Austin Hedges

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 206lb (185cm, 93kg)

Team: San Diego Padres (majors)

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.

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

Debut: May 4, 2015 (Age 22-259d, 18,467th in MLB history)
vs. SFG 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2015 season

2018 Contract Status: Signed thru 2018, 1 yr/$553k (18)

Service Time (01/2018): 1.166 • Arb Eligible: 2019 • Free Agent: 2023

Agents: Scott Boras

Full Name: Austin Charles Hedges

Nicknames: Hedgey

Twitter: @austinhedges18

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SUMMARY

2018

Career

WAR

1.5

1.7

AB

287

835

R

H

178

BA

.240

.213

HR

RBI

104

SB

OBP

.291

.261

SLG

.446

.383

OPS

.737

.644

OPS+

101

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
2011	18	SDP-min	Rk,A-	9	34	26	3	6	1	0	1	4	1	0	7	4	.231	.412	.385	.796		10	2	1	0	0	0		PDS,EUG · ARIZ,NORW
2012	19	SDP-min	A	96	373	337	44	94	28	0	10	56	14	9	23	62	.279	.334	.451	.785		152	8	7	2	4	1		FWA · MIDW
2013	20	SDP-min	A+,AA,Fal	101	401	355	40	93	30	2	4	44	8	5	33	68	.262	.333	.392	.725		139	10	7	2	4	1		LEL,SAN,PEA · CALL,TL,AZFL
2014	21	SDP-min	AA	113	457	427	31	96	19	2	6	44	1	3	23	89	.225	.268	.321	.589		137	19	3	2	2	1		SAN · TL
2015	22	SDP-min	FgW,AAA	42	156	143	21	40	10	0	5	20	2	0	12	22	.280	.335	.455	.790		65	2	0	1	0	0		ESC,ELP · DOWL,PCL
2015	22	SDP	NL	56	152	137	13	23	2	0	3	11	0	0	8	38	.168	.215	.248	.463	30	34	1	1	3	3	1	2
2016	23	SDP-min	AAA	82	334	313	55	102	20	1	21	82	1	1	13	51	.326	.353	.597	.951		187	7	3	0	5	2		ELP · PCL
2016	23	SDP	NL	8	26	24	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	7	.125	.154	.167	.321	-12	4	0	1	0	1	0	/2
2017	24	SDP-min	Rk	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0		PDS · ARIZ
2017	24	SDP	NL	120	417	387	36	83	17	0	18	55	4	1	23	122	.214	.262	.398	.660	73	154	10	3	1	3	3	*2/D
2018	25	SDP-min	AAA,A+	11	45	39	8	15	4	0	3	12	0	0	4	10	.385	.422	.718	1.140		28	1	0	0	2	0		ELP,LEL · PCL,CALL
2018	25	SDP	NL	86	309	287	29	69	13	2	14	37	3	0	20	84	.240	.291	.446	.737	101	128	8	1	0	1	3	2/D
4 Yrs				270	904	835	80	178	33	2	35	104	7	2	51	251	.213	.261	.383	.644	73	320	19	6	4	8	7
162 Game Avg.				162	542	501	48	107	20	1	21	62	4	1	31	151	.213	.261	.383	.644	73	192	11	4	2	5	4

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Austin Hedges

SUMMARY

WAR

AB

R

H

BA

HR

RBI

SB

OBP

SLG

OPS

OPS+

Standard Batting

Player Value--Batting

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Standard Fielding

Appearances

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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