| Jon Jay | |
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.jpg) Jay with the Kansas City Royals in 2018 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals – No. 19 | |
| Outfielder / Coach | |
| Born: March 15, 1985 Miami, Florida, U.S. | |
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |
| MLB debut | |
| April 26, 2010, for the St. Louis Cardinals | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| May 12, 2021, for the Los Angeles Angels | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .283 |
| Home runs | 37 |
| Runs batted in | 341 |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
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Jonathan Henry Jay (born March 15, 1985) is an American professional baseball coach and former outfielder who is an assistant coach for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played in MLB for the Cardinals, San Diego Padres, Chicago Cubs, Kansas City Royals, Arizona Diamondbacks, Chicago White Sox, and Los Angeles Angels.
A product of the University of Miami, Jay played college baseball for the Miami Hurricanes. He was the Cardinals’ second (of three) second-round selection(s) (74th overall), in the 2006 MLB draft.[1] Through the end of the 2020 season, Jon Jay has the third highest modern-day career fielding percentage for a center fielder at .996, behind only Darin Erstad and Shane Victorino.[2]
Jay made his big league debut for the Cardinals in 2010,[1] after batting .301, with 4 home runs (HR), a .780 on-base plus slugging percentage (OPS), and 2 stolen bases (SB), in 105 major league games. The starting center fielder for four consecutive National League Championship Series (NLCS)-qualifying clubs as a Cardinal (2011−14), he was a World Series champion in 2011, as the Cardinals defeated the Texas Rangers. Between 2011 and 2013, Jay established an errorless record streak for National League (NL) center fielders at 245 games. In 2012, he finished tenth in the NL in both batting average and on-base percentage (OBP).
After wrist injuries limited Jay's effectiveness in 2015, he was traded to the Padres.[1] Always active in the community, Jay has hosted celebrity bowling tournaments for charity. He signed a one-year US$4M contract to play the 2019 season with the Chicago White Sox.[1]
- ^ a b c d "Jon Jay Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2019. Retrieved September 5, 2019.
- ^ "Career Leaders & Records for Fielding % as CF (s.1908)". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2019. Retrieved April 25, 2019.