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August 1, 2008

Key info: Jason Bay

Vitals: 6-foot-2, 205 pounds. Bats right, throws right. Traded yesterday for Manny Ramirez.

Season numbers: .282 batting average, .375 on-base percentage, .519 slugging, 22 homers, 64 RBIs.

Career numbers: .281 AVG., .375 OBP, .515 slugging, 140 total homers, 454 total RBIs.

Money: He signed a four-year contract extension with the Pirates in November 2005. He's making $5.75 million this season and is set to make $7.5 million next season, the final year of the deal.

Family: His parents, Dave and Kelly, raised him in Trail, British Columbia. Bay and his wife Kristen have one daughter, Addison, who will turn 2 in November. Bay's sister Lauren is a star softball pitcher. She'll play for the Canadian Olympic team in Beijing.

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