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

26.5

4178

1063

176

.192

.254

578

RBI

599

108

OBP

.218

.296

SLG

.274

.444

OPS

.492

.740

OPS+

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

2023 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2023 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Mar 30	DET	@	TBR	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
2	2	Apr 1	DET	@	TBR	L,2-12	GS	35	6.0	0	2	0	2	1
3	3	Apr 2	DET	@	TBR	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	0	5	0	5	0
4	4	Apr 3	DET	@	HOU	W,7-6	CG	49	11.0	3	4	0	7	0
5	5	Apr 4	DET	@	HOU	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
6	6	Apr 5	DET	@	HOU	L,2-8	GF	11	2.0	0	0	1	1	0
7	7	Apr 6	DET		BOS	L,3-6	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
8	8	Apr 8	DET		BOS	L,5-14	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
9	9	Apr 9	DET		BOS	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	3	1	1	5	1
10	10	Apr 11	DET	@	TOR	L,3-9	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
11	11	Apr 12	DET	@	TOR	L,3-4	CG	37	9.1	1	4	0	5	1
12	12	Apr 13	DET	@	TOR	W,3-1	GS	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	13	Apr 14	DET		SFG	W,7-5	CG	47	11.0	0	1	0	1	0
14	14	Apr 15	DET		SFG	W,7-6	CG	47	11.0	1	1	0	2	0
15	15	Apr 18 (1)	DET		CLE	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
16	16	Apr 18 (2)	DET		CLE	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
17	17	Apr 19	DET		CLE	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
18	18	Apr 21	DET	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	32	8.1	0	2	0	2	1
19	19	Apr 22	DET	@	BAL	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	21 (1)	Apr 24	DET	@	MIL	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
21	22	Apr 25	DET	@	MIL	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
22	26 (3)	Apr 29 (2)	DET		BAL	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
23	27	Apr 30	DET		BAL	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	28	May 3 (1)	DET		NYM	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
25	29	May 3 (2)	DET		NYM	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
26	30	May 4	DET		NYM	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	31	May 5	DET	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
28	33 (1)	May 7	DET	@	STL	L,6-12	CG	41	8.0	0	1	2	3	0
29	34	May 8	DET	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
30	35	May 9	DET	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
31	36	May 10	DET	@	CLE	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
32	37	May 12	DET		SEA	L,2-9	CG	42	9.0	3	1	1	5	1
33	38	May 13	DET		SEA	L,0-5	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
34	39	May 14	DET		SEA	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
35	40	May 16	DET		PIT	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
36	41	May 17	DET		PIT	L,0-8	GS	37	7.0	0	3	0	3	0
37	42	May 19	DET	@	WSN	W,8-6	CG	36	9.0	4	5	0	9	2
38	43	May 20	DET	@	WSN	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
39	44	May 21	DET	@	WSN	L,4-6	CG	41	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
40	45	May 22	DET	@	KCR	W,8-5	CG	39	10.0	1	2	0	3	1
41	46	May 23	DET	@	KCR	L,1-4	CG	39	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
42	47	May 24	DET	@	KCR	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
43	48	May 25	DET		CHW	W,7-2	CG	30	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
44	49	May 26	DET		CHW	L,3-12	GS	41	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
45	51 (1)	May 28	DET		CHW	W,6-5	CG	42	10.0	1	5	0	6	0
46	52	May 29	DET		TEX	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
47	53	May 30	DET		TEX	L,6-10	CG	45	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
48	54	May 31	DET		TEX	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	55	Jun 2	DET	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
50	56	Jun 3	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	36	9.2	0	3	0	3	0
51	57	Jun 4	DET	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG	38	8.1	0	3	0	3	0
52	58	Jun 5	DET	@	PHI	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
53	59	Jun 6	DET	@	PHI	L,0-1	CG	27	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
54	60	Jun 8	DET	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	35	8.2	2	3	1	6	1
55	61	Jun 9	DET		ARI	L,6-11	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
56	62	Jun 10	DET		ARI	L,0-5	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
57	63	Jun 11	DET		ARI	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
58	64	Jun 12	DET		ATL	W,6-5	CG	42	10.0	1	5	1	7	1
59	65	Jun 14 (1)	DET		ATL	L,7-10	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
60	66	Jun 14 (2)	DET		ATL	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	3
61	67	Jun 15	DET	@	MIN	W,8-4	CG	34	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
62	68	Jun 16	DET	@	MIN	W,7-1	GS	30	8.0	1	6	0	7	1
63	69	Jun 17	DET	@	MIN	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
64	70	Jun 18	DET	@	MIN	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
65	72 (1)	Jun 20	DET		KCR	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
66	73	Jun 21	DET		KCR	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
67	74	Jun 23	DET		MIN	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
68	75	Jun 24	DET		MIN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
69	76	Jun 25	DET		MIN	L,3-6	CG	44	10.0	2	3	0	5	1
70	77	Jun 26	DET	@	TEX	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
71	78	Jun 27	DET	@	TEX	L,3-8	CG	42	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
72	79	Jun 28	DET	@	TEX	L,2-10	GS	41	7.0	0	3	1	4	0
73	81 (1)	Jun 30	DET	@	COL	L,5-8	CG	37	8.0	0	1	1	2	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
74	82	Jul 1	DET	@	COL	W,4-2	CG	39	10.0	1	6	0	7	0
75	83	Jul 2	DET	@	COL	W,14-9	CG	44	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
76	84	Jul 4	DET		OAK	L,0-1	CG	34	10.0	1	1	0	2	0
77	85	Jul 5	DET		OAK	L,3-12	GS	30	6.0	0	2	0	2	0
78	86	Jul 6	DET		OAK	W,9-0	GS	22	7.0	1	2	0	3	1
79	87	Jul 7	DET		TOR	L,2-12	CG	48	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
80	88	Jul 8	DET		TOR	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
81	89	Jul 9	DET		TOR	L,3-4	CG	37	10.0	1	5	0	6	2
82	90	Jul 14	DET	@	SEA	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
83	91	Jul 15	DET	@	SEA	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
84	92	Jul 16	DET	@	SEA	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
85	94 (1)	Jul 18	DET	@	KCR	L,10-11	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
86	95	Jul 19	DET	@	KCR	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
87	96	Jul 20	DET	@	KCR	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
88	97	Jul 21	DET		SDP	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
89	98	Jul 22	DET		SDP	L,3-14	GS	34	6.0	1	2	0	3	1
90	99	Jul 23	DET		SDP	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	5	1	8	2
91	100	Jul 24	DET		SFG	W,5-1	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
92	101	Jul 25	DET		LAA	L,6-7	CG	44	10.0	3	2	0	5	1
93	102	Jul 27 (1)	DET		LAA	L,0-6	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
94	103	Jul 27 (2)	DET		LAA	L,4-11	CG	44	9.0	0	3	1	4	1
95	104	Jul 28	DET	@	MIA	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	1	5	0	6	1
96	105	Jul 29	DET	@	MIA	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
97	106	Jul 30	DET	@	MIA	L,6-8	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	107	Aug 1	DET	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
99	108	Aug 2	DET	@	PIT	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
100	109	Aug 4	DET		TBR	L,0-8	CG	44	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
101	111 (1)	Aug 6	DET		TBR	L,6-10	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
102	113 (1)	Aug 8	DET		MIN	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
103	114	Aug 9	DET		MIN	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
104	115	Aug 10	DET		MIN	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
105	116	Aug 11	DET	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	2	3	1	6	2
106	122 (5)	Aug 18 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
107	123	Aug 19	DET	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
108	124	Aug 20	DET	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
109	125	Aug 21	DET		CHC	L,6-7	CG	40	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
110	128 (2)	Aug 25	DET		HOU	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
111	129	Aug 26	DET		HOU	L,2-9	GS	45	8.0	2	3	1	6	0
112	130	Aug 27	DET		HOU	L,4-17	CG	58	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
113	131	Aug 28	DET		NYY	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
114	132	Aug 29	DET		NYY	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
115	136 (3)	Sep 2	DET	@	CHW	W,10-0	GS	22	7.0	2	6	0	8	3
116	138 (1)	Sep 5	DET	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
117	139	Sep 6	DET	@	NYY	L,3-4	GF	4	1.0	1	1	0	2	0
118	140	Sep 7	DET	@	NYY	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
119	141	Sep 8	DET		CHW	L,0-6	GS	34	8.0	2	5	0	7	1
120	144 (2)	Sep 12	DET		CIN	L,5-6	CG	44	10.0	2	3	0	5	1
121	146 (1)	Sep 14	DET		CIN	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	3	4	1	8	2
122	147	Sep 15	DET	@	LAA	W,11-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
123	148	Sep 16	DET	@	LAA	W,5-4	CG	39	10.0	0	2	0	2	0
124	150 (1)	Sep 18	DET	@	LAD	L,3-8	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
125	154 (3)	Sep 22	DET	@	OAK	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	3	1	1	5	0
126	156 (1)	Sep 24	DET	@	OAK	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	0	6	0	6	2
127	157	Sep 26	DET		KCR	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
128	158	Sep 27 susp	DET		KCR	W,8-0	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
129	160 (1)	Sep 29	DET		CLE	L,5-7	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
130	162 (1)	Oct 1	DET		CLE	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
							130gm		1102.1	153	324	19	496	70