Born: (1989-08-09) August 9, 1989 (age 34) Ridgewood, New Jersey, U.S.
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
MLB debut
April 5, 2010, for the Atlanta Braves
MLB statistics (through March 30, 2024)
Batting average
.258
Hits
1,515
Home runs
174
Runs batted in
683
Stolen bases
120
Teams
Atlanta Braves (2010–2014)
St. Louis Cardinals (2015)
Chicago Cubs (2016–2022)
Los Angeles Dodgers (2023–present)
Career highlights and awards
All-Star (2010)
World Series champion (2016)
5× Gold Glove Award (2012, 2014–2017)
Wilson Defensive Player of the Year Award (2014)
3× Fielding Bible Award (2012, 2014, 2015)
Jason Alias Heyward (born August 9, 1989), nicknamed "J-Hey", is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Atlanta Braves, St. Louis Cardinals, and Chicago Cubs.
Originally the Braves' first-round selection in the 2007 MLB draft from Henry County High School in Georgia, Heyward began his minor league career at age 17. He appeared in three minor league all-star games and won two minor league player of the year awards. In 2010, multiple media outlets named Heyward the top prospect in all of baseball.
Heyward debuted in MLB as Atlanta's starting right fielder on Opening Day 2010. He was named to the National League (NL) All-Star team that season and finished second in the NL Rookie of the Year Award voting. While injuries limited his playing time in 2011 and 2013, Heyward enjoyed a breakout season in 2012; that season, he hit 27 home runs, drove in 82 runs, scored 93 runs, and stole 21 bases. Heyward was traded to the Cardinals after the 2014 season. In December 2015, he signed with the Cubs as a free agent; he was a member of the Cubs' World Series-winning 2016 team. Heyward was released by the Cubs in November 2022 and played for the Dodgers in 2023.
Standing 6 feet 5 inches (1.96 m) tall and weighing 245 pounds (111 kg), Heyward throws and bats left-handed. He has worn uniform No. 22 through most of his major league career in honor of a high school friend and teammate who died in a traffic collision. Heyward has been widely regarded as one of the best outfield defenders in MLB. He won both the Fielding Bible and the NL Gold Glove Awards for right fielders in 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017, and he received Wilson's MLB Defensive Player of the Year in 2014.
Jason Alias Heyward (born August 9, 1989), nicknamed "J-Hey", is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League...
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season, in an effort to shore up their lineup, free agents Ben Zobrist, JasonHeyward and John Lackey were signed. To make room for the Zobrist signing, Starlin...
injuries to key players throughout the season, including injuries to JasonHeyward, Brian McCann, Freddie Freeman, Eric O'Flaherty, Jonny Venters, Ramiro...
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Almora Jr., Addison Russell, and Kris Bryant each drove in a run before JasonHeyward hit a two-run homer in the top of the ninth to give the Cubs the 8–0...
returned home to face the Pittsburgh Pirates. JasonHeyward and Anthony Rizzo drove in two runs each and Jason Kipnis homered to give the Cubs a 6–1 lead...
pitched six strong innings while allowing one run against the Cardinals. JasonHeyward and Javier Báez each drove in a run in the fifth as the Cubs won 2–1...
led off with a walk and JasonHeyward grounded into a fielder's choice to take pinch runner Chris Coghlan off the bases. Heyward stole second and advanced...
Kevin Seitzer, Mike Devereaux, Marlon Byrd, Chase Headley, and JasonHeyward. Heyward was the first player to begin wearing the C-flap permanently (2013)...
Dodgers returned home on August 28 to play the St. Louis Cardinals. JasonHeyward drove in two runs on two hits in the next game as the Dodgers won 7–3...
inning, tying the score at five. Contreras was forced at second by a JasonHeyward bunt but the Cubs scored the go-ahead run later that inning, sending...
pitcher José Quintana lasted only three innings in the loss. April 6 – JasonHeyward had his first multi-homer game as a Cub and Cole Hamels pitched six...
and allowed only one run in six innings. Meanwhile, Kris Bryant and JasonHeyward hit solo home runs to provide all the offense Arrieta and the bullpen...
Jones CF (1998-2007) Mike Hampton SP (2003) Jeff Francoeur OF (2007) JasonHeyward OF (2012, 2014) Andrelton Simmons SS (2013, 2014) Ender Inciarte OF...
leading, 5–3, and two outs in the top of the ninth inning, the Cubs' JasonHeyward was on second base. Concerned that a runner at second base could possibly...
"Freeman happy to be in Gwinnett, near friend Heyward". Gwinnett Daily Post. Retrieved April 15, 2022. "JasonHeyward backs Tommy Hanson as Braves stifle Mets"...
October 5 Activated C Robinson Chirinos, C Willson Contreras, OF JasonHeyward, IF Nico Hoerner, RHP Manuel Rodríguez, and RHP Keegan Thompson from IL...
was named Carolina League Manager of the Year. The following season, JasonHeyward played over half the year in Myrtle Beach en route to being named Baseball...
who was standing on second base for the final out after St. Louis's JasonHeyward froze between second and third. On April 24, 2017, the Pirates fielded...
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