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Javier Báez
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About Javier Báez
Ednel Javier "Javy" Báez (born December 1, 1992), nicknamed "El Mago" (Spanish for "the Magician"), is a Puerto Rican professional baseball utility player for the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played in MLB for the Chicago Cubs and New York Mets. On the international level, he represents the Puerto Rican national team. Born in Puerto Rico, Báez attended high school in Jacksonville, Florida. The Cubs selected Báez with the ninth overall selection of the 2011 MLB draft. He made his MLB debut in 2014 and played for the Cubs for eight years before he was traded to the Mets in 2021.
Bio summary from Wikipedia.
Player Stats
| G | 58 | PA | 196 | AB | 187 | R | 25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H | 45 | 2B | 12 | 3B | 1 | HR | 3 |
| RBI | 20 | SB | 1 | CS | 2 | BB | 6 |
| SO | 41 | AVG | .241 | OBP | .270 | SLG | .364 |
| OPS | .634 | TB | 68 | WAR | -0.5 |
2026 batting — Baseball-Reference
Career — Lahman, through 2025
Batting
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | CHN | 52 | 213 | 25 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 20 | 5 | 15 | 95 | .169 |
| 2015 | CHN | 28 | 76 | 4 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 24 | .289 |
| 2016 | CHN | 142 | 421 | 50 | 115 | 19 | 1 | 14 | 59 | 12 | 15 | 108 | .273 |
| 2017 | CHN | 145 | 469 | 75 | 128 | 24 | 2 | 23 | 75 | 10 | 30 | 144 | .273 |
| 2018 | CHN | 160 | 606 | 101 | 176 | 40 | 9 | 34 | 111 | 21 | 29 | 167 | .290 |
| 2019 | CHN | 138 | 531 | 89 | 149 | 38 | 4 | 29 | 85 | 11 | 28 | 156 | .281 |
| 2020 | CHN | 59 | 222 | 27 | 45 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 24 | 3 | 7 | 75 | .203 |
| 2021 | CHN | 91 | 335 | 48 | 83 | 9 | 2 | 22 | 65 | 13 | 15 | 131 | .248 |
| 2021 | NYN | 47 | 167 | 32 | 50 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 22 | 5 | 13 | 53 | .299 |
| 2022 | DET | 144 | 555 | 64 | 132 | 27 | 4 | 17 | 67 | 9 | 26 | 147 | .238 |
| 2023 | DET | 135 | 510 | 58 | 113 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 59 | 12 | 24 | 125 | .222 |
| 2024 | DET | 80 | 272 | 25 | 50 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 37 | 8 | 12 | 69 | .184 |
| 2025 | DET | 126 | 417 | 55 | 107 | 17 | 3 | 12 | 57 | 5 | 10 | 109 | .257 |
Season lines from the Lahman Baseball Database (Version 2025, via SABR), joined through the Chadwick Register ID crosswalk. The databank runs through the 2025 season — the current season is the 2026 line below, from the MLB Stats API.
2026 Season — MLB Stats API
Batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 58 | 196 | 187 | 25 | 45 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 41 | .241 | .270 | .364 | .634 |
2026 regular-season line from the MLB Stats API (statsapi.mlb.com), pulled when this page was built. Multi-team stints are combined; rate stats are recomputed from the combined totals.
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