Javier Baez
Chicago Cubs 2014–2021; New York Mets 2021; Detroit Tigers 2022–2025
Percentile snapshot
2023 season — qualified batters
of 134 qualified 2023 batters (min 502 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 52 | 229 | 213 | 25 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 20 | 15 | 95 | 5 | 1 | .169 | .227 | .324 | .551 | 46.5 | 52.3 | .249 | -0.5 |
| 2015 | 28 | 80 | 76 | 4 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 1 | 2 | .289 | .325 | .408 | .733 | 100.3 | 102.9 | .320 | 0.4 |
| 2016 | 142 | 450 | 421 | 50 | 115 | 19 | 1 | 14 | 59 | 15 | 108 | 12 | 3 | .273 | .314 | .423 | .737 | 93.0 | 95.0 | .319 | 1.4 |
| 2017 | 145 | 508 | 469 | 75 | 128 | 24 | 2 | 23 | 75 | 30 | 144 | 10 | 3 | .273 | .317 | .480 | .796 | 95.8 | 103.6 | .329 | 1.8 |
| 2018 | 160 | 645 | 606 | 101 | 176 | 40 | 9 | 34 | 111 | 29 | 167 | 21 | 9 | .290 | .326 | .554 | .881 | 128.9 | 130.8 | .371 | 5.0 |
| 2019 | 138 | 561 | 531 | 89 | 149 | 38 | 4 | 29 | 85 | 28 | 156 | 11 | 7 | .281 | .316 | .531 | .847 | 114.8 | 116.3 | .351 | 3.6 |
| 2020 | 59 | 235 | 222 | 27 | 45 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 24 | 7 | 75 | 3 | 0 | .203 | .238 | .360 | .599 | 57.0 | 60.1 | .258 | -0.2 |
| 2021 | 138 | 546 | 502 | 80 | 133 | 18 | 2 | 31 | 87 | 28 | 184 | 18 | 5 | .265 | .319 | .494 | .813 | 116.8 | 118.6 | .347 | 3.5 |
| 2022 | 144 | 590 | 555 | 64 | 132 | 27 | 4 | 17 | 67 | 26 | 147 | 9 | 2 | .238 | .278 | .393 | .671 | 87.9 | 90.3 | .292 | 1.8 |
| 2023 | 135 | 546 | 510 | 58 | 113 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 59 | 24 | 125 | 12 | 0 | .222 | .267 | .325 | .593 | 59.7 | 61.9 | .261 | -0.2 |
| 2024 | 80 | 289 | 272 | 25 | 50 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 37 | 12 | 69 | 8 | 1 | .184 | .221 | .294 | .516 | 40.4 | 46.3 | .225 | -0.6 |
| 2025 | 126 | 436 | 417 | 55 | 107 | 17 | 3 | 12 | 57 | 10 | 109 | 5 | 1 | .257 | .282 | .398 | .680 | 85.1 | 87.5 | .293 | 1.2 |
| 2026 | 55 | 185 | 177 | 24 | 42 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 38 | 1 | 2 | .237 | .265 | .345 | .609 | — | — | — | — |
Greyed rows are the current season, sourced from our own game log rather than the archived record book: wRC+, OPS+, wOBA, FIP and sWAR land when the season is archived, and are never approximated before then.
Career totals
Totals run through the last archived season (2025), so the current season in the table above is not in them yet. A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-06-26 | CHC @ LAD Gameday | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| 2020-07-28 | CHC @ CIN Gameday | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 2017-05-02 | PHI @ CHC Gameday | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 2014-08-07 | CHC @ COL Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 2020-08-24 | CHC @ DET Gameday | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.
Honors
Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.