2019 Hall of Famer.<\/p>\n
Comes with a letter of authenticity.<\/p>\n
Born in Trail, B.C. in 1978, Jason Bay played for his hometown squad in the 1990 Little League World Series. A standout athlete in high school, the right-handed hitting outfielder graduated to play two years at Gonzaga University where he earned first-team All-West Coast Conference honours in his junior and senior seasons. His strong collegiate performance convinced the Montreal Expos to select him in the 22nd?round of the 2000 MLB draft.<\/p>\n
Following two seasons in the Expos organization, he was dealt to the New York Mets and then to the San Diego Padres in just over a four-month span in 2002. After making his big league debut with the Padres in 2003, Bay was traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates, and it was in Steeltown that he?d become a star. He assumed starting left field duties for the club on May 7, 2004 and never looked back, hitting .282 and belting 26 home runs in 120 games that season to become the first ? and still only ? Canadian to win the National League Rookie of the Year Award.<\/p>\n
Bay a excell\u00e9 avec les Pirates au cours des quatre saisons suivantes, cognant au moins 30 circuits et produisant au moins 100 points au cours de deux saisons cons\u00e9cutives (2005 et 2006) et \u00e9tant invit\u00e9 au match des \u00e9toiles au cours de ces deux campagnes productives. En plus de sa puissance, Bay \u00e9tait un voleur de buts, r\u00e9ussissant 21 larcins en 22 tentatives en 2005, pour un total d\u2019efficacit\u00e9 de 95,46 %, le plus haut pourcentage de la Ligue nationale cette ann\u00e9e-l\u00e0 et un joueur d\u00e9fensif efficace et fiable, terminant deux fois en deuxi\u00e8me position dans la Nationale pour les assistances r\u00e9ussies par un voltigeur de gauche (2006 et 2007).<\/p>\n
Apr\u00e8s avoir r\u00e9ussi 22 circuits en 106 matchs pour d\u00e9buter la saison 2008, Bay a \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9chang\u00e9 aux Red Sox de Boston \u00e0 la date limite des \u00e9changes, le 31 juillet. Avec sa nouvelle \u00e9quipe, son appui offensif s\u2019est poursuivi, frappant neuf circuits de plus dans la course au championnat remport\u00e9e par les Sox. Dans la s\u00e9rie de division de la Ligue am\u00e9ricaine contre les Angels de Los Angeles, il a r\u00e9colt\u00e9 la plus haute moyenne de son \u00e9quipe (,417 ou 7-en-17), les aidant \u00e0 se rendre \u00e0 la s\u00e9rie de championnat. Bay est retourn\u00e9 \u00e0 Boston l\u2019ann\u00e9e suivante, frappant son plus haut total de circuit en carri\u00e8re (36) et produisant 119 points. Au champ ext\u00e9rieur, il a r\u00e9colt\u00e9 15 assistances, le plus haut total de la Ligue, et n\u2019a commis aucune erreur. Avec toutes ces statistiques, il a \u00e9t\u00e9 invit\u00e9 au match des \u00e9toiles, a re\u00e7u un b\u00e2ton d\u2019argent et a termin\u00e9 septi\u00e8me dans la course au joueur par excellence.<\/p>\n
Apr\u00e8s cette saison, il a sign\u00e9 un contrat de quatre ans avec les Mets de New York et terminera sa carri\u00e8re de onze saisons avec les Mariners de Seattle en 2013.<\/p>\n
On retrouve Bay parmi les dix meilleurs canadiens dans la plupart des cat\u00e9gories offensives, dont en cinqui\u00e8me place pour les circuits (222), sixi\u00e8me dans la moyenne de puissance (,481), sixi\u00e8me pour la moyenne de pr\u00e9sence plus la puissance (OPS, ,841), sixi\u00e8me pour les buts sur balles (636) et septi\u00e8me pour les doubles (240) et les points produits (754). Ses 1200 coups s\u00fbrs font de lui l\u2019un des 13 Canadiens \u00e0 avoir au moins 1000 coups s\u00fbrs dans les Majeures.<\/p>\n
Over the course of his career, Bay was named the winner of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame?s Tip O?Neill Award, as top Canadian player, three times (2004, 2005, 2009) and suited up for the Canadian national team at the 2006 and 2009 World Baseball Classics, He was added to Baseball Canada?s Wall of Excellence in 2014.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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