Jon Jay (Chicago White Sox Baseball Player) – Overview, Biography

Name:Jon Jay
Occupation: Baseball Player
Current Team: Chicago White Sox
Gender:Male
Birth Day: March 15,
1985
Age: 35
Birth Place: Miami,
United States
Zodiac Sign:Pisces

Jon Jay

Jon Jay was born on March 15, 1985 in Miami, United States (35 years old). Jon Jay is a Baseball Player, zodiac sign: Pisces. Nationality: United States. Approx. Net Worth: Undisclosed. Jon Jay plays for the team Chicago White Sox.

Trivia

He gained a variety of nicknames including The Federalist, The Founding Father and The Chief Justice; all of which correspond to his sharing a name with John Jay, the former Founding Father of the United States and first Chief Justice of the nation.

Net Worth 2020

Undisclosed
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Physique

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Before Fame

He earned an athletic scholarship to the University of Miami after a stellar career at Christopher Columbus High School.

Biography

Jon Jay plays for the team Chicago White Sox

Net Worth Comparison

Team Chicago White Sox Net Worth / Salary
#NameAgeNet WorthSalaryNationality
#1Jon Jay 35 N/A N/A United States
#2 Kelvin Herrera 31 N/A N/A Dominican Republic
#3 Jose Abreu 33 N/A 11 million USD (2020) Cuba
#4 Hector Santiago 33 N/A N/A United States
#5 Edwin Encarnación 37 $14 Million N/A Dominican Republic
#6 Dallas Keuchel 32 N/A 13.2 million USD (2018) United States
#7 Gio Gonzalez 35 $26 Million N/A United States
#8 James McCann 30 N/A N/A United States
#9 Ryan Goins 32 N/A 520,200 USD (2016) United States
#10 Yasmani Grandal 32 N/A N/A Cuba
#11 Yoan Moncada 25 N/A N/A Cuba
#12 Tim Anderson 27 N/A N/A United States
#13 Lucas Giolito 26 N/A N/A United States
#14 Leury Garcia 29 N/A N/A Dominican Republic
#15 Michael Kopech N/A $800 Thousand N/A Not Known

Biography Timeline

2003

Showing exceptional baseball skill in high school, Jay played on the state championship-winning team during his senior year in 2003. He received a scholarship at the University of Miami (UM) and played for the Miami Hurricanes baseball team. During his three years at UM, Jay had a combined .387 batting average (BA), with 31 doubles (2B), four triples (3B), seven home runs (HR), and 108 runs batted in (RBI), in 120 games played (G). In 2005, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Brewster Whitecaps of the Cape Cod Baseball League. The Cardinals selected him in the second round (74th overall) of the 2006 MLB draft.

2007

After signing with St. Louis, Jay made his professional debut that year with the Swing of the Quad Cities and spent the whole season there, slashing .342/.416/.462, with three HR, and 45 RBI, in 60 games. In 2007, he played with the Palm Beach Cardinals, where he batted .286, with two homers, and ten RBI, in 32 games, and the Springfield Cardinals, posting a .235 average, two HR, and 11 RBI, in 26 games. Jay began 2008 with Springfield, and after batting .306/.379/.457, with 11 HR, and 47 RBI, in 96 games, he was promoted to Memphis where he ended the season with a .345 batting average, one HR, and ten RBI, in 16 games. Jay spent 2009 with Memphis, where he compiled a .281 batting average, with ten HR, 54 RBI, and 20 stolen bases, in 136 games. He began 2010 with Memphis.

2010

Jay made his Major League debut on April 26, 2010 with the St. Louis Cardinals, after having begun his second consecutive season with the Memphis Redbirds. During his rookie season, he played in 105 games and made 323 plate appearances (PA), batting .300, with 19 doubles, and a .359 on-base percentage (OBP). In the outfield, Jay played all three positions. Stationed mainly in right field, he collected five assists.

2011

On July 27, 2011, the Cardinals traded starting center fielder Colby Rasmus to the Toronto Blue Jays, clearing the way for Jay to take over as the regular center fielder. That season, he led the team in games played (159), batted .297, with a career-high 10 HR.

At various times, he has been nicknamed “The Federalist”, “The Founding Father”, and “The Chief Justice” in honor of the U.S. Founding Father John Jay and his contributions to The Federalist Papers. Shortly into the 2016 season, NBC 7 San Diego lead sports reporter Derek Togerson popularized “The Federalist”, which quickly became popular with Padres fans. Razzball.com originally started calling him The Federalist back in 2011. Jay choose “305-J” as his nickname for the Players Weekend during the 2017 season with the Cubs.

On January 28, 2011, Jon Jay hosted a charity bowling event at Lucky Strikes Lanes in Miami Beach, Florida. Called Jon Jay’s Celebrity Bowling Challenge, an estimated $25,000 were accumulated throughout the almost four-hour event and went to Chapman Partnership, involved in homeless centers throughout the Miami-area. Jon and his family had been involved in charities just like Chapman Partnership throughout his childhood. Among the twenty Major League Baseball attendees were Yonder Alonso, J. P. Arencibia, Gio González, Drew Storen, Chris Marrero, Tyler Greene, Allen Craig, Lance Lynn, John Mayberry, Gaby Sánchez, Manny Machado, and Mike Lowell. Chris Bosh was also present.

2012

On May 15, 2012, Jay was moved to the 15-day disabled list due to lingering shoulder soreness after running into the outfield wall the month before, but he returned shortly thereafter. For the year, he finished with career-bests in batting average (.305) and OBP (.373), both of which placed tenth in the National League (NL). His 19 stolen bases (SB) were another career best. He hit four HR, collected 40 RBI, 22 doubles and scored 70 runs.

2013

With increased playing time in 2013, Jay established career-highs in PA (628), doubles (27), runs (75), and BB (52), and RBI (67). However, his batting average (.276) and SLG (.370) slumped to a career-lows. Jay was third among NL center fielders in games played (153), fourth in putouts (335), first in double plays (three), and second in fielding percentage (.997). Conversely, advanced defensive metrics showed he was ten runs below average for center fielders for defensive runs saved (DRS), ranking 32nd in MLB. From 2011–13, Fangraphs rated his arm at 21st out of 21 centerfielders who played at least 2,000 innings. Runners advanced for extra bases on Jay in 60 percent of plays.

Jay married Nikki Stecich in November 2013. They had twin girls on December 1, 2016.

2014

The Cardinals agreed with Jay on a one-year $3.25 million contract on January 17, 2014, to avoid arbitration. Through 2013, Jay had a career batting average of .300 with a .356 OBP and a .400 SLG.

After the Cardinals acquired outfielder Peter Bourjos in a trade with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim during the offseason of 2013, Jay’s role on the club was expected to be reduced during 2014. Bourjos’ impressive defensive ability was one of the main reasons of the trade, as Jay’s 2013 defensive campaign was probably the worst of his career. But after a poor offensive April for Bourjos, Jay’s playing time started to increase throughout the season, as Bourjos found himself on the bench more and more. By the end of the season, Jay finished batting .303, with three home runs while driving in 46 runs. Although appearing in only 17 fewer games in 2014 than in 2013, Jay had 135 fewer at-bats, and could not contend for the batting title, where at one point in September he was batting well over .320, which was higher than the final .319 batting average of Justin Morneau, who won the batting title. He led the major leagues in hit by pitch, with 20. During the postseason, where Jay had historically struggled throughout his career, he batted .478, going 14-29 throughout the NLDS and NLCS.

In May 2014, Jay hosted another bowling event, this time with Allen Craig. They named it the Jay-Craig Celebrity Bowl and held it at the Flamingo Bowl in downtown St. Louis. The proceeds benefited Great Circle, a nonprofit organization that provides behavioral health services autism, educational challenges, emotional health, in-home crisis intervention, foster care and adoption, adventure therapy and psychological trauma recovery.

2015

On December 8, 2015, Jay was traded to the San Diego Padres in exchange for Jedd Gyorko. After a productive first couple of months of the season for the Padres, Jay suffered a broken forearm on June 19 and was placed on the DL on June 28. He was reactivated on September 6th and finished the season with a .291 batting average in 90 games played.

In December 2015, Jay accompanied an expedition to Cuba with former Cardinals player and manager Joe Torre, and then-Cardinals catcher Brayan Peña. It was MLB’s first visit there since 1999, and one anticipated as an important step to help normalize relations with the United States that had begun to ease earlier in the year.

2016

Jay hit .287 in seven seasons with the Cardinals and Padres. As a free agent, Jay signed a one-year, $8 million contract with the Chicago Cubs on November 29, 2016. On July 6, 2017, Jay pitched a scoreless 9th inning in an 11-2 defeat by the Milwaukee Brewers. Jay had a batting average of .296 in 379 at bats for the Cubs in 2017.

2018

On March 6, 2018, Jay signed a one year, $3 million, contract with the Kansas City Royals.

On June 6, 2018, the Royals traded Jay to the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for Elvis Luciano and Gabe Speier. For the season, he had the lowest fly ball percentage of all major league hitters (16.5%).

2019

Jay signed a one-year contract with the Chicago White Sox on January 10, 2019. He began the season on the 60-day disabled list, and was activated on June 24, 2019. He underwent hip surgery on August 30, ending his season after playing only 47 games. He had the slowest sprint speed of all major league right fielders, at 24.8 feet/second.

2020

On February 3, 2020, Jay signed a minor league deal with the Arizona Diamondbacks. Jay had his contract selected to the 40-man roster on July 18, 2020.

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