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.

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	NYM		MON	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
2	2	Apr 8	NYM		MON	W,6-5	CG	45	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
3	3	Apr 9 (1)	NYM		MON	W,6-5	GF	15	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
4	4	Apr 9 (2)	NYM		MON	L,0-5	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
5	5	Apr 10	NYM		CHC	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
6	6	Apr 11	NYM		CHC	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
7	7	Apr 12	NYM		CHC	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
8	8	Apr 14	NYM	@	MON	W,3-2	CG	42	10.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
9	9	Apr 15	NYM	@	MON	L,3-4	CG	39	10.2	9	0	0	9	0	C
10	10	Apr 16	NYM	@	MON	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
11	11	Apr 17	NYM	@	STL	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
12	12	Apr 18	NYM	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
13	13	Apr 19	NYM	@	STL	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
14	14	Apr 21	NYM	@	CHC	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
15	16 (1)	Apr 23	NYM	@	CHC	L,2-3	GF	8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
16	17	Apr 24	NYM		PIT	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
17	18	Apr 25	NYM		PIT	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
18	19	Apr 26	NYM		PIT	L,0-1	CG	36	11.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
19	20	Apr 28	NYM		CIN	L,1-5	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
20	21	Apr 29	NYM		CIN	L,7-14	CG	52	9.0	14	1	0	15	0	C
21	22	Apr 30	NYM		CIN	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	23	May 1	NYM	@	ATL	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
23	25 (1)	May 4	NYM	@	ATL	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
24	26	May 5	NYM	@	PHI	L,4-9	CG	43	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
25	27	May 6	NYM	@	PHI	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
26	28	May 7	NYM	@	PHI	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
27	29	May 8	NYM	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	37	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
28	30	May 9	NYM	@	CIN	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
29	31	May 10	NYM	@	MON	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
30	32	May 11	NYM	@	MON	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
31	33	May 12	NYM		HOU	L,4-5	CG	63	14.0	13	1	0	14	0	C
32	34	May 13	NYM		HOU	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	C
33	35	May 17 (1)	NYM		ATL	L,1-2	CG	38	10.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
34	37 (1)	May 18	NYM		ATL	W,8-7	CG	43	10.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
35	38	May 19	NYM		PHI	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
36	39	May 20	NYM		PHI	L,4-9	CG	55	11.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
37	40	May 21	NYM		PHI	W,6-5	CG	40	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
38	41	May 23	NYM	@	PIT	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
39	45 (3)	May 27	NYM	@	HOU	W,9-7	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
40	46	May 28	NYM	@	HOU	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
41	48 (1)	May 29 (2)	NYM		STL	L,2-6	CG	45	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
42	49	May 30	NYM		STL	L,2-8	CG	40	9.0	6	3	0	9	0	C
43	50	May 31	NYM		STL	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	51	Jun 2	NYM		SDP	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
45	52	Jun 3	NYM		SDP	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	14	1	1	16	0	C
46	53	Jun 4	NYM		SDP	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
47	54	Jun 5	NYM		LAD	W,9-8	GF	12	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
48	55	Jun 6	NYM		LAD	L,2-8	GS	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
49	58 (2)	Jun 10	NYM		SFG	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
50	60 (1)	Jun 12	NYM	@	SDP	L,2-3	CG	33	8.1	4	1	0	5	0	C
51	61	Jun 13	NYM	@	SDP	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
52	62	Jun 14	NYM	@	LAD	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
53	63	Jun 15	NYM	@	LAD	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
54	64	Jun 16	NYM	@	SFG	L,4-7	GF	10	1.1	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
55	65	Jun 17	NYM	@	SFG	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
56	66	Jun 18 (1)	NYM	@	SFG	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
57	67	Jun 18 (2)	NYM	@	SFG	L,3-4	GF	26	6.1	2	0	0	2	0	C
58	68	Jun 20	NYM		MON	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
59	69	Jun 21	NYM		MON	L,1-2	CG	28	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
60	70	Jun 22	NYM		MON	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
61	71	Jun 23	NYM		PIT	W,3-2	CG	43	11.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
62	72	Jun 24	NYM		PIT	L,4-7	CG	54	12.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
63	73	Jun 25	NYM		PIT	L,0-4	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	C
64	74	Jun 26	NYM	@	CHC	L,9-10	CG	39	8.0	5	3	0	8	0	C
65	75	Jun 27	NYM	@	CHC	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
66	76	Jun 28	NYM	@	CHC	L,8-9	GS	52	9.1	3	0	0	3	0	C 3B
67	77	Jun 29	NYM	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
68	78	Jun 30	NYM	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	1	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	79	Jul 1	NYM	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
70	80	Jul 4 (1)	NYM		PHI	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
71	82 (1)	Jul 5	NYM		PHI	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	C
72	83	Jul 6	NYM		CHC	W,9-6	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
73	84	Jul 7	NYM		CHC	L,7-9	CG	45	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
74	85	Jul 8	NYM		CHC	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
75	86	Jul 9	NYM		CHC	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
76	87	Jul 13	NYM	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
77	88	Jul 14	NYM	@	CIN	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	4	2	1	7	0	C
78	89	Jul 15	NYM	@	CIN	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
79	90	Jul 16	NYM	@	CIN	L,2-9	GS	27	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
80	91	Jul 17 (1)	NYM	@	ATL	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
81	92	Jul 17 (2)	NYM	@	ATL	W,7-4	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
82	93	Jul 18	NYM	@	ATL	L,3-4	CG	36	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	C
83	94	Jul 19 (1)	NYM		HOU	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
84	96 (1)	Jul 20 (1)	NYM		HOU	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
85	98 (1)	Jul 21	NYM		ATL	W,12-3	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
86	99	Jul 22	NYM		ATL	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
87	100	Jul 23	NYM		ATL	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
88	101	Jul 24	NYM		CIN	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
89	102	Jul 25	NYM		CIN	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
90	103	Jul 26	NYM		CIN	W,12-3	GS	27	6.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
91	104	Jul 27	NYM	@	HOU	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
92	105	Jul 28	NYM	@	HOU	L,3-4	CG	39	9.1	7	0	0	7	0	C
93	106	Jul 30	NYM	@	HOU	L,3-4	CG	37	8.1	7	2	1	10	0	C
94	107	Jul 31	NYM	@	PHI	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
95	108	Aug 1	NYM	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
96	109	Aug 2	NYM	@	PHI	L,6-8	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
97	110	Aug 4	NYM	@	STL	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
98	111	Aug 5	NYM	@	STL	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	C
99	112	Aug 6	NYM	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
100	113	Aug 8	NYM	@	MON	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
101	114	Aug 9	NYM	@	MON	W,10-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
102	115	Aug 11	NYM		STL	L,1-4	CG	50	12.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
103	116	Aug 12	NYM		STL	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
104	117	Aug 13	NYM		STL	L,1-6	GF	7	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	C
105	118	Aug 15	NYM		SDP	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
106	119	Aug 16	NYM		SDP	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
107	120	Aug 17	NYM		SDP	L,2-9	GS	31	6.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
108	121	Aug 18	NYM		LAD	L,3-7	CG	45	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
109	122	Aug 19	NYM		LAD	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
110	123	Aug 20	NYM		LAD	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
111	124	Aug 21	NYM		SFG	L,2-4	CG	46	11.0	13	1	0	14	0	C
112	125	Aug 22	NYM		SFG	L,4-7	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
113	126	Aug 23	NYM		SFG	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
114	127	Aug 24	NYM	@	SDP	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
115	128	Aug 25	NYM	@	SDP	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
116	129	Aug 26	NYM	@	SDP	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
117	130	Aug 27	NYM	@	SDP	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
118	131	Aug 29	NYM	@	SFG	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
119	132	Aug 30	NYM	@	SFG	W,10-4	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
120	133	Sep 1	NYM	@	LAD	L,3-4	CG	51	11.2	8	3	1	12	0	C
121	134	Sep 2 (1)	NYM	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
122	136 (1)	Sep 3	NYM	@	LAD	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
123	139 (2)	Sep 5	NYM	@	PIT	L,0-8	CG	39	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
124	140	Sep 6	NYM	@	MON	L,2-8	CG	32	6.1	2	1	0	3	0	C
125	141	Sep 7	NYM	@	MON	W,9-4	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
126	142	Sep 8	NYM		PIT	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
127	143	Sep 9	NYM		PIT	W,4-1	CG	29	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
128	144	Sep 10	NYM		PIT	W,11-9	CG	49	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
129	145	Sep 11	NYM		CHC	L,4-9	GS	42	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
130	146	Sep 13	NYM		MON	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
131	147	Sep 14	NYM		MON	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
132	148	Sep 15	NYM	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	40	10.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
133	149	Sep 16	NYM	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	33	9.1	5	1	0	6	0	C
134	150	Sep 17	NYM	@	PHI	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
135	151	Sep 19	NYM	@	STL	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
136	152	Sep 20	NYM	@	STL	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
137	153	Sep 21	NYM	@	STL	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
138	154	Sep 23 (1)	NYM		PHI	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
139	156 (1)	Sep 24	NYM		PHI	L,2-8	GS	35	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
140	157	Sep 25	NYM		STL	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
141	158	Sep 26	NYM		STL	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
							142gm		1203.2	711	84	12	807	7