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, 20,715th in major league history)
vs. COL 6 AB, 1 H, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2014 season

2023 Contract Status: Signed thru 2027, 6 yrs/$140M (22-27)

Service Time (01/2023): 7.089 • Free Agent: 2028

Agents: Wasserman

Full Name: Ednel Javier Báez

Nicknames: Javy or El Mago

Twitter: @javy23baez

Instagram: @javy23baez

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SUMMARY

2023

Career

WAR

26.0

3598

937

166

.333

.260

515

RBI

532

OBP

.500

.302

SLG

.333

.464

OPS

.833

.766

OPS+

138

103

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

2018 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2018 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Mar 29	CHC	@	MIA	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
2	2	Mar 30	CHC	@	MIA	L,1-2	GS	70	16.2	4	3	0	7	1	2B SS
3	3	Mar 31	CHC	@	MIA	W,10-6	GF	10	2.2	4	2	0	6	2	2B
4	4	Apr 1	CHC	@	MIA	L,0-6	GS	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	1B 2B
5	5	Apr 2	CHC	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	35	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
6	6	Apr 5	CHC	@	MIL	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
7	7	Apr 6	CHC	@	MIL	L,4-5	CG	44	8.1	2	1	1	4	0	2B
8	8	Apr 7	CHC	@	MIL	W,5-2	GS	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS 2B
9	9	Apr 8	CHC	@	MIL	W,3-0	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
10	10	Apr 10	CHC		PIT	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
11	11	Apr 11	CHC		PIT	W,13-5	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
12	12	Apr 12	CHC		PIT	L,1-6	GS	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B SS
13	13	Apr 13	CHC		ATL	L,0-4	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
14	14	Apr 14	CHC		ATL	W,14-10	CG	49	9.0	3	4	1	8	1	2B
15	15	Apr 17	CHC		STL	L,3-5	CG	44	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
16	16	Apr 19	CHC		STL	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	2	4	0	2B
17	17	Apr 20	CHC	@	COL	W,16-5	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
18	18	Apr 21	CHC	@	COL	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
19	19	Apr 22	CHC	@	COL	W,9-7	GS	42	9.0	0	2	1	3	1	SS 2B
20	20	Apr 24	CHC	@	CLE	W,10-3	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	2B
21	21	Apr 25	CHC	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
22	22	Apr 26	CHC		MIL	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
23	23	Apr 27	CHC		MIL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
24	24	Apr 28	CHC		MIL	W,3-0	GS	30	9.0	0	5	1	6	0	SS 2B
25	25	Apr 29	CHC		MIL	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
26	26	Apr 30	CHC		COL	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	28 (1)	May 2	CHC		COL	L,2-11	GS	48	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B SS
28	29	May 4	CHC	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	SS
29	30	May 5	CHC	@	STL	L,6-8	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
30	31	May 6	CHC	@	STL	L,3-4	GS	56	13.2	4	4	0	8	3	2B SS
31	32	May 7	CHC		MIA	W,14-2	GS	23	6.1	2	3	0	5	1	2B
32	33	May 8	CHC		MIA	W,4-3	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
33	34	May 9	CHC		MIA	W,13-4	GS	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
34	35	May 11	CHC		CHW	W,11-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
35	36	May 12	CHC		CHW	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
36	37	May 13	CHC		CHW	L,3-5	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
37	38	May 14	CHC		ATL	L,5-6	CG	45	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
38	39	May 15	CHC	@	ATL	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	2B
39	40	May 16	CHC	@	ATL	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
40	41	May 18	CHC	@	CIN	W,8-1	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
41	42	May 19 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-5	GS	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
42	44 (1)	May 20	CHC	@	CIN	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
43	45	May 22	CHC		CLE	L,1-10	CG	47	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
44	46	May 23	CHC		CLE	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	2B
45	47	May 25	CHC		SFG	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
46	48	May 26	CHC		SFG	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
47	49	May 27	CHC		SFG	W,8-3	CG	43	9.0	5	3	0	8	2	2B
48	50	May 28	CHC	@	PIT	W,7-0	GS	28	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS 2B
49	51	May 29	CHC	@	PIT	W,8-6	GF	10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 2B
50	52	May 30	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
51	53	May 31	CHC	@	NYM	W,5-1	GS	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS 2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	54	Jun 1	CHC	@	NYM	W,7-4	GS	23	5.1	0	1	0	1	0	2B
53	55	Jun 2	CHC	@	NYM	W,7-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
54	56	Jun 3	CHC	@	NYM	W,2-0	GS	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B 3B SS
55	57	Jun 5	CHC		PHI	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
56	58	Jun 6	CHC		PHI	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
57	59	Jun 7	CHC		PHI	W,4-3	CG	43	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
58	60	Jun 8	CHC		PIT	W,3-1	GS	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS 2B
59	61	Jun 9	CHC		PIT	W,2-0	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
60	62	Jun 10	CHC		PIT	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
61	63	Jun 11	CHC	@	MIL	W,7-2	CG	40	11.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
62	64	Jun 12	CHC	@	MIL	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
63	65	Jun 13	CHC	@	MIL	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
64	66	Jun 15	CHC	@	STL	W,13-5	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
65	67	Jun 16	CHC	@	STL	W,6-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
66	68	Jun 17	CHC	@	STL	L,0-5	GS	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
67	69	Jun 19 (1)	CHC		LAD	L,3-4	GF	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
68	70	Jun 19 (2)	CHC		LAD	W,2-1	CG	44	10.0	0	2	0	2	1	2B
69	71	Jun 20	CHC		LAD	W,4-0	GS	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS 2B
70	72	Jun 21	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	2	2B
71	73	Jun 22	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	0	8	0	8	1	SS
72	75 (1)	Jun 24	CHC	@	CIN	L,6-8	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
73	76	Jun 25	CHC	@	LAD	L,1-2	GS	30	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS 3B
74	77	Jun 26	CHC	@	LAD	W,9-4	CG	35	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	3B
75	78	Jun 27	CHC	@	LAD	L,5-7	GS	44	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B SS
76	79	Jun 28	CHC	@	LAD	W,11-5	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
77	80	Jun 29	CHC		MIN	W,10-6	GF	9	2.0	1	1	0	2	1	PH 2B
78	81	Jun 30	CHC		MIN	W,14-9	GS	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B 2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
79	82	Jul 1	CHC		MIN	W,11-10	GS	48	9.0	3	2	1	6	1	3B SS
80	83	Jul 3	CHC		DET	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
81	84	Jul 4	CHC		DET	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
82	85	Jul 6	CHC		CIN	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
83	86	Jul 7	CHC		CIN	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
84	87	Jul 8	CHC		CIN	W,6-5	CG	40	10.0	2	8	0	10	1	2B
85	88	Jul 9	CHC	@	SFG	L,1-2	CG	42	10.1	4	4	0	8	0	2B
86	89	Jul 10	CHC	@	SFG	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	2B
87	90	Jul 11	CHC	@	SFG	L,4-5	CG	58	12.2	3	6	0	9	1	2B
88	91	Jul 13	CHC	@	SDP	W,5-4	CG	44	10.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
89	92	Jul 14	CHC	@	SDP	W,11-6	CG	37	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	2B
90	93	Jul 15	CHC	@	SDP	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
91	94	Jul 19	CHC		STL	W,9-6	GF	7	1.2	1	1	0	2	0	2B
92	95	Jul 20	CHC		STL	L,5-18	CG	52	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
93	96	Jul 21 (1)	CHC		STL	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
94	97	Jul 21 (2)	CHC		STL	L,3-6	GS	20	5.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
95	98	Jul 22	CHC		STL	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
96	99	Jul 23	CHC		ARI	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
97	100	Jul 24	CHC		ARI	L,1-5	GS	33	7.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
98	102 (1)	Jul 26	CHC		ARI	W,7-6	GF	12	3.0	0	3	0	3	0	PH SS
99	103	Jul 27	CHC	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
100	104	Jul 28	CHC	@	STL	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
101	105	Jul 29	CHC	@	STL	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
102	106	Jul 31	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
103	107	Aug 1	CHC	@	PIT	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
104	108	Aug 2	CHC		SDP	L,1-6	GS	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B SS
105	109	Aug 3	CHC		SDP	W,5-4	GS	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS 2B
106	110	Aug 4	CHC		SDP	W,5-4	GS	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B 2B
107	111	Aug 5	CHC		SDP	L,6-10	CG	45	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
108	112	Aug 6	CHC	@	KCR	W,3-1	GS	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B 2B
109	113	Aug 7	CHC	@	KCR	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
110	114	Aug 8	CHC	@	KCR	L,0-9	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
111	115	Aug 10	CHC		WSN	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
112	116	Aug 11	CHC		WSN	L,4-9	GS	31	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
113	117	Aug 12	CHC		WSN	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
114	118	Aug 14	CHC		MIL	L,0-7	GS	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS 2B
115	119	Aug 15	CHC		MIL	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
116	120	Aug 16	CHC	@	PIT	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	3	6	0	9	1	2B
117	121	Aug 17	CHC	@	PIT	W,1-0	GS	31	9.0	2	5	0	7	3	3B 2B
118	122	Aug 18	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-3	GS	34	8.0	3	6	0	9	2	2B SS
119	123	Aug 19	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-2	GS	45	10.2	2	6	1	9	1	SS 2B
120	124	Aug 21	CHC	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
121	125	Aug 22	CHC	@	DET	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	SS
122	126	Aug 23	CHC		CIN	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
123	127	Aug 24	CHC		CIN	W,3-2	CG	37	10.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
124	128	Aug 25	CHC		CIN	W,10-6	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
125	129	Aug 26	CHC		CIN	W,9-0	CG	30	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
126	130	Aug 27	CHC		NYM	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
127	131	Aug 28 susp	CHC		NYM	W,2-1	CG	45	11.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
128	133 (1)	Aug 30	CHC	@	ATL	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	SS
129	134	Aug 31	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	33	9.1	1	4	0	5	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
130	135	Sep 1	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-1	GS	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS 2B
131	136	Sep 2	CHC	@	PHI	W,8-1	GS	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS 2B
132	137	Sep 3	CHC	@	MIL	L,3-4	GS	38	8.2	0	1	0	1	0	3B SS
133	138	Sep 4	CHC	@	MIL	L,1-11	GS	40	7.0	0	1	0	1	1	2B
134	139	Sep 5	CHC	@	MIL	W,6-4	GS	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS 2B
135	140	Sep 6	CHC	@	WSN	W,6-4	GS	42	10.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B SS
136	142 (1)	Sep 8 (2)	CHC	@	WSN	L,5-6	GS	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS 2B 3B
137	143	Sep 10	CHC		MIL	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
138	144	Sep 11	CHC		MIL	W,3-0	GS	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS 2B
139	145	Sep 12	CHC		MIL	L,1-5	GS	43	9.0	0	3	1	4	1	3B SS
140	146	Sep 13	CHC	@	WSN	W,4-3	CG	42	10.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
141	147	Sep 14	CHC		CIN	W,3-2	GS	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS 2B
142	148	Sep 15	CHC		CIN	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
143	150 (1)	Sep 17	CHC	@	ARI	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
144	151	Sep 18	CHC	@	ARI	W,9-1	GS	30	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
145	152	Sep 19	CHC	@	ARI	L,0-9	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
146	153	Sep 21	CHC	@	CHW	L,4-10	GS	36	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
147	154	Sep 22	CHC	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	0	5	1	6	0	SS
148	155	Sep 23	CHC	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
149	156	Sep 24	CHC		PIT	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
150	157	Sep 25	CHC		PIT	L,0-6	CG	45	9.0	3	7	1	11	1	SS
151	158	Sep 26	CHC		PIT	W,7-6	CG	42	10.0	2	3	1	6	2	SS
152	159	Sep 27	CHC		PIT	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
153	160	Sep 28	CHC		STL	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
154	161	Sep 29	CHC		STL	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
155	162	Sep 30	CHC		STL	W,10-5	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
156	163	Oct 1	CHC		MIL	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
							192gm		1305.1	242	395	17	654	96