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Jon Jay

Jonathan Henry Jay (The Federalist) (twitter: @jonjayU)

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: March 15, 1985 in Miami, FL
High School: Christopher Columbus HS (Miami, FL)
School: University of Miami (Coral Gables, FL)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2nd round of the 2006 amateur draft.
Signed June 28, 2006. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 26, 2010 (Age 25)
Team: Cardinals 2010-2013
2013 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$524k (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 2.134, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2017 [*], Agents: CAA Sports (Nez Balelo) [*]
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2010 25 STL NL 105 323 287 47 86 19 2 4 27 2 4 24 50 .300 .359 .422 .780 113 121 5 3 8 1 0 98/7
2011 26 STL NL 159 503 455 56 135 24 2 10 37 6 7 28 81 .297 .344 .424 .768 112 193 11 7 9 4 1 *897
2012 27 STL NL 117 502 443 70 135 22 4 4 40 19 7 34 71 .305 .373 .400 .773 113 177 9 15 9 1 3 *8
2013 28 STL NL 36 153 130 23 36 5 1 4 19 1 1 12 23 .277 .353 .423 .776 115 55 6 5 3 3 1 *8
4 Yrs 417 1481 1315 196 392 70 9 22 123 28 19 98 225 .298 .358 .415 .773 113 546 31 30 29 9 5
162 Game Avg. 162 575 511 76 152 27 3 9 48 11 7 38 87 .298 .358 .415 .773 113 212 12 12 11 3 2

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2010 25 STL NL 105 323 8 -0 1 -6 -2 -0 -0.1 10 10 0.9 .500 .500 1.5 -0.9 16 98/7
2011 26 STL NL 159 503 7 -3 1 9 -2 12 1.4 16 28 2.9 .509 .508 1.8 0.8 19 $416,000 *897
2012 27 STL NL 117 502 10 3 0 2 2 17 1.9 15 33 3.4 .516 .511 3.0 0.5 31 $504,000 *8
2013 28 STL NL 36 153 4 0 -1 -2 1 2 0.2 5 7 0.6 .506 .501 0.9 -0.2 9 $524,000 *8
4 Seasons 417 1481 29 -1 1 3 -1 32 3.3 46 78 7.8 .508 .505 7.3 0.2 75 $1,444,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2011 26 STL NL NLDS PHI W 5 16 12 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 3 .167 .333 .167 .500 2 0 0 1 0 1
2011 26 STL NL NLCS MIL W 6 28 25 7 6 2 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 .240 .321 .320 .641 8 1 0 0 0 0
2011 26 STL NL WS TEX W 7 19 18 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .111 .111 .111 .222 2 1 0 1 0 0
2012 27 STL NL NLWC ATL W 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0
2012 27 STL NL NLDS WSN W 5 24 20 4 4 0 1 0 4 2 0 2 5 .200 .261 .300 .561 6 1 0 1 1 0
2012 27 STL NL NLCS SFG L 7 31 29 3 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 5 .207 .258 .241 .499 7 0 1 0 0 0
2 Yrs (6 Series) 31 122 108 15 20 3 1 0 10 3 1 9 17 .185 .252 .231 .484 25 4 1 3 1 1
1 NLWC 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0
2 NLDS 10 40 32 4 6 0 1 0 6 2 0 5 8 .188 .289 .250 .539 8 1 0 2 1 1
2 NLCS 13 59 54 10 12 3 0 0 4 1 0 4 7 .222 .288 .278 .566 15 1 1 0 0 0
1 WS 7 19 18 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .111 .111 .111 .222 2 1 0 1 0 0

Standard Fielding

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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
2010 STL NL 25 OF 88 66 43 601.2 143 137 5 1 1 .993 -4 -6 -7 -11 2.12 1.61 .987 2.17 2.15
2010 STL NL 25 RF 61 43 23 381.2 74 70 3 1 1 .986 -5 -2 -15 -7 1.72 1.20 .986 2.10 2.07
2010 STL NL 25 CF 27 21 19 195.0 65 63 2 0 0 1.000 1 -3 9 -18 3.00 2.41 .989 2.59 2.56
2010 STL NL 25 LF 9 2 1 25.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 -1 0 -53 1.44 0.44 .985 1.84 1.80
2011 STL NL 26 OF 140 107 75 989.0 281 273 5 3 4 .989 -4 9 -5 10 2.53 1.99 .986 2.16 2.15
2011 STL NL 26 CF 75 65 45 570.0 174 167 4 3 3 .983 0 4 1 8 2.70 2.28 .988 2.55 2.54
2011 STL NL 26 RF 56 30 20 303.2 85 84 1 0 1 1.000 -4 7 -14 28 2.52 1.52 .983 2.05 2.04
2011 STL NL 26 LF 19 12 10 115.1 22 22 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -2 -9 -22 1.72 1.16 .985 1.87 1.87
2012 STL NL 27 CF 116 108 105 993.1 292 291 1 0 0 1.000 9 2 10 2 2.65 2.52 .989 2.49 2.46
2012 STL NL 27 OF 116 108 105 993.1 292 291 1 0 0 1.000 9 2 10 2 2.65 2.52 .987 2.11 2.09
2013 STL NL 28 CF 36 34 32 306.1 72 72 0 0 0 1.000 -6 -2 -24 -8 2.12 2.00 .987 2.42 2.40
2013 STL NL 28 OF 36 34 32 306.1 72 72 0 0 0 1.000 -6 -2 -24 -7 2.12 2.00 .986 2.14 2.12
4 Seasons OF 380 315 255 2890.1 788 773 11 4 5 .995 -5 3 -2 1 2.44 2.06 .987 2.14 2.13
4 Seasons CF 254 228 201 2064.2 603 593 7 3 3 .995 4 1 2 0 2.62 2.36 .988 2.51 2.49
2 Seasons RF 117 73 43 685.1 159 154 4 1 2 .994 -8 5 -15 8 2.07 1.35 .984 2.08 2.06
2 Seasons LF 28 14 11 140.1 26 26 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -3 -8 -25 1.67 0.93 .985 1.87 1.85
4 Seasons TOT 380 315 255 2890.1 788 773 11 4 5 .995 -5 3 -2 1 2.44 2.06 .987 2.14 2.13
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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 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

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Batting Average s c a p y
2012 NL  .305 (10th)

On-Base% s c a p y
2012 NL  .373 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
2011 NL  159 (5th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2012 NL  15 (3rd)
2013 NL  5 (4th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2013 NL  3 (5th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2013 NL  6 (7th)

Def. Games as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2013 NL  36 (4th)

Putouts as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2012 NL  291 (5th)

Double Plays Turned as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2011 NL  3 (3rd)

Double Plays Turned as OF s c a p y
2011 NL  4 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1954)† s c a p y
2012 NL  2.65 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2012 NL  2.52 (3rd)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2012 NL  1.000 (1st)
2013 NL  1.000 (1st)

Range Factor/9Inn as OF† s c a p y
2012 NL  2.65 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
2012 NL  2.52 (3rd)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
2012 NL  1.000 (1st)
2013 NL  1.000 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 5 (1801), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 5 (1555), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1400), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Center Field (259th), 7.2 career WAR/7.2 7yr-peak WAR/7.2 JAWS
Average HOF CF (out of 18) = 70.5 career WAR/44.1 7yr-peak WAR/57.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Chris Denorfia (961)
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  4. Joe Connolly (956)
  5. Bill Hassamaer (953)
  6. Denny Sothern (952)
  7. Tike Redman (951)
  8. Moose McCormick (951)
  9. Jack Lelivelt (950)
  10. Walt French (949)
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  1. Jake Powell (968)
  2. Quinton McCracken (965)
  3. Hoot Evers (963)
  4. Frenchy Bordagaray (963)
  5. Bake McBride (961)
  6. Stan Spence (960)
  7. Doc Cramer (959)
  8. Chris Stynes (959)
  9. Joe Grace (959)
  10. Buzz Boyle (957)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Tommy O'Brien (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Jake Powell (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

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Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
201126St. Louis Cardinals$416,000
201227St. Louis Cardinals$504,000contracts
201328St. Louis Cardinals$524,000
2013 StatusPre-Arb Eligible, Earliest Arb Eligible: 2014, Earliest Free Agent: 2017
Career to date (may be incomplete)$1,444,000
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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