John Stephens

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 200lb (185cm, 90kg)

Born: November 15, 1979 in Sydney, Australia au

High School: Parramatta Marist (Westmead, Australia)

Debut: July 30, 2002 (Age 22-257d, 18,127th in major league history)
vs. TBD 3.0 IP, 10 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 9 ER, L

Last Game: September 29, 2002 (Age 22-318d)
vs. NYY 5.0 IP, 4 H, 2 SO, 4 BB, 5 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2002 season

Full Name: John Michael Stephens

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.4

ERA

6.09

65.0

WHIP

1.385

Summary of 13 Home Runs Allowed

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

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 1 tying, 5 go ahead

1 Tm
BAL	13

Platoon
vs RHB	7
vs LHB	6

Home/Road
Away	7
Home	6

Outs
2	6
0	5
1	2

6 Opps
NYY	4
TBD	4
TEX	2
DET	1
BOS	1
TOR	1

13 Batters
Robin Ventura	1
Jared Sandberg	1
Aubrey Huff	1
Chris Gomez	1
Carlos Peña	1
Shea Hillenbrand	1
Alfonso Soriano	1
Rondell White	1
Shannon Stewart	1
Iván Rodríguez	1
Todd Hollandsworth	1
Jason Giambi	1
Ben Grieve	1

4 Parks
Camden Yards (BAL)	6
TropicanaFld (STP)	3
Yankee Stad (NYC)	2
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	2

Where Hit
7	5
9	3
8	2
78	2
89	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
3	4
2	4
1	3
4	1
7+	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	4
2·HR gms	3
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	6
1--	4
12-	2
123	1

24 Runs
RISP	3
0 on	6
1 on	4
2 on	2
3 on	1
Any on	7

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

1-3	6
4-6	6
7-end	1

RelScore
+4..	2
+2	1
+1	3
Tied	3
-1	3
-4..	1

Ahead	6
Tied	3
Behind	4

Before event,
for batter

Count
2-0	4
1-0	3
0-0	3
2-1	1
3-2	1
0-1	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
3B	3
DH	2
LF	2
SS	1
2B	1
RF	1
C	1
CF	1
1B	1

OrderPos
1st	3
6th	3
7th	2
3rd	2
5th	1
2nd	1
8th	1

Leverage
High Lev	3
Medium Lev	6
Low Lev	4

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2002	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2002-07-30	Jared Sandberg	TBD		BAL	ahead 1-0	b 1	2	123	2,(1-0) BX	4	7	5	23%	89%	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Abernathy Scores; S. Cox Scores; T. Hall Scores
2	2	2	2	2002-07-30	Aubrey Huff	TBD		BAL	ahead 6-0	b 2	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	DH	2%	96%	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
3	3	3	3	2002-07-30	Ben Grieve	TBD		BAL	ahead 7-0	b 3	0	1--	3,(2-0) BBX	2	6	9	1%	99%	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); T. Hall Scores
4	4	4	1	2002-08-17	Carlos Peña	DET	@	BAL	tied 1-1	t 4	2	1--	3,(2-0) BBX	2	6	3	23%	70%	Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); R. Simon Scores
5	5	5	1	2002-08-22	Chris Gomez	TBD	@	BAL	behind 0-1	t 6	0	---	7,(3-2) CBCBFBX	1	8	6	16%	50%	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
6	6	6	1	2002-08-28	Todd Hollandsworth	TEX		BAL	behind 0-1	b 3	2	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	1	8	21%	63%	Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); M. Lamb Scores
7	7	7	2	2002-08-28	Iván Rodríguez	TEX		BAL	ahead 3-2	b 6	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	5	2	10%	84%	Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
8	8	8	1	2002-09-11	Robin Ventura	NYY		BAL	tied 0-0	b 2	2	---	4,(2-1) BCBX	1	6	5	11%	62%	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
9	9	9	2	2002-09-11	Alfonso Soriano	NYY		BAL	ahead 1-0	b 3	0	12-	2,(1-0) BX	3	1	4	14%	89%	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); N. Johnson Scores; J. Rivera Scores
10	10	10	1	2002-09-17	Shannon Stewart	TOR	@	BAL	behind 3-9	t 7	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	1	7	2%	3%	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
11	11	11	1	2002-09-23	Shea Hillenbrand	BOS	@	BAL	tied 2-2	t 5	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	2	5	14%	61%	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
12	12	12	1	2002-09-29	Rondell White	NYY	@	BAL	behind 0-1	t 4	2	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	7	7	33%	70%	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Giambi Scores; R. Ventura Scores
13	13	13	2	2002-09-29	Jason Giambi	NYY	@	BAL	ahead 3-1	t 5	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	3	DH	14%	89%	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Jeter Scores