Austin Hedges| Year | AB | H | R | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG | Rate |
| 2025 proj | 177 | 29 | 15 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 54 | 2 | 0.164 | -1.8 |
| 2025 | 102 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 34 | 1 | 0.127 | -4.4 |
| 2024 | 131 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 50 | 2 | 0.153 | -1.6 |
| 2023 | 185 | 34 | 14 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 47 | 1 | 0.184 | -2.5 |
| 2022 | 294 | 48 | 26 | 7 | 30 | 25 | 78 | 2 | 0.163 | -2.3 |
| 2021 | 286 | 51 | 32 | 10 | 31 | 15 | 87 | 1 | 0.178 | 2.7 |
| 2020 | 69 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 1 | 0.145 | -0.4 |
| 2019 | 312 | 56 | 28 | 11 | 36 | 27 | 109 | 1 | 0.179 | 2.5 |
| 2018 | 303 | 70 | 29 | 14 | 37 | 21 | 90 | 3 | 0.231 | 13.6 |
| 2017 | 387 | 83 | 36 | 18 | 55 | 23 | 122 | 4 | 0.214 | 15.3 |
| 2016 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0.125 | -1.3 |
| 2015 | 137 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 38 | 0 | 0.168 | -1.6 |
| Date | News |
| 6/14/25 | Austin Hedges returns to Cleveland Guardians after 5th concussion of his MLB career. Hedges visited a specialist in Pittsburgh before joining the Guardians in Seattle, one whom he had worked with during his first stint in Cleveland. “They're all very similar, at least my version of them," Hedges said. Source: https://www.wkyc.com/article/sports/mlb/cleveland-... |
| 6/13/25 | Guardians' Austin Hedges activated from 7-day injured list. The Cleveland Guardians activated catcher Austin Hedges from the 7-day injured list prior to Friday night's game against the Seattle Mariners. Hedges, 32, was placed on the list retroactive to last Thursday after he was struck on the helmet on a backswing by the New York Yankees' Jazz Chisholm Jr. during a game on Wednesday. It marked the fifth time Hedges — who is hitting .113 with three home runs and three RBIs this year— has been placed on the injured list because of a concussion across 11 MLB seasons. “They're all very similar, at least my version of them,” Hedges said. Source: https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/baseball/... |
| 6/07/25 | Guardians put Hedges on IL after 5th concussion. Guardians catcher Austin Hedges suffered the fifth concussion of his career when he was struck on a backswing Wednesday night against the Yankees. Source: https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/45466967/guard... |
| 6/07/25 | Guardians put Hedges on IL after 5th concussion. Guardians catcher Austin Hedges suffered the fifth concussion of his career when he was struck on a backswing Wednesday night against the Yankees. Source: https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/45466967/guard... |
| 6/06/25 | Guardians' Austin Hedges suffers 5th concussion, placed on 7-day injured list. Guardians catcher Austin Hedges has been placed on the seven-day concussion list, retroactive to Wednesday. Manager Stephen Vogt said before Friday's game against the Houston Astros that Hedges was struck on a backswing from the Yankees' Jazz Chisholm Jr. during the ninth inning of Wednesday's game. It is the fifth concussion of Hedges' career. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/article/guardians-austin-... |
| 4/18/25 | Veteran backup catcher showcases defensive skill in loss to Orioles: Guardians breakfast today. Opposing base runners be warned: Do not sleep on Austin Hedges when he is behind the plate. The Guardians veteran backup catcher showed exactly why in Thursday's 6-2 loss to the Orioles. “I don't have the luxury of being able to take pitches off back there,” Hedges said. Hedges proved his value as a backstop by picking Ramon Urias off at third base in the third inning on a throw down to Gabriel Arias. Source: https://www.cleveland.com/guardians/2025/04/vetera... |
| 4/10/25 | Guardians' Stephen Vogt recalls his own play at the plate that never materialized. The anticipation of a play at the plate between Guardians catcher Austin Hedges and White Sox base runner Mike Tauchman never materialized at the end of Wednesday's 3-2 win for Cleveland against Chicago at Progressive Field. Source: https://www.cleveland.com/guardians/2025/04/guardi... |
| 3/26/25 | Guardians will struggle against a stacked AL Central in 2025, miss playoffs: Joe Noga. In the aftermath of losing Game 5 of the American League Championship series to the Yankees in October, Guardians veteran catcher Austin Hedges sounded like he was ready to run it back as soon as possible. “The job's not done,” Hedges said in his postgame remarks to reporters. With spring training officially in the rearview mirror, “next year” is finally now. The question is: how far will that roadmap take them against an AL Central Division loaded with contenders? Source: https://www.cleveland.com/guardians/2025/03/guardi... |
| 3/10/25 | The most important .186 hitter in the majors? Why everybody loves Austin Hedges. It is 8 o'clock on a February morning in the Cleveland Guardians clubhouse, and Austin Hedges is, as he often is, shirtless, which always amused one of his managers, Terry Francona, because, as the 65-year-old skipper put it, "with his shirt off, he looks like me." Hedges is, as always, talking, teaching and laughing, as are his teammates, though it's hard to imagine a group ever laughing harder than after Game 1 of the 2023 World Series, when the Texas Rangers' Adolis Garcia hit a walk-off home run, while Hedges, in the hole at the time, celebrated wildly -- inspiring an Instagram meme with what Hedges might have been thinking at that moment: Great, I don't have to hit! "It was hilarious ... it wasn't very nice, but it was hilarious," Hedges said. Source: https://africa.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/44123618/ml... |
| 2/26/25 | Seattle Mariners' Cal Raleigh Credits Unlikely Source For Helping Him Win Platinum Glove. Raleigh played in 153 games last year, most of them at catcher, and took home both the Gold and Platinum Glove awards in the American League. While his success can be attributed to good M's coaching and his own great talent and work ethic, Raleigh also got some help from an unlikely source: Cleveland Guardians backstop Austin Hedges. According to a recent story in The Athletic, Raleigh called Hedges after the 2023 season and the pair started working on things like pitch receiving. Source: https://www.si.com/mlb/mariners/news/seattle-marin... |
| 2/25/25 | How Texas Rangers' World Series run was aided by an ostrich egg and Austin Hedges' posterior. To stream 5 On Your Side on your phone, you need the 5 On Your Side app. Source: https://www.ksdk.com/video/sports/locked-on/lo-dal... |
| 12/08/24 | Recent Guardians Trade Rumors Shouldn't Come As A Surprise. The Cleveland Guardians have made minimal moves so far this offseason. Yes, they've re-signed veteran catcher Austin Hedges and brought back Shane Bieber on a one-year deal. Now, two key members of the Guardians roster, Josh Naylor and Lane Thomas, are swirling around in trade rumors, while it's obvious Cleveland needs more major league bats in their lineup. On Thursday, Ken Rosenthal of The Atheltic reported that Cleveland is "open to trade offers" on both players as they head into their last season of team control. Source: https://www.si.com/mlb/guardians/opinion/recent-cl... |
| 11/07/24 | AL Central champion Guardians bring back Hedges for 2025. Austin Hedges' contributions went well beyond being just a light-hitting backup catcher for the Guardians last season. The popular catcher agreed to a $4 million, one-year contract Wednesday to return to the AL Central champions, who credited Hedges' leadership as a major factor in the team's unexpected success in 2024. The Guardians took over first place in April and stayed there, going 92-69 and winning the AL Central under rookie manager Stephen Vogt. Cleveland beat Detroit in a tight Division Series before losing in five games to the New York Yankees in the American League Championship Series. Source: https://www.limaohio.com/sports/2024/11/07/al-cent... |
| 11/06/24 | 'Feels Like Home:' Austin Hedges Reflects On Returning To Guardians For 2025 Season. It's official: Austin Hedges will be back with the Cleveland Guardians for the 2025 season. Hedges made it clear that there's no other place he'd rather be playing baseball than in Cleveland, and there was a specific reason he decided to re-sign with the Guardians. Source: https://www.si.com/mlb/guardians/news/feels-like-h... |
| 10/18/24 | Guardians' Late Game 3 Heroics Prompt a Change in Tradition. After every win, the Cleveland Guardians dash from the dugout to the clubhouse, where their victory ceremony awaits. Their backup catcher, 32-year-old Austin Hedges, selects a player of the game, makes a short speech and presents him with a World Wrestling Entertainment–branded championship belt. “It's not democratic,” says reliever Eli Morgan. “It's all Hedges. It's an oligarchy? I don't know how that stuff works, but it's all on him. He picks really well.” The tradition dates to Opening Day this year, and every win—92 of them in the regular season, and now, after an epic American League Championship Series Game 3, four so far this October—follows the same script: Hedges selects the player, Source: https://www.wtnh.com/sports/sports-illustrated/c10... |
| 10/17/24 | Guardians' Late Game 3 Heroics Prompt a Change in Tradition. After every win, the Cleveland Guardians dash from the dugout to the clubhouse, where their victory ceremony awaits. Their backup catcher, 32-year-old Austin Hedges, selects a player of the game, makes a short speech and presents him with a World Wrestling Entertainment–branded championship belt. “It's not democratic,” says reliever Eli Morgan. “It's all Hedges. It's an oligarchy? I don't know how that stuff works, but it's all on him. He picks really well.” The tradition dates to Opening Day this year, and every win—92 of them in the regular season, and now, after an epic American League Championship Series Game 3, four so far this October—follows the same script: Hedges selects the player, Source: https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/sports/sports... |
| 8/30/24 | Clase sets club record for saves, Noel, Giménez hit consecutive HRs as Guardians top Pirates 10-8. Cleveland Guardians catcher Austin Hedges, left, congratulates relief pitcher Emmanuel Clase (48) after they defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates in a baseball game Friday, Aug. 30, 2024, in Cleveland. CLEVELAND (AP) — Rookie Jhonkensy Noel hit a two-run homer and Andrés Giménez followed with a solo shot in the fifth inning, leading the Cleveland Guardians to a 10-8 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night. Source: https://www.theintelligencer.net/sports/top-sports... |
| 8/28/24 | Guardians avoid sweep by Royals. Cleveland Guardians catcher Austin Hedges, left, hugs relief pitcher Emmanuel Clase (48) after the Guardians defeated the Kansas City Royals in a baseball game Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024, in Cleveland. CLEVELAND — Rookie Jhonkensy Noel singled home Josh Naylor with the go-ahead run in the seventh inning and the Cleveland Guardians rallied for a 7-5 win over the Kansas City Royals, reclaiming sole possession of first place in the AL Central on Wednesday. Source: https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/08/28/guardians-... |
| 8/23/24 | Austin Hedges Says Guardians Resemble Former World Series Champs. The Cleveland Guardians' recent skid is no secret. Ahead of their matchup with them this weekend, Hedges compared Cleveland's recent slide to what he went through as a member of the Texas Rangers last September before winning the 2023 World Series. Source: https://www.si.com/mlb/guardians/news/austin-hedge... |
| 7/23/24 | This Is How Cleveland Guardians Will Break Out Of Slide. The entire Cleveland Guardians lineup is in a slump right now. There's no other way to put it. The question on everyone's mind is, how do the Guardians break out of this slide? Veteran leader and heart and soul of the team, Austin Hedges, offered his perspective on what the team needs to do to get back on track following their loss to the Detroit Tigers on Monday night. Source: https://www.si.com/mlb/guardians/news/this-is-how-... |
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