Jerry Joseph Stephenson was an American Major League Baseball pitcher and longtime scout. As a player, he appeared for all or parts of seven seasons for the Boston Red Sox, Seattle Pilots (1969) and Los Angeles Dodgers (1970). Born in Detroit, Michigan, and raised in Hermosa Beach and Anaheim, California, Stephenson was a graduate of Anaheim High School and California State University, Fullerton. He threw right-handed, batted left-handed, and was listed as 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) tall and 185 pounds (84 kg).