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

Summary of 46 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 9 tying, 12 go ahead

1 Tm
NYM	46

Platoon
vs RHP	29
vs LHP	17

Home/Road
Away	32
Home	14

Outs
0	17
2	16
1	13

11 Opps
MON	7
PHI	6
CHC	6
STL	5
SDP	5
SFG	4
CIN	4
PIT	3
ATL	3
LAD	2
HOU	1

38 Pitchers
Steve Carlton	3
Randy Jones	2
Phil Niekro	2
Eric Rasmussen	2
Randy Lerch	2
Tommy John	2
Fred Norman	2
Jackie Brown	1
Jim Bibby	1
Dickie Noles	1
Fred Holdsworth	1
Bill Lee	1
Silvio Martínez	1
Dennis Lamp	1
Mike LaCoss	1
Steve Mura	1
Lynn McGlothen	1
Steve Rogers	1
Tom Griffin	1
Rick Sawyer	1
Stan Bahnsen	1
Bob Sykes	1
Joe Sambito	1
John Montefusco	1
Bruce Sutter	1
John Candelaria	1
Ray Burris	1
Dave Giusti	1
Mickey Mahler	1
Rawly Eastwick	1
Ken Holtzman	1
Joaquín Andújar	1
Wayne Twitchell	1
Steve Renko	1
Greg Minton	1
Don Stanhouse	1
Ron Schueler	1
Tom Bradley	1

11 Parks
Shea Stad (NYC)	14
Stade Olymp. (MON)	7
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	5
Qualcomm St (SAN)	4
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	4
VeteransStad (PHI)	3
Busch Stad (STL)	2
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	2
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	2
3Com Park (SFO)	2
Dodger Stad (LOS)	1

Where Hit
7	18
78	3
9	2

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	46

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	29
1--	8
-2-	4
12-	2
-23	2
123	1

69 RBI
RISP	9
0 on	29
1 on	12
2 on	4
3 on	1
Any on	17

Inning
1	2
2	8
3	1
4	9
5	5
6	5
7	8
8	6
9	2

1-3	11
4-6	19
7-end	16

RelScore
+3	4
+2	2
+1	6
Tied	10
-1	9
-2	6
-3	3
-4..	6

Ahead	12
Tied	10
Behind	24

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
C	44
1B	1
3B	1

OrderPos
6th	21
5th	13
7th	5
4th	4
8th	2
2nd	1

Leverage
High Lev	11
Medium Lev	13
Low Lev	22

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1975	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1975-04-30	NYM	@	CHC	Ray Burris	behind 1-5	t 2	1	---	1	7	2	0.061	19%		Home Run (Deep LF)
2	2	2	1	1975-07-05 (1)	NYM	@	PHI	Ron Schueler	behind 1-8	t 8	1	---	1	8	2	0.002	0%		Home Run
3	3	3	1	1975-08-15 (2)	NYM		SFG	Tom Bradley	ahead 2-0	b 2	1	1--	2	8	2	0.123	89%		Home Run; J. Torre Scores
1976	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	1976-09-08	NYM	@	CHC	Steve Renko	ahead 2-0	t 3	2	-2-	2	6	2	0.143	85%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); E. Kranepool Scores
5	5	2	1	1976-09-19	NYM		PIT	Dave Giusti	behind 5-6	b 6	0	---	1	6	2	0.208	57%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
6	6	1	1	1977-04-12	NYM		STL	Eric Rasmussen	ahead 3-0	b 6	1	---	1	6	2	0.040	95%		Home Run (Deep RF)
7	7	2	1	1977-04-29	NYM	@	SDP	Rick Sawyer	ahead 4-1	t 4	0	---	1	7	2	0.060	90%		Home Run (Deep LF)
8	8	3	1	1977-05-06	NYM	@	SFG	Lynn McGlothen	behind 0-1	t 4	0	-23	3	6	2	0.182	74%		Home Run; D. Kingman Scores; J. Milner Scores
9	9	4	1	1977-05-21	NYM	@	CIN	Rawly Eastwick	behind 6-8	t 8	0	---	1	6	2	0.118	25%		Home Run (LF-CF)
10	10	5	1	1977-05-22 (2)	NYM	@	CIN	Fred Norman	tied 0-0	t 4	2	---	1	5	2	0.133	59%		Home Run (LF-CF)
11	11	6	1	1977-06-01	NYM	@	MON	Jackie Brown	tied 2-2	t 5	2	123	4	6	2	0.364	90%		Home Run; F. Millán Scores; D. Kingman Scores; E. Kranepool Scores
12	12	7	1	1977-06-05 (1)	NYM		PHI	Randy Lerch	behind 2-4	b 7	0	---	1	6	2	0.145	34%		Home Run
13	13	8	1	1977-06-19	NYM		HOU	Joe Sambito	ahead 5-2	b 7	2	-23	3	7	2	0.044	99%		Home Run; B. Boisclair Scores; J. Milner Scores
14	14	9	1	1977-06-30	NYM	@	MON	Steve Rogers	behind 0-3	t 5	0	---	1	5	2	0.085	24%		Home Run
15	15	10	1	1977-07-01 (1)	NYM	@	MON	Stan Bahnsen	behind 0-4	t 5	0	---	1	5	2	0.058	15%		Home Run
16	16	11	1	1977-08-08	NYM		STL	Eric Rasmussen	behind 0-1	b 2	2	---	1	6	2	0.120	51%		Home Run (Deep LF)
17	17	12	1	1977-09-13	NYM	@	MON	Don Stanhouse	behind 4-8	t 9	1	---	1	6	2	0.008	1%		Home Run
1978	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
18	18	1	1	1978-05-10	NYM	@	MON	Fred Holdsworth	ahead 4-1	t 6	0	---	1	6	2	0.051	93%		Home Run
19	19	2	1	1978-05-21	NYM		PHI	Randy Lerch	behind 0-5	b 2	1	---	1	6	2	0.048	13%		Home Run
20	20	3	1	1978-06-02	NYM		SDP	Randy Jones	behind 2-5	b 8	2	1--	2	5	2	0.129	17%		Home Run; S. Henderson Scores
21	21	4	1	1978-06-12	NYM	@	SDP	Randy Jones	tied 1-1	t 7	0	---	1	6	2	0.222	72%		Home Run
22	22	5	1	1978-06-14	NYM	@	LAD	Tommy John	behind 0-1	t 2	1	---	1	5	2	0.115	48%		Home Run (Deep LF)
23	23	6	1	1978-06-27	NYM	@	CHC	Dennis Lamp	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	12-	3	6	2	0.222	82%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); E. Maddox Scores; L. Mazzilli Scores
24	24	7	1	1978-06-28	NYM	@	CHC	Bruce Sutter	behind 4-5	t 8	1	---	1	6	2	0.257	45%		Home Run (Deep LF)
25	25	8	1	1978-07-14	NYM	@	CIN	Fred Norman	ahead 2-1	t 4	1	---	1	4	2	0.118	73%		Home Run (Deep LF)
26	26	9	1	1978-07-17 (2)	NYM	@	ATL	Mickey Mahler	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	4	2	0.105	61%		Home Run
27	27	10	1	1978-07-18	NYM	@	ATL	Phil Niekro	behind 1-3	t 7	0	1--	2	5	2	0.260	50%		Home Run; W. Montañez Scores
28	28	11	1	1978-07-22	NYM		ATL	Phil Niekro	ahead 1-0	b 6	2	---	1	5	2	0.121	85%		Home Run
29	29	12	1	1978-08-01	NYM	@	PHI	Steve Carlton	tied 1-1	t 7	2	12-	3	4	2	0.405	90%		Home Run; T. Foli Scores; S. Henderson Scores
30	30	13	1	1978-08-09	NYM	@	MON	Wayne Twitchell	tied 3-3	t 7	0	-2-	2	4	2	0.223	84%		Home Run; S. Henderson Scores
31	31	14	1	1978-08-18	NYM		LAD	Tommy John	behind 0-6	b 4	2	1--	2	5	2	0.056	9%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Henderson Scores
32	32	15	1	1978-09-16	NYM	@	PHI	Steve Carlton	behind 0-1	t 5	0	---	1	5	2	0.151	50%		Home Run
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
33	33	1	1	1979-04-25	NYM		SFG	Tom Griffin	ahead 1-0	b 5	0	---	1	7	2	0.108	83%		Home Run (Deep LF)
34	34	2	1	1979-05-11	NYM	@	SDP	Steve Mura	tied 0-0	t 4	2	-2-	2	7	2	0.241	72%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Henderson Scores/unER; J. Stearns Scores/unER
35	35	3	1	1979-05-20	NYM		STL	Bob Sykes	tied 2-2	b 4	1	---	1	5	2	0.145	68%		Home Run (Deep LF)
36	36	4	1	1979-06-22	NYM	@	STL	Silvio Martínez	behind 0-2	t 2	1	---	1	6	2	0.097	37%		Home Run (Deep LF)
37	37	5	1	1979-06-28	NYM	@	PIT	Jim Bibby	ahead 2-1	t 7	2	---	1	5	2	0.140	80%		Home Run (Deep LF)
38	38	6	1	1979-07-28	NYM		CHC	Ken Holtzman	tied 1-1	b 4	0	1--	2	5	3	0.200	80%		Home Run; R. Hebner Scores/unER
39	39	7	1	1979-07-30	NYM	@	PIT	John Candelaria	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	2	0.101	58%		Home Run (Deep LF)
40	40	8	1	1979-08-04	NYM	@	MON	Bill Lee	ahead 1-0	t 4	0	1--	2	5	2	0.161	83%		Home Run; W. Montañez Scores
41	41	9	1	1979-08-18	NYM	@	CIN	Mike LaCoss	behind 1-3	t 9	2	1--	2	6	5	0.366	40%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Ferrer Scores
1981	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
42	42	1	1	1981-09-16 (2)	NYM		PHI	Steve Carlton	behind 3-4	b 8	1	1--	2	6	2	0.589	87%		Home Run; D. Kingman Scores
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
43	43	1	1	1982-04-12	NYM	@	CHC	Dickie Noles	behind 2-4	t 6	2	---	1	6	2	0.111	27%		Home Run
44	44	2	1	1982-04-28	NYM	@	SDP	John Montefusco	behind 0-1	t 2	2	---	1	6	2	0.117	46%		Home Run (LF-CF)
45	45	3	1	1982-05-02 (1)	NYM	@	SFG	Greg Minton	behind 1-4	t 8	2	-2-	2	6	2	0.106	15%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Kingman Scores/unER; J. Stearns Scores
46	46	4	1	1982-07-28	NYM	@	STL	Joaquín Andújar	behind 3-4	t 7	0	---	1	6	2	0.207	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)