Matt Stairs, By The Numbers

When the Nationals signed Jayson Werth, we decided to take a look at the numbers behind the man who the club just shelled out $126 million to. We had so much fun with it, we decided to do the same and take a look at Matt Stairs long wondering career. We found some interesting stuff here, Check it out:

Matt Stairs
43 - The age Stairs will be in February, making him the oldest member of the Washington Nationals
0 - The age Bryce Harper and Derek Norris were when Stairs was first signed by the Montreal Expos in 1989.
200 - The very generous weight in pounds he's listed as in his player profile
265 - The amount of homers Stairs has hit in his career, second only to Ivan Rodriguez on the Nats roster.
3,250,000 - The most Stairs ever made in a season, in 2001.
18,795,000 - The amount Stairs has made his 18 seasons in the MLB. 

Accolades
17 - The highest he has ever finished in the MVP voting
5 - The number of times he has hit 20-or-more homers in his career
23 - Career pinch hit home runs, a MLB record
13 - The amount of franchises Stairs has been a member of, an MLB record
2 - The amount of Canadians who ever hit 250-or-more home runs in the majors, Stairs and Larry Walker
1 - Number of things I like about Philly fans, the shirt they created that said "In case of emergency, use Stairs," as a play on his clutch hitting ability.

Performance
.837 - Stairs career OPS
293 - Career doubles Stairs hit
38 - Career high in home runs Stairs hit in 1999.
8 - WAR Stairs earned in 1999 despite hitting .258/.366/.533 with 38 homers and 102 RBI
-25 - The UZR Stairs posted in 1999, the reason his WAR was drastically low
16.2 - Stairs career WAR
26 - Amount of career playoff plate appearances Stairs has despite having 5950 MLB regular season plate appearances
44.1 - Percent of balls Stairs hit that were flyballs

They Said It
"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." - Bill James