:Jason Hardtke

{{short description|American baseball player (born 1971)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = Jason Hardtke

| position = Second baseman

| image =

| bats = Switch

| throws = Right

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|9|15}}

| birth_place = Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.

| debutleague = MLB

| debutdate = September 8

| debutyear = 1996

| debutteam = New York Mets

| finalleague = MLB

| finaldate = July 13

| finalyear = 1998

| finalteam = Chicago Cubs

| debut2league = NPB

| debut2date = May 6

| debut2year = 2000

| debut2team = Hanshin Tigers

| final2league = NPB

| final2date = October 6

| final2year = 2000

| final2team = Hanshin Tigers

| statleague = MLB

| stat1label = Batting average

| stat1value = .231

| stat2label = Home runs

| stat2value = 2

| stat3label = Runs batted in

| stat3value = 16

| stat2league = NPB

| stat21label = Batting average

| stat21value = .272

| stat22label = Home runs

| stat22value = 4

| stat23label = Runs batted in

| stat23value = 27

| teams =

• New York Mets ({{mlby|1996}}–{{mlby|1997}})
• Chicago Cubs ({{mlby|1998}})
• Hanshin Tigers ({{npby|2000}})

|medaltemplates=

{{MedalSport|Men's baseball}}

{{Medal|Country|{{bb|USA}}}}

{{MedalCompetition | Pan American Games }}

{{MedalSilver | 1999 Winnipeg | Team }}

}}

Jason Robert Hardtke (born September 15, 1971) is an American former professional baseball second baseman.

Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 3rd round of the 1990 MLB draft. Hardtke made his MLB debut with the New York Mets on September 8, {{mlby|1996}}, and appear in his final MLB game on July 13, {{mlby|1998}}.

He also played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Hanshin Tigers in the {{By|2000}} season, and has managed the Visalia Rawhide. He is the president of a baseball training academy in Campbell, California, Hardtke World of Baseball.{{cite web |url=http://www.hwob.com/Coaching.html |title=Coaching |work=Hardtke World of Baseball |accessdate=2014-03-24}}