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

-0.1

26.3

4163

1059

176

.172

.254

576

RBI

597

105

OBP

.194

.296

SLG

.259

.444

OPS

.452

.740

OPS+

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

2022 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2022 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	DET		CHW	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
2	2	Apr 9	DET		CHW	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
3	3	Apr 10	DET		CHW	L,1-10	GS	35	7.0	0	2	1	3	0
4	4	Apr 11	DET		BOS	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
5	5	Apr 12	DET		BOS	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
6	15 (9)	Apr 24	DET		COL	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
7	16	Apr 26	DET	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	34	8.1	0	5	0	5	1
8	17	Apr 27	DET	@	MIN	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
9	18	Apr 28	DET	@	MIN	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	1	5	0	6	1
10	19	Apr 29	DET	@	LAD	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	0	3	1	4	0
11	20	Apr 30	DET	@	LAD	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	21	May 1	DET	@	LAD	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
13	22	May 4 (1)	DET		PIT	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	7	0	8	1
14	23	May 4 (2)	DET		PIT	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
15	24	May 5	DET	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
16	25	May 6	DET	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
17	26	May 7	DET	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
18	27	May 8	DET	@	HOU	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	1
19	28	May 9	DET		OAK	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
20	29	May 10 (1)	DET		OAK	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	0	8	0	8	2
21	30	May 10 (2)	DET		OAK	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
22	31	May 11	DET		OAK	L,0-9	CG	43	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
23	32	May 12	DET		OAK	L,3-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	33	May 13	DET		BAL	W,4-2	CG	43	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
25	34	May 14	DET		BAL	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
26	35	May 15	DET		BAL	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	36	May 16	DET	@	TBR	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
28	37	May 17	DET	@	TBR	L,1-8	CG	37	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
29	38	May 18	DET	@	TBR	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
30	39	May 20	DET	@	CLE	L,1-6	CG	32	8.0	0	5	0	5	1
31	40	May 22	DET	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
32	41	May 23	DET	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	35	8.1	1	2	0	3	0
33	42	May 24	DET	@	MIN	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
34	44 (1)	May 26	DET		CLE	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
35	45	May 28	DET		CLE	L,1-8	CG	42	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
36	46	May 29	DET		CLE	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
37	47	May 30	DET		MIN	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
38	48	May 31 (1)	DET		MIN	L,2-8	CG	40	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
39	49	May 31 (2)	DET		MIN	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	52 (2)	Jun 3	DET	@	NYY	L,0-13	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
41	53	Jun 4	DET	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
42	54	Jun 5	DET	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	40	9.1	0	1	0	1	0
43	55	Jun 7	DET	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
44	56	Jun 8	DET	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
45	57	Jun 10	DET		TOR	L,1-10	CG	45	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
46	58	Jun 11	DET		TOR	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
47	59	Jun 12	DET		TOR	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	2
48	60	Jun 13	DET		CHW	L,5-9	CG	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
49	61	Jun 14	DET		CHW	L,1-5	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
50	63 (1)	Jun 16	DET		TEX	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
51	64	Jun 17	DET		TEX	L,0-7	CG	43	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
52	65	Jun 18	DET		TEX	W,14-7	CG	36	9.0	2	4	1	7	2
53	66	Jun 19	DET		TEX	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
54	67	Jun 20	DET	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
55	68	Jun 21	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
56	69	Jun 22	DET	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	2	3	1	6	1
57	70	Jun 24	DET	@	ARI	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
58	71	Jun 25	DET	@	ARI	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
59	72	Jun 26	DET	@	ARI	L,7-11	GS	40	7.0	1	2	0	3	0
60	73	Jun 28	DET	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
61	74	Jun 29	DET	@	SFG	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	6	2	0	8	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	75	Jul 1	DET		KCR	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
63	76	Jul 2	DET		KCR	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
64	77	Jul 3	DET		KCR	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
65	78	Jul 4 (1)	DET		CLE	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
66	79	Jul 4 (2)	DET		CLE	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
67	81 (1)	Jul 6	DET		CLE	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
68	82	Jul 7	DET	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
69	83	Jul 8	DET	@	CHW	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
70	84	Jul 9	DET	@	CHW	L,0-8	GS	35	7.0	1	2	0	3	0
71	85	Jul 10	DET	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
72	86	Jul 11 (1)	DET	@	KCR	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	1	3	1	5	0
73	87	Jul 11 (2)	DET	@	KCR	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
74	88	Jul 12	DET	@	KCR	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
75	89	Jul 13	DET	@	KCR	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
76	91 (1)	Jul 15	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	3	4	0	7	2
77	92	Jul 16	DET	@	CLE	L,0-10	GS	33	6.0	1	2	0	3	0
78	94 (1)	Jul 21 (2)	DET	@	OAK	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
79	95	Jul 23	DET		MIN	L,4-8	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
80	96	Jul 24	DET		MIN	L,1-9	GS	24	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
81	97	Jul 25	DET		SDP	W,12-4	GS	30	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
82	98	Jul 26	DET		SDP	L,4-6	CG	45	10.0	1	3	1	5	1
83	99	Jul 27	DET		SDP	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
84	100	Jul 28	DET	@	TOR	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	3	2	1	6	1
85	101	Jul 29	DET	@	TOR	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
86	102	Jul 30	DET	@	TOR	L,3-5	CG	31	8.0	1	4	0	5	2
87	103	Jul 31	DET	@	TOR	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	0	2	2	4	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
88	105 (1)	Aug 2	DET	@	MIN	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	4	5	0	9	2
89	106	Aug 3	DET	@	MIN	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
90	107	Aug 4	DET		TBR	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	2	4	2	8	2
91	108	Aug 5	DET		TBR	L,3-5	CG	45	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
92	109	Aug 6	DET		TBR	W,9-1	GS	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
93	110	Aug 7	DET		TBR	L,0-7	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
94	111	Aug 9	DET		CLE	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
95	112	Aug 10	DET		CLE	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
96	113	Aug 11	DET		CLE	L,3-4	CG	43	10.0	5	5	2	12	0
97	114	Aug 12	DET	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
98	115	Aug 13	DET	@	CHW	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
99	116	Aug 14	DET	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
100	117	Aug 15 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	2	3	1	6	1
101	119 (1)	Aug 16	DET	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
102	120	Aug 17	DET	@	CLE	L,4-8	CG	43	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
103	121	Aug 19	DET		LAA	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
104	122	Aug 20	DET		LAA	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
105	123	Aug 21	DET		LAA	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
106	124	Aug 23	DET		SFG	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
107	126 (1)	Aug 26	DET	@	TEX	L,6-7	CG	35	8.0	3	3	0	6	2
108	127	Aug 27	DET	@	TEX	W,11-2	GS	30	8.0	1	4	0	5	2
109	128	Aug 28	DET	@	TEX	W,9-8	GS	23	6.0	2	4	0	6	2
110	129	Aug 30	DET		SEA	L,3-9	GS	34	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
111	130	Aug 31	DET		SEA	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
112	131	Sep 1	DET		SEA	L,0-7	CG	42	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
113	132	Sep 2	DET		KCR	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
114	133	Sep 3	DET		KCR	L,2-12	GS	31	6.0	2	3	0	5	1
115	134	Sep 4	DET		KCR	L,2-3	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
116	135	Sep 5	DET	@	LAA	L,0-10	GS	36	7.0	0	2	1	3	0
117	136	Sep 6	DET	@	LAA	L,4-5	CG	36	9.1	1	3	1	5	2
118	138 (1)	Sep 9	DET	@	KCR	W,10-2	GS	20	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
119	139	Sep 10	DET	@	KCR	W,8-4	CG	28	7.0	1	3	0	4	0
120	140	Sep 11	DET	@	KCR	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
121	141	Sep 12	DET		HOU	L,0-7	CG	42	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
122	142	Sep 13	DET		HOU	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	0	4	1	5	0
123	144 (1)	Sep 16	DET		CHW	W,3-2	CG	38	10.0	2	2	2	6	0
124	147 (2)	Sep 19	DET	@	BAL	W,11-0	GS	24	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
125	149 (1)	Sep 21	DET	@	BAL	L,1-8	GS	31	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
126	150	Sep 23	DET	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
127	151	Sep 24	DET	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
128	152	Sep 25	DET	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
129	153	Sep 27	DET		KCR	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	1	3	0	4	1
130	154	Sep 28	DET		KCR	W,2-1	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
131	156 (1)	Sep 30	DET		MIN	L,0-7	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
132	159 (2)	Oct 3	DET	@	SEA	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
133	160	Oct 4 (1)	DET	@	SEA	L,6-7	CG	43	9.1	0	1	0	1	1
							133gm		1122.2	187	354	26	567	76