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Wally Berger League
5-30-2116
Matt Stairs Left Field
Retired (1955, Age 27)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .231 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws R/L
OPS .628 Status Deceased (1992) Option Years 0  
H 197 Age at Death 64 Date of Birth 10-19-1928
HR 13 Drafted Round 4, Pick 63
(1951)		 Majors Svc Time 0 years
(63 games)
RBI 89
SB 31
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B- Contact vs. L B+ Endurance D    Ldrship C-
Power vs. R C+ Power vs. L B- Velocity F    Mentor vR B+
Speed A- Bunt D- Control D    Mentor vL B+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range C+ WS Rings 0
1B --- LF A+ (100%) Arm C+ WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF B+ (74.9%)   Health F  LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF F  (3.6%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1951 CLE
31
79
8
16
2
3
1
10
9
 19 0 2
1
 1 3
.620
.278
.342
.139
.203
1952 CLE
77
280
32
64
8
2
4
24
23
 56 2 1
11
 3 7
.605
.291
.314
.086
.229
1953 CLE
129
418
52
100
11
2
6
47
39
 84 2 3
17
 4 5
.623
.305
.318
.079
.239
1954 CLE
28
26
4
7
2
1
1
5
2
 3 0 0
1
 0 0
.860
.321
.538
.269
.269
1957 CLE-NYA-BRO
22
49
5
10
1
1
1
3
10
 5 1 0
1
 1 1
.677
.350
.327
.122
.204
Total
287
852
101
197
24
9
13
89
83
 167 5 6
31
 9 16
.628
.301
.326
.095
.231
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1958-11-01Matt Stairs has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1958-04-06The Brooklyn Dodgers have waived Matt Stairs.
1958-04-01The Brooklyn Dodgers have promoted Sam Meinke to the major league team. The Brooklyn Dodgers have promoted Arnie Browne to the major league team. The Brooklyn Dodgers have designated Matt Stairs for assignment. The Brooklyn Dodgers have designated Ray Lang for assignment.
1957-08-10A trade has been completed between the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Phizzleschnitts. The Brooklyn Phizzleschnitts receive Steve Bayne, Steve Henry, Matt Stairs from the New York Yankees in exchange for Mike Small.
1957-06-26The New York Yankees have promoted Tony Bryant to the major league team. The New York Yankees have designated Matt Stairs for assignment.
1957-04-13The New York Yankees have promoted Matt Stairs to the major league team. The New York Yankees have sent Tony Bryant to the minors.
1957-04-13The New York Yankees have acquired Matt Stairs from the waiver wire. The New York Yankees have waived Ryan Bukvich.
1957-04-06The Cleveland Top Dawgs have waived Matt Stairs.
1956-08-23The Cleveland Top Dawgs have promoted Kurt Valdez to the major league team. The Cleveland Top Dawgs have sent Matt Stairs to the minors.
1956-08-23The Cleveland Top Dawgs have promoted Matt Stairs to the major league team. The Cleveland Top Dawgs have sent Bobby Burkett to the minors.
1955-03-01The Cleveland Top Dawgs have promoted Lyman McCarthy to the major league team. The Cleveland Top Dawgs have sent Matt Stairs to the minors.
1954-05-28The Cleveland Top Dawgs have promoted Matt Stairs to the major league team. The Cleveland Top Dawgs have sent Lyman McCarthy to the minors.
1954-04-01The Cleveland Top Dawgs have promoted Mark Nagy to the major league team. The Cleveland Top Dawgs have sent Matt Stairs to the minors.
1953-04-06The Cleveland Top Dawgs have promoted Juan Gonzalez to the major league team. The Cleveland Top Dawgs have promoted Matt Stairs to the major league team. The Cleveland Top Dawgs have sent Tony Graffanino to the minors. The Cleveland Top Dawgs have sent Dee Brown to the minors.
1953-04-01The Cleveland Top Dawgs have promoted Dee Brown to the major league team. The Cleveland Top Dawgs have promoted Tony Graffanino to the major league team. The Cleveland Top Dawgs have sent Matt Stairs to the minors. The Cleveland Top Dawgs have sent Juan Gonzalez to the minors.
1952-10-03The Cleveland Top Dawgs have promoted Matt Stairs to the major league team. The Cleveland Top Dawgs have promoted Ryan Bukvich to the major league team. The Cleveland Top Dawgs have sent Bob Parisse to the minors. The Cleveland Top Dawgs have sent Ted Floyd to the minors.
1952-09-11The Cleveland Top Dawgs have sent Matt Stairs down to the minors.
1952-04-23The Cleveland Top Dawgs have promoted Matt Stairs to the major league team.
1952-04-09The Cleveland Top Dawgs have promoted Brandon Berger to the major league team. The Cleveland Top Dawgs have sent Matt Stairs to the minors.
1952-03-01The Cleveland Top Dawgs have promoted Matt Stairs to the major league team. The Cleveland Top Dawgs have sent Armando Benitez to the minors.
1952-03-01The Cleveland Top Dawgs have promoted Mike DiFelice to the major league team. The Cleveland Top Dawgs have promoted Desi Relaford to the major league team. The Cleveland Top Dawgs have promoted Carlos Beltran to the major league team. The Cleveland Top Dawgs have promoted Dee Brown to the major league team. The Cleveland Top Dawgs have promoted Randy Daniels to the major league team. The Cleveland Top Dawgs have sent Bob Parisse to the minors. The Cleveland Top Dawgs have sent Jim Hicks to the minors. The Cleveland Top Dawgs have sent Michael Tucker to the minors. The Cleveland Top Dawgs have sent Matt Stairs to the minors. The Cleveland Top Dawgs have sent Pancho Coveney to the minors.
1952-03-01The Cleveland Top Dawgs have renamed Darrell Dickson to Matt Stairs.
1951-09-19The Cleveland Top Dawgs have promoted Darrell Dickson to the major league team. The Cleveland Top Dawgs have sent Carlos Beltran to the minors.
1951-09-01The Cleveland Top Dawgs have promoted Carlos Beltran to the major league team. The Cleveland Top Dawgs have sent Darrell Dickson to the minors.
1951-08-21The Cleveland Top Dawgs have promoted Darrell Dickson to the major league team. The Cleveland Top Dawgs have sent Carlos Beltran to the minors.
1951-06-11The Cleveland Top Dawgs have promoted Carlos Beltran to the major league team. The Cleveland Top Dawgs have sent Darrell Dickson to the minors.
1951-06-11The Cleveland Top Dawgs have promoted Harry Ruckols to the major league team. The Cleveland Top Dawgs have promoted Darrell Dickson to the major league team. The Cleveland Top Dawgs have sent Brent Mayne to the minors. The Cleveland Top Dawgs have sent Carlos Beltran to the minors.
1951-06-08The Cleveland Top Dawgs have promoted Angel Berroa to the major league team. The Cleveland Top Dawgs have sent Darrell Dickson to the minors.
1951-05-18The Cleveland Top Dawgs have promoted Joe Randa to the major league team. The Cleveland Top Dawgs have promoted Darrell Dickson to the major league team. The Cleveland Top Dawgs have sent Angel Berroa to the minors. The Cleveland Top Dawgs have sent Jarrod Patterson to the minors.