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Javier Baez

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Javier Baez

2014–2026 · Bats R · Throws R · 6'0", 190 lb · b. 1992 Bayamon

Also in Triple-A · Double-A · High-A · Single-A

Career 1,405 G · 1,251 H · 196 HR · 705 RBI · .251 AVG

Seasons leading his league

4

2 best in baseball 2 league only

18 Top-5 finishes

3 Title seasons

3 Categories led

2022 Best season

Spanning 2018–2022, peaking at 2 titles in 2022.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

1,384th League titles 4
1,235th Best in baseball 2
1,692nd Top-5 finishes 18

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

160th Shortstop Double Plays 506
192nd Shortstop Assists 2,331
204th Shortstop Putouts 1,217
410th Home Runs 196
448th Second Base Double Plays 168

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Shortstop Range Factor	2	1st	—	2020 4.38 2022 4.07 2019 #2
Runs Batted In	1	1st	—	2018 NL 111
Shortstop Putouts	1	1st	—	2022 AL 187 2020 #2
Total Bases	—	#3	—	2018 #3
Triples	—	#2	—	2018 #2
Shortstop Double Plays	—	#2	—	2019 #3 2020 #3 2023 #2
Shortstop Assists	—	#2	—	2020 #2

Title Seasons

3 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
2022	2	SS PO 187 SS RF 4.07
2020	1	SS RF 4.38
2018	1	RBI 111

Batting

led the league 13 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2014	CHN	NL	52	213	25	36	6	0	9	20	15	95	5	.169	.227	.324	.551
2015	CHN	NL	28	76	4	22	6	0	1	4	4	24	1	.289	.325	.408	.733
2016	CHN	NL	142	421	50	115	19	1	14	59	15	108	12	.273	.314	.423	.737
2017	CHN	NL	145	469	75	128	24	2	23	75	30	144	10	.273	.317	.480	.796
2018	CHN	NL	160	606	101	176	40	9	34	111	29	167	21	.290	.326	.554	.881
2019	CHN	NL	138	531	89	149	38	4	29	85	28	156	11	.281	.316	.531	.847
2020	CHN	NL	59	222	27	45	9	1	8	24	7	75	3	.203	.238	.360	.599
2021	CHN +1	NL	138	502	80	133	18	2	31	87	28	184	18	.265	.319	.494	.813
2022	DET	AL	144	555	64	132	27	4	17	67	26	147	9	.238	.278	.393	.671
2023	DET	AL	135	510	58	113	18	4	9	59	24	125	12	.222	.267	.325	.593
2024	DET	AL	80	272	25	50	12	0	6	37	12	69	8	.184	.221	.294	.516
2025	DET	AL	126	417	55	107	17	3	12	57	10	109	5	.257	.282	.398	.680
2026	DET	AL	58	187	25	45	12	1	3	20	6	41	1	.241	.270	.364	.634
Career	—	—	1,405	4,981	678	1,251	246	31	196	705	234	1,444	116	.251	.291	.431	.722

Fielding

5 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
2014	CHN	NL	SS	30	27	255.0	45	89	5	22	139	.964	4.47
			2B	25	25	210.0	60	51	5	18	116	.957	4.44
2015	CHN	NL	2B	17	5	59.2	13	16	1	7	30	.967	1.71
			3B	11	6	64.0	5	19	1	1	25	.960	2.18
			SS	8	5	45.0	7	14	0	3	21	1.000	2.63
			1B	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
2016	CHN	NL	3B	62	36	370.2	27	91	7	4	125	.944	1.90
			2B	59	38	383.0	88	127	6	23	221	.973	3.64
			SS	25	21	194.0	40	61	2	13	103	.981	4.04
			1B	6	2	21.0	18	4	0	1	22	1.000	3.67
			OF	2	0	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
2017	CHN	NL	2B	80	56	503.2	105	132	4	33	241	.983	2.96
			SS	73	67	573.1	91	165	11	39	267	.959	3.51
			3B	8	4	43.0	8	11	0	2	19	1.000	2.38
			1B	4	0	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	1.000	0.25
			OF	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
2018	CHN	NL	2B	104	75	699.2	163	204	6	60	373	.984	3.53
			SS	65	52	462.2	67	155	8	29	230	.965	3.42
			3B	22	18	142.2	11	36	3	7	50	.940	2.14
			1B	1	0	0.1	1	0	0	0	1	1.000	1.00
2019	CHN	NL	SS	129	128	1116.2	165	366	15	88	546	.973	4.12
			3B	1	1	9.0	2	3	0	0	5	1.000	5.00
2020	CHN	NL	SS	56	56	469.1	86	159	8	34	253	.968	4.38
			OF	1	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
2021	CHN	NL	SS	100	98	834.2	152	263	20	53	435	.954	4.15
			2B	35	32	285.2	58	64	4	18	126	.968	3.49
2022	DET	AL	SS	133	132	1122.2	187	354	26	76	567	.954	4.07
2023	DET	AL	SS	130	126	1102.1	153	324	19	70	496	.962	3.67
2024	DET	AL	SS	80	76	672.1	122	189	9	39	320	.972	3.89
2025	DET	AL	SS	62	53	427.2	57	115	7	23	179	.961	2.77
			OF	53	43	405.0	104	2	0	1	106	1.000	2.00
			3B	23	16	147.1	15	26	1	4	42	.976	1.78
			2B	10	4	42.1	6	15	0	3	21	1.000	2.10
2026	DET	AL	SS	35	31	260.1	47	79	4	17	130	.969	3.60
			OF	26	18	148.0	44	0	1	0	45	.978	1.69
			2B	12	4	53.1	21	13	1	6	35	.971	2.83
Career	—	—	SS	926	872	7536.0	1,219	2,333	134	506	3,686	.964	3.84
	—	—	2B	342	239	2237.1	514	622	27	168	1,163	.977	3.32
	—	—	3B	127	81	776.2	68	186	12	18	266	.955	2.00
	—	—	OF	83	61	557.2	148	2	1	1	151	.993	1.81
	—	—	1B	12	2	23.1	20	4	0	2	24	1.000	2.00