Bay was a member of the Canadian Little League team from Trail, traveling to Williamsport that year. During his final year at university, Mr. Bay was drafted by the Montreal Expos, playing three minor league seasons. He is the only Canadian ball player to achieve this status. He retired in Trail honoured Mr. Bay during the Home of Champions induction ceremony. View this page in PDF format here. It appears you are trying to access this site using an outdated browser.
As a result, parts of the site may not function properly for you. We recommend updating your browser to its most recent version at your earliest convenience. Hit 22 of his 35 home runs on the road and 22 were solo shots Ranked among the N. Ranked second in extra-base hits 82 behind Chicago's Derrek Lee Also finished fourth in batting average vs.
His runs were the most by a Pittsburgh player since Brian Giles scored in His 44 doubles ranked fourth among N. Hit 23 of his 32 home runs on the road, ranking second among National League players behind Atlanta's Andruw Jones 30 in road home runs Was named to his first National League All-Star team Was the Opening Day starter in left field and went on to start all games the first Pittsburgh player to start every game in a season since Johnny Ray in Made starts in left field and 29 in center field Went 9-for San Francisco the award is given annually by the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame to the native player judged to have excelled in individual achievement and team contribution while adhering to the highest ideals of the game of baseball Tied for second in the National League with nine home runs during May Philadelphia's Bobby Abreu had a major-league leading Went 2-for Was named N.
Player-of-the-Week after going for Milwaukee the major league record for most successful stolen base attempts in one season without being caught is held by New York's Kevin McReynolds, who was for in Committed three errors while playing center field and just one while playing left Had four assists Led all major league rookies in home runs and RBI Also finished first among National League rookies in slugging percentage.
Ranked second in on-base percentage. Established a club record for home runs by a rookie Ralph Kiner hit 23 in and Johnny Rizzo hit 23 in His 26 home runs were the most by a National League rookie since St. Louis' Albert Pujols hit 37 in Ranked eighth among NL outfielders with a. Broke the club record for strikeouts by a rookie the previous record was set by Al Martin in Began the season on the day disabled list recovering from offseason surgery on his right shoulder Went 4-for with two doubles, a home run and three RBI in four games with the Sounds Started that night in left field and went 0-for-3 vs.
Chicago - game one Finished May with a. Also posted a. Milwaukee game two after going 4-for-5 with three doubles and a home run San Francisco Ended season in a 2-for skid Went 0-for-5 as a pinch hitter Made appearances in left field and five in center field. Homered off Matt Mantei in fourth at bat for first major league hit Returned from rehab assignment, was reinstated from the D. Made a total of 50 appearances in center field, 38 in right field and three in left field while playing with Portland Hit safely in his first four starts with Pittsburgh, but went 2-for in his next seven contests Hit first career grand slam off the Cubs' Carlos Zambrano in the 2nd inning, cracked a two-run homer off Zambrano in the 4th and ripped a two-run double in the 5th.
Reached base safely in his final 14 games, but went just 6-for Was rated by Baseball America as the No. Began season with St. Lucie Mets' A and homered in first game Was promoted to Binghamton Mets' AA in mid-June after making 46 appearances in left field, 11 in center field and 11 in right field for St.
Hit just. Made 22 of his 32 defensive appearances in right field five each in left and center Recorded 14 assists in his total appearances in the outfield Went 5-for Tallied 37 extra-base hits in just 87 games Reached base safely in each of his first 26 games and in all but six of his 87 games with Clinton Made each of 78 defensive appearances in right field while playing with Clinton Hudson Valley Went 2-for in his first three games, but hit.
Made eight appearances in left field and six in right field View More Videos. Lucie Mets. Strained left rib cage. November 5, LF Jason Bay elected free agency. I hope there are even better ones to come. Bay earned his first All-Star Game selection that year and also appeared in the Home Run Derby, but was eliminated after failing to hit any homers in the first round.
Bay went 5-for with five runs in the first round, with Canada going , but they were eliminated by a tiebreaker. He carried that offensive production into the regular season, hitting 35 home runs and RBIs on his way to earning his second-straight All-Star Game appearance. That November, he had surgery to fix a problem in his left knee that had nagged him throughout the season.
When the season started, Bay struggled a bit out of the gate with only five home runs and 29 RBIs through May 24, well below his pace from previous years. He managed to get things back on the right track for a while — staying above.
How do you do that? How do you just flip the wall switch? Here we are, after all this time, still trying to find that. He finished the year with a. Bay experienced a bit of a turnaround at the beginning of , hitting. But his time with the Pirates was running out.
Upon joining the Red Sox, Bay hit. He also got his first taste of the playoffs and did not disappoint. He batted. That first week is a blur. There was definitely a hour culture shock. He went 2-for-4 with two RBIs over two games, but Canada went winless and was eliminated during round play. When the big-league season started, his first full season in the American League, it turned out to be a strong year for Bay. In addition to the awards he received for his play on the field, he also had a reason to celebrate off the field.
In November , Bay became a free agent for the first time in his career. He was among the most coveted outfielders on the market that offseason, with the others being Matt Holliday , Mike Cameron , and Marlon Byrd. The move was seen as a major offensive gain for the Mets, a team that had hit the fewest home runs in the National League in Still, at the end of June they found themselves 10 games above.
He also played the final two games in the series on Saturday and Sunday, going 2-for-9 with a walk and a run. Bay first reported possible concussion symptoms to team doctors on the plane ride back to New York on Sunday night.
Louis Cardinals, at which point manager Jerry Manuel was informed of the situation. The symptoms persisted, however, and Bay was placed on the day disabled list on July A couple of weeks later he was still experiencing headaches, and he ended up being sidelined for the rest of the year.
I feel like I learned a lot. Going into , having recovered from his concussion, Bay had a positive outlook. He finally made it to the lineup on April 21, going 1-for-4 with a double and two runs in a victory over the Houston Astros.
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