Jason Bartlett

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Jason Bartlett
Minnesota Twins — No. 18
Shortstop
Bats: Right Throws: Right
Major League Baseball debut
August 3, 2004 for the Minnesota Twins
Selected MLB statistics
(through 2006)
Batting Average     .278
Home Runs     5
RBI     49

Jason Alan Bartlett (born October 30, 1979 in Mountain View, California) is a Major League Baseball shortstop, currently on the active roster for the Minnesota Twins.[1] Bartlett went to the University of Oklahoma. His MLB debut was August 3,2004.

Bartlett recorded his first five-hit game in the Twins' 11-5 victory over the Kansas City Royals on August 6, 2006. [2]

Bartlett is one of four Twins players known for speed and small ball, nicknamed "The Piranhas" by White Sox manager, Ozzie Guillen. The Twins have embraced the term. The other Piranhas are Jason Tyner, Luis Castillo, and Nick Punto.

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