Jay Payton
New York Mets 1998–2001; Colorado Rockies 2002; New York Mets 2002; Colorado Rockies 2003; San Diego Padres 2004; Boston Red Sox 2005; Oakland Athletics 2005–2006; Baltimore Orioles 2007–2008; Colorado Rockies 2010
Percentile snapshot
2006 season — qualified batters
of 162 qualified 2006 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 15 | 23 | 22 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .318 | .348 | .364 | .711 | 91.4 | 90.0 | .324 | 0.0 |
| 1999 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .250 | .333 | .375 | .708 | 86.4 | 83.2 | .324 | 0.0 |
| 2000 | 149 | 529 | 488 | 63 | 142 | 23 | 1 | 17 | 62 | 30 | 60 | 5 | 11 | .291 | .331 | .447 | .778 | 98.1 | 99.1 | .340 | 1.8 |
| 2001 | 104 | 386 | 361 | 44 | 92 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 34 | 18 | 52 | 4 | 3 | .255 | .298 | .371 | .669 | 75.5 | 76.4 | .295 | 0.3 |
| 2002 | 134 | 481 | 445 | 69 | 135 | 20 | 7 | 16 | 59 | 29 | 54 | 7 | 4 | .303 | .351 | .488 | .838 | 117.7 | 113.6 | .372 | 2.7 |
| 2003 | 157 | 658 | 600 | 93 | 181 | 32 | 5 | 28 | 89 | 43 | 77 | 6 | 4 | .302 | .354 | .512 | .865 | 110.5 | 109.2 | .376 | 2.3 |
| 2004 | 143 | 511 | 458 | 57 | 119 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 55 | 43 | 56 | 2 | 0 | .260 | .326 | .367 | .693 | 87.2 | 86.2 | .312 | 1.0 |
| 2005 | 124 | 435 | 408 | 62 | 109 | 16 | 1 | 18 | 63 | 24 | 47 | 0 | 1 | .267 | .306 | .444 | .749 | 94.0 | 96.1 | .323 | 0.8 |
| 2006 | 142 | 588 | 557 | 78 | 165 | 32 | 3 | 10 | 59 | 22 | 52 | 8 | 4 | .296 | .325 | .418 | .743 | 92.5 | 93.5 | .325 | 1.0 |
| 2007 | 131 | 470 | 434 | 48 | 111 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 58 | 22 | 42 | 5 | 2 | .256 | .292 | .376 | .668 | 71.6 | 73.8 | .297 | -0.6 |
| 2008 | 127 | 363 | 338 | 41 | 82 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 41 | 22 | 53 | 8 | 1 | .243 | .291 | .346 | .637 | 65.4 | 67.2 | .287 | -0.6 |
| 2010 | 20 | 36 | 35 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .343 | .361 | .514 | .875 | 124.8 | 120.4 | .386 | 0.2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-08-03 | COL @ PIT Gameday | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| 2002-08-22 | WSH @ COL Gameday | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| 2003-08-19 | MIA @ COL Gameday | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 2003-08-29 | COL @ LAD Gameday | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 2008-06-25 | BAL @ CHC Gameday | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
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.