Jay Payton

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Jason Lee Payton

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 185 lb.
School Georgia Institute of Technology
Debut September 1, 1998
Born November 22, 1972 in Zanesville, OH USA

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Jay Payton has played 9 seasons in the major leagues with 5 teams. He has hit over .300 a couple times, and in 2003 hit 28 home runs for the Colorado Rockies.

He was an oddity on the 2006 Oakland Athletics, a team that was noted for low batting averages and copious walks. Payton hit .296, the highest average on the team among the regulars, but had only 22 walks, by far the lowest total among the regulars. He was also odd in that the Athletics were terrible at hitting doubles, finishing 13th in the league in doubles, while Payton was good at hitting doubles, getting 32 to lead the team.

2006 was his second post-season appearance, after being in the 2000 post-season and 2000 World Series with the New York Mets.

Because Payton's skills are a bit different than many of today's players, the most similar players according to the similarity scores method are from eras of long ago - Danny Litwhiler, Pete Ward, and Hoot Evers. The most similar contemporary players are Jeffrey Hammonds and Todd Hollandsworth.