Matt Stairs signs with 13th career team - Padres

[Schwarber Fan]

http://digitalsportsdaily.com/mlb/19939

 

First Garland, now Stairs

 

Break up the Padres!

[rocket]

13 career teams? clubhouse cancer

[sneakypower]

Matt Stairs and The Hall of Could Have Been

 

Might be in the Hall of Fame if: I'll let Bill explain.

 

"Look at it. Somebody decided he was a second baseman, he tears through the minor leagues, gets to Montreal, the Expos take one look at him and say, 'He's no second baseman, get real.' He bounces around, goes to Japan, doesn't really get to play until he's almost 30, then hits 38 homers, slips into a part-time role and hits 15-20 homers every year for 10 years in about 250 at-bats a season. ... You put him in the right park, right position early in his career ... he's going to hit a LOT of bombs."

 

What can you say? It's all there. Stairs did not get 500 at-bats until he was 30 -- he had a .370 OBP that year, hit 26 homers, drove in 106. The next year, he had the 38-homer season. His average dropped the next season, and he never got 500 at-bats in a season after that.

[Post Count Padder]

Good luck to him.

[Derwood]

career .839 OPS (118 OPS+) with over 250 HR. not bad for a mostly part-time player

[Cubbie Swagger]

I always liked Stairs. I feel really bad for him, because it seems like every time in his career he was putting up good numbers as a full-time player, he got traded to a contender to assume a bench role.

[jyoung55]

Wait a minute... someone thought Matt Stairs was a second baseman?

 

 

And does anyone know the record for number of teams played for in the majors? He's got to be getting up there.

[dew1679666265]

Wait a minute... someone thought Matt Stairs was a second baseman?

 

 

And does anyone know the record for number of teams played for in the majors? He's got to be getting up there.

 

Mike Morgan and Ron Villone lead the way with 12 each. This is either number 11 or 12 for Stairs.

[MSG T]

Wait a minute... someone thought Matt Stairs was a second baseman?

 

 

And does anyone know the record for number of teams played for in the majors? He's got to be getting up there.

 

He's now at 12 which would tie him with Mike Morgan and Ron Villone.

 

http://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/leaders_most_franchises.shtml

[jersey cubs fan]

Wait a minute... someone thought Matt Stairs was a second baseman?

 

His first pro seasons were at 2B, then SS/3B. I think the reasoning is weak here. His switch from a MI to a corner guy probably led to him beefing up, which led to his power. He wasn't going to be a little power hitting 2B.

[biittner77]

Wait a minute... someone thought Matt Stairs was a second baseman?

 

His first pro seasons were at 2B, then SS/3B. I think the reasoning is weak here. His switch from a MI to a corner guy probably led to him beefing up, which led to his power. He wasn't going to be a little power hitting 2B.

 

If he had given up MI earlier he may have gotten more ABs and had better stats. Or he may have never made the majors at all.