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.

1982 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1982 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	NYM	@	PHI	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
2	2	Apr 9	NYM	@	CHC	L,0-5	CG	33	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
3	3	Apr 10	NYM	@	CHC	W,9-5	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
4	5 (1)	Apr 12	NYM	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
5	6	Apr 13	NYM		PHI	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
6	7	Apr 14	NYM		PHI	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
7	8	Apr 15	NYM		PHI	L,4-8	CG	59	13.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
8	9	Apr 16	NYM		MON	L,3-4	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
9	10	Apr 17	NYM		MON	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
10	11	Apr 18	NYM		MON	L,6-7	CG	45	9.0	8	3	0	11	0	C
11	12	Apr 20	NYM		CHC	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
12	14 (1)	Apr 23	NYM	@	MON	L,4-5	CG	40	8.1	0	1	0	1	0	C
13	15	Apr 24	NYM	@	MON	W,1-0	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
14	17 (1)	Apr 27	NYM	@	SDP	L,5-8	CG	35	8.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
15	18	Apr 28	NYM	@	SDP	W,5-4	CG	61	15.0	14	2	0	16	1	C
16	19	Apr 29	NYM	@	SDP	L,0-6	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
17	20	Apr 30	NYM	@	SFG	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	21	May 1	NYM	@	SFG	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	6	2	0	8	1	C
19	22	May 2 (1)	NYM	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
20	24 (1)	May 3	NYM	@	LAD	W,6-3	CG	48	12.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
21	25	May 4	NYM	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
22	26	May 6	NYM		SFG	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
23	27	May 7	NYM		SFG	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
24	28	May 8	NYM		SFG	L,3-8	CG	46	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
25	29	May 9	NYM		SFG	W,6-5	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
26	30	May 10	NYM		SDP	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
27	31	May 11	NYM		SDP	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
28	32	May 13	NYM		LAD	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
29	33	May 14	NYM		LAD	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
30	34	May 15	NYM		LAD	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
31	35	May 16	NYM		LAD	W,13-4	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
32	36	May 17	NYM		CIN	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
33	38 (1)	May 19	NYM		CIN	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
34	39	May 21	NYM	@	HOU	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
35	40	May 22	NYM	@	HOU	W,6-5	CG	49	12.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
36	42 (1)	May 24	NYM	@	ATL	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
37	43	May 25	NYM	@	ATL	L,2-10	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
38	44	May 26	NYM	@	ATL	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	C
39	45	May 28	NYM		HOU	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
40	47 (1)	May 30	NYM		HOU	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
41	48	May 31	NYM		ATL	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	49	Jun 1	NYM		ATL	L,3-7	CG	46	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
43	50	Jun 2	NYM		ATL	L,1-3	GS	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C 3B
44	51	Jun 4	NYM	@	CIN	L,3-8	CG	41	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
45	52	Jun 5	NYM	@	CIN	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
46	54 (1)	Jun 7	NYM		PIT	L,3-4	CG	51	12.0	9	2	1	12	1	C
47	55	Jun 8	NYM		PIT	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
48	56	Jun 9	NYM		PIT	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
49	57	Jun 11	NYM		STL	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
50	59 (1)	Jun 14	NYM	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
51	60	Jun 15	NYM	@	PIT	L,3-13	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
52	61	Jun 18 (1)	NYM	@	STL	W,5-3	GS	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B C
53	62	Jun 18 (2)	NYM	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
54	63	Jun 19	NYM	@	STL	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
55	64	Jun 20	NYM	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	40	10.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
56	65	Jun 21	NYM		MON	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
57	66	Jun 22	NYM		MON	L,3-4	GS	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C 3B
58	67	Jun 23	NYM		MON	L,0-5	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
59	68	Jun 24	NYM		MON	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
60	69	Jun 25 (1)	NYM	@	PHI	L,0-1	CG	33	8.2	3	1	0	4	1	C
61	70	Jun 25 (2)	NYM	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
62	71	Jun 26 (1)	NYM	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
63	72	Jun 26 (2)	NYM	@	PHI	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	C
64	73	Jun 27	NYM	@	PHI	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	C
65	74	Jun 29	NYM	@	MON	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	C
66	75	Jun 30	NYM	@	MON	L,1-4	CG	30	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	76	Jul 1	NYM	@	MON	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
68	77	Jul 2	NYM		PHI	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
69	78	Jul 4 (1)	NYM		PHI	L,7-9	CG	43	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
70	80 (1)	Jul 5	NYM		LAD	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
71	83 (2)	Jul 8	NYM		SFG	L,7-9	CG	49	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
72	87 (3)	Jul 11	NYM		SDP	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
73	88	Jul 15	NYM	@	LAD	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
74	89	Jul 16	NYM	@	LAD	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
75	91 (1)	Jul 18	NYM	@	LAD	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
76	92	Jul 20	NYM	@	SFG	L,1-5	CG	39	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
77	95 (2)	Jul 24	NYM	@	SDP	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
78	96	Jul 25	NYM	@	SDP	L,2-3	CG	38	9.1	3	3	0	6	0	C
79	97	Jul 27	NYM	@	STL	L,4-9	CG	42	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
80	98	Jul 28	NYM	@	STL	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
81	99	Jul 29	NYM		PIT	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
82	100	Jul 30	NYM		PIT	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	8	3	0	11	0	C
83	101	Jul 31	NYM		PIT	W,9-4	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
84	103 (1)	Aug 3	NYM	@	CHC	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
85	104	Aug 4	NYM	@	CHC	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
86	107 (2)	Aug 6 (2)	NYM	@	PIT	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
87	108	Aug 7	NYM	@	PIT	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	C
88	109	Aug 8	NYM	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
89	110	Aug 9	NYM		STL	L,2-7	CG	44	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
90	112 (1)	Aug 12	NYM		CHC	L,6-13	CG	48	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
							93gm		796.1	384	74	10	468	9