Jason Bartlett (baseball)

Infobox MLB player
name=Jason Bartlett

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width=250
position=Shortstop
team=Tampa Bay Rays
number=8
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1979|10|30
debutdate=August 3
debutyear=2004
debutteam=Minnesota Twins
statyear=October 1, 2008
stat1label=AVG
stat1value=.275
stat2label=Home runs
stat2value=11
stat3label=Runs batted in
stat3value=129
teams=
*Minnesota Twins (by|2004-by|2007)
*Tampa Bay Rays (by|2008-present)

Jason Alan Bartlett (born October 30, 1979, in Mountain View, California) is a Major League Baseball shortstop who is currently playing baseball for the Tampa Bay Rays. Bartlett went to the University of Oklahoma. His MLB debut was August 3, by|2004 for the Minnesota Twins.

Bartlett recorded his first five-hit game in the Twins' 11-5 victory over the Kansas City Royals on August 6, 2006. [ [http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/recap;_ylt=ApD.ADIDWzwqzviQwMifnkg5nYcB?gid=260806107 Yahoo! Sports Recap] ]

When on the Twins, Bartlett was one of four players known for speed and small ball, nicknamed "The Piranhas" by Chicago White Sox manager, Ozzie Guillén. The Twins embraced the term during the 2006 season. The other Piranhas were Jason Tyner, Luis Castillo, and Nick Punto.

In 2007 he led all major league shortstops in errors, with 26.

On November 28, 2007, the Twins traded Bartlett along with Matt Garza and Eduardo Morlan to the Tampa Bay Rays for Delmon Young, Jason Pridie, and Brendan Harris.

Bartlett and wife Kelly had a son, Jayden Anthony Bartlett, on June 25, 2008.

On August 3, 2008, Bartlett's fingernail cracked open when he attempted to bunt against Fernando Rodney. He was replaced by Shawn Riggans who was hit in the chest on the first pitch.

References

External links

* [http://www.publicradio.org/columns/minnesota/baseball/archive/2006/08/jason_bartlett.php Jason Bartlett: The Missing Ingredient (Minnesota Public Radio)]
* [http://z.lee28.tripod.com/sbnscoverstories/id44.html Simply-Baseball-Notebook.com: Bartlett seizes the moment] .