4	15	.215	.264	.355	5	0	8	19	0	2	2	7
1966	NY	N	63	143	17	28	1	11	.196	.248	.238	1	1	8	28	2	0	0	7
1967	CHI	N	18	49	3	11	0	5	.224	.255	.327	3	1	1	6	1	1	1	1
1968	CHI	N	2	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1969	SF	N	22	27	2	6	0	3	.222	.214	.296	2	0	0	4	0	1	0	2
1970	SF	N	23	43	3	3	0	6	.070	.109	.093	1	0	2	7	0	0	0	1
1971	CAL	A	98	279	24	61	3	25	.219	.281	.312	17	0	22	21	3	2	6	9
1972	CAL	A	66	146	14	40	2	17	.274	.342	.349	3	1	11	8	4	0	5	7
1973	CAL	A	60	122	9	30	1	9	.246	.292	.311	5	0	7	7	1	2	1	4
Total	NL		227	442	36	83	6	42	.188	.234	.265	12	2	23	82	4	4	3	18
Total	AL		224	547	47	131	6	51	.239	.300	.322	25	1	40	36	8	4	12	20
Total			451	989	83	214	12	93	.216	.271	.296	37	3	63	118	12	8	15	38

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1964	NY	N	OF	8	2	27.2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1964	NY	N	LF	5	2	20.2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1964	NY	N	3B	14	6	64.1	6	18	6	1	0	0	0	0	.800
1964	NY	N	CF	3	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1965	NY	N	OF	2	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1965	NY	N	C	47	23	244.1	146	13	3	1	5	17	7	2	.981
1965	NY	N	RF	2	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1966	NY	N	OF	1	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1966	NY	N	C	51	31	302.1	187	30	6	4	6	21	12	0	.973
1966	NY	N	LF	1	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1967	CHI	N	C	13	12	109	67	8	0	2	0	9	6	0	1.000
1969	SF	N	3B	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1969	SF	N	C	9	1	30	15	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	.941
1970	SF	N	OF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1970	SF	N	C	9	7	73	52	8	0	1	0	6	2	0	1.000
1970	SF	N	LF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1971	CAL	A	C	88	74	656.2	434	33	4	3	11	31	13	2	.992
1972	CAL	A	C	56	37	346	273	12	2	2	6	27	9	0	.993
1973	CAL	A	C	56	32	314	232	11	5	1	6	21	7	0	.980
Total			CF	3	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			RF	2	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			3B	15	6	65.1	6	18	8	1	0	0	0	0	.750
Total			LF	7	3	28.2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			C	329	217	2075.1	1406	116	21	14	34	136	56	4	.986
Total			OF	12	4	40.2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000

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Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Mets (May 30, 1963).
Traded by New York Mets to Chicago Cubs (June 17, 1967) completing trade in which New York Mets traded Rob Gardner and a player to be named later to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Bob Hendley (June 12, 1967).
Released by Chicago Cubs (April 17, 1968).
Signed by San Francisco Giants (April 17, 1968).
Selected by California Angels from San Francisco Giants in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 30, 1970).

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