Jason Bay

Full Name: Jason Raymond Bay	Current Team: Boston Red Sox
Height/Weight: 6'2"/205	Number: 44
Birthdate: September 20, 1978	Entry Draft: 22nd round (645th) in 2000
Birthplace: Trail, British Columbia (Canada)	Drafted By: Montreal Expos
Position: LF	College: Gonzaga

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1 Biography
2 Scouting Report
3 Statistics
- 3.1 Batting Stats
- 3.2 Fielding Stats
4 Transactions
5 Trivia
6 Video Gallery
7 Picture Gallery
8 See Also
- 8.1 Recent Jason Bay ArmchairGM Stories
9 Categories

[edit] Biography

Jason Raymond Bay (born September 20, 1978) is an outfielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Bay was born in Trail, British Columbia, Canada. He was called up from the minor leagues on May 23 2003, appearing for the San Diego Padres.

Bay was a member of two teams before debuting with the Padres. He was originally drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 22nd round of the 2000 draft. On March 24, 2002, Lou Collier was sent from the New York Mets to Montreal for Bay. Later that season, the Mets traded Bay to San Diego for reliever Steve Reed. After a short stint with the Padres in 2003, they traded him, along with Oliver Perez and Corey Stewart to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Brian Giles.

Bay got a late start to the 2004 season, thanks to offseason shoulder surgery. Nevertheless, Bay ended up winning the Rookie of the Year award. In 120 games, he hit .282, led all NL rookies in home runs (26), RBI (82), slugging percentage (.550), extra base hits (54) and total bases (226), and broke the Pirates rookie record of 23 home runs set by Johnny Rizzo in 1936 and Ralph Kiner in 1946.

In Bay's follow-up to his award-winning rookie season, Bay was selected as a reserve outfielder for the National League All-Star Team. Unfortunately, Bay was the only player not to leave the bench during the game. Bay also represented Canada in the 2005 Century 21 Home Run Derby. Bay did not last long, as he was eliminated in the first round without hitting a single HR. Bay improved upon his 2004 offense, ending the season with a .306/.402/.559, all improvements from his rookie campaign. Bay also led his team with 32 home runs and 101 RBI. While his rookie season had been shortened, Bay played in all 162 games in 2005.

Before the 2006 season, the Pirates signed Bay to a four-year deal (2006-2009) worth $18.25 million.

In 2006, Bay's numbers saw a slight decrease, but remained at All-Star levels. The most noticeable difference was a drop in 2Bs from 44 to 29, while only adding three HRs to his total from 2005. Bay still managed to drive in over 100 runs and score over 100 for the lowest-scoring offense in the NL. Bay was selected to his 2nd straight All-Star Game, this time as a starter.

During a ten game stretch in May, Bay went on a hitting tear that had the whole city watching. From May 22 to May 28 he hit home runs in six consecutive games, two short of the major league record held by Dale Long, Don Mattingly, and Ken Griffey, Jr. After the streak ended, Bay doubled up on HRs in one game, and hit HRs in two more consecutive games, running his total to 10 HRs in 10 days.

The song "Down with the Sickness", a heavy metal song by the band Disturbed, is played as Bay walks up to the plate.

[edit] Scouting Report

[edit] Hitting

Bay is a complete hitter who can hit the ball to any field. Bay hit four of his HRs to the opposite field in 2006, while hitting 12 to center and 19 to leftfield. Bay has struck out over 120 times in each of his first three seasons, decreasing his K/at bats each year.

[edit] Fielding and Baserunning

His fielding is solid and he makes the play on almost every ball he gets to. He has only made 7 errors in 433 games in left. His arm is below-average. Bay is one of the most efficient basestealers in the bigs. He has stolen 32 bases in only 35 attempts the past two seasons.

[edit] Summary

Bay is one of the most underrated players in baseball. His statistics rank him among the very best players in the Majors. If Bay played on a winning club, he would be in the annual MVP discussion.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
2003	SD	N	3	8	2	2	1	2	.250	.400	.750	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
2003	PIT	N	27	79	13	23	3	12	.291	.423	.506	6	1	18	28	0	0	3	0	0
2003	TOT	N	30	87	15	25	4	14	.287	.421	.529	7	1	19	29	1	0	3	0	0
2004	PIT	N	120	411	61	116	26	82	.282	.358	.550	24	4	41	129	10	5	4	2	9
2005	PIT	N	162	599	110	183	32	101	.306	.402	.559	44	6	95	142	6	0	21	9	12
2006	PIT	N	159	570	101	163	35	109	.286	.396	.532	29	3	102	156	8	0	11	9	15
2007	PIT	N	145	538	78	133	21	84	.247	.327	.418	25	2	59	141	9	0	4	3	8
2008	PIT	N
2008	BOS	A
2008	Total
Total	NL
Total	AL
Total

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
2003	SDP	N	CF	3	3	19	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2003	SDP	N	OF	3	3	19	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2003	PIT	N	CF	2	2	17	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2003	PIT	N	OF	26	23	205.1	40	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.976
2003	PIT	N	RF	1	1	8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2003	PIT	N	LF	24	20	180.1	34	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.971
2003	TOT	N	CF	5	5	36	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2003	TOT	N	OF	29	26	224.1	48	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.980
2004	PIT	N	LF	117	107	963	208	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.991
2004	PIT	N	CF	5	3	21	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2004	PIT	N	OF	119	110	984	211	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.991
2005	PIT	N	LF	146	133	1185.2	265	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.996
2005	PIT	N	CF	30	29	217	57	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.951
2005	PIT	N	OF	162	162	1402.2	322	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.988
2006	PIT	N	LF	157	157	1373	316	10	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.991
2006	PIT	N	OF	157	157	1373	316	10	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.991
2007	PIT	N	OF
2007	PIT	N	OF
2007	PIT	N	DH
2008	PIT	N	OF
2008	PIT	N	LF
2008	BOS	N	OF
2008	BOS	N	LF
2008	Total		OF
2008	Total		LF
Total			OF	467	455	3984	897	18	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	.989
Total			CF	40	37	274	72	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.961
Total			RF	1	1	8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			LF	444	417	3702	823	16	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	.992

*These stats are updated up to 2006.

[edit] Transactions

Selected by Montreal Expos in the 22nd round of the free-agent draft (June 5, 2000 - signed June 16, 2000).
Traded by Montreal Expos with Jimmy Serrano to New York Mets in exchange for Lou Collier (March 24, 2002).
Traded by New York Mets with Bobby Jones and Josh Reynolds to San Diego Padres in exchange for Steve Reed and Jason Middlebrook (July 31, 2002).
Traded by San Diego Padres with Oliver Perez and a player to be named later to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Brian Giles (August 26, 2003); Pittsburgh Pirates received Corey Stewart (October 2, 2003).