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Matt Stairs
Matthew Wade Stairs

Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: February 27, 1968 in St. John, NB, CAN
High School: Fredericton (Fredericton, NB)
Signed by the Montreal Expos as an amateur free agent in 1989. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 29, 1992
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Matt Stairs
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Standard Batting

Glossary · Click to sort · · · · LINK · Click rows to sum () ·

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1992	24	MON	NL	13	38	30	2	5	2	0	0	5	0	0	7	7	.167	.316	.233	.549	59	7	0	0	0	1	0	7
1993	25	MON	NL	6	8	8	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.375	.375	.500	.875	128	4	1	0	0	0	0	/7

1995	27	BOS	AL	39	95	88	8	23	7	1	1	17	0	1	4	14	.261	.298	.398	.696	77	35	4	1	1	1	0	7/9D
1996	28	OAK	AL	61	158	137	21	38	5	1	10	23	1	1	19	23	.277	.367	.547	.915	127	75	2	1	0	1	2	97/D3
1997	29	OAK	AL	133	410	352	62	105	19	0	27	73	3	2	50	60	.298	.386	.582	.969	153	205	6	3	1	4	1	97D/3
1998	30	OAK	AL	149	593	523	88	154	33	1	26	106	8	3	59	93	.294	.370	.511	.880	131	267	13	6	1	4	4	*D7/39
1999	31	OAK	AL	146	623	531	94	137	26	3	38	102	2	7	89	124	.258	.366	.533	.899	132	283	8	2	0	1	6	*9/D38	MVP-17
2000	32	OAK	AL	143	562	476	74	108	26	0	21	81	5	2	78	122	.227	.333	.414	.747	92	197	7	1	1	6	4	9D/38
2001	33	CHC	NL	128	403	340	48	85	21	0	17	61	2	3	52	76	.250	.358	.462	.820	115	157	4	7	1	3	7	37/D49
2002	34	MIL	NL	107	315	270	41	66	15	0	16	41	2	0	36	50	.244	.349	.478	.827	118	129	7	8	0	1	4	97
2003	35	PIT	NL	121	357	305	49	89	20	1	20	57	0	1	45	64	.292	.389	.561	.950	142	171	7	5	0	2	3	93/7D
2004	36	KCR	AL	126	496	439	48	117	21	3	18	66	1	0	49	92	.267	.345	.451	.796	104	198	15	5	0	3	2	93D7
2005	37	KCR	AL	127	466	396	55	109	26	1	13	66	1	2	60	69	.275	.373	.444	.818	118	176	9	5	0	5	4	3D9/7
2006	38	TOT	AL	117	393	348	42	86	21	0	13	51	0	0	40	86	.247	.328	.420	.748	92	146	7	3	0	2	3	D3/79
2006	38	KCR	AL	77	261	226	31	59	14	0	8	32	0	0	31	52	.261	.352	.429	.782	101	97	5	2	0	2	2	D3/7
2006	38	TEX	AL	26	88	81	6	17	4	0	3	11	0	0	6	22	.210	.273	.370	.643	64	30	1	1	0	0	1	D/39
2006	38	DET	AL	14	44	41	5	10	3	0	2	8	0	0	3	12	.244	.295	.463	.759	93	19	1	0	0	0	0	D
2007	39	TOR	AL	125	405	357	58	103	28	1	21	64	2	1	44	66	.289	.368	.549	.917	138	196	7	2	0	2	5	379/D
2008	40	TOT	MLB	121	387	337	46	85	12	1	13	49	1	1	42	90	.252	.341	.409	.751	100	138	10	5	0	3	9	D9/7
2008	40	TOR	AL	105	368	320	42	80	11	1	11	44	1	1	41	87	.250	.342	.394	.736	97	126	10	5	0	2	9	D/79
2008	40	PHI	NL	16	19	17	4	5	1	0	2	5	0	0	1	3	.294	.316	.706	1.022	155	12	0	0	0	1	0	/9
2009	41	PHI	NL	99	129	103	15	20	4	0	5	17	0	0	23	30	.194	.357	.379	.735	93	39	0	3	0	0	3	/97D
17 Seasons				1761	5838	5040	752	1333	287	13	259	881	28	24	697	1067	.264	.358	.481	.839	118	2423	107	57	5	39	57
162 Game Avg.				162	537	464	69	123	26	1	24	81	3	2	64	98	.264	.358	.481	.839	118	223	10	5	0	4	5
				G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
OAK (5 yrs)				632	2346	2019	339	542	109	5	122	385	19	15	295	422	.268	.363	.509	.871	125	1027	36	13	3	16	17
KCR (3 yrs)				330	1223	1061	134	285	61	4	39	164	2	2	140	213	.269	.357	.444	.801	109	471	29	12	0	10	8
PHI (2 yrs)				115	148	120	19	25	5	0	7	22	0	0	24	33	.208	.351	.425	.776	102	51	0	3	0	1	3
MON (2 yrs)				19	46	38	3	8	3	0	0	7	0	0	7	8	.211	.326	.289	.616	74	11	1	0	0	1	0
TOR (2 yrs)				230	773	677	100	183	39	2	32	108	3	2	85	153	.270	.356	.476	.831	119	322	17	7	0	4	14
PIT (1 yr)				121	357	305	49	89	20	1	20	57	0	1	45	64	.292	.389	.561	.950	142	171	7	5	0	2	3
BOS (1 yr)				39	95	88	8	23	7	1	1	17	0	1	4	14	.261	.298	.398	.696	77	35	4	1	1	1	0
TEX (1 yr)				26	88	81	6	17	4	0	3	11	0	0	6	22	.210	.273	.370	.643	64	30	1	1	0	0	1
CHC (1 yr)				128	403	340	48	85	21	0	17	61	2	3	52	76	.250	.358	.462	.820	115	157	4	7	1	3	7
DET (1 yr)				14	44	41	5	10	3	0	2	8	0	0	3	12	.244	.295	.463	.759	93	19	1	0	0	0	0
MIL (1 yr)				107	315	270	41	66	15	0	16	41	2	0	36	50	.244	.349	.478	.827	118	129	7	8	0	1	4

AL (11 yrs)				1271	4569	3967	592	1060	223	12	199	693	24	20	533	836	.267	.356	.480	.836	117	1904	88	34	4	31	40
NL (7 yrs)				490	1269	1073	160	273	64	1	60	188	4	4	164	231	.254	.363	.484	.846	121	519	19	23	1	8	17

Advanced Batting

Glossary · Click to sort · · · · LINK · Click rows to sum () ·

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1992	24	MON	NL	38	26	3	3.1	91	.208	.167	.258	.316	.323	.233	.380	.549	.703	59	.374	-1.2	-0.1	.560	.300	.067
1993	25	MON	NL	8	6	1	4.5	108	.429	.375	.277	.375	.343	.500	.422	.875	.764	128	.483	0.3	0.0	.667	.125	.125

1995	27	BOS	AL	95	72	9	3.3	112	.297	.261	.274	.298	.348	.398	.433	.696	.781	77	.306	-3.2	-0.3	.557	.170	.136	.0
1996	28	OAK	AL	158	103	28	7.3	117	.267	.277	.278	.367	.352	.547	.447	.915	.799	127	.618	5.2	0.5	.931	.409	.270	1.8
1997	29	OAK	AL	410	260	81	8.3	105	.290	.298	.266	.386	.335	.582	.421	.969	.757	153	.707	28.2	2.6	1.016	.429	.284	5.4
1998	30	OAK	AL	593	390	99	6.8	106	.314	.294	.267	.370	.335	.511	.425	.880	.760	131	.619	24.5	2.3	.875	.338	.216	12.2
1999	31	OAK	AL	623	410	105	6.8	108	.268	.258	.268	.366	.339	.533	.428	.899	.768	132	.605	26.2	2.4	.902	.433	.275	3.8
2000	32	OAK	AL	562	384	71	4.9	112	.257	.227	.271	.333	.344	.414	.436	.747	.780	92	.448	-4.4	-0.4	.740	.357	.187	8.1
2001	33	CHC	NL	403	266	59	5.9	107	.272	.250	.262	.358	.333	.462	.430	.820	.763	115	.575	9.4	0.9	.821	.362	.212	3.6
2002	34	MIL	NL	315	212	46	5.8	105	.244	.244	.264	.349	.337	.478	.419	.827	.756	118	.586	7.1	0.7	.829	.374	.233	3.6
2003	35	PIT	NL	357	226	68	8.0	111	.309	.292	.271	.389	.343	.561	.435	.950	.778	142	.710	20.0	1.9	.982	.413	.269	.0
2004	36	KCR	AL	496	340	67	5.3	111	.298	.267	.273	.345	.341	.451	.438	.796	.779	104	.508	2.3	0.2	.751	.298	.185	1.9
2005	37	KCR	AL	466	303	68	6.0	104	.301	.275	.267	.373	.330	.444	.423	.818	.753	118	.591	13.3	1.3	.805	.318	.169	1.9
2006	38	TOT	AL	393	271	48	4.7	112	.291	.247	.276	.328	.341	.420	.439	.748	.781	92	.454	-4.3	-0.4	.703	.287	.172	.0
2006	38	KCR	AL	261	174	35	5.4	112	.304	.261	.276	.352	.341	.429	.440	.782	.781	101	.512	1.0	0.1	.756	.305	.168	.0
2006	38	TEX	AL	88	65	8	3.3	112	.250	.210	.277	.273	.341	.370	.440	.643	.781	64	.300	-4.7	-0.4	.569	.235	.160	.0
2006	38	DET	AL	44	32	5	4.2	111	.296	.244	.275	.295	.340	.463	.438	.759	.778	93	.398	-0.6	-0.1	.688	.293	.220	.0
2007	39	TOR	AL	405	264	73	7.4	107	.301	.289	.271	.368	.338	.549	.424	.917	.762	138	.667	20.0	1.9	.927	.387	.261	3.7
2008	40	TOT	MLB	387	266	47	4.7	104	.304	.252	.266	.341	.334	.409	.418	.751	.752	100	.479	0.5	0.0	.703	.282	.157	1.9
2008	40	TOR	AL	368	253	43	4.6	104	.308	.250	.266	.342	.333	.394	.417	.736	.751	97	.461	-0.9	-0.1	.685	.272	.144	1.8
2008	40	PHI	NL	19	13	4	8.2	110	.231	.294	.271	.316	.343	.706	.432	1.022	.775	155	.722	1.3	0.1	1.083	.471	.412	.0
2009	41	PHI	NL	129	83	16	5.2	108	.221	.194	.268	.357	.342	.379	.426	.735	.767	93	.533	-0.4	0.0	.783	.408	.184	.0
17 Seasons				5838	3882	889	6.1	108	.286	.264	.269	.358	.338	.481	.429	.839	.767	118	.579	143.6	13.5	.829	.355	.216	50.5
162 Game Avg.				537	357	82	6.1	108	.286	.264	.269	.358	.338	.481	.429	.839	.767	118	.579	13	1	.829	.355	.216	5
				PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
OAK (5 yrs)				2346	1547	384	6.6	109	.282	.268	.269	.363	.339	.509	.429	.871	.769	125	.597	79.7	7.4	.876	.388	.240	32.9
KCR (3 yrs)				1223	817	170	5.6	109	.300	.269	.271	.357	.337	.444	.433	.801	.770	109	.541	16.6	1.6	.772	.307	.175	3.8
PHI (2 yrs)				148	96	20	5.6	109	.222	.208	.268	.351	.342	.425	.427	.776	.768	102	.567	0.9	0.1	.821	.417	.217	.0
MON (2 yrs)				46	32	4	3.4	95	.258	.211	.262	.326	.327	.289	.389	.616	.715	74	.399	-0.8	-0.1	.581	.263	.079
TOR (2 yrs)				773	517	116	6.0	105	.304	.270	.268	.356	.336	.476	.421	.831	.757	119	.582	19.1	1.8	.809	.332	.205	5.5
PIT (1 yr)				357	226	68	8.1	111	.309	.292	.271	.389	.343	.561	.435	.950	.778	142	.711	20.0	1.9	.982	.413	.269	.0
BOS (1 yr)				95	72	9	3.3	112	.297	.261	.274	.298	.348	.398	.433	.696	.781	77	.306	-3.2	-0.3	.557	.170	.136	.0
TEX (1 yr)				88	65	8	3.3	112	.250	.210	.277	.273	.341	.370	.440	.643	.781	64	.300	-4.7	-0.4	.569	.235	.160	.0
CHC (1 yr)				403	266	59	5.9	107	.272	.250	.262	.358	.333	.462	.430	.820	.763	115	.575	9.4	0.9	.821	.362	.212	3.6
DET (1 yr)				44	32	5	4.2	111	.296	.244	.275	.295	.340	.463	.438	.759	.778	93	.398	-0.6	-0.1	.688	.293	.220	.0
MIL (1 yr)				315	212	46	5.8	105	.244	.244	.264	.349	.337	.478	.419	.827	.756	118	.587	7.1	0.7	.829	.374	.233	3.6

AL (11 yrs)				4569	3050	692	6.1	108	.291	.267	.270	.356	.338	.480	.429	.836	.768	117	.568	107.0	10.0	.821	.348	.213	42.8
NL (7 yrs)				1269	832	197	6.3	107	.270	.254	.266	.363	.338	.484	.427	.846	.764	121	.617	36.6	3.5	.858	.382	.229	7.5

Postseason Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1995	27	BOS	AL	ALDS	CLE	L	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

2000	32	OAK	AL	ALDS	NYY	L	3	9	9	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.111	.111	.222	.333	2	0	0	0	0	0

2008	40	PHI	NL	NLDS	MIL	W	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0
2008	40	PHI	NL	NLCS	LAD	W	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	4.000	5.000	4	0	0	0	0	0
2008	40	PHI	NL	WS	TBR	W	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2009	41	PHI	NL	NLDS	COL	W	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0
2009	41	PHI	NL	NLCS	LAD	W	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0
2009	41	PHI	NL	WS	NYY	L	5	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.125	.125	.125	.250	1	1	0	0	0	0
4 Seasons (8 Series)							17	26	24	1	3	1	0	1	3	0	0	2	6	.125	.192	.292	.484	7	2	0	0	0	0
2 NLDS							4	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	1	0	0	0	0
2 ALDS							4	10	10	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.100	.100	.200	.300	2	0	0	0	0	0
2 NLCS							3	3	2	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	2.000	2.667	4	0	0	0	0	0
2 WS							6	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.111	.111	.111	.222	1	1	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1992	24	MON	NL	38	0.0%	18.4%	18.4%	5.3%	40%	1.00	4.3		6.0	1.18	1.71	63%	17%	0.0%	18%
1993	25	MON	NL	8	0.0%	12.5%	0.0%	12.5%	33%		8.0		4.0	0.75	1.00	88%	14%	0.0%	50%

1995	27	BOS	AL	95	1.1%	14.7%	4.2%	9.5%	39%	3.50	6.3	88.0	5.2	0.83	1.38	78%	18%	2.6%	7%
1996	28	OAK	AL	158	6.3%	14.6%	12.0%	10.1%	42%	1.21	6.0	13.7	6.0	0.53	0.73	66%	24%	18.5%	27%
1997	29	OAK	AL	410	6.6%	14.6%	12.2%	11.2%	44%	1.20	5.9	13.0	4.8	0.55	0.67	66%	22%	17.1%	16%
1998	30	OAK	AL	593	4.4%	15.7%	10.0%	10.1%	39%	1.58	5.6	20.1	4.9	0.68	0.97	69%	23%	11.6%	13%
1999	31	OAK	AL	623	6.1%	19.9%	14.3%	10.8%	49%	1.39	4.3	14.0	5.2	0.66	0.87	59%	14%	18.1%	14%
2000	32	OAK	AL	562	3.7%	21.7%	13.9%	8.4%	44%	1.56	3.9	22.7	5.9	0.67	0.86	60%	22%	12.4%	16%
2001	33	CHC	NL	403	4.2%	18.9%	12.9%	9.4%	45%	1.46	4.5	20.0	5.6	0.71	0.96	62%	23%	14.4%	19%
2002	34	MIL	NL	315	5.1%	15.9%	11.4%	9.8%	47%	1.39	5.4	16.9	6.6	0.75	1.05	65%	19%	15.8%	14%
2003	35	PIT	NL	357	5.6%	17.9%	12.6%	11.5%	46%	1.42	4.8	15.3	5.4	0.58	0.81	62%	17%	15.5%	16%
2004	36	KCR	AL	496	3.6%	18.6%	9.9%	8.5%	36%	1.88	4.8	24.4	6.7	0.97	1.27	67%	15%	11.5%	12%
2005	37	KCR	AL	466	2.8%	14.8%	12.9%	8.6%	37%	1.15	5.7	30.5	6.0	0.64	0.82	68%	18%	7.2%	11%
2006	38	TOT	AL	393	3.3%	21.9%	10.2%	8.7%	40%	2.15	4.0	26.8	6.8	0.78	1.07	64%	17%	9.5%	7%
2006	38	KCR	AL	261	3.1%	19.9%	11.9%	8.4%	37%	1.68	4.3	28.3	7.1	0.80	1.10	64%	16%	8.7%	6%
2006	38	TEX	AL	88	3.4%	25.0%	6.8%	8.0%	41%	3.67	3.7	27.0	7.4	0.84	1.05	64%	14%	11.1%	16%
2006	38	DET	AL	44	4.6%	27.3%	6.8%	11.4%	50%	4.00	3.4	20.5	5.1	0.61	0.91	61%	28%	11.1%	0%
2007	39	TOR	AL	405	5.2%	16.3%	10.9%	12.4%	49%	1.50	5.4	17.0	5.6	0.67	0.99	67%	20%	13.8%	13%
2008	40	TOT	MLB	387	3.4%	23.3%	10.9%	6.7%	31%	2.14	3.7	25.9	6.9	0.76	1.06	61%	18%	10.6%	13%
2008	40	TOR	AL	368	3.0%	23.6%	11.1%	6.3%	29%	2.12	3.7	29.1	7.3	0.77	1.09	61%	19%	9.5%	13%
2008	40	PHI	NL	19	10.5%	15.8%	5.3%	15.8%	60%	3.00	5.7	8.5	3.4	0.67	0.67	68%	7%	28.6%	22%
2009	41	PHI	NL	129	3.9%	23.3%	17.8%	7.0%	45%	1.30	3.4	20.6	6.1	0.87	0.96	53%	12%	15.6%	18%
17 Seasons				5838	4.4%	18.3%	11.9%	9.6%	42%	1.53	4.7	19.5	5.7	0.70	0.94	64%	19%	13.0%	14%
MLB Averages					2.7%	18.0%	8.9%	7.9%	34%	2.02	4.9	32.9	7.8	0.78	1.06	69%	19%	7.8%	13%
				PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1992	24	MON	NL	0	0	17%	17	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	20%	4	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
1993	25	MON	NL	0	0	33%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1995	27	BOS	AL	0	0	26%	36	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	20%	6	5	1	2	1	1	2	2	0
1996	28	OAK	AL	2	0	23%	63	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	27%	6	6	0	2	1	1	3	1	2
1997	29	OAK	AL	0	0	27%	133	3	2	60%	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	8	38%	18	11	7	5	3	1	6	3	3
1998	30	OAK	AL	5	0	32%	212	8	3	73%	8	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	13	40%	36	22	13	14	10	3	13	3	9
1999	31	OAK	AL	6	0	30%	210	2	7	22%	2	6	0	1	0	0	5	3	5	13	50%	27	16	10	8	3	5	15	5	10
2000	32	OAK	AL	4	0	32%	197	5	2	71%	5	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	5	31%	27	20	7	8	7	1	14	7	7
2001	33	CHC	NL	3	0	24%	151	2	3	40%	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	9	34%	24	19	5	9	6	3	11	4	7
2002	34	MIL	NL	1	0	27%	98	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	26%	13	13	0	10	5	4	8	4	4
2003	35	PIT	NL	1	0	24%	131	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	27%	17	16	1	1	0	0	8	2	6
2004	36	KCR	AL	4	0	20%	173	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	18%	26	23	3	5	5	0	18	12	6
2005	37	KCR	AL	2	0	26%	170	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	13	21%	28	24	4	7	6	1	18	12	6
2006	38	TOT	AL	5	1	25%	124	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	52%	12	9	3	5	1	3	10	1	8
2006	38	KCR	AL	1	1	27%	91	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	52%	9	7	2	5	1	3	7	0	6
2006	38	TEX	AL	4	0	14%	21	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	40%	3	2	1	0	0	0	2	1	1
2006	38	DET	AL	0	0	27%	12	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
2007	39	TOR	AL	5	0	29%	144	2	1	67%	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	35%	13	10	3	8	6	1	19	8	10
2008	40	TOT	MLB	1	0	28%	134	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	12	41%	19	15	4	10	4	5	8	2	6
2008	40	TOR	AL	1	0	27%	130	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	40%	18	15	3	9	3	5	8	2	6
2008	40	PHI	NL	0	0	50%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	50%	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
2009	41	PHI	NL	1	0	24%	31	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	50%	6	3	3	2	2	0	2	0	2
17 Seasons				40	1	27%	2027	28	24	54%	27	19	1	3	0	2	9	3	36	108	34%	282	215	65	96	60	29	156	67	86
MLB Averages						31%				72%											39%
				ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH

Situational Hitting*

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						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1992	24	MON	NL	38	92%	5	2	0	3	1	0	0	0.81	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		9	0	0%	2	1	50%	29	5	17%	3	2	67%	2	1	50%	0
1993	25	MON	NL	8	75%	3	0	0	5	2	0	1	1.18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	50%	1	0	0%	7	2	29%	0	0		1	1	100%	0

1995	27	BOS	AL	95	97%	23	0	0	14	4	0	4	1.99	1	0	5	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	100%	21	4	19%	12	3	25%	71	16	23%	8	5	63%	5	4	80%	0
1996	28	OAK	AL	158	92%	38	1	0	16	8	2	3	1.46	10	1	6	10	0	5	5	0	0	0		31	2	6%	13	2	15%	88	13	15%	9	4	44%	11	2	18%	0
1997	29	OAK	AL	410	76%	105	5	0	30	11	1	3	1.62	27	1	11	19	8	20	7	0	1	1	100%	90	6	7%	34	12	35%	298	47	16%	19	12	63%	29	13	45%	0
1998	30	OAK	AL	593	69%	154	23	0	10	5	1	4	2.10	26	2	21	18	8	16	10	0	1	1	100%	136	13	10%	51	18	35%	454	84	19%	55	35	64%	27	7	26%	0
1999	31	OAK	AL	623	69%	137	8	1	1	0	0	0	1.65	38	2	18	30	8	15	23	0	1	0	0%	147	8	5%	54	9	17%	431	66	15%	33	13	39%	33	11	33%	0
2000	32	OAK	AL	562	77%	108	3	1	6	1	0	2	1.80	21	1	23	16	5	9	12	0	2	1	50%	127	7	6%	63	21	33%	426	62	15%	39	21	54%	29	13	45%	0
2001	33	CHC	NL	403	92%	85	5	0	13	3	0	1	2.02	17	0	15	17	0	5	12	0	1	1	100%	71	4	6%	39	10	26%	272	47	17%	25	10	40%	27	13	48%	0
2002	34	MIL	NL	315	96%	66	4	0	25	7	1	3	1.58	16	0	9	16	0	6	10	0	0	0		67	7	10%	30	8	27%	218	26	12%	10	4	40%	18	7	39%	0
2003	35	PIT	NL	357	90%	89	3	0	35	8	2	7	2.10	20	0	12	18	2	13	7	0	0	0		65	7	11%	28	7	25%	260	40	15%	18	9	50%	26	11	42%	0
2004	36	KCR	AL	496	78%	117	9	1	8	1	0	0	2.58	18	1	10	14	4	6	12	0	1	0	0%	88	15	17%	45	15	33%	321	49	15%	39	18	46%	28	11	39%	0
2005	37	KCR	AL	466	85%	109	4	0	13	1	1	1	1.77	13	1	11	12	1	5	8	0	0	0		105	9	9%	39	15	38%	314	57	18%	34	23	68%	29	12	41%	0
2006	38	TOT	AL	394	88%	86	7	0	11	4	1	3	2.15	13	0	6	12	1	6	7	0	0	0		84	7	8%	28	9	32%	268	40	15%	21	10	48%	19	10	53%	0
2006	38	KCR	AL	262	88%	59	5	0	7	3	1	3	2.14	8	0	2	8	0	3	5	0	0	0		48	5	10%	17	6	35%	180	24	13%	16	7	44%	13	7	54%	0
2006	38	TEX	AL	88	81%	17	2	0	4	1	0	0	2.18	3	0	2	2	1	2	1	0	0	0		27	1	4%	8	2	25%	60	9	15%	2	0	0%	5	2	40%	0
2006	38	DET	AL	44	98%	10	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0		9	1	11%	3	1	33%	28	7	25%	3	3	100%	1	1	100%	0
2007	39	TOR	AL	405	87%	103	2	0	25	7	2	5	1.60	21	1	9	21	0	7	14	0	0	0		77	7	9%	41	15	37%	251	44	18%	22	13	59%	27	14	52%	0
2008	40	TOT	MLB	387	91%	85	8	0	20	7	2	4	1.45	13	1	11	12	1	7	6	0	0	0		77	10	13%	42	12	29%	248	36	15%	31	14	45%	19	9	47%	0
2008	40	TOR	AL	368	91%	80	7	0	8	3	0	1	2.22	11	1	10	10	1	6	5	0	0	0		76	10	13%	40	11	28%	238	33	14%	29	13	45%	16	6	38%	0
2008	40	PHI	NL	19	95%	5	1	0	12	4	2	3	0.94	2	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	0%	2	1	50%	10	3	30%	2	1	50%	3	3	100%	0
2009	41	PHI	NL	129	97%	20	1	0	61	12	5	10	1.23	5	1	5	5	0	3	2	0	0	0		23	0	0%	4	1	25%	106	12	11%	10	5	50%	12	3	25%	0
17 Seasons				5839	82%	1333	85	3	296	82	18	51	1.66	259	12	174	221	38	123	136	0	8	5	63%	1220	107	9%	526	158	30%	4062	646	16%	376	198	53%	342	142	42%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			72%			11%			32%			14%			51%			43%
				PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1992	24	MON	NL	38	142	3.74	81	57%	27%	20%	23%	30%	73%	0%	42%	73%	34%	11%	4	0	18%	7	3	5%	2	1	14%	0	0	0
1993	25	MON	NL	8	27	3.38	18	67%	22%	17%	22%	39%	78%	0%	52%	79%	25%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0

1995	27	BOS	AL	86	307	3.57	197	64%	18%	14%	33%	35%	82%	0%	52%	83%	41%	3%	3	0	10%	9	4	9%	8	7	38%	9	0	0
1996	28	OAK	AL	135	520	3.85	301	58%	35%	13%	19%	33%	65%	3%	38%	81%	23%	7%	10	0	13%	17	3	11%	15	10	53%	23	0	0
1997	29	OAK	AL	392	1542	3.93	876	57%	30%	16%	21%	33%	70%	1%	40%	77%	24%	9%	37	7	23%	90	37	15%	58	32	26%	18	0	0
1998	30	OAK	AL	593	2330	3.93	1344	58%	31%	17%	20%	32%	69%	1%	40%	76%	25%	6%	38	6	20%	116	51	12%	71	44	30%	0	0	0
1999	31	OAK	AL	623	2631	4.22	1461	56%	36%	15%	21%	28%	64%	1%	35%	76%	17%	9%	53	5	22%	137	60	15%	94	50	30%	0	0	0
2000	32	OAK	AL	562	2321	4.13	1278	55%	35%	16%	21%	28%	65%	1%	36%	75%	23%	7%	42	2	19%	106	42	16%	90	51	39%	0	0	0
2001	33	CHC	NL	403	1594	3.96	899	56%	28%	17%	25%	30%	72%	4%	41%	76%	26%	6%	23	3	22%	89	49	12%	47	25	39%	0	0	0
2002	34	MIL	NL	315	1206	3.83	699	58%	27%	18%	23%	32%	73%	3%	42%	75%	30%	8%	24	8	21%	67	29	13%	42	23	26%	0	0	0
2003	35	PIT	NL	357	1462	4.10	818	56%	27%	18%	25%	30%	73%	1%	41%	75%	25%	9%	31	7	24%	85	38	16%	57	35	17%	0	0	0
2004	36	KCR	AL	496	1963	3.96	1170	60%	28%	18%	24%	30%	72%	1%	43%	75%	31%	6%	29	12	20%	98	38	12%	59	36	26%	0	0	0
2005	37	KCR	AL	466	1831	3.93	1069	58%	29%	15%	25%	31%	71%	1%	42%	79%	29%	5%	25	4	18%	83	36	11%	50	26	26%	0	0	0
2006	38	TOT	AL	394	1671	4.24	986	59%	31%	16%	27%	27%	69%	1%	41%	77%	31%	7%	27	10	18%	71	24	11%	44	25	36%	0	0	1
2006	38	KCR	AL	262	1134	4.33	660	58%	32%	14%	27%	27%	68%	2%	40%	79%	29%	7%	18	6	19%	50	19	14%	36	22	44%	0	0	1
2006	38	TEX	AL	88	346	3.93	209	60%	28%	19%	25%	28%	72%	1%	44%	74%	38%	7%	6	3	13%	11	1	6%	5	2	14%	0	0	0
2006	38	DET	AL	44	191	4.34	117	61%	32%	19%	25%	25%	68%	0%	42%	73%	34%	7%	3	1	23%	10	4	7%	3	1	42%	0	0	0
2007	39	TOR	AL	405	1557	3.84	918	59%	27%	17%	24%	32%	73%	3%	43%	77%	33%	7%	28	5	18%	71	24	10%	40	26	38%	0	0	0
2008	40	TOT	MLB	387	1628	4.21	956	59%	27%	19%	28%	26%	73%	5%	43%	74%	32%	6%	25	3	17%	66	21	11%	44	22	30%	0	0	0
2008	40	TOR	AL	368	1545	4.20	905	59%	27%	19%	28%	26%	73%	6%	43%	73%	32%	7%	24	3	17%	64	20	11%	42	20	30%	0	0	0
2008	40	PHI	NL	19	83	4.37	51	61%	18%	20%	33%	29%	82%	0%	51%	76%	37%	5%	1	0	11%	2	1	11%	2	2	33%	0	0	0
2009	41	PHI	NL	129	552	4.28	292	53%	33%	21%	21%	25%	67%	5%	35%	69%	17%	12%	15	2	29%	37	11	24%	31	20	30%	0	0	0
17 Seasons				5789	23284	4.02	13363	57%	30%	17%	23%	30%	70%	2%	40%	76%	27%	7%	414	74	20%	1149	470	13%	752	433	31%	50	0	1
MLB Averages						3.83		62%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	80%	26%	5%			15%			9%			25%
				PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru

Cumulative Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1992	24	13	38	30	2	5	2	0	0	5	0	0	7	7	.167	.316	.233	.549	59	7	0	0	0	1	0
1993	25	19	46	38	3	8	3	0	0	7	0	0	7	8	.211	.326	.289	.616	74	11	1	0	0	1	0
1994	26	19	46	38	3	8	3	0	0	7	0	0	7	8	.211	.326	.289	.616	74	11	1	0	0	1	0
1995	27	58	141	126	11	31	10	1	1	24	0	1	11	22	.246	.307	.365	.672	77	46	5	1	1	2	0
1996	28	119	299	263	32	69	15	2	11	47	1	2	30	45	.262	.339	.460	.799	104	121	7	2	1	3	2
1997	29	252	709	615	94	174	34	2	38	120	4	4	80	105	.283	.366	.530	.896	132	326	13	5	2	7	3
1998	30	401	1302	1138	182	328	67	3	64	226	12	7	139	198	.288	.368	.521	.889	131	593	26	11	3	11	7
1999	31	547	1925	1669	276	465	93	6	102	328	14	14	228	322	.279	.367	.525	.892	132	876	34	13	3	12	13
2000	32	690	2487	2145	350	573	119	6	123	409	19	16	306	444	.267	.360	.500	.860	123	1073	41	14	4	18	17
2001	33	818	2890	2485	398	658	140	6	140	470	21	19	358	520	.265	.359	.495	.854	122	1230	45	21	5	21	24
2002	34	925	3205	2755	439	724	155	6	156	511	23	19	394	570	.263	.358	.493	.852	121	1359	52	29	5	22	28
2003	35	1046	3562	3060	488	813	175	7	176	568	23	20	439	634	.266	.362	.500	.862	123	1530	59	34	5	24	31
2004	36	1172	4058	3499	536	930	196	10	194	634	24	20	488	726	.266	.359	.494	.853	121	1728	74	39	5	27	33
2005	37	1299	4524	3895	591	1039	222	11	207	700	25	22	548	795	.267	.361	.489	.850	121	1904	83	44	5	32	37
2006	38	1416	4917	4243	633	1125	243	11	220	751	25	22	588	881	.265	.358	.483	.841	118	2050	90	47	5	34	40
2007	39	1541	5322	4600	691	1228	271	12	241	815	27	23	632	947	.267	.359	.488	.847	120	2246	97	49	5	36	45
2008	40	1662	5709	4937	737	1313	283	13	254	864	28	24	674	1037	.266	.358	.483	.841	118	2384	107	54	5	39	54
2009	41	1761	5838	5040	752	1333	287	13	259	881	28	24	697	1067	.264	.358	.481	.839	118	2423	107	57	5	39	57

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1992	24	13	40	31	2	6	2	0	0	5	0	8	7	.194	.350	.258	.608	3	13
1993	25	6	8	8	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	6

1995	27	44	101	95	8	22	7	1	1	17	0	4	16	.232	.267	.358	.625	9	39
1996	28	61	154	134	18	35	5	1	9	20	1	18	23	.261	.351	.515	.866	24	61
1997	29	133	412	354	62	107	19	0	28	73	3	51	60	.302	.391	.593	.984	81	133
1998	30	149	591	522	86	153	33	1	26	104	8	59	93	.293	.369	.510	.878	97	149
1999	31	146	621	530	91	136	26	3	38	99	2	88	124	.257	.364	.532	.896	102	146
2000	32	143	559	475	68	107	26	0	21	75	5	77	122	.225	.331	.413	.744	65	143
2001	33	128	407	343	47	88	22	0	18	60	2	54	76	.257	.366	.478	.844	58	128
2002	34	107	321	274	42	70	16	0	17	42	2	38	50	.255	.361	.500	.861	47	107
2003	35	121	355	304	46	88	20	1	20	54	0	44	64	.289	.386	.559	.945	64	121
2004	36	126	487	433	44	111	20	3	17	61	1	46	92	.256	.333	.434	.767	62	126
2005	37	127	471	399	55	112	27	1	13	66	1	62	69	.281	.380	.451	.831	68	127
2006	38	117	390	346	39	84	21	0	13	48	0	39	86	.243	.323	.416	.739	46	117
2007	39	125	402	355	56	101	27	1	21	62	2	43	66	.285	.363	.544	.907	70	125
2008	40	121	388	338	46	86	12	1	13	49	1	42	90	.254	.343	.411	.754	47	121
2009	41	99	133	105	14	22	4	0	6	16	0	25	30	.210	.376	.419	.795	15	99
17 Seasons		1766	5840	5046	725	1328	287	13	261	853	28	698	1069	.263	.357	.480	.837	859	1761
162 Game Avg.		162	536	463	67	122	26	1	24	78	3	64	98	.263	.357	.480	.837	79	1761
		G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr) 1999-AL-17-1% 0.01 Career Shares (1456th)	Slugging % s c a p y Career--.481--172nd	On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y Active--.839--48th Career--.839--203rd	Games Played s c a p y Active--1761--30th
Home Runs s c a p y 1999 AL--38--8th Active--259--36th Career--259--177th	Runs Batted In s c a p y Active--881--43rd	Bases on Balls s c a p y Active--697--33rd	Strikeouts s c a p y Active--1067--37th Career--1067--194th
Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y Active--118--46th	Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y Active--144--42nd	Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y Active--13.5--41st	Extra Base Hits s c a p y Active--559--48th
Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y 2008 AL--9--10th Active--57--46th	AB per HR s c a p y 1999 AL--14.0--8th Active--19.5--28th Career--19.5--97th	Oldest s c a p y 2007 AL--born 1968-02-27--10th 2008 AL--born 1968-02-27--4th 2009 NL--born 1968-02-27--7th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink Batting - 4 (1814), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Hall of Fame Monitor Batting - 8 (1234), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 20 (658), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Bing Miller (704)
Brian Downing (700)

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John Jaha (939) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Henry Rodriguez (957) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Hank Sauer (937) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Glenallen Hill (949) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Hank Sauer (923) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Cliff Johnson (919) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Hank Sauer (903) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Hank Sauer (899) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Hank Sauer (904) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Gray Ink	Batting - 4 (1814), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 8 (1234), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 20 (658), Average HOFer ≈ 50