Jason Bay
Pittsburgh Pirates 2003; San Diego Padres 2003; Pittsburgh Pirates 2004–2007; Boston Red Sox 2008; Pittsburgh Pirates 2008; Boston Red Sox 2009; New York Mets 2010–2012; Seattle Mariners 2013
Percentile snapshot
2011 season — qualified batters
of 145 qualified 2011 batters (min 502 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 30 | 107 | 87 | 15 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 29 | 3 | 1 | .287 | .421 | .529 | .949 | 154.8 | 147.9 | .421 | 1.0 |
| 2004 | 120 | 472 | 411 | 61 | 116 | 24 | 4 | 26 | 82 | 41 | 129 | 4 | 6 | .282 | .358 | .550 | .907 | 133.0 | 132.3 | .388 | 2.9 |
| 2005 | 162 | 707 | 599 | 110 | 183 | 44 | 6 | 32 | 101 | 95 | 142 | 21 | 1 | .306 | .402 | .559 | .961 | 152.6 | 150.5 | .414 | 6.2 |
| 2006 | 159 | 689 | 570 | 101 | 163 | 29 | 3 | 35 | 109 | 102 | 156 | 11 | 2 | .286 | .396 | .532 | .928 | 137.4 | 136.3 | .399 | 4.6 |
| 2007 | 145 | 614 | 538 | 78 | 133 | 25 | 2 | 21 | 84 | 59 | 141 | 4 | 1 | .247 | .327 | .418 | .746 | 93.5 | 93.5 | .330 | 0.8 |
| 2008 | 155 | 670 | 577 | 111 | 165 | 35 | 4 | 31 | 101 | 81 | 137 | 10 | 0 | .286 | .373 | .522 | .895 | 134.4 | 133.1 | .389 | 4.3 |
| 2009 | 151 | 638 | 531 | 103 | 142 | 29 | 3 | 36 | 119 | 94 | 162 | 13 | 3 | .267 | .384 | .537 | .921 | 138.0 | 136.1 | .397 | 4.4 |
| 2010 | 95 | 401 | 348 | 48 | 90 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 47 | 44 | 91 | 10 | 0 | .259 | .347 | .402 | .749 | 106.8 | 105.0 | .337 | 1.2 |
| 2011 | 123 | 509 | 444 | 59 | 109 | 19 | 1 | 12 | 57 | 56 | 109 | 11 | 1 | .245 | .329 | .374 | .703 | 98.8 | 97.4 | .319 | 1.0 |
| 2012 | 70 | 215 | 194 | 21 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 20 | 19 | 58 | 5 | 1 | .165 | .237 | .299 | .536 | 45.2 | 48.0 | .243 | -1.1 |
| 2013 | 68 | 236 | 206 | 30 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 20 | 26 | 62 | 3 | 1 | .204 | .298 | .393 | .691 | 96.6 | 96.3 | .307 | 0.4 |
Career totals
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004-07-09 | PIT @ WSH Gameday | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 2004-07-02 | MIL @ PIT Gameday | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 10 |
| 2003-09-19 | CHC @ PIT Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 10 |
| 2005-06-26 | PIT @ STL Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 2006-07-24 | PIT @ MIL Gameday | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.
Honors
Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.