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: 2014-2023
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 .256 with 175 home runs and 591 RBI in his 1277-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 2023 campaign.
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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 |
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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 | 136 | 546 | 510 | 58 | 113 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 59 | 12 | 0 | 24 | 125 | .222 | .267 | .325 | .593 | 166 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Totals | 1142 | 4390 | 4105 | 573 | 1049 | 205 | 27 | 175 | 591 | 102 | 32 | 206 | 1225 | .256 | .298 | .447 | .744 | 1833 | 94 | 50 | 8 | 21 | 33 |
Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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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 |
Totals | 1189 | 1010 | 8974.7 | 1553 | 2708 | 151 | 602 | .966 | 4.273 | 3.584 |
Postseason - Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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2015 | NL | Chicago Cubs | NLDS1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .800 | .800 | 1.400 | 2.200 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2015 | NL | Chicago Cubs | NLCS | 4 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2016 | NL | Chicago Cubs | NLDS1 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .375 | .412 | .563 | .974 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2016 | NL | Chicago Cubs | NLCS | 6 | 24 | 22 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .318 | .333 | .500 | .833 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2016 | NL | Chicago Cubs | WS | 7 | 30 | 30 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .167 | .167 | .267 | .433 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2017 | NL | Chicago Cubs | NLDS2 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .000 | .067 | .000 | .067 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2017 | NL | Chicago Cubs | NLCS | 5 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .167 | .231 | .667 | .897 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2018 | NL | Chicago Cubs | NLWC | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .200 | .333 | .400 | .733 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020 | NL | Chicago Cubs | NLWC3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 36 | 128 | 122 | 12 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 41 | .221 | .250 | .385 | .635 | 47 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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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
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