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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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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

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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1992 MON NL 24 LF 10 8 65.0 15 14 0 1 0 .933 -1.3 -24.0 -0.3 0.3 -0.6 -1 1.94 1.40 .980 2.16 1.65
1992 MON NL 24 OF 10 8 65.0 15 14 0 1 0 .933 -1.3 -24.0 -0.3 0.3 -0.6 -1 1.94 1.40 .987 2.34 1.96
1993 MON NL 25 LF 1 1 5.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -96.0 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 1.80 1.00 1.000 2.16 1.70
1993 MON NL 25 OF 1 1 5.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -96.0 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 1.80 1.00 1.000 2.34 2.00
1995 BOS AL 27 OF 23 19 169.0 23 19 2 2 0 .913 0.8 5.7 -0.2 -0.7 0.5 1 1.12 0.91 .983 2.33 1.99
1995 BOS AL 27 LF 17 14 129.0 15 13 1 1 0 .933 0.3 2.8 0.3 -0.7 1.0 0 0.98 0.82 .980 2.22 1.75
1995 BOS AL 27 RF 6 5 40.0 8 6 1 1 0 .875 0.5 15.0 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 1 1.58 1.17 .975 2.05 1.63
1995 BOS AL 27 DH 2
1996 OAK AL 28 OF 44 32 278.0 68 59 8 1 3 .985 -1.7 -7.3 -3.7 -0.9 -2.8 2 2.17 1.52 .982 2.37 2.02
1996 OAK AL 28 RF 29 17 153.0 28 24 4 0 1 1.000 1.3 10.2 0.3 -0.1 0.4 1 1.65 0.97 .979 2.17 1.72
1996 OAK AL 28 LF 16 15 125.0 39 34 4 1 2 .974 -3.0 -28.8 -4.0 -0.8 -3.2 1 2.74 2.38 .979 2.18 1.75
1996 OAK AL 28 DH 5
1996 OAK AL 28 1B 1 1 9.0 9 6 3 0 1 1.000 -0.4 -53.3 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0 9.00 9.00 .989 9.20 7.90
1997 OAK AL 29 OF 89 67 615.2 130 121 6 3 0 .977 -15.3 -29.8 -14.3 -2.9 -11.4 -1 1.86 1.43 .982 2.32 2.02
1997 OAK AL 29 RF 63 44 418.0 90 85 4 1 0 .989 -7.2 -20.7 -7.2 -2.4 -4.8 0 1.92 1.41 .978 2.18 1.79
1997 OAK AL 29 LF 28 23 197.2 42 38 2 2 0 .952 -8.1 -49.2 -7.1 -0.5 -6.6 -1 1.82 1.43 .979 2.06 1.71
1997 OAK AL 29 DH 16
1997 OAK AL 29 1B 7 1 22.1 24 20 3 1 2 .958 -0.1 -5.4 -0.1 -0.4 0.3 0 9.27 3.29 .992 9.31 8.04
1998 OAK AL 30 DH 120
1998 OAK AL 30 OF 12 11 93.0 25 22 3 0 0 1.000 2.2 28.4 1.2 -0.3 1.5 1 2.42 2.08 .984 2.31 2.02
1998 OAK AL 30 LF 11 10 81.0 23 20 3 0 0 1.000 1.6 23.7 0.6 -0.3 0.9 1 2.56 2.09 .983 2.10 1.74
1998 OAK AL 30 1B 6 5 46.2 53 45 8 0 6 1.000 -0.1 -2.6 -0.1 0.4 -0.5 0 10.22 8.83 .992 9.43 8.30
1998 OAK AL 30 RF 2 1 12.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 60.0 0.6 0.0 0.6 0 2.25 1.50 .967 2.17 1.80
1999 OAK AL 31 OF 139 139 1211.2 263 245 13 5 1 .981 -25.2 -25.0 -22.2 -13.9 -8.3 -3 1.92 1.86 .984 2.30 2.03 MVP-17
1999 OAK AL 31 RF 139 139 1209.2 263 245 13 5 1 .981 -25.2 -25.0 -22.2 -13.9 -8.3 -3 1.92 1.86 .982 2.11 1.82 MVP-17
1999 OAK AL 31 DH 5 MVP-17
1999 OAK AL 31 1B 1 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.00 2.00 1.000 9.45 8.30 MVP-17
1999 OAK AL 31 CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.40 MVP-17
2000 OAK AL 32 OF 103 96 846.0 194 185 5 4 1 .979 -7.9 -11.2 -2.9 -4.2 1.2 -5 2.02 1.84 .985 2.36 2.02
2000 OAK AL 32 RF 102 96 845.0 194 185 5 4 1 .979 -7.6 -10.8 -2.6 -3.9 1.2 -5 2.02 1.86 .983 2.16 1.76
2000 OAK AL 32 DH 37
2000 OAK AL 32 1B 1 0 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.00 2.00 1.000 9.00 8.20
2000 OAK AL 32 CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -360.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.40
2001 CHC NL 33 1B 89 74 636.2 571 516 51 4 38 .993 0.4 0.8 0.4 0.8 -0.4 0 8.02 6.37 .993 9.26 7.84
2001 CHC NL 33 LF 22 19 141.2 32 31 1 0 0 1.000 2.0 16.9 1.0 0.2 0.8 1 2.03 1.45 .978 1.91 1.48
2001 CHC NL 33 OF 22 19 144.0 32 31 1 0 0 1.000 1.8 15.0 0.8 0.2 0.6 1 2.00 1.45 .981 2.20 1.86
2001 CHC NL 33 DH 2
2001 CHC NL 33 2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 4.50 4.20
2001 CHC NL 33 RF 1 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -102.9 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 0.00 0.00 1.93 1.70
2002 MIL NL 34 OF 84 75 602.1 137 130 6 1 1 .993 -4.1 -8.2 -5.1 -0.8 -4.3 1 2.03 1.62 .982 2.19 1.84
2002 MIL NL 34 RF 51 43 341.0 74 70 4 0 0 1.000 -2.3 -8.1 -3.3 -2.1 -1.2 1 1.95 1.45 .982 2.07 1.67
2002 MIL NL 34 LF 35 32 261.1 62 59 2 1 1 .984 -1.8 -8.3 -1.8 1.3 -3.1 0 2.10 1.74 .977 1.92 1.51
2003 PIT NL 35 OF 55 50 394.1 77 72 4 1 0 .987 -2.9 -8.8 -1.9 -1.8 -0.1 -1 1.73 1.38 .984 2.17 1.85
2003 PIT NL 35 RF 47 42 335.1 59 55 4 0 0 1.000 -2.0 -7.2 -1.0 -0.9 -0.1 -1 1.58 1.26 .981 2.09 1.72
2003 PIT NL 35 1B 31 27 214.0 224 212 10 2 16 .991 -2.2 -12.3 -2.2 -0.2 -2.0 0 9.34 7.16 .993 9.60 7.98
2003 PIT NL 35 LF 8 8 59.0 19 18 0 1 0 .947 -0.9 -18.3 -0.9 -0.9 0.0 0 2.75 2.25 .979 1.91 1.54
2003 PIT NL 35 DH 2
2004 KCR AL 36 OF 71 68 564.0 138 131 5 2 2 .986 -9.7 -20.6 -7.7 -6.0 -1.7 -2 2.17 1.92 .985 2.30 2.05
2004 KCR AL 36 RF 57 54 450.1 112 108 3 1 0 .991 -10.6 -28.2 -8.6 -6.2 -2.4 -2 2.22 1.95 .983 2.22 1.92
2004 KCR AL 36 1B 30 25 229.0 222 208 11 3 25 .986 -4.9 -25.7 -4.9 -4.7 -0.2 0 8.61 7.30 .994 9.31 8.01
2004 KCR AL 36 DH 22
2004 KCR AL 36 LF 14 14 113.2 26 23 2 1 2 .962 0.9 9.5 0.9 0.2 0.7 0 1.98 1.79 .985 2.04 1.73
2005 KCR AL 37 1B 64 61 509.2 541 500 37 4 60 .993 -4.0 -9.4 -5.0 2.7 -7.7 1 9.48 8.39 .994 9.60 8.11
2005 KCR AL 37 DH 40
2005 KCR AL 37 OF 15 12 100.1 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 -2.3 -27.5 -1.3 -1.5 0.2 -1 1.61 1.20 .983 2.30 2.05
2005 KCR AL 37 RF 13 12 94.1 17 17 0 0 0 1.000 -3.0 -38.2 -2.0 -2.2 0.2 -1 1.62 1.31 .982 2.12 1.83
2005 KCR AL 37 LF 2 0 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.7 140.0 0.7 0.7 0.0 0 1.50 0.50 1.000 2.10 1.80
2006 TOT AL 38 DH 82
2006 TOT AL 38 1B 12 9 79.1 70 69 1 0 8 1.000 -1.3 -19.7 -1.3 -0.4 -0.9 0 7.94 5.83 .994 9.51 7.99
2006 TOT AL 38 OF 3 3 22.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -5.5 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 2.05 1.67 .980 2.29 2.00
2006 KCR AL 38 DH 49
2006 KCR AL 38 1B 11 9 76.1 68 67 1 0 7 1.000 -0.7 -11.0 -0.7 0.2 -0.9 0 8.02 6.18 .994 9.50 7.99
2006 KCR AL 38 LF 2 2 14.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.1 94.3 1.1 1.1 0.0 0 2.57 2.00 .975 2.06 1.70
2006 KCR AL 38 OF 2 2 14.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.1 94.3 1.1 1.1 0.0 0 2.57 2.00 .975 2.31 2.00
2006 TEX AL 38 DH 19
2006 TEX AL 38 1B 1 0 3.0 2 2 0 0 1 1.000 -0.6 -240.0 -0.6 -0.6 0.0 0 6.00 2.00 1.000 9.60 8.00
2006 TEX AL 38 OF 1 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -1.2 -180.0 -1.2 -1.2 0.0 0 1.12 1.00 1.000 2.25 2.00
2006 TEX AL 38 RF 1 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -1.2 -180.0 -1.2 -1.2 0.0 0 1.12 1.00 1.000 2.25 1.80
2006 DET AL 38 DH 14
2007 TOR AL 39 OF 57 48 390.0 69 66 3 0 0 1.000 -8.8 -27.1 -7.8 -4.5 -3.3 -1 1.59 1.21 .987 2.30 2.00
2007 TOR AL 39 1B 45 37 334.1 414 377 31 6 32 .986 -2.9 -10.4 -2.9 0.0 -2.9 0 10.98 9.07 .995 9.37 7.93
2007 TOR AL 39 LF 43 35 288.0 49 46 3 0 0 1.000 -5.3 -22.1 -6.3 -3.6 -2.7 1 1.53 1.14 .986 2.11 1.71
2007 TOR AL 39 RF 17 13 102.0 20 20 0 0 0 1.000 -3.5 -41.2 -1.5 -0.9 -0.6 -2 1.76 1.18 .985 2.08 1.77
2007 TOR AL 39 DH 4
2008 TOT MLB 40 OF 19 17 123.2 24 24 0 0 0 1.000 -7.4 -71.8 -5.4 -1.2 -4.2 -2 1.75 1.26 .983 2.30 1.99
2008 TOT MLB 40 RF 10 9 61.2 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 -1.9 -37.0 -0.9 -1.6 0.7 -1 2.04 1.40 .986 2.15 1.83
2008 TOR AL 40 DH 75
2008 TOR AL 40 OF 15 14 107.0 19 19 0 0 0 1.000 -7.5 -84.1 -5.5 -0.6 -4.9 -2 1.60 1.27 .984 2.31 2.02
2008 TOR AL 40 LF 9 8 62.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 -5.5 -106.5 -4.5 0.4 -4.9 -1 1.45 1.11 .980 2.05 1.66
2008 TOR AL 40 RF 6 6 45.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 -2.0 -53.3 -1.0 -1.0 0.0 -1 1.80 1.50 .989 2.16 1.83
2008 PHI NL 40 OF 4 3 16.2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 7.2 0.1 -0.6 0.7 0 2.70 1.25 .980 2.21 1.90
2008 PHI NL 40 RF 4 3 16.2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 7.2 0.1 -0.6 0.7 0 2.70 1.25 .980 2.11 1.82
2009 PHI NL 41 OF 15 12 94.0 25 23 2 0 2 1.000 -0.9 -11.5 -1.9 -0.2 -1.7 1 2.39 1.67 .984 2.20 1.91
2009 PHI NL 41 RF 9 7 51.0 10 9 1 0 1 1.000 -2.2 -51.8 -1.2 -0.1 -1.1 -1 1.76 1.11 .990 2.08 1.80
2009 PHI NL 41 LF 6 5 43.0 15 14 1 0 1 1.000 1.3 36.3 -0.7 -0.1 -0.6 2 3.14 2.50 .980 1.93 1.52
2009 PHI NL 41 DH 1
17 Seasons OF 762 677 5718.0 1244 1166 58 20 10 .984 -83.2 -17.5 -73.2 -38.9 -34.4 -10 1.93 1.61 .984 2.29 1.98
15 Seasons RF 547 483 4123.2 893 842 39 12 4 .987 -64.5 -18.8 -51.5 -35.5 -16.1 -13 1.92 1.61 .982 2.14 1.78
14 Seasons DH 413
11 Seasons 1B 287 240 2084.0 2132 1957 155 20 188 .991 -15.5 -8.9 -16.5 -1.8 -14.7 1 9.12 7.36 .994 9.42 7.97
15 Seasons LF 224 194 1591.1 353 326 19 8 6 .977 -18.4 -13.9 -21.4 -3.1 -18.3 3 1.95 1.54 .980 2.05 1.65
2 Seasons CF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -120.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.40
1 Season 2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 4.50 4.20
17 Seasons TOT 1061 917 7803.0 3378 3125 213 40 198 .988 -98.7 -15.2 -89.7 -40.7 -49.1 -10 1 3.85 3.15 .977 4.06 3.44
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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 (1469th)

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  13.3 (43rd)

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

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 4 (1814), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 8 (1234), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 20 (762), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

January 17, 1989: Signed by the Montreal Expos as an amateur free agent.

June 8, 1993: Purchased by Chunichi Dragons (Japan Central) from the Montreal Expos.

December 15, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Montreal Expos.

February 18, 1994: Purchased by the Boston Red Sox from the Montreal Expos.

October 14, 1995: Granted Free Agency.

December 1, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.

November 20, 2000: Traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Chicago Cubs for Eric Ireland (minors).

November 5, 2001: Granted Free Agency.

January 25, 2002: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.

October 28, 2002: Granted Free Agency.

December 18, 2002: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

October 31, 2003: Granted Free Agency.

December 9, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

July 31, 2006: Traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Texas Rangers for Jose Diaz.

September 15, 2006: Selected off waivers by the Detroit Tigers from the Texas Rangers.

October 31, 2006: Granted Free Agency.

December 7, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.

October 29, 2007: Granted Free Agency.

November 2, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.

August 30, 2008: Traded by the Toronto Blue Jays to the Philadelphia Phillies for a player to be named later. The Philadelphia Phillies sent Fabio Castro (September 29, 2008) to the Toronto Blue Jays to complete the trade.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1993Montreal Expos$110,000
1995Boston Red Sox$115,000
1996Oakland Athletics$130,000
1997Oakland Athletics$165,000
1998Oakland Athletics$325,000
1999Oakland Athletics$1,950,000
2000Oakland Athletics$3,050,000
2001Chicago Cubs$3,200,000
2002Milwaukee Brewers$500,000
2003Pittsburgh Pirates$900,000
2004Kansas City Royals$1,000,000
2005Kansas City Royals$1,200,000
2006Kansas City Royals$1,350,000
2007Toronto Blue Jays$850,000
2008Toronto Blue Jays$1,625,000
2009Philadelphia Phillies$1,625,000
Career (may be incomplete)$18,095,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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