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Matt Stairs
Matthew Wade Stairs

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

Debut May 29, 1992

Born February 27, 1968 in St. John, New Brunswick, CAN

Signed by the Montreal Expos as an amateur free agent in 1989. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1992 24 MON NL  13   30    2    5   2  0   0    5   0  0   7   7  .167  .316  .233   59    7   0   1   0   0   0
 1993 25 MON NL   6    8    1    3   1  0   0    2   0  0   0   1  .375  .375  .500  128    4   0   0   0   0   1
 1995 27 BOS AL  39   88    8   23   7  1   1   17   0  1   4  14  .261  .298  .398   77   35   1   1   0   1   4
 1996 28 OAK AL  61  137   21   38   5  1  10   23   1  1  19  23  .277  .367  .547  127   75   0   1   2   1   2
 1997 29 OAK AL 133  352   62  105  19  0  27   73   3  2  50  60  .298  .386  .582  153  205   1   4   1   3   6
 1998 30 OAK AL 149  523   88  154  33  1  26  106   8  3  59  93  .294  .370  .511  131  267   1   4   4   6  13
 1999 31 OAK AL 146  531   94  137  26  3  38  102   2  7  89 124  .258  .366  .533  132  283   0   1   6   2   8 MVP-17
 2000 32 OAK AL 143  476   74  108  26  0  21   81   5  2  78 122  .227  .333  .414   92  197   1   6   4   1   7
 2001 33 CHC NL 128  340   48   85  21  0  17   61   2  3  52  76  .250  .358  .462  115  157   1   3   7   7   4
 2002 34 MIL NL 107  270   41   66  15  0  16   41   2  0  36  50  .244  .349  .478  118  129   0   1   4   8   7
 2003 35 PIT NL 121  305   49   89  20  1  20   57   0  1  45  64  .292  .389  .561  142  171   0   2   3   5   7
 2004 36 KCR AL 126  439   48  117  21  3  18   66   1  0  49  92  .267  .345  .451  104  198   0   3   2   5  15
 2005 37 KCR AL 127  396   55  109  26  1  13   66   1  2  60  69  .275  .373  .444  118  176   0   5   4   5   9
 2006 38 TOT AL 117  348   42   86  21  0  13   51   0  0  40  86  .247  .328  .420   92  146   0   2   3   3   7
         KCR AL  77  226   31   59  14  0   8   32   0  0  31  52  .261  .352  .429  101   97   0   2   2   2   5
         TEX AL  26   81    6   17   4  0   3   11   0  0   6  22  .210  .273  .370   64   30   0   0   1   1   1
         DET AL  14   41    5   10   3  0   2    8   0  0   3  12  .244  .295  .463   93   19   0   0   0   0   1
 2007 39 TOR AL 125  357   58  103  28  1  21   64   2  1  44  66  .289  .368  .549  138  196   0   2   5   2   7
 2008 40 TOT    121  337   46   85  12  1  13   49   1  1  42  90  .252  .341  .409   98  138   0   3   9   5  10
         TOR AL 105  320   42   80  11  1  11   44   1  1  41  87  .250  .342  .394   95  126   0   2   9   5  10
         PHI NL  16   17    4    5   1  0   2    5   0  0   1   3  .294  .316  .706  153   12   0   1   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 16 Seasons         4937      1313     13      864     24    1037  .266  .358  .483  118        5  39  54  54 107
               1662       737      283    254       28    674                            2384
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        481   72  128  28  1  25   84   3  2  66 101  .266  .358  .483  118  232   0   4   5   5  10
 Career High    149  531   94  154  33  3  38  106   8  7  89 124  .298  .389  .582  153  283   1   6   9   8  15
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1992 24 MON NL   38   26    3   3.1    91| .167  .258| .316  .323| .233  .380| .549  .703|  59  .374  -1.2  -0.1   0%
 1993 25 MON NL    8    6    1   4.5   108| .375  .277| .375  .343| .500  .422| .875  .764| 128  .483   0.3   0.0   0%
 1995 27 BOS AL   95   72    9   3.3   112| .261  .274| .298  .348| .398  .433| .696  .781|  77  .306  -3.2  -0.3   0%
 1996 28 OAK AL  158  103   28   7.3   117| .277  .278| .367  .352| .547  .447| .914  .799| 127  .618   5.2   0.5  50%
 1997 29 OAK AL  410  260   81   8.3   105| .298  .266| .386  .335| .582  .421| .968  .757| 153  .707  28.2   2.6  60%
 1998 30 OAK AL  593  390   99   6.8   106| .294  .267| .370  .335| .511  .425| .881  .760| 131  .619  24.5   2.3  72%
 1999 31 OAK AL  623  410  105   6.8   108| .258  .268| .366  .339| .533  .428| .899  .768| 132  .605  26.2   2.4  22%
 2000 32 OAK AL  562  384   71   4.9   112| .227  .271| .333  .344| .414  .436| .747  .780|  92  .448  -4.4  -0.4  71%
 2001 33 CHC NL  403  266   59   5.9   107| .250  .262| .358  .333| .462  .430| .820  .763| 115  .575   9.4   0.9  40%
 2002 34 MIL NL  315  212   46   5.8   105| .244  .264| .349  .337| .478  .419| .827  .756| 118  .586   7.1   0.7 100%
 2003 35 PIT NL  357  226   68   8.0   111| .292  .271| .389  .343| .561  .435| .950  .778| 142  .710  20.0   1.9   0%
 2004 36 KCR AL  496  340   67   5.3   111| .267  .273| .345  .341| .451  .438| .796  .779| 104  .508   2.3   0.2 100%
 2005 37 KCR AL  466  303   68   6.0   104| .275  .267| .373  .330| .444  .423| .817  .753| 118  .591  13.3   1.3  33%
 2006 38 TOT AL  393  271   48   4.7   112| .247  .276| .328  .341| .420  .439| .748  .781|  92  .454  -4.3  -0.4   0%
         KCR AL  261  174   35   5.4   112| .261  .276| .352  .341| .429  .440| .781  .781| 101  .512   1.0   0.1   0%
         TEX AL   88   65    8   3.3   112| .210  .277| .273  .341| .370  .440| .643  .781|  64  .300  -4.7  -0.4   0%
         DET AL   44   32    5   4.2   111| .244  .275| .295  .340| .463  .438| .758  .778|  93  .398  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 2007 39 TOR AL  405  264   73   7.4   107| .289  .271| .368  .338| .549  .424| .917  .762| 138  .667  20.0   1.9  66%
 2008 40 TOT     387  266   47   4.7   106| .252  .268| .341  .337| .409  .422| .750  .758|  98  .479  -0.6  -0.1  50%
         TOR AL  368  253   43   4.6   106| .250  .268| .342  .336| .394  .421| .736  .757|  95  .461  -1.8  -0.2  50%
         PHI NL   19   13    4   8.2   112| .294  .273| .316  .346| .706  .436|1.022  .781| 153  .722   1.3   0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 16 Seasons     5709 3799  873   6.1   108| .266  .269| .358  .338| .483  .429| .841  .767| 118  .580 143.0  13.4  53%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1992 24 MON NL LF 10 14 0 1 0 .933 .979 1.40 1.65 1.94 2.16 8 65.0 1993 25 MON NL LF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.70 1.80 2.16 1 5.0 1995 27 BOS AL OF 23 19 2 2 0 .913 .981 0.91 1.99 1.12 2.33 19 169.0 LF 17 13 1 1 0 .933 .979 0.82 1.75 0.98 2.22 14 129.0 RF 6 6 1 1 0 .875 .972 1.17 1.63 1.57 2.05 5 40.0 DH 2 1996 28 OAK AL OF 44 59 8 1 3 .985 .982 1.52 2.02 2.17 2.37 32 278.0 RF 29 24 4 0 1 1.000 .979 0.97 1.72 1.65 2.17 17 153.0 LF 16 34 4 1 2 .974 .979 2.38 1.75 2.74 2.18 15 125.0 DH 5 1B 1 6 3 0 1 1.000 .989 9.00 7.90 9.00 9.20 1 9.0 1997 29 OAK AL OF 89 121 6 3 0 .977 .982 1.43 2.02 1.86 2.32 67 615.7 RF 63 85 4 1 0 .989 .978 1.41 1.79 1.92 2.18 44 418.0 LF 28 38 2 2 0 .952 .978 1.43 1.71 1.82 2.06 23 197.7 DH 16 1B 7 20 3 1 2 .958 .991 3.29 8.04 9.28 9.32 1 22.3 1998 30 OAK AL DH 120 OF 12 22 3 0 0 1.000 .984 2.08 2.02 2.42 2.31 11 93.0 LF 11 20 3 0 0 1.000 .983 2.09 1.74 2.56 2.10 10 81.0 1B 6 45 8 0 6 1.000 .993 8.83 8.30 10.21 9.42 5 46.7 RF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 1.80 2.25 2.17 1 12.0 1999 31 OAK AL OF 139 245 13 5 1 .981 .984 1.86 2.03 1.92 2.30 139 1211.7 RF 139 245 13 5 1 .981 .982 1.86 1.82 1.92 2.11 139 1209.7 DH 5 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 8.30 9.00 9.45 0 2.0 CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.40 0.00 2.70 0 2.0 2000 32 OAK AL OF 103 185 5 4 1 .979 .985 1.84 2.02 2.02 2.36 96 846.0 RF 102 185 5 4 1 .979 .983 1.86 1.76 2.03 2.16 96 844.0 DH 37 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 8.20 18.00 9.00 0 1.0 CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.40 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 2001 33 CHC NL 1B 89 516 51 4 38 .993 .993 6.37 7.84 8.01 9.26 74 636.7 LF 22 31 1 0 0 1.000 .979 1.45 1.48 2.03 1.91 19 141.7 OF 22 31 1 0 0 1.000 .982 1.45 1.86 2.00 2.20 19 144.0 DH 2 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.20 0.00 4.50 0 1.0 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 1.96 0 2.3 2002 34 MIL NL OF 84 130 6 1 1 .993 .983 1.62 1.84 2.03 2.19 75 602.3 RF 51 70 4 0 0 1.000 .983 1.45 1.67 1.95 2.07 43 341.0 LF 35 59 2 1 1 .984 .978 1.74 1.51 2.10 1.92 32 261.3 2003 35 PIT NL OF 55 72 4 1 0 .987 .984 1.38 1.85 1.73 2.17 50 394.3 RF 47 55 4 0 0 1.000 .982 1.26 1.72 1.58 2.09 42 335.3 1B 31 212 10 2 16 .991 .993 7.16 7.98 9.34 9.60 27 214.0 LF 8 18 0 1 0 .947 .978 2.25 1.54 2.75 1.91 8 59.0 DH 2 2004 36 KCR AL OF 71 131 5 2 2 .986 .985 1.92 2.05 2.17 2.30 68 564.0 RF 57 108 3 1 0 .991 .983 1.95 1.92 2.22 2.22 54 450.3 1B 30 208 11 3 25 .986 .994 7.30 8.01 8.61 9.31 25 229.0 DH 22 LF 14 23 2 1 2 .962 .984 1.79 1.73 1.98 2.04 14 113.7 2005 37 KCR AL 1B 64 500 37 4 60 .993 .994 8.39 8.11 9.48 9.60 61 509.7 DH 40 OF 15 18 0 0 0 1.000 .984 1.20 2.05 1.62 2.30 12 100.3 RF 13 17 0 0 0 1.000 .983 1.31 1.83 1.62 2.12 12 94.3 LF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.80 1.50 2.10 0 6.0 2006 38 TOT AL DH 82 TOT AL 1B 12 69 1 0 8 1.000 .994 5.83 7.99 7.94 9.51 9 79.3 TOT AL OF 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.67 2.00 2.05 2.29 3 22.0 KCR AL DH 49 1B 11 67 1 0 7 1.000 .994 6.18 7.99 8.02 9.51 9 76.3 LF 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 2.00 1.70 2.57 2.06 2 14.0 TEX AL DH 19 1B 1 2 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 2.00 8.00 6.00 9.60 0 3.0 RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.80 1.12 2.25 1 8.0 DET AL DH 14 2007 39 TOR AL OF 57 66 3 0 0 1.000 .987 1.21 2.00 1.59 2.30 48 390.0 1B 45 377 31 6 32 .986 .995 9.07 7.93 10.98 9.37 37 334.3 LF 43 46 3 0 0 1.000 .986 1.14 1.71 1.53 2.11 35 288.0 RF 17 20 0 0 0 1.000 .985 1.18 1.77 1.76 2.08 13 102.0 DH 4 2008 40 TOT RF 10 14 0 0 0 1.000 .986 1.40 1.83 2.04 2.14 9 61.7 TOR AL DH 75 LF 9 10 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.11 1.66 1.45 2.05 8 62.0 RF 6 9 0 0 0 1.000 .989 1.50 1.83 1.80 2.16 6 45.0 PHI NL RF 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.25 1.82 2.69 2.10 3 16.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1996 28 OAK AL 1B 1 6 3 0 1 1.000 .989 9.00 7.90 9.00 9.20 1 9.0 1997 29 OAK AL 1B 7 20 3 1 2 .958 .991 3.29 8.04 9.28 9.32 1 22.3 1998 30 OAK AL 1B 6 45 8 0 6 1.000 .993 8.83 8.30 10.21 9.42 5 46.7 1999 31 OAK AL 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 8.30 9.00 9.45 0 2.0 2000 32 OAK AL 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 8.20 18.00 9.00 0 1.0 2001 33 CHC NL 1B 89 516 51 4 38 .993 .993 6.37 7.84 8.01 9.26 74 636.7 2003 35 PIT NL 1B 31 212 10 2 16 .991 .993 7.16 7.98 9.34 9.60 27 214.0 2004 36 KCR AL 1B 30 208 11 3 25 .986 .994 7.30 8.01 8.61 9.31 25 229.0 2005 37 KCR AL 1B 64 500 37 4 60 .993 .994 8.39 8.11 9.48 9.60 61 509.7 2006 38 TOT AL 1B 12 69 1 0 8 1.000 .994 5.83 7.99 7.94 9.51 9 79.3 KCR AL 1B 11 67 1 0 7 1.000 .994 6.18 7.99 8.02 9.51 9 76.3 TEX AL 1B 1 2 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 2.00 8.00 6.00 9.60 0 3.0 2007 39 TOR AL 1B 45 377 31 6 32 .986 .995 9.07 7.93 10.98 9.37 37 334.3 2001 33 CHC NL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.20 0.00 4.50 0 1.0 1999 31 OAK AL CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.40 0.00 2.70 0 2.0 2000 32 OAK AL CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.40 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 1995 27 BOS AL DH 2 1996 28 OAK AL DH 5 1997 29 OAK AL DH 16 1998 30 OAK AL DH 120 1999 31 OAK AL DH 5 2000 32 OAK AL DH 37 2001 33 CHC NL DH 2 2003 35 PIT NL DH 2 2004 36 KCR AL DH 22 2005 37 KCR AL DH 40 2006 38 TOT AL DH 82 KCR AL DH 49 TEX AL DH 19 DET AL DH 14 2007 39 TOR AL DH 4 2008 40 TOR AL DH 75 1992 24 MON NL LF 10 14 0 1 0 .933 .979 1.40 1.65 1.94 2.16 8 65.0 1993 25 MON NL LF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.70 1.80 2.16 1 5.0 1995 27 BOS AL LF 17 13 1 1 0 .933 .979 0.82 1.75 0.98 2.22 14 129.0 1996 28 OAK AL LF 16 34 4 1 2 .974 .979 2.38 1.75 2.74 2.18 15 125.0 1997 29 OAK AL LF 28 38 2 2 0 .952 .978 1.43 1.71 1.82 2.06 23 197.7 1998 30 OAK AL LF 11 20 3 0 0 1.000 .983 2.09 1.74 2.56 2.10 10 81.0 2001 33 CHC NL LF 22 31 1 0 0 1.000 .979 1.45 1.48 2.03 1.91 19 141.7 2002 34 MIL NL LF 35 59 2 1 1 .984 .978 1.74 1.51 2.10 1.92 32 261.3 2003 35 PIT NL LF 8 18 0 1 0 .947 .978 2.25 1.54 2.75 1.91 8 59.0 2004 36 KCR AL LF 14 23 2 1 2 .962 .984 1.79 1.73 1.98 2.04 14 113.7 2005 37 KCR AL LF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.80 1.50 2.10 0 6.0 2006 38 KCR AL LF 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 2.00 1.70 2.57 2.06 2 14.0 2007 39 TOR AL LF 43 46 3 0 0 1.000 .986 1.14 1.71 1.53 2.11 35 288.0 2008 40 TOR AL LF 9 10 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.11 1.66 1.45 2.05 8 62.0 1992 24 MON NL OF 10 14 0 1 0 .933 .986 1.40 1.96 1.94 2.34 8 65.0 1993 25 MON NL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.00 1.80 2.34 1 5.0 1995 27 BOS AL OF 23 19 2 2 0 .913 .981 0.91 1.99 1.12 2.33 19 169.0 1996 28 OAK AL OF 44 59 8 1 3 .985 .982 1.52 2.02 2.17 2.37 32 278.0 1997 29 OAK AL OF 89 121 6 3 0 .977 .982 1.43 2.02 1.86 2.32 67 615.7 1998 30 OAK AL OF 12 22 3 0 0 1.000 .984 2.08 2.02 2.42 2.31 11 93.0 1999 31 OAK AL OF 139 245 13 5 1 .981 .984 1.86 2.03 1.92 2.30 139 1211.7 2000 32 OAK AL OF 103 185 5 4 1 .979 .985 1.84 2.02 2.02 2.36 96 846.0 2001 33 CHC NL OF 22 31 1 0 0 1.000 .982 1.45 1.86 2.00 2.20 19 144.0 2002 34 MIL NL OF 84 130 6 1 1 .993 .983 1.62 1.84 2.03 2.19 75 602.3 2003 35 PIT NL OF 55 72 4 1 0 .987 .984 1.38 1.85 1.73 2.17 50 394.3 2004 36 KCR AL OF 71 131 5 2 2 .986 .985 1.92 2.05 2.17 2.30 68 564.0 2005 37 KCR AL OF 15 18 0 0 0 1.000 .984 1.20 2.05 1.62 2.30 12 100.3 2006 38 TOT AL OF 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.67 2.00 2.05 2.29 3 22.0 KCR AL OF 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 2.00 2.00 2.57 2.31 2 14.0 TEX AL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.00 1.12 2.25 1 8.0 2007 39 TOR AL OF 57 66 3 0 0 1.000 .987 1.21 2.00 1.59 2.30 48 390.0 1995 27 BOS AL RF 6 6 1 1 0 .875 .972 1.17 1.63 1.57 2.05 5 40.0 1996 28 OAK AL RF 29 24 4 0 1 1.000 .979 0.97 1.72 1.65 2.17 17 153.0 1997 29 OAK AL RF 63 85 4 1 0 .989 .978 1.41 1.79 1.92 2.18 44 418.0 1998 30 OAK AL RF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 1.80 2.25 2.17 1 12.0 1999 31 OAK AL RF 139 245 13 5 1 .981 .982 1.86 1.82 1.92 2.11 139 1209.7 2000 32 OAK AL RF 102 185 5 4 1 .979 .983 1.86 1.76 2.03 2.16 96 844.0 2001 33 CHC NL RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 1.96 0 2.3 2002 34 MIL NL RF 51 70 4 0 0 1.000 .983 1.45 1.67 1.95 2.07 43 341.0 2003 35 PIT NL RF 47 55 4 0 0 1.000 .982 1.26 1.72 1.58 2.09 42 335.3 2004 36 KCR AL RF 57 108 3 1 0 .991 .983 1.95 1.92 2.22 2.22 54 450.3 2005 37 KCR AL RF 13 17 0 0 0 1.000 .983 1.31 1.83 1.62 2.12 12 94.3 2006 38 TEX AL RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.80 1.12 2.25 1 8.0 2007 39 TOR AL RF 17 20 0 0 0 1.000 .985 1.18 1.77 1.76 2.08 13 102.0 2008 40 TOT RF 10 14 0 0 0 1.000 .986 1.40 1.83 2.04 2.14 9 61.7 TOR AL RF 6 9 0 0 0 1.000 .989 1.50 1.83 1.80 2.16 6 45.0 PHI NL RF 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.25 1.82 2.69 2.10 3 16.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total OF* 728 1119 56 20 8 .983 .984 1.61 1.98 1.92 2.29 648 5500.3 218 2 538# RF* 538 833 38 12 3 .986 .982 1.62 1.78 1.93 2.14 476 4071.7 DH 412 Games not counted in Overall Total below 1B* 287 1957 155 20 188 .991 .994 7.36 7.97 9.12 9.42 240 2084.0 LF* 218 312 18 8 5 .976 .980 1.51 1.65 1.92 2.05 189 1548.3 CF* 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.40 0.00 2.70 0 3.0 2B* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.20 0.00 4.50 0 1.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1016 3076 211 40 196 .988 .990 3.24 3.68 3.90 4.25 888 7585
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1995   ALDS  BOS CLE     L   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 2000   ALDS  OAK NYY     L   3   9   0   1  1  0  0   0   0   1  .111  .111  .222   0  0   0   0   0 
 2008   NLDS  PHI MIL     W   2   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
        NLCS  PHI LAD         1   1   1   1  0  0  1   2   0   0 1.000 1.000 4.000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 Lg Div Series       1-2   6  12   0   1  1  0  0   0   0   2  .083  .083  .167   0  0   0   0   0 
  4 Postseason Series   1-2   7  13   1   2  1  0  1   2   0   2  .154  .154  .462   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1999-AL-17-0.01
Car-1440-0.01 shares

Home Runs
1999 AL-38-8

Intentional Walks
2008 AL-9-10

At Bats per Home Run
1999 AL-14.0-8
Car-19.4-95

Oldest Player
2007 AL-39-10
2008 AL-40-4

Gray Ink: Batting - 4 (1790) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 19.8 (654) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 8.0 (1213) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

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

June 8, 1993: Purchased by the 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 12, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
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
Career (may be incomplete)$14,845,000

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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