Matt Stairs

HandednessBats Left · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 9 in · 200 lb

BornFebruary 27, 1968 · Fredericton, NB, CAN

MLB debutMay 29, 1992

Final gameJuly 22, 2011

Seasons19 (1992–2011)

Montreal Expos 1992–1993; Boston Red Sox 1995; Oakland Athletics 1996–2000; Chicago Cubs 2001; Milwaukee Brewers 2002; Pittsburgh Pirates 2003; Kansas City Royals 2004–2005; Detroit Tigers 2006; Kansas City Royals 2006; Texas Rangers 2006; Toronto Blue Jays 2007; Philadelphia Phillies 2008; Toronto Blue Jays 2008; Philadelphia Phillies 2009; San Diego Padres 2010; Washington Nationals 2011

Percentile snapshot

2000 season — qualified batters

143

36.6

562

27.4

476

26.8

108

1.2

28.7

53.7

RBI

74.4

122

12.2

36.6

65.9

.227

0.6

OBP

.333

23.2

SLG

.414

25.6

OPS

.747

24.4

wRC+

91.2

OPS+

90.9

wOBA

.331

23.8

sWAR

0.4

of 165 qualified 2000 batters (min 499 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

116.3

73.7

OPS+

116.4

73.5

sWAR

21.2

94.1

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1992	13	38	30	2	5	2	0	0	5	7	7	0	0	.167	.316	.233	.549	69.4	59.2	.281	-0.1
1993	6	8	8	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	.375	.375	.500	.875	134.2	131.0	.390	0.1
1995	39	95	88	8	23	7	1	1	17	4	14	0	1	.261	.298	.398	.696	75.0	77.5	.309	-0.1
1996	61	158	137	21	38	5	1	10	23	19	23	1	1	.277	.367	.547	.915	126.2	128.9	.391	0.8
1997	133	410	352	62	105	19	0	27	73	50	60	3	2	.298	.386	.582	.969	150.5	150.2	.417	3.2
1998	149	593	523	88	154	33	1	26	106	59	93	8	3	.294	.370	.511	.880	128.6	128.8	.382	2.6
1999	146	623	531	94	137	26	3	38	102	89	124	2	7	.258	.366	.533	.899	128.8	130.4	.388	3.6
2000	143	562	476	74	108	26	0	21	81	78	122	5	2	.227	.333	.414	.747	91.2	90.9	.331	0.4
2001	128	403	340	48	85	21	0	17	61	52	76	2	3	.250	.358	.462	.820	115.5	116.2	.355	1.2
2002	107	315	270	41	66	15	0	16	41	36	50	2	0	.244	.349	.478	.827	117.4	116.7	.364	1.3
2003	121	357	305	49	89	20	1	20	57	45	64	0	1	.292	.389	.561	.950	147.0	145.2	.410	2.7
2004	126	496	439	48	117	21	3	18	66	49	92	1	0	.267	.345	.451	.796	106.8	105.8	.349	1.3
2005	127	466	396	55	109	26	1	13	66	60	69	1	2	.275	.373	.444	.818	119.1	117.1	.360	1.6
2006	117	393	348	42	86	21	0	13	51	40	86	0	0	.247	.328	.420	.748	90.6	90.8	.328	-0.2
2007	125	405	357	58	103	28	1	21	64	44	66	2	1	.289	.368	.549	.917	137.0	138.8	.395	2.5
2008	121	387	337	46	85	12	1	13	49	42	90	1	1	.252	.341	.409	.751	97.6	100.7	.329	0.2
2009	99	129	103	15	20	4	0	5	17	23	30	0	0	.194	.357	.379	.735	96.9	94.4	.335	0.3
2010	78	111	99	14	23	6	0	6	16	11	32	2	0	.232	.306	.475	.781	109.2	114.9	.335	0.4
2011	56	74	65	4	10	1	0	0	2	9	23	0	0	.154	.257	.169	.426	22.8	21.1	.217	-0.6

Career totals

1,895

334th-most career G

6,023

5,204

770

1,366

294

265

227th-most career HR

RBI

899

407th-most career RBI

717

359th-most career BB

1,122

289th-most career SO

.2625

OBP

.3556

SLG

.4767

245th-highest career slugging percentage

OPS

.8323

274th-highest career OPS

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
2002-06-29	MIL @ MIN Gameday	4	2	3	1	2	3	0	10
2004-06-18	KC @ PHI Gameday	5	2	3	1	2	3	0	10
1999-08-13	ATH @ TOR Gameday	5	3	3	0	2	5	0	9
1997-07-14	SEA @ ATH Gameday	3	2	3	0	2	2	1	9
2000-06-14	ATH @ MIN Gameday	5	2	4	1	1	3	0	8

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.