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John Stephens

Position: Starting Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

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

Born: November 15, 1979 in Sydney, Australia au

High School: Parramatta Marist (Westmead, Australia)

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

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1997	17		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Rk	BAL	5	0	1.000	1.42	1.42	13	7	3	0	0	1	57.0	32	9	9	5	14	0	77	1	1	1	214	0.807	5.1	0.8	2.2	12.2	5.50
1997	17	-2.5	Orioles	GULF	Rk	BAL	3	0	1.000	0.82	0.82	9	3	3	0	0	1	33.0	15	3	3	1	9	0	43	0	0	0	121	0.727	4.1	0.3	2.5	11.7	4.78
1997	17	-3.2	Bluefield	APPY	Rk	BAL	2	0	1.000	2.25	2.25	4	4	0	0	0	0	24.0	17	6	6	4	5	0	34	1	1	1	93	0.917	6.4	1.5	1.9	12.8	6.80
1998	18	-3.6	Delmarva	SALL	A	BAL	1	2	.333	2.60	2.86	6	6	0	1	1	0	34.2	25	11	10	3	13	0	40	1	0	3	141	1.096	6.5	0.8	3.4	10.4	3.08
1999	19	-2.4	Delmarva	SALL	A	BAL	10	8	.556	3.22	3.96	28	27	0	4	2	0	170.1	148	75	61	10	36	0	217	10	0	4	702	1.080	7.8	0.5	1.9	11.5	6.03
2000	20	-2.7	Frederick	CARL	A+	BAL	7	6	.538	3.05	3.43	20	20	0	0	0	0	118.0	119	45	40	5	22	1	121	8	0	6	497	1.195	9.1	0.4	1.7	9.2	5.50
2001	21		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	BAL	13	9	.591	2.51	2.98	27	26	0	3	3	0	190.0	147	63	53	15	40	2	191	9	0	6	749	0.984	7.0	0.7	1.9	9.0	4.78
2001	21	-5.7	Rochester	IL	AAA	BAL	2	5	.286	4.03	4.81	9	9	0	0	0	0	58.0	52	31	26	5	19	1	61	3	0	4	247	1.224	8.1	0.8	2.9	9.5	3.21
2001	21	-3.2	Bowie	EL	AA	BAL	11	4	.733	1.84	2.18	18	17	0	3	3	0	132.0	95	32	27	10	21	1	130	6	0	2	502	0.879	6.5	0.7	1.4	8.9	6.19
2002	22	-4.4	Rochester	IL	AAA	BAL	11	5	.688	3.03	3.22	21	21	0	1	0	0	142.2	126	51	48	10	23	0	118	8	0	1	571	1.044	7.9	0.6	1.5	7.4	5.13
2002	22	-6.7	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	2	5	.286	6.09	6.09	12	11	0	0	0	0	65.0	68	44	44	13	22	2	56	3	0	2	281	1.385	9.4	1.8	3.0	7.8	2.55
2003	23	-3.8	Ottawa	IL	AAA	BAL	6	7	.462	3.97	4.31	27	27	0	1	0	0	158.2	155	76	70	15	39	1	132	9	0	4	663	1.223	8.8	0.9	2.2	7.5	3.38
2004	24	-2.9	Pawtucket	IL	AAA	BOS	9	6	.600	4.47	4.66	24	21	2	1	0	0	143.0	148	74	71	23	32	0	101	10	0	5	594	1.259	9.3	1.4	2.0	6.4	3.16
2005	25	-1.8	Pawtucket	IL	AAA	BOS	0	1	.000	9.00	9.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	6	4	4	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	19	1.750	13.5	2.3	2.3	9.0	4.00
2005	25	-1.8	Charlotte	IL	AAA	CHW	0	2	.000	3.99	4.91	10	3	2	0	0	0	29.1	34	16	13	2	8	0	14	4	0	1	131	1.432	10.4	0.6	2.5	4.3	1.75
2005	25	-1.8	Ottawa	IL	AAA	BAL	4	2	.667	4.41	4.41	12	9	1	0	0	0	51.0	52	25	25	6	8	0	41	6	0	3	211	1.176	9.2	1.1	1.4	7.2	5.13
2006	26		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	BAL	2	7	.222	5.32	5.84	20	18	0	0	0	0	86.1	97	56	51	7	35	2	59	5	0	12	386	1.529	10.1	0.7	3.6	6.2	1.69
2006	26	-1.1	Ottawa	IL	AAA	BAL	2	5	.286	4.97	5.54	12	12	0	0	0	0	63.1	74	39	35	4	24	2	43	3	0	9	286	1.547	10.5	0.6	3.4	6.1	1.79
2006	26	1.2	Reading	EL	AA	PHI	0	2	.000	6.26	6.65	8	6	0	0	0	0	23.0	23	17	16	3	11	0	16	2	0	3	100	1.478	9.0	1.2	4.3	6.3	1.45
2006-07	26	0.2	Lara	VEWL	FgW		0	1	.000	3.21	3.21	4	3	0	0	0	0	14.0	12	5	5	0	4	0	10	1	0	0	58	1.143	7.7	0.0	2.6	6.4	2.50
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (1 season)					Majors		2	5	.286	6.09	6.09	12	11	0	0	0	0	65.0	68	44	44	13	22	2	56	3	0	2	281	1.385	9.4	1.8	3.0	7.8	2.55
Minors (10 seasons)					Minors		68	55	.553	3.46	3.84	209	186	8	11	6	1	1185.0	1089	505	455	102	271	6	1115	71	1	46	4878	1.148	8.3	0.8	2.1	8.5	4.11
Foreign (1 season)					Foreign		0	1	.000	3.21	3.21	4	3	0	0	0	0	14.0	12	5	5	0	4	0	10	1	0	0	58	1.143	7.7	0.0	2.6	6.4	2.50
All Levels (10 Seasons)							70	61	.534	3.59	3.94	225	200	8	11	6	1	1264.0	1169	554	504	115	297	8	1181	75	1	48	5217	1.160	8.3	0.8	2.1	8.4	3.98

AAA (6 seasons)					Minors		34	33	.507	4.04	4.38	116	103	5	3	0	0	650.0	647	316	292	66	154	4	514	43	0	27	2722	1.232	9.0	0.9	2.1	7.1	3.34
AA (2 seasons)					Minors		11	6	.647	2.50	2.85	26	23	0	3	3	0	155.0	118	49	43	13	32	1	146	8	0	5	602	0.968	6.9	0.8	1.9	8.5	4.56
A+ (1 season)					Minors		7	6	.538	3.05	3.43	20	20	0	0	0	0	118.0	119	45	40	5	22	1	121	8	0	6	497	1.195	9.1	0.4	1.7	9.2	5.50
A (2 seasons)					Minors		11	10	.524	3.12	3.78	34	33	0	5	3	0	205.0	173	86	71	13	49	0	257	11	0	7	843	1.083	7.6	0.6	2.2	11.3	5.24
Rk (1 season)					Minors		5	0	1.000	1.42	1.42	13	7	3	0	0	1	57.0	32	9	9	5	14	0	77	1	1	1	214	0.807	5.1	0.8	2.2	12.2	5.50