Jason Bay (Trail, B.C.) has joined an exclusive Canadian MLB club. On Sunday, June 27th Jason got a base hit against the Minnesota Twins to register his 1000th career base hit. His team the NY Mets are sending the Hall of Fame an autographed baseball bat labeled “27/06/10 – 1000th base hit – Jason Bay”
Jason has become the 10th Canadian in MLB history to collect 1000 career base hits!
Larry Walker 2160
George Wood 1467
Jeff Heath 1447
Tip O’Neill 1386
Terry Puhl 1361
Matt Stairs 1342
Jack Graney 1178
Bill Phillips 1130
Frank O’Rouke 1032
Jason Bay 1000
In 5 more games Jason will also play in his 1000th career game. A feat that only 12 other Canadians have accomplished.
