Jason Bay

Jason Bay
Bay with the Boston Red Sox
Left fielder
Born: (1978-09-20) September 20, 1978 (age 38) Trail, British Columbia
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 runs	222
Runs batted in	754
Teams
San Diego Padres (2003) Pittsburgh Pirates (2003–2008) Boston Red Sox (2008–2009) New York Mets (2010–2012) Seattle Mariners (2013)
Career highlights and awards
3× All-Star (2005, 2006, 2009) NL Rookie of the Year (2004) Silver Slugger Award (2009)

Jason Raymond Bay (born September 20, 1978) is a Canadian-American former professional baseball left fielder. Bay played in Major League Baseball (MLB) 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.

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 1996–99. In 1999, he played for the Chatham Athletics in the Cape Cod Baseball League.

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 Jupiter. He began the year slowly, and in May he was moved to Clinton of the Midwest League. 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.