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
Pitches3803
PA1072
AVG.241
SLG.377
ISO.136
K%24.3%
BRL%6.2%
HH%39.5%
EV87.8
Arsenal
| Pitch | Count | Usage | Velo | Spin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-Seam Fastball | 994 | 26.1% | 94.1 | 2300 |
| Slider | 823 | 21.6% | 85.7 | 2437 |
| Sinker | 529 | 13.9% | 93.5 | 2176 |
| Changeup | 393 | 10.3% | 84.2 | 1734 |
| Sweeper | 393 | 10.3% | 82.4 | 2572 |
| Cutter | 257 | 6.8% | 88.6 | 2373 |
| Curveball | 225 | 5.9% | 79.5 | 2552 |
| Split-Finger | 77 | 2.0% | 86.7 | 1494 |
| Knuckle Curve | 70 | 1.8% | 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 | 209 | .297 | .483 | .187 | 62 | 41 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 65 |
| Slider | 267 | .210 | .292 | .082 | 56 | 42 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 72 |
| Sinker | 137 | .263 | .358 | .095 | 36 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 |
| Changeup | 106 | .198 | .274 | .075 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 22 |
| Sweeper | 112 | .179 | .295 | .116 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 39 |
| 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 | 146 | 13.7% | 57.5% | 93.9 | 15.4° | 200 | 34.9% | 26.0% | 34.2% | 4.8% |
| Slider | 195 | 2.1% | 32.8% | 86.1 | 10.2° | 127 | 23.6% | 14.9% | 54.4% | 7.2% |
| Sinker | 119 | 3.4% | 33.6% | 85.1 | -1.4° | 95 | 10.9% | 15.1% | 70.6% | 3.4% |
| Changeup | 84 | 6.0% | 31.0% | 84.4 | -0.9° | 105 | 11.9% | 19.0% | 65.5% | 3.6% |
| Sweeper | 73 | 2.7% | 37.0% | 86.1 | 15.6° | 185 | 31.5% | 23.3% | 37.0% | 8.2% |
| 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% |