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Name	Team	Age
Ken Stearns	Retired (1989, Age 35)	Died (2030, Age 76)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 1 (1973)	1B	L/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Ted Williams League	0	10 years (139 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B+	C+	B
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B-	B-	B
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
A	A+	C
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D-	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
B	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
B	0	8/21/1954
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
1	3	5
Alt Pos (3B)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
C- (34.8 %)	F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)

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Year

Type

Chances

Active

GS

Injured

Contact vs R

Power vs R

Contact vs L

Power vs L

Speed

Arm

Range

Total

1973

Minors

69.00

6 / 13

4 / 9

6 / 7

10 / 16

5 / 7

6 / 6

11 / 11

48 / 69

1974

Minors

51.00

6 / 10

0 / 6

3 / 6

4 / 9

7 / 9

5 / 5

6 / 6

31 / 51

1975

Minors

63.00

1 / 7

0 / 15

3 / 8

4 / 9

4 / 12

5 / 5

7 / 7

24 / 63

1976

Minors

46.00

0 / 7

0 / 4

3 / 9

0 / 8

2 / 6

4 / 4

8 / 8

17 / 46

1976

Majors

7.18

18

12

0

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 2

0 / 0

1 / 3

1 / 1

0 / 1

3 / 7

1977

Minors

66.00

1 / 10

0 / 12

3 / 10

0 / 8

4 / 10

8 / 9

5 / 7

21 / 66

1978

Minors

51.00

3 / 8

0 / 7

0 / 6

0 / 11

2 / 8

2 / 4

4 / 7

11 / 51

1979

Majors

64.02

158

144

0

1 / 3

0 / 7

2 / 8

0 / 8

3 / 12

5 / 10

8 / 16

19 / 64

1980

Majors

62.83

162

125

0

3 / 11

0 / 4

1 / 5

0 / 10

0 / 10

3 / 9

5 / 13

12 / 62

1981

Majors

68.53

162

138

0

1 / 6

0 / 10

3 / 13

0 / 14

0 / 6

2 / 9

2 / 10

8 / 68

1982

Majors

38.35

162

24

0

1 / 4

0 / 1

1 / 5

0 / 10

0 / 7

3 / 8

1 / 3

6 / 38

1983

Majors

30.63

162

4

0

1 / 6

0 / 3

1 / 6

0 / 3

0 / 2

1 / 6

0 / 4

3 / 30

1984

Majors

62.58

162

148

0

1 / 10

0 / 10

2 / 12

0 / 9

1 / 6

1 / 7

1 / 8

6 / 62

1985

Majors

65.77

162

148

0

0 / 9

0 / 5

0 / 8

0 / 15

0 / 9

0 / 12

0 / 7

0 / 65

1986

Majors

65.77

162

148

0

0 / 7

0 / 9

1 / 9

0 / 9

0 / 7

1 / 10

1 / 14

3 / 65

1987

Majors

65.77

162

148

0

0 / 10

0 / 6

0 / 8

0 / 9

0 / 11

1 / 9

0 / 12

1 / 65

1988

Majors

49.79

122

112

40

-1 / 11

-7 / 8

-1 / 6

-2 / 7

-9 / 4

-2 / 8

0 / 5

-22 / 49

1989

Majors

23.24

121

11

39

-4 / 3

-3 / 1

-5 / 7

-2 / 3

-8 / 3

-2 / 4

-2 / 2

-26 / 23

Total

1715

1162

79

20 / 135

-6 / 117

24 / 135

14 / 158

12 / 132

44 / 126

57 / 141

165 / 944

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1989-11-01	Ken Stearns has retired from the Washington Nationals
1989-04-08	Ken Stearns of the Washington Nationals is injured and is expected to be out 44 days.
1988-09-20	Ken Stearns of the Washington Nationals is injured and is expected to be out 21 days.
1988-05-14	Ken Stearns of the Washington Nationals is injured and is expected to be out 34 days.
1984-03-25	A trade has been completed between the Washington Nationals and the Baltimore Orioles. The Baltimore Orioles receive Gary Scott, Ken Bradley, Pinky Scott, Russ McCormick, March See, Rollie Berger, Draft Pick 1984 Round 5 WAS (Fred Blewett), Draft Pick 1984 Round 4 WAS (Chito Allen), Draft Pick 1986 Round 3 WAS (Mike Davis), Draft Pick 1986 Round 4 WAS (Cliff Lord), Draft Pick 1985 Round 5 WAS (Charlie Smith), Draft Pick 1985 Round 4 WAS (Jim Johnson) from the Washington Nationals in exchange for Ken Stearns, Draft Pick 1984 Round 1 BAL (Ed Miggins).
1979-04-05	The Baltimore Orioles have promoted Ken Stearns to the major league team. The Baltimore Orioles have designated Karl Sale for assignment.
1976-09-16	The Baltimore Orioles have sent Ken Stearns to the minors.
1976-08-26	The Baltimore Orioles have promoted Ken Stearns to the major league team. The Baltimore Orioles have sent Luke Stoneman to the minors.