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John Stearns
John Hardin Stearns (Bad Dude)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 185 lb.
School Colorado

MLB Debut September 22, 1974
Final Game September 30, 1984
Born August 21, 1951 in Denver, CO
Died September 15, 2022 (age 71)

Batting   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Pitchers
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1975 23 NYN NL   12   21    0    3   1   1   0    1   0   0    1    2  .143  .182  .286  .468    70     6   0   0   0   0   0  
 1976 24 CIN NL   38   97   10   24   6   0   2    9   2   1   13    8  .247  .336  .371  .707   102    36   1   0   2   0   0  
 1977 25 CIN NL  121  365   57   85  24   0   9   60   2   4   60   80  .233  .353  .373  .726    99   136   2   6   0  11   6  
 1978 26 CIN NL  137  454   66  126  33   1  15   81  24  10   77   52  .278  .389  .454  .843   116   206   3   3   5   8  11  
 1979 27 CIN NL  141  510   55  120  28   1   7   50  12   5   50   60  .235  .308  .335  .643    89   171   1   4   0   5  17  
 1980 28 CIN NL  111  323   34   79  27   1   0   29   4   0   30   30  .245  .310  .334  .644    87   108   1   1   5   1   9  
 1981 29 CIN NL  111  388   45  117  21   1   1   46  11   2   34   29  .302  .354  .369  .723   102   143  11   4   2   0  13  
 1982 30 CIN NL  103  352   48  117  31   4  12   58   9   5   23   33  .332  .370  .545  .916   127   192  11   5   3   1   4  
 1983           [Did not play]
 1984 32 NYA AL    5   17    4    4   1   0   0    3   0   0    7    1  .235  .458  .294  .752   104     5   0   0   0   0   1  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
  9 Seasons      779 2527  319  675 172   9  46  337  64  27  295  295  .267  .347  .397  .744        1003  30  23  17  26  61
 Per 600 PA           523   66  140  36   2  10   70  13   6   61   61                                 207   6   5   4   5  13
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With CIN      762 2489  315  668 170   8  46  333  64  27  287  292  .268  .347  .399  .746         992  30  23  17  26  60
   With NYN       12   21    0    3   1   1   0    1   0   0    1    2  .143  .182  .286  .468           6   0   0   0   0   0
   With NYA        5   17    4    4   1   0   0    3   0   0    7    1  .235  .458  .294  .752           5   0   0   0   0   1
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals      810 2681  334  696 152  10  46  312  91  51  323  294  .260  .341  .375  .717        1006  23  30  25  25  80
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1975 23 NYN NL  73    1   1.7   6   2   0  .333   0    1    0  .000    0    0  .000  C    3(+2)e4   -85   
 1976 24 CIN NL  20   13   4.7   7   1   0  .143   1   10    7  .700    4    3  .571  C    3(-2)e6   -35   
 1977 25 CIN NL  13   52   4.8   6   2   1  .333   4   44   33  .750   25   12  .676  C    3(-1)e5   -41   
 1978 26 CIN NL  44   84   6.4   3   1   0  .333   4   60   51  .850   49   31  .612  C    3(-1)e7    66   
 1979 27 CIN NL  23   52   3.4   1   0   0  .000  10   71   53  .746  117   42  .736  C    3(0)e8    -24   
 1980 28 CIN NL  14   33   3.5   2   1   0  .500  14   42   31  .738   65   21  .756  C    3(0)e6    -72   
 1981 29 CIN NL  12   51   4.6   2   2   0 1.000   7   54   38  .704   75   22  .773  C    3(0)e3     61   
 1982 30 CIN NL   7   70   7.4   5   3   0  .600   6   46   33  .717  120   37  .764  C    3(0)e2    152   
 1983           [Did not play]
 1984 32 NYA AL  92    2   5.5   0   0   0  .000   0    2    1  .500    3    1  .750  C    4(+1)e16  184   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
  9 Seasons          361   4.9  32  12   1  .375  46  330  247  .748  458  169  .730                  21   1
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 8.6 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 23.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1975 23 NYN NL  C      6    20     2    0    1  1.000     4    35.1   5.60
 1976 24 CIN NL  C     31   138     6    1    1   .993    27   224.1   5.78
 1977 25 CIN NL  C    112   671    25    4    1   .994    99   913.0   6.86
                 1B     3    19     1    0    3  1.000     2    18.0  10.00
 1978 26 CIN NL  C    135   820    60    4    3   .995   121  1125.2   7.04  GG
 1979 27 CIN NL  C    138   798    76   10    4   .989   128  1178.0   6.68
                 3B     2     0     2    0    1  1.000     2    18.0   1.00
 1980 28 CIN NL  C    109   553    35   14    2   .977    83   814.2   6.50
                 1B     2    15     1    0    0  1.000     2    12.0  12.00
 1981 29 CIN NL  C    101   630    41    6    4   .991    97   875.1   6.90
                 1B     8    63     8    1    8   .986     8    73.2   8.67
 1982 30 CIN NL  C     97   586    49    6    4   .991    86   771.0   7.41
                 3B     1     0     1    0    0  1.000     0     2.2   3.37
 1983           [Did not play]
 1984 32 NYA AL  C      5    32     1    0    0  1.000     5    40.0   7.42
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 C    734  4248   295   45   20   .990   650  5977.1   6.84
                 1B    13    97    10    1   11   .991    12   103.2   9.29
                 3B     3     0     3    0    1  1.000     2    20.2   1.31
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1976 NLCS  CIN NYN   W    1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0
      WS    CIN KCA   W    1   3  0  1  1  0  0   1  0  0  .333  .333  .667  0
 1977 NLCS  CIN MON   W    4  12  3  3  0  0  1   4  3  2  .250  .400  .500  0
      WS    CIN BOA   W    4  14  0  2  0  0  0   0  2  6  .143  .250  .143  0
 1979 NLCS  CIN NYN   W    5  19  3  3  1  0  1   3  2  1  .158  .238  .368  0
      WS    CIN BOA   L    5  18  0  2  0  0  0   1  2  6  .111  .190  .111  0
 1981 NLCS  CIN MON   L    3   8  0  0  0  0  0   1  2  0  .000  .182  .000  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1975  NYN   67-95   Jon Fellows
 1976  CIN  113-49   Alan Boodman
 1977  CIN  100-62   Alan Boodman
 1978  CIN   88-74   Alan Boodman
 1979  CIN   96-66   Alan Boodman
 1980  CIN   90-72   Alan Boodman
 1981  CIN  100-62   Alan Boodman
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