Austin Hedges

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

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

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, 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

2019 Contract Status: 1st Year Arb Eligible (Super 2)

Service Time (01/2019): 2.166 • 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

1.4

1.6

AB

303

851

R

H

179

BA

.231

.210

HR

RBI

104

SB

OBP

.282

.258

SLG

.429

.378

OPS

.711

.637

OPS+

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Projections

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Games by Position

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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	86	341	300	38	78	25	1	4	38	8	5	28	54	.260	.333	.390	.723		117	8	7	2	4	1		LEL,SAN · CALL,TL
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	AAA	21	79	71	12	23	8	0	2	15	1	0	8	8	.324	.392	.521	.914		37	1	0	0	0	0		ELP · 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	91	326	303	29	70	14	2	14	37	3	0	21	90	.231	.282	.429	.711	94	130	9	1	0	1	3	2/D
4 Yrs				275	921	851	80	179	34	2	35	104	7	2	52	257	.210	.258	.378	.637	71	322	20	6	4	8	7
162 Game Avg.				162	543	501	47	105	20	1	21	61	4	1	31	151	.210	.258	.378	.637	71	190	12	4	2	5	4

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WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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Austin Hedges

SUMMARY

WAR

AB

R

H

BA

HR

RBI

SB

OBP

SLG

OPS

OPS+

Projections

Standard Batting

Player Value--Batting

Player News

Standard Fielding

Appearances

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Similarity Scores

Transactions

Salaries

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