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.

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	NYM	@	CHC	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
2	2	Apr 9	NYM	@	CHC	W,8-6	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
3	3	Apr 10	NYM	@	CHC	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
4	4	Apr 12	NYM		STL	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
5	5	Apr 13	NYM		STL	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
6	7 (1)	Apr 15	NYM		CHC	L,4-8	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
7	9 (1)	Apr 17	NYM		CHC	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
8	10	Apr 18	NYM	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
9	11	Apr 19	NYM	@	STL	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
10	12	Apr 20	NYM	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
11	14 (1)	Apr 23	NYM		PIT	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	6	1	1	8	0	C
12	15	Apr 27	NYM		MON	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
13	16	Apr 29	NYM	@	SDP	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	C
14	17	Apr 30	NYM	@	SDP	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	18	May 1	NYM	@	SDP	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
16	19	May 2	NYM	@	LAD	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
17	21 (1)	May 4	NYM	@	LAD	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
18	22	May 5	NYM	@	LAD	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
19	23	May 6	NYM	@	SFG	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
20	24	May 7	NYM	@	SFG	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
21	25	May 8 (1)	NYM	@	SFG	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	7	3	0	10	0	C
22	27 (1)	May 11 (1)	NYM		SDP	L,3-6	GS	17	3.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
23	28	May 11 (2)	NYM		SDP	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
24	29	May 12	NYM		SDP	L,2-5	GS	35	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
25	30	May 13	NYM		LAD	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
26	31	May 14	NYM		LAD	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
27	32	May 15	NYM		LAD	L,3-4	CG	53	12.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
28	33	May 17	NYM		SFG	W,8-1	GS	22	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
29	36 (2)	May 20	NYM	@	CIN	L,2-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
30	37	May 21	NYM	@	CIN	L,7-8	CG	36	8.0	9	2	0	11	2	C
31	39 (1)	May 22 (2)	NYM	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	46	11.0	8	3	1	12	0	C
32	40	May 24	NYM	@	PIT	L,2-5	GS	20	4.0	1	1	0	2	1	C
33	41	May 27	NYM	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
34	42	May 28	NYM	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	42	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
35	44 (1)	May 30 (1)	NYM		MON	L,1-5	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
36	45	May 30 (2)	NYM		MON	L,2-3	GF	8	2.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	47 (1)	Jun 1	NYM	@	MON	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
38	48	Jun 2	NYM	@	MON	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
39	49	Jun 3	NYM		PHI	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
40	51 (1)	Jun 5 (1)	NYM		PHI	W,6-5	CG	43	10.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
41	53 (1)	Jun 7	NYM		CIN	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
42	54	Jun 8	NYM		CIN	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
43	55	Jun 10	NYM	@	HOU	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
44	56	Jun 11 (1)	NYM	@	HOU	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	6	2	1	9	0	C
45	58 (1)	Jun 12	NYM	@	HOU	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
46	59	Jun 13	NYM	@	ATL	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
47	60	Jun 14	NYM	@	ATL	L,5-8	GF	14	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	C
48	61	Jun 15	NYM	@	ATL	W,6-5	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
49	62	Jun 16	NYM		HOU	W,4-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
50	64 (1)	Jun 18	NYM		HOU	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
51	65	Jun 19	NYM		HOU	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
52	66	Jun 21	NYM		ATL	W,5-2	CG	39	11.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
53	67	Jun 22	NYM		ATL	L,1-4	GF	29	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
54	68	Jun 24	NYM	@	CHC	L,0-5	CG	33	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
55	69	Jun 25	NYM	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	42	8.2	8	0	0	8	0	C
56	70	Jun 26	NYM	@	CHC	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
57	71	Jun 27	NYM		PHI	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
58	72	Jun 28	NYM		PHI	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
59	73	Jun 29	NYM		PHI	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
60	74	Jun 30	NYM	@	MON	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	75	Jul 1 (1)	NYM	@	MON	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
62	76	Jul 1 (2)	NYM	@	MON	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
63	77	Jul 2	NYM	@	MON	L,3-4	CG	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
64	78	Jul 3	NYM	@	MON	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
65	79	Jul 4	NYM	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
66	80	Jul 5	NYM	@	PHI	L,1-12	GS	34	6.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
67	82 (1)	Jul 7	NYM	@	PHI	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
68	83	Jul 8	NYM		MON	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
69	84	Jul 9	NYM		MON	W,7-5	CG	66	17.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
70	86 (1)	Jul 12	NYM		CHC	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
71	87	Jul 13 susp	NYM		CHC	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	14	1	0	15	1	C
72	88	Jul 15 (1)	NYM		PIT	L,1-7	GF	20	4.0	4	1	0	5	0	PH 1B
73	89	Jul 15 (2)	NYM		PIT	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
74	90	Jul 16	NYM		PIT	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
75	91	Jul 17 (1)	NYM		PIT	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
76	92	Jul 17 (2)	NYM		PIT	W,9-3	GS	35	9.0	6	0	1	7	1	1B C
77	93	Jul 21	NYM	@	SDP	L,2-3	CG	41	9.1	6	2	2	10	1	C
78	94	Jul 22	NYM	@	SDP	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
79	95	Jul 23	NYM	@	SDP	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
80	96	Jul 24	NYM	@	LAD	L,3-5	CG	37	8.2	4	1	0	5	0	C
81	97	Jul 25	NYM	@	LAD	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
82	98	Jul 26	NYM	@	SFG	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
83	99	Jul 27	NYM	@	SFG	W,7-4	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
84	100	Jul 29	NYM		SDP	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
85	101	Jul 30	NYM		SDP	L,6-8	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
86	102	Jul 31	NYM		SDP	W,10-9	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
87	103	Aug 1	NYM		LAD	W,8-7	CG	52	12.0	15	0	0	15	0	C
88	104	Aug 2	NYM		LAD	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
89	105	Aug 3	NYM		LAD	W,4-3	CG	56	14.0	11	0	1	12	0	C
90	106	Aug 5	NYM		SFG	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
91	108 (1)	Aug 7	NYM		SFG	L,4-7	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B C
92	109	Aug 8	NYM		STL	L,2-4	CG	34	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
93	110	Aug 9	NYM		STL	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
94	111	Aug 10	NYM		STL	L,1-3	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
95	112	Aug 11	NYM	@	PIT	L,1-9	CG	43	8.0	4	3	0	7	0	C
96	113	Aug 12 (1)	NYM	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
97	115 (1)	Aug 13	NYM	@	PIT	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
98	116	Aug 14	NYM	@	PIT	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	8	0	1	9	0	1B
99	118 (1)	Aug 16	NYM	@	STL	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
100	120 (1)	Aug 19 (1)	NYM		CIN	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	C
101	124 (3)	Aug 22	NYM		HOU	W,2-1	CG	40	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
102	125	Aug 23	NYM		HOU	W,2-1	GS	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B C
103	126	Aug 24	NYM	@	CIN	L,4-11	CG	44	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
104	127	Aug 25	NYM	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
105	129 (1)	Aug 27	NYM	@	ATL	L,4-5	CG	44	9.1	7	1	0	8	0	C
106	132 (2)	Aug 31	NYM	@	HOU	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
107	134 (1)	Sep 2 (2)	NYM		ATL	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
108	136 (1)	Sep 4	NYM		ATL	L,5-7	GF	12	3.1	3	0	0	3	0	C
109	138 (1)	Sep 6	NYM		MON	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
110	139	Sep 7	NYM		PHI	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
111	140	Sep 8	NYM		PHI	L,2-8	CG	46	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
112	141	Sep 9	NYM	@	CHC	L,8-10	CG	45	8.1	4	1	0	5	1	C
113	142	Sep 10	NYM	@	CHC	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
114	143	Sep 11	NYM	@	CHC	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
115	144	Sep 12	NYM	@	MON	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
116	145	Sep 13	NYM	@	MON	L,5-8	CG	43	8.0	7	0	2	9	0	C
117	146	Sep 14	NYM	@	PHI	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
118	147	Sep 15	NYM	@	PHI	L,2-8	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
119	148	Sep 17 (1)	NYM		CHC	W,5-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
120	149	Sep 17 (2)	NYM		CHC	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
121	150	Sep 18 (1)	NYM		CHC	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
122	152 (1)	Sep 20	NYM		PIT	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
123	153	Sep 21	NYM		PIT	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
124	154	Sep 23	NYM		STL	L,6-10	CG	49	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
125	155	Sep 27	NYM	@	PIT	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
126	156	Sep 28	NYM	@	PIT	L,2-3	GS	33	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B C
127	157	Sep 29	NYM	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
128	159 (1)	Sep 30 (2)	NYM	@	STL	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
129	161 (1)	Oct 1 (2)	NYM	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	3	2	1	6	0	C
130	162	Oct 2	NYM	@	STL	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
							133gm		1086.1	772	79	17	868	15