John Stearns

Positions: Catcher, First Baseman and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 185lb (183cm, 83kg)

Born: August 21, 1951 in Denver, CO us

Died: September 15, 2022 in Denver, CO

Buried: Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Littleton, CO

Draft: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 13th round of the 1969 MLB June Amateur Draft from Thomas Jefferson HS (Denver, CO) and the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1st round (2nd) of the 1973 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Colorado (Boulder, CO).

High School: Thomas Jefferson HS (Denver, CO)

School: University of Colorado (Boulder, CO)

Debut: September 22, 1974 (Age 23-032d, 13,594th in major league history)
vs. MON 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1984 (Age 33-040d)
vs. MON 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1975 season

Full Name: John Hardin Stearns

Nicknames: Bad Dude

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4x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

19.7

2681

696

.260

334

RBI

312

OBP

.341

SLG

.375

OPS

.717

OPS+

102

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1975 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1975 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	6 (5)	Apr 16	NYM	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
2	9 (2)	Apr 20 (1)	NYM		CHC	W,8-6	GS	35	7.1	5	2	0	7	0	C
3	13 (3)	Apr 25	NYM	@	MON	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
4	16 (2)	Apr 30	NYM	@	CHC	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	19 (2)	May 3	NYM		MON	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
6	22 (2)	May 8	NYM		PIT	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
7	24 (1)	May 10	NYM		CIN	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
8	30 (5)	May 18	NYM	@	HOU	L,7-12	CG	43	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
9	32 (1)	May 21	NYM	@	CIN	L,4-11	GF	10	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
10	35 (2)	May 25	NYM	@	ATL	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
11	37 (1)	May 27	NYM		LAD	L,4-10	GF	8	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
12	40 (2)	May 31	NYM		SDP	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	45 (4)	Jun 5	NYM		HOU	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
14	48 (2)	Jun 8	NYM		ATL	W,7-6	CG	58	14.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
15	51 (2)	Jun 11	NYM	@	LAD	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
16	55 (3)	Jun 15	NYM	@	SDP	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
17	57 (1)	Jun 17 (2)	NYM	@	MON	W,5-2	CG	47	11.0	4	3	0	7	0	C
18	60 (2)	Jun 20	NYM		PIT	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	C
19	61	Jun 21	NYM		PIT	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
20	62	Jun 22	NYM		PIT	L,0-2	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
21	63	Jun 23 (1)	NYM		STL	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
22	68 (4)	Jun 28	NYM		PHI	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
23	70 (1)	Jun 29 (2)	NYM		PHI	L,3-4	CG	51	12.0	15	1	0	16	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	72 (1)	Jul 1	NYM		CHC	L,4-5	GF	19	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
25	73	Jul 2	NYM		CHC	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	C
26	74	Jul 3	NYM		CHC	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
27	75	Jul 4	NYM	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	10	2	0	12	1	C
28	76	Jul 5 (1)	NYM	@	PHI	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
29	78 (1)	Jul 6	NYM	@	PHI	L,6-8	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
30	83 (4)	Jul 11 (2)	NYM	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
31	88 (4)	Jul 19	NYM		ATL	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
32	93 (4)	Jul 24	NYM		CIN	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
33	94	Jul 25	NYM	@	CHC	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
34	95	Jul 26	NYM	@	CHC	W,9-8	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
35	97 (1)	Jul 27 (2)	NYM	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	42	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
36	100 (2)	Jul 29 (2)	NYM	@	STL	W,11-6	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
37	101	Jul 30	NYM	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	5	3	0	8	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	103 (1)	Aug 1	NYM	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
39	106 (2)	Aug 3 (2)	NYM	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
40	109 (2)	Aug 5 (2)	NYM		MON	L,0-7	CG	45	9.0	11	3	0	14	0	C
41	114 (4)	Aug 10	NYM		LAD	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
42	119 (4)	Aug 15 (2)	NYM		SFG	W,9-4	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
43	124 (4)	Aug 20	NYM	@	HOU	L,4-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR C
44	126 (1)	Aug 23	NYM	@	SFG	L,1-2	CG	35	8.1	11	0	0	11	0	C
45	128 (1)	Aug 24 (2)	NYM	@	SFG	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
46	132 (3)	Aug 28	NYM	@	LAD	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
47	133	Aug 29	NYM	@	LAD	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	140 (6)	Sep 6	NYM		STL	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	C
49	141	Sep 7	NYM		STL	L,4-12	GF	32	6.0	2	0	0	2	1	C
50	142	Sep 8 (1)	NYM	@	MON	L,5-6	CG	41	8.1	8	1	0	9	0	C
51	143	Sep 8 (2)	NYM	@	MON	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	C
52	157 (13)	Sep 23	NYM	@	CHC	W,8-6	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
53	159 (1)	Sep 26 (1)	NYM	@	PHI	L,3-4	GF	18	3.2	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
54	161 (1)	Sep 27	NYM	@	PHI	L,1-8	CG	44	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
							54gm		432.2	297	40	2	339	9