Jay
Payton
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 190
 
Born: November 22, 1972 in Usa, OH, ZANESVILLE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 2003   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Ted Williams Batting Title or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1998 25 KCR AL 9 28 2 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 8 .179 .207 .179 .385 0.0 0.0
1999 26 KCR AL 78 232 32 64 12 7 4 31 0 1 15 32 .276 .320 .440 .759 29.7 3.7
2000 27 KCR AL 52 154 19 46 6 2 6 19 0 0 10 22 .299 .345 .481 .826 24.2 3.6
2001 28 KCR AL 51 156 23 43 7 0 6 36 1 1 8 36 .276 .305 .436 .741 21.5 2.5
2002 29 KCR AL 22 25 3 5 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 9 .200 .231 .320 .551 1.4 0.0
2003 30 KCR AL 40 81 18 20 2 1 4 12 0 0 4 29 .247 .282 .444 .727 9.3 0.9
2004 31 KCR AL 2 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 1.000 1.250 1.2 0.2
2005 32 KCR AL 128 437 48 117 34 4 14 59 0 0 26 124 .268 .308 .460 .768 57.9 7.4
8 Years Sim 382 1117 146 301 62 15 35 164 1 2 65 262 .269 .309 .446 .755 145.1 18.2
162 Game Average 473 61 127 26 6 14 69 0 0 27 111 .269 .309 .446 .755 61.5  
Career Highs 128 437 48 117 34 7 14 59 1 1 26 124 .299 .345 1.000 1.250 57.9  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1998 25 KCR AL RF 6 5 43.0 10 0 1 0 .909 2.09   0.2
    LF 3 3 24.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.88    
1999 26 KCR AL RF 74 64 553.7 95 5 6 1 .943 1.63   1.2
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
2000 27 KCR AL LF 30 29 250.7 51 0 1 0 .981 1.83   0.8
    RF 13 7 67.0 8 0 1 0 .889 1.07    
2001 28 KCR AL RF 42 41 330.0 59 1 3 0 .952 1.64   1.1
    LF 5 3 29.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.48    
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    SS 1 0 2.0 2 0 1 0 .667 9.00   0.0
2002 29 KCR AL LF 9 3 42.0 11 3 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.4
    RF 7 0 18.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00    
    CF 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
2003 30 KCR AL LF 13 13 100.0 12 1 0 0 1.000 1.17   0.5
    RF 15 11 95.3 19 0 2 0 .905 1.79    
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2004 31 KCR AL CF 1 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57   0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
2005 32 KCR AL LF 105 99 869.7 140 4 1 1 .993 1.49   2.0
    CF 8 8 73.0 14 1 2 0 .882 1.85    
    RF 4 4 35.0 13 1 0 0 1.000 3.60    
  LF 165 150 1315.3 227 8 2 1 .992 1.61   3.6
  RF 162 132 1144.0 207 7 13 1 .943 1.68   2.5
  CF 13 8 85.0 17 1 2 0 .900 1.91   0.0
  SS 1 0 2.0 2 0 1 0 .667 9.00   0.0
  3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   342 290 2548.3 453 16 18 2 .963 1.66   6.1
Career Highs   117 111 977.7 167 6 6 1 1.000 3.00    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1999 26 KCR AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Hideki Matsui (987)
  2. Julio Zuleta (979)
  3. Midre Cummings (974)
  4. Raul Ibanez (963)
  5. Mike Darr (960)
  6. Terrmel Sledge (957)
  7. Corey Patterson (957)
  8. Quinton McCracken (957)
  9. Rocco Baldelli (955)
  10. Torii Hunter (950)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 31st overall pick, by New Orleans in 1998
Traded from New Orleans to Pittsburgh on 2/7/1998 (Going to PIT: LF Jay Payton. Going to NOR: P Orlando Hernandez)
Traded from Pittsburgh to Kansas City on 4/1/1998 (Going to KCR: P Pedro Martinez, LF Jay Payton. Going to PIT: 1B Sean Casey, 1B Andruw Jones)
Had first career hit on 7/23/1998, off Mauro Gozzo (TEX)
Hit first career homerun on 8/16/1999, off Todd Revenig (BAL)
Injured on 8/3/2001 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
1/31/2002: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
1/31/2003: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Won World Championship with Kansas City in 2003
1/31/2004: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
1/31/2005: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration