MLB Player Profile

Austin Hedges

Official MLB ID: 595978

Team

Cleveland Guardians

Primary Position

Role

hitter

Age

Handedness

B/T: R/R

Height

6' 0"

Weight

220

Debut

2015

Cleveland Guardians · American League · AL Central

Batting — Actual

Season	Team	G	PA	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
2026	Cleveland Guardians	82	247	215	25	53	6	25	25	45	1	0.247	0.325	0.377	0.702	0.91

Actual completed-season results. The WAR column is the WAR figure stored on the season record — projected WAR is listed separately on the WAR Trend and Diamond Projections panels.

Actual Results

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Pitching — Actual

Season	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	K/9	WAR
2026	Cleveland Guardians	4	0	0	0	0	4.1	7	3	0	1	6.23	1.62	2.08	0.05

Actual completed-season results. The WAR column is the WAR figure stored on the season record — projected WAR is listed separately on the WAR Trend and Diamond Projections panels. IP is shown in baseball notation: .1 is one additional out and .2 is two, so 42.1 is 42⅓ innings.

Actual Results

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One metric per chart. Seasons with no imported value are omitted rather than plotted as zero.

Catcher Defense

34.1

Defensive grade from the audited weighting — throwing 45% / framing 30% / blocking 25%. A component the source could not measure is held neutral at 50, so 3 of 3 components are observed here and the grade is provisional, not verified full coverage.

Throwing runs above average

-2.33Pctl11

Well below averageAvailable 2026 catchers only · Catcher with measured opportunities

Framing runs above average

2.02Pctl64

Average or betterAvailable 2026 catchers only · Catcher with measured opportunities

Blocking runs above average

-1.0Pctl39

Below averageAvailable 2026 catchers only · Catcher with measured opportunities

Stolen-base attempts faced: 36Framing pitches: 5,264Blocking pitches: 2,769

2026 Positional Usage

Primary

Secondary (regular)

Not Available

Also played

Defensive innings

601.2

Primary — CatcherSecondary positionsHover a marker for innings and starts

1 games started at designated hitter (not defensive innings).

DPH 2026 Master v17 (2026 Position Profiles) · C: 601.2 IP, 70 GS | DH: 1 GS