Born in Los Angeles, Stainback played in 817 games, 629 in the outfield. For his career, he had a .259 batting average and 204 RBIs. An unusual statistic from his career was that his career errors (48) outnumbered his home runs and stolen bases combined (44).\n', '

After the Dodgers moved to Los Angeles in 1958, Stainback, who had settled in the area after retiring from baseball, approached the Dodgers' Red Patterson with his idea to develop ticket sales to fraternal and civic organizations. He developed group ticket sales over a 20-year career as a Dodger executive and supervised the club's Knothole program, which treated children to free games.\n", '

Stainback died in 1992 after suffering a stroke in Camarillo, California, at age 81.\n', '

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