What years did Javier Baez play?

Javier Baez played in Major League Baseball from 2014 to 2026.

Was Javier Baez a pitcher?

No. Javier Baez was a position player (Shortstop).

How many home runs did Javier Baez hit?

Javier Baez hit 196 career home runs with 1251 hits.

What was Javier Baez's career batting average?

Javier Baez batted .251 over his career, with 1,251 hits in 4,981 at bats.

How many RBI did Javier Baez have?

Javier Baez drove in 705 runs in his career.

Is Javier Baez in the Hall of Fame?

No. Javier Baez has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Javier Baez

Shortstop · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2014-2026)

Javier Baez is a shortstop who has played in Major League Baseball since 2014 for the Chicago Cubs, the New York Mets, and the Detroit Tigers, a span of 13 seasons. In 1,405 career games, he has hit .251 with 1,251 hits, 196 home runs, and 705 RBI. Javier Baez is a 3-time All-Star, an NLCS MVP, a Gold Glove, and a Silver Slugger.

AVG (Batting Average):: Hits divided by at bats. .300 is the traditional mark of an excellent hitter.
HR (Home Runs):: Hits on which the batter circled the bases and scored, almost always by clearing the outfield fence.
RBI (Runs Batted In):: Runs that scored as a direct result of a batter's plate appearance.
OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging):: On-base percentage plus slugging percentage, the quickest single summary of offensive value. .900 or better is star-level.

Data updated October 12, 2026

Active Player

AVG .251

HR 196

RBI 705

H 1,251

OPS .722

PIV thru 2025 -622

PIV is computed through the 2025 season, so it does not yet include 2026. Every other career total on this page includes 2026 through October 12, 2026.

Position: Shortstop
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'0" / 190 lb
Born: 12/1/1992 in Bayamon, P.R.
MLB Debut: 2014-08-05
Awards: 3× All-Star · NLCS MVP · Gold Glove · Silver Slugger

Full name: Ednel Javier Baez

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Career Batting Statistics

Javier Baez — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
1,405	4,981	678	1,251	246	31	196	705	116	234	1,444	.251	.291	.431	.722	-622

Career AVG .251 vs. league average .249 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career OBP .291 vs. league average .318 across their career seasons — 8.3% below league average.

Career SLG .431 vs. league average .409 across their career seasons — +5.4% above league average.

Career OPS .722 vs. league average .727 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Javier Baez Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2014	CHN	NL	52	213	25	36	6	0	9	20	5	15	95	.169	.251 (-33%)	.313 (-28%)	.386 (-16%)	.700 (-21%)	-726.5
2015	CHN	NL	28	76	4	22	6	0	1	4	1	4	24	.289	.254 (+14%)	.316 (+3%)	.404 (+1%)	.721 (+2%)	15.7
2016	CHN	NL	142	421	50	115	19	1	14	59	12	15	108	.273	.255 (+7%)	.321 (-2%)	.417 (+1%)	.738 (avg)	-40.4
2017	CHN	NL	145	469	75	128	24	2	23	75	10	30	144	.273	.254 (+7%)	.324 (-2%)	.425 (+13%)	.750 (+6%)	483.8
2018	CHN	NL	160	606	101	176	40	9	34	111	21	29	167	.290	.247 (+17%)	.318 (+2%)	.409 (+35%)	.727 (+21%)	2279.5
2019	CHN	NL	138	531	89	149	38	4	29	85	11	28	156	.281	.252 (+11%)	.322 (-2%)	.434 (+22%)	.757 (+12%)	1064.5
2020	CHN	NL	59	222	27	45	9	1	8	24	3	7	75	.203	.244 (-17%)	.321 (-26%)	.417 (-14%)	.739 (-19%)	-756.7
2021	CHN	NL	91	335	48	83	9	2	22	65	13	15	131	.248	.243 (+2%)	.317 (-8%)	.410 (+18%)	.727 (+7%)	285.8
2021	NYN	NL	47	167	32	50	9	0	9	22	5	13	53	.299	.243 (+23%)	.317 (+17%)	.410 (+25%)	.727 (+22%)	285.8
2022	DET	AL	144	555	64	132	27	4	17	67	9	26	147	.238	.242 (-2%)	.311 (-11%)	.394 (-1%)	.706 (-5%)	-565.3
2023	DET	AL	135	510	58	113	18	4	9	59	12	24	125	.222	.248 (-11%)	.320 (-16%)	.414 (-21%)	.734 (-19%)	-1629.3
2024	DET	AL	80	272	25	50	12	0	6	37	8	12	69	.184	.243 (-24%)	.312 (-29%)	.399 (-26%)	.711 (-28%)	-1235.5
2025	DET	AL	126	417	55	107	17	3	12	57	5	10	109	.257	.245 (+5%)	.315 (-10%)	.403 (-1%)	.718 (-5%)	-457.9
2026	DET	AL	58	187	25	45	12	1	3	20	1	6	41	.241	.243 (-1%)	.318 (-15%)	.400 (-9%)	.718 (-12%)	0
Career · 14 seasons			1,405	4,981	678	1,251	246	31	196	705	116	234	1,444	.251	—	—	—	—	-996

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Javier Baez — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
44	154	15	37	7	0	6	19	6	44	.240

Playoff Batting by Year

Javier Baez — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
2025	ALDS2	DET	5	21	2	5	1	1	4	1	2	.238
2025	ALWC1	DET	3	11	1	5	1	0	1	0	1	.455
2020	NLWC3	CHN	2	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	.125
2018	NLWC	CHN	1	5	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	.200
2017	NLCS	CHN	5	12	2	2	0	2	2	1	6	.167
2017	NLDS2	CHN	5	14	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000
2016	NLCS	CHN	6	22	3	7	4	0	5	1	4	.318
2016	NLDS1	CHN	4	16	4	6	0	1	2	1	4	.375
2016	WS	CHN	7	30	1	5	0	1	1	0	13	.167
2015	NLCS	CHN	4	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	.100
2015	NLDS1	CHN	2	5	1	4	0	1	3	0	0	.800

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Javier Baez — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	688	2357	319	573	95	314	.243
Away	659	2433	334	632	98	371	.260

Last 10 Games — Batting

Javier Baez — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SO
2025-09-28	DET	BOS	L	4	1	1	1	3	3
2025-09-27	DET	BOS	W	4	1	1	0	0	1
2025-09-26	DET	BOS	L	4	0	2	0	1	1
2025-09-25	DET	CLE	W	4	0	2	0	1	1
2025-09-21	DET	ATL	L	2	0	0	0	0	0
2025-09-20	DET	ATL	L	3	0	0	0	0	0
2025-09-19	DET	ATL	L	3	0	1	0	0	0
2025-09-16	DET	CLE	L	3	0	0	0	0	1
2025-09-13	DET	MIA	L	0	0	0	0	0	0
2025-09-12	DET	MIA	L	1	0	0	0	0	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Javier Baez — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1B	12	2	20	4	0	2
2B	330	235	493	609	26	162
3B	127	81	68	186	12	18
OF	57	43	104	2	0	1
SS	891	841	1172	2254	130	489

Season-by-Season Fielding

Javier Baez — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2014	CHN	2B	25	25	60	51	5	18
2014	CHN	SS	30	27	45	89	5	22
2015	CHN	1B	1	0	0	0	0	0
2015	CHN	2B	17	5	13	16	1	7
2015	CHN	3B	11	6	5	19	1	1
2015	CHN	SS	8	5	7	14	0	3
2016	CHN	1B	6	2	18	4	0	1
2016	CHN	2B	59	38	88	127	6	23
2016	CHN	3B	62	36	27	91	7	4
2016	CHN	OF	2	0	0	0	0	0
2016	CHN	SS	25	21	40	61	2	13
2017	CHN	1B	4	0	1	0	0	1
2017	CHN	2B	80	56	105	132	4	33
2017	CHN	3B	8	4	8	11	0	2
2017	CHN	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0
2017	CHN	SS	73	67	91	165	11	39
2018	CHN	1B	1	0	1	0	0	0
2018	CHN	2B	104	75	163	204	6	60
2018	CHN	3B	22	18	11	36	3	7
2018	CHN	SS	65	52	67	155	8	29
2019	CHN	3B	1	1	2	3	0	0
2019	CHN	SS	129	128	165	366	15	88
2020	CHN	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0
2020	CHN	SS	56	56	86	159	8	34
2021	CHN	SS	88	86	134	240	18	51
2021	NYN	2B	35	32	58	64	4	18
2021	NYN	SS	12	12	18	23	2	2
2022	DET	SS	133	132	187	354	26	76
2023	DET	SS	130	126	153	324	19	70
2024	DET	SS	80	76	122	189	9	39
2025	DET	2B	10	4	6	15	0	3
2025	DET	3B	23	16	15	26	1	4
2025	DET	OF	53	43	104	2	0	1
2025	DET	SS	62	53	57	115	7	23

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Javier Baez Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
First Base	12
Second Base	330
Third Base	127
Shortstop	891
Left Field	3
Center Field	53
Right Field	1
Designated Hitter	18

Awards & Honors

Javier Baez — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2020	Gold Glove	SS
2018	Player of the Week	Week of 2018-06-30
2018	Silver Slugger	2B
2018	TSN All-Star	2B
2016	NLCS MVP	Co-MVP

Salary History

Javier Baez — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	CHN	NL	$512,000
Total Career Earnings			$512,000

Award Voting History

Javier Baez — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2018	Most Valuable Player	NL	2nd	250.0	420	0

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Javier Baez: the record in brief

Active since a debut on August 5, 2014, Javier Baez has a record on this page that is still being added to. Baez played for the Chicago Cubs (2014 through 2021), the New York Mets (2021), and the Detroit Tigers (2022 to 2026). At 6'0" and 190 pounds, Baez is listed as a shortstop. The bio says Baez batted and threw right-handed. Baez was born on December 1, 1992, in Bayamon, P.R. Baez's full given name, per the bio, is Ednel Javier Baez.

In 1,405 games and 4,981 at bats, Baez has batted .251 with 1,251 hits, plus 196 home runs, 705 RBI, and 116 stolen bases. The on-base percentage is .291 and the slugging percentage .431, for an OPS of .722. Baez hit .251 while the league hit .249 over the same span, a figure close to average. For power, 2018 stands out: 34 home runs with the Chicago Cubs. 2018 produced Baez's most hits, 176 of them for the Chicago Cubs.

Frequently Asked Questions about Javier Baez

What years did Javier Baez play?: Javier Baez played in Major League Baseball from 2014 to 2026.
Was Javier Baez a pitcher?: No. Javier Baez was a position player (Shortstop).
How many home runs did Javier Baez hit?: Javier Baez hit 196 career home runs with 1251 hits.
What was Javier Baez's career batting average?: Javier Baez batted .251 over his career, with 1,251 hits in 4,981 at bats.
How many RBI did Javier Baez have?: Javier Baez drove in 705 runs in his career.
Is Javier Baez in the Hall of Fame?: No. Javier Baez has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.