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.

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	NYM		CHC	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
2	2	Apr 11	NYM		CHC	L,5-7	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
3	3	Apr 12	NYM		CHC	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	5	1	1	7	1	C
4	4	Apr 13	NYM		CHC	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
5	5	Apr 15	NYM		MON	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	10	0	1	11	0	C
6	6	Apr 16	NYM		MON	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
7	7	Apr 17	NYM	@	CHC	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	C
8	8	Apr 19	NYM	@	CHC	L,9-12	CG	42	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
9	9	Apr 20	NYM	@	CHC	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
10	10	Apr 21	NYM	@	PHI	W,3-0	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
11	11	Apr 22	NYM	@	PHI	L,8-14	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
12	12	Apr 23	NYM	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
13	13	Apr 25	NYM	@	HOU	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
14	14	Apr 26	NYM	@	HOU	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
15	16 (1)	Apr 30	NYM		PHI	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	17	May 1	NYM		PHI	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
17	18	May 2	NYM		SDP	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
18	19	May 3	NYM		SDP	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
19	20	May 4 (1)	NYM		SDP	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
20	21	May 4 (2)	NYM		SDP	W,6-2	GF	16	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
21	22	May 5	NYM		CIN	W,3-2	CG	44	10.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
22	23	May 6	NYM		CIN	L,10-12	CG	64	14.0	11	1	1	13	0	C
23	24	May 7	NYM		CIN	L,2-3	GF	14	3.0	1	3	0	4	1	PH 3B
24	25	May 9	NYM	@	MON	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
25	26	May 10	NYM	@	MON	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
26	27	May 13	NYM	@	CIN	L,4-15	CG	46	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
27	28	May 14	NYM	@	CIN	W,7-6	CG	41	10.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
28	29	May 16	NYM	@	ATL	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
29	30	May 18 (1)	NYM	@	ATL	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
30	32 (1)	May 20	NYM		HOU	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
31	33	May 21	NYM		HOU	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
32	34	May 22	NYM		HOU	L,5-8	CG	46	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
33	35	May 23	NYM		ATL	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
34	36	May 24	NYM		ATL	W,5-4	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
35	37	May 25	NYM		ATL	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
36	38	May 26	NYM	@	STL	L,5-8	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
37	39	May 27	NYM	@	STL	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
38	40	May 28	NYM	@	STL	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
39	41	May 30	NYM	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	17	5.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
40	42	May 31	NYM	@	PIT	L,0-5	CG	31	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	43	Jun 1	NYM	@	PIT	L,3-13	GS	39	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
42	44	Jun 3	NYM		STL	L,1-8	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
43	45	Jun 4	NYM		STL	L,0-1	CG	37	10.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
44	46	Jun 5	NYM		STL	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
45	47	Jun 6	NYM		PIT	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
46	48	Jun 7	NYM		PIT	W,6-5	GS	48	11.0	5	1	1	7	0	C 1B
47	50 (1)	Jun 8 (2)	NYM		PIT	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
48	51	Jun 10	NYM		LAD	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
49	52	Jun 11	NYM		LAD	W,6-2	GS	29	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
50	53	Jun 12	NYM		LAD	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
51	54	Jun 13	NYM		SFG	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
52	55	Jun 14	NYM		SFG	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
53	56	Jun 15	NYM		SFG	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
54	57	Jun 16	NYM	@	SDP	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
55	58	Jun 17	NYM	@	SDP	L,1-2	CG	37	8.2	10	3	0	13	1	1B
56	59	Jun 18	NYM	@	SFG	L,5-8	CG	40	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
57	60	Jun 19	NYM	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	39	9.1	14	1	0	15	0	1B
58	61	Jun 20	NYM	@	LAD	L,3-4	CG	41	8.2	2	1	0	3	0	C
59	62	Jun 21	NYM	@	LAD	L,0-5	GS	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	1B C
60	63	Jun 22	NYM	@	LAD	W,9-6	CG	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
61	64	Jun 24	NYM	@	CHC	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
62	65	Jun 25 (1)	NYM	@	CHC	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
63	66	Jun 25 (2)	NYM	@	CHC	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
64	67	Jun 26	NYM	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
65	68	Jun 27	NYM	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
66	69	Jun 28 (1)	NYM	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	44	11.0	7	3	1	11	0	C
67	71 (1)	Jun 29	NYM	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	72	Jul 1	NYM		CHC	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	C
69	73	Jul 2	NYM		CHC	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
70	74	Jul 3	NYM		MON	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
71	75	Jul 4 (1)	NYM		MON	W,9-5	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
72	77 (1)	Jul 5	NYM		MON	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
73	78	Jul 6	NYM		MON	L,4-9	CG	46	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
74	79	Jul 10	NYM		PIT	W,2-0	GS	29	8.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
75	80	Jul 11	NYM		PIT	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	C
76	81	Jul 12	NYM		STL	L,6-8	GS	30	7.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
77	82	Jul 13 (1)	NYM		STL	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
78	84 (1)	Jul 15	NYM	@	ATL	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
79	85	Jul 16	NYM	@	ATL	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	7	2	1	10	1	1B
80	86	Jul 17	NYM	@	ATL	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
81	87	Jul 18 (1)	NYM	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
82	88	Jul 18 (2)	NYM	@	CIN	L,3-8	GF	8	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
83	89	Jul 19	NYM	@	CIN	W,13-3	CG	32	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
84	90	Jul 20	NYM	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	39	8.2	6	2	0	8	1	C
85	91	Jul 21	NYM	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	38	8.2	8	2	1	11	0	C
86	92	Jul 22	NYM	@	HOU	L,5-6	CG	40	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
87	93	Jul 23	NYM	@	HOU	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
88	94	Jul 25	NYM		CIN	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
89	95	Jul 26	NYM		CIN	L,1-5	GS	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
							91gm		749.0	552	62	8	622	17