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#25 First Base Height: 6-3 Weight: 235 Throws: Right Bats: Left Born: January 8, 1971, West Covina, CA |
Biography
One of baseball's most interesting characters, Jason won the American League MVP award in 2000 after a stellar season with the Athletics. He led the Major Leagues in walks (137) and on-base percentage (.474) and tied for the lead with four grand slams. Jason also ranked among the AL Leaders in home runs (T-second with 43), slugging percentage (third at .647), RBIs (T-fourth with 137), batting average (T-seventh at .333), and runs scored (T-10th with 108). He led Oakland to the American League West title and was voted to start in the All-Star Game, becoming the first Athletic to do so since Mark McGwire and Jose Canseco in 1992.
Not afraid to show his emotions, Jason got choked up while accepting the MVP award. He upset plenty of pitchers in 1999 when he hit .315, with 33 homers and 123 RBIs. Jason is an excellent hitter who uses the entire field. After struggling against lefties at the start of his career, he hit .324 against them in 2000. A self-described wrestling fan, Jason is clearly the Athletics' leader. He's sound defensively and is a steadying influence around younger players. That includes his younger brother, Jeremy, who joined the Athletics in 2000 after a trade from Kansas City.
| Batting | |||||||||||||||||
| YEAR | TEAM | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | IBB | K | SB | CS | OBP | SLG | AVG |
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 |
Oak Oak Oak Oak Oak Oak NYY |
140 142 153 158 152 154 34 |
536 519 562 575 510 520 130 |
84 66 92 115 108 109 18 |
156 152 166 181 170 178 36 |
40 41 28 36 29 47 10 |
1 2 0 1 1 2 0 |
20 20 27 33 43 38 5 |
79 81 110 123 137 120 19 |
51 55 81 105 137 129 15 |
3 3 7 6 6 24 1 |
95 89 102 106 96 83 29 |
0 0 2 1 2 2 0 |
1 1 2 1 0 0 1 |
.355 .362 .384 .422 .476 .477 .365 |
.481 .495 .489 .553 .647 .660 .469 |
.291 .293 .295 .315 .333 .342 .277 |
| Fielding | |||||||||||
| YEAR | TEAM | POS | G | INN | TC | PO | A | E | DP | TP | FPCT |
... 1998 1999 ... 2000 ... 2001 ... 2002 |
Oak Oak Oak Oak Oak Oak Oak Oak NYY |
1B 1B 1B 3B 1B 1B 1B 1B 1B |
51 146 142 1 124 5 136 5 25 |
433.1 1236.2 1208.2 0.0 1064.1 44.0 1176.1 44.0 211.0 |
444 1343 1303 0 1226 41 1310 56 196 |
399 1258 1251 0 1161 40 1224 52 185 |
40 71 45 0 59 0 75 3 11 |
5 14 7 0 6 1 11 1 0 |
49 120 128 0 114 3 107 4 12 |
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
.989 .990 .995 .000 .995 .976 .992 .982 1.000 |
| Career |
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703 |
5959.1 |
6028 |
5672 |
309 |
47 |
538 |
0 |
.992 |
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