Javier Baez

Ednel Javier Baez
Born: December 1, 1992
Bayamon, P.R.
Primary Position: SS
All Position(s) Played: 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, RF, LF, OF, DH, PH, PR
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 190
Career: 2014-2024
Draft: Round 1 (2011 June Amateur Draft, Chicago Cubs)
School: Arlington Country Day (FL) HS
Minor League Statistics

Javier Baez compiled a career batting average of .251 with 181 home runs and 628 RBI in his 1221-game career with the Chicago Cubs, New York Mets and Detroit Tigers. He began playing during the 2014 season and last took the field during the 2024 campaign.

Chicago Cubs

New York Mets

Detroit Tigers

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Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2014	NL	Chicago Cubs	52	229	213	25	36	6	0	9	20	5	1	15	95	.169	.227	.324	.551	69	5	1	0	0	0
2015	NL	Chicago Cubs	28	80	76	4	22	6	0	1	4	1	2	4	24	.289	.325	.408	.733	31	0	0	0	0	1
2016	NL	Chicago Cubs	142	450	421	50	115	19	1	14	59	12	3	15	108	.273	.314	.423	.737	178	8	11	1	2	3
2017	NL	Chicago Cubs	145	508	469	75	128	24	2	23	75	10	3	30	144	.273	.317	.480	.796	225	10	1	6	2	15
2018	NL	Chicago Cubs	160	645	606	101	176	40	9	34	111	21	9	29	167	.290	.326	.554	.881	336	10	5	1	4	8
2019	NL	Chicago Cubs	138	561	531	89	149	38	4	29	85	11	7	28	156	.281	.316	.531	.847	282	16	0	0	2	3
2020	NL	Chicago Cubs	59	235	222	27	45	9	1	8	24	3	0	7	75	.203	.238	.360	.599	80	8	4	0	2	0
2021	NL	Chicago Cubs	91	360	335	48	83	9	2	22	65	13	3	15	131	.248	.292	.484	.775	162	7	7	0	3	1
2021	NL	New York Mets	47	186	167	32	50	9	0	9	22	5	2	13	53	.299	.371	.515	.886	86	5	6	0	0	1
2022	AL	Detroit Tigers	144	590	555	64	132	27	4	17	67	9	2	26	147	.238	.278	.393	.671	218	13	6	0	3	1
2023	AL	Detroit Tigers	135	546	510	58	113	18	4	9	59	12	0	24	125	.222	.267	.325	.593	166	12	9	0	3	0
2024	AL	Detroit Tigers	80	289	272	25	50	12	0	6	37	8	1	12	69	.184	.221	.294	.516	80	10	2	0	3	1
Totals			1221	4679	4377	598	1099	217	27	181	628	110	33	218	1294	.251	.293	.437	.730	1913	104	52	8	24	34

Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
2014	NL	Chicago Cubs	SS	30	27	255.0	45	89	5	22	.964	4.729	4.467
2014	NL	Chicago Cubs	2B	25	25	210.0	60	51	5	18	.957	4.757	4.440
2015	NL	Chicago Cubs	3B	11	6	64.0	5	19	1	1	.960	3.375	2.182
2015	NL	Chicago Cubs	2B	17	5	59.7	13	16	1	7	.967	4.374	1.706
2015	NL	Chicago Cubs	SS	8	5	45.0	7	14	0	3	1.000	4.200	2.625
2015	NL	Chicago Cubs	1B	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
2016	NL	Chicago Cubs	2B	59	38	383.0	88	127	6	23	.973	5.052	3.644
2016	NL	Chicago Cubs	3B	62	36	370.7	27	91	7	4	.944	2.865	1.903
2016	NL	Chicago Cubs	SS	25	21	194.0	40	61	2	13	.981	4.686	4.040
2016	NL	Chicago Cubs	1B	6	2	21.0	18	4	0	1	1.000	9.429	3.667
2016	NL	Chicago Cubs	OF	2	0	2.3	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
2017	NL	Chicago Cubs	SS	73	67	573.3	91	165	11	39	.959	4.019	3.507
2017	NL	Chicago Cubs	2B	80	56	503.7	105	132	4	33	.983	4.235	2.963
2017	NL	Chicago Cubs	3B	8	4	43.0	8	11	0	2	1.000	3.977	2.375
2017	NL	Chicago Cubs	OF	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
2017	NL	Chicago Cubs	1B	4	0	1.0	1	0	0	1	1.000	9.000	.250
2018	NL	Chicago Cubs	2B	104	75	699.7	163	204	6	60	.984	4.721	3.529
2018	NL	Chicago Cubs	SS	65	52	462.7	67	155	8	29	.965	4.318	3.415
2018	NL	Chicago Cubs	3B	22	18	142.7	11	36	3	7	.940	2.965	2.136
2018	NL	Chicago Cubs	1B	1	0	0.3	1	0	0	0	1.000	27.000	1.000
2019	NL	Chicago Cubs	SS	129	128	1116.7	165	366	15	88	.973	4.280	4.116
2019	NL	Chicago Cubs	3B	1	1	9.0	2	3	0	0	1.000	5.000	5.000
2020	NL	Chicago Cubs	SS	56	56	469.3	86	159	8	34	.968	4.698	4.375
2020	NL	Chicago Cubs	OF	1	0	0.3	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
2021	NL	Chicago Cubs	SS	88	86	742.3	134	240	18	51	.954	4.534	4.250
2021	NL	New York Mets	2B	35	32	285.7	58	64	4	18	.968	3.844	3.486
2021	NL	New York Mets	SS	12	12	92.3	18	23	2	2	.953	3.996	3.417
2022	AL	Detroit Tigers	SS	133	132	1122.7	187	354	26	76	.954	4.337	4.068
2023	AL	Detroit Tigers	SS	130	126	1102.3	153	324	19	70	.962	3.894	3.669
2024	AL	Detroit Tigers	SS	80	76	672.3	122	189	9	39	.972	4.163	3.888
Totals				1269	1086	9647.0	1675	2897	160	641	.966	4.265	3.603

Postseason - Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	SF
2015	NL	Chicago Cubs	NLDS1	2	5	5	1	4	0	1	3	1	0	0	.800	.800	1.400	2.200	7	0	0
2015	NL	Chicago Cubs	NLCS	4	10	10	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	.100	.100	.100	.200	1	0	0
2016	NL	Chicago Cubs	NLDS1	4	17	16	4	6	0	1	2	0	1	4	.375	.412	.563	.974	9	0	0
2016	NL	Chicago Cubs	NLCS	6	24	22	3	7	4	0	5	2	1	4	.318	.333	.500	.833	11	0	1
2016	NL	Chicago Cubs	WS	7	30	30	1	5	0	1	1	0	0	13	.167	.167	.267	.433	8	1	0
2017	NL	Chicago Cubs	NLDS2	5	15	14	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	.000	.067	.000	.067	0	2	0
2017	NL	Chicago Cubs	NLCS	5	13	12	2	2	0	2	2	1	1	6	.167	.231	.667	.897	8	0	0
2018	NL	Chicago Cubs	NLWC	1	6	5	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	2	.200	.333	.400	.733	2	0	0
2020	NL	Chicago Cubs	NLWC3	2	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.125	.125	.125	.250	1	0	0
Totals				36	128	122	12	27	5	5	14	7	5	41	.221	.250	.385	.635	47	3	1

Postseason - Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
2015	NL	Chicago Cubs	NLDS1	SS	2	1	14.0	0	2	1	0	.667	1.286	1.000
2015	NL	Chicago Cubs	NLCS	SS	4	4	25.0	6	5	1	2	.917	3.960	2.750
2016	NL	Chicago Cubs	NLDS1	2B	4	4	37.7	7	17	0	2	1.000	5.735	6.000
2016	NL	Chicago Cubs	NLDS1	SS	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
2016	NL	Chicago Cubs	NLDS1	1B	1	0	0.3	1	0	0	0	1.000	27.000	1.000
2016	NL	Chicago Cubs	NLCS	2B	6	6	51.0	8	14	2	5	.917	3.882	3.667
2016	NL	Chicago Cubs	NLCS	SS	1	0	2.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	4.500	1.000
2016	NL	Chicago Cubs	WS	2B	7	7	63.0	16	16	2	5	.941	4.571	4.571
2017	NL	Chicago Cubs	NLDS2	2B	5	4	36.0	7	9	0	2	1.000	4.000	3.200
2017	NL	Chicago Cubs	NLCS	2B	5	4	33.0	11	6	0	3	1.000	4.636	3.400
2018	NL	Chicago Cubs	NLWC	SS	1	1	13.0	1	2	0	1	1.000	2.077	3.000
2020	NL	Chicago Cubs	NLWC3	SS	2	2	18.0	0	6	1	2	.857	3.000	3.000
Totals					39	33	294.0	57	78	7	22	.951	4.133	3.462

Awards

2016 - NL NLCS MVP Co-MVP
2018 - NL TSN All-Star 2B
2018 - NL Silver Slugger 2B
2020 - NL Gold Glove SS

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