Austin Hedges

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 220lb (185cm, 99kg)

Born: August 18, 1992 in San Juan Capistrano, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 2nd round of the 2011 MLB June Amateur Draft from JSerra Catholic HS (San Juan Capistrano, CA).

High School: JSerra Catholic HS (San Juan Capistrano, CA)

Debut: May 4, 2015 (Age 22-259d, 20,858th in major league history)
vs. SFG 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2015 season

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2024, 1 yr/$4M (24)

Service Time (01/2024): 7.166 • Free Agent: 2025

Agents: Boras Corporation

Full Name: Austin Charles Hedges

Nicknames: Hedgey

Twitter: @austinhedges18

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

-0.2

-1.2

2022

380

.120

.188

188

RBI

226

OBP

.115

.245

SLG

.160

.320

OPS

.275

.564

OPS+

-19

Summary of 67 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 11 tying, 19 go ahead

3 Tms
SDP	49
CLE	17
PIT	1

Platoon
vs RHP	50
vs LHP	17

Home/Road
Away	41
Home	26

Outs
1	34
0	17
2	16

23 Opps
ARI	6
COL	6
MIN	5
TEX	5
CHW	5
CHC	4
PHI	4
LAD	4
SFG	3
CIN	3
BOS	3
MIA	3
STL	2
SEA	2
DET	2
ATL	2
TOR	2
OAK	1
LAA	1
NYY	1
KCR	1
NYM	1
MIL	1

62 Pitchers
Tyler Mahle	2
Tyler Anderson	2
Jesse Chavez	2
Sonny Gray	2
Nick Pivetta	2
Rich Hill	1
Chad Bettis	1
Daniel Lynch IV	1
Tyler Alexander	1
Miguel González	1
Dylan Bundy	1
Dallas Keuchel	1
Corey Oswalt	1
Edwin Jackson	1
Zach Eflin	1
Jared Hughes	1
Alan Busenitz	1
Zach Duke	1
R.A. Dickey	1
Tyler Chatwood	1
Zack Godley	1
Dustin May	1
Austin Davis	1
Jeff Hoffman	1
Zack Greinke	1
Nick Martinez	1
Eddie Butler	1
Reid Detmers	1
Dan Straily	1
Andrew Miller	1
Shelby Miller	1
Cory Gearrin	1
Spencer Howard	1
Andrew Suárez	1
David Phelps	1
Arodys Vizcaíno	1
Reynaldo López	1
Scott Kazmir	1
Drew Smyly	1
Jorge De La Rosa	1
Matt Andriese	1
Kyle Hendricks	1
Germán Márquez	1
Patrick Corbin	1
Jeff Samardzija	1
Trevor Hildenberger	1
Jacob Latz	1
Nathan Eovaldi	1
Kenley Jansen	1
Matt Manning	1
Dylan Cease	1
Wade LeBlanc	1
Dereck Rodríguez	1
Trent Thornton	1
Josh Winckowski	1
Chad Green	1
Lance Lynn	1
Sal Romano	1
Jordan Lyles	1
Jhoulys Chacín	1
Trevor Richards	1
Randall Delgado	1

22 Parks
Petco Pk (SAN)	20
Progressive (CLE)	6
Target Field (MIN)	4
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	3
Dodger Stad (LOS)	3
Coors Fld (DEN)	3
Chase Field (PHO)	3
CitizensBank (PHI)	3
Guaranteed (CHI)	3
Busch Stad 3 (STL)	2
GreatAmer BP (CIN)	2
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	2
Fenway Pk (BOS)	2
Truist Pk (ATL)	2
GlbLifeField (ARL)	2
Oracle Park (SFO)	1
loanDepot pk (MIA)	1
T-Mobile Pk (SEA)	1
Yankee Stad3 (NYC)	1
Citi Field (NYC)	1
Angel Stad (ANA)	1
Comerica Pk (DET)	1

Where Hit
7	42
78	17
9	4
8	3
89	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
3	17
2	13
5	13
6	10
4	8
1	4
7+	2

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	65
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	44
1--	12
-2-	3
12-	2
-23	2
1-3	2
123	1
--3	1

98 RBI
RISP	11
0 on	44
1 on	16
2 on	6
3 on	1
Any on	23

Inning
2	9
3	9
4	12
5	16
6	5
7	5
8	9
9	2

1-3	18
4-6	33
7-end	16

RelScore
+4..	4
+3	5
+2	6
+1	11
Tied	13
-1	14
-2	6
-3	2
-4..	6

Ahead	26
Tied	13
Behind	28

Before event,
for batter

Count
1-1	11
1-2	9
2-2	9
3-2	8
0-1	8
1-0	5
2-0	5
0-0	4
2-1	4
3-1	3
0-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
C	67

OrderPos
8th	28
9th	15
6th	10
7th	8
5th	6

Leverage
High Lev	15
Medium Lev	25
Low Lev	27

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2015	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2015-06-16	SDP		OAK	Scott Kazmir	tied 0-0	b 3	1	---	6,(2-2) CCFBBX	1	8	2	0.131	66%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
2	2	2	1	2015-07-18	SDP		COL	Chad Bettis	tied 0-0	b 3	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	8	2	0.131	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
3	3	3	1	2015-10-03	SDP	@	LAD	Zack Greinke	behind 0-2	t 5	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	7	2	0.115	32%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
2017	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	2017-04-15	SDP	@	ATL	R.A. Dickey	ahead 1-0	t 2	1	---	5,(1-2) BCFFX	1	6	2	0.098	68%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
5	5	2	1	2017-04-17	SDP	@	ATL	Arodys Vizcaíno	behind 2-3	t 8	2	1--	6,(3-2) SB*BBF>X	2	6	2	0.510	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); R. Schimpf Scores
6	6	3	1	2017-04-20	SDP		ARI	Randall Delgado	ahead 3-1	b 7	1	---	6,(2-2) BCFBFX	1	6	2	0.058	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
7	7	4	1	2017-04-21	SDP		MIA	David Phelps	ahead 2-1	b 7	2	-23	6,(2-2) CF>B.BFX	3	5	2	0.169	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); M. Margot Scores; Y. Solarte Scores
8	8	5	1	2017-04-22	SDP		MIA	Dan Straily	behind 0-1	b 4	1	-2-	3,(1-1) CBX	2	5	2	0.220	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Y. Solarte Scores
9	9	6	1	2017-04-24	SDP	@	ARI	Jorge De La Rosa	behind 5-7	t 8	0	---	3,(1-1) .SBX	1	5	2	0.119	27%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
10	10	7	1	2017-05-08	SDP		TEX	Nick Martinez	ahead 3-0	b 4	0	---	5,(2-2) CBFBX	1	7	2	0.051	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
11	11	8	1	2017-05-12	SDP	@	CHW	Miguel González	ahead 3-2	t 5	2	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	6	2	0.124	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
12	12	9	1	2017-05-30	SDP		CHC	Eddie Butler	behind 0-1	b 2	1	1--	3,(1-1) *BCX	2	7	2	0.198	64%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); F. Cordero Scores
13	13	10	1	2017-06-02	SDP		COL	Germán Márquez	behind 2-4	b 4	1	1--	2,(0-1) 1F1X	2	7	2	0.226	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); F. Cordero Scores
14	14	11	1	2017-06-03	SDP		COL	Tyler Chatwood	behind 0-4	b 5	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	2	0.062	16%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
15	15	12	1	2017-07-07	SDP	@	PHI	Nick Pivetta	ahead 1-0	t 3	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	8	2	0.101	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
16	16	13	2	2017-07-07	SDP	@	PHI	Nick Pivetta	ahead 2-1	t 5	1	---	5,(1-2) SFBFX	1	8	2	0.120	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
17	17	14	1	2017-08-01	SDP		MIN	Alan Busenitz	ahead 1-0	b 8	1	1--	2,(0-1) FX	2	8	2	0.101	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); H. Renfroe Scores
18	18	15	1	2017-08-08	SDP	@	CIN	Sal Romano	ahead 4-0	t 6	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	7	2	0.035	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
19	19	16	1	2017-08-22	SDP	@	STL	Zach Duke	ahead 7-4	t 7	1	-23	6,(1-2) CSFB.FX	3	7	2	0.052	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); W. Myers Scores; M. Szczur Scores
20	20	17	1	2017-09-13	SDP	@	MIN	Trevor Hildenberger	behind 0-1	t 8	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	9	2	0.249	45%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
21	21	18	1	2017-09-18	SDP		ARI	Patrick Corbin	ahead 3-0	b 2	1	---	5,(3-1) CB>B.BX	1	8	2	0.060	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
2018	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
22	22	1	1	2018-03-30	SDP		MIL	Jhoulys Chacín	tied 2-2	b 2	0	---	5,(2-2) CBBCX	1	8	2	0.114	66%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
23	23	2	1	2018-04-10	SDP	@	COL	Tyler Anderson	behind 1-2	t 5	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	2	0.130	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
24	24	3	1	2018-07-05	SDP	@	ARI	Shelby Miller	tied 1-1	t 5	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	8	2	0.146	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
25	25	4	1	2018-07-10	SDP		LAD	Rich Hill	tied 0-0	b 5	0	12-	5,(1-2) CCFBX	3	8	2	0.217	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); J. Pirela Scores; F. Galvis Scores
26	26	5	1	2018-07-25	SDP	@	NYM	Corey Oswalt	ahead 1-0	t 5	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	2	0.125	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
27	27	6	1	2018-07-27	SDP		ARI	Matt Andriese	behind 1-6	b 8	0	---	5,(3-1) ..BBFBX	1	8	2	0.019	4%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
28	28	7	1	2018-08-02	SDP	@	CHC	Jesse Chavez	behind 0-1	t 6	1	1-3	1,(0-0) X	3	6	2	0.320	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); E. Hosmer Scores; C. Villanueva Scores
29	29	8	1	2018-08-04	SDP	@	CHC	Kyle Hendricks	behind 2-5	t 4	2	---	6,(3-2) BBCBCX	1	5	2	0.077	22%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
30	30	9	1	2018-08-10	SDP		PHI	Zach Eflin	ahead 1-0	b 4	1	---	4,(1-2) CBSX	1	5	2	0.111	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
31	31	10	1	2018-08-21	SDP	@	COL	Tyler Anderson	tied 3-3	t 6	0	---	5,(2-2) CBSBX	1	6	2	0.150	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
32	32	11	1	2018-08-25	SDP	@	LAD	Kenley Jansen	behind 3-4	t 9	1	---	4,(2-1) FBBX	1	6	2	0.358	44%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
33	33	12	1	2018-09-09	SDP	@	CIN	Tyler Mahle	tied 0-0	t 3	2	1--	6,(3-2) FBBFB>X	2	6	2	0.217	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); E. Hosmer Scores
34	34	13	1	2018-09-12	SDP	@	SEA	Wade LeBlanc	tied 0-0	t 2	1	1--	8,(3-2) BCBFFFBX	2	6	2	0.187	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); E. Hosmer Scores/unER
35	35	14	1	2018-09-17	SDP		SFG	Andrew Suárez	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	5	2	0.114	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2019	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
36	36	1	1	2019-04-06	SDP	@	STL	Andrew Miller	behind 2-3	t 8	0	1--	6,(3-2) CBSBBX	2	8	2	0.405	75%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); F. Tatís Scores
37	37	2	1	2019-04-11	SDP	@	ARI	Zack Godley	ahead 3-1	t 6	2	1-3	2,(1-0) *BX	3	7	2	0.169	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); M. Machado Scores; H. Renfroe Scores
38	38	3	1	2019-04-21	SDP		CIN	Tyler Mahle	behind 0-1	b 3	0	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	8	2	0.122	55%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
39	39	4	1	2019-04-23	SDP		SEA	Cory Gearrin	ahead 4-2	b 6	2	-2-	3,(1-1) ..CBX	2	8	2	0.105	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); I. Kinsler Scores/unER; A. Hedges Scores/Team unER
40	40	5	1	2019-05-24	SDP	@	TOR	Trent Thornton	tied 0-0	t 3	1	---	5,(2-2) CBBFX	1	9	2	0.112	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
41	41	6	1	2019-05-25	SDP	@	TOR	Edwin Jackson	ahead 3-1	t 4	2	123	3,(1-1) CBX	4	9	2	0.200	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); H. Renfroe Scores; W. Myers Scores; I. Kinsler Scores
42	42	7	1	2019-07-17	SDP	@	MIA	Trevor Richards	ahead 1-0	t 4	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	8	2	0.196	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); G. Garcia Scores
43	43	8	1	2019-07-26	SDP		SFG	Jeff Samardzija	behind 0-1	b 5	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	8	2	0.159	54%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
44	44	9	1	2019-08-18	SDP	@	PHI	Jared Hughes	tied 2-2	t 7	1	---	3,(0-2) LFX	1	8	2	0.201	66%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
45	45	10	1	2019-08-29	SDP	@	SFG	Dereck Rodríguez	ahead 3-0	t 4	1	--3	4,(1-2) CBFX	2	8	2	0.070	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); L. Urías Scores
46	46	11	1	2019-09-13	SDP	@	COL	Jeff Hoffman	behind 0-2	t 2	2	-2-	4,(2-1) *BBCX	2	8	2	0.157	46%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); L. Urías Scores
2020	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
47	47	1	1	2020-08-10	SDP	@	LAD	Dustin May	behind 0-1	t 5	2	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	8	2	0.136	45%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
48	48	2	1	2020-08-17	SDP	@	TEX	Jordan Lyles	ahead 6-0	t 4	1	---	4,(2-1) BBCX	1	9	2	0.021	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
49	49	3	1	2020-08-20	SDP		TEX	Jesse Chavez	tied 6-6	b 8	1	---	5,(1-2) BCCFX	1	9	2	0.292	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2021	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
50	50	1	1	2021-04-04	CLE	@	DET	Tyler Alexander	ahead 8-3	t 9	0	---	2,(0-1) .SX	1	9	2	0.004	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
51	51	2	1	2021-05-01	CLE	@	CHW	Lance Lynn	behind 2-7	t 5	1	---	3,(1-1) BSX	1	9	2	0.036	9%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
52	52	3	1	2021-06-01	CLE		CHW	Dylan Cease	tied 3-3	b 4	0	1--	6,(3-2) *SB1BSBX	2	9	2	0.182	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Zimmer Scores
53	53	4	1	2021-06-28	CLE		DET	Matt Manning	ahead 3-1	b 2	1	1--	3,(1-1) BFX	2	9	2	0.120	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); E. Clement Scores
54	54	5	1	2021-07-31	CLE	@	CHW	Dallas Keuchel	behind 2-6	t 5	1	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	8	2	0.055	14%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
55	55	6	1	2021-08-25	CLE		TEX	Jacob Latz	ahead 2-0	b 5	2	---	4,(1-2) FBFX	1	9	2	0.081	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
56	56	7	1	2021-08-29	CLE		BOS	Austin Davis	behind 4-5	b 8	2	---	5,(2-2) BBSFX	1	7	2	0.327	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
57	57	8	1	2021-09-03	CLE	@	BOS	Nathan Eovaldi	behind 1-3	t 7	1	1--	2,(0-1) FX	2	8	2	0.259	46%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); B. Bradley Scores
58	58	9	1	2021-09-23 (1)	CLE		CHW	Reynaldo López	behind 0-7	b 3	1	---	9,(3-2) CSFFFBBBX	1	9	2	0.016	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
59	59	10	1	2021-10-01	CLE	@	TEX	Spencer Howard	behind 0-2	t 3	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	8	2	0.098	36%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
2022	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
60	60	1	1	2022-04-23	CLE	@	NYY	Chad Green	behind 2-3	t 8	2	1--	6,(3-2) SBCBB>X	2	9	2	0.529	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); J. Naylor Scores
61	61	2	1	2022-04-28	CLE	@	LAA	Reid Detmers	behind 0-3	t 5	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	8	2	0.075	19%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
62	62	3	1	2022-05-13	CLE	@	MIN	Sonny Gray	behind 1-2	t 5	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	9	2	0.146	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
63	63	4	1	2022-05-31	CLE		KCR	Daniel Lynch IV	ahead 3-2	b 3	1	12-	5,(2-2) CBBFX	3	9	2	0.189	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); E. Clement Scores; Ó. Mercado Scores
64	64	5	1	2022-06-22	CLE	@	MIN	Sonny Gray	behind 1-5	t 5	0	---	5,(3-1) BBCBX	1	8	2	0.058	15%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
65	65	6	1	2022-07-26	CLE	@	BOS	Josh Winckowski	ahead 1-0	t 2	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	2	0.098	68%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
66	66	7	1	2022-09-09	CLE	@	MIN	Dylan Bundy	ahead 4-0	t 4	0	---	4,(1-2) CBCX	1	8	2	0.042	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2023	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
67	67	1	1	2023-06-14	PIT	@	CHC	Drew Smyly	ahead 4-1	t 4	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	9	2	0.070	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)