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

0.1

26.5

4188

1065

176

.193

.254

579

RBI

600

108

OBP

.233

.297

SLG

.277

.443

OPS

.510

.740

OPS+

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

2021 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2021 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 1	CHC		PIT	L,3-5	CG	47	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
2	2	Apr 3	CHC		PIT	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
3	3	Apr 4	CHC		PIT	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
4	4	Apr 5	CHC		MIL	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
5	5	Apr 6	CHC		MIL	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
6	6	Apr 7	CHC		MIL	L,2-4	CG	40	10.0	3	5	1	9	0
7	7	Apr 8	CHC	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
8	8	Apr 10	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
				Player went from Chicago Cubs to New York Mets
9	6	Apr 11 susp	NYM		MIA	W,6-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
				Player went from New York Mets to Chicago Cubs
10	9	Apr 11	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-7	CG	42	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
11	10	Apr 12	CHC	@	MIL	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	0	4	1	5	0
12	11	Apr 13	CHC	@	MIL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
13	12	Apr 14	CHC	@	MIL	L,0-7	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
14	13	Apr 16	CHC		ATL	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
15	14	Apr 17	CHC		ATL	W,13-4	GS	35	8.0	2	3	1	6	2
16	15	Apr 18	CHC		ATL	L,4-13	CG	50	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
17	16	Apr 20	CHC		NYM	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
18	17	Apr 21	CHC		NYM	W,16-4	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
19	18	Apr 22	CHC		NYM	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	3	3	0	6	1
20	19	Apr 23	CHC		MIL	W,15-2	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	2
21	21 (1)	Apr 25	CHC		MIL	L,0-6	CG	43	9.0	0	2	1	3	1
22	25 (3)	Apr 29	CHC	@	ATL	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
23	26	Apr 30	CHC	@	CIN	L,6-8	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	27	May 1	CHC	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
25	28	May 2	CHC	@	CIN	L,12-13	CG	47	9.0	4	5	1	10	3
26	29	May 4 (1)	CHC		LAD	W,7-1	CG	30	7.0	0	5	3	8	2
27	30	May 4 (2)	CHC		LAD	W,4-3	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	31	May 5	CHC		LAD	W,6-5	CG	46	11.0	1	2	0	3	0
29	32	May 7	CHC		PIT	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	6	0	6	1
30	33	May 8	CHC		PIT	W,3-2	GS	32	7.0	3	5	1	9	0
31	36 (2)	May 12	CHC	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	38	9.2	4	2	0	6	3
32	37	May 14	CHC	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	29	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
33	38	May 15	CHC	@	DET	L,8-9	CG	51	9.2	1	2	0	3	0
34	39	May 16	CHC	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
35	40	May 17	CHC		WSN	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
36	41	May 18	CHC		WSN	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
37	42	May 19	CHC		WSN	L,3-4	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
38	43	May 20	CHC		WSN	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	2
39	44	May 21	CHC	@	STL	W,12-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
40	45	May 22	CHC	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	1	5	1	7	0
41	46	May 23	CHC	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	42	10.0	3	2	0	5	1
42	47	May 25	CHC	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	6	0	6	1
43	48	May 26	CHC	@	PIT	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
44	49	May 27	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	0	5	1	6	0
45	50	May 28	CHC		CIN	W,1-0	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
46	51	May 29	CHC		CIN	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
47	52	May 30	CHC		CIN	L,1-5	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
48	53	May 31	CHC		SDP	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	54	Jun 1	CHC		SDP	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
50	55	Jun 2	CHC		SDP	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
51	56	Jun 3	CHC	@	SFG	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
52	57	Jun 4	CHC	@	SFG	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	2	2	1	5	1
53	58	Jun 5	CHC	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	2
54	59	Jun 6	CHC	@	SFG	W,4-3	GS	26	6.0	1	2	0	3	0
55	63 (3)	Jun 11	CHC		STL	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
56	64	Jun 12	CHC		STL	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	3	7	0	10	0
57	67 (2)	Jun 15	CHC	@	NYM	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
58	68	Jun 16	CHC	@	NYM	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	0	6	0	6	1
59	69	Jun 17	CHC	@	NYM	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
60	70	Jun 18	CHC		MIA	L,2-10	GS	32	7.0	3	4	0	7	0
61	71	Jun 19	CHC		MIA	L,1-11	CG	43	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
62	72	Jun 20	CHC		MIA	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
63	73	Jun 21	CHC		CLE	L,0-4	GS	13	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
64	74	Jun 22	CHC		CLE	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
65	75	Jun 24	CHC	@	LAD	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
66	76	Jun 25	CHC	@	LAD	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
67	77	Jun 26	CHC	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	36	8.2	0	1	0	1	1
68	78	Jun 27	CHC	@	LAD	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
69	79	Jun 28	CHC	@	MIL	L,4-14	CG	45	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
70	80	Jun 29	CHC	@	MIL	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
71	81	Jun 30	CHC	@	MIL	L,7-15	GS	34	5.0	1	2	0	3	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	82	Jul 2	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
73	83	Jul 3	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
74	84	Jul 4	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
75	85	Jul 5	CHC		PHI	L,3-13	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
76	86	Jul 6	CHC		PHI	L,10-15	CG	50	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
77	89 (2)	Jul 9	CHC		STL	W,10-5	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
78	90	Jul 10	CHC		STL	L,0-6	GS	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
79	91	Jul 16	CHC	@	ARI	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
80	92	Jul 17	CHC	@	ARI	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
81	93	Jul 18	CHC	@	ARI	L,4-6	CG	41	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
82	94	Jul 19	CHC	@	STL	L,3-8	GS	30	6.0	1	2	1	4	1
83	95	Jul 20	CHC	@	STL	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
84	96	Jul 21	CHC	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	41	9.1	2	3	0	5	0
85	97	Jul 22	CHC	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
86	98	Jul 23	CHC		ARI	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
87	99	Jul 24	CHC		ARI	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
88	100	Jul 25	CHC		ARI	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
89	104 (3)	Jul 29	CHC		CIN	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
				Player went from Chicago Cubs to New York Mets
90	104	Jul 31	NYM		CIN	W,5-4	CG	41	10.0	2	2	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
91	105	Aug 1	NYM		CIN	L,1-7	CG	45	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
92	106	Aug 2	NYM	@	MIA	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	3	2	1	6	0
93	107	Aug 3	NYM	@	MIA	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
94	108	Aug 4	NYM	@	MIA	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
95	109	Aug 5	NYM	@	MIA	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	4	3	0	7	2
96	110	Aug 6	NYM	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
97	111	Aug 7	NYM	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
98	112	Aug 8	NYM	@	PHI	L,0-3	GS	15	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
99	125 (12)	Aug 22	NYM	@	LAD	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
100	126	Aug 24	NYM		SFG	L,0-8	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
101	127	Aug 25	NYM		SFG	L,2-3	GS	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
102	128	Aug 26	NYM		SFG	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
103	129	Aug 27	NYM		WSN	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
104	130	Aug 28	NYM		WSN	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
105	131	Aug 29	NYM		WSN	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
106	132	Aug 31	NYM		MIA	W,3-1	GS	28	7.0	1	2	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
107	133	Sep 2	NYM		MIA	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
108	134	Sep 3	NYM	@	WSN	W,6-2	CG	38	10.0	2	4	1	7	0
109	135	Sep 4 (1)	NYM	@	WSN	W,11-9	CG	45	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
110	137 (1)	Sep 5	NYM	@	WSN	W,13-6	GS	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
111	138	Sep 6	NYM	@	WSN	L,3-4	CG	42	8.1	1	5	0	6	0
112	139	Sep 7	NYM	@	MIA	W,9-4	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
113	140	Sep 8	NYM	@	MIA	L,1-2	CG	41	9.2	6	4	0	10	2
114	141	Sep 9	NYM	@	MIA	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
115	142	Sep 10	NYM		NYY	W,10-3	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
116	143	Sep 11	NYM		NYY	L,7-8	CG	38	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
117	144	Sep 12	NYM		NYY	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
118	145	Sep 13	NYM		STL	L,0-7	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
119	146	Sep 14	NYM		STL	L,6-7	CG	47	11.0	3	4	0	7	2
120	147	Sep 15	NYM		STL	L,4-11	CG	45	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
121	148	Sep 17	NYM		PHI	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
122	149	Sep 18	NYM		PHI	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
123	150	Sep 19	NYM		PHI	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
124	151	Sep 21	NYM	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
125	152	Sep 22	NYM	@	BOS	L,5-12	GS	34	6.0	1	2	1	4	1
126	153	Sep 24	NYM	@	MIL	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	1
127	154	Sep 25	NYM	@	MIL	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	2	3	0	5	2
128	155	Sep 26	NYM	@	MIL	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
129	156	Sep 28 (1)	NYM		MIA	W,5-2	CG	26	7.0	4	1	0	5	1
130	157	Sep 28 (2)	NYM		MIA	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
131	158	Sep 29	NYM		MIA	L,2-3	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
132	159	Sep 30	NYM		MIA	W,12-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
133	160	Oct 1	NYM	@	ATL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
							135gm		1120.1	210	327	24	561	71