John Stuper

John Anton Stuper (born May 9, 1957) is a former baseball coach and former pitcher. He attended Point Park University before playing professionally from 1982–1985 for the St. Louis Cardinals and the Cincinnati Reds. He then served as the head coach of the Yale Bulldogs (1993–2022).

John Stuper
Pitcher
Born: (1957-05-09) May 9, 1957
Butler, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
June 1, 1982, for the St. Louis Cardinals
Last MLB appearance
October 4, 1985, for the Cincinnati Reds
MLB statistics
Win–loss record32–28
Earned run average3.96
Strikeouts191
Teams
As player

As coach

Career highlights and awards

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.[1]

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[2] for his Game 6 complete game.

W L G GS CG SHO IP H ER SO ERA WHIP WP
32 28 111 76 9 1 495 528 218 191 3.96 1.436 14

162-game averages

W L G GS CG SHO IP H ER SO ERA WHIP WP
11 10 40 27 3 0 180 192 79 69 3.96 1.436 5

In 1983 Stuper finished 9th in the National League with 8 wild pitches.[3] His lifetime batting average was .112 (15/134).

Coaching career

Butler County Community College

A month after being released by the Expos in 1986, Stuper was hired as the head baseball coach at Butler County Community College. He said it was his intention to coach at BCCC while working on his master's degree at Slippery Rock University.[4] Stuper implemented lessons learned from his former Cardinals manager, Whitey Herzog, and oversaw aggressive Butler teams which set school records in runs and stolen bases. He led the school to a record of 92–68.[5]

St. Louis Cardinals

Stuper served as a pitching coach in the Cardinals farm system in 1991 and 1992. He spent the first year in the Florida State League and the second year in the South Atlantic League.[5]

Yale

Stuper served as the 13th head coach for the Yale Bulldogs baseball team. Stuper led the Elis to three Red Rolfe Division titles 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 was the winningest coach in school history with an overall record of 535–610.[2]

Head coaching records

The following is a table of Stuper's yearly records as an NCAA Division I head baseball coach.[6][7][8]

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Yale Bulldogs (Ivy League) (1993–2022)
1993 Yale 33–1116–41st (Rolfe)Central I Regional
1994 Yale 24–1914–61st (Rolfe)Ivy League Championship Series
1995 Yale 23–2013–71st (Rolfe)Ivy League Championship Series
1996 Yale 24–1811–92nd (Rolfe)
1997 Yale 24–1916–42nd (Rolfe)
1998 Yale 21–2111–92nd (Rolfe)
1999 Yale 16–296–144th (Rolfe)
2000 Yale 13–313–174th (Rolfe)
2001 Yale 12–226–144th (Rolfe)
2002 Yale 12–275–154th (Rolfe)
2003 Yale 16–246–144th (Rolfe)
2004 Yale 19–2011–93rd (Rolfe)
2005 Yale 23–1710–103rd (Rolfe)
2006 Yale 26–1911–94th (Rolfe)
2007 Yale 16–278–123rd (Rolfe)
2008 Yale 20–24–19–10–12nd (Rolfe)
2009 Yale 13–247–134th (Rolfe)
2010 Yale 21–22–18–124th (Rolfe)
2011 Yale 23–1911–92nd (Rolfe)
2012 Yale 13–315–154th (Rolfe)
2013 Yale 13–2510–102nd (Rolfe)
2014 Yale 19–2211–9T-1st (Rolfe)Rolfe Division Playoff
2015 Yale 15–236–14T-3rd (Rolfe)
2016 Yale 19–28–111–9T-1st (Rolfe)Ivy League Championship Series
2017 Yale 34–1816–41st (Rolfe)NCAA Regional
2018 Yale 22–2015–61stIvy League Championship Series
2019 Yale 18–2312–83rd
2020 Yale 3–70–0Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021 Yale 0–00–0Ivy League opted-out of the season
2022 Yale 20–1810–11T-4th
Yale: 555–628–2278–283–1
Total:555–628–2

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References
  1. The St. Louis Cardinals Monday said pitcher John Stuper...
  2. Player Bio: John Stuper :: Baseball
  3. 1983 National League Expanded Leaderboards Baseball-Reference.com
  4. "Stuper to coach BCCC". Latrobe Bulletin. Associated Press. May 5, 1986. p. 12. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
  5. Sybert, Steve (April 29, 1992). "Campus life lures Stuper to Yale". The Pittsburgh Press. p. 76. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
  6. "Ivy League Baseball Record Book 2011–2012" (PDF). Ivy League. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 27, 2014. Retrieved March 6, 2013.
  7. "2012 Ivy League Baseball Standings". D1Baseball.com. Archived from the original on July 21, 2013. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
  8. "2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Championship Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 3, 2013. Retrieved March 16, 2013.
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