Editing Matt Stairs (section)

===Washington Nationals===
On December 14, 2010, the [[Washington Nationals]] signed Stairs to a non-guaranteed minor league contract, which included an invitation to Major League Spring training.<ref>{{cite news|last=Kilgore|first=Adam|date=December 14, 2010|title=Nationals sign Matt Stairs|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/nationalsjournal/2010/12/nationals_sign_matt_stairs.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011093104/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/nationalsjournal/2010/12/nationals_sign_matt_stairs.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 11, 2012|access-date=December 14, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=December 14, 2010|title=Nationals agree to terms with OF/1B Matt Stairs|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20101214&content_id=16317610&vkey=pr_was&fext=.jsp&c_id=was|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110107222036/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20101214&content_id=16317610&vkey=pr_was&fext=.jsp&c_id=was|archive-date=January 7, 2011|access-date=January 7, 2011|website=[[Washington Nationals]]|publisher=[[MLB.com]]}}</ref> After spring training, he was placed on the 25-man roster and went north with the team. Mostly used as a [[pinch hitter]], with four appearances at first base, in 65 at-bats he had 10 hits and two RBIs.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Matt Stairs Stats|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/stairma01.shtml|access-date=|website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|language=en}}</ref> He was [[designated for assignment]] on July 27, 2011.<ref>{{cite news|date=July 27, 2011|title=Nationals DFA veteran Matt Stairs|work=[[ESPN]]|publisher=[[Associated Press]]|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/6809561/washington-nationals-designate-matt-stairs-add-jonny-gomes-roster|access-date=July 28, 2011}}</ref> He was released on August 1<ref>{{cite web|last=Dierkes|first=Tim|date=August 1, 2011|title=Nationals Release Matt Stairs|url=http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2011/08/nationals-release-matt-stairs.html|access-date=August 1, 2011|work=MLB Trade Rumors}}</ref> and announced his retirement two days later.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Links|first=Zachary|date=August 3, 2011|title=Matt Stairs Retires|url=https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2011/08/matt-stairs-retires.html|access-date=August 3, 2011|website=MLB Trade Rumors|language=en-US}}</ref>