Matt Stairs stats

Last played for the Washington Nationals, 2011

First Baseman · #12

Age 58 · 5' 9"

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Matt Stairs played 19 MLB seasons, 1992 to 2011.

Stats

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Career regular season

GP
1,895
AB
5,204
R
770
H
1,366
HR
265
RBI
899
SB
30
AVG
.262

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (AB, R, H, HR, RBI, SB: 40+ games; AVG: 300+ AB) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.
1992WSH133025050.167
1993WSH6813020.375
1995BOS39888231170.261
1996ATH61137213810231.277
1997ATH1333526210527733.298
1998ATH14952388154261068.294
1999ATH14653194137381022.258
2000ATH1434767410821815.227
2001CHC128340488517612.250
2002MIL107270416616412.244
2003PIT121305498920570.292
2004KC1264394811718661.267
2005KC1273965510913661.275
2006KC/TEX/DET117348428613510.247
2007TOR1253575810321642.289
2008TOR/PHI121337468513491.252
2009PHI9910315205170.194
2010SD789914236162.232
2011WSH5665410020.154

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG

Career Postseason

GP
17
AB
24
R
1
H
3
HR
1
RBI
3
SB
0
AVG
.125

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
6,024
TB
2,481
XBH
572
HBP
57
IBB
59
GIDP
109
P/PA
2.10

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (PA: 100+ AB; TB, XBH, HBP, IBB: 300+ AB; P/PA: 300+ PA) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Expanded by season
PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included.TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run.XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs.HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base.IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose.GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better.P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter.
1992WSH38720000
1993WSH8410010
1995BOS953591040
1996ATH15875161220
1997ATH410205463160
1998ATH5932676064130
1999ATH623283672680
2000ATH562197471470
2001CHC403157387740
2002MIL315129318473.8
2003PIT357171415374.1
2004KC4961984252154.0
2005KC466176405493.9
2006KC/TEX/DET394146343374.2
2007TOR405196502573.8
2008TOR/PHI3871382659104.2
2009PHI1293993304.3
2010SD11147120214.3
2011WSH741110014.0

What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
11.6
RC
884.1
RC/27
5.90
ISOP
.214
SECA
.353
BB/K
0.64
AB/HR
19.6
GO/FO
0.80

Ranked among MLB players with 300+ AB that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Advanced by season
WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in.RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced.RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs.ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count.SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat.BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline.AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power.GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out.
1992WSH-0.333.1.0670.3100
1993WSH0.014.7.1250.1000
1995BOS-0.393.4.1360.20.3880
1996ATH0.627.27.1.2700.40.813.70
1997ATH1.777.18.2840.40.8130
1998ATH3.196.46.7.2160.30.620.10
1999ATH1.4101.56.7.2750.40.7140
2000ATH-0.469.84.9.1870.40.622.70
2001CHC1.358.25.9.2120.40.7200
2002MIL0.545.55.8.2330.40.716.90
2003PIT1.064.37.7.2690.40.715.30
2004KC0.166.25.3.1850.30.524.41
2005KC0.8676.1690.30.930.50.6
2006KC/TEX/DET0.248.24.8.1720.30.526.80.8
2007TOR2.270.17.2.2610.40.7170.7
2008TOR/PHI-0.446.84.7.1570.30.525.90.8
2009PHI0.416.25.3.1840.40.820.60.9
2010SD0.415.15.2.2420.40.316.50.6
2011WSH-0.72.31.1.0150.20.400.6

What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO

Bio

Age
58 yearsFeb 27, 1968
Height
5' 9"
Debut
1992
Birthplace
St. John, Canada

Latest performance

Matt Stairs

Jul 22 · @ LAD · W 7-2

AB
0
R
0
H
0
HR
0
RBI
0
BB
0
SO
0
AVG
.154

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentABRHHRRBI
Fri, Jul 22atLADW 7-200000
Wed, Jul 20atHOUL 3-2 F/1110000
Fri, Jul 15atATLL 11-110100
Sat, Jul 09vsCOLL 2-110000
Fri, Jul 08vsCOLL 3-200000
Thu, Jul 07vsCHCL 10-910000

What were Matt Stairs's career stats?

Matt Stairs played 19 seasons for the Nationals, the Red Sox, the Athletics, the Cubs, the Brewers, the Pirates, the Royals, the Blue Jays, the Phillies and the Padres. He was a career .262 hitter with 1,366 hits, 265 home runs and 899 RBI. His best season was 1993: a .375 batting average, 0 home runs and 2 RBI.

League leaderboards and awards

19 seasons, 4 postseasons, 1992 to 2011

Championships

All-time career rank

  • 230th in home runs (265)

Among the 10,544 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

More on Matt Stairs

Playoff series

Matt Stairs played 13 games across 2 MLB postseasons in 6 series — 3 won, 3 lost.

Matt Stairs's line in each playoff series
AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.
2009COLLost 1-121000
2009LADWon 2-021000
2009NYYLost 1-458101
2008MILLost 1-122000
2008LADWon 1-011112
2008TBWon 1-011000

What the columns mean: AB · H · HR · RBI

Matt Stairs’s playoff series, round by round

Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2001 postseason — earlier series are not counted.