Austin Hedges

Bats R Throws R6'1" 223 lbBorn 1992 San Juan Capistrano, USADebut 2015Team CLEDraft 2011 R2 #82 San Diego Padres, J Serra (CA) HSContract 1 yr/$4M (26) 2026: $4,000,000

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 105.1FIELD+ 110.2 at CTotal 0.71 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	148	131	24	4	0	3	11	40	1	0.185	0.255	0.299	0.554	0.114	0.249	27.0	7.6	49.0	-0.46
2027	180	159	31	5	0	4	14	42	1	0.195	0.265	0.301	0.566	0.106	0.255	23.4	7.7	56.3	-0.40

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 32

His ten closest age-32 comparables averaged 84 HIT+ the next season; 7 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Chad Moeller	2007	55.1	67.8	103
2	Paul Casanova	1974	57.5	did not play
3	Bill Bergen	1910	16.1	-2.1	250
4	Jeff Mathis	2015	46.5	63.0	132
5	Einar Diaz	2005	65.4	258.1	3
6	Alberto Castillo	2002	48.1	59.9	15
7	Kirt Manwaring	1998	66.6	74.4	155
8	Eliezer Alfonzo	2011	61.4	did not play
9	Henry Blanco	2004	56.0	67.4	178
10	Sam Agnew	1919	53.4	did not play

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			180		31	5	0	4		1	14	42	0.195	0.265	0.301	0.566	56.3
2026*	CLE	65	191	19	44	7	0	4		1	18	32	0.265	0.337	0.380	0.716	101.8
2025	CLE	70	180	13	25	3	0	5	10	1	18	43	0.161	0.250	0.277	0.527	47.2
2024	CLE	66	146	12	20	3	0	2	15	2	6	50	0.152	0.203	0.220	0.422	15.9
2023	TEX	82	211	14	34	5	0	1	16	1	11	47	0.184	0.234	0.227	0.461	25.2
2022	CLE	105	338	26	48	4	0	7	30	2	25	78	0.163	0.241	0.248	0.489	42.7
2021	CLE	88	312	32	51	7	0	10	31	1	15	87	0.178	0.220	0.308	0.527	38.8
2020	CLE	35	83	7	10	1	0	3	6	1	6	23	0.145	0.231	0.290	0.521	46.1
2019	SD	102	347	28	55	9	0	11	36	1	27	109	0.176	0.252	0.311	0.563	49.5
2018	SD	91	326	29	70	14	2	14	37	3	21	90	0.231	0.282	0.429	0.711	91.5
2017	SD	120	417	36	83	17	0	18	55	4	23	122	0.214	0.262	0.398	0.660	71.4
2016	SD	8	26	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	7	0.125	0.154	0.167	0.321	-24.2
2015	SD	56	152	13	23	2	0	3	11	0	8	38	0.168	0.215	0.248	0.463	17.7
Career		823	2538	212	422	66	2	74	248	16	160	694	0.185	0.244	0.313	0.556	49.4

Pitching

Year	Team	ERA	G	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO
2025	CLE	6.00	3	3.0	16	0	1	1
2024	CLE	0.00	1	2.0	6	0	1	0
2023	TEX	4.91	4	3.7	16	1	0	1
Career		4.15	8	8.7	38	1	2	2

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	191	86.6	12.1	4.3	32.1	22.4	26.4	0.236	0.325	0.286	24.4
2025	180	88.2	25.1	3.4	32.2	30.3	29.8	0.177	0.284	0.249	25.0
2024	146	84.8	21.4	1.1	24.1	32.9	29.0	0.128	0.188	0.171	25.3
2023	212	87.2	15.4	0.7	31.1	28.0	33.1	0.216	0.295	0.256	24.5
2022	338	84.2	16.7	3.1	22.3	27.7	28.6	0.181	0.272	0.242	24.5
2021	312	85.7	18.9	3.9	30.1	29.5	33.7	0.190	0.292	0.231	24.5
2020	83	90.2	18.6	7.7	38.5	24.3	22.6	0.204	0.330	0.277	23.7
2019	347	86.7	21.6	9.4	32.5	33.3	34.7	0.195	0.347	0.265	24.5
2018	326	85.6	16.1	7.0	29.9	27.9	33.0	0.203	0.345	0.260	25.9
2017	417	87.8	17.8	7.7	34.3	32.0	35.7	0.196	0.344	0.253	26.4
2016	26	91.2	18.1	5.6	38.9	31.5	42.6	0.172	0.281	0.204	24.4
2015	152	88.1	12.8	1.1	24.8	27.2	34.9	0.190	0.259	0.222	26.6

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	CLE	C	67	480	471	21	1	3	0.998	+10.4
2025	CLE	P	3	3	0	0	0	0		-0.1
2024	CLE	C	65	397	423	15	3	2	0.993	+7.3
2024	CLE	P	1	2	0	0	0	0
2023	TEX	C	80	567	593	10	7	4	0.989	+14.2
2023	TEX	P	4	4	0	0	0	0		-0.0
2022	CLE	C	105	840	824	35	5	5	0.994	+2.6
2021	CLE	C	87	744	720	45	2	7	0.997	+1.5
2020	CLE	C	34	210	220	15	2	0	0.992	+1.4
2019	SD	C	95	813	858	35	11	3	0.988	+23.0
2019	SD	3B	2	3	0	0	0	0		-0.9
2018	SD	C	83	725	748	34	11	3	0.986	+10.3
2017	SD	C	115	933	921	56	10	9	0.990	-0.1
2016	SD	C	7	62	47	2	1	1	0.980	-0.0
2015	SD	C	47	351	366	26	4	1	0.990	-0.1

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2018	AAA	El Paso Chihuahuas	Bat	31	3 HR, 0 SB	0.407	1.304
2016	AAA	El Paso Chihuahuas	Bat	334	21 HR, 1 SB	0.326	0.950
2015	AAA	El Paso Chihuahuas	Bat	79	2 HR, 1 SB	0.324	0.913
2014	AA	San Antonio Missions	Bat	457	6 HR, 1 SB	0.225	0.591
2013	AA	San Antonio Missions	Bat	75	0 HR, 3 SB	0.224	0.566
2013	A+	Lake Elsinore Storm	Bat	266	4 HR, 5 SB	0.270	0.768
2012	A	Fort Wayne TinCaps	Bat	373	10 HR, 14 SB	0.279	0.785
2011	Rk	AZL Padres	Bat	22	1 HR, 1 SB	0.313	1.000

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.337	0.338	0.324	0.353
2025	0.245	0.249	0.238	0.255
2024	0.247	0.160	0.208	0.189
2023	0.212	0.224	0.208	0.229
2022	0.249	0.225	0.218	0.242
2021	0.234	0.233	0.218	0.246
2020	0.198	0.252	0.224	0.245
2019	0.237	0.261	0.220	0.289

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2025	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0.000	0.667	0.000	0.667
2024	8	12	0	1	1	2	5	0.083	0.214	0.167	0.381
2023	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
2022	7	15	1	2	0	3	5	0.133	0.278	0.133	0.411
2020	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Career	18	30	1	3	1	7	13	0.100	0.270	0.133	0.404