Austin Hays stats

Padres

Designated Hitter · #15

Age 31 · 5' 10" · 200 lbs

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Austin Hays recorded a .280 batting average, 3 home runs and 15 RBI in 38 games of 2026. Last game: .

Stats

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Standard

GP
38
AB
100
R
16
H
28
HR
3
RBI
15
SB
0
AVG
.280
Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.
2017BAL2060413180.217
2019BAL216812214132.309
2020BAL331222034492.279
2021BAL1314887312522714.256
2022BAL1455356613416602.250
2023BAL1445207614316675.275
2024BAL/PHI8523526605202.255
2025CIN1033806010115647.266
2026CHW/SD3810016283150.280

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG

Career regular season

GP
720
AB
2,508
R
353
H
659
HR
86
RBI
327
SB
24
AVG
.263

Career Postseason

GP
12
AB
31
R
4
H
4
HR
0
RBI
0
SB
0
AVG
.129

Expanded

PA
105
TB
40
XBH
6
HBP
0
IBB
1
GIDP
3
P/PA
3.77

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (PA: 100+ AB; TB, XBH, HBP, IBB: 300+ AB; P/PA: 300+ PA) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Expanded by season
PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included.TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run.XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs.HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base.IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose.GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better.P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter.
2017BAL631940023.6
2019BAL7539100003.9
2020BAL1344862014.0
2021BAL529225529093.7
2022BAL58222153100113.5
2023BAL5662315431113.8
2024BAL/PHI25593238123.3
2025CIN416172361293.8
2026CHW/SD1054060133.8

What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA

Career regular season

PA
2,725
TB
1,088
XBH
244
HBP
33
IBB
5
GIDP
48
P/PA
3.66

Advanced

WAR
-0.3
RC
10.9
RC/27
3.80
ISOP
.120
SECA
.150
BB/K
0.15
AB/HR
33.3
GO/FO
1.10
Advanced by season
WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in.RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced.RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs.ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count.SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat.BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline.AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power.GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out.
2017BAL-0.53.72.1000.10.1601.3
2019BAL0.714.78.4.2650.40.5170.7
2020BAL0.715.64.5.1150.20.330.50.9
2021BAL3.267.54.8.2050.30.322.20.8
2022BAL2.365.24.2.1630.20.333.40.8
2023BAL2.673.85.1.1690.30.332.50.8
2024BAL/PHI-0.128.24.2.1400.20.2470.7
2025CIN0.854.25.1870.30.325.30.7
2026CHW/SD-0.310.93.8.1200.20.233.31.1

What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO

Career regular season

WAR
9.4
RC
333.6
RC/27
4.70
ISOP
.171
SECA
.238
BB/K
0.26
AB/HR
29.2
GO/FO
0.80

Bio

Age
31 yearsJul 5, 1995
Height
5' 10"
Weight
200 lbs
Experience
9 yearsDebut 2017
Birthplace
Daytona Beach, FL
Draft
2016Rd 3, Pk 91
College
Jacksonville

Against other designated hitters

2026 regular season, 39 MLB designated hitters with 25+ games.

  • Home Runs3

    Higher than 8% of the other 38 MLB designated hitters.

  • Batting Average.280

    Higher than 89% of the other 38 MLB designated hitters.

  • RBI15

    Higher than 13% of the other 38 MLB designated hitters.

Latest performance

Austin Hays

Oct 07 · vs MIL · L 3-1

AB
2
R
0
H
0
HR
0
RBI
0
BB
1
SO
0
AVG
.000

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentABRHHRRBI
Wed, Oct 07vsMILL 3-120000
Sun, Oct 04atMILL 4-310000
Sat, Oct 03atMILL 3-210000
Wed, Sep 30vsCHCW 4-110000
Tue, Sep 29vsCHCW 8-040000
Sun, Sep 27vsARIW 9-442202

What are Austin Hays's career stats?

Austin Hays has played 9 seasons for the Orioles and the Reds. He is a career .263 hitter with 659 hits, 86 home runs and 327 RBI. His best season so far is 2019: a .309 batting average, 4 home runs and 13 RBI.

Best single games

  • Hits: 5 @ BOS on Apr 1, 2023, L 9-8
  • Home Runs: 2 @ TOR on Sep 23, 2019, L 11-10 F/15
  • RBI: 5 @ TOR on Sep 23, 2019, L 11-10 F/15
  • Runs: 4 vs OAK on Apr 11, 2023, W 12-8
  • Stolen Bases: 1 @ BOS on Sep 27, 2019, W 4-1
  • Walks: 2 @ TOR on Sep 24, 2019, W 11-4
Austin Hays's best game in each stat, by season
H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls.
20262132—2
2025424412
2024324211
2023524411
2022413312
2021323312
2020312311
2019325212
20172121—1

What the columns mean: H · HR · RBI · R · SB · BB

Regular season only, from MLB game logs since 2017.

More on Austin Hays

Playoff series

Austin Hays played 12 games across 4 MLB postseasons in 5 series — 1 won, 4 lost.

Austin Hays's line in each playoff series
AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.
2026CHCWon 2-025000
2026MILLost 0-334000
2025LADLost 0-227100
2024NYMLost 1-124000
2023TEXLost 0-3311300

What the columns mean: AB · H · HR · RBI

Austin Hays’s playoff series, round by round

Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2001 postseason — earlier series are not counted.