American baseball player

John Anton Stuper (born May 9, 1957) is a college baseball head coach and former pitcher. He attended Point Park University.

Contents

• 1 Playing career
  • 1.1 Pittsburgh
  • 1.2 St. Louis Cardinals
  • 1.3 Cincinnati Reds
  • 1.4 Montreal Expos
• 2 Career Statistics
• 3 Coaching career
  • 3.1 Yale
  • 3.2 Head coaching records
• 4 See also
• 5 References
• 6 External links

Playing career

Pittsburgh

Stuper was originally drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates on June 6, 1978. He was traded on January 25, 1979 to the St. Louis Cardinals for Tommy Sandt before making it to the majors.

St. Louis Cardinals

He was 25 years old when he broke into Major League Baseball on June 1, 1982, for the St. Louis Cardinals. In his debut he pitched 8 innings against the San Francisco Giants but ended with a no-decision as Jack Clark singled in Darrell Evans in the top of the 11th and the Giants beat the Cardinals 4–3 in St. Louis.

On October 19, 1982, Stuper pitched a complete game as the Cardinals defeated the Milwaukee Brewers, 13–1, in the sixth game of the 1982 World Series to tie the series at three games each. Stuper retired thirteen batters in a row, tying a rookie record set by Dickey Kerr for the White Sox in 1919. The Cardinals won the seventh game the following day by a score of 6–3.

Cincinnati Reds

On September 9, 1984 he was traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Cincinnati Reds for Paul Householder.

Montreal Expos

On December 19, 1985 he was traded with Dann Bilardello, Andy McGaffigan, and Jay Tibbs to the Montreal Expos for Bill Gullickson and Sal Butera, but never played a game for the Expos.

Career Statistics

Stuper was listed by Sports Illustrated as among the 10 best performances by a rookie pitcher in the history of post-season play for his Game 6 complete game.

162-game averages

In 1983 Stuper finished 9th in the National League with 8 wild pitches.His lifetime batting average was .112 (15/134).

Coaching career

Yale

Stuper is currently the head coach for the Yale Bulldogs baseball team. The 13th Yale head coach, Stuper has led the Elis to three Red Rolfe Division *les and two league championships. His 1993 squad was his best, winning a school-record 33 games, earning an NCAA Regional appearance, and setting numerous school records, including 160 stolen bases in 44 games. He earned 1993 New England Division I Coach of the Year and Northeast Region Division I Coach of the Year honors. His Ivy League conference record at Yale is 237–261, and he's the winningest coach in school history with an overall record of 535–610.

Head coaching records

The following is a table of Stuper's yearly records as an NCAA Division I head baseball coach.

See also

• List of current NCAA Division I baseball coaches

References

External links

• John Stuper at Baseball-Reference.com