MLB / Players

John Stuper

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at6 ft 2 in · 200 lb
BornMay 9, 1957 · Butler, PA, USA
MLB debutJune 1, 1982
Final gameOctober 4, 1985
Seasons4 (1982–1985)

St. Louis Cardinals 1982–1984; Cincinnati Reds 1985

Percentile snapshot

1983 season — qualified pitchers

G
40
97.7
GS
30
33.3
W
12
44.8
L
11
50.6
SV
1
89.7
CG
6
43.7
SHO
1
20.7
H
202
52.9
ER
81
64.4
BB
71
44.8
SO
81
17.2
HR
15
62.1
IP
198.0
42.5
ERA
3.68
56.3
WHIP
1.379
28.7
K/9
3.68
16.1
FIP
3.95
39.1
FIP-
108.8
20.7
ERA+
98.5
39.1
sWAR
1.8
35.6

of 88 qualified 1983 pitchers (min 162 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
2.6
72.5

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
198223474215010012400.119.140.167.306-27.2-14.6.1441.7
198340705928000643200.136.190.136.326-13.2-7.7.1661.8
19841520160100011800.063.118.063.180-55.5-47.1.099-0.8
198533271701000131011.059.200.059.259-21.5-25.4.1590.0

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
19822321970201375155538136.73.361.4053.493.94108.6108.11.7
19834030121116120281718115198.03.681.3793.683.95108.898.51.8
198415123500073362019461.35.281.5162.794.10117.066.3-0.8
1985331385010116503738899.04.551.5453.454.02107.382.50.0

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

G
111
PA
164
AB
134
R
3
H
15
2B
0
3B
1
HR
0
RBI
8
BB
9
SO
74
SB
1
BA
.1119
OBP
.1678
SLG
.1269
OPS
.2947

Pitching

G (P)
111
GS
76
W
32
L
28
SV
1
CG
9
SHO
1
IP
495
SO (P)
191
BB allowed
183
ERA
3.964
WHIP
1.4364
K/9
3.47

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
1982-06-01SF @ STL Gameday311010003
1983-09-21NYM @ STL Gameday402000202
1983-04-15NYM @ STL Gameday101000201
1983-10-02CHC @ STL Gameday301000201
1984-05-13STL @ CIN Gameday201000101

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
1985-04-27CIN @ SF Gameday9.0211260
1983-09-11STL @ CHC Gameday8.0511160
1983-06-05STL @ ATL Gameday7.01033061
1983-05-25STL @ CIN Gameday9.0521650
1983-09-21NYM @ STL Gameday9.0533650

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.