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{{short description|Canadian-American baseball player (born 1978)}}
{{Infobox MLB player|
{{Use Canadian English|date=July 2015}}
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{{Infobox baseball biography
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|birth_place=[[Trail, British Columbia]], Canada
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|finaldate=July 26
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*[[San Diego Padres]] ({{by|2003}})
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*[[Pittsburgh Pirates]] ({{by|2003}}-{{by|2008}})
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*[[Boston Red Sox]] ({{by|2008}}-present)
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*[[San Diego Padres]] ({{mlby|2003}})
* 2x [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] selection ([[2005 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|2005]], [[2006 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|2006]])
*[[Pittsburgh Pirates]] ({{mlby|2003}}–{{mlby|2008}})
* 2004 [[Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Award|NL Rookie of the Year]]
*[[Boston Red Sox]] ({{mlby|2008}}–{{mlby|2009}})
*[[New York Mets]] ({{mlby|2010}}–{{mlby|2012}})
*[[Seattle Mariners]] ({{mlby|2013}})
|awards=
* 3× [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] ([[2005 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|2005]], [[2006 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|2006]], [[2009 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|2009]])
* [[Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Award|NL Rookie of the Year]] (2004)
* [[Silver Slugger Award]] (2009)
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| hofdate= 2019
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'''Jason Raymond Bay''' (born [[September 20]], [[1978]] in [[Trail, British Columbia|Trail]], [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]]) is a [[Major League Baseball]] player for the [[Boston Red Sox]].
'''Jason Raymond Bay''' (born September 20, 1978) is a [[Canadian Americans|Canadian-American]] former [[professional baseball]] [[left fielder]] who played 11 seasons in [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB). Initially drafted by the [[Montreal Expos]], he played for the [[San Diego Padres]], [[Pittsburgh Pirates]], [[Boston Red Sox]], [[New York Mets]] and [[Seattle Mariners]].


Bay was the [[Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Award|National League Rookie of the Year]] in 2004 and he won the [[Silver Slugger Award]] in 2009. He is a three-time [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|MLB All-Star]] and a three-time [[Tip O'Neill Award]] winner as the best Canadian baseball player.
In his young major league career, Bay has demonstrated well above average power to all fields. He has also shown good discipline at the plate &mdash; in {{by|2005}}, he ranked in the top ten in the [[National League]] in [[Base on balls|walks]] &mdash; although he does also [[strikeout|strike out]] more often than the average hitter. On the bases, although he is not exceptionally fast, Bay is a very effective [[stolen base|basestealer]]; in 2005, until he was [[pickoff|picked off]] in the last week of the season, he had tied the major league record for most steals in a season without getting caught (21). Defensively, Bay was adept at handling the large [[outfield]] in Pittsburgh's [[PNC Park]] and is a dependable fielder. Through {{by|2008}}, he has made only eighteen [[Error (baseball)|errors]] in 6283.7 [[innings]] in [[left field]] (.986 fielding percentage). For a left fielder, he has a below average throwing ability according to ''[[The Hardball Times]]''.<ref name="hb-of">[http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/best-outfield-arms-of-2006/ Best Outfield Arms of 2006 - The Hardball Times<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref name="hb-lf">[http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/more-guns-in-the-outfield-center-and-left-field/ More Guns in the Outfield: Center and Left Field - The Hardball Times<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>


==Baseball career==
==Amateur career==
In youth baseball, Bay's Trail little league team reached the [[1990 Little League World Series]]. Bay attended [[North Idaho College]] in [[Coeur d'Alene, Idaho|Coeur d'Alene]] and [[Gonzaga University]] in [[Spokane, Washington|Spokane]], where he played [[college baseball]] from 1997-2000<ref name="gonzaga">{{cite web|title=Gonzaga University Baseball Players Who Made It to the Major Leagues|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/college/gonzaga_university_baseball_players.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040712225144/http://baseball-almanac.com/college/gonzaga_university_baseball_players.shtml|archive-date=July 12, 2004|access-date=August 10, 2012|work=[[Baseball Almanac]]}}</ref> In 1999, he played for the [[Chatham Anglers|Chatham Athletics]] in the [[Cape Cod Baseball League]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League|url=http://capecodbaseball.org.ismmedia.com/ISM3/std-content/repos/Top/2012website/archives/Current%20Year/All_Time_MLB_CCBL_Alumni.pdf|access-date=January 9, 2020|website=Cape Cod Baseball|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thebaseballcube.com/college/summer/stats.asp?Y=1999&T=chatham_as |title=1999 Chatham As |publisher=thebaseballcube.com |accessdate=September 23, 2021}}</ref>


===Early years===
==Professional career==
Bay experienced success as a player very early, playing on a Trail team that reached the [[1990 Little League World Series|1990]] [[Little League World Series]]. He was drafted by the [[Montreal Expos]] in the 22nd round of the [[2000 Major League Baseball Draft]] from [[Gonzaga University]] and was assigned to the Expo's [[New_York-Penn_League|Short-Season A]] team in Burlington, Vermont ([[Vermont Expos|The Vermont Expos]]). In {{by|2001}}, Bay was assigned to the Expos’ High Single-A team in [[Jupiter Hammerheads|Jupiter]]. He began the year slowly, and in May he was moved to [[Clinton Lumber Kings|Clinton]] of the [[Midwest League]]. Bay reached base in his first 26 games, then went on to [[Batting average|hit]] .362 and win the league batting title. In all, he batted .315 with 14 [[Home run|homers]] and 75 [[Run batted in|RBI]] on the year. He was dealt to the [[New York Mets]] on [[March 24]], {{by|2002}}, for [[Lou Collier]]. The Mets dealt him to the [[San Diego Padres]] for [[Steve Reed (baseball)|Steve Reed]] at the 2002 trading deadline. He debuted with the Padres on [[May 23]], {{by|2003}}, getting his first major league [[Hit (baseball)|hit]], a home run, in the 9th inning. Two days later, he suffered a broken right wrist after a [[hit by pitch]].


===Minor league career (2000–2002)===
===Pittsburgh Pirates===
Bay was drafted by the [[Montreal Expos]] in the 22nd round of the [[2000 Major League Baseball draft]] and was assigned to the Expos' [[New York–Penn League|Short-Season A]] team in [[Burlington, Vermont]], the [[Vermont Lake Monsters|Vermont Expos]]. In {{baseball year|2001}}, Bay was assigned to the Expos’ High Single-A team in the [[Florida State League]], the [[Jupiter Hammerheads]]. He began the year slowly, and in May was moved to the [[Clinton LumberKings]] of the [[Midwest League]], where Bay reached base in his first 26 games, then went on to bat .362 and win the league batting title. In all, he batted .315 with 14 home runs and 75 runs batted in on the year.
[[Image:Jason Bay.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Jason Bay with the Pirates in 2007 spring training]]
On [[August 26]], 2003, Bay was traded to the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]], along with [[Óliver Pérez]] and Cory Stewart in August in exchange for [[Brian Giles]]. He finished the season with a .287 batting average, four home runs, and 14 RBI in 30 games.


The Expos traded Bay to the [[New York Mets]] on March 24, 2002, with Jim Serrano for [[Lou Collier]]. At the trading deadline on July 31, 2002, the Mets traded Bay to the [[San Diego Padres]] with Josh Reynolds and [[Bobby Jones (left-handed pitcher)|Bobby Jones]] for [[Jason Middlebrook]] and [[Steve Reed (baseball)|Steve Reed]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://a.espncdn.com/mlb/news/2002/0731/1412376.html |title=Mets pick up Reed from Padres |date=July 31, 2002 |publisher=ESPN |work=www.espncdn.com |access-date=November 14, 2021}}</ref>
[[Image:Jason Bay OF Edit.JPG|thumb|right|150px|Jason Bay with the Pirates, in left field.]]
Bay began the {{by|2004}} season on the [[disabled list]] due to surgery during the off-season, and did not join the team until May. Despite missing the beginning of the season, he still produced the best offensive numbers of any [[National League]] rookie. He hit .282 in 120 games, leading all major league rookies in home runs (26) and RBI (82). He also led all NL rookies in [[slugging percentage]] (.550), [[extra base hit]]s (54) and [[total bases]] (226). With his 26 home runs, Bay broke a Pirates rookies record of 23 set by [[Johnny Rizzo]] in {{by|1936}} and matched by [[Ralph Kiner]] in {{by|1946}}. Selected the NL rookie of the year by ''The Sporting News'', Bay was the third Pittsburgh player honored with the award, after [[second baseman]] [[Johnny Ray]] (1982) and [[catcher]] [[Jason Kendall]]. Bay was also the first Canadian player to win the award.


===Major league career===
In 2005, Bay was selected to his first [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game]] as a reserve outfielder. He was the only player on either roster not to appear in the game at all. Bay also appeared in the 2005 Century 21 [[Home Run Derby]], representing Canada in the nationality-themed contest; he was eliminated in the first round after hitting no home runs. Bay finished the season with a .306 average, 32 home runs, and 101 RBI, leading the Pirates in every major hitting category.


====San Diego Padres (2003)====
Through the {{by|2006}} season, Bay was a career .292 hitter with 97 home runs and 306 RBI in 471 games over three seasons. Bay enjoyed an exceptional May of the 2006, when he hit .321 with 12 home runs (a Pirate record for home runs in a month) and 35 runs batted in. 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.]] He had actually hit 10 home runs in ten games, but he had failed to hit a home run in one of the games (and hit two the next day).
Bay debuted with the Padres on May 23, 2003, getting his first major league hit, a home run, in the ninth inning.<ref>{{Cite web|date=May 23, 2003|title=Padres vs. Diamondbacks - Box Score - May 23, 2003 - ESPN|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/boxscore/_/gameId/230523129|access-date=May 28, 2021|website=[[ESPN]]|language=en}}</ref> Two days later, he suffered a broken right wrist after being [[hit by pitch|hit by a pitch]].


====Pittsburgh Pirates (2003–2008)====
Following an aggressive Public Relations campaign by the Pirates in 2006, Jason Bay led all National League outfielders in All-Star voting. [[Pearl Jam]] lead singer [[Eddie Vedder]] even urged fans to vote for Bay during a summer concert at Pittsburgh's [[Mellon Arena]].<ref name="pearljam">[http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/pirates/s_459791.html Bay flattered by All-Star push - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Bay became the first member of the Pittsburgh Pirates voted into the All-Star game as a starter since [[Andy Van Slyke]]. In the game, Bay went 1 for 3, with a [[Single (baseball)|single]].
[[File:Jason Bay.jpg|upright|thumb|right|Bay with the Pirates in {{Mlby|2007}} [[spring training]]]]
On August 26, 2003, Bay was traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates, along with [[Óliver Pérez]] and Cory Stewart in exchange for [[Brian Giles]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 26, 2003 |title=Padres acquire Giles, ship White to Royals |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=1603146 |access-date=May 28, 2021 |website=[[ESPN]] |language=en |agency=Associated Press}}</ref> He finished the season with a .287 batting average, four home runs, and 14 RBI in 30 games.


Bay began the {{baseball year|2004}} season on the disabled list due to surgery during the offseason, and did not rejoin the team until May. Despite missing the beginning of the season, he still produced the best offensive numbers of any [[National League (baseball)|National League]] rookie. He batted .282 in 120 games, leading all major league rookies in home runs (26) and RBIs (82). He also led all NL rookies in [[slugging percentage]] (.550), [[extra base hit]]s (54) and [[total bases]] (226). With his 26 home runs, Bay broke a Pirates rookies record of 23 set by [[Johnny Rizzo]] in {{baseball year|1936}} and matched by [[Ralph Kiner]] in {{baseball year|1946}}. Selected as the 2004 [[Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Award|NL Rookie of the Year]] by ''The Sporting News'', Bay was the second Pittsburgh Pirates player honoured with the award, after [[second baseman]] [[Johnny Ray (second baseman)|Johnny Ray]] in 1982. Bay was also the first Canadian player to win the award.<ref>{{cite magazine|date=November 8, 2004|title=Crosby, Bay take home top rookie awards|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/baseball/mlb/11/08/rookies.year.ap/|url-status=dead|access-date=December 15, 2012|magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]]|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090107/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/baseball/mlb/11/08/rookies.year.ap/}}</ref>
After battling injuries, Bay's {{by|2007}} season was less productive, hitting .247 with 21 home runs and 84 RBI.<ref name="y-robinson">{{cite web| url = http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=Anl.tjhCA4hsTYyqYI3l_z.FCLcF?slug=ap-pirates-tracyfired&prov=ap&type=lgns |last = Robinson |first = Alan |accessdate=2007-10-13 |title = Pirates fire Tracy after 2 losing seasons |date=[[2007-10-05]] |publisher = [[Associated Press]]}}</ref>


In 2005, Bay was selected to his first [[2005 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star Game]] as a reserve outfielder. He was the only player on either roster not to appear in the game. Bay also appeared in the 2005 Century 21 [[Home Run Derby]], representing Canada in the nationality-themed contest; he was eliminated in the first round after hitting no home runs. Bay finished the season with a .306 average, 32 home runs, and 101 RBI, leading the Pirates in every major hitting category.
Bay has had a much more productive 2008, hitting .282 with 22 home runs and 64 runs batted in through the All Star break. In a May series against the [[Chicago Cubs]], Bay had extra-inning walk-off hits in back-to-back games; the first two walk-off hits of his career.<ref name="back2back">{{cite web| url = http://pittsburgh.pirates.mlb.com/news/gameday_recap.jsp?ymd=20080525&content_id=2767419&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=pit |last = Adamski |first = Chris |accessdate=2008-06-30 |title = Bay makes it a walk-off weekend |date=[[2008-05-25]] |publisher = [[MLB.com]]}}</ref> A month later, he got his third walk-off hit of the season and his career with a 13th-inning solo home run against the [[Tampa Bay Rays]].<ref name="walkoffhr">{{cite web| url = http://pittsburgh.pirates.mlb.com/news/gameday_recap.jsp?ymd=20080628&content_id=3023472&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=pit |last = Von Benko |first = George |accessdate=2008-06-30 |title = Bucs walk off on Bay's 13th-inning homer |date=[[2008-06-29]] |publisher = [[MLB.com]]}}</ref>


After the 2005 season, Bay signed a four-year contract extension worth a guaranteed $18.25 million.<ref>{{cite web|date=November 17, 2005|title=Pirates agree to multiyear deal with Bay|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2227115|access-date=October 22, 2009|work=[[ESPN]]|agency=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref>
===Boston Red Sox===
On [[July 31]], 2008, Bay and a player to be named later ([[Josh Wilson (baseball)|Josh Wilson]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.projo.com/pawsox/content/sp_bb_pawsox03_08-03-08_V2B3689_v5.3da8828.html?npc|title=Shortstop Wilson goes to PawSox as part of Manny-for-Bay deal|author=Robert Lee| publisher=''[[Providence Journal]]''|date=2008-08-03|accessdate=2008-08-04}}</ref>) were traded to the [[Boston Red Sox]] in a three team deal that sent [[Manny Ramirez]] to the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] and [[Andy LaRoche]] and [[Bryan Morris]] to the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]] from the Dodgers and [[Brandon Moss]] and [[Craig Hansen]] to the Pirates from the Red Sox.<ref name="trade">{{cite news|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/baseball/mlb/07/31/manny.sweepstakes/index.html?eref=T1|title=Manny traded to Dodgers, Bay headed to Boston|last=Heyman|first=Jon|date=2008-07-31|accessdate=2008-07-31}}</ref> In his Red Sox debut, Bay scored both runs, the second coming after he hit a triple in bottom of the 12th inning and thus winning the game on a [[Jed Lowrie]] RBI infield single. The Red Sox snapped a three-game losing streak with the 2-1 victory over the visiting Oakland A's. In his second game he hit a 3-run home run in the first inning. On August 18th Jason Bay homered off of Jeremy Guthrie twice and had four RBI against the Baltimore Orioles, the Red Sox won 6-3. On August 26th Jason Bay played the Yankees the first time in a Red Sox uniform, Bay went 2-For-4 with two RBIs and a run, and a 7-3 victory over the Yankees. The Red Sox won the first out of three remaining games the Red Sox play at Yankee Stadium.


Bay batted .321 with 12 home runs (a Pirate record for home runs in a month) and 35 RBIs in May 2006. 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.]] He had actually hit 10 home runs in ten games, but he had failed to hit a home run in one of the games, and hit two the next day.
On September 8th, Bay went 2-for-5 with an RBI and a home run as the Sox won 8-2 against the Texas Rangers. Later that month, when the Red Sox traveled To Tropicana Field they had a home run derby on September 15th; Jason Bay made his 8th home run as a Red Sox player and the thirtieth of the season as they beat the Rays 13-5 that day. Bay ended up 1-for-4 with an RBI and a home run.


Following an aggressive public relations campaign by the Pirates in 2006, Bay led all National League outfielders in All-Star voting. [[Pearl Jam]] lead singer [[Eddie Vedder]] even urged fans to vote for Bay during a summer concert at Pittsburgh's [[Mellon Arena]].<ref name="pearljam">{{Cite web|last=Rutter|first=Joe|date=June 28, 2006|title=Bay flattered by All-Star push|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015000059/http://pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/pirates/s_459791.html|url=http://pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/pirates/s_459791.html|archive-date=October 15, 2007|access-date=October 15, 2007|website=[[Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]]}}</ref> Bay became the first member of the Pittsburgh Pirates voted into the All-Star game as a starter since [[Andy Van Slyke]]. In the game, Bay went 1-for-3 with a [[Single (baseball)|single]].
Jason Bay hit a 3-run homer of the 2nd game of the ALDS to give Boston an early 4-0 lead against the [[Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim]] on October 3rd, 2008. On October 6th, 2008, Jason Bay scored the winning run to break a tie game off a single hit by [[Jed Lowrie]] in the bottom of the 9th to advance the Red Sox to the [[American League Championship Series]] vs. the [[Tampa Bay Rays]]


After battling injuries, Bay's {{baseball year|2007}} season was less productive. Despite having a strong first couple of months, he batted .247 with 21 home runs and 84 RBI.<ref name="y-robinson">{{Cite web|title=Jason Bay Stats|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bayja01.shtml|access-date=May 28, 2021|website=[[Baseball-Reference]]|language=en}}</ref>
==Personal==
Bay and his wife, Kristn, have two daughters, Addison, who was born on November 19, 2006 in [[Pittsburgh]], and Evelyn, who was born on September 16, 2008 in [[Boston]].


Bay had a much more productive 2008 with Pittsburgh, batting .282 with 22 home runs and 64 RBI through the All-Star break. In a May series against the [[Chicago Cubs]], Bay had extra-inning [[Glossary of baseball (W)#walk-off win|walk-off hits]] in back-to-back games; the first two walk-off hits of his career.<ref name="back2back">{{cite web|last=Adamski|first=Chris|date=May 25, 2008|title=Bay makes it a walk-off weekend|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080528091901/http://pittsburgh.pirates.mlb.com/news/gameday_recap.jsp?ymd=20080525&content_id=2767419&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=pit|url=http://pittsburgh.pirates.mlb.com/news/gameday_recap.jsp?ymd=20080525&content_id=2767419&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=pit|archive-date=May 28, 2008|access-date=June 30, 2008|work=[[Pittsburgh Pirates]]}}</ref> A month later, he got his third walk-off hit of the season and his career with a 13th-inning solo home run against the [[Tampa Bay Rays]].<ref name="walkoffhr">{{cite web|last=Von Benko|first=George|date=June 29, 2008|title=Bucs walk off on Bay's 13th-inning homer|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080702081729/http://pittsburgh.pirates.mlb.com/news/gameday_recap.jsp?ymd=20080628&content_id=3023472&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=pit|url=http://pittsburgh.pirates.mlb.com/news/gameday_recap.jsp?ymd=20080628&content_id=3023472&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=pit|archive-date=July 2, 2008|access-date=June 30, 2008|work=[[Pittsburgh Pirates]]}}</ref>
Bay's sister, [[Lauren Bay]] Regula, is a professional [[softball]] player who pitched for Canada in the [[Softball at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Olympics]], and was on the {{by|2008}} [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] team as well.


====Boston Red Sox (2008–2009)====
Bay remains friends with [[Edmonton Oilers]] center [[Shawn Horcoff]], who was also born in Trail.
On July 31, 2008, Bay and a player to be named later ([[Josh Wilson (baseball)|Josh Wilson]])<ref>{{cite news|author=Lee|first=Robert|date=August 3, 2008|title=Shortstop Wilson goes to PawSox as part of Manny-for-Bay deal|work=[[Providence Journal]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090903081215/http://www.projo.com/pawsox/content/sp_bb_pawsox03_08-03-08_V2B3689_v5.3da8828.html?npc|access-date=August 4, 2008|url=http://www.projo.com/pawsox/content/sp_bb_pawsox03_08-03-08_V2B3689_v5.3da8828.html?npc|archive-date=September 3, 2009}}</ref> were traded to the Boston Red Sox in a three team deal that sent [[Manny Ramirez]] to the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] and [[Andy LaRoche]] with [[Bryan Morris]] to the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Dodgers and [[Brandon Moss]] with [[Craig Hansen]] to the Pirates from the Red Sox.<ref name="trade">{{cite magazine|last=Heyman|first=Jon|date=July 31, 2008|title=Manny traded to Dodgers, Bay headed to Boston|magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]]|publisher=[[CNN]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080805013934/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/baseball/mlb/07/31/manny.sweepstakes/index.html?eref=T1|access-date=July 31, 2008|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/baseball/mlb/07/31/manny.sweepstakes/index.html?eref=T1|archive-date=August 5, 2008}}</ref> In his Red Sox debut, Bay scored both runs, the second coming after he tripled in the bottom of the 12th inning and scored the game-winning run on a [[Jed Lowrie]] RBI infield single. Bay hit his first home run with Boston the next night, against the [[Oakland Athletics]]. In one game, he hit multiple home runs against the [[Baltimore Orioles]] at [[Oriole Park at Camden Yards|Oriole Park]]. Bay would end the 2008 season with Boston batting .293 with nine home runs and 37 RBI.


[[File:Jason Bay on August 18, 2008 (cropped).jpg|upright|left|thumb|Bay batting for the Red Sox on August 18, 2008]]
In Bay's opening interview with the Boston media, he stated that his father was a die-hard Red Sox fan who had bought him a Red Sox [[onesie]] to wear when he was young. Bay believed it was still in his parents' basement along with his two childhood bedroom posters of Red Sox greats [[Jim Rice]] and [[Carl Yazstremski]].<ref>http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/sports/story.html?id=e7f91cbd-2cdd-4a87-85ad-fc4941a136dd</ref>
The Red Sox' [[2008 American League Division Series]] against the [[Los Angeles Angels|Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim]] was the first playoff series of Bay's career. Bay hit a home run in each of the first two games of the series. Bay finished the series batting 7-for-17 (.412), with two doubles, two home runs, and 5 RBI. In the [[2008 American League Championship Series]], he scored the first run in game one. In game two, he opened the door for the Red Sox with a two-run double and a home run in the fifth inning. However, the Red Sox lost in seven games.


In 2009, after a strong first half that included an All-Star selection, Bay went on to lead the Red Sox with a career-high 36 home runs and 119 RBI during the regular season. Early in the season, he also had a streak of 11 home runs with men on base, tying the team record and falling one shy of the major league record.
==Awards and honors==
*Three-time NL Rookie of the Month (June, July and September, 2004)
*[[MLB Rookie of the Year|National League Rookie of the Year]] (2004)
*''[[The Sporting News]]'' NL Rookie of the Year (2004)
*[[Tip O'Neill Award]] winner (2004 and 2005) - given to the top Canadian baseball player each season.
*National League All-Star (2005, 2006)
*Represented Canada at the [[World Baseball Classic]]
*Represented Canada in the 1990 [[Little League World Series]]
*May 2006 [[Player of the Month]]
*Represented Canada at the 2005 Home Run Derby
*The 2008 Chuck Tanner Award for "professionalism, cooperation and availability to and with Major League writers best assists them in carrying out daily responsibilities."<ref>{{cite news |first= Jenifer|last= Langosch|title= Two tabbed by Pittsburgh writers|url= http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20081007&content_id=3601579&vkey=news_pit&fext=.jsp&c_id=pit&partnerId=rss_pit|publisher= PittsburghPirates.com|date= 2008-10-07|accessdate=2008-10-07}}</ref>


In 2009, he was named #41 on the ''[[Sporting News]]''' list of the 50 greatest current players in baseball.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Johns|first=Greg|date=May 20, 2009|title=Ichiro 30th on Sporting News list of baseball's best|url=https://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlesports/2009/05/20/ichiro-30th-on-sporting-news-list-of-baseballs-best/|access-date=May 20, 2009|website=[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]|language=en-US}}</ref>
==Records==


He filed for free agency after the season, turning down the Red Sox's offer of salary arbitration.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Silverman|first=Mike|date=December 7, 2009|title=Bay's agent: Bay will not accept Red Sox' arbitration offer|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091212184755/http://www.bostonherald.com/blogs/sports/red_sox/index.php/2009/12/07/bays-agent-bay-will-not-accept-red-sox-arbitration-offer/|url=http://www.bostonherald.com/blogs/sports/red_sox/index.php/2009/12/07/bays-agent-bay-will-not-accept-red-sox-arbitration-offer/|archive-date=December 12, 2009|access-date=December 8, 2009|website=[[Boston Herald]]}}</ref>
*Holds the record for most home runs at [[PNC Park]] with 61.
*Second most Home Runs (14) by a visiting player (behind [[Lance Berkman]]- 18) and the highest batting average of any player with more than 100 at bats (.363, 58 for 160) at [[Great American Ball Park]] in Cincinnati.<ref name="gabp">{{cite web| url = http://pittsburgh.pirates.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080528&content_id=2785006&vkey=news_pit&fext=.jsp&c_id=pit |last = Langosch|first = Jenifer |accessdate=2008-05-28 |title = Bay looks to continue success vs. Reds |date=[[2008-05-28]] |publisher = [[MLB.com]]}}</ref>
*4th all-time in Home Runs hit by a Canadian born player behind [[Larry Walker]] (383), [[Matt Stairs]] (252), and [[Jeff Heath]] (194).


====New York Mets (2010–2012)====
===Pittsburgh Pirates===
[[File:Jason Bay with Mets Sept 2011.jpg|thumb|upright|Jason Bay in 2011 as a Met]]
On December 29, 2009, Bay agreed to a four-year, $66 million contract with the New York Mets, which also included a vesting option for a fifth year.<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=December 29, 2009|title=Mets reach deal with Bay|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105072543/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/baseball/mlb/12/29/heyman.mets.bay/index.html|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/baseball/mlb/12/29/heyman.mets.bay/index.html|archive-date=January 5, 2010|access-date=January 5, 2010|magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Hoch|first=Bryan|date=January 6, 2010|title=Bay glad to be part of 'perfect fit'|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100119035138/http://www.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100105&content_id=7874442&vkey=news_nym&fext=.jsp&c_id=nym|url=http://www.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100105&content_id=7874442&vkey=news_nym&fext=.jsp&c_id=nym|archive-date=January 19, 2010|access-date=January 19, 2010|website=[[New York Mets]]}}</ref> General manager [[Omar Minaya]], who engineered the deal, originally traded Bay to the Mets in 2002 when he was GM for the Montreal Expos. On January 5, 2010, Minaya and [[Jeff Wilpon]] held a press conference at [[Citi Field]] in which Bay was presented with his uniform, number 44 for the Mets. The Red Sox received the 39th ([[Anthony Ranaudo]]) and 57th ([[Brandon Workman]]) selections in the [[2010 Major League Baseball draft]] as compensation.<ref>{{Cite web|title=1st Round of the 2010 MLB June Amateur Draft|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/|access-date=May 28, 2021|website=[[Baseball-Reference]]|language=en}}</ref>


On April 27, in the first game of a double header against the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]], Bay hit his first home run as a member of the New York Mets in the bottom of the fourth inning to give the Mets a 2–0 lead. The Mets went on to win the first game, 4–0, and win the second game, 10–5.
*4th all-time with .515 slugging percentage
*8th all-time with .890 on-base plus slugging (min 100 AB)
*8th all-time with 139 Home Runs
*10th all-time with 682 Strikeouts
*12th all-time with .375 on-base percentage
*15th all-time with 34 sacrifice flies
*15th all-time with 35 hit by pitches


In his first season with the Mets, Bay played in only 95 games. He suffered a concussion in a game against the Dodgers, when he ran into a fenced wall and his head jerked back. He finished his season with a .259 batting average, only six home runs (he hit 36 the year before), 47 RBI, and scored 48 runs.
==Career statistics==

{| class="wikitable"
Bay began 2011 on the disabled list with a rib injury<ref>{{cite web|last=DiComo|first=Anthony|date=March 31, 2011|title=Rib injury lands Bay on disabled list|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110403040346/http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110330&content_id=17204450&vkey=news_nym&c_id=nym|url=http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110330&content_id=17204450&vkey=news_nym&c_id=nym|archive-date=April 3, 2011|access-date=April 2, 2011|work=MLB.com}}</ref> and returned to the Mets on April 21 in a game against the [[Houston Astros]]. On that day (a 9–1 Mets win), Bay batted and scored in the eighth on a rare four-base error when [[Hunter Pence]] failed to catch Bay's fly ball; [[David Wright]], on first base from a walk, scored ahead of him. Bay also had a ground-rule double and scored a run in the fourth inning.<ref>{{cite web|date=April 22, 2011|title=Four-base error; NL recap|url=http://www.wavy.com/dpps/sports/mlb/other_mlb/national-league-roundup-for-april-21-2011_3784667|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130711040326/http://www.wavy.com/dpps/sports/mlb/other_mlb/national-league-roundup-for-april-21-2011_3784667|archive-date=July 11, 2013|access-date=July 11, 2013|work=[[WAVY-TV]]|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=April 21, 2011|title=April 21, 2011 Houston Astros at New York Mets Box Score and Play by Play|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN201104210.shtml|access-date=July 11, 2013|work=[[Baseball-Reference]]}}</ref> On June 28, 2011, Bay hit a [[Grand slam (baseball)|grand slam]] off of [[Detroit Tigers]] pitcher [[Daniel Schlereth]]. It was the first grand slam by the Mets since [[Ángel Pagán]] hit one on August 1, 2009.<ref>{{cite news|last=Waldstein|first=David|date=June 28, 2011|title=Mets Break Long Streak Without a Grand Slam|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/29/sports/baseball/mets-break-long-streak-without-a-grand-slam.html|access-date=June 29, 2011}}</ref> On August 8, Bay hit his 200th career home run against the San Diego Padres, becoming the third Canadian MLB player after [[Larry Walker]] and [[Matt Stairs]] to reach this milestone.<ref>{{cite web|last=DiComo|first=Anthony|date=August 8, 2011|title=Bay crushes 200th home run on Monday|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107035859/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110808&content_id=22940556&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110808&content_id=22940556&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb|archive-date=November 7, 2012|access-date=August 9, 2011|work=[[MLB.com]]}}</ref> Bay hit another grand slam in September en route to winning his fifth career National League [[Major League Baseball Player of the Week Award|Player of the Week Award]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Kruth|first1=Cash|date=September 12, 2011|title=Hot-hitting Bay named NL Player of the Week|url=http://m.mets.mlb.com/news/article/24587484/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150521013609/http://m.mets.mlb.com/news/article/24587484/|archive-date=May 21, 2015|access-date=May 1, 2015|website=[[New York Mets]]|publisher=[[MLB.com]]}}</ref>
|-

! Year
Bay got off to a slow start to the 2012 season, finishing spring training with no home runs or RBI, and his regular season, which was derailed further by a broken rib<ref>{{cite web|date=April 24, 2012|title=Mets put LF Jason Bay on DL with broken rib|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120427002827/https://sports.yahoo.com/news/mets-put-lf-jason-bay-180127589--mlb.html|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/news/mets-put-lf-jason-bay-180127589--mlb.html|archive-date=April 27, 2012|access-date=June 13, 2012|website=[[Yahoo! Sports]]|publisher=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref> suffered while making a diving catch in the April 23 game against the [[San Francisco Giants]]. When Bay returned from the DL on June 8, 2012 against the [[New York Yankees]], he went 0-for-3 with one [[strikeout]]. He continued to go 0-for-16 in his return from the DL through June 12, before hitting a [[Single (baseball)|single]] on June 13 against the [[Tampa Bay Rays]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jason Bay 2012 Batting Game Logs|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.fcgi?id=bayja01&t=b&year=2012|access-date=June 13, 2012|website=[[Baseball-Reference]]|language=en}}</ref> In a home game against the [[Cincinnati Reds]] on June 15, Bay left the game in the second inning after crashing into the left field wall and suffering a [[concussion]] while attempting to catch a fly ball by [[Jay Bruce]] that became an [[inside-the-park home run]]. He was subsequently placed on the DL again, and returned again on July 17 against the [[Washington Nationals]]. On September 2, Bay hit a grand slam off of [[Miami Marlins]] pitcher [[Mark Buehrle]] in the first inning of a 5–2 Mets win. Bay also hit a home run off of Buehrle on September 22 in a 4–3 Mets win. Bay finished the 2012 season with a .165 batting average, eight home runs and 20 RBI.
! Team

! [[Games played|G]]
On November 7, 2012, the Mets and Bay agreed to terminate their contract a year early and make the outfielder an unrestricted free agent.<ref>{{cite web|date=November 7, 2012|title=Mets, Jason Bay Agree To 'Part Ways'; Outfielder Becomes Free Agent|url=http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/11/07/mets-jason-bay-agree-to-part-ways-outfielder-becomes-free-agent/|access-date=November 7, 2012|website=[[WCBS-TV]]|publisher=}}</ref>
! [[At Bat|AB]]

! [[Run (baseball)|R]]
====Seattle Mariners (2013)====
! [[Hit (baseball)|H]]
[[File:Jason Bay Seattle Mariners.JPG|thumb|right|upright|Bay with the Mariners]]
! [[Double (baseball)|2B]]
On December 8, 2012, the [[Seattle Mariners]] signed Jason Bay to a one-year $1 million deal.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dierkes|first=Tim|date=December 5, 2012|title=Mariners To Sign Jason Bay|url=https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2012/12/mariners-to-sign-jason-bay.html|access-date=May 28, 2021|website=MLB Trade Rumors|language=en-US}}</ref> Bay appeared in 68 games with the Mariners and batted .204 with 11 home runs and 20 RBI before being designated for assignment on July 29, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|last=Berry|first=Adam|date=July 29, 2013|title=Morse comes off DL; Bay designated for assignment|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130729&content_id=55163156&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb|access-date=July 29, 2013|work=[[MLB.com]]}}</ref> Bay was released on August 6.<ref>{{cite web|last=Links|first=Zachary|date=August 6, 2013|title=Mariners Release Jason Bay|url=http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2013/08/mariners-designate-jason-bay-for-assignment.html|access-date=August 6, 2013|website=MLB Trade Rumors|publisher=}}</ref>
! [[Triple (baseball)|3B]]

! [[Home run|HR]]
On March 31, 2014, Bay officially announced his retirement from professional baseball.<ref>{{cite web|last=Cotillo|first=Chris|date=March 31, 2014|title=Jason Bay retires from baseball|url=http://www.mlbdailydish.com/2014/3/31/5567940/jason-bay-retires-from-baseball-pirates-red-sox-mets-mariners|access-date=April 23, 2014|work=MLB Daily Dish}}</ref>
! [[Runs batted in|RBI]]

! [[Stolen base|SB]]
Bay was eligible to be elected into the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|National Baseball Hall of Fame]] in 2019, but received less than 5% of the vote and became ineligible for the 2020 ballot.<ref>{{Cite web|title=2019 Hall of Fame Voting|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/hof_2019.shtml|access-date=February 10, 2019|website=[[Baseball-Reference]]|language=en}}</ref>
! [[Caught stealing|CS]]

! [[Base on balls|BB]]
==Personal life==
! [[Strikeout|SO]]
Bay and his wife, Kristen, have three children.<ref>{{cite news|last=Waldstein|first=David|date=May 5, 2011|title=Jason Bay Returns to Mets After Birth of Third Child|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|url=http://bats.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/05/jason-bay-returns-to-mets-after-birth-of-third-child/?partner=rss&emc=rss=|access-date=May 5, 2011}}</ref>
! [[Batting average|BA]]

! [[On base percentage|OBP]]
Bay's sister, [[Lauren Bay-Regula]], is a professional [[softball]] player who pitched for Canada in the [[Softball at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Olympics]], and was on the [[Softball at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Olympic]] team as well.
! [[Slugging percentage|SLG]]

! [[On-base plus slugging|OPS]]
Bay remains friends with former NHL centre [[Shawn Horcoff]], who was also born in Trail. He is close friends with [[Grady Sizemore]], who was a groomsman at Bay's wedding.
! [[Total bases|TB]]

! [[Sacrifice fly|SF]]
In Bay's opening interview with the Boston media, he stated that his father was a die-hard Red Sox fan who had bought him a Red Sox [[Infant bodysuit|onesie]] to wear when he was young. Bay believed it was still in his parents' basement along with his two childhood TV room posters of Red Sox greats [[Jim Rice]] and [[Carl Yastrzemski]].<ref>{{cite news|date=August 2, 2008|title=Bay plays hero at Fenway|newspaper=[[Vancouver Sun]]|publisher=[[Canada.com]]|url=http://www.canada.com/story_print.html?id=e7f91cbd-2cdd-4a87-85ad-fc4941a136dd&sponsor=|url-status=dead|access-date=November 9, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109111114/http://www.canada.com/story_print.html?id=e7f91cbd-2cdd-4a87-85ad-fc4941a136dd&sponsor=|archive-date=November 9, 2012}}</ref>
! [[Sacrifice hit|SH]]

! [[Hit by pitch|HBP]]
On July 2, 2009, Bay became a US citizen after a ceremony at [[Faneuil Hall]] in Boston.<ref>{{cite web|date=July 2, 2009|title=Red Sox OF Bay to be sworn in as American citizen|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629082409/https://www.tsn.ca/story/print/?id=283529|url=https://www.tsn.ca/story/print/?id=283529|archive-date=June 29, 2011|access-date=June 29, 2011|work=[[The Sports Network]]|agency=[[Canadian Press]]}}</ref>
! [[Intentional base on balls|IBB]]

! [[Grounded into double play|GDP]]
==Awards and honours==
|-style="text-align: center;"
* Three-time NL Rookie of the Month (June, July and September, 2004)
| rowspan="2"|2003
* [[MLB Rookie of the Year|National League Rookie of the Year]] (2004)
| [[San Diego Padres|SD]]
* ''[[The Sporting News]]'' NL Rookie of the Year (2004)
| 3
* [[Tip O'Neill Award]] winner (2004, 2005 and 2009) – given to the top Canadian baseball player each season.
| 8
* National League All-Star (2005, 2006)
| 2
* Represented Canada at the [[World Baseball Classic]]
| 2
* Represented Canada in the 1990 [[Little League World Series]]
| 1
* May 2006 [[MLB Player of the Month|Player of the Month]]
| 0
* Represented Canada at the 2005 [[Home Run Derby]]
| 1
* The 2008 Chuck Tanner Award for "professionalism, cooperation and availability to and with Major League writers to best assist them in carrying out daily responsibilities."<ref>{{cite news|last=Langosch|first=Jenifer|date=October 7, 2008|title=Two tabbed by Pittsburgh writers|work=[[Pittsburgh Pirates]]|publisher=[[MLB.com]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090608182320/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20081007&content_id=3601579&vkey=news_pit&fext=.jsp&c_id=pit&partnerId=rss_pit|access-date=October 7, 2008|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20081007&content_id=3601579&vkey=news_pit&fext=.jsp&c_id=pit&partnerId=rss_pit|archive-date=June 8, 2009}}</ref>
| 2
* American League All-Star (2009)
| 0
* American League Outfield [[Silver Slugger]] (2009)
| 0

| 1
==Records==
| 1
* 5th all-time in Home Runs hit by a Canadian born player behind [[Larry Walker]] (383), [[Joey Votto]] (269), [[Matt Stairs]] (265), and [[Justin Morneau]] (247).
| .250

| .400
===Pittsburgh Pirates===
| .750
* 4th all-time with .515 slugging percentage
| 1.150
* 6th all-time with .890 on-base plus slugging
| 6
* 9th all-time with 139 Home Runs
| 0
* 13th all-time with 682 Strikeouts
| 0
* 15th all-time with .375 on-base percentage
| 1
* 17th all-time with 34 sacrifice flies
| 0
* 20th all-time with 35 hit by pitches
| 0
|-style="text-align: center;"
| [[Pittsburgh Pirates|PIT]]
| 27
| 79
| 13
| 23
| 6
| 1
| 3
| 12
| 3
| 1
| 18
| 28
| .291
| .423
| .506
| .929
| 40
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|-style="text-align: center;"
| 2004
| PIT
| 120
| 411
| 61
| 116
| 24
| 4
| 26
| 82
| 4
| 6
| 41
| 129
| .282
| .358
| .550
| .908
| 226
| 5
| 5
| 10
| 2
| 9
|-style="text-align: center;"
| 2005
| PIT
| '''162'''
| 599
| 110
| 183
| 44
| 6
| 32
| 101
| 21
| 1
| 95
| 142
| .306
| .402
| .559
| .961
| 335
| 7
| 0
| 6
| 9
| 12
|-style="text-align: center;"
| 2006
| PIT
| 159
| 570
| 101
| 163
| 29
| 3
| 35
| 109
| 11
| 2
| 102
| 156
| .286
| .396
| .532
| .928
| 303
| 9
| 0
| 8
| 9
| 15
|-style="text-align: center;"
| 2007
| PIT
| 145
| 538
| 78
| 133
| 25
| 2
| 21
| 84
| 4
| 1
| 59
| 141
| .247
| .327
| .418
| .745
| 225
| 8
| 0
| 9
| 3
| 8
|-style="text-align: center;"
| rowspan="2"|2008
| PIT
| 106
| 393
| 72
| 111
| 23
| 2
| 22
| 64
| 7
| 0
| 59
| 86
| .282
| .375
| .519
| .894
| 204
| 5
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 3
|-style="text-align: center;"
| [[Boston Red Sox|BOS]]
| 49
| 184
| 39
| 54
| 12
| 2
| 9
| 37
| 3
| 0
| 22
| 51
| .293
| .370
| .527
| .887
| 97
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 4
|-style="text-align: center;"
!colspan=2|Totals:
! 771
! 2,782
! 476
! 785
! 164
! 20
! 149
! 491
! 53
! 11
! 397
! 734
! .282
! .375
! .516
! .891
! 1,436
! 37
! 5
! 38
! 27
! 51
|}


==See also==
==See also==
{{Portal|Biography|Baseball|Canada}}
*[[Top 500 home run hitters of all time]]
* [[List of Major League Baseball career home run leaders]]
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==References==
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*[http://multimedia.foxsports.com/baseball/boston-red-sox/jason-bay.htm Jason Bay Video on FoxSports Video Archive]
*[http://videos.espn.com/baseball/boston-red-sox/jason-bay.htm Jason Bay Video on ESPN.com]
*[http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/extras/extra_bases/2008/07/the_bay_file.html The Jason Bay file: (More than) 30 things to know about the newest Sox slugger]


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Latest revision as of 20:34, 11 May 2024

Jason Bay
Bay with the Boston Red Sox in 2009
Left fielder
Born: (1978-09-20) September 20, 1978 (age 45)
Trail, British Columbia, Canada
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
May 23, 2003, for the San Diego Padres
Last MLB appearance
July 26, 2013, for the Seattle Mariners
MLB statistics
Batting average.266
Home runs222
Runs batted in754
Teams
Career highlights and awards
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Jason Raymond Bay (born September 20, 1978) is a Canadian-American former professional baseball left fielder who played 11 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). Initially drafted by the Montreal Expos, he played for the San Diego Padres, Pittsburgh Pirates, Boston Red Sox, New York Mets and Seattle Mariners.

Bay was the National League Rookie of the Year in 2004 and he won the Silver Slugger Award in 2009. He is a three-time MLB All-Star and a three-time Tip O'Neill Award winner as the best Canadian baseball player.

Amateur career[edit]

In youth baseball, Bay's Trail little league team reached the 1990 Little League World Series. Bay attended North Idaho College in Coeur d'Alene and Gonzaga University in Spokane, where he played college baseball from 1997-2000[1] In 1999, he played for the Chatham Athletics in the Cape Cod Baseball League.[2][3]

Professional career[edit]

Minor league career (2000–2002)[edit]

Bay was drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 22nd round of the 2000 Major League Baseball draft and was assigned to the Expos' Short-Season A team in Burlington, Vermont, the Vermont Expos. In 2001, Bay was assigned to the Expos’ High Single-A team in the Florida State League, the Jupiter Hammerheads. He began the year slowly, and in May was moved to the Clinton LumberKings of the Midwest League, where Bay reached base in his first 26 games, then went on to bat .362 and win the league batting title. In all, he batted .315 with 14 home runs and 75 runs batted in on the year.

The Expos traded Bay to the New York Mets on March 24, 2002, with Jim Serrano for Lou Collier. At the trading deadline on July 31, 2002, the Mets traded Bay to the San Diego Padres with Josh Reynolds and Bobby Jones for Jason Middlebrook and Steve Reed.[4]

Major league career[edit]

San Diego Padres (2003)[edit]

Bay debuted with the Padres on May 23, 2003, getting his first major league hit, a home run, in the ninth inning.[5] Two days later, he suffered a broken right wrist after being hit by a pitch.

Pittsburgh Pirates (2003–2008)[edit]

Bay with the Pirates in 2007 spring training

On August 26, 2003, Bay was traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates, along with Óliver Pérez and Cory Stewart in exchange for Brian Giles.[6] He finished the season with a .287 batting average, four home runs, and 14 RBI in 30 games.

Bay began the 2004 season on the disabled list due to surgery during the offseason, and did not rejoin the team until May. Despite missing the beginning of the season, he still produced the best offensive numbers of any National League rookie. He batted .282 in 120 games, leading all major league rookies in home runs (26) and RBIs (82). He also led all NL rookies in slugging percentage (.550), extra base hits (54) and total bases (226). With his 26 home runs, Bay broke a Pirates rookies record of 23 set by Johnny Rizzo in 1936 and matched by Ralph Kiner in 1946. Selected as the 2004 NL Rookie of the Year by The Sporting News, Bay was the second Pittsburgh Pirates player honoured with the award, after second baseman Johnny Ray in 1982. Bay was also the first Canadian player to win the award.[7]

In 2005, Bay was selected to his first All-Star Game as a reserve outfielder. He was the only player on either roster not to appear in the game. Bay also appeared in the 2005 Century 21 Home Run Derby, representing Canada in the nationality-themed contest; he was eliminated in the first round after hitting no home runs. Bay finished the season with a .306 average, 32 home runs, and 101 RBI, leading the Pirates in every major hitting category.

After the 2005 season, Bay signed a four-year contract extension worth a guaranteed $18.25 million.[8]

Bay batted .321 with 12 home runs (a Pirate record for home runs in a month) and 35 RBIs in May 2006. 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. He had actually hit 10 home runs in ten games, but he had failed to hit a home run in one of the games, and hit two the next day.

Following an aggressive public relations campaign by the Pirates in 2006, Bay led all National League outfielders in All-Star voting. Pearl Jam lead singer Eddie Vedder even urged fans to vote for Bay during a summer concert at Pittsburgh's Mellon Arena.[9] Bay became the first member of the Pittsburgh Pirates voted into the All-Star game as a starter since Andy Van Slyke. In the game, Bay went 1-for-3 with a single.

After battling injuries, Bay's 2007 season was less productive. Despite having a strong first couple of months, he batted .247 with 21 home runs and 84 RBI.[10]

Bay had a much more productive 2008 with Pittsburgh, batting .282 with 22 home runs and 64 RBI through the All-Star break. In a May series against the Chicago Cubs, Bay had extra-inning walk-off hits in back-to-back games; the first two walk-off hits of his career.[11] A month later, he got his third walk-off hit of the season and his career with a 13th-inning solo home run against the Tampa Bay Rays.[12]

Boston Red Sox (2008–2009)[edit]

On July 31, 2008, Bay and a player to be named later (Josh Wilson)[13] were traded to the Boston Red Sox in a three team deal that sent Manny Ramirez to the Los Angeles Dodgers and Andy LaRoche with Bryan Morris to the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Dodgers and Brandon Moss with Craig Hansen to the Pirates from the Red Sox.[14] In his Red Sox debut, Bay scored both runs, the second coming after he tripled in the bottom of the 12th inning and scored the game-winning run on a Jed Lowrie RBI infield single. Bay hit his first home run with Boston the next night, against the Oakland Athletics. In one game, he hit multiple home runs against the Baltimore Orioles at Oriole Park. Bay would end the 2008 season with Boston batting .293 with nine home runs and 37 RBI.

Bay batting for the Red Sox on August 18, 2008

The Red Sox' 2008 American League Division Series against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim was the first playoff series of Bay's career. Bay hit a home run in each of the first two games of the series. Bay finished the series batting 7-for-17 (.412), with two doubles, two home runs, and 5 RBI. In the 2008 American League Championship Series, he scored the first run in game one. In game two, he opened the door for the Red Sox with a two-run double and a home run in the fifth inning. However, the Red Sox lost in seven games.

In 2009, after a strong first half that included an All-Star selection, Bay went on to lead the Red Sox with a career-high 36 home runs and 119 RBI during the regular season. Early in the season, he also had a streak of 11 home runs with men on base, tying the team record and falling one shy of the major league record.

In 2009, he was named #41 on the Sporting News' list of the 50 greatest current players in baseball.[15]

He filed for free agency after the season, turning down the Red Sox's offer of salary arbitration.[16]

New York Mets (2010–2012)[edit]

Jason Bay in 2011 as a Met

On December 29, 2009, Bay agreed to a four-year, $66 million contract with the New York Mets, which also included a vesting option for a fifth year.[17][18] General manager Omar Minaya, who engineered the deal, originally traded Bay to the Mets in 2002 when he was GM for the Montreal Expos. On January 5, 2010, Minaya and Jeff Wilpon held a press conference at Citi Field in which Bay was presented with his uniform, number 44 for the Mets. The Red Sox received the 39th (Anthony Ranaudo) and 57th (Brandon Workman) selections in the 2010 Major League Baseball draft as compensation.[19]

On April 27, in the first game of a double header against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Bay hit his first home run as a member of the New York Mets in the bottom of the fourth inning to give the Mets a 2–0 lead. The Mets went on to win the first game, 4–0, and win the second game, 10–5.

In his first season with the Mets, Bay played in only 95 games. He suffered a concussion in a game against the Dodgers, when he ran into a fenced wall and his head jerked back. He finished his season with a .259 batting average, only six home runs (he hit 36 the year before), 47 RBI, and scored 48 runs.

Bay began 2011 on the disabled list with a rib injury[20] and returned to the Mets on April 21 in a game against the Houston Astros. On that day (a 9–1 Mets win), Bay batted and scored in the eighth on a rare four-base error when Hunter Pence failed to catch Bay's fly ball; David Wright, on first base from a walk, scored ahead of him. Bay also had a ground-rule double and scored a run in the fourth inning.[21][22] On June 28, 2011, Bay hit a grand slam off of Detroit Tigers pitcher Daniel Schlereth. It was the first grand slam by the Mets since Ángel Pagán hit one on August 1, 2009.[23] On August 8, Bay hit his 200th career home run against the San Diego Padres, becoming the third Canadian MLB player after Larry Walker and Matt Stairs to reach this milestone.[24] Bay hit another grand slam in September en route to winning his fifth career National League Player of the Week Award.[25]

Bay got off to a slow start to the 2012 season, finishing spring training with no home runs or RBI, and his regular season, which was derailed further by a broken rib[26] suffered while making a diving catch in the April 23 game against the San Francisco Giants. When Bay returned from the DL on June 8, 2012 against the New York Yankees, he went 0-for-3 with one strikeout. He continued to go 0-for-16 in his return from the DL through June 12, before hitting a single on June 13 against the Tampa Bay Rays.[27] In a home game against the Cincinnati Reds on June 15, Bay left the game in the second inning after crashing into the left field wall and suffering a concussion while attempting to catch a fly ball by Jay Bruce that became an inside-the-park home run. He was subsequently placed on the DL again, and returned again on July 17 against the Washington Nationals. On September 2, Bay hit a grand slam off of Miami Marlins pitcher Mark Buehrle in the first inning of a 5–2 Mets win. Bay also hit a home run off of Buehrle on September 22 in a 4–3 Mets win. Bay finished the 2012 season with a .165 batting average, eight home runs and 20 RBI.

On November 7, 2012, the Mets and Bay agreed to terminate their contract a year early and make the outfielder an unrestricted free agent.[28]

Seattle Mariners (2013)[edit]

Bay with the Mariners

On December 8, 2012, the Seattle Mariners signed Jason Bay to a one-year $1 million deal.[29] Bay appeared in 68 games with the Mariners and batted .204 with 11 home runs and 20 RBI before being designated for assignment on July 29, 2013.[30] Bay was released on August 6.[31]

On March 31, 2014, Bay officially announced his retirement from professional baseball.[32]

Bay was eligible to be elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2019, but received less than 5% of the vote and became ineligible for the 2020 ballot.[33]

Personal life[edit]

Bay and his wife, Kristen, have three children.[34]

Bay's sister, Lauren Bay-Regula, is a professional softball player who pitched for Canada in the 2004 Olympics, and was on the 2008 Olympic team as well.

Bay remains friends with former NHL centre Shawn Horcoff, who was also born in Trail. He is close friends with Grady Sizemore, who was a groomsman at Bay's wedding.

In Bay's opening interview with the Boston media, he stated that his father was a die-hard Red Sox fan who had bought him a Red Sox onesie to wear when he was young. Bay believed it was still in his parents' basement along with his two childhood TV room posters of Red Sox greats Jim Rice and Carl Yastrzemski.[35]

On July 2, 2009, Bay became a US citizen after a ceremony at Faneuil Hall in Boston.[36]

Awards and honours[edit]

Records[edit]

Pittsburgh Pirates[edit]

  • 4th all-time with .515 slugging percentage
  • 6th all-time with .890 on-base plus slugging
  • 9th all-time with 139 Home Runs
  • 13th all-time with 682 Strikeouts
  • 15th all-time with .375 on-base percentage
  • 17th all-time with 34 sacrifice flies
  • 20th all-time with 35 hit by pitches

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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