Javier Baez
Shortstop · Detroit Tigers · #28
- Bats / Throws
- R / R
- Height
- 5′ 11″
- Weight
- 190 lb
- Born
- 1992-12-01
- Birthplace
- Bayamon, Puerto Rico
- Debut
- 2014
- ESPN id
- 32127
- Source
- espn
Pitches3734
PA1055
AVG.243
SLG.381
ISO.137
K%24.0%
BRL%6.3%
HH%39.3%
EV87.9
Arsenal
| Pitch | Count | Usage | Velo | Spin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-Seam Fastball | 972 | 26.0% | 94.1 | 2299 |
| Slider | 811 | 21.7% | 85.7 | 2437 |
| Sinker | 522 | 14.0% | 93.4 | 2176 |
| Changeup | 385 | 10.3% | 84.2 | 1722 |
| Sweeper | 376 | 10.1% | 82.3 | 2576 |
| Cutter | 256 | 6.9% | 88.6 | 2372 |
| Curveball | 223 | 6.0% | 79.5 | 2551 |
| Split-Finger | 77 | 2.1% | 86.7 | 1494 |
| Knuckle Curve | 70 | 1.9% | 82.8 | 2541 |
| Slurve | 27 | 0.7% | 80.8 | 2629 |
| Eephus | 12 | 0.3% | 44.0 | 1133 |
| Other | 2 | 0.1% | 86.7 | 2168 |
| Unknown | 1 | 0.0% | — | — |
Outcomes by pitch
| Pitch | AB | AVG | SLG | ISO | H | 1B | 2B | 3B | HR | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-Seam Fastball | 205 | .298 | .488 | .190 | 61 | 40 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 63 |
| Slider | 262 | .210 | .290 | .080 | 55 | 42 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 70 |
| Sinker | 135 | .267 | .363 | .096 | 36 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 |
| Changeup | 105 | .200 | .276 | .076 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 22 |
| Sweeper | 107 | .187 | .308 | .121 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 38 |
| Cutter | 66 | .333 | .652 | .318 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Curveball | 63 | .190 | .397 | .206 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 19 |
| Split-Finger | 21 | .286 | .476 | .190 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Knuckle Curve | 22 | .364 | .545 | .182 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Slurve | 7 | .143 | .286 | .143 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Eephus | 4 | .250 | .250 | .000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Contact quality by pitch
| Pitch | BBE | BRL% | HH% | EV | LA | DIST | FB% | LD% | GB% | PU% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-Seam Fastball | 144 | 13.9% | 56.9% | 93.8 | 15.3° | 198 | 34.7% | 25.7% | 34.7% | 4.9% |
| Slider | 192 | 2.1% | 32.3% | 86.0 | 10.2° | 128 | 24.0% | 15.1% | 54.2% | 6.8% |
| Sinker | 119 | 3.4% | 33.6% | 85.1 | -1.4° | 95 | 10.9% | 15.1% | 70.6% | 3.4% |
| Changeup | 83 | 6.0% | 31.3% | 85.0 | 0.0° | 106 | 12.0% | 19.3% | 65.1% | 3.6% |
| Sweeper | 69 | 2.9% | 37.7% | 86.3 | 15.8° | 187 | 30.4% | 24.6% | 36.2% | 8.7% |
| Cutter | 62 | 9.7% | 41.9% | 89.6 | 15.8° | 184 | 25.8% | 30.6% | 37.1% | 6.5% |
| Curveball | 44 | 4.5% | 34.1% | 85.3 | 9.0° | 136 | 25.0% | 20.5% | 50.0% | 4.5% |
| Split-Finger | 11 | 9.1% | 54.5% | 95.4 | 9.6° | 120 | 9.1% | 27.3% | 54.5% | 9.1% |
| Knuckle Curve | 16 | 12.5% | 62.5% | 95.8 | 7.6° | 153 | 12.5% | 37.5% | 50.0% | 0.0% |
| Slurve | 5 | 20.0% | 20.0% | 82.1 | 19.0° | 214 | 20.0% | 80.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Eephus | 4 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 82.7 | -8.8° | 27 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Other | 1 | 0.0% | 100.0% | 102.2 | 4.0° | 85 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |