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Javier Báez

#28 - SS/OF/2B

Detroit Tigers

Bats / Throws Right / Right
Date of Birth 12/1/1992 (33)
Height, Weight 5'11", 190 lb
Hometown Bayamon, PRI

2026 Season Stats

Needs more playing time to qualify
MLB Rank MLB Average
PA R HR RBI SB AVG wOBA
132 19 2 14 1 .278 .300
353rd 349
PA
318th 42
R
336th 11
HR
339th 41
RBI
256th 6
SB
41st .244
AVG
247th .317
wOBA
K% BB% IPA% HC% xAVG xwOBA
18.9% 3.0% 28.0% - .238 .262
106th -
K%
349th -
BB%
86th -
IPA%
1st -
HC%
197th -
xAVG
334th -
xwOBA

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Javier Báez Overview

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Year Team G PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG wOBA xwOBA Z-Con% K% BB% HR/FB% BABIP Brl% ICR% IPA%
2014 CHC 52 229 25 9 20 5 .169 .224 .324 - - - 41.5% 6.6% - - - - -
2015 CHC 34 95 5 2 7 3 .297 .326 .429 - - - 29.5% 4.2% - - - - -
2016 CHC 159 521 58 18 67 14 .272 .296 .417 - - - 24.8% 3.3% - - - - -
2017 CHC 155 536 78 26 77 12 .263 .307 .469 - - - 28.9% 6.0% - - - - -
2018 CHC 160 645 101 34 111 21 .290 .326 .554 .366 - - 25.9% 4.5% - .347 - - -
2019 CHC 138 561 89 29 85 11 .281 .316 .531 .347 - - 27.8% 5.0% - .345 - - -
2020 CHC 59 235 27 8 24 3 .203 .238 .360 .256 .255 72.5% 31.9% 3.0% 24.2% .262 7.5% 35.6% 22.6%
2021 CHC/NYM 138 547 80 31 87 18 .265 .319 .494 .344 .324 70.9% 33.6% 5.1% 40.3% .352 13.1% 41.4% 24.3%
2022 DET 144 590 64 17 67 9 .238 .278 .393 .291 .283 78.1% 24.9% 4.4% 18.3% .292 8.4% 34.1% 23.7%
2023 DET 136 547 58 9 59 12 .222 .267 .325 .261 .265 80.3% 22.9% 4.4% 10.2% .274 4.7% 34.0% 24.1%
2024 DET 80 289 25 6 37 8 .184 .221 .294 .224 .260 83.1% 23.9% 4.2% 11.1% .220 7.3% 32.0% 22.8%
2025 DET 126 436 55 12 57 5 .257 .283 .399 .294 .279 83.6% 24.8% 2.3% 14.5% .318 5.1% 37.6% 26.8%
2026 DET 36 132 19 2 14 1 .278 .303 .381 .300 .262 84.9% 18.9% 3.0% 10.5% .330 2.0% 36.3% 28.0%
MLB Percentile 0 0 7 2 3 13 88 32 38 29 5 48 69 1 17 87 5 36 75
MLB AVG 93 349 42 11 41 6 .244 .318 .402 .317 .320 84.7% 22.0% 8.9% 19.1% .289 7.6% 38.1% 25.7%
Career 1,417 5,363 684 203 712 122 .252 .289 .422 .313 .261 78.1% 28.8% 4.6% 33.1% .309 7.4% 25.0% 17.0%

Javier Báez Game Log

Javier Báez Standard

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Year Team 1B 2B 3B HR SB CS K BB HBP H TB HC Brl
2014 CHC 21 6 0 9 5 1 95 15 0 36 - - -
2015 CHC 19 6 0 2 3 2 28 4 1 27 - - -
2016 CHC 91 23 1 18 14 3 129 17 3 133 - - -
2017 CHC 78 24 2 26 12 3 155 32 15 130 - - -
2018 CHC 93 40 9 34 21 9 167 29 5 176 370 - 0
2019 CHC 78 38 4 29 11 7 156 28 0 149 310 - 0
2020 CHC 27 9 1 8 3 0 75 7 4 45 91 60 11
2021 CHC/NYM 82 18 2 31 18 5 184 28 13 133 289 145 42
2022 DET 84 27 4 17 9 2 147 26 6 132 250 156 34
2023 DET 82 18 4 9 12 0 125 24 9 113 199 150 18
2024 DET 32 12 0 6 8 1 69 12 2 50 94 82 15
2025 DET 75 17 3 12 5 1 108 10 6 107 182 122 16
2026 DET 26 7 0 2 1 2 25 4 1 35 53 32 2
MLB Percentile 10 14 0 2 13 54 99 0 11 4 0 1 2
MLB AVG 50 15 1 11 6 2 75 32 4 77 163 93 18
Career 788 245 30 203 122 36 1,463 236 65 1,266 1,838 747 138

Javier Báez Advanced

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Year Team K% BB% AVG OBP SLG wOBA ISO BABIP xAVG xSLG xwOBA xBABIP xwoBACON Max EV FB EV LA
2014 CHC 41.5% 6.6% .169 .224 .324 - .155 - - - - - - - - -
2015 CHC 29.5% 4.2% .297 .326 .429 - .132 - - - - - - - - -
2016 CHC 24.8% 3.3% .272 .296 .417 - .145 - - - - - - - - -
2017 CHC 28.9% 6.0% .263 .307 .469 - .206 - - - - - - - - -
2018 CHC 25.9% 4.5% .290 .326 .554 .366 .264 .347 - - - - - - - -
2019 CHC 27.8% 5.0% .281 .316 .531 .347 .250 .345 - - - - - - - -
2020 CHC 31.9% 3.0% .203 .238 .360 .256 .157 .262 .201 .360 .255 .262 .352 116.0 91.7 9.7
2021 CHC/NYM 33.6% 5.1% .265 .319 .494 .344 .229 .352 .241 .468 .324 .315 .464 116.7 91.4 10.9
2022 DET 24.9% 4.4% .238 .278 .393 .291 .155 .292 .220 .392 .283 .262 .354 112.1 88.6 9.6
2023 DET 22.9% 4.4% .222 .267 .325 .261 .103 .274 .218 .344 .265 .264 .314 113.1 89.9 9.4
2024 DET 23.9% 4.2% .184 .221 .294 .224 .110 .220 .216 .350 .260 .261 .320 111.1 88.2 11.2
2025 DET 24.8% 2.3% .257 .283 .399 .294 .142 .318 .233 .388 .279 .280 .353 110.0 88.5 11.4
2026 DET 18.9% 3.0% .278 .303 .381 .300 .103 .330 .238 .330 .262 .284 .305 106.5 81.3 10.1
MLB Percentile 69 1 88 32 38 29 12 87 43 9 5 51 11 5 1 24
MLB AVG 22.0% 8.9% .244 .318 .402 .317 .158 .289 .242 .415 .320 .283 .371 110.5 89.7 13.5
Career 28.8% 4.6% .252 .289 .422 .313 .170 .309 .200 .344 .261 .274 .363 116.7 89.2 10.3

Javier Báez Batted Ball › Contact

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Year Team GB% LD% FB% PU% SS% Pull% Cent% Oppo% Foul Str% PC% Fl&B% Solid% Brl% ICR%
2018 CHC - - - - - - - - 18.5% - - - - -
2019 CHC - - - - - - - - 17.0% - - - - -
2020 CHC 50.7% 17.1% 22.6% 9.6% 26.7% 45.0% 30.9% 24.2% 16.5% 63.7% 21.2% 7.5% 7.5% 35.6%
2021 CHC/NYM 46.9% 20.6% 24.1% 8.4% 33.8% 42.1% 36.8% 21.2% 18.2% 58.4% 21.3% 7.2% 13.1% 41.4%
2022 DET 50.2% 20.2% 22.9% 6.7% 30.5% 40.4% 33.8% 25.8% 16.2% 65.5% 21.2% 4.9% 8.4% 34.1%
2023 DET 51.4% 19.1% 23.0% 6.8% 30.0% 37.6% 37.1% 25.3% 17.2% 65.8% 22.7% 7.0% 4.7% 34.0%
2024 DET 48.3% 18.0% 26.3% 7.3% 29.8% 44.7% 36.9% 18.4% 16.5% 67.8% 18.0% 6.8% 7.3% 32.0%
2025 DET 46.0% 20.9% 26.7% 6.4% 32.5% 42.4% 30.9% 26.7% 18.0% 62.4% 24.8% 7.7% 5.1% 37.6%
2026 DET 45.5% 26.7% 18.8% 8.9% 35.6% 44.1% 38.2% 17.6% 17.7% 63.4% 31.7% 3.0% 2.0% 36.3%
MLB Percentile 61 91 10 61 53 60 90 7 43 37 97 6 5 36
MLB AVG 43.5% 22.0% 24.4% 10.1% 35.2% 42.2% 33.5% 24.3% 18.2% 61.7% 24.6% 6.2% 7.6% 38.1%
Career 48.8% 20.0% 23.9% 7.4% 31.2% 41.5% 34.9% 23.7% 17.4% 63.8% 22.3% 6.5% 7.4% 25.0%

Javier Báez Batted Ball › Outcomes

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Year Team AVG wOBA BABIP BACON xAVG xwOBA xBABIP xwoBACON EV FB EV LA HR/FB ICR% IPA%
2018 CHC .290 .366 .347 .397 - - - - - - - - - -
2019 CHC .281 .347 .345 .395 - - - - - - - - - -
2020 CHC .203 .256 .262 .302 .201 .255 .262 .352 88.7 91.7 9.7 24.2% 35.6% 22.6%
2021 CHC/NYM .265 .344 .352 .414 .241 .324 .315 .464 89.7 91.4 10.9 40.3% 41.4% 24.3%
2022 DET .238 .291 .292 .321 .220 .283 .262 .354 87.9 88.6 9.6 18.3% 34.1% 23.7%
2023 DET .222 .261 .274 .291 .218 .265 .264 .314 88.3 89.9 9.4 10.2% 34.0% 24.1%
2024 DET .184 .224 .220 .243 .216 .260 .261 .320 88.3 88.2 11.2 11.1% 32.0% 22.8%
2025 DET .257 .294 .318 .344 .233 .279 .280 .353 88.2 88.5 11.4 14.5% 37.6% 26.8%
2026 DET .278 .300 .330 .343 .238 .262 .284 .305 85.4 81.3 10.1 10.5% 36.3% 28.0%
MLB Percentile 88 29 87 71 43 5 51 11 15 1 24 17 36 75
MLB AVG .244 .317 .289 .322 .242 .320 .283 .371 88.3 89.7 13.5 19.1% 38.1% 25.7%
Career .252 .313 .309 .347 .200 .261 .274 .363 88.3 89.2 10.3 33.1% 25.0% 17.0%

Javier Báez Approach › Plate Discipline

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Year Team Zone% Str% Swing% O-Sw% Whiff% Foul Str% Con% Z-Con% O-Con% CS% SwStr% CSW% BIP% PLUS%
2018 CHC - 68.4% 57.8% - 33.8% 18.5% 66.2% - - 10.6% 19.6% 30.1% 19.8% 60.5%
2019 CHC - 67.4% 55.5% - 35.5% 17.0% 64.5% - - 11.9% 19.7% 31.6% 18.8% 60.0%
2020 CHC 39.6% 65.8% 53.2% 40.4% 38.2% 16.5% 61.8% 72.5% 49.1% 12.5% 20.4% 32.9% 16.4% 60.8%
2021 CHC/NYM 37.4% 67.5% 56.9% 45.6% 40.6% 18.2% 59.4% 70.9% 47.9% 10.6% 23.1% 33.7% 15.5% 61.0%
2022 DET 37.5% 69.4% 55.8% 48.4% 35.8% 16.2% 64.2% 78.1% 52.4% 13.5% 20.0% 33.5% 19.6% 63.0%
2023 DET 40.9% 68.2% 54.8% 44.9% 32.7% 17.2% 67.3% 80.3% 53.4% 13.5% 17.9% 31.4% 19.7% 62.5%
2024 DET 39.7% 68.6% 52.4% 43.8% 30.2% 16.5% 69.8% 83.1% 56.7% 16.1% 15.9% 32.0% 20.0% 63.7%
2025 DET 42.9% 70.6% 55.0% 46.4% 30.7% 18.0% 69.3% 83.6% 54.2% 15.7% 16.9% 32.5% 20.2% 63.7%
2026 DET 40.0% 71.4% 56.1% 48.5% 27.1% 17.7% 72.9% 84.9% 61.7% 15.2% 15.2% 30.5% 23.2% 63.4%
MLB Percentile 1 99 95 0 35 43 35 48 62 61 18 20 96 95
MLB AVG 44.6% 63.9% 47.8% 31.9% 24.8% 18.2% 75.2% 84.7% 58.5% 16.2% 11.9% 28.1% 17.6% 58.3%
Career 27.8% 68.4% 55.6% 45.6% 34.7% 17.4% 65.3% 78.1% 52.5% 12.8% 19.3% 32.1% 19.0% 61.8%

Javier Báez Approach › Locations

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Year Team Zone% iLoc% x-mLoc% oLoc% hiLoc% y-mLoc% loLoc% aLoc% gLoc% mmLoc%
2018 CHC - - - - - - - - - -
2019 CHC - - - - - - - - - -
2020 CHC 39.6% 32.1% 21.6% 46.3% 27.7% 24.3% 48.0% 29.3% 49.2% 6.5%
2021 CHC/NYM 37.4% 26.5% 22.0% 51.5% 30.6% 22.0% 47.4% 27.6% 50.4% 4.6%
2022 DET 37.5% 24.2% 23.2% 52.6% 27.2% 21.2% 51.6% 27.0% 49.8% 5.9%
2023 DET 40.9% 26.8% 22.7% 50.5% 28.7% 22.8% 48.5% 28.7% 48.7% 5.6%
2024 DET 39.7% 24.8% 23.4% 51.8% 22.9% 24.4% 52.6% 25.8% 50.8% 5.9%
2025 DET 42.9% 24.8% 23.8% 51.4% 27.6% 24.5% 47.9% 28.1% 48.1% 6.2%
2026 DET 40.0% 21.6% 24.3% 54.1% 29.5% 23.0% 47.5% 25.9% 49.8% 5.7%
MLB Percentile 1 0 4 99 5 52 94 1 99 13
MLB AVG 44.6% 29.3% 27.2% 43.5% 35.8% 22.8% 41.5% 35.4% 37.4% 6.5%
Career 27.8% 25.9% 22.9% 51.2% 28.0% 22.9% 49.2% 27.6% 49.5% 5.7%

Javier Báez Approach › Counts

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Year Team Early% Behind% 2-Str% Early BIP% F-Str% TF-Str% ECS% 2-Str O-Sw% PAR%
2018 CHC 62.4% 9.3% 28.7% 18.6% 67.2% 50.9% 13.4% - 25.9%
2019 CHC 61.2% 10.3% 28.6% 16.9% 66.0% 49.2% 14.5% - 27.3%
2020 CHC 60.5% 10.8% 28.8% 12.7% 62.6% 52.8% 16.0% 32.4% 28.6%
2021 CHC/NYM 59.2% 10.9% 30.0% 14.8% 63.6% 51.1% 14.4% 38.1% 29.7%
2022 DET 62.7% 9.3% 28.2% 16.0% 66.0% 52.8% 17.9% 41.0% 24.9%
2023 DET 62.0% 10.2% 27.9% 16.3% 63.7% 49.5% 18.1% 37.0% 22.8%
2024 DET 62.5% 9.0% 29.0% 18.1% 67.0% 55.6% 22.3% 38.3% 23.2%
2025 DET 64.3% 7.7% 28.0% 16.4% 67.7% 56.3% 21.0% 40.7% 25.0%
2026 DET 65.2% 6.6% 28.2% 19.9% 68.9% 53.8% 20.6% 46.0% 20.2%
MLB Percentile 1 0 71 96 98 87 50 1 36
MLB AVG 58.8% 11.9% 29.6% 15.0% 61.3% 49.9% 20.9% 26.9% 19.0%
Career 61.9% 9.6% 28.6% 16.5% 65.7% 51.9% 16.9% 27.2% 25.8%

Javier Báez PLV

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Year Team P PLV QP% AP% BP% Q-BP% MTK% HP HL
2018 CHC 2,245 - - - - - - - -
2019 CHC 2,002 - - - - - - - -
2020 CHC 909 4.84 39.2% 18.7% 42.1% -2.9% 4.2% -2.5 +20
2021 CHC/NYM 2,065 4.83 42.5% 16.6% 40.9% 1.6% 4.0% 24.2 +60
2022 DET 2,092 4.93 42.4% 18.8% 38.8% 3.6% 4.2% 5.7 +55
2023 DET 1,970 4.87 41.5% 19.5% 39.0% 2.6% 4.6% -20.8 +31
2024 DET 1,028 4.95 42.0% 19.6% 38.3% 3.7% 4.2% -19.9 +7
2025 DET 1,543 4.97 43.1% 20.0% 36.8% 6.3% 4.5% 0.6 +40
2026 DET 440 5.07 45.5% 19.8% 34.8% 10.7% 3.4% 0.1 +12
MLB Percentile 0 90 38 91 21 21 4 40 79
MLB AVG 1,358 4.96 46.0% 17.8% 36.3% 9.7% 4.7% 5.5 +2
Career 14,294 4.90 42.2% 18.8% 39.0% 3.1% 4.3% -12.8 +225
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