Lizahio
Baez
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 200
 
Born: November 2, 1983 in N/a
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 20 TEX AL     4 4 4 5 4 4 5 5 5 1 1 1 2 1 1
2005 21 TEX AL     5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 2 2 2 5 4 4
2006 22 TEX AL     6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 2 2 2 6 5 5
2007 23 TEX AL     5 5 5 6 6 6 6 5 6 3 3 3 6 5 5
2008 24 HOU NL     6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 3 3 3 7 5 6
2009 25 HOU NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 5 6
2010 26 HOU NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 6
2011 27 HOU NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 6 6
2012 28 HOU NL $ 3,828,571   7 7 7 9 8 9 8 7 7 8 8 8 8 6 6
2013 29 WSH NL $ 3,828,571   7 7 7 9 9 9 8 7 7 8 8 8 8 6 6
2014 30 WSH NL $ 3,828,571   7 7 7 9 9 9 8 7 7 9 9 9 8 6 6
2015 31 CLE AL $ 12,300,000   8 8 8 9 8 9 7 7 7 9 9 9 7 6 6
2016 32 CLE AL $ 12,300,000   7 7 7 9 8 9 7 7 7 9 9 9 7 5 6
2017 33 CLE AL $ 12,300,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 7 6 7 9 9 9 7 5 6
2018 34 CLE AL $ 12,300,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 7 6 6 9 9 9 7 5 6
2019 35 SEA AL $ 7,500,000   7 7 7 9 8 9 7 6 6 9 9 9 7 5 6
2020 36 LAN NL $ 7,500,000   7 7 7 9 8 9 6 6 6 9 9 9 7 5 6
2021 37 NYN NL $ 4,750,000   7 7 7 9 8 9 6 6 6 8 8 8 8 6 6
2022 38 WSH NL $ 5,500,000   6 6 6 9 9 9 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 5 4 4 5 5 5 1 1 1 2 1 1
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 12,300,000   8 8 8 9 9 9 8 7 7 9 9 9 8 6 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2004 20 A   87 196 36 62 6 1 16 45 2 1 7 46 .316 .340 .602 .942 37.5  
2005 21 AAA   40 169 26 53 5 0 9 21 3 2 12 55 .314 .359 .503 .862 28.9  
    AA   77 303 35 87 13 0 17 44 4 0 8 77 .287 .305 .498 .804 45.0  
    A   21 84 16 26 5 2 6 17 0 0 5 17 .310 .348 .631 .979 17.0  
2006 22 AAA   135 542 70 156 24 0 25 82 5 6 31 117 .288 .326 .470 .797 79.2  
2007 23 AAA   134 516 80 171 24 1 31 82 9 4 29 111 .331 .367 .562 .929 97.5  
2008 24 AAA   135 523 82 162 24 2 36 93 3 5 38 116 .310 .357 .570 .926 98.4  
2009 25 HOU NL 49 183 24 46 5 2 12 28 2 0 8 41 .251 .294 .497 .791 27.1 4.4
    AAA   111 442 80 125 28 1 30 69 4 3 43 94 .283 .346 .554 .901 81.3  
2010 26 HOU NL 156 539 79 148 36 2 18 62 4 1 46 115 .275 .339 .449 .788 80.7 14.5
2011 27 HOU NL 156 561 94 147 34 1 35 105 0 0 76 126 .262 .361 .513 .875 101.7 19.5
2012 28 HOU NL 156 574 105 147 33 2 35 97 1 0 78 119 .256 .352 .503 .855 96.6 17.2
2013 29 HOU NL 41 144 18 28 5 1 3 10 0 0 26 29 .194 .329 .306 .635 16.7 1.5
  WSH NL 108 341 50 84 17 1 12 51 0 0 57 96 .246 .363 .408 .771 53.2 9.1
  TOT   149 485 68 112 22 2 15 61 0 0 83 125 .231 .353 .377 .730 69.9 10.6
2014 30 WSH NL 152 519 85 147 30 1 25 107 0 1 70 105 .283 .379 .489 .868 89.2 16.0
2015 31 CLE AL 153 534 101 149 41 1 28 89 9 0 80 131 .279 .385 .517 .902 104.1 18.0
2016 32 CLE AL 154 566 76 132 25 0 21 81 4 5 92 135 .233 .349 .389 .738 78.3 10.6
2017 33 CLE AL 154 551 89 140 37 0 26 103 5 6 77 149 .254 .353 .463 .816 92.8 14.9
2018 34 CLE AL 152 548 90 168 40 7 19 94 7 3 65 119 .307 .387 .509 .896 99.6 19.1
2019 35 TEX AL 121 407 55 90 14 1 19 64 4 3 56 108 .221 .318 .400 .719 54.9 6.8
  SEA AL 28 106 12 27 3 1 6 18 1 1 11 19 .255 .328 .472 .799 16.3 2.8
  TOT   149 513 67 117 17 2 25 82 5 4 67 127 .228 .320 .415 .736 71.2 9.6
2020 36 LAN NL 143 403 62 103 23 2 13 63 1 0 39 98 .256 .329 .419 .748 56.0 7.8
2021 37 NYN NL 154 528 74 138 16 3 23 85 5 1 63 135 .261 .348 .434 .781 83.0 12.9
2022 38 WSH NL 152 493 62 129 24 2 17 92 3 0 64 93 .262 .363 .422 .785 77.7 12.5
14 Years Sim 2029 6997 1076 1823 383 27 312 1149 46 21 908 1618 .261 .354 .457 .811 1127.8 187.4
5 Years AAA 555 2192 338 667 105 4 131 347 24 20 153 493 .304 .361 .535 .896 385.4  
1 Years AA 77 303 35 87 13 0 17 44 4 0 8 77 .287 .315 .498 .814 45.0  
2 Years A 108 280 52 88 11 3 22 62 2 1 12 63 .314 .346 .611 .956 54.4  
8 Years Minors 740 2775 425 842 129 7 170 453 30 21 173 633 .303 .355 .539 .893 484.9  
162 Game Average 558 85 145 30 2 24 91 3 1 72 129 .261 .354 .457 .811 90.0  
Career Highs 156 574 105 168 41 7 35 107 9 6 92 149 .307 .387 .517 .902 104.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   5273 786 1347 269 17 226 846 32 16 682 1328 .255 .350 .441 .792 809.9
vs LH   1724 290 476 114 10 86 303 14 5 226 290 .276 .367 .503 .870 307.3
Home 1026 3515 539 957 201 11 173 608 27 7 421 820 .272 .359 .483 .842 591.5
Away 1003 3482 537 866 182 16 139 541 19 14 487 798 .249 .350 .430 .780 525.7
RISP   1834 0 476 109 8 85 779 0 0 306 417 .260 .367 .467 .834 319.9
Pinch Hitting   153 23 47 11 1 5 37 0 0 19 27 .307 .391 .490 .881 27.4
Close/Late   810 92 198 40 3 35 111 0 0 136 183 .244 .363 .431 .794 129.8
Mar/Apr 306 1074 152 266 44 4 50 196 7 1 128 257 .248 .339 .436 .775 158.7
May 353 1231 202 335 80 5 53 213 8 3 151 281 .272 .359 .474 .833 203.4
June 329 1124 171 277 59 4 48 159 9 4 153 266 .246 .346 .434 .780 169.8
July 307 1064 163 272 63 3 38 155 8 5 160 247 .256 .359 .428 .787 165.4
August 356 1212 193 322 66 7 55 206 5 6 177 290 .266 .370 .468 .838 204.7
Sep/Oct 378 1292 195 351 71 4 68 220 9 2 139 277 .272 .350 .491 .841 215.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
2009 25 HOU NL CF 26 26 232.7 49 1 0 0 1.000 1.93   1.0
    LF 23 22 192.0 36 0 1 0 .973 1.69    
2010 26 HOU NL CF 86 82 721.3 172 3 0 0 1.000 2.18   3.3
    RF 59 52 489.7 98 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
    LF 2 1 11.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
2011 27 HOU NL CF 129 127 1150.7 284 11 2 1 .993 2.31   4.5
    LF 13 11 95.0 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.52    
    RF 9 7 64.0 9 1 1 0 .909 1.41    
2012 28 HOU NL CF 140 138 1222.0 311 6 2 1 .994 2.33   3.7
    RF 10 8 71.0 14 1 0 0 1.000 1.90    
    LF 1 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00    
2013 29 HOU NL RF 26 25 241.5 52 0 1 0 .981 1.94   0.9
    CF 12 11 109.7 29 1 0 1 1.000 2.46   0.0
    LF 1 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  WSH NL RF 68 67 565.4 121 1 3 0 .976 1.94   2.7
    CF 33 30 256.7 68 2 1 1 .986 2.45   0.0
    LF 1 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   RF 94 92 806.9 173 1 4 0 .978 1.94   3.7
      CF 45 41 366.4 97 3 1 2 .990 2.46   0.0
      LF 2 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
2014 30 WSH NL RF 141 137 1181.3 236 6 4 1 .984 1.84   1.9
    LF 5 0 9.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.80    
    CF 2 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00    
2015 31 CLE AL RF 142 141 1212.0 283 14 5 3 .983 2.21   1.9
    LF 5 0 12.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.42    
    CF 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
2016 32 CLE AL CF 142 142 1244.0 385 11 0 3 1.000 2.86   4.4
    LF 11 9 80.0 28 2 1 0 .968 3.38    
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
2017 33 CLE AL CF 147 146 1252.3 388 10 1 2 .997 2.86   2.9
    LF 5 0 10.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.69    
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
2018 34 CLE AL LF 74 70 612.0 140 5 6 0 .960 2.13   1.9
    CF 72 70 608.7 197 1 0 1 1.000 2.93    
    2B 1 0 7.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.86   0.0
2019 35 TEX AL LF 87 84 727.1 166 7 3 1 .983 2.14   2.0
    RF 22 22 191.0 42 2 0 1 1.000 2.07   0.0
    CF 10 8 71.6 26 1 0 0 1.000 3.39   0.0
  SEA AL LF 20 19 182.9 42 2 1 0 .978 2.17   0.7
    RF 5 5 48.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.06   0.0
    CF 2 2 18.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.50   0.0
  TOT   LF 107 103 910.0 208 9 4 1 .982 2.15   2.7
      RF 27 27 239.0 53 2 0 1 1.000 2.07   0.0
      CF 12 10 89.6 33 1 0 0 1.000 3.42   0.0
2020 36 LAN NL RF 91 79 749.0 186 5 6 1 .970 2.30   2.9
    LF 13 10 97.3 24 1 0 0 1.000 2.31    
    CF 13 4 55.0 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.78    
2021 37 NYN NL CF 147 142 1256.7 358 3 0 0 1.000 2.59   6.0
    LF 4 4 34.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.04    
    RF 3 0 9.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
2022 38 WSH NL CF 55 51 440.7 152 3 2 1 .987 3.17   2.5
    RF 28 27 233.0 55 0 1 0 .982 2.12    
    LF 31 24 220.7 52 1 2 0 .964 2.16    
    1B 23 23 197.0 193 13 2 19 .990 9.41   0.1
  CF 1018 980 8651.0 2445 53 8 11 .997 2.60   28.3
  RF 606 570 5058.2 1108 30 21 6 .982 2.02   10.3
  LF 296 255 2296.3 516 18 14 1 .974 2.09   4.7
  1B 23 23 197.0 193 13 2 19 .990 9.41   0.1
  2B 1 0 7.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.86   0.0
Career Totals   1944 1828 16209.5 4264 115 45 37 .990 2.43   43.4
Career Highs   154 151 1326.0 452 17 7 20 1.000 3.87    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2020 36 LAN NL 11 17 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 .412 .524 .412 .936
2021 37 NYN NL 13 44 5 10 2 0 1 3 1 0 7 13 .227 .358 .341 .699
Career Post-Season Batting 24 61 7 17 2 0 1 3 1 0 11 17 .279 .405 .361 .766
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
2018-10-.307
Slugging Pct
2011-5-.513
2018-10-.509
OPS
2011-8-.875
2018-7-.896
XR
2011-10-101.7
CAR-45-1127.8
Games
CAR-38-2029
At-Bats
CAR-47-6997
Runs
2012-4-105
Total Bases
2011-8-288
CAR-48-3196
Doubles
2018-8-40
Triples
2018-3-7
Homeruns
2011-5-35
2012-5-35
CAR-32-312
RBIs
2011-9-105
2014-8-107
CAR-41-1149
Walks
2013-9-83
CAR-30-908
Strikeouts
2017-5-149
2021-7-135
CAR-27-1618
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 11)
   Gray Ink Test: 34    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 108)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 34    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 61)
 
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History
Traded from Texas to Houston on 7/17/2008 (Going to HOU: P Bartolo Colon, RF Lizahio Baez, P Timothy Benson. Going to TEX: P Wade Miller)
Had first career hit on 8/9/2009, off Dontrelle Willis (CIN)
Hit first career homerun on 8/11/2009, off Jose Guevara (CIN)
Won Player of the Week award on 10/3/2011, hitting .526 with 4 HR, 9 RBI
1/29/2012: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,828,571 through salary arbitration
Drove in 6 runs against Atlanta on 9/9/2012
Won Player of the Week award on 9/19/2012, hitting .500 with 5 HR, 10 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/2012, hitting .330 with 12 HR, 32 RBI
1/29/2013: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,828,571 through salary arbitration
Traded from Houston to Washington on 5/22/2013 (Going to WSH: CF Lizahio Baez. Going to HOU: P Joe Blanton)
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/2013, hitting .333 with 9 HR, 28 RBI
1/29/2014: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,828,571 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland on 2/6/2015 to a 4-year deal worth $12,300,000 per year
Hit 3 homeruns against Boston, driving in 5 runs on 5/22/2015
Drove in 6 runs against Minnesota on 5/4/2016
Drove in 6 runs against Seattle on 8/31/2017
Drove in 6 runs against Minnesota on 9/24/2017
Won Player of the Week award on 9/19/2018, hitting .545 with 4 HR, 9 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Texas on 2/10/2019 to a 2-year deal worth $7,500,000 per year
Injured on 8/20/2019 with a Bruised Ribs, out for one week
Was claimed off waivers by Seattle on 9/1/2019
Traded from Seattle to Los Angeles on 6/17/2020 (Going to LAN: RF Lizahio Baez. Going to SEA: P Raul Bravo)
10/30/2020: Signed a contract extension with Los Angeles, $4,750,000 per year, for 1 years
Traded from Los Angeles to New York (N) on 2/7/2021 (Going to LAN: P Andrew Dortch, P Benton Mo. Going to NYN: RF Lizahio Baez, SS David Zalewski)
Drove in 6 runs against San Francisco on 5/31/2021
Drove in 6 runs against Washington on 9/3/2021
Won Player of the Week award on 9/5/2021, hitting .471 with 4 HR, 11 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Washington on 2/11/2022 to a 2-year deal worth $5,500,000 per year