Editing Matt Stairs (section)

===San Diego Padres===
[[File:Matt Stairs.jpg|240px|thumb|Stairs batting for the [[San Diego Padres]] in 2010.]]
On January 23, 2010, Stairs agreed to a minor league contract with the [[San Diego Padres]] with an invite to spring training hoping to crack their 25-man roster out of spring as a left-handed bat off the bench.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Crasnick|first=Jerry|date=January 23, 2010|title=Stairs agrees to minor league deal with Padres|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=4852323|access-date=January 23, 2010|website=[[ESPN]]|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Brock|first=Corey|date=January 23, 2010|title=Padres ink Stairs to Minors deal|url=http://sandiego.padres.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100123&content_id=7959426&vkey=news_sd&fext=.jsp&c_id=sd|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100128102741/http://sandiego.padres.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100123&content_id=7959426&vkey=news_sd&fext=.jsp&c_id=sd|archive-date=January 28, 2010|access-date=January 28, 2010|website=[[San Diego Padres]]|publisher=[[MLB.com]]}}</ref> During the offseason, he lost nearly 40 pounds, which helped him make the team out of spring training.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Caple|first=Jim|date=March 17, 2010|title=Caple: Matt Stairs slims down|url=https://www.espn.com/espn/page2/story?sportCat=mlb&page=caple/100317|access-date=March 17, 2010|website=[[ESPN]]}}</ref> When he joined the Padres, he became the only player in MLB history to play for all four of the [[1969 Major League Baseball expansion|1969 expansion teams]] (the Padres, Royals, Expos, and Brewers). On August 21, Stairs hit his 21st home run as a [[pinch hitter]] to break a tie with [[Cliff Johnson (baseball)|Cliff Johnson]] for the Major League record.<ref>{{Cite news|date=August 22, 2010|title=Padres' Matt Stairs sets record for most pinch-hit homers|language=en-CA|work=[[Toronto Star]]|url=https://www.thestar.com/sports/baseball/2010/08/22/padres_matt_stairs_sets_record_for_most_pinchhit_homers.html|access-date=January 6, 2022|issn=0319-0781}}</ref>