Jay Payton
Jason Lee Payton
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: November 22, 1972 in Zanesville, OH
High School: Zanesville (Zanesville, OH)
School: Georgia Institute of Technology
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 1st round (29th pick) of the 1994 amateur draft.
Signed June 21, 1994. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 1998
Final Game: September 27, 2008
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1998 NYM NL 25 OF 9 3 38.0 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 0.2 6.3 -0.8 -1.4 0.6 1 1.42 0.67 .983 2.18 1.78
1998 NYM NL 25 LF 8 3 36.0 7 6 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 10.0 -0.7 -1.4 0.7 1 1.75 0.88 .971 1.88 1.38
1998 NYM NL 25 RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.70
1999 NYM NL 26 OF 6 0 11.2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.6 164.6 1.6 0.0 1.6 0 2.31 0.50 .967 2.24 1.87
1999 NYM NL 26 LF 5 0 7.2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.1 172.2 1.1 0.0 1.1 0 2.35 0.40 1.000 2.00 1.48
1999 NYM NL 26 CF 2 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 150.0 0.5 0.0 0.5 0 2.25 0.50 1.000 2.70 2.20
2000 NYM NL 27 OF 146 124 1104.2 322 309 7 6 2 .981 7.4 8.0 4.4 -1.0 5.4 3 2.57 2.16 .981 2.25 1.86 RoY-3
2000 NYM NL 27 CF 143 124 1097.0 321 308 7 6 2 .981 7.3 8.0 4.3 -0.7 5.0 3 2.58 2.20 .987 2.64 2.24 RoY-3
2000 NYM NL 27 LF 4 0 7.2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 15.7 0.1 -0.3 0.4 0 2.35 0.50 1.000 1.88 1.40 RoY-3
2001 NYM NL 28 CF 103 90 825.2 246 236 6 4 1 .984 0.6 0.9 1.6 3.8 -2.3 -1 2.64 2.35 .986 2.59 2.18
2001 NYM NL 28 OF 103 90 825.2 247 237 6 4 1 .984 0.6 0.9 1.6 3.8 -2.3 -1 2.65 2.36 .982 2.20 1.86
2002 TOT NL 29 OF 126 109 974.2 263 253 9 1 1 .996 8.6 10.6 3.6 1.5 2.1 5 2.42 2.08 .983 2.19 1.84
2002 TOT NL 29 CF 98 83 745.2 214 206 7 1 1 .995 7.5 12.1 3.5 0.8 2.7 4 2.57 2.17 .988 2.57 2.13
2002 NYM NL 29 CF 82 68 625.2 170 163 6 1 0 .994 0.3 0.6 -2.7 -2.5 -0.2 3 2.43 2.06 .988 2.57 2.13
2002 NYM NL 29 OF 82 68 625.2 171 164 6 1 0 .994 0.3 0.6 -2.7 -2.5 -0.2 3 2.45 2.07 .983 2.19 1.84
2002 COL NL 29 OF 44 41 349.0 92 89 3 0 1 1.000 8.3 28.5 6.3 4.0 2.3 2 2.37 2.09 .983 2.19 1.84
2002 COL NL 29 LF 32 25 225.2 46 44 2 0 0 1.000 1.0 5.3 0.0 0.6 -0.6 1 1.83 1.44 .976 1.92 1.51
2002 COL NL 29 CF 16 15 120.0 44 43 1 0 1 1.000 7.2 72.0 6.2 3.3 2.9 1 3.30 2.75 .989 2.57 2.13
2002 COL NL 29 RF 2 1 3.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 36.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 2.70 0.50 1.000 2.16 1.65
2003 COL NL 30 OF 151 148 1284.0 318 308 6 4 1 .987 -3.5 -3.3 -4.5 0.8 -5.3 1 2.20 2.08 .984 2.17 1.85
2003 COL NL 30 LF 149 142 1221.2 307 298 6 3 1 .990 -2.3 -2.3 -4.3 0.3 -4.6 2 2.24 2.04 .979 1.91 1.54
2003 COL NL 30 CF 8 5 53.1 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -22.5 0.0 0.7 -0.7 -1 1.35 1.00 .988 2.50 2.14
2003 COL NL 30 RF 3 1 9.0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 -0.2 -26.7 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.000 2.10 1.73
2004 SDP NL 31 OF 137 115 1075.0 357 342 11 4 2 .989 16.8 18.8 7.8 3.3 4.5 9 2.96 2.58 .982 2.16 1.85
2004 SDP NL 31 CF 128 111 1027.0 348 333 11 4 2 .989 16.6 19.4 7.6 3.5 4.1 9 3.01 2.69 .987 2.53 2.26
2004 SDP NL 31 LF 9 4 48.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 5.0 0.2 -0.2 0.4 0 1.50 0.89 .975 1.86 1.48
2004 SDP NL 31 DH 1
2005 TOT AL 32 OF 122 98 936.1 240 235 5 0 0 1.000 7.8 10.0 4.8 9.1 -4.3 3 2.31 1.97 .986 2.30 2.05
2005 TOT AL 32 LF 60 50 465.1 108 107 1 0 0 1.000 7.3 18.8 7.3 8.0 -0.7 0 2.09 1.80 .988 2.10 1.79
2005 TOT AL 32 CF 41 28 290.0 76 74 2 0 0 1.000 2.0 8.3 -1.0 0.0 -1.0 3 2.36 1.85 .989 2.69 2.38
2005 BOS AL 32 OF 53 30 312.0 85 82 3 0 0 1.000 2.8 10.8 1.8 1.1 0.7 1 2.45 1.60 .986 2.30 2.05
2005 BOS AL 32 RF 31 20 181.0 56 54 2 0 0 1.000 -1.5 -9.9 -1.5 1.1 -2.6 0 2.78 1.81 .982 2.12 1.83
2005 BOS AL 32 CF 16 7 80.0 20 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.1 31.5 1.1 -1.3 2.4 1 2.25 1.25 .990 2.69 2.38
2005 BOS AL 32 LF 13 3 51.0 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 2.2 51.8 2.2 1.3 0.9 0 1.59 0.69 .989 2.10 1.79
2005 OAK AL 32 OF 69 68 624.1 155 153 2 0 0 1.000 5.0 9.6 3.0 8.0 -5.0 2 2.23 2.25 .986 2.30 2.05
2005 OAK AL 32 LF 47 47 414.1 99 99 0 0 0 1.000 5.1 14.8 5.1 6.7 -1.6 0 2.15 2.11 .988 2.10 1.79
2005 OAK AL 32 CF 25 21 210.0 56 54 2 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -0.6 -2.1 1.3 -3.4 2 2.40 2.24 .989 2.69 2.38
2006 OAK AL 33 OF 137 136 1211.2 323 311 5 7 0 .978 -1.2 -1.2 -3.2 -0.8 -2.4 2 2.35 2.31 .986 2.30 1.99
2006 OAK AL 33 LF 62 51 454.0 123 118 3 2 0 .984 -0.6 -1.6 -1.6 -1.0 -0.6 1 2.40 1.95 .986 2.06 1.69
2006 OAK AL 33 CF 46 44 380.2 109 105 1 3 0 .972 -2.6 -8.2 -4.6 0.4 -5.0 2 2.51 2.30 .989 2.65 2.29
2006 OAK AL 33 RF 45 41 377.0 92 89 1 2 0 .978 2.0 6.4 3.0 -0.2 3.2 -1 2.15 2.00 .984 2.20 1.85
2006 OAK AL 33 DH 4
2007 BAL AL 34 OF 129 116 1036.1 291 281 3 7 2 .976 3.8 4.4 2.8 3.5 -0.7 1 2.47 2.20 .987 2.30 2.00
2007 BAL AL 34 LF 123 100 904.0 239 232 2 5 1 .979 1.1 1.5 0.1 2.1 -2.0 1 2.33 1.90 .985 2.11 1.71
2007 BAL AL 34 CF 17 14 107.1 44 41 1 2 1 .955 2.0 22.4 3.0 1.3 1.7 -1 3.52 2.47 .989 2.71 2.42
2007 BAL AL 34 RF 6 2 25.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0.7 33.6 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 1 2.88 1.33 .988 2.09 1.77
2008 BAL AL 35 OF 108 81 740.1 247 239 8 0 1 1.000 14.8 24.0 11.8 8.1 3.7 3 3.00 2.29 .986 2.31 2.02
2008 BAL AL 35 LF 71 41 407.1 134 132 2 0 1 1.000 17.5 51.6 15.5 6.8 8.7 2 2.96 1.89 .984 2.05 1.66
2008 BAL AL 35 CF 38 36 301.0 105 99 6 0 0 1.000 -1.8 -7.2 -3.8 1.1 -4.9 2 3.14 2.76 .989 2.71 2.35
2008 BAL AL 35 RF 4 4 32.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -0.9 -33.7 0.1 0.2 -0.1 -1 2.25 2.00 .988 2.14 1.82
11 Seasons OF 1174 1020 9238.1 2617 2523 61 33 10 .987 56.9 7.4 29.9 26.9 2.9 27 2.52 2.20 .984 2.24 1.92
10 Seasons CF 624 535 4831.2 1472 1411 41 20 7 .986 31.1 7.7 11.1 10.9 0.1 20 2.70 2.33 .987 2.61 2.24
10 Seasons LF 523 416 3777.1 976 949 17 10 3 .990 25.7 8.2 17.7 14.9 2.8 8 2.30 1.85 .983 2.01 1.64
7 Seasons RF 92 69 629.1 166 160 3 3 0 .982 0.1 0.2 1.1 1.1 0.0 -1 2.33 1.77 .984 2.17 1.83
2 Seasons DH 5
11 Seasons TOT 1239 1020 9238.1 2614 2520 61 33 10 .987 56.9 7.4 29.9 26.9 2.9 27 2.51 2.08 .973 2.33 1.95
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1998 NYM NL 25 15 3 15 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 1 9 0 6 3
1999 NYM NL 26 13 0 13 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 6 0 5 6
2000 NYM NL 27 149 124 149 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 143 0 146 0 8 3
2001 NYM NL 28 104 90 104 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 103 0 103 0 3 1
2002 NYM NL 29 87 68 87 82 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 82 0 82 0 14 0
2002 COL NL 29 47 41 47 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 16 2 44 0 4 0
2003 COL NL 30 157 148 157 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 148 9 3 151 0 7 0
2004 SDP NL 31 143 116 143 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 128 0 137 1 11 0
2005 OAK AL 32 69 68 69 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 25 0 69 0 0 0
2005 BOS AL 32 55 30 55 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 16 31 53 0 11 4
2006 OAK AL 33 142 140 142 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 62 46 45 137 4 1 0
2007 BAL AL 34 131 116 131 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 123 17 6 129 0 6 1
2008 BAL AL 35 127 81 127 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 71 38 4 108 0 21 9
11 Seasons 1239 1025 1239 1174 0 0 0 0 0 0 522 625 92 1174 5 97 27
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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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%
1999 NYM NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 19 58% 58% 32% 4 25%
2000 NYM NL 27 6 0 4 2 2 7 0 1 2 4 37 29 0 38 10 2 6 2 0 14 1 2 22 16 0 117 58 49.6% 55 4 3.4% 3 4911 65% 73% 38% 511 61%
2001 NYM NL 28 4 0 4 0 0 6 0 3 1 0 19 13 0 21 3 0 1 1 0 10 1 0 18 14 0 69 32 46.4% 37 0 0.0% 6 3570 63% 74% 37% 387 63%
2002 NYM NL 29 1 0 1 0 0 6 0 1 1 4 23 20 0 21 3 3 3 1 1 9 1 0 11 7 0 67 32 47.8% 31 4 6.0% 2 2771 60% 73% 37% 264 64%
2002 COL NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 6 3 50.0% 2 1 16.7% 0 528 63% 76% 38% 59 73%
2003 COL NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 2 40.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 237 57% 76% 36% 27 44%
2004 SDP NL 31 4 0 3 1 1 11 0 5 3 3 39 33 0 36 13 2 17 6 0 25 7 1 23 14 1 140 73 52.1% 61 4 2.9% 7 4461 51% 75% 40% 584 59%
2005 OAK AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 12 10 0 6 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 23 15 65.2% 7 1 4.3% 1 898 53% 71% 39% 105 52%
2005 BOS AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 10 6 60.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 350 46% 76% 37% 40 50%
2006 OAK AL 33 3 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 14 11 0 16 6 1 5 3 0 4 0 0 5 4 0 44 24 54.5% 19 1 2.3% 0 1705 61% 75% 40% 215 49%
2007 BAL AL 34 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 5 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 11 4 36.4% 7 0 0.0% 1 474 55% 69% 33% 59 69%
2008 BAL AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 4 2 18 16 1 11 0 1 8 2 1 6 1 0 5 2 0 48 21 43.8% 24 3 6.3% 3 1478 55% 74% 38% 191 55%
10 Seasons 20 0 16 4 5 41 1 11 12 16 175 140 1 160 41 10 43 16 2 70 12 3 94 61 2 542 270 49.8% 252 18 3.3% 23 21402 59% 74% 38% 2446 59%
MLB Averages 43.1% 2.0% 56% 74% 39% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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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%
1998 NYM NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50.0% 1 1 25.0% 0 160 74% 68% 34% 12 50%
1999 NYM NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 58% 65% 19% 3 67%
2000 NYM NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 63% 61% 34% 4 50%
2002 COL NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 11 10 0 9 5 1 4 4 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 27 20 74.1% 6 1 3.7% 1 1011 63% 76% 39% 110 43%
2003 COL NL 30 3 0 2 1 1 6 0 3 0 2 77 70 0 33 16 1 35 19 1 17 3 0 27 25 0 189 133 70.4% 54 2 1.1% 4 5666 55% 77% 40% 652 46%
2004 SDP NL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 215 53% 76% 37% 19 42%
2005 OAK AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 15 0 7 6 0 6 1 0 3 0 0 9 8 0 42 30 71.4% 12 0 0.0% 0 1779 59% 74% 39% 200 50%
2005 BOS AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 5 3 60.0% 1 1 20.0% 0 220 46% 81% 47% 16 56%
2006 OAK AL 33 2 0 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 31 28 0 17 9 2 15 11 0 8 1 0 5 4 0 76 53 69.7% 21 2 2.6% 1 2027 60% 76% 42% 279 43%
2007 BAL AL 34 5 0 4 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 45 37 0 46 17 0 27 24 0 16 5 0 23 22 1 157 105 66.9% 51 1 0.6% 1 4173 57% 73% 37% 513 45%
2008 BAL AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 16 16 0 13 6 0 10 8 0 11 2 0 10 10 0 60 42 70.0% 18 0 0.0% 2 1889 56% 75% 40% 233 58%
10 Seasons 10 0 8 2 3 17 1 7 1 6 200 178 0 129 60 6 100 69 1 57 11 0 77 72 1 563 390 69.3% 165 8 1.4% 9 17204 57% 75% 39% 2041 47%
MLB Averages 62.1% 2.3% 56% 74% 39% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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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%
1998 NYM NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 44% 67% 22% 0
2002 COL NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 67% 67% 20% 2 50%
2003 COL NL 30 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 44 50% 84% 36% 2 0%
2005 BOS AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 14 8 0 9 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 3 0 28 12 42.9% 15 1 3.6% 1 835 56% 73% 38% 98 57%
2006 OAK AL 33 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 22 9 0 8 5 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 15 8 0 49 24 49.0% 25 0 0.0% 1 1686 57% 75% 40% 172 52%
2007 BAL AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 8 7 87.5% 1 0 0.0% 0 135 56% 67% 42% 17 47%
2008 BAL AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 4 40.0% 6 0 0.0% 0 153 45% 72% 41% 16 50%
7 Seasons 3 0 3 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 42 22 0 22 8 1 5 4 0 7 2 0 20 12 0 96 48 50.0% 47 1 1.0% 2 2877 56% 74% 40% 307 53%
MLB Averages 47.8% 2.3% 56% 74% 39% 50%

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