Jason Bay
- San Diego Padres (2003)
- Pittsburgh Pirates (2003-2008)
- Boston Red Sox (2008-2009)
- New York Mets (since 2010)
- 3x All-Star ( 2005, 2006, 2009)
- NL Rookie of the Year 2004
- Silver Slugger Award 2009
Jason Raymond Bay ( born September 20, 1978 in Trail, British Columbia) is a Canadian baseball player with U.S. citizenship in Major League Baseball. Bay outfielder and is available at the New York Mets since the 2010 season under contract. There he received a doped to 66 million U.S. dollars four-year contract.
Career
Minor league and MLB debut
Jason Bay was selected in the 22nd round of the MLB Draft in 2000 by the Montreal Expos. Before that he was at Gonzaga University in Spokane .. At first he was in the Short -Season A team in Burlington and from 2001 in the high single-A team in Jupiter active. On March 24, 2002 Bay was submitted to the New York Mets in exchange for Lou Collier. Shortly before the end of the transfer period, the Mets gave him to the San Diego Padres on. On 23 May 2003 Bay made his debut in the MLB. With his first hit, he managed the same homerun. Two days after his first pro game Bay broke his right wrist as a result of a hit by pitch.
Pittsburgh Pirates (2003 - 2008)
On August 26, 2003 Bay was released to the Pittsburgh Pirates. He finished the season with a batting average of .287, and scored four homers and 14 RBIs in 30 games.
Although Bay missed the start of the season in 2004 due to injury, he was able to record the best offensive performance of all rookies in the National League at the end of the season. Thanks to 26 home runs, 82 RBI and a slugging percentage of .550, he received the MLB Rookie of the Year Award from the National League.
In 2005, Bay was first selected for the All-Star Game. However, he was only a substitute and at the end of the match the only players from both teams who got no use time. After the end of the season his contract extended Bay in Pittsburgh for another four years. The contract guaranteed him an income of 18.25 million U.S. dollars.
In the season 2006, Bay at a new club record internal. In May, he scored 12 home runs, more than ever before reaching a player from the Pirates in a month. In addition, he was selected this time as a starter in the All-Star team.
After a rather average season due to injury 2007 Bay increased again in 2008 and showed consistent and good until the All-Star break, after he left Pittsburgh in the direction of Boston.
Boston Red Sox (2008 - 2009)
On 31 July 2008 Jason Bay was released to the Boston Red Sox. Bay added quickly to the team and was able to record various achievements. In his first match at the new jersey he scored both runs for his team and was able to end the regular season 8 homeruns posted yet. In addition, Bay drew first time in his career in the post-season move. In the first two games in the American League Division Series against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim he succeeded each a homerun. In the subsequent American League Championship Series, he scored the first run of the series against the Tampa Bay Rays. The move into the 2008 World Series was him and his team after a loss in Game 7 but denied.
There was a person very successful 2009 season, in the Bay for the third time in his career for the All -Star Game and was selected with 36 homers recorded a new personal record. In addition, he was selected number 41 of the top 50 active players in the Sporting News magazine.
After the season Bays contract ran out and he was officially listed as a free agent.
New York Mets (since 2010)
29 December 2009, Bay signed a doped to 66 million U.S. dollars four-year contract with the New York Mets. On the part of the association Omar Minaya was responsible for the deal. This had brought back in 2002 for a short time to the Mets Bay. Jason Bay was presented on January 5, 2010 at Citi Field.
The first home run for the Mets succeeded Bay on 27 April 2010 in the game against the Los Angeles Dodgers. In his first season in Queens Bay arrive in 95 games for his means weak 6 home runs and 47 runs. He achieved a batting average of .259.
Personal
Jason Bay has two daughters ( born 2006 and 2008 ) with his wife Kristen and lives in Larchmont.
Bay has a three years younger sister named Lauren Bay Regula, which is active as a professional softball player and 2004 and 2008, pitched at the Summer Olympic Games for the Canadian team.
On 2 July 2009 Bay received U.S. citizenship in Boston.