Javier Báez
SS | B/T: R/R | 6' 0" 190LBS | Age: 30
Draft: 2011 | Rd: 1, #9, Chicago Cubs | Arlington Country Day (FL) HS

Stats

PA AB R H HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250 .400 .250 .650
10 Seasons 3850 3599 515 937 166 532 90 .260 .302 .463 .765
AVG HR RBI SB OPS
2023 .250 0 0 0 .650
10 Seasons .260 166 532 90 .765

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Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 Sweet
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2015 22 311 52 5 9.6 6.3 91.7 112.4 12.3 44.2 .247 .380 .315 .287 .399 32.7 30.0 5.0
2016 23 1683 316 18 5.7 4.0 88.4 112.3 14.1 25.6 .233 .377 .316 .283 .354 32.3 24.0 3.3
2017 24 1845 333 28 8.4 5.5 87.9 113.3 10.1 28.2 .239 .429 .326 .295 .406 36.0 28.3 5.9
2018 25 2245 444 56 12.6 8.7 90.6 113.7 9.6 33.1 .267 .504 .366 .344 .455 43.3 25.9 4.5
2019 26 2002 377 48 12.7 8.6 91.1 114.1 7.7 36.3 .264 .506 .347 .336 .453 43.6 27.8 5.0
2020 27 909 149 12 8.1 5.1 89.4 116.0 10.3 24.8 .218 .385 .256 .279 .391 40.3 31.9 3.0
2021 28 2065 321 43 13.4 7.9 90.1 116.7 10.6 32.7 .241 .455 .344 .325 .466 45.2 33.6 5.1
2022 29 2092 411 33 8.0 5.6 87.9 112.1 9.6 29.7 .230 .378 .291 .285 .356 38.0 24.9 4.4
2023 30 14 2 0 0.0 0.0 93.3 94.7 24.9 50.0 .321 .399 .413 .413 .465 0.0 25.0 25.0
Player 13166 2405 243 10.1 6.7 89.4 116.7 10.2 31.1 .245 .440 .327 .310 .414 39.8 27.8 4.6
MLB 6.7 4.6 88.4 122.4 12.1 33.0 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 35.8 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 38.5 17.3 38.5 5.8 36.5 34.6 28.8 0.0 34.6 25.0 25.0 3.8 9.6 6.3
2016 47.5 20.3 24.1 8.2 39.9 39.9 19.3 4.7 32.9 24.7 20.6 5.7 5.7 4.0
2017 49.8 21.9 19.8 8.4 35.4 42.3 21.9 3.6 36.3 21.0 22.5 5.7 8.4 5.5
2018 47.1 22.1 23.6 7.2 37.6 35.6 26.4 3.4 36.3 18.2 21.4 6.1 12.6 8.7
2019 50.4 22.5 24.7 2.4 31.6 40.6 27.9 3.7 37.7 17.5 22.3 5.0 12.7 8.6
2020 50.3 22.8 18.1 8.7 40.3 34.9 24.8 5.4 34.9 22.1 20.1 7.4 8.1 5.1
2021 46.7 24.9 20.6 7.8 40.2 37.7 22.1 4.4 35.5 18.4 20.9 7.2 13.4 7.9
2022 50.6 22.9 20.4 6.1 39.9 34.8 25.3 2.9 40.1 21.9 20.9 4.9 8.0 5.6
2023 0.0 50.0 50.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 50.0 50.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Player 48.6 22.4 22.4 6.7 37.6 37.9 24.2 3.7 36.5 20.4 21.5 5.8 10.1 6.7
MLB 44.9 23.1 25.0 7.1 36.8 37.7 25.4 3.8 33.0 24.6 24.4 5.7 6.7 4.6
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2023 4-Seamer -3.8 0 5 35.7 2 .000 .000 .350 100.0 50.0 100.0 -- -- .350 --
2023 Changeup 9.1 0 4 28.6 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 -- .929 1.074 .868 0.0
2023 Slider -4.9 0 4 28.6 1 .000 .000 .000 66.7 0.0 0.0 .034 .122 .062 0.0
2023 Curveball -2.0 0 1 7.1 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2022 Slider -1.6 -10 628 30.0 203 .204 .352 .268 45.4 30.5 30.1 .204 .322 .241 30.4
2022 4-Seamer 1.7 10 555 26.5 123 .310 .549 .393 30.2 25.2 21.2 .247 .510 .346 60.2
2022 Sinker -2.7 -7 261 12.5 77 .211 .296 .269 18.0 13.0 28.6 .199 .266 .242 24.6
2022 Changeup 0.7 2 245 11.7 72 .242 .303 .307 31.5 16.7 16.7 .264 .412 .328 38.9
2022 Curveball 4.0 6 161 7.7 48 .319 .553 .378 42.0 29.2 25.9 .334 .529 .379 36.4
2022 Cutter 0.6 1 132 6.3 32 .258 .516 .344 25.3 18.8 16.2 .283 .417 .306 46.2
2022 Sweeper -4.6 -4 81 3.9 20 .100 .150 .108 52.0 40.0 32.0 .107 .183 .126 16.7
2022 Splitter -3.1 -1 19 0.9 9 .143 .143 .256 60.0 33.3 33.3 .114 .115 .237 50.0
2022 Slurve -3.7 0 9 0.4 4 .000 .000 .175 50.0 25.0 16.7 .026 .033 .195 0.0
2021 4-Seamer -0.6 -4 624 30.2 133 .233 .467 .336 41.1 42.1 28.1 .221 .433 .321 60.0
2021 Slider 2.2 11 496 24.0 157 .272 .497 .359 44.8 36.9 34.5 .229 .422 .289 40.4
2021 Sinker 0.3 1 339 16.4 92 .266 .392 .354 27.7 19.6 31.6 .262 .425 .352 41.0
2021 Changeup 1.9 4 232 11.2 60 .218 .436 .374 46.1 31.7 24.7 .239 .449 .336 41.7
2021 Curveball 1.6 3 185 9.0 49 .356 .667 .455 42.6 36.7 24.3 .277 .550 .381 39.3
2021 Cutter 3.0 4 145 7.0 39 .378 .757 .512 29.1 15.4 21.4 .310 .657 .422 41.9
2021 Splitter -7.0 -2 25 1.2 9 .000 .000 .000 63.2 66.7 54.5 .104 .112 .094 66.7
2021 Sweeper -7.9 -1 12 0.6 3 .000 .000 .000 85.7 100.0 75.0 -- -- .000 --
2021 Slurve 88.9 2 2 0.1 1 1.000 4.000 2.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .963 3.771 1.899 100.0
2020 Slider -0.5 -1 265 29.2 69 .185 .385 .296 39.3 27.5 22.9 .203 .407 .284 32.6
2020 4-Seamer -1.5 -4 255 28.1 53 .255 .431 .295 40.3 49.1 32.5 .187 .363 .244 53.8
2020 Sinker -2.9 -4 148 16.3 42 .263 .395 .359 20.0 11.9 18.5 .297 .413 .341 47.1
2020 Curveball -3.4 -3 88 9.7 33 .097 .097 .179 48.2 42.4 35.0 .170 .258 .216 29.4
2020 Cutter -2.3 -2 72 7.9 11 .200 .200 .227 42.4 36.4 36.4 .166 .185 .202 50.0
2020 Changeup -4.8 -3 65 7.2 20 .100 .300 .171 41.2 30.0 46.2 .251 .454 .299 35.7
2020 Splitter 49.8 2 4 0.4 2 1.000 2.500 1.450 25.0 0.0 0.0 .986 2.577 1.467 50.0
2020 Sweeper -9.5 0 4 0.4 3 .000 .000 .000 33.3 33.3 50.0 .011 .013 .010 0.0
2020 Slurve -10.5 0 3 0.3 1 .000 .000 .000 33.3 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000 0.0
2019 4-Seamer 0.6 4 650 32.5 143 .289 .593 .395 34.9 37.8 27.0 .263 .625 .379 61.7
2019 Slider 0.8 4 456 22.8 136 .241 .474 .312 41.3 27.2 28.9 .256 .486 .317 34.4
2019 Sinker -0.8 -3 334 16.7 99 .226 .462 .332 22.2 20.2 31.3 .254 .427 .312 41.1
2019 Curveball 4.4 10 230 11.5 82 .378 .671 .445 37.8 26.8 25.6 .313 .580 .371 43.3
2019 Changeup 0.7 1 179 8.9 51 .289 .556 .386 40.9 25.5 22.4 .276 .451 .334 55.9
2019 Cutter -0.8 -1 113 5.6 30 .333 .370 .352 31.7 13.3 18.2 .241 .277 .273 13.0
2019 Splitter -2.8 0 15 0.7 7 .167 .167 .229 25.0 28.6 20.0 .148 .230 .241 25.0
2019 Sweeper -24.8 -1 6 0.3 3 .000 .000 .000 50.0 33.3 100.0 .131 .140 .123 0.0
2019 Slurve 33.7 1 2 0.1 1 1.000 2.000 1.250 0.0 0.0 -- .507 1.127 .681 100.0
2018 4-Seamer 1.4 9 629 28.0 156 .293 .653 .411 30.6 25.0 23.9 .289 .610 .395 48.6
2018 Slider -0.1 -1 567 25.3 154 .260 .527 .348 42.8 33.8 28.9 .205 .419 .276 38.8
2018 Sinker 1.3 5 422 18.8 115 .380 .537 .454 15.7 12.2 15.6 .329 .532 .388 47.4
2018 Curveball 4.8 12 260 11.6 104 .327 .653 .446 37.3 27.9 29.6 .278 .541 .368 40.5
2018 Changeup 1.9 3 172 7.7 58 .245 .453 .327 35.9 24.1 25.5 .278 .455 .349 30.8
2018 Cutter -3.1 -4 141 6.3 34 .129 .258 .223 42.5 32.4 33.3 .291 .473 .350 57.1
2018 Splitter -6.7 -2 27 1.2 8 .000 .000 .000 50.0 62.5 35.7 .011 .012 .013 0.0
2018 Sweeper -4.0 0 10 0.4 4 .250 .250 .225 42.9 50.0 33.3 .056 .068 .058 50.0
2017 4-Seamer 1.3 7 573 31.1 143 .291 .597 .401 31.4 29.4 23.1 .266 .564 .364 47.9
2017 Slider 0.8 3 407 22.1 108 .265 .510 .378 41.4 28.7 24.6 .219 .390 .278 30.1
2017 Sinker 0.3 1 339 18.4 93 .382 .472 .393 21.8 12.9 18.8 .297 .404 .310 35.4
2017 Curveball -0.7 -1 218 11.8 69 .191 .397 .254 46.6 43.5 36.6 .202 .375 .249 31.6
2017 Changeup -0.2 0 178 9.6 44 .262 .381 .288 42.1 29.5 30.2 .224 .301 .237 26.7
2017 Cutter -2.6 -2 81 4.4 22 .100 .250 .171 52.6 40.9 36.0 .173 .488 .289 33.3
2017 Splitter -2.8 -1 29 1.6 8 .125 .125 .113 47.1 62.5 31.3 .091 .126 .094 0.0
2017 Knuckleball -0.4 0 10 0.5 3 .333 .667 .417 28.6 33.3 50.0 .015 .035 .021 0.0
2017 Sweeper -13.1 0 3 0.2 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2014 227 936 -2 -12 -2 2 -14
2015 94 355 -1 -3 0 2 -2
2016 518 1,933 -3 -11 -2 6 -10
2017 519 1,951 5 0 -4 4 6
2018 640 2,253 23 -8 -2 10 23
2019 552 1,985 9 -4 4 5 14
2020 243 946 -5 -14 -1 3 -18
2021 545 2,065 11 -6 -1 15 19
2022 589 2,092 -2 -3 1 2 -3
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 311 43.4 72.6 78.6 35.8 44.4 35.4 30.0 51.8 32.9 5.8 83.3
2016 1,683 43.0 68.0 78.9 41.7 59.3 40.5 28.0 53.0 28.4 7.4 75.0
2017 1,845 44.6 73.3 75.0 43.0 47.3 42.5 34.5 56.5 36.2 5.3 89.7
2018 2,245 42.6 77.3 78.1 43.5 49.7 38.8 48.6 57.9 33.8 5.1 85.1
2019 2,002 41.9 73.5 75.0 42.6 50.4 40.3 47.5 55.5 35.5 5.9 76.3
2020 909 42.0 73.3 70.0 38.7 50.0 39.4 39.1 53.2 37.8 7.6 79.7
2021 2,065 39.5 75.8 70.6 44.6 46.5 40.2 41.6 56.9 40.5 5.0 85.6
2022 2,092 40.8 67.9 77.7 47.5 50.9 39.8 41.1 55.8 35.8 6.6 69.6
2023 14 35.7 100.0 60.0 33.3 0.0 14.3 75.0 57.1 62.5 7.1 100.0
Player 13,166 42.0 72.9 75.5 43.4 50.2 40.1 40.6 55.8 35.4 6.0 79.6
MLB 48.5 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.3 42.6 29.5 47.1 24.7 7.2 76.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit% 		K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate 		Speed OAA Arm
Strength
2015 89 82
2016 10 15 23 35 5 35 40 38 87 27 23 3 18 1 92
2017 15 21 49 59 6 60 66 47 92 53 10 17 2 1 85 96
2018 72 73 90 91 27 96 91 79 92 81 17 7 4 1 89 92
2019 55 63 82 82 15 88 88 83 93 76 13 11 3 2 87 100
2020 9 15 31 47 3 61 51 61 99 55 7 2 4 6 75 100 79
2021 45 30 67 74 15 77 85 67 98 74 3 6 1 1 86 84 85
2022 15 23 37 48 5 67 52 31 82 38 26 8 4 1 66 72 75
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 24.3 16 16.7 -1 10 12 7 43.8
2017 24.8 25 24.3 1 15 9 16 64.0
2018 24.7 34 32.7 1 9 23 16 47.1
2019 25.2 29 26.8 2 8 19 12 41.4
2020 25.0 8 7.1 1 2 1 6 75.0
2021 25.9 31 28.9 2 4 23 12 38.7
2022 25.4 17 21.7 -5 13 20 7 41.2
Player 25.1 160 158.2 2 61 107 76 47.5

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 16 16 22 13 17 17 15 18 18 15 20 18 14 14 17 17 17 18 14 17 21 10 15 16 18 18 20 16 12 17 22
2017 25 22 29 21 23 26 23 25 25 25 26 24 21 19 23 25 24 26 19 24 33 22 22 27 25 23 26 21 24 24 33
2018 34 34 38 30 31 37 28 41 36 32 31 33 23 29 30 37 32 37 30 35 34 30 30 33 35 37 34 25 28 28 42
2019 29 30 27 23 29 26 30 32 27 22 28 30 19 26 24 30 25 30 17 26 28 26 26 24 26 31 29 27 27 25 34
2020 8 7 7 7 7 7 0 7 7 8 8 7 7 6 7 7 6 7 7 7 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 9
2021 31 31 30 25 29 31 25 32 29 26 27 31 21 20 25 33 29 33 27 26 32 29 27 33 31 30 34 28 27 29 37
2022 17 24 27 19 25 30 24 19 25 18 27 17 15 13 19 26 29 21 17 18 28 21 18 18 20 23 26 17 18 15 33
Player 160 164 180 138