[3.13] gh-130637: Add validation for numeric response data in `stat()` method (GH-130646) (#130763)

gh-130637: Add validation for numeric response data in `stat()` method (GH-130646)
(cherry picked from commit a42168d316f0c9a4fc5658dab87682dc19054efb)

Co-authored-by: Kanishk Pachauri <itskanishkp.py@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Eric V. Smith <ericvsmith@users.noreply.github.com>