For the second straight season, Jose Bautista's season was shortened by injury. I really would like the Jays to start giving him a couple of days w week at DH. He's 33, not really old, but he as played a lot of games on our stupid turf.
Jose, like just about everyone on the team, had a slow start to the season, hitting just .200 in April. Then had a great May, hitting .337. Then back down, .222 in June, .242 in July and .288 in August, before going on the DL.
Year | Age | Tm | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | |||||
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2010 | 29 | TOR | 161 | 569 | 109 | 148 | 35 | 3 | 54 | 124 | 9 | 2 | 100 | 116 | .260 | .378 | .617 | .995 | 164 |
2011 | 30 | TOR | 149 | 513 | 105 | 155 | 24 | 2 | 43 | 103 | 9 | 5 | 132 | 111 | .302 | .447 | .608 | 1.056 | 182 |
2012 | 31 | TOR | 92 | 332 | 64 | 80 | 14 | 0 | 27 | 65 | 5 | 2 | 59 | 63 | .241 | .358 | .527 | .886 | 138 |
2013 | 32 | TOR | 118 | 452 | 82 | 117 | 24 | 0 | 28 | 73 | 7 | 2 | 69 | 84 | .259 | .358 | .498 | .856 | 132 |
10 Yrs | 1095 | 3620 | 601 | 918 | 187 | 13 | 211 | 576 | 44 | 20 | 580 | 808 | .254 | .361 | .487 | .849 | 125 |
Next year? Well, Bill James figures Jose will hit .256/.371/.512 with 33 home runs and 85 RBI in 134 games. I'm hoping he plays in a few more games, let's guess 145, and hit .265/..375/.530 with 40 home runs and 100 RBI.
I'm also predicting that, if the Jays don't win, we'll be told it is because Jose is a lousy leader, rotten teammate, a clubhouse cancer and that there are too many Dominicans on the team.