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Jon Jay

Jonathan Henry Jay (twitter: @jonjayU)

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 200 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
Team: Cardinals 2010-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$504k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 1.134, 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 27 117 105 18 36 2 1 2 8 4 1 7 11 .343 .395 .438 .833 129 46 3 2 3 0 1 8
3 Yrs 291 943 847 121 257 45 5 16 72 12 12 59 142 .303 .355 .425 .780 115 360 19 12 20 5 2
162 Game Avg. 162 525 472 67 143 25 3 9 40 7 7 33 79 .303 .355 .425 .780 115 200 11 7 11 3 1

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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 7 -0 1 -6 -3 -1 -0.1 9 8 0.8 .499 .499 1.4 -0.9 14 $ 98/7
2011 26 STL NL 159 503 6 -3 1 9 -2 11 1.2 14 24 2.6 .507 .507 1.5 0.8 15 $416,000 *897
2012 27 STL NL 27 117 5 1 0 2 0 8 0.9 3 11 1.2 .531 .505 0.9 0.3 9 $ 8
3 Seasons 291 943 18 -3 2 5 -5 18 2.0 26 44 4.6 .507 .504 3.8 0.2 39 $416,000

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
1 Yr (3 Series) 18 63 55 8 10 2 0 0 3 1 1 6 6 .182 .262 .218 .480 12 2 0 2 0 1
1 NLDS 5 16 12 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 3 .167 .333 .167 .500 2 0 0 1 0 1
1 NLCS 6 28 25 7 6 2 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 .240 .321 .320 .641 8 1 0 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

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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 -6 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 -48 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 -21 1.72 1.16 .985 1.87 1.87
2012 STL NL 27 CF 26 26 25 232.1 65 65 0 0 0 1.000 -2 2 -12 10 2.52 2.50 .985 2.46 2.44
2012 STL NL 27 OF 26 26 25 232.1 65 65 0 0 0 1.000 -2 2 -12 10 2.52 2.50 .983 2.09 2.07
3 Seasons OF 254 199 143 1823.0 489 475 10 4 5 .992 -10 5 -6 3 2.39 1.91 .986 2.15 2.14
3 Seasons CF 128 112 89 997.1 304 295 6 3 3 .990 -1 3 -1 3 2.72 2.35 .988 2.54 2.52
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
3 Seasons TOT 254 199 143 1823.0 489 475 10 4 5 .992 -10 10 -6 6 2.39 1.91 .986 2.15 2.14
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

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

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

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2012 NL  2.50 (2nd)

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

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
2012 NL  2.50 (2nd)

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

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 1 (2401), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1920), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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  6. John O'Rourke (959)
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  7. Don Padgett (965)
  8. Orator Shafer (964)
  9. Wally Roettger (963)
  10. Mike Aldrete (963)
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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
201126St. Louis Cardinals$416,000
201227St. Louis Cardinals$504,000
2013 StatusPre-Arb Eligible, Earliest Arb Eligible: 2014, Earliest Free Agent: 2017
Career to date (may be incomplete)$416,000Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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