Javier Báez

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 190lb (183cm, 86kg)

Born: December 1, 1992 in Bayamon, Puerto Rico pr

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1st round (9th) of the 2011 MLB June Amateur Draft from Arlington Country Day School (Jacksonville, FL).

High School: Arlington Country Day School (Jacksonville, FL)

Debut: August 5, 2014 (Age 21-247d, 20,714th in major league history)
vs. COL 6 AB, 1 H, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2014 season

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2027, 6 yrs/$140M (22-27)

Service Time (01/2024): 8.089 • Free Agent: 2028

Agents: Wasserman

Full Name: Ednel Javier Báez

Nicknames: Javy or El Mago

Twitter: @javy23baez

Instagram: @javy23baez

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

-0.3

26.1

4154

1056

176

.143

.254

575

RBI

595

105

OBP

.170

.296

SLG

.204

.444

OPS

.374

.740

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

2017 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2017 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 2	CHC	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	44	8.2	2	4	0	6	1
2	2	Apr 4	CHC	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	2	6	0
3	3	Apr 6	CHC	@	STL	W,6-4	GF	9	2.0	0	2	0	2	0
4	4	Apr 7	CHC	@	MIL	L,1-2	GS	24	5.2	3	3	0	6	0
5	5	Apr 8	CHC	@	MIL	W,11-6	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
6	6	Apr 9	CHC	@	MIL	W,7-4	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	7	Apr 10	CHC		LAD	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
8	9 (1)	Apr 13	CHC		LAD	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
9	10	Apr 14	CHC		PIT	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
10	11	Apr 15	CHC		PIT	L,7-8	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
11	12	Apr 16	CHC		PIT	L,1-6	GS	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	3
12	14 (1)	Apr 18	CHC		MIL	W,9-7	GS	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
13	15	Apr 19	CHC		MIL	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
14	16	Apr 21	CHC	@	CIN	W,6-5	GS	47	11.0	1	1	0	2	1
15	17	Apr 22	CHC	@	CIN	W,12-8	CG	41	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
16	19 (1)	Apr 24	CHC	@	PIT	W,14-3	CG	39	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
17	20	Apr 25	CHC	@	PIT	W,1-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	21	Apr 26	CHC	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	4	5	0	9	1
19	22	Apr 28	CHC	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS	32	7.0	1	3	0	4	2
20	23	Apr 29	CHC	@	BOS	W,7-4	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	25 (1)	May 1	CHC		PHI	L,2-10	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
22	26	May 2	CHC		PHI	W,8-3	GS	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
23	27	May 3	CHC		PHI	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
24	28	May 4	CHC		PHI	W,5-4	GS	57	13.0	3	2	0	5	0
25	29	May 5	CHC		NYY	L,2-3	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	30	May 6	CHC		NYY	L,6-11	CG	45	9.0	6	4	0	10	3
27	31	May 7	CHC		NYY	L,4-5	CG	70	18.0	1	4	0	5	0
28	32	May 9 (1)	CHC	@	COL	L,4-10	CG	41	8.0	0	1	1	2	0
29	33	May 9 (2)	CHC	@	COL	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
30	34	May 10	CHC	@	COL	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
31	35	May 12	CHC	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
32	36	May 13	CHC	@	STL	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
33	37	May 14	CHC	@	STL	L,0-5	GS	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
34	38	May 16	CHC		CIN	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	5	3	0	8	0
35	39	May 17	CHC		CIN	W,7-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	40	May 18	CHC		CIN	W,9-5	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
37	41	May 19	CHC		MIL	L,3-6	CG	46	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
38	43 (1)	May 22	CHC		SFG	L,4-6	GS	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
39	44	May 23	CHC		SFG	W,4-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	45	May 24	CHC		SFG	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
41	46	May 25	CHC		SFG	W,5-1	GS	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
42	47	May 26	CHC	@	LAD	L,0-4	GS	23	6.0	0	1	0	1	1
43	49 (1)	May 28	CHC	@	LAD	L,4-9	GS	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	50	May 29	CHC	@	SDP	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
45	52 (1)	May 31	CHC	@	SDP	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	54 (1)	Jun 3	CHC		STL	W,5-3	GS	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
47	55	Jun 4	CHC		STL	W,7-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
48	56	Jun 5	CHC		MIA	W,3-1	GS	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
49	57	Jun 6	CHC		MIA	W,10-2	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
50	58	Jun 7	CHC		MIA	L,5-6	GS	26	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
51	59	Jun 8	CHC		COL	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
52	60	Jun 9	CHC		COL	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
53	62 (1)	Jun 11	CHC		COL	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
54	63	Jun 12	CHC	@	NYM	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
55	64	Jun 13	CHC	@	NYM	W,14-3	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
56	65	Jun 14	CHC	@	NYM	L,4-9	CG	42	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
57	67 (1)	Jun 17	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
58	68	Jun 18	CHC	@	PIT	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	1	4	1	6	2
59	69	Jun 19	CHC		SDP	W,3-2	GS	40	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
60	70	Jun 20	CHC		SDP	W,4-0	GS	35	9.0	1	7	0	8	1
61	72 (1)	Jun 22	CHC	@	MIA	W,11-1	GS	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
62	73	Jun 23	CHC	@	MIA	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
63	74	Jun 24	CHC	@	MIA	W,5-3	GS	31	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
64	75	Jun 25	CHC	@	MIA	L,2-4	GS	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
65	76	Jun 26	CHC	@	WSN	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
66	77	Jun 27	CHC	@	WSN	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
67	78	Jun 28	CHC	@	WSN	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
68	79	Jun 29	CHC	@	WSN	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
69	80	Jun 30	CHC	@	CIN	L,0-5	GS	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	81	Jul 1	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-5	GS	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
71	82	Jul 2	CHC	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
72	84 (1)	Jul 5	CHC		TBR	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
73	85	Jul 6	CHC		MIL	L,2-11	GS	48	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
74	86	Jul 7	CHC		PIT	W,6-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
75	87	Jul 8	CHC		PIT	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
76	89 (1)	Jul 14	CHC	@	BAL	W,9-8	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
77	90	Jul 15	CHC	@	BAL	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
78	92 (1)	Jul 17	CHC	@	ATL	W,4-3	GS	35	9.0	2	5	1	8	1
79	93	Jul 18	CHC	@	ATL	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
80	94	Jul 19	CHC	@	ATL	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
81	95	Jul 21	CHC		STL	L,4-11	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
82	96	Jul 22	CHC		STL	W,3-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
83	97	Jul 23	CHC		STL	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	4	2	1	7	1
84	98	Jul 24	CHC		CHW	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
85	99	Jul 25	CHC		CHW	W,7-2	GS	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
86	102 (2)	Jul 28	CHC	@	MIL	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
87	103	Jul 29	CHC	@	MIL	W,2-1	GS	45	11.0	2	2	0	4	0
88	104	Jul 30	CHC	@	MIL	W,4-2	GF	3	1.0	1	1	0	2	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
89	105	Aug 1	CHC		ARI	W,16-4	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
90	107 (1)	Aug 3	CHC		ARI	L,8-10	CG	45	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
91	108	Aug 4	CHC		WSN	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
92	109	Aug 5	CHC		WSN	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
93	110	Aug 6	CHC		WSN	L,4-9	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
94	111	Aug 7	CHC	@	SFG	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	2
95	112	Aug 8	CHC	@	SFG	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	2	4	1	7	0
96	113	Aug 9	CHC	@	SFG	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
97	114	Aug 11	CHC	@	ARI	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
98	115	Aug 12	CHC	@	ARI	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	1	3	1	5	0
99	116	Aug 13	CHC	@	ARI	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
100	117	Aug 14	CHC		CIN	W,15-5	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
101	118	Aug 15	CHC		CIN	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
102	119	Aug 16	CHC		CIN	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
103	120	Aug 17	CHC		CIN	L,10-13	CG	48	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
104	121	Aug 18	CHC		TOR	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
105	122	Aug 19	CHC		TOR	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
106	123	Aug 20	CHC		TOR	W,6-5	CG	45	10.0	2	3	0	5	2
107	124	Aug 22	CHC	@	CIN	W,13-9	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
108	125	Aug 23	CHC	@	CIN	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	0	7	0	7	1
109	126	Aug 24	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
110	127	Aug 25	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
111	128	Aug 26	CHC	@	PHI	W,17-2	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
112	129	Aug 27	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
113	130	Aug 28	CHC		PIT	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
114	131	Aug 29	CHC		PIT	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
115	132	Aug 30	CHC		PIT	W,17-3	GS	31	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
116	133	Aug 31	CHC		ATL	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
117	134	Sep 1	CHC		ATL	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
118	135	Sep 2	CHC		ATL	W,14-12	CG	48	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
119	136	Sep 3	CHC		ATL	L,1-5	GS	9	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
120	138 (1)	Sep 5	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
121	139	Sep 6	CHC	@	PIT	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
122	140	Sep 7	CHC	@	PIT	W,8-2	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
123	141	Sep 8	CHC		MIL	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
124	142	Sep 9	CHC		MIL	L,2-15	GS	30	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
125	143	Sep 10	CHC		MIL	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
126	144	Sep 12	CHC		NYM	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
127	145	Sep 13	CHC		NYM	W,17-5	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
128	146	Sep 14	CHC		NYM	W,14-6	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
129	147	Sep 15	CHC		STL	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
130	148	Sep 16	CHC		STL	W,4-1	GS	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
131	149	Sep 17	CHC		STL	W,4-3	GF	10	2.0	1	1	0	2	1
132	150	Sep 19	CHC	@	TBR	W,2-1	CG	29	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
133	151	Sep 20	CHC	@	TBR	L,1-8	GS	34	7.0	4	3	0	7	1
134	152	Sep 21	CHC	@	MIL	W,5-3	CG	45	10.0	3	3	0	6	1
135	153	Sep 22	CHC	@	MIL	W,5-4	GS	38	10.0	1	3	0	4	1
136	154	Sep 23	CHC	@	MIL	L,3-4	CG	40	9.1	0	4	0	4	0
137	155	Sep 24	CHC	@	MIL	W,5-0	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
138	156	Sep 25	CHC	@	STL	W,10-2	GS	29	7.0	2	2	0	4	0
139	158 (1)	Sep 27	CHC	@	STL	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
140	161 (2)	Sep 30	CHC		CIN	W,9-0	GS	18	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
141	162	Oct 1	CHC		CIN	L,1-3	GS	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
							166gm		1123.0	205	308	15	528	75