John Stephenson (baseball)

John Stephenson

Catcher

Born: April 13, 1941
South Portsmouth, Kentucky

Batted: Left

Threw: Right

MLB debut

April 14, 1964, for the New York Mets

Last MLB appearance

September 29, 1973, for the California Angels

MLB statistics

Batting average

.216

Home runs

Runs batted in

Teams

New York Mets (1964–1966)
Chicago Cubs (1967–1968)
San Francisco Giants (1969–1970)
California Angels (1971–1973)

John Herman Stephenson (born April 13, 1941 in South Portsmouth, Greenup County, Kentucky) is a retired American professional baseball player who was a catcher in the Major Leagues from 1964-1973. He played for the San Francisco Giants, Chicago Cubs, New York Mets, and California Angels. On June 21, 1964, while with the Mets, he struck out for the final out of Jim Bunning's perfect game. John holds a degree from William Carey College in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. He has gone on to coach extensively in the major and minor leagues as well as college.

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)

Southeastern Louisiana Lions head baseball coaches

Ned McGehee (1949)
Luther Marler (1950)
Pat Kenelly (1951–1964)
Tommy Bell (1965–1966)
Jim Waldrop (1967–1972)
Bob Ricketts (1973–1975)
George Lee (1976)
Carl Torbush (1977–1979)
Ronnie Shelley (1980–1981)
Dell Hughes (1982)
Danny Dufreche (1983–1984)
John Stephenson (1985)
Newton Chelette # (1986)
John Stephenson (1987–1990)
Greg Marten (1991–2002)
Dan Canevari (2003–2005)
Jay Artigues (2006–2013)
Matt Riser (2014–)

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