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Jason Bay

Jason Raymond Bay

Position: Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: September 20, 1978 in Trail, British Columbia, CAN
High School: J. Lloyd Crow HS (Trail, BC)
School: Gonzaga University (Spokane, WA)
Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 22nd round of the 2000 amateur draft.
Signed June 16, 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 23, 2003
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Mets/RedSox/Padres 2003-2012
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 4 yrs/$66M (10-13) & 14 vesting option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 8.080, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: CAA Sports (Joe Urbon) [*]
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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2003 TOT NL 24 OF 29 26 21 224.1 50 48 1 1 0 .980 1 0 3 0 1.97 1.69 .984 2.17 2.15
2003 TOT NL 24 CF 5 5 3 36.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 -0 1 -10 33 3.00 2.40 .987 2.50 2.48
2003 SDP NL 24 CF 3 3 2 19.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0 1 13 63 3.79 2.67 .988 2.51 2.47
2003 SDP NL 24 OF 3 3 2 19.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 13 0 3.79 2.67 .984 2.18 2.13
2003 PIT NL 24 OF 26 23 19 205.1 42 40 1 1 0 .976 0 0 2 0 1.80 1.58 .984 2.17 2.15
2003 PIT NL 24 LF 24 20 17 180.1 35 34 0 1 0 .971 1 -1 5 -7 1.70 1.42 .979 1.91 1.89
2003 PIT NL 24 CF 2 2 1 17.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0 0 -35 0 2.12 2.00 .988 2.49 2.50
2003 PIT NL 24 RF 1 1 1 8.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 30 0 3.38 3.00 .983 2.14 2.10
2004 PIT NL 25 OF 119 110 105 984.0 216 211 3 2 0 .991 -3 0 -4 0 1.96 1.80 .982 2.16 2.14 RoY-1
2004 PIT NL 25 LF 117 107 104 963.0 213 208 3 2 0 .991 -2 1 -3 1 1.97 1.80 .980 1.85 1.84 RoY-1
2004 PIT NL 25 CF 5 3 1 21.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -1 -40 -57 1.29 0.60 .987 2.53 2.50 RoY-1
2005 PIT NL 26 OF 162 162 138 1402.2 330 322 4 4 1 .988 -17 -8 -14 -6 2.09 2.01 .984 2.19 2.16 AS,MVP-12
2005 PIT NL 26 LF 146 133 124 1185.2 269 265 3 1 1 .996 -14 -4 -14 -4 2.03 1.84 .984 1.94 1.92 AS,MVP-12
2005 PIT NL 26 CF 30 29 14 217.0 61 57 1 3 0 .951 -3 -4 -16 -22 2.41 1.93 .987 2.52 2.48 AS,MVP-12
2006 PIT NL 27 LF 157 157 150 1373.0 329 316 10 3 1 .991 0 -2 0 -2 2.14 2.08 .982 1.97 1.95 AS,MVP-23
2006 PIT NL 27 OF 157 157 150 1373.0 329 316 10 3 1 .991 0 -2 0 -1 2.14 2.08 .984 2.22 2.20 AS,MVP-23
2007 PIT NL 28 LF 142 142 125 1237.0 286 265 13 8 3 .972 -18 -11 -17 -11 2.02 1.96 .984 2.00 1.99
2007 PIT NL 28 OF 142 142 125 1237.0 286 265 13 8 3 .972 -18 -11 -17 -10 2.02 1.96 .984 2.30 2.29
2007 PIT NL 28 DH 1 1
2008 TOT MLB 29 LF 154 153 137 1344.2 266 254 8 4 0 .985 -34 -7 -31 -6 1.75 1.70 .983 1.95 1.94
2008 TOT MLB 29 OF 154 153 137 1344.2 266 254 8 4 0 .985 -34 -7 -31 -6 1.75 1.70 .985 2.24 2.23
2008 PIT NL 29 LF 105 105 93 921.1 184 178 3 3 0 .984 -24 -9 -31 -12 1.77 1.72 .983 1.90 1.89
2008 PIT NL 29 OF 105 105 93 921.1 184 178 3 3 0 .984 -24 -9 -31 -11 1.77 1.72 .985 2.21 2.20
2008 BOS AL 29 LF 49 48 44 423.1 82 76 5 1 0 .988 -11 2 -30 6 1.72 1.65 .984 2.05 2.03
2008 BOS AL 29 OF 49 48 44 423.1 82 76 5 1 0 .988 -11 2 -30 5 1.72 1.65 .986 2.31 2.28
2009 BOS AL 30 LF 150 150 134 1279.1 325 310 15 0 2 1.000 8 2 7 2 2.29 2.17 .987 2.12 2.09 AS,MVP-7,SS
2009 BOS AL 30 OF 150 150 134 1279.1 325 310 15 0 2 1.000 8 2 7 1 2.29 2.17 .987 2.33 2.30 AS,MVP-7,SS
2009 BOS AL 30 DH 1 1 AS,MVP-7,SS
2010 NYM NL 31 LF 93 92 88 820.2 148 141 6 1 1 .993 -0 3 -1 4 1.61 1.58 .985 1.82 1.80
2010 NYM NL 31 OF 93 92 88 820.2 148 141 6 1 1 .993 -0 3 -1 4 1.61 1.58 .987 2.17 2.15
2011 NYM NL 32 LF 122 121 114 1053.1 226 220 4 2 1 .991 -3 -3 -3 -3 1.91 1.84 .985 1.87 1.87
2011 NYM NL 32 OF 122 121 114 1053.1 226 220 4 2 1 .991 -3 -3 -3 -3 1.91 1.84 .986 2.16 2.15
2012 NYM NL 33 LF 14 14 12 120.1 32 29 2 1 0 .969 -1 -2 -12 -20 2.32 2.21 .983 1.85 1.83
2012 NYM NL 33 OF 14 14 12 120.1 32 29 2 1 0 .969 -1 -2 -12 -20 2.32 2.21 .983 2.09 2.07
10 Seasons OF 1142 1127 1024 9839.1 2208 2116 66 26 9 .988 -68 -28 -8 -3 2.00 1.91 .985 2.22 2.20
10 Seasons LF 1119 1089 1005 9557.1 2129 2042 64 23 9 .989 -64 -24 -8 -3 1.98 1.88 .984 1.95 1.93
3 Seasons CF 40 37 18 274.0 76 72 1 3 0 .961 -4 -4 -17 -17 2.40 1.83 .987 2.52 2.48
1 Season RF 1 1 1 8.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 30 0 3.38 3.00 .983 2.14 2.10
10 Seasons TOT 1142 1127 1024 9839.1 2208 2116 66 26 9 .988 -68 -56 -8 -6 2.00 1.91 .985 2.22 2.20
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
2003 SDP NL 24 CF 0 13 0 0 0 0 1 63 1 0
2003 PIT NL 24 LF 1 5 2 -0 2 -1 -1 -7 0 -1
2003 PIT NL 24 CF -0 -35 -0 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 PIT NL 24 RF 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 PIT NL 25 LF -2 -3 -0 -1 1 -2 1 1 2 -2
2004 PIT NL 25 CF -1 -40 0 0 -0 -1 -1 -57 -1 0
2005 PIT NL 26 LF -14 -14 -6 -6 -0 -8 -4 -4 -1 -7
2005 PIT NL 26 CF -3 -16 -3 -2 -1 0 -4 -22 -2 -2
2006 PIT NL 27 LF 0 0 3 2 1 -3 -2 -2 7 -8
2007 PIT NL 28 LF -18 -17 -17 -10 -7 -1 -11 -11 -11 -2
2008 PIT NL 29 LF -24 -31 -17 -0 -16 -7 -9 -12 -5 -6
2008 BOS AL 29 LF -11 -30 -13 -8 -5 2 2 6 -2 2
2009 BOS AL 30 LF 8 7 5 0 4 3 2 2 -3 1
2010 NYM NL 31 LF -0 -1 -2 -2 -1 2 3 4 2 0
2011 NYM NL 32 LF -3 -3 -3 -6 3 0 -3 -3 -5 0
2012 NYM NL 33 LF -1 -12 -2 -0 -2 1 -2 -20 -5 1
10 Seasons LF -64 -8 -50 -29 -21 -14 -24 -3 -21 -22
3 Seasons CF -4 -17 -3 -2 -1 -1 -4 -17 -2 -2
1 Season RF 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons TOT -102 -11 -81 -40 -41 -21 -56 -6 -23 -24

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
2003 PIT NL 24 27 23 27 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 2 1 27 0 2 0
2003 SDP NL 24 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0
2004 PIT NL 25 120 110 120 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 117 5 0 122 0 6 0
2005 PIT NL 26 162 162 162 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 146 30 0 176 0 0 0
2006 PIT NL 27 159 157 159 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 157 0 0 157 0 2 0
2007 PIT NL 28 145 143 145 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 142 0 0 142 1 2 0
2008 PIT NL 29 106 105 106 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 105 0 0 105 0 1 0
2008 BOS AL 29 49 48 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 0 0 49 0 0 0
2009 BOS AL 30 151 151 151 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 150 1 0 0
2010 NYM NL 31 95 92 95 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 93 0 0 93 0 2 0
2011 NYM NL 32 123 121 123 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 122 0 0 122 0 0 1
2012 NYM NL 33 15 14 15 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 14 0 1 0
10 Seasons 1155 1129 1155 1142 0 0 0 0 0 0 1119 40 1 1160 2 16 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2003 PIT NL 24 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 6 0 5 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 4 4 0 23 14 60.9% 9 0 0.0% 0 749 67% 74% 35% 71 48%
2004 PIT NL 25 2 0 2 0 1 3 0 2 0 1 52 42 0 41 15 0 21 13 1 11 0 0 30 28 0 155 98 63.2% 56 1 0.6% 2 4159 60% 76% 39% 464 45%
2005 PIT NL 26 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 70 56 0 31 9 0 32 15 0 17 1 1 28 25 0 178 106 59.6% 71 1 0.6% 2 5162 67% 76% 40% 576 46%
2006 PIT NL 27 3 0 3 0 2 10 0 4 3 2 94 74 2 53 12 0 49 29 2 19 6 0 36 34 1 251 155 61.8% 92 5 2.0% 5 6100 68% 76% 37% 707 46%
2007 PIT NL 28 8 0 4 4 2 13 0 8 1 4 88 75 0 58 19 1 43 27 1 23 4 1 38 31 2 250 156 62.4% 89 5 2.0% 8 5475 68% 78% 41% 682 40%
2008 PIT NL 29 3 0 2 1 0 3 0 2 0 1 66 51 0 47 14 0 30 15 1 13 1 0 21 17 0 177 98 55.4% 78 1 0.6% 2 4159 70% 78% 40% 474 38%
2008 BOS AL 29 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 3 0 1 22 18 0 17 5 1 17 11 1 2 2 0 8 8 0 66 44 66.7% 19 2 3.0% 3 1799 54% 73% 41% 209 39%
2009 BOS AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 9 1 4 82 68 0 51 19 1 43 24 3 18 4 0 24 21 2 218 136 62.4% 76 6 2.8% 9 5590 53% 75% 41% 673 48%
2010 NYM NL 31 1 0 1 0 1 6 0 2 1 2 53 43 1 29 14 0 15 7 1 5 0 1 17 17 0 119 81 68.1% 35 3 2.5% 3 3572 66% 74% 39% 365 40%
2011 NYM NL 32 2 0 1 1 1 4 0 2 0 2 39 28 0 31 15 1 36 25 0 17 3 1 15 12 0 138 83 60.1% 53 2 1.4% 2 4591 61% 77% 38% 477 47%
2012 NYM NL 33 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 7 6 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 15 10 66.7% 5 0 0.0% 2 517 50% 73% 37% 65 48%
10 Seasons 23 0 17 6 8 64 0 35 7 17 583 467 3 364 124 4 291 170 10 129 21 4 223 199 5 1590 981 61.7% 583 26 1.6% 38 41873 64% 76% 39% 4763 44%
MLB Averages 63.8% 2.3% 58% 76% 40% 46%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2003 SDP NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 3 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 76 49% 80% 47% 12 67%
2003 PIT NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 75 44% 80% 40% 10 40%
2004 PIT NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 28.6% 5 0 0.0% 0 106 63% 75% 38% 13 23%
2005 PIT NL 26 3 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 11 8 0 9 0 0 2 0 0 5 2 0 5 3 0 32 13 40.6% 19 0 0.0% 1 961 69% 79% 41% 112 52%
3 Seasons 3 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 19 12 0 15 2 0 2 0 0 5 2 0 6 4 0 47 20 42.6% 27 0 0.0% 1 1218 66% 79% 41% 147 50%
MLB Averages 45.0% 1.9% 58% 76% 40% 52%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2003 PIT NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 1 1 50.0% 0 32 78% 84% 31% 3 100%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 1 1 50.0% 0 32 78% 84% 31% 3 100%
MLB Averages 46.8% 2.3% 58% 76% 40% 50%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2005
2006 (RF)
2009 (LF)

Awards (yr lg award)
2004 NL Rookie of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2005 NL (12, 9%)
2006 NL (23, 0%)
2009 AL (7, 20%)
0.29 Career Shares (619th)

Silver Sluggers
2009 AL (OF)

Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2005 NL  146 (5th)
2006 NL  157 (2nd)
2007 NL  142 (4th)
2009 AL  150 (2nd)
2011 NL  122 (5th)
Active  1,119 (5th)
Career  1,119 (46th)

Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2005 NL  265 (4th)
2006 NL  316 (2nd)
2007 NL  265 (2nd)
2009 AL  310 (2nd)
2011 NL  220 (3rd)
Active  2,042 (4th)
Career  2,042 (47th)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2006 NL  10 (2nd)
2007 NL  13 (2nd)
2009 AL  15 (1st)
2010 NL  6 (4th)
Active  64 (4th)
Career  64 (65th)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2007 NL  8 (2nd)
Active  23 (9th)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
2005 NL  162 (1st)
2006 NL  157 (5th)
Active  1,142 (18th)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
Active  2,116 (22nd)

Assists as OF s c a p y
2007 NL  13 (3rd)
2009 AL  15 (1st)
Active  66 (16th)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
2007 NL  8 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2009 AL  8 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y
2004 NL  1.97 (2nd)
2005 NL  2.03 (5th)
2006 NL  2.14 (4th)
2009 AL  2.29 (3rd)
2011 NL  1.91 (5th)
Active  1.98 (7th)
Career  1.98 (67th)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2004 NL  1.80 (3rd)
2005 NL  1.84 (5th)
2006 NL  2.08 (2nd)
2007 NL  1.96 (5th)
2009 AL  2.17 (2nd)
2011 NL  1.84 (2nd)
Active  1.88 (6th)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2004 NL  .991 (3rd)
2005 NL  .996 (1st)
2006 NL  .991 (5th)
2009 AL  1.000 (1st)
2010 NL  .993 (4th)
Active  .989 (4th)
Career  .989 (11th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
2009 AL  1.000 (1st)
Career  .988 (84th)

Salary s c a p y
2011 NL  $18,125,000 (10th)

                           

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