Austin Hedges
Cleveland Guardians · No. 27 · C

Austin Hedges

6' 0", 220 lbs·Age 33·Bats R / Throws R
↑ HotL4 games
Hitter archetype· DERIVED
BalancedA well-rounded profile without a single dominant tendency.2015–2026 · 1,754 batted balls
2026 · 42 G
.281
AVG
.744
OPS
3
HR
14
RBI
36
H
11
BB
24
SO
1
SB
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Career Highs
.751
Best OPS · 2026
18
Most HR · 2017
55
Most RBI · 2017
.285
Best AVG · 2026
Career Arc · OPS
16 seasons
Statistical Comps
Last 10 Games
DateABHHRRBIBBSOAVG
Jul 18200000.285
Jul 10310001.289
Jul 8420001.288
Jul 4321100.281
Jul 3310112.271
Jul 1311300.270
Jun 29410001.268
Jun 28210000.269
Jun 23320001.267
Jun 22200000.255

Career · Batting

16 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
201556137311
201682401
20171203871855
2018913031437
20191023121136
2020295736
202061200
2020356936
2021882861031
2022105294730
202365161114
2023172402
202382185116
202466132215
202570155510
202650130314
Career990266881284
Barrel Surface

Every ball this hitter has put in play — how hard it left the bat, and at what angle. The red field behind the dots shows how much damage that kind of contact does, league-wide: the darker the red, the better things go for the hitter.

1,732 BBE · 2015–2026 · 84.8 mph avg EV · 4.6% barrels
406080100-60-3030600EXIT VELOCITY (MPH)LAUNCH ANGLE (°)BARRELZONE
LEAGUE xwOBA0.02.0
BATTED BALLS11025+

The field — league-average xwOBA (what a batted ball is typically worth: 0.0 is a sure out, ~2.0 a sure home run) for every exit-velocity × launch-angle combination, measured from 1.3 million regular-season balls in play since 2015. The dark ridge — balls hit 105+ mph at 25–30° — is the barrel zone, where contact becomes near-automatic extra bases.

The dots — this hitter’s career regular-season balls in play, grouped to a fine grid; a bigger dot means more batted balls at that exact combination. Dots piled onto the red ridge are damage; dots low on the pale field are weak or mishit contact. Spring training and the postseason are excluded.

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