Years	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	WARP
24	10947	.292	.393	.514	141	73.8

MLB Statistics

YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	HBP	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	DRAA	BRR	FRAA	BWARP
1988	MIL	19	24	89	19	1	0	4	7	7	0	3	1	.238	.295	.400	100	0.1	-0.3	-2.5	0.1
1989	MIL	20	95	405	91	18	0	5	27	33	4	10	6	.247	.303	.337	88	-4.6	0.8	-5.1	0.6
1990	MIL	21	125	547	143	30	1	10	44	41	3	25	10	.294	.350	.421	115	9.3	3.2	-4.7	2.6
1991	MIL	22	50	203	34	12	2	2	19	15	3	5	5	.194	.277	.320	83	-3.5	-0.5	-7.5	-0.6
1992	SDN	23	146	618	184	34	3	33	48	40	6	5	6	.330	.385	.580	155	40.2	0.1	11.4	7.7
1993	FLO	24	72	275	69	8	3	10	29	34	6	12	4	.292	.378	.479	124	9.0	0.1	-2.1	1.6
1993	SDN	24	68	282	76	12	2	10	18	30	3	5	1	.295	.344	.473	125	9.5	0.9	-2.9	1.7
1994	FLO	25	87	384	89	16	1	27	51	50	6	12	6	.276	.380	.584	145	23.9	1.7	-5.8	2.6
1995	FLO	26	63	274	69	8	0	16	55	45	4	19	4	.324	.467	.587	170	25.2	2.9	-2.4	3.0
1996	FLO	27	161	677	163	33	1	42	142	66	10	16	9	.314	.465	.624	182	77.5	-0.8	-16.0	7.0
1997	FLO	28	135	582	111	22	1	21	121	79	15	11	7	.250	.424	.446	139	31.7	1.9	1.2	4.3
1998	FLO	29	40	166	37	11	1	6	26	16	2	4	2	.272	.392	.500	150	10.8	-3.2	-1.1	0.9
1998	LAN	29	90	383	95	16	1	16	69	30	6	18	5	.316	.444	.535	150	25.2	0.3	-3.9	2.7
1999	LAN	30	152	663	165	20	0	34	101	64	4	11	5	.301	.407	.523	144	42.9	-2.9	-7.2	4.3
2000	LAN	31	141	612	163	24	3	43	101	71	4	4	6	.325	.438	.643	167	60.1	-2.8	-14.3	5.4
2001	LAN	32	143	618	160	28	2	36	94	67	4	10	4	.311	.417	.583	159	49.7	-1.1	-6.1	5.5
2002	ATL	33	135	579	151	26	0	25	72	53	11	12	2	.307	.404	.512	149	37.7	-0.6	-9.1	3.9
2003	ATL	34	155	678	190	37	2	39	86	55	8	18	4	.330	.419	.604	161	54.4	2.8	-2.9	6.4
2004	NYA	35	154	684	166	30	1	36	92	83	11	5	6	.290	.393	.534	144	39.0	-2.0	5.2	5.3
2005	NYA	36	154	675	170	27	0	34	78	76	8	10	2	.291	.379	.512	142	35.0	-1.8	-2.4	4.3
2006	NYA	37	39	166	45	5	0	6	13	16	1	5	1	.298	.355	.450	112	3.3	-0.6	-1.1	0.4
2007	DET	38	133	593	131	20	1	25	84	71	9	22	5	.265	.378	.462	125	21.4	3.4	-0.5	3.1
2008	DET	39	114	482	94	16	0	19	58	83	5	9	2	.225	.326	.400	103	2.7	1.1	0.0	0.9
2009	NYN	40	100	312	74	13	2	10	40	46	2	2	1	.276	.372	.451	104	2.4	0.9	-8.9	0.1
Career			2576	10947	2689	467	27	509	1475	1171	135	253	104	.292	.393	.514	141	602.7	3.4	-88.7	73.8

Statistics for All Levels

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YEAR	Team	Lg	LG	G	PA	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	BABIP	BPF	BRAA	repLVL	POS_ADJ	DRC+	DRC+ SD	FRAA	BRR	DRAA	BWARP
1986	HEL	Rk	PIO	57	253	.000	.000	.000	.340			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1987	STO	A+	CLF	129	570	.000	.000	.000	.276			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1988	MIL	MLB	AL	24	89	.256	.320	.389	.214	98	-0.4	2.3	1.1	100	14	-2.5	-0.3	0.1	0.1
1988	ELP	AA	TXS	77	343	.000	.000	.000	.308			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1988	DEN	AAA	AA	57	244	.000	.000	.000	.352			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1989	MIL	MLB	AL	95	405	.265	.324	.392	.258	98	-4.1	10.6	3.6	88	9	-5.1	0.8	-4.6	0.6
1989	DEN	AAA	AA	7	32	.000	.000	.000	.133			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1990	MIL	MLB	AL	125	547	.261	.327	.389	.299	98	14.6	14.7	2	115	9	-4.7	3.2	9.3	2.6
1991	MIL	MLB	AL	50	203	.260	.331	.404	.196	100	-5.6	5.5	0.3	83	13	-7.5	-0.5	-3.5	-0.6
1992	SDN	MLB	NL	146	618	.252	.311	.371	.308	103	46.4	16.0	2.2	155	10	11.4	0.1	40.2	7.7
1993	FLO	MLB	NL	72	275	.261	.319	.395	.301	100	12.8	7.9	1.1	124	9	-2.1	0.1	9.0	1.6
1993	SDN	MLB	NL	68	282	.263	.321	.396	.299	97	8.8	8.1	1.1	125	9	-2.9	0.9	9.5	1.7
1994	FLO	MLB	NL	87	384	.265	.327	.413	.248	106	20.1	11.7	-4.3	145	13	-5.8	1.7	23.9	2.6
1994	PME	AA	EAS	2	8	.000	.000	.000	.500			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1995	FLO	MLB	NL	63	274	.262	.325	.401	.344	101	28.5	8.2	-3	170	10	-2.4	2.9	25.2	3.0
1996	FLO	MLB	NL	161	677	.261	.325	.409	.290	99	77.4	20.9	-7.7	182	7	-16.0	-0.8	77.5	7.0
1997	FLO	MLB	NL	135	582	.261	.330	.407	.260	98	35	15.5	-6.4	139	7	1.2	1.9	31.7	4.3
1998	FLO	MLB	NL	40	166	.265	.331	.419	.267	98	9	4.3	-1.8	150	11	-1.1	-3.2	10.8	0.9
1998	LAN	MLB	NL	90	383	.263	.329	.420	.302	93	34.8	10.0	-4.2	150	11	-3.9	0.3	25.2	2.7
1999	LAN	MLB	NL	152	663	.269	.338	.429	.285	94	45.7	18.0	-5.1	144	11	-7.2	-2.9	42.9	4.3
2000	LAN	MLB	NL	141	612	.269	.341	.442	.305	106	54.2	19.3	-4.7	167	11	-14.3	-2.8	60.1	5.4
2001	LAN	MLB	NL	143	618	.261	.326	.425	.297	97	52.1	18.4	-4.5	159	10	-6.1	-1.1	49.7	5.5
2002	ATL	MLB	NL	135	579	.256	.324	.406	.301	99	36.8	16.7	-6.3	149	9	-9.1	-0.6	37.7	3.9
2003	ATL	MLB	NL	155	678	.265	.330	.424	.308	98	64	17.9	-7.4	161	7	-2.9	2.8	54.4	6.4
2004	NYA	MLB	AL	154	684	.265	.336	.425	.281	104	36.9	20.4	-8.2	144	7	5.2	-2.0	39.0	5.3
2005	NYA	MLB	AL	154	675	.266	.326	.426	.284	102	35.9	19.4	-8	142	7	-2.4	-1.8	35.0	4.3
2006	NYA	MLB	AL	39	166	.277	.345	.452	.300	105	1.2	5.0	-2.4	112	15	-1.1	-0.6	3.3	0.4
2006	TRN	AA	EAS	1	4	.000	.000	.000	.500			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2007	DET	MLB	AL	133	593	.268	.329	.418	.262	102	20.1	17.6	-10.7	125	10	-0.5	3.4	21.4	3.1
2008	DET	MLB	AL	114	482	.269	.334	.424	.237	106	-8.3	13.9	-8.6	103	10	0.0	1.1	2.7	0.9
2008	LAK	A+	FSL	5	19	.274	.349	.382	.000	105	1.4	0.6	-0.4	152	0	0.0	0.1	0.8	0.1
2009	NYN	MLB	NL	100	312	.260	.328	.415	.299	96	7.7	9.0	-2.5	104	11	-8.9	0.9	2.4	0.1

Statistics For All Levels

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Year	Team	lvl	LG	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	SF	SH
1986	HEL	Rk	PIO	253	222	53	81	12	2	15	142	71	20	14	14	4	.365	.423	.640	.275	1	1
1987	STO	A+	CLF	570	469	84	130	23	3	17	210	103	81	48	25	15	.277	.388	.448	.171	6	6
1988	DEN	AAA	AA	244	212	42	73	9	5	9	119	54	21	22	8	4	.344	.414	.561	.217	1	1
1988	MIL	MLB	AL	89	80	12	19	1	0	4	32	12	7	7	3	1	.238	.295	.400	.163	1	1
1988	ELP	AA	TXS	343	296	70	93	19	3	19	175	65	35	41	5	4	.314	.388	.591	.277	4	4
1989	DEN	AAA	AA	32	29	3	4	1	1	0	7	0	2	0	0	0	.138	.188	.241	.103	1	1
1989	MIL	MLB	AL	405	368	34	91	18	0	5	124	32	27	33	10	6	.247	.303	.337	.090	3	3
1990	MIL	MLB	AL	547	487	67	143	30	1	10	205	67	44	41	25	10	.294	.350	.421	.127	9	4
1991	MIL	MLB	AL	203	175	25	34	12	2	2	56	22	19	15	5	5	.194	.277	.320	.126	5	1
1992	SDN	MLB	NL	618	557	87	184	34	3	33	323	100	48	40	5	6	.330	.385	.580	.250	7	0
1993	FLO	MLB	NL	275	236	33	69	8	3	10	113	37	29	34	12	4	.292	.378	.479	.186	4	0
1993	SDN	MLB	NL	282	258	34	76	12	2	10	122	36	18	30	5	1	.295	.344	.473	.178	3	0
1994	PME	AA	EAS	8	7	1	2	1	0	0	3	0	1	3	0	0	.286	.375	.429	.143	0	0
1994	FLO	MLB	NL	384	322	61	89	16	1	27	188	78	51	50	12	6	.276	.380	.584	.307	5	0
1995	FLO	MLB	NL	274	213	46	69	8	0	16	125	46	55	45	19	4	.324	.467	.587	.263	2	0
1996	FLO	MLB	NL	677	519	118	163	33	1	42	324	120	142	66	16	9	.314	.465	.624	.310	6	0
1997	FLO	MLB	NL	582	444	86	111	22	1	21	198	71	121	79	11	7	.250	.424	.446	.196	2	0
1998	FLO	MLB	NL	166	136	21	37	11	1	6	68	28	26	16	4	2	.272	.392	.500	.228	2	0
1998	LAN	MLB	NL	383	301	52	95	16	1	16	161	57	69	30	18	5	.316	.444	.535	.219	7	0
1999	LAN	MLB	NL	663	549	103	165	20	0	34	287	101	101	64	11	5	.301	.407	.523	.222	9	0
2000	LAN	MLB	NL	612	501	105	163	24	3	43	322	109	101	71	4	6	.325	.438	.643	.317	6	0
2001	LAN	MLB	NL	618	515	98	160	28	2	36	300	100	94	67	10	4	.311	.417	.583	.272	5	0
2002	ATL	MLB	NL	579	492	82	151	26	0	25	252	84	72	53	12	2	.307	.404	.512	.205	4	0
2003	ATL	MLB	NL	678	576	126	190	37	2	39	348	132	86	55	18	4	.330	.419	.604	.274	8	0
2004	NYA	MLB	AL	684	573	117	166	30	1	36	306	121	92	83	5	6	.290	.393	.534	.244	8	0
2005	NYA	MLB	AL	675	584	104	170	27	0	34	299	123	78	76	10	2	.291	.379	.512	.221	5	0
2006	NYA	MLB	AL	166	151	22	45	5	0	6	68	25	13	16	5	1	.298	.355	.450	.152	1	0
2006	TRN	AA	EAS	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.000	0	0
2007	DET	MLB	AL	593	494	107	131	20	1	25	228	75	84	71	22	5	.265	.378	.462	.196	6	0
2008	LAK	A+	FSL	19	13	7	2	0	0	2	8	2	6	1	0	0	.154	.421	.615	.462	0	0
2008	DET	MLB	AL	482	418	52	94	16	0	19	167	57	58	83	9	2	.225	.326	.400	.175	1	0
2009	NYN	MLB	NL	312	268	44	74	13	2	10	121	43	40	46	2	1	.276	.372	.451	.175	2	0

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%	CSAA
2008	1892	0.4958	0.3985	0.8170	0.5576	0.2421	0.8604	0.7186	0.1830	-0.0053
2009	1247	0.4908	0.3689	0.8565	0.5033	0.2394	0.9026	0.7632	0.1435	0.0008
Career	3139	0.4938	0.3867	0.8327	0.5360	0.2410	0.8772	0.7363	0.1673	-0.0029

Injury History — No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2009-10-01	2009-10-05	DTD	4	3		Low Back	Soreness		-
2009-09-24	2009-09-30	DTD	6	5		Low Back	Soreness		-
2009-08-29	2009-09-16	DTD	18	16		Low Back	Strain		-
2009-08-26	2009-08-28	DTD	2	2		Low Back	Spasms		-
2009-08-23	2009-08-23	DTD	0	0	Right	Wrist	Soreness		-
2009-08-06	2009-08-10	DTD	4	4	Right	Thigh	Strain	Hamstring	-
2009-07-18	2009-08-02	15-DL	15	14	Right	Thigh	Strain	Hamstring	-
2009-06-22	2009-06-26	DTD	4	4	Right	Knee	Inflammation	Bursa Sac	-
2009-06-03	2009-06-04	DTD	1	0	Right	Knee	Soreness		-
2009-05-20	2009-05-22	DTD	2	1		General Medical	Illness	Food Poisoning	-
2008-09-04	2008-09-05	DTD	1	1		Shoulder	Soreness		-
2008-05-27	2008-06-24	15-DL	28	24	Left	Abdomen	Strain	Oblique	-
2008-04-20	2008-04-25	DTD	5	5	Bilateral	Shoulder	Inflammation	Cortisone Injection	-
2008-04-11	2008-04-12	DTD	1	1	Left	Fingers	Soreness	Tendon In Ring Finger	-
2008-04-04	2008-04-06	DTD	2	2	Left	Fingers	Strain	Tendon In Ring Finger	-
2008-03-07	2008-03-11	Camp	4	0			Cramp		-
2007-10-08	2007-10-08	Off	0	0	Right	Shoulder	Surgery	Labrum and Loose Bodies	2007-10-08
2007-08-22	2007-09-06	15-DL	15	14	Right	Shoulder	Impingement		-
2007-08-02	2007-08-08	DTD	6	5	Right	Shoulder	Soreness		-
2007-07-25	2007-07-27	DTD	2	2	Right	Shoulder	Soreness		-
2006-05-30	2006-09-18	60-DL	111	100	Left	Wrist	Surgery	Dislocating Tendon and Torn Ligaments	2006-06-13
2006-05-06	2006-05-23	15-DL	17	16	Left	Wrist	Sprain		-
2006-04-30	2006-05-04	DTD	4	3	Left	Wrist	Sprain	Collision with Another Player	-
2006-04-24	2006-04-25	DTD	1	0		Knee	Contusion		-
2005-09-08	2005-09-13	DTD	5	4	Left	Thigh	Strain	Hamstring	-
2005-05-19	2005-05-20	DTD	1	0	Left	Hand	Inflammation		-
2005-05-09	2005-05-09	DTD	0	0	Left	Ankle	Sprain		-
2005-03-08	2005-03-13	Camp	5	0	Right	Hip	Strain	Hip Flexor	-
2004-11-30	2004-11-30	Off	0	0	Left	Shoulder	Surgery	Labrum	2004-11-30
2004-08-29	2004-08-31	DTD	2	1		Ankle	Sprain		-
2004-06-21	2004-06-26	DTD	5	3	Right	Shoulder	Inflammation	Bursitis	-
2004-06-06	2004-06-08	DTD	2	1		General Medical	Respiratory	Flu	-
2004-03-07	2004-03-12	Camp	5	0	Right	Thumb	Sprain	Thumb	-
2003-10-03	2003-10-03	DTD	0	0	Left	Hand	Contusion	HBP	-
2001-05-24	2001-06-08	15-DL	15	13	Left	Fingers	Sprain	Index Finger	-
1998-08-31	1998-09-28	DTD	28	25	Left	Ankle	Sprain		-
1997-05-14	1997-05-29	15-DL	15	11	Left	Thumb	Soreness		-	-
1995-06-11	1995-09-01	15-DL	82	74	Left	Thumb	Surgery	Ulnar Collateral Ligament	1995-06-14	-
1994-05-28	1994-06-12	15-DL	15	14	Left	Shoulder	Inflammation		-
1994-05-10	1994-05-25	15-DL	15	13	Left	Shoulder	Inflammation		-	-
1991-07-25	1991-10-07	60-DL	74	68	Left	Shoulder	Inflammation		-	-
1991-06-12	1991-07-03	15-DL	21	19	Left	Wrist	Strain	Displaced Extensor Tendon	-	-
1989-07-14	1989-09-09	15-DL	57	55	Right	Foot	Fracture	Sesmoid Bone	-	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2000	LAN	$9,916,667
2001	LAN	$9,916,667
2002	ATL	$9,916,667
2003	ATL	$11,000,000
2004	NYA	$13,000,000
2005	NYA	$13,000,000
2006	NYA	$13,000,000
2007	DET	$13,000,000
2008	DET	$14,000,000
2009	NYN	$14,000,000

Years	Description	Salary
10 yr	Previous	$120,750,001
10 yr	Total	$120,750,001

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
21 y 31 d	Rufus Williams (prev himself, Scott Boras

Details

2 years/$28M (2008-09). Signed two-year extension with Detroit as part of trade from NY Yankees 11/06. 07:$13M, 08:$14M, 09:$14M. $12.5M deferred at 3% interest ($4.5M in '07, $4M in '08, $4M in '09). Limited no-trade clause (may block deals to 10 clubs each season). Award bonuses. Released by Detroit 3/31/09. Signed by NY Mets as a free agent 4/4/09 (Mets pay $0.4M of 2009 salary, with Tigers responsible for $13.6M).
3 years/$39M (2004-06), plus 2007 club option. Signed by NY Yankees as a free agent 12/03. 04-06:$13M annually, 07:$13M club option. $4.5M annually deferred without interest. $3.3M non-termination bonus 6/05 (deferred without interest). Award bonus. NY Yankees exercised 2007 option 11/06, facilitating trade.
6 years/$61M (1998-2003), plus 2004 club option. 98-02:$10M annually, 03:$11M, 04:$11M club option. Atlanta declined 2004 option 10/03.
Drafted by Milwaukee 1986 (1-6) (Hillsborough HS, Tampa, Fla.).

2019 Preseason Forecast

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Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	0	0	?	?	.000	.000	.000	0	0.0	?	0.0

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2014-05-05 13:00:00 (link to chat)	If you had to give one name, which prospect do you think has the absolute highest ceiling? (Drew from Arkansas)	I'll give you two - Buxton and Baez. Buxton has the Mike Trout starter kit. If he develops the power, he'll be among the best players in the game. Baez is a mess right now, but remember what he can do. What if Gary Sheffield had been able to remain a shortstop? That's Baez's ceiling. (Jeff Moore)
2014-02-10 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Javier Baez... Give me a ceiling and a floor. (Jordan from Vegas)	The ceiling is Gary Sheffield. The floor could be any powerful young player who fails to make adjustments at the major league level once the league sees him the first time around. That's the key. Baez is going to come up and amaze everyone for a little while because he's ridiculously talented. Then the league will get a book on him and pitch him differently. What happens from there will determine his future. If he adjusts back after the league adjusts to him, it's on. (Jeff Moore)
2013-12-26 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Is it safe to say that, assuming Baez has the better hit tool and Sano has the better power tool, that Baez may be less risky to reach his ceiling because you need the hit tool to tap into the power? (Peter from Chicago)	I'd say that make-up will be the most important factor for reaching a ceiling. On that note, Baez seems to be maturing. I like Baez more than Sano because he's in a better spot on the defensive spectrum, he's got the hit tool, and he's not exactly a power slouch himself. He's a 75 if Sano is an 80. I've said this for a while now: I haven't seen hands as fast as Javy's since Gary Sheffield. (Harry Pavlidis)
2013-02-05 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Rank the bat speed: Gary Sheffield, Rickie Weeks, Javier Baez? (Matt from NJ)	That order looks good to me, but elite bat speed is elite bat speed. (Jason Parks)
2013-01-11 14:00:00 (link to chat)	I appreciate WAR as a reflective statistic but how is it possible that a player like Vladimir Guererro falls so short in both career AND peak compared to HOF Right Fielders? Yes he was a hacker, but his career OBP is still .379 and OPS .931 with most of his home games in pitcher friendly parks. He was arguably the most feared hitter in the game for a 7 year period, leading the league in intentional walks yet he comes in below guys like Dwight Evans, Reggie Smith, Gary Sheffield and Bobby Bonds. Really? (Scott from LA)	Vlad racked up his numbers in a much more offense-friendly era than the guys you mention (Sheffield excepted - and the two are side-by-side in the JAWS rankings), his defensive value was in the red, he had one really productive season after age 33, and doesn't have anything after his age 36 season. It's very tough to get into the Hall of Fame with a resume like that no matter what preceded it; ask Dale Murphy. (Jay Jaffe on the Hall of Fame)

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