John Stuper
John Anton Stuper is an American former baseball coach and pitcher. He attended Point Park University before playing professionally from 1982 to 1985 for the St. Louis Cardinals and the Cincinnati Reds. He then served as the head coach of the Yale Bulldogs.
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 ten 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.