Javier Báez
CF | Bats/Throws: R/R | 5' 11" 190LBS | Age: 32
Draft: 2011 | Rd: 1, #9, Chicago Cubs | Arlington Country Day (FL) HS
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 547 510 58 113 9 12 .222 .267 .325 .592
2024 289 272 25 50 6 8 .184 .221 .294 .515
2025 218 207 30 58 7 1 .280 .317 .440 .757
12 Seasons 4,899 4,584 628 1,157 188 111 .252 .294 .437 .731
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .222 9 12 .592
2024 .184 6 8 .515
2025 .280 7 1 .757
12 Seasons .252 188 111 .731
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart

Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA 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 .243 .375 .315 .283 .393 32.7 30.0 5.0
2016 23 1683 316 18 5.7 4.0 88.4 112.3 14.1 25.6 .229 .372 .316 .280 .348 32.3 24.0 3.3
2017 24 1845 333 28 8.4 5.5 87.9 113.3 10.1 28.2 .234 .423 .326 .291 .400 36.0 28.3 5.9
2018 25 2245 444 56 12.6 8.7 90.6 113.7 9.6 33.1 .262 .499 .366 .340 .449 43.3 25.9 4.5
2019 26 2002 377 48 12.7 8.6 91.1 114.1 7.7 36.3 .260 .500 .347 .332 .447 43.6 27.8 5.0
2020 27 909 149 12 8.1 5.1 89.4 116.0 10.3 24.8 .213 .380 .256 .275 .383 40.3 31.9 3.0
2021 28 2065 321 43 13.4 7.9 90.1 116.7 10.6 32.7 .237 .450 .344 .321 .460 45.2 33.6 5.1
2022 29 2092 411 33 8.0 5.6 87.9 112.1 9.6 29.7 .226 .374 .291 .281 .351 38.0 24.9 4.4
2023 30 1970 388 20 5.2 3.7 88.0 113.1 9.4 28.9 .234 .355 .261 .279 .334 39.7 22.9 4.4
2024 31 1028 206 16 7.8 5.5 88.3 111.1 11.2 27.7 .222 .345 .224 .264 .326 40.0 23.9 4.2
2025 32 772 159 10 6.3 4.6 88.0 110.0 8.7 30.2 .249 .395 .331 .297 .358 40.9 22.0 3.7
Player 16922 3156 289 9.2 6.2 89.1 116.7 10.1 30.5 .239 .418 .313 .300 .391 39.9 26.7 4.5
MLB 7.1 4.8 88.5 122.9 12.4 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .369 36.7 22.2 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

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2015 38.5 61.5 17.3 38.5 5.8 36.5 34.6 28.8 19.2 13.5 5.8 17.3 21.2 23.1
2016 47.5 52.5 20.3 24.1 8.2 39.9 39.9 19.3 20.9 21.2 5.1 19.0 18.7 14.2
2017 49.8 50.2 21.9 19.8 8.4 35.4 42.3 21.9 19.5 23.1 6.9 15.9 19.2 15.0
2018 47.1 52.9 22.1 23.6 7.2 37.6 35.4 26.4 20.0 19.1 7.4 17.6 16.2 18.9
2019 50.4 49.6 22.5 24.7 2.4 31.6 40.6 27.9 18.8 23.3 8.2 12.7 17.2 19.6
2020 50.3 49.7 22.8 18.1 8.7 40.3 34.9 24.8 22.1 22.1 6.0 18.1 12.8 18.8
2021 46.7 53.3 24.9 20.6 7.8 40.2 37.7 22.1 20.2 20.2 6.2 19.9 17.4 15.9
2022 50.6 49.4 22.9 20.4 6.1 39.9 34.8 25.3 23.6 19.0 8.0 16.3 15.8 17.3
2023 50.5 49.5 23.5 21.4 4.6 37.4 38.1 24.5 21.9 20.4 8.2 15.5 17.8 16.2
2024 46.6 53.4 25.7 20.9 6.8 41.3 38.8 19.9 23.8 16.5 6.3 17.5 22.3 13.6
2025 47.8 52.2 25.8 22.0 4.4 42.1 34.0 23.9 22.6 18.2 6.9 19.5 15.7 17.0
Player 48.7 51.3 22.9 22.1 6.3 38.0 37.8 24.0 21.1 20.3 7.1 16.9 17.5 16.9
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.9 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.7 5.9 16.6 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 0.0 34.6 25.0 25.0 3.8 9.6 6.3
2016 4.7 32.9 24.7 20.6 5.7 5.7 4.0
2017 3.6 36.3 21.0 22.5 5.7 8.4 5.5
2018 3.4 36.3 18.2 21.4 6.1 12.6 8.7
2019 3.7 37.7 17.5 22.3 5.0 12.7 8.6
2020 5.4 34.9 22.1 20.1 7.4 8.1 5.1
2021 4.4 35.5 18.4 20.9 7.2 13.4 7.9
2022 2.9 40.1 21.9 20.9 4.9 8.0 5.6
2023 3.1 39.9 21.9 21.9 7.0 5.2 3.7
2024 3.4 37.9 25.7 18.4 6.3 7.8 5.5
2025 3.8 37.7 21.4 23.9 6.9 6.3 4.6
Player 3.6 37.1 21.0 21.4 6.0 9.2 6.2
MLB 3.9 32.5 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.1 4.8
! 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 %
2025 4-Seam Fastball 0.2 0 226 29.3 53 .245 .358 .262 26.5 26.4 21.2 .290 .535 .349 61.5
2025 Slider -1.6 -2 118 15.3 37 .200 .371 .266 29.2 18.9 21.9 .261 .420 .313 42.9
2025 Sinker -0.7 -1 118 15.3 32 .321 .357 .380 8.2 6.3 10.5 .263 .320 .311 38.5
2025 Sweeper -1.8 -1 80 10.4 32 .194 .452 .281 42.0 18.8 24.0 .126 .240 .171 28.0
2025 Curveball 0.7 1 76 9.8 22 .333 .476 .366 42.2 40.9 34.6 .192 .219 .202 33.3
2025 Changeup 1.7 1 73 9.5 20 .316 .526 .378 35.7 35.0 28.0 .178 .252 .211 16.7
2025 Cutter 8.2 5 65 8.4 15 .615 1.000 .693 6.9 0.0 0.0 .459 .784 .553 38.5
2025 Slurve 1.1 0 8 1.0 3 .333 .333 .300 16.7 0.0 0.0 .483 .522 .439 33.3
2025 Split-Finger 0.4 0 8 1.0 4 .250 .250 .225 80.0 75.0 100.0 .239 .265 .220 0.0
2024 4-Seam Fastball -1.5 -4 277 26.9 75 .197 .268 .232 26.1 24.0 26.5 .231 .367 .271 53.7
2024 Slider -2.8 -6 217 21.1 65 .136 .203 .187 35.5 24.6 21.6 .200 .305 .257 31.8
2024 Sweeper -0.9 -1 162 15.8 37 .189 .432 .259 47.8 37.8 21.5 .158 .310 .200 21.7
2024 Sinker -3.8 -5 145 14.1 46 .217 .283 .238 7.4 10.9 29.4 .271 .361 .277 46.3
2024 Changeup -3.4 -3 80 7.8 22 .105 .158 .193 41.5 27.3 23.1 .192 .246 .258 46.2
2024 Curveball 1.8 1 62 6.0 21 .263 .421 .331 28.6 28.6 25.0 .315 .465 .370 38.5
2024 Cutter -1.0 0 44 4.3 13 .167 .500 .250 9.5 7.7 11.1 .213 .483 .294 25.0
2024 Split-Finger -0.3 0 24 2.3 4 .250 .500 .313 23.1 50.0 18.2 .221 .389 .255 50.0
2024 Slurve -9.4 -1 9 0.9 3 .000 .000 .000 16.7 0.0 0.0 .189 .216 .178 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2014 227 936 -1 -12 -1 2 -11
2015 79 307 2 -4 0 1 -1
2016 447 1,671 1 -13 3 6 -3
2017 491 1,838 6 -5 -2 4 3
2018 634 2,229 27 -7 -1 11 30
2019 552 1,985 8 -10 7 6 11
2020 235 909 -3 -11 -1 3 -12
2021 545 2,065 13 -7 -1 15 21
2022 589 2,092 -2 -10 2 4 -6
2023 544 1,958 -10 -20 0 6 -24
2024 286 1,020 -8 -15 -2 5 -20
2025 218 772 -4 3 2 3 4
Player 4,847 17,782 30 -112 6 30 -9
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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 28.9 7.4 75.0
2017 1,845 44.5 73.3 75.0 42.9 47.3 42.4 34.5 56.5 36.7 5.3 89.7
2018 2,245 42.6 77.3 78.1 43.5 49.7 38.8 48.6 57.9 33.9 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 38.2 7.6 79.7
2021 2,065 39.5 75.8 70.6 44.6 46.5 40.2 41.6 56.9 40.6 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 1,970 44.3 68.2 78.3 44.0 53.5 39.6 38.6 54.8 32.7 6.3 65.0
2024 1,028 42.7 64.9 82.3 43.2 55.6 38.3 33.3 52.4 30.2 6.5 62.1
2025 772 48.4 64.4 84.2 41.0 52.1 42.4 33.9 52.3 28.5 6.5 64.0
Player 16,922 42.6 71.4 76.6 43.3 51.0 40.0 39.6 55.3 34.6 6.1 75.9
MLB 48.8 67.0 82.1 28.4 57.6 42.6 30.0 47.3 25.0 7.3 76.3
! 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
Bat
Speed
Squared-up
Rate
Swing
Length
2015 90 83
2016 9 10 21 35 4 35 40 38 87 27 23 3 18 1 92 99
2017 12 15 45 59 4 60 66 47 92 53 10 17 2 1 85 96
2018 68 67 90 90 25 96 91 79 92 81 17 7 4 1 89 92
2019 51 54 79 82 12 87 88 83 93 76 13 11 3 2 86 100
2020 7 12 27 47 2 61 51 61 99 55 7 2 4 6 75 100 80
2021 40 25 63 74 11 77 85 67 98 74 3 6 1 1 86 79 85
2022 12 21 36 47 3 67 52 31 82 38 26 8 4 1 67 72 75
2023 7 22 11 14 4 26 19 23 85 42 42 3 12 1 71 95 69 80 14 1
2024 73 55 39 80
2025 17 38 30 31 10 25 28 21 61 38 50 6 24 2 54 87 75 71 30 1
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 24.33 16 16.8 -1 8 13 6 37.5
2017 24.78 25 21.9 3 15 12 13 52.0
2018 24.74 34 33.2 1 9 24 16 47.1
2019 25.19 29 26.5 3 7 18 12 41.4
2020 25.03 8 7.3 1 2 1 6 75.0
2021 25.93 31 29.0 2 5 20 14 45.2
2022 25.39 17 20.3 -3 13 20 6 35.3
2023 25.26 9 9.2 0 2 8 3 33.3
2024 26.04 6 5.6 0 2 4 3 50.0
2025 25.72 7 6.8 0 2 4 4 57.1
Player 25.18 182 176.6 5 65 124 83 45.6
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2016 16 18 14 19 18 15 18 19 14 14 16 20 17 15 17 17 11 15 16 18 18 12 22 21 16 16 17 21 18 19 14
2017 25 22 21 24 24 21 24 20 17 18 20 26 21 22 20 25 19 19 23 21 21 25 29 23 21 20 19 30 24 21 17
2018 34 41 28 30 35 31 37 32 29 25 30 39 35 31 30 37 32 31 34 38 39 29 43 34 29 26 32 34 40 35 29
2019 29 30 18 28 28 30 30 30 25 19 24 27 30 23 29 27 26 26 25 29 25 27 33 28 25 26 25 27 31 26 18
2020 8 7 8 8 8 7 8 7 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 9 7 7 9 7 7 7 7 8 7 7 7
2021 31 31 28 26 32 26 33 30 22 20 22 30 31 26 30 33 27 27 32 33 30 28 36 33 30 28 30 33 31 27 26
2022 17 18 17 25 22 22 25 15 14 13 16 26 23 19 25 27 21 17 18 22 19 16 30 24 15 16 25 27 21 17 15
2023 9 5 8 8 11 10 11 6 11 8 9 11 9 7 11 10 8 7 8 11 8 11 12 12 7 7 11 11 10 10 8
2024 6 3 6 6 6 6 6 5 7 4 6 6 5 5 5 4 5 4 7 6 6 6 7 7 5 4 5 7 7 6 5
2025 7 8 7 6 6 8 6 7 6 5 6 7 7 8 7 5 7 7 7 9 8 7 8 8 6 5 7 5 8 6 8
Player 182 183 155 180 190 176 198 171 151 133 156 199 185 163 181 192 163 160 177 196 181 168 229 197 161 155 178 203 197 174 147
Note: xHR tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 +/-   2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-   2025
Exit Velocity 91.7 -3.3 88.4 -0.5 87.9 2.7 90.6 0.5 91.1 -1.7 89.4 0.7 90.1 -2.2 87.9 0.1 88.0 0.3 88.3 -0.3 88.0
Launch Angle 12.3 1.8 14.1 -4.0 10.1 -0.5 9.6 -1.9 7.7 2.6 10.3 0.3 10.6 -1.0 9.6 -0.2 9.4 1.8 11.2 -2.5 8.7
Barrel % 9.6 -3.9 5.7 2.7 8.4 4.2 12.6 0.1 12.7 -4.6 8.1 5.3 13.4 -5.4 8.0 -2.8 5.2 2.6 7.8 -1.5 6.3
Hard Hit % 32.7 -0.4 32.3 3.7 36.0 7.3 43.3 0.3 43.6 -3.3 40.3 4.9 45.2 -7.2 38.0 1.7 39.7 0.3 40.0 0.9 40.9
LA Sweet-Spot % 44.2 -18.6 25.6 2.6 28.2 4.9 33.1 3.2 36.3 -11.5 24.8 7.9 32.7 -3.0 29.7 -0.8 28.9 -1.2 27.7 2.5 30.2
xBA .243 -0.014 .229 0.005 .234 0.028 .262 -0.002 .260 -0.047 .213 0.024 .237 -0.011 .226 0.008 .234 -0.012 .222 0.027 .249
BA .289 -0.016 .273 0.000 .273 0.017 .290 -0.009 .281 -0.078 .203 0.062 .265 -0.027 .238 -0.016 .222 -0.038 .184 0.096 .280
xwOBA .283 -0.003 .280 0.011 .291 0.049 .340 -0.008 .332 -0.057 .275 0.046 .321 -0.040 .281 -0.002 .279 -0.015 .264 0.033 .297
wOBA .315 0.001 .316 0.010 .326 0.040 .366 -0.019 .347 -0.091 .256 0.088 .344 -0.053 .291 -0.030 .261 -0.037 .224 0.107 .331
xSLG .375 -0.003 .372 0.051 .423 0.076 .499 0.001 .500 -0.120 .380 0.070 .450 -0.076 .374 -0.019 .355 -0.010 .345 0.050 .395
SLG .408 0.015 .423 0.057 .480 0.074 .554 -0.023 .531 -0.171 .360 0.134 .494 -0.101 .393 -0.068 .325 -0.031 .294 0.146 .440
K% 30.0 -6.0 24.0 4.3 28.3 -2.4 25.9 1.9 27.8 4.1 31.9 1.7 33.6 -8.7 24.9 -2.0 22.9 1.0 23.9 -1.9 22.0
BB% 5.0 -1.7 3.3 2.6 5.9 -1.4 4.5 0.5 5.0 -2.0 3.0 2.1 5.1 -0.7 4.4 0.0 4.4 -0.2 4.2 -0.5 3.7
Swing % 51.8 1.2 53.0 3.5 56.5 1.4 57.9 -2.4 55.5 -2.3 53.2 3.7 56.9 -1.1 55.8 -1.0 54.8 -2.4 52.4 -0.1 52.3
Whiff% 32.9 -4.0 28.9 7.8 36.7 -2.8 33.9 1.6 35.5 2.7 38.2 2.4 40.6 -4.8 35.8 -3.1 32.7 -2.5 30.2 -1.7 28.5
In Zone % 43.4 -0.4 43.0 1.5 44.5 -1.9 42.6 -0.7 41.9 0.1 42.0 -2.5 39.5 1.3 40.8 3.5 44.3 -1.6 42.7 5.7 48.4
Out of Zone % 56.6 0.4 57.0 -1.5 55.5 1.9 57.4 0.7 58.1 -0.1 58.0 2.5 60.5 -1.3 59.2 -3.5 55.7 1.6 57.3 -5.7 51.6
Out of Zone Swing % 35.8 5.9 41.7 1.2 42.9 0.6 43.5 -0.9 42.6 -3.9 38.7 5.9 44.6 2.9 47.5 -3.5 44.0 -0.8 43.2 -2.2 41.0
First Pitch Swing % 30.0 -2.0 28.0 6.5 34.5 14.1 48.6 -1.1 47.5 -8.4 39.1 2.5 41.6 -0.5 41.1 -2.5 38.6 -5.3 33.3 0.6 33.9
First Pitch Strike % 68.8 -8.1 60.7 0.8 61.5 5.3 66.8 -0.9 65.9 -3.3 62.6 1.5 64.1 2.1 66.2 -2.6 63.6 3.1 66.7 -0.6 66.1
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 432 96 22.2 .316 .329
2017 Shifts R 490 55 11.2 .320 .373
2018 Shifts R 636 50 7.9 .369 .345
2019 Shifts L 1 1 100.0 .000
2019 Shifts R 552 50 9.1 .347 .344
2020 Shifts L 1 1 100.0 1.238
2020 Shifts R 234 38 16.2 .252 .251
2021 Shifts L 1 0 0.0 .000
2021 Shifts R 540 58 10.7 .330 .475
2022 Shifts R 589 61 10.4 .288 .315
2023 Shades R 543 40 7.4 .249 .406
2024 Shades R 285 20 7.0 .232 .113
2025 Shades R 218 17 7.8 .320 .464
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2014 296 17.1 22.0% 1.0% 124 22.7 0.8% 8.1%
2015 69 19.7 14.5% 4.3% 52 24.5 3.8% 19.2%
2016 432 18.7 19.7% 3.7% 248 24.9 2.8% 22.6%
2017 470 17.3 22.6% 3.0% 236 23.4 0.8% 14.4%
2018 512 18.2 16.4% 2.5% 283 24.6 0.4% 18.4%
2019 543 18.7 12.2% 3.1% 230 25.1 0.0% 18.7%
2020 211 18.5 16.1% 0.9% 145 23.5 0.7% 9.0%
2021 477 18.8 15.9% 2.7% 285 24.3 1.1% 16.1%
2022 538 19.0 13.8% 3.3% 265 22.8 0.4% 6.0%
2023 495 15.0 50.1% 0.0% 266 18.4 6.0% 0.8%
2024 280 14.8 53.2% 0.0% 134 17.3 8.2% 0.7%
2025 207 15.5 39.6% 0.0% 97 18.0 12.4% 0.0%
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