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Jay Payton played 12 major-league seasons (1998-2010) as a OF (1,185). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 12 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 26 | NYN | 15 | 22 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .318 | .711 | 94 |
| 1999 | 27 | NYN | 13 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .708 | 85 |
| 2000 | 28 | NYN | 149 | 488 | 63 | 142 | 17 | 62 | 5 | 30 | 60 | .291 | .778 | 100 |
| 2001 | 29 | NYN | 104 | 361 | 44 | 92 | 8 | 34 | 4 | 18 | 52 | .255 | .669 | 77 |
| 2002 | 30 | NYN|COL | 134 | 445 | 69 | 135 | 16 | 59 | 7 | 29 | 54 | .303 | .838 | 125 |
| 2003 | 31 | COL | 157 | 600 | 93 | 181 | 28 | 89 | 6 | 43 | 77 | .302 | .865 | 129 |
| 2004 | 32 | SDN | 143 | 458 | 57 | 119 | 8 | 55 | 2 | 43 | 56 | .260 | .693 | 85 |
| 2005 | 33 | BOS|OAK | 124 | 408 | 62 | 109 | 18 | 63 | 0 | 24 | 47 | .267 | .749 | 97 |
| 2006 | 34 | OAK | 142 | 557 | 78 | 165 | 10 | 59 | 8 | 22 | 52 | .296 | .743 | 91 |
| 2007 | 35 | BAL | 131 | 434 | 48 | 111 | 7 | 58 | 5 | 22 | 42 | .256 | .668 | 75 |
| 2008 | 36 | BAL | 127 | 338 | 41 | 82 | 7 | 41 | 8 | 22 | 53 | .243 | .637 | 69 |
| 2010 | 38 | COL | 20 | 35 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .343 | .875 | 140 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | OF | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | OF | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | OF | 146 | 124 | 311 | 7 | 6 | 2 |
| 2001 | OF | 103 | 90 | 237 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| 2002 | OF | 126 | 109 | 252 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | OF | 151 | 148 | 306 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| 2004 | OF | 137 | 115 | 342 | 11 | 4 | 2 |
| 2005 | OF | 122 | 98 | 235 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | OF | 137 | 136 | 311 | 5 | 7 | 0 |
| 2007 | OF | 129 | 116 | 281 | 3 | 7 | 2 |
| 2008 | OF | 108 | 81 | 239 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | OF | 10 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (1 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 2000.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Rookie of the Year | NL | 3 | 37 / 160 | 1 |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.