Javier Báez

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 190lb (183cm, 86kg)

Born: December 1, 1992 in Bayamon, Puerto Rico pr

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1st round (9th) of the 2011 MLB June Amateur Draft from Arlington Country Day School (Jacksonville, FL).

High School: Arlington Country Day School (Jacksonville, FL)

Debut: August 5, 2014 (Age 21-247d, 20,714th in major league history)
vs. COL 6 AB, 1 H, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2014 season

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2027, 6 yrs/$140M (22-27)

Service Time (01/2024): 8.089 • Free Agent: 2028

Agents: Wasserman

Full Name: Ednel Javier Báez

Nicknames: Javy or El Mago

Twitter: @javy23baez

Instagram: @javy23baez

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

0.2

26.6

4184

1064

176

.190

.254

579

RBI

600

108

OBP

.233

.297

SLG

.279

.443

OPS

.511

.740

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

2019 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2019 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Mar 28	CHC	@	TEX	W,12-4	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
2	2	Mar 30	CHC	@	TEX	L,6-8	CG	44	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
3	3	Mar 31	CHC	@	TEX	L,10-11	CG	41	8.1	0	6	0	6	1
4	4	Apr 1	CHC	@	ATL	L,0-8	CG	43	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
5	5	Apr 3	CHC	@	ATL	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
6	6	Apr 4	CHC	@	ATL	L,4-9	CG	42	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
7	7	Apr 5	CHC	@	MIL	L,10-13	GS	39	7.0	2	2	0	4	2
8	8	Apr 6	CHC	@	MIL	W,14-8	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
9	9	Apr 7	CHC	@	MIL	L,2-4	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
10	10	Apr 8	CHC		PIT	W,10-0	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	2
11	11	Apr 10	CHC		PIT	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
12	12	Apr 11	CHC		PIT	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
13	13	Apr 12	CHC		LAA	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
14	14	Apr 13	CHC		LAA	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
15	15	Apr 15	CHC	@	MIA	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
16	16	Apr 16	CHC	@	MIA	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
17	17	Apr 17	CHC	@	MIA	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
18	18	Apr 19	CHC		ARI	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
19	19	Apr 20	CHC		ARI	L,0-6	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
20	20	Apr 21	CHC		ARI	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
21	21	Apr 23	CHC		LAD	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
22	22	Apr 24	CHC		LAD	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
23	23	Apr 25	CHC		LAD	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	1	4	1	6	1
24	24	Apr 26	CHC	@	ARI	L,3-8	CG	41	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
25	25	Apr 27	CHC	@	ARI	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
26	26	Apr 28	CHC	@	ARI	W,6-5	CG	61	15.0	0	9	0	9	2
27	27	Apr 30	CHC	@	SEA	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	5	7	1	13	3
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	28	May 1	CHC	@	SEA	W,11-0	CG	30	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
29	29	May 3	CHC		STL	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
30	30	May 4	CHC		STL	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
31	31	May 5	CHC		STL	W,13-5	CG	41	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
32	32	May 6	CHC		MIA	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
33	33	May 7	CHC		MIA	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
34	34	May 8	CHC		MIA	W,3-2	CG	40	11.0	4	1	0	5	3
35	35	May 9	CHC		MIA	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
36	36	May 10	CHC		MIL	L,0-7	CG	42	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
37	37	May 11	CHC		MIL	W,2-1	CG	52	15.0	5	7	0	12	6
38	38	May 12	CHC		MIL	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
39	39	May 14	CHC	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
40	40	May 15	CHC	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	41	9.1	1	0	0	1	0
41	41	May 16	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
42	42	May 17	CHC	@	WSN	W,14-6	CG	44	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
43	43	May 18	CHC	@	WSN	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
44	44	May 19	CHC	@	WSN	W,6-5	GS	17	5.0	1	2	0	3	0
45	47 (2)	May 22	CHC		PHI	W,8-4	CG	43	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
46	48	May 23	CHC		PHI	L,7-9	CG	44	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
47	49	May 24	CHC		CIN	L,5-6	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
48	50	May 25	CHC		CIN	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
49	51	May 26	CHC		CIN	L,2-10	CG	46	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
50	54 (2)	May 29	CHC	@	HOU	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
51	55	May 31	CHC	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	37	9.1	2	4	0	6	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	57 (1)	Jun 2	CHC	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	0	4	0	4	2
53	58	Jun 3	CHC		LAA	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
54	59	Jun 4	CHC		COL	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
55	60	Jun 5	CHC		COL	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
56	61	Jun 6	CHC		COL	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
57	62	Jun 7	CHC		STL	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
58	63	Jun 8	CHC		STL	W,9-4	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
59	64	Jun 9	CHC		STL	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
60	65	Jun 10	CHC	@	COL	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
61	66	Jun 11	CHC	@	COL	L,3-10	GS	31	6.0	1	2	1	4	1
62	67	Jun 12	CHC	@	COL	W,10-1	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
63	68	Jun 13	CHC	@	LAD	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	1
64	69	Jun 14	CHC	@	LAD	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
65	70	Jun 15	CHC	@	LAD	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
66	71	Jun 16	CHC	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
67	72	Jun 18	CHC		CHW	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
68	73	Jun 19	CHC		CHW	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
69	74	Jun 20	CHC		NYM	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	2
70	75	Jun 21	CHC		NYM	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
71	76	Jun 22	CHC		NYM	L,2-10	GS	26	5.0	0	3	0	3	0
72	77	Jun 23	CHC		NYM	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	2
73	78	Jun 24	CHC		ATL	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
74	79	Jun 25	CHC		ATL	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
75	80	Jun 26	CHC		ATL	L,3-5	CG	35	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
76	81	Jun 27	CHC		ATL	W,9-7	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
77	82	Jun 28	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-6	CG	40	8.0	1	2	1	4	1
78	83	Jun 29	CHC	@	CIN	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
79	84	Jun 30	CHC	@	CIN	L,6-8	GF	9	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
80	85	Jul 1	CHC	@	PIT	L,5-18	CG	50	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
81	86	Jul 2	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	0	5	0	5	1
82	87	Jul 3	CHC	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	38	8.2	0	1	0	1	0
83	88	Jul 4	CHC	@	PIT	W,11-3	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
84	89	Jul 6	CHC	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	2	5	1	8	1
85	90	Jul 7	CHC	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	4	3	0	7	2
86	91	Jul 12	CHC		PIT	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
87	92	Jul 13	CHC		PIT	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	4	5	1	10	2
88	93	Jul 14	CHC		PIT	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
89	94	Jul 15	CHC		CIN	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	0	1	1	2	1
90	95	Jul 16	CHC		CIN	W,4-3	CG	42	10.0	1	3	0	4	0
91	96	Jul 17	CHC		CIN	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
92	97	Jul 19	CHC		SDP	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	2	4	1	7	0
93	98	Jul 20	CHC		SDP	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
94	99	Jul 21	CHC		SDP	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
95	100	Jul 22	CHC	@	SFG	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	2
96	101	Jul 23	CHC	@	SFG	L,4-5	CG	48	12.1	3	2	0	5	2
97	102	Jul 24	CHC	@	SFG	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
98	103	Jul 26	CHC	@	MIL	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
99	104	Jul 27	CHC	@	MIL	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	1	6	0	7	2
100	105	Jul 28	CHC	@	MIL	W,11-4	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
101	106	Jul 30	CHC	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
102	107	Jul 31	CHC	@	STL	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
103	108	Aug 1	CHC	@	STL	L,0-8	CG	40	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
104	109	Aug 2	CHC		MIL	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
105	110	Aug 3	CHC		MIL	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
106	111	Aug 4	CHC		MIL	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
107	112	Aug 5	CHC		OAK	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
108	113	Aug 6	CHC		OAK	L,4-11	GS	28	5.0	1	1	0	2	1
109	114	Aug 7	CHC		OAK	W,10-1	GS	23	7.0	1	2	0	3	0
110	115	Aug 8	CHC	@	CIN	W,12-5	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
111	116	Aug 9	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	30	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
112	117	Aug 10	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-10	GS	25	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
113	118	Aug 11	CHC	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
114	119	Aug 13	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
115	120	Aug 14	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-11	GS	36	7.0	1	6	0	7	2
116	122 (1)	Aug 16	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	34	8.2	4	2	0	6	2
117	123	Aug 17	CHC	@	PIT	W,2-0	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
118	124	Aug 18	CHC	@	PIT	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
119	125	Aug 20	CHC		SFG	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
120	126	Aug 21	CHC		SFG	W,12-11	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
121	127	Aug 22	CHC		SFG	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
122	128	Aug 23	CHC		WSN	L,3-9	GS	27	5.0	1	4	0	5	1
123	129	Aug 24	CHC		WSN	L,2-7	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
124	130	Aug 25	CHC		WSN	L,5-7	CG	49	11.0	2	6	0	8	2
125	131	Aug 27	CHC	@	NYM	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
126	132	Aug 28	CHC	@	NYM	W,10-7	CG	45	9.0	4	1	1	6	1
127	133	Aug 29	CHC	@	NYM	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
128	134	Aug 30	CHC		MIL	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
129	135	Aug 31	CHC		MIL	L,0-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
130	136	Sep 1	CHC		MIL	L,0-4	GS	28	6.0	1	1	0	2	0
							130gm		1125.2	167	369	15	551	88