Matt Stairs

RF/DH/1B · L/R · MLB · ACTIVE: 1992–2011 BORN: FREDERICTON, CAN
Career
1366 H · 265 HR · 899 RBI · 30 SB
.262 AVG · .832 OPS · 1895 G
2011 Season
.154 AVG · 0 HR · 2 RBI · 0 SB
.257 OBP · .169 SLG · .426 OPS
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Matt Stairs was a right fielder in MLB. Across 1895 career games, with a .262 batting average and 265 home runs. This page covers season stats, team history, salary history, and career profile.

Deep Data

Full Career Record

Season-by-season performance, contract terms, and the complete archive.

Season-by-Season Batting
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Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1992 MON 13 30 2 5 2 0 0 5 0 7 7 .167 .316 .233 .549
1993 MON 6 8 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 .375 .375 .500 .875
1995 BOS 39 88 8 23 7 1 1 17 0 4 14 .261 .298 .398 .696
1996 OAK 61 137 21 38 5 1 10 23 1 19 23 .277 .367 .547 .915
1997 OAK 133 352 62 105 19 0 27 73 3 50 60 .298 .386 .582 .969
1998 OAK 149 523 88 154 33 1 26 106 8 59 93 .294 .370 .511 .880
1999 OAK 146 531 94 137 26 3 38 102 2 89 124 .258 .366 .533 .899
2000 OAK 143 476 74 108 26 0 21 81 5 78 122 .227 .333 .414 .747
2001 CHC 128 340 48 85 21 0 17 61 2 52 76 .250 .358 .462 .820
2002 MIL 107 270 41 66 15 0 16 41 2 36 50 .244 .349 .478 .827
2003 PIT 121 305 49 89 20 1 20 57 0 45 64 .292 .389 .561 .950
2004 KC 126 439 48 117 21 3 18 66 1 49 92 .267 .345 .451 .796
2005 KC 127 396 55 109 26 1 13 66 1 60 69 .275 .373 .444 .818
2006 DET 14 41 5 10 3 0 2 8 0 3 12 .244 .295 .463 .759
2006 KC 77 226 31 59 14 0 8 32 0 31 52 .261 .352 .429 .782
2006 TEX 26 81 6 17 4 0 3 11 0 6 22 .210 .273 .370 .643
2007 TOR 125 357 58 103 28 1 21 64 2 44 66 .289 .368 .549 .917
2008 PHI 16 17 4 5 1 0 2 5 0 1 3 .294 .316 .706 1.022
2008 TOR 105 320 42 80 11 1 11 44 1 41 87 .250 .342 .394 .736
2009 PHI 99 103 15 20 4 0 5 17 0 23 30 .194 .357 .379 .735
2010 SD 78 99 14 23 6 0 6 16 2 11 32 .232 .306 .475 .781
2011 WSH 56 65 4 10 1 0 0 2 0 9 23 .154 .257 .169 .426
Career Totals 1895 5204 770 1366 294 13 265 899 30 717 1122 .262 .356 .477 .832
Awards & Achievements
  • Player of the Week (1): 1997
Salary & Contract
Year Salary
1993$110,000
1995$115,000
1996$130,000
1997$165,000
1998$325,000
1999$1,950,000
2000$3,050,000
2001$3,200,000
2002$500,000
2003$900,000
2004$1,000,000
2005$1,200,000
2006$1,350,000
2007$850,000
2008$1,625,000
2009$1,625,000
2010$700,000
2011$850,000

Career Total: $19,645,000 (18 seasons)

Average: $1,091,389

Salary data is available from 1985 onward.

TGN salary figures show base salary. Signing bonuses, accounting allocations, and luxury-tax values are listed separately where available.

Contract Detail

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Data: Lahman Baseball Database (CC BY-SA 4.0), Cot's Baseball Contracts, Retrosheet.