 jason lloyd phillips (born september 27, 1976) is a former major league baseball catcher and first baseman who now serves as bullpen catcher for the seattle mariners. he also played in the australian baseball league with the hunter eagles.flintoff and dunn alamanac he is the older brother of catcher and first baseman kyle phillips. ==career== jason made his major league debut with the new york mets on september 19, . in , phillips was tried out at first base and was also a backup catcher to mike piazza. that season he broke out, batting .298 with 11 home runs and 58 rbi. in , his offensive numbers dropped sharply, but through the entire season he only made one error. on march 20, , he was traded to the los angeles dodgers for pitcher kazuhisa ishii. his offensive production improved slightly, and he recorded a career high in starts and games as a backstop. on january 3, , phillips signed a minor league contract with the toronto blue jays. he also received an invitation to spring training where he and guillermo quirÃ³z were slated to compete for the backup catching job behind incumbent starter gregg zaun. however, with the signing of bengie molina, it seemed unlikely that either of them would get the backup spot. quiroz was later claimed off waivers by the seattle mariners, and phillips started the season with the team after zaun was put on the disabled list. a few days into the regular season, phillips was designated for assignment on april 7, a day before zaun came off the disabled list. on april 12, phillips was outrighted to triple-a syracuse. after shea hillenbrand was traded in july 2006 to the san francisco giants, phillips was recalled to fill the void in the roster. he was soon outrighted again to syracuse for francisco rosario. never known for his speed on the basepaths, phillips was picked as the slowest active ballplayer by using a formula based on bill james' speed scores by the hardball times in april 2006.{{cite web|url=http:/
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