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John
Stearns		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 190
 
Born: August 21, 1951 in Usa, CO, DENVER
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1981   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1974 22 NYG NL     4 4 4 4 4 4 7 7 7 7 6 6 7 7 7
1975 23 NYG NL     4 4 4 4 4 4 8 7 7 7 6 7 6 6 6
1976 24 NYG NL     4 4 4 4 4 4 8 7 7 7 6 7 7 6 6
1977 25 NYG NL     4 4 4 4 4 4 8 7 8 7 7 7 7 6 6
1978 26 NYG NL     4 4 4 4 4 4 8 7 7 7 6 7 6 6 6
1979 27 NYG NL     4 4 5 4 4 4 8 8 8 7 6 7 7 6 7
1980 28 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8 7 6 7 7 6 7
1981 29 NYG NL $ 300,000   4 4 5 4 4 4 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 6 7
1982 30 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 4 4 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 6 6
1983 31 NYG NL $ 457,143   5 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 6 6
1984 32 NYG NL $ 725,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6
1985 33 NYG NL $ 725,000   5 5 5 4 3 3 7 6 6 7 6 6 6 5 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 4 3 3 7 6 6 7 6 6 6 5 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 725,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1974 22 AAA   132 469 66 128 17 2 9 70 10 3 72 51 .273 .370 .375 .745 69.9  
1975 23 AAA   83 294 40 92 17 6 4 61 4 4 50 48 .313 .413 .452 .865 53.8  
    AA   49 126 17 35 7 4 1 15 2 0 21 21 .278 .381 .421 .802 20.9  
1976 24 AAA   137 478 54 123 34 1 12 69 11 3 59 75 .257 .339 .408 .747 67.8  
1977 25 AAA   137 487 55 110 28 1 8 70 5 4 63 76 .226 .315 .337 .651 54.1  
1978 26 AAA   137 536 82 128 35 3 20 88 9 3 56 68 .239 .311 .427 .738 72.7  
1979 27 AAA   137 515 73 123 23 1 17 82 3 5 83 76 .239 .344 .386 .731 72.6  
1980 28 NYG NL 21 11 1 6 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 2 .545 .643 .545 1.188 3.8 1.2
1981 29 NYG NL 33 78 14 19 6 1 0 5 0 0 9 9 .244 .318 .346 .664 9.1 1.7
1982 30 NYG NL 62 130 15 31 8 0 4 20 1 1 9 21 .238 .280 .392 .672 15.0 1.6
1983 31 NYG NL 70 171 16 44 15 1 1 20 4 1 12 29 .257 .304 .374 .679 17.7 3.0
1984 32 NYG NL 59 167 16 35 10 1 0 17 1 0 11 37 .210 .261 .281 .543 12.2 0.7
1985 33 NYG NL 79 219 24 53 15 0 2 19 4 0 27 52 .242 .333 .338 .671 24.7 5.4
6 Years Sim 324 776 86 188 54 3 7 83 11 2 71 150 .242 .307 .347 .653 82.6 13.6
6 Years AAA 763 2779 370 704 154 14 70 440 42 22 383 394 .253 .348 .394 .742 390.8  
1 Years AA 49 126 17 35 7 4 1 15 2 0 21 21 .278 .381 .421 .802 20.9  
7 Years Minors 812 2905 387 739 161 18 71 455 44 22 404 415 .254 .349 .396 .745 411.7  
162 Game Average 388 43 94 27 1 3 41 5 1 35 75 .242 .307 .347 .653 41.3  
Career Highs 79 219 24 53 15 1 4 20 4 1 27 52 .545 .643 .545 1.188 24.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   378 47 97 29 2 5 48 6 2 33 70 .257 .314 .384 .698 45.3
vs LH   398 39 91 25 1 2 35 5 0 38 80 .229 .299 .312 .611 37.8
Home 147 350 32 76 24 1 2 33 3 1 27 68 .217 .274 .309 .582 28.8
Away 177 426 54 112 30 2 5 50 8 1 44 82 .263 .333 .378 .711 54.3
RISP   199 0 51 18 1 2 69 0 0 23 36 .256 .332 .387 .719 25.5
Pinch Hitting   81 11 21 5 0 1 11 0 0 9 17 .259 .341 .358 .699 9.8
Close/Late   115 13 35 9 2 1 14 0 0 9 21 .304 .360 .443 .803 16.9
Mar/Apr 50 88 10 24 7 1 1 12 2 0 10 16 .273 .354 .409 .763 12.6
May 51 103 11 24 7 0 0 10 1 0 8 19 .233 .286 .301 .587 8.9
June 52 116 15 30 7 0 1 10 4 0 15 21 .259 .338 .345 .683 15.0
July 55 144 17 29 7 1 2 10 0 0 17 30 .201 .294 .306 .600 13.2
August 53 140 19 38 9 1 2 19 3 0 11 22 .271 .320 .393 .713 17.9
Sep/Oct 63 185 14 43 17 0 1 22 1 2 10 42 .232 .273 .341 .613 15.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1980 28 NYG NL 3B 4 0 14.0 0 5 0 0 1.000 3.21 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    C 4 0 5.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.69 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1981 29 NYG NL C 16 12 118.7 78 8 3 0 .966 6.52 18 7 .389 0 0.5
    1B 4 4 31.0 32 1 0 2 1.000 9.58 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 3 2 20.0 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1982 30 NYG NL C 22 16 163.0 108 6 0 0 1.000 6.29 13 5 .385 1 0.5
    1B 11 10 84.0 94 10 0 8 1.000 11.14 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    3B 4 0 7.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 3.86 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1983 31 NYG NL C 45 40 360.0 250 21 2 0 .993 6.78 21 13 .619 2 2.8
    1B 3 0 13.0 14 0 0 1 1.000 9.69 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 3 0 6.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.42 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1984 32 NYG NL C 34 32 276.0 186 15 3 0 .985 6.55 23 11 .478 1 2.0
    1B 3 0 5.0 7 0 0 1 1.000 12.60 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1985 33 NYG NL C 65 55 501.0 275 30 6 1 .981 5.48 60 21 .350 5 2.5
    1B 11 3 49.0 49 3 2 8 .963 9.55 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 2 0 3.3 0 2 0 0 1.000 5.41 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 186 155 1424.0 898 80 14 1 .986 6.18 135 57 .422 9 8.4
  1B 32 17 182.0 196 14 2 20 .991 10.38 0 0 .000 0 0.4
  3B 17 2 52.3 1 14 0 1 1.000 2.58 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   237 174 1660.3 1095 108 16 22 .987 6.52 135 57 .422 9 9.0
Career Highs   78 58 553.3 324 35 8 9 1.000 7.83 60 21 .619 5  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1981 29 NYG NL 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1982 30 NYG NL 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000
1984 32 NYG NL 4 13 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 6 .154 .294 .231 .525
Career Post-Season Batting 8 17 3 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 7 .176 .286 .294 .580
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  1. Jerry McNertney (978)
  2. Bo Diaz (975)
  3. Jerry Narron (974)
  4. Bernie Hungling (974)
  5. Rick Cerone (974)
  6. Ebba St.Claire (970)
  7. Al Spohrer (968)
  8. Jeff Reed (967)
  9. Bill Heath (967)
  10. Hal Smith (966)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 31st overall pick, by New York (N) in 1974
Injured on 5/2/1975 with a Concussion, out for one week
Had first career hit on 4/15/1980, off Jeff Reardon (KCR)
Won World Championship with New York (N) in 1981
Hit first career homerun on 4/21/1982, off Jim Umbarger (PIT)
2/2/1983: Gets a new one-year contract worth $457,143 through salary arbitration
2/2/1984: Gets a new one-year contract worth $725,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1985: Gets a new one-year contract worth $725,000 through salary arbitration
 
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