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+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	17-19 / in Starts: 15-18
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	15 games
Most Games w/o RBI	7 games

Postseason Batting Game Log

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Postseason Batting Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	2015	NLDS g3	Oct 12	CHC		STL	W,8-6	4-GF	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	7	.42	0.007	8.73	0.08%	0.09	PR SS
2	2015	NLDS g4	Oct 13	CHC		STL	W,6-4	CG	3	3	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.800	.800	1.400	2.200	9	.81	0.304	18.02	3.93%	2.66	SS
3	2015	NLCS g1	Oct 17	CHC	@	NYM	L,2-4	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.625	.625	1.000	1.625	7	1.76	-0.136	46.04	-2.04%	-0.96	SS
4	2015	NLCS g2	Oct 18	CHC	@	NYM	L,1-4	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.800	1.300	8	.51	-0.025	13.51	-0.37%	-0.31	SS
5	2015	NLCS g3	Oct 20	CHC		NYM	L,2-5	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.417	.417	.667	1.083	9	.80	-0.040	16.57	-0.46%	-0.31	SS
6	2015	NLCS g4	Oct 21	CHC		NYM	L,3-8	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.533	.867	7	.59	-0.050	5.67	-0.30%	-1.00	SS
2016 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
7	2016	NLDS g1	Oct 7	CHC		SFG	W,1-0	CG	3	3	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	1.667	2.333	7	.99	0.286	15.47	2.51%	0.89	1B 2B
8	2016	NLDS g2	Oct 8	CHC		SFG	W,5-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.571	1.000	1.571	7	.41	0.009	6.56	0.09%	0.00	2B
9	2016	NLDS g3	Oct 10	CHC	@	SFG	L,5-6	CG(13)	6	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.417	.462	.667	1.128	7	1.24	0.037	12.82	0.23%	0.03	2B
10	2016	NLDS g4	Oct 11	CHC	@	SFG	W,6-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.375	.412	.563	.974	7	1.19	0.345	23.14	4.20%	1.32	2B SS
11	2016	NLCS g1	Oct 15	CHC		LAD	W,8-4	CG	4	4	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.400	.429	.650	1.079	7	1.19	0.035	31.12	0.50%	0.99	2B
12	2016	NLCS g2	Oct 16	CHC		LAD	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.391	.417	.609	1.025	6	.98	-0.044	25.84	-0.75%	-0.21	2B
13	2016	NLCS g3	Oct 18	CHC	@	LAD	L,0-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.357	.519	.876	5	.75	-0.071	23.51	-1.33%	-1.02	2B SS
14	2016	NLCS g4	Oct 19	CHC	@	LAD	W,10-2	CG	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.364	.500	.864	5	.56	0.097	17.87	1.93%	1.04	2B
15	2016	NLCS g5	Oct 20	CHC	@	LAD	W,8-4	CG	5	5	1	3	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.371	.395	.571	.966	5	1.29	0.118	53.43	3.13%	2.86	2B
16	2016	NLCS g6	Oct 22	CHC		LAD	W,5-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.342	.366	.526	.892	5	.60	-0.064	23.41	-1.40%	-1.18	2B
17	2016	WS g1	Oct 25	CHC	@	CLE	L,0-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.356	.500	.856	6	1.28	0.029	66.99	0.85%	-0.15	2B
18	2016	WS g2	Oct 26	CHC	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.319	.340	.468	.808	6	.64	-0.034	33.75	-1.16%	-1.10	2B
19	2016	WS g3	Oct 28	CHC		CLE	L,0-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.315	.431	.746	7	3.61	-0.381	226.18	-15.02%	-1.49	2B
20	2016	WS g4	Oct 29	CHC		CLE	L,2-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.273	.293	.400	.693	8	.63	-0.091	38.53	-3.55%	-1.14	2B
21	2016	WS g5	Oct 30	CHC		CLE	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.290	.390	.680	7	1.01	-0.009	36.51	-0.24%	-0.09	2B
22	2016	WS g6	Nov 1	CHC	@	CLE	W,9-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.288	.381	.669	9	.16	-0.012	12.42	-0.62%	-0.42	2B
23	2016	WS g7	Nov 2	CHC	@	CLE	W,8-7	CG(10)	5	5	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.282	.412	.693	9	1.43	-0.159	238.34	-16.65%	-0.78	2B
2017 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
24	2017	NLDS g1	Oct 6	CHC	@	WSN	W,3-0	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	.90	-0.010	14.15	-0.07%	-0.75	2B
25	2017	NLDS g2	Oct 7	CHC	@	WSN	L,3-6	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.143	.000	.143	7	.78	-0.003	11.92	-0.02%	-0.05	2B
26	2017	NLDS g3	Oct 9	CHC		WSN	W,2-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.143	.000	.143	9						2B
27	2017	NLDS g4	Oct 11	CHC		WSN	L,0-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.100	.000	.100	8	1.45	-0.174	32.25	-2.39%	-1.58	2B
28	2017	NLDS g5	Oct 12	CHC	@	WSN	W,9-8	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.067	.000	.067	8	.99	0.044	41.25	1.30%	0.24	2B
29	2017	NLCS g1	Oct 14	CHC	@	LAD	L,2-5	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.056	.000	.056	8	.52	-0.040	13.58	-0.61%	-0.31	2B
30	2017	NLCS g2	Oct 15	CHC	@	LAD	L,1-4	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.095	.000	.095	8	1.25	0.027	33.08	0.56%	0.41	2B
31	2017	NLCS g3	Oct 17	CHC		LAD	L,1-6	7-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.091	.000	.091	8	.74	-0.019	15.42	-0.25%	-0.17	PH 2B
32	2017	NLCS g4	Oct 18	CHC		LAD	W,3-2	CG	3	3	2	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.087	.160	.348	.508	7	.42	0.201	4.08	1.08%	1.89	2B
33	2017	NLCS g5	Oct 19	CHC		LAD	L,1-11	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.077	.143	.308	.451	7	.20	-0.016	3.66	-0.19%	-0.47	2B
2018 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
34	2018	NLWC g1	Oct 2	CHC		COL	L,1-2	CG(13)	6	5	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.200	.333	.400	.733	4	2.12	0.246	44.11	3.00%	0.64	SS
2020 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
35	2020	NLWC g1	Sep 30	CHC		MIA	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	7	.90	-0.057	9.31	-0.36%	-0.76	SS
36	2020	NLWC g2	Oct 2	CHC		MIA	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	7	1.75	-0.189	19.41	-1.26%	-1.35	SS
									128	122	12	27	5	0	5	14	5	0	41	0	0	1		3	7	0	.221	.250	.385	.635

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