John Stearns
1974–1984 · bats R / throws R · NLS, New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies
810G
.260AVG
.341OBP
.375SLG
More career statistics
696H
46HR
312RBI
91SB
2Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 810 | 3,083 | 2,681 | 334 | 696 | 152 | 10 | 46 | 312 | 323 | 294 | 91 | 51 | 25 | 30 | 1,006 | .260 | .341 | .375 | .716 |
Streaks
15longest hitting streak · 1977-06-15 to 1977-07-02
18longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47 | First-Inning Ejection | 1980-07-04 | 1 in 187 games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Three-Steal Game | 1982-07-18 | 1 in 96 games | box score ↗ |
| 29 | struck out 4 times | 1977-08-03 | 1 in 728 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 391 | 1453 | 319 | 14 | 121 | 153 | 142 | .253 | .325 | .344 |
| Away | 419 | 1630 | 377 | 32 | 191 | 170 | 152 | .266 | .336 | .403 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 98 | 377 | 84 | 6 | 28 | 28 | 40 | .249 | .297 | .380 |
| May | 155 | 609 | 149 | 8 | 70 | 62 | 50 | .281 | .346 | .388 |
| June | 147 | 584 | 145 | 11 | 63 | 67 | 48 | .285 | .363 | .431 |
| July | 138 | 531 | 122 | 9 | 59 | 52 | 55 | .263 | .328 | .379 |
| August | 117 | 430 | 79 | 7 | 46 | 48 | 39 | .216 | .295 | .326 |
| September | 149 | 528 | 111 | 5 | 44 | 65 | 58 | .245 | .333 | .336 |
| October | 6 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .261 | .292 | .261 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-phillies | 99 | 380 | 75 | 6 | 33 | 43 | 46 | .231 | .311 | .355 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 95 | 366 | 75 | 3 | 26 | 40 | 34 | .232 | .314 | .322 |
| chicago-cubs | 94 | 355 | 87 | 6 | 42 | 31 | 18 | .278 | .332 | .409 |
| montreal-expos | 90 | 332 | 77 | 7 | 32 | 35 | 40 | .266 | .337 | .386 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 85 | 340 | 79 | 5 | 38 | 44 | 22 | .275 | .362 | .401 |
| cincinnati-reds | 62 | 225 | 48 | 4 | 21 | 22 | 27 | .242 | .311 | .364 |
| los-angeles-dodgers | 60 | 238 | 63 | 2 | 18 | 33 | 31 | .317 | .403 | .407 |
| san-diego-padres | 60 | 228 | 51 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 16 | .260 | .338 | .418 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | .500 | – | – |
| 1975 |  New York Mets | 59 | 169 | 32 | 3 | 10 | 4 | .189 | – | – |
| 1976 | New York Mets | 32 | 103 | 27 | 2 | 10 | 1 | .262 | – | – |
| 1977 | New York Mets | 139 | 431 | 108 | 12 | 55 | 9 | .251 | – | – |
| 1978 | New York Mets | 143 | 477 | 126 | 15 | 73 | 25 | .264 | – | – |
| 1979 | New York Mets | 155 | 538 | 131 | 9 | 66 | 15 | .243 | – | – |
| 1980 | New York Mets | 91 | 319 | 91 | – | 45 | 7 | .285 | – | – |
| 1981 | New York Mets | 80 | 273 | 74 | 1 | 24 | 12 | .271 | – | – |
| 1982 | New York Mets | 98 | 352 | 103 | 4 | 28 | 17 | .293 | – | – |
| 1983 | New York Mets | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1984 | New York Mets | 8 | 17 | 3 | – | 1 | 1 | .176 | – | – |