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.

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	NYM	@	CHC	W,10-6	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
2	2	Apr 7	NYM	@	CHC	W,9-4	CG	46	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
3	3	Apr 10	NYM		MON	L,2-3	CG	57	14.0	15	3	0	18	1	C
4	4	Apr 11	NYM		MON	L,2-3	GS	34	8.2	6	2	0	8	0	C
5	5	Apr 12	NYM		PHI	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
6	6	Apr 15 (1)	NYM		PHI	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
7	8 (1)	Apr 17	NYM	@	MON	L,4-5	CG	47	11.1	7	3	0	10	2	C
8	9	Apr 18	NYM	@	MON	L,5-6	CG	40	8.2	5	1	0	6	1	C
9	10	Apr 20	NYM	@	PHI	L,0-8	CG	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
10	11	Apr 21	NYM	@	PHI	L,0-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
11	12	Apr 22	NYM	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
12	13	Apr 24	NYM		SFG	W,10-3	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
13	14	Apr 25	NYM		SFG	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
14	15	Apr 28	NYM		LAD	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
15	16	Apr 29 (1)	NYM		LAD	L,3-8	GS	26	4.2	2	0	0	2	0	C
16	17	Apr 29 (2)	NYM		LAD	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
17	18	Apr 30	NYM		SDP	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	19	May 1	NYM		SDP	L,5-10	CG	47	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
19	20	May 3	NYM	@	SFG	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
20	21	May 4	NYM	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
21	22	May 5	NYM	@	SFG	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
22	23	May 6	NYM	@	SFG	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	C
23	24	May 7	NYM	@	LAD	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
24	25	May 8	NYM	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
25	26	May 9	NYM	@	LAD	L,2-7	CG	42	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
26	27	May 10	NYM	@	LAD	L,1-14	GS	31	5.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
27	28	May 11	NYM	@	SDP	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
28	29	May 12	NYM	@	SDP	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
29	30	May 13	NYM	@	SDP	L,4-5	CG	46	9.2	7	0	0	7	0	C
30	31	May 15	NYM	@	PIT	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
31	32	May 16	NYM	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	45	12.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
32	34 (1)	May 19	NYM		STL	L,4-9	CG	51	12.0	1	4	0	5	2	C
33	35	May 20	NYM		STL	W,8-7	CG	49	11.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
34	36	May 22	NYM		CHC	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
35	37	May 24 (1)	NYM		CHC	L,7-9	CG	45	9.0	7	1	1	9	0	C
36	38	May 24 (2)	NYM		CHC	W,4-2	GF	8	2.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
37	39	May 25	NYM		PIT	T,3-3	CG	40	11.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
38	40	May 26	NYM		PIT	W,10-8	CG	50	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
39	41	May 27	NYM		PIT	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
40	42	May 28	NYM		PIT	L,1-6	GS	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B C
41	43	May 29	NYM	@	STL	W,6-2	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
42	44	May 30	NYM	@	STL	L,3-7	GS	31	6.1	6	0	1	7	0	C
43	45	May 31	NYM	@	STL	L,6-9	CG	40	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	46	Jun 1	NYM	@	ATL	W,5-4	CG	52	11.0	8	2	0	10	1	C
45	48 (1)	Jun 3	NYM	@	ATL	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
46	49	Jun 4	NYM	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	8	0	2	10	0	C
47	50	Jun 5	NYM	@	CIN	L,1-6	CG	41	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
48	51	Jun 6	NYM	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
49	52	Jun 8	NYM		HOU	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	C
50	53	Jun 9	NYM		HOU	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
51	54	Jun 10	NYM		HOU	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
52	55	Jun 11	NYM		CIN	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
53	56	Jun 12	NYM		CIN	W,12-6	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
54	57	Jun 13	NYM		CIN	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
55	58	Jun 15	NYM		ATL	W,2-1	CG	29	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
56	59	Jun 16	NYM		ATL	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
57	60	Jun 17 susp	NYM		ATL	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	6	3	0	9	0	C
58	61	Jun 18	NYM	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	65	17.0	6	4	0	10	0	C
59	62	Jun 19	NYM	@	HOU	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	2	C
60	64 (1)	Jun 22	NYM	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
61	65	Jun 24	NYM	@	STL	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
62	66	Jun 25 (1)	NYM		PIT	L,1-8	CG	45	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
63	67	Jun 25 (2)	NYM		PIT	W,4-0	GS	25	7.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
64	68	Jun 26	NYM		PIT	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
65	69	Jun 27	NYM	@	PIT	W,12-9	CG	47	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
66	70	Jun 28	NYM	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	8	3	0	11	0	C
67	71	Jun 30	NYM	@	CHC	W,9-8	CG	51	11.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	72	Jul 1 (1)	NYM	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	44	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	C
69	74 (1)	Jul 2	NYM	@	PHI	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
70	75	Jul 3	NYM	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
71	76	Jul 4	NYM	@	PHI	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
72	77	Jul 5	NYM	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
73	78	Jul 6	NYM		SDP	L,5-6	CG	53	12.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
74	79	Jul 7	NYM		SDP	L,3-11	GF	17	3.0	2	0	1	3	0	PH C
75	80	Jul 8 (1)	NYM		SDP	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	5	3	0	8	0	C
76	81	Jul 8 (2)	NYM		SDP	W,4-1	GS	26	7.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
77	82	Jul 10	NYM		LAD	L,4-7	CG	47	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
78	83	Jul 11	NYM		LAD	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
79	84	Jul 12	NYM		LAD	W,12-5	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
80	85	Jul 13 (1)	NYM		SFG	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
81	87 (1)	Jul 14	NYM		SFG	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
82	88	Jul 15	NYM		SFG	L,0-4	CG	40	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
83	90 (1)	Jul 20	NYM	@	SDP	L,1-2	CG	30	8.1	1	0	0	1	0	C
84	91	Jul 21	NYM	@	SDP	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
85	92	Jul 22	NYM	@	LAD	L,3-4	CG	37	8.1	6	2	0	8	0	C
86	93	Jul 23	NYM	@	LAD	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
87	94	Jul 24	NYM	@	SFG	W,6-5	CG	51	12.0	6	1	1	8	0	C
88	95	Jul 25	NYM	@	SFG	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
89	97 (1)	Jul 27	NYM		CHC	L,2-4	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
90	98	Jul 28	NYM		CHC	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
91	99	Jul 29	NYM		CHC	W,4-0	CG	24	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
92	100	Jul 30	NYM	@	PIT	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
93	101	Jul 31	NYM	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
94	102	Aug 1	NYM		PHI	L,6-9	GS	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C 3B
95	103	Aug 2 (1)	NYM		PHI	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
96	105 (1)	Aug 3	NYM	@	MON	L,6-10	CG	42	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
97	106	Aug 4	NYM	@	MON	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
98	107	Aug 5 (1)	NYM	@	MON	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
99	109 (1)	Aug 7 (1)	NYM		STL	L,2-9	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
100	111 (1)	Aug 8	NYM		STL	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
101	112	Aug 9	NYM		STL	L,0-4	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	C
102	113	Aug 10 (1)	NYM		MON	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
103	115 (1)	Aug 11	NYM		MON	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
104	116	Aug 14	NYM	@	ATL	W,18-5	GF	25	5.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
105	117	Aug 15	NYM	@	ATL	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
106	118	Aug 16	NYM	@	ATL	W,6-3	GS	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
107	119	Aug 17	NYM	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
108	120	Aug 18	NYM	@	CIN	L,3-4	GS	39	8.1	0	0	1	1	0	LF 3B
109	121	Aug 19	NYM	@	CIN	L,5-6	GS	37	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	3B C
110	122	Aug 20	NYM		HOU	L,1-8	CG	45	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
111	123	Aug 21 susp	NYM		HOU	W,5-0	GS	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
112	124	Aug 22	NYM		HOU	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
113	125	Aug 24	NYM		CIN	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
114	126	Aug 25	NYM		CIN	L,4-8	GS	41	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B C
115	127	Aug 26	NYM		CIN	L,0-8	GS	45	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF C
116	128	Aug 27	NYM		ATL	L,1-5	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
117	129	Aug 28	NYM		ATL	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
118	130	Aug 29	NYM		ATL	L,4-5	GS	38	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	LF C
119	131	Aug 31	NYM	@	HOU	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
120	132	Sep 1	NYM	@	HOU	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
121	133	Sep 2	NYM	@	HOU	W,5-4	GS	25	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
122	134	Sep 3 (1)	NYM	@	MON	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
123	135	Sep 3 (2)	NYM	@	MON	L,5-6	GS	41	9.1	4	0	0	4	0	LF 1B
124	136	Sep 4	NYM	@	MON	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
125	138 (1)	Sep 6 (2)	NYM	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
126	139	Sep 7	NYM		PIT	L,4-6	CG	58	14.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
127	140	Sep 8	NYM		PIT	W,3-2	GF	22	5.0	5	0	0	5	1	PH 1B
128	141	Sep 9	NYM		PIT	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
129	142	Sep 11	NYM		PHI	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
130	143	Sep 12	NYM		PHI	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
131	144	Sep 13	NYM		PHI	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
132	145	Sep 15	NYM	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
133	146	Sep 16	NYM	@	PIT	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
134	147	Sep 18 (1)	NYM		CHC	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
135	149 (1)	Sep 19 (1)	NYM		MON	L,1-3	CG	41	9.0	6	1	1	8	0	C
136	150	Sep 19 (2)	NYM		MON	L,1-4	GS	17	5.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
137	151	Sep 20 (1)	NYM		MON	L,3-6	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
138	153 (1)	Sep 22 (1)	NYM		STL	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
139	155 (1)	Sep 23	NYM		STL	L,4-7	CG	46	10.0	13	1	1	15	0	C
140	156	Sep 24	NYM	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
141	157	Sep 25 (1)	NYM	@	CHC	L,3-11	CG	41	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
142	159 (1)	Sep 26	NYM	@	CHC	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
143	160	Sep 28 (1)	NYM	@	STL	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
144	161	Sep 28 (2)	NYM	@	STL	W,7-6	GF	18	4.0	2	1	1	4	0	PH C
145	162	Sep 29	NYM	@	STL	W,8-7	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
146	163	Sep 30	NYM	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
							154gm		1266.2	754	107	16	877	29