How Jason Bay's Plate Appearances per Strikeout Compares to Similar Players

Jason Bay posted a career Plate Appearances per Strikeout of 4.32, well below the league average of 7.35 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Plate Appearances per Strikeout season came in 2005, posting 4.98, below the league average of 6.07 that year. The lowest point came in 2004 at 3.66, well below the league average of 6.01 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 4.67 in 2011 to 3.71 in 2012 and 3.81 in 2013. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well below league norms across 11 seasons.

Jason Bay Lifetime Plate Appearances per Strikeout

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Plate Appearances per Strikeout
Career4.32
Season Avg.4.32
162 Game Avg.4.32
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Jason Bay Plate Appearances per Strikeout Per Season

Jason Bay's Plate Appearances per Strikeout for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, LF, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Jason Bay Plate Appearances per Strikeout per season line chart

Jason Bay Plate Appearances per Strikeout by Team

Jason Bay's career Plate Appearances per Strikeout totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Jason Bay career Plate Appearances per Strikeout by team bar chart

Jason Bay Plate Appearances per Strikeout Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Jason Bay's career Plate Appearances per Strikeout shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Jason Bay Plate Appearances per Strikeout year-over-year waterfall chart

Jason Bay Plate Appearances per Strikeout Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Jason Bay's seasonal Plate Appearances per Strikeout alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Jason Bay Plate Appearances per Strikeout distribution box chart versus comparable players

Jason Bay Plate Appearances per Strikeout — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Jason Bay's MLB career with Plate Appearances per Strikeout alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Jason Bay Plate Appearances per Strikeout season-by-season breakdown table