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Woody
Stairs		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 190
 
Born: December 20, 1950 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Landis Memorial Seriess Won 1977   
All-Star Selections 1981   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1974 23 MRQ JL   2 2 2 4 3 3 0 0 0 3 2 3 3 2 3 3 2 3
1975 24 MRQ JL   4 4 4 5 5 5 0 0 0 3 2 3 3 3 3 4 3 3
1976 25 BIR FL $ 300,000 5 5 5 6 6 6 0 0 0 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 4 4
1977 26 BIR FL $ 300,000 6 6 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 3 3 3 4 4 4 6 5 6
1978 27 BIR FL $ 300,000 6 6 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 5 6
1979 28 BIR FL $ 2,528,571 6 6 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 4 4 4 4 4 4 7 5 6
1980 29 BIR FL $ 2,528,571 6 6 6 6 5 6 0 0 0 5 4 4 4 4 4 7 5 6
OOTP5 Min Ratings   2 2 2 4 3 3 0 0 0 3 2 3 3 2 3 3 2 3
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 2,528,571 6 6 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 5 4 4 4 4 4 7 5 6
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 30 BIR FL $ 2,528,571   15 15 15 12 11 12 10 9 9 9 8 8 16 14 15
1982 31 PHX JL $ 3,840,000   15 15 15 12 11 11 9 9 9 8 7 8 16 14 15
1983 32 PHX JL $ 3,840,000   15 15 15 11 10 10 8 7 7 7 6 7 16 14 15
1984 33 PHX JL $ 3,840,000   15 15 15 11 11 11 7 6 7 7 6 7 15 13 14
1985 34 PHX JL $ 1,600,000   13 13 13 12 11 11 7 7 7 7 6 7 14 12 13
1986 35 PHX JL $ 1,600,000   11 11 11 11 10 10 7 7 7 7 6 7 15 13 14
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 1,600,000   11 11 11 11 10 10 7 6 7 7 6 7 14 12 13
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,840,000   15 15 15 12 11 12 10 9 9 9 8 8 16 14 15
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1974 23 A   13 51 3 14 1 0 0 4 1 0 2 10 .275 .302 .294 .596 4.5  
1975 24 AA   84 224 25 62 10 0 3 17 3 1 19 40 .277 .333 .362 .695 27.1  
    A   36 152 28 54 9 0 6 24 2 1 11 29 .355 .399 .533 .932 29.0  
1976 25 BIR FL 55 162 15 32 5 2 3 9 1 1 9 36 .198 .240 .309 .548 10.4 0.0
    AAA   89 381 40 107 27 0 4 28 7 0 30 77 .281 .333 .383 .717 48.4  
1977 26 BIR FL 143 526 73 164 30 4 5 47 16 4 33 83 .312 .358 .413 .770 74.2 15.8
1978 27 BIR FL 158 616 68 174 30 6 8 62 11 0 32 67 .282 .320 .390 .709 70.6 10.1
1979 28 BIR FL 158 570 58 158 27 2 9 59 17 4 35 79 .277 .326 .379 .705 68.3 11.8
1980 29 BIR FL 154 576 69 156 23 2 7 60 20 5 45 89 .271 .328 .354 .682 65.4 8.9
1981 30 BIR FL 149 553 65 152 26 4 12 68 15 5 36 111 .275 .320 .401 .722 71.7 10.3
1982 31 PHX JL 149 482 77 149 18 4 17 91 23 4 38 66 .309 .358 .469 .827 80.5 15.9
1983 32 PHX JL 146 479 47 134 22 3 10 52 11 7 32 70 .280 .322 .401 .723 59.4 8.4
1984 33 PHX JL 155 563 60 153 15 3 9 66 24 3 36 114 .272 .322 .357 .679 66.7 9.8
1985 34 PHX JL 90 243 41 73 8 0 8 29 7 2 12 53 .300 .336 .432 .768 35.4 6.8
1986 35 AAA   114 291 38 95 9 1 15 62 7 1 32 43 .326 .393 .519 .912 57.1  
10 Years Sim 1357 4770 573 1345 204 30 88 543 145 35 308 768 .282 .328 .393 .721 602.7 97.9
2 Years AAA 203 672 78 202 36 1 19 90 14 1 62 120 .301 .361 .442 .803 105.5  
1 Years AA 84 224 25 62 10 0 3 17 3 1 19 40 .277 .337 .362 .699 27.1  
2 Years A 49 203 31 68 10 0 6 28 3 1 13 39 .335 .384 .473 .856 33.5  
5 Years Minors 336 1099 134 332 56 1 28 135 20 3 94 199 .302 .360 .431 .791 166.1  
162 Game Average 569 68 160 24 3 10 64 17 4 36 91 .282 .328 .393 .721 71.9  
Career Highs 158 616 77 174 30 6 17 91 24 7 45 114 .312 .358 .469 .827 80.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3135 348 854 127 16 51 341 89 19 192 509 .272 .317 .372 .689 367.8
vs LH   1635 225 491 77 14 37 202 56 16 116 259 .300 .350 .432 .783 239.4
Home 676 2309 272 638 93 17 42 243 62 18 147 389 .276 .322 .386 .708 283.1
Away 681 2461 301 707 111 13 46 300 83 17 161 379 .287 .334 .399 .733 324.0
RISP   1090 0 333 54 9 21 433 0 0 96 183 .306 .357 .429 .786 162.9
Pinch Hitting   101 2 29 8 0 1 12 1 1 4 20 .287 .311 .396 .707 11.5
Close/Late   586 57 166 32 2 8 54 0 0 50 97 .283 .343 .386 .728 75.3
Mar/Apr 210 738 100 217 27 5 12 89 29 5 50 100 .294 .344 .393 .737 99.0
May 232 803 92 229 43 1 17 83 21 6 53 123 .285 .332 .405 .737 105.3
June 216 779 94 229 38 2 16 113 19 7 50 110 .294 .339 .409 .748 104.4
July 230 821 91 228 27 6 17 82 29 3 54 160 .278 .323 .387 .710 104.9
August 260 948 109 249 37 7 13 97 28 5 58 166 .263 .307 .358 .665 104.7
Sep/Oct 209 681 87 193 32 9 13 79 19 9 43 109 .283 .330 .414 .744 88.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1976 25 BIR FL SS 45 38 349.3 43 82 3 22 .977 3.22   0.9
    3B 1 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1977 26 BIR FL SS 137 130 1147.0 141 344 15 50 .970 3.81   6.1
    3B 4 0 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13   0.0
1978 27 BIR FL SS 151 145 1329.0 129 377 15 72 .971 3.43   4.0
    3B 2 1 15.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.20   0.0
1979 28 BIR FL SS 156 148 1337.0 180 429 16 69 .974 4.10   6.4
1980 29 BIR FL SS 152 142 1270.7 188 475 21 105 .969 4.70   6.5
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1981 30 BIR FL SS 146 140 1244.0 207 448 18 104 .973 4.74   5.6
    3B 3 0 6.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1982 31 PHX JL SS 88 83 659.0 122 212 12 39 .965 4.56   2.4
    3B 57 56 452.3 37 95 6 6 .957 2.63   1.0
    1B 1 0 2.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 13.53   0.0
1983 32 PHX JL SS 126 116 1010.7 135 336 20 53 .959 4.19   3.2
    3B 4 1 13.7 1 4 0 0 1.000 3.29   0.1
1984 33 PHX JL SS 154 154 1295.7 196 476 23 84 .967 4.67   6.9
1985 34 PHX JL SS 53 44 391.0 53 129 6 21 .968 4.19   1.4
    3B 19 11 108.7 6 28 3 2 .919 2.82   0.3
    2B 1 1 9.0 1 5 0 1 1.000 6.00   0.1
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  SS 1208 1140 10033.3 1394 3308 149 619 .969 4.22   43.3
  3B 91 69 609.0 45 129 9 8 .951 2.57   1.4
  2B 1 1 9.0 1 5 0 1 1.000 6.00   0.1
  1B 1 0 2.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 13.53   0.0
  RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1302 1210 10655.0 1444 3442 158 628 .969 4.13   44.8
Career Highs   156 154 1344.0 207 476 23 105 .977 4.71    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1977 26 BIR FL 16 68 7 14 2 0 0 2 1 0 4 13 .206 .250 .235 .485
Career Post-Season Batting 16 68 7 14 2 0 0 2 1 0 4 13 .206 .250 .235 .485
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1977-8-.312
 On-Base Pct
1977-10-.358
 Games
1978-4-158
1979-3-158
 At-Bats
1978-6-616
 Singles
1984-8-126
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 7    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 28    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
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  1. Lewis Brundage (961)
  2. Tim McGraw (926)
  3. Bob Leighton (926)
  4. Lance Thelen (920)
  5. Austin Purkey (916)
  6. Jeffrey Griffin (915)
  7. Jonathan Noon (914)
  8. Andreas Ayes (914)
  9. Fok-Han Leung (909)
  10. Clement Stewart (903)
History
Released by Omaha on 7/11/1973
Drafted in 1st round, 11th overall pick, by Marquette in 1974
Injured on 4/14/1974 with a Broken Finger, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 7/24/1975 with a Hyper Extended Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Marquette to Birmingham on 7/1/1976 (Going to MRQ: P A. Ball. Going to BIR: SS W. Stairs)
Had first career hit on 7/10/1976, off Terrence Williams (AUS)
Hit first career homerun on 8/19/1976, off Pedro Fernandez (NO)
Injured on 9/2/1977 with a Tight Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Landis Memorial Series with Birmingham in 1977
Won Player of the Week award on 9/10/1979, hitting .571 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Injured on 4/11/1981 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
Was selected to the 1981 Allstar game
 
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