1992
Born August 18, 1992
San Juan Capistrano, CA, USA
Austin Hedges Notable
b. August 18, 1992 · San Diego Padres 2015–2020, Cleveland Indians 2020–2021, Cleveland Guardians 2022, 2024–2025, Pittsburgh Pirates 2023, Texas Rangers 2023
Austin Hedges played for five clubs across 11 seasons as a catcher, opening with the San Diego Padres in 2015 and closing with the Cleveland Guardians in 2025.
Across 823 games he batted .185, with 422 hits and 212 runs. He finished with 74 home runs, 66 doubles and 16 stolen bases. He went 0 and 0 with a 4.15 earned run average, pitching 8.7 innings in 8 games. He struck out 2.
He played 785 games behind the plate, with 6,191 putouts and 57 errors. He turned 38 double plays.
He was born in San Juan Capistrano, CA, USA on August 18, 1992. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed. He has not retired; our record has no final game for him.
Batting, season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | SDP | 56 | 137 | 13 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 38 | 0 | .168 |
| 2016 | SDP | 8 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .125 |
| 2017 | SDP | 120 | 387 | 36 | 83 | 17 | 0 | 18 | 55 | 23 | 122 | 4 | .214 |
| 2018 | SDP | 91 | 303 | 29 | 70 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 37 | 21 | 90 | 3 | .231 |
| 2019 | SDP | 102 | 312 | 28 | 55 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 36 | 27 | 109 | 1 | .176 |
| 2020 | CLE/SDP | 35 | 69 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 1 | .145 |
| 2021 | CLE | 88 | 286 | 32 | 51 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 31 | 15 | 87 | 1 | .178 |
| 2022 | CLE | 105 | 294 | 26 | 48 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 30 | 25 | 78 | 2 | .163 |
| 2023 | PIT/TEX | 82 | 185 | 14 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 47 | 1 | .184 |
| 2024 | CLE | 66 | 132 | 12 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 50 | 2 | .152 |
| 2025 | CLE | 70 | 155 | 13 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 43 | 1 | .161 |
| Career | — | 823 | 2284 | 212 | 422 | 66 | 2 | 74 | 248 | 160 | 694 | 16 | .185 |
Pitching, season by season
| Year | Team | W | L | G | GS | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | TEX | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4.91 |
| 2024 | CLE | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 2025 | CLE | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6.00 |
| Career | — | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8.2 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4.15 |
On this day & linked events
2015
Major-league debut: Austin Hedges
Austin Hedges made a major-league debut on May 4, 2015.
Image: Dirk Hansen, CC BY-SA 3.0