Harrison Joseph Bader (pronounced BAY-der)...Instagram: @aybaybader...played prep ball at Horace Mann School in Bronx, N.Y....played collegiately at University of Florida from 2013-15...is cousins with Chris Baio, the bassist for Vampire Weekend...his favorite outfielder growing up was Torii Hunter... lived with then-Brewers special assistant to general manager Craig Counsell and family in Whitefish Bay, Wis. while playing for the Lakeshore Chinooks of the collegiate summer Northwoods League after his freshman season at Florida in 2013...played on the Bourne Braves of the Cape Cod Baseball League in 2014...Bader’s father is Jewish and his mother is Sicilian...Bader, who was selected to play for Team Israel in the 2023 World Baseball Classic but withdrew because of an injury, announced he was willing to be identified as Jewish just before the start of the 2023 season.
2024
Appeared in a career-high 143 games, 108 as a starter in his first season with New York-NL...signed one-year contract with Mets on January 4...Recorded four straight games with multiple hits from April 9 -12, the longest such streak of his career...Went 4-5 with a double and an RBI on April 19 at Los Angeles-AL, marking second career game with four hits (also: 9/25/21 with St. Louis)...Lined a game-tying two-run double in the ninth on May 26 vs. San Francisco, a walk-off win...Slashed .340/.357/.642 in 16 games from June 23-July 12...Went 2-4 with two home runs and three RBI on July 12 vs. Colorado, marking second career multi-homer game (also: 9/15/19 with St. Louis)...Posted an .816 OPS over 22 games in July...Established career-highs in RBI (51), plate appearances (437) and at-bats (402)...Appeared in 12 of 13 Postseason games primarily off the bench and went 0-2 with a pair of strikeouts in Game 4 of the NLCS vs. Los Angeles-NL, his lone start of the Postseason...Went 1-1 with a pair of runs in Game 1 of the NLDS at Philadelphia after entering the game as a pinch-runner in the eighth...joined Melvin Mora (1999 NLCS Game 2 at Atlanta) and Benny Agbayani (NLCS Game 6 at Atlanta) as the only players in Mets history to score two runs in a Postseason game off the bench.
2023
Split the season between the New York Yankees (84 games) and Cincinnati Reds (14 games)...Established a career-high with 20 stolen bases...Began the season on the Injured List with a strained left oblique...Hit safely in seven of his first eight games from May 2-10...Batted .429/.448/.893 with three home runs and 11 RBI during the span...Broke a 3-3 tie with a three-run homer in the eighth inning vs. Baltimore on July 3...Made his Reds debut on Sept. 1 vs. Chicago-NL...Missed the final two weeks of the season with a sports hernia and right adductor muscle strain that led to surgery on Sept. 29.
2022
In 86 games between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Yankees, batted .250 (73-for-292) with 38R, 10 doubles, three triples, five HR, 30RBI, 15BB, 4HP, 2SF and 17SB…appeared in 85 games in CF and did not make an error in 208 total chances...In 14 games with the Yankees, hit .217 (10-for-46) with 3R, three doubles, 9RBI, 2BB and 2SB...Began the season with the St. Louis Cardinals, hitting .256 (63-for-246) with 35R, seven doubles, three triples, 5HR, 21RBI, 13BB and 15SB in 72 games...Hit his first HR of the season with a go-ahead, two-run HR in the seventh inning on 5/1 vs. Arizona (1-for-4, 1R, 1HR, 2RBI)…marked his first career HR that gave his team the lead in the seventh inning-or-later...Reached base a career-high-tying four times on 5/7 at San Francisco, going 3-for-4 with 2R and 1BB...Over a 31-game stretch from 5/17(G2)-6/19, hit .319 (36-for-113) with 16R, two doubles, three triples, 2HR, 11RBI, 3BB, 1HP and 7SB…reached base safely in 25 of those games...Recorded a career-high 11-game hitting streak from 5/17 (G2)-31, batting .333 (15-for-45) with 5R, one double, 1HR, 5RBI and 5SB over that stretch…also matched his career long on-base streak (also 11G from 5/7-19/21)...Was placed on the 10-day injured list by St. Louis on 6/27 with right foot planter fasciitis...Began a rehab assignment with Triple-A Memphis on 7/22…played in one game (0-for-3, 1R, 1BB) before being returned from his rehab assignment on 7/30...Was acquired by the Yankees from the St. Louis Cardinals along with a player to be named later or cash considerations for LHP Jordan Montgomery on 8/2...Was transferred to the 60-day injured list by the Yankees on 8/25...Made a rehab assignment with Double-A Somerset, batting .286 (6-for-21) with 4R, two doubles, 1HR, 4RBI, 2BB and 1SB in six games...Was returned from rehab and reinstated from the 60-day injured list prior to the game on 9/20…missed 42 team games with the Yankees and 69 combined games between Cardinals (27G) and Yankees...Reached base safely in each of his first six games with the Yankees from 9/20-25...Made his Yankees debut on 9/20 vs. Pittsburgh, hitting a game-tying RBI single in the fifth inning and a go-ahead two-run single in the sixth inning (2-for-4, 1R, 3RBI)…marked his first game since 6/26 vs. Chicago-NL with St. Louis…his 3RBI matched his season high (also 3RBI on 5/22 at Pittsburgh with St. Louis) and were the most by a player in his Yankees debut since Giancarlo Stanton recorded 4RBI in his Yankees debut on Opening Day on 3/29/18 at Toronto...Drove in at least one run in each of his first three games with the Yankees from 9/20-22, recording 6RBI in that span…was tied for his longest stretch of the year (also three games from 5/20-23) and matched the third-longest streak of his career…trailed only two four-game streaks from 7/23-27/21 and 4/27-5/1/19…was just the sixth Yankee in the last 30 years (since 1993) to record at least 1RBI in each of his first three games with the Yankees, joining Anthony Rizzo (first six in 2021), Aaron Judge (first three in 2016), Starlin Castro (first three in 2016), Shelley Duncan (first three in 2007) and Hideki Matsui (first three in 2003)...Recorded a go-ahead RBI single in the eighth inning in Game 1 on 10/4 at Texas…marked his third career hit that put his team in the lead in the eighth inning-or-later (also a “walk-off” RBI single in the ninth on 9/1/19- G1 vs. Cincinnati and a go-ahead RBI single in the eighth on 9/30/17 vs. Milwaukee, both with St. Louis)...In nine postseason games, batted .333/.429/.833 (10-for-30) with 8R, 5HR, 6RBI, 4BB and 1HP…was just the fourth Yankee in franchise history to hit at least 5HR in a single postseason, joining Giancarlo Stanton (6HR in 2020), Alex Rodriguez (6HR in 2009), Bernie Williams (6HR in 1996) and Reggie Jackson (5HR in 1977)…according to Elias, became the first Yankee in franchise history to hit at least 4HR in his first six postseason games with the club…was just the second player in franchise history to hit at least 3HR in his first four postseason games with the team, joining Charlie Keller (3HR in 1939)...Hit his first home run as a Yankee and his first career postseason home run with a game-tying solo HR in the third inning in Game 1 of the ALDS…was the first Yankee to homer in his first postseason AB with the club since Shane Spencer did so in 1998 ALDS Game 2 vs. Texas…was the sixth New York-born player to hit a HR for the Yankees in the postseason, joining Raúl Ibañez (3HR in 2012), Alex Rodriguez (10HR from 2004-09), Joe Pepitone (1HR in 1964), Phil Rizzuto (2HR from 1942-51) and Lou Gehrig (10HR from 1928-1937)...Homered in two potential elimination games this postseason: ALDS Game 4 at Cleveland and ALCS Game 4 vs. Houston…was just the seventh Yankee (eighth time) to hit at least 2HR in potential elimination games in a single postseason, joining Didi Gregorius (3HR in 2017), DJ LeMahieu (2HR in 2019), Jason Giambi (2HR in 2003), Mickey Mantle (2HR in 1952 and 1964), Gil McDougald (2HR in 1958) and Yogi Berra (2HR in 1956)...Hit 3HR in an American League Division Series, becoming just the fourth Yankee to hit at least 3HR in the ALDS, joining Giancarlo Stanton (4HR in 2020 ALDS vs. Tampa Bay), Bernie Williams (3HR in 1996 ALDS vs. Texas) and Paul O’Neill (3HR in 1995 ALDS vs. Seattle).
2021
NL Ranks: SABR defensive index (14.4, 1st), defensive WAR (1.6, 6th), defensive runs saved (15, 3rd), intentional walks (6, T-8th), ultimate zone rating-outfielders (11.4, *1st), total chances/9-outfielders (3.00, *1st), putouts/9-outfielders (2.93, *1st), range factor/9-outfielders (2.97, *1st), range factor/game-outfielders (2.84, *1st), zone rating-outfielders (.973, *1st), outs above average-outfielders (13, 1st), runs prevented-outfielders (12, 1st), total zone runs-outfielders (19, 3rd), putouts-outfielders (289, 4th), Sprint Speed (29.9 feet/second, 9th). * Led MLB
Winner of his first career Rawlings Gold Glove in centerfield after being named a finalist in 2019... Became the first Cardinals centerfielder to win a Gold Glove since Jim Edmonds (2000-05), and the 6th Cardinals outfielder overall, joining Edmonds, Curt Flood (1963-69), Willie McGee (1983, 1985-86), Jason Heyward (2015) and Tyler O’Neill (2020-21)... With O'Neill, marked the first time in franchise history that two Cardinals outfielders won Gold Gloves in the same season...Joined Tommy Edman, Paul Goldschmidt, Nolan Arenado and O’Neill as St. Louis became the first team in MLB history to feature five Gold Glove winners in a single season... Also marked the 31st time that St. Louis boasted multiple winners in the same season and 4th instance the franchise has had at least four winners in one year (1963, 2002, 2003, 2021)... His .973 zone rating in 2021 was the highest by any Major League outfielder in MLB history since the category began being tracked in 1987, according to Stats LLC (minimum 103 games played)...Missed 58 games due to injuries. Began the season on the Injured List with a strained right forearm and later suffered a hairline rib fracture on an attempted diving catch at the Chicago White Sox (5/24)... On the road, led the Cardinals in batting average (.328), slugging (.604) and OPS (.984) in 51 games... The Cardinals were 45-23 (.662) when Bader, O'Neill and Dylan Carlson were in the starting lineup... Named National League Player of the Week for the Sept. 20-26 period, his first career weekly honor... Hit .517/.548/1.000 (15-29) with 10 runs, five doubles, three homers, six RBI, two stolen bases and a 1.548 OPS across eight games. Included a home run in three straight games at Chicago Cubs (9/24-9/26), and hitting safely and scoring in six straight... Hit his first career grand slam in the 10th inning of the Cardinals 9-3 win at Colorado (7/2)...Belted his first career leadoff home run on 10/2 vs. Chicago Cubs, which was his only game batting leadoff during the season... Involved in the team's dynamic 3-2-5-4-2-8-6 double play on 9/25 at Chicago Cubs during the Cardinals historic 17-game win streak.
2021 POSTSEASON: Went 0-for-1 with a walk and two hit by pitches in the Cardinals 3-1 loss to Los Angeles at Dodger Stadium in the National League Wild Card Game...became the 10th player in MLB postseason history to draw one or more walks and be hit at least twice in a game...also became the 1st Cardinal in postseason history to be hit twice in one game.
2020
National League Ranks: Triples (2, T-10th), Zone Ratingoutfielders (.974, 2nd), outfield assist/game (0.06, 8th), Sprint Speed (29.4 feet/second, 9th), Runs Prevented (4, T-2nd)... Played in 50 games, 49 in centerfield, 5th among National League centerfielders...Ranked 2nd behind teammate Tyler O’Neill in NL outfielder zone rating (.974)...Recorded two outfield assists in centerfield, T-5th among NL centerfielders...Ranked 11th in MLB in Sprint Speed (29.4 feet/second) and tied for the Cardinals team lead in Outs Above Average (4)...Batted .360 (9-25) vs. left-handed pitchers, would T-6th in NL with qualifying plate appearances... Homered in back-to-back games vs. Cincinnati (8/22-8/23)...Doubled in three straight games (8/22-24) and had an extra-base hit in four straight, tripling on 8/25 vs. Kansas City)...Hit a season-high two doubles at Chicago Cubs (9/6) tying his career-best for the 3rd time...Hit his 30th career home run vs. Cincinnati (9/12), a three-run shot off Amir Garrett (Garrett’s first HR allowed to a RH batter in 2020), tying his career-high in RBI. Entered the game with four RBI in his first 32 games and had three on one swing...Tripled and homered vs. Milwaukee (9/27) becoming the first Cardinal since Lane Thomas to triple and homer in the same game and 13th Cardinal all-time to pull off the feat from the 8th slot...Hit his 4th home run of the season on the final day of the season vs. Milwaukee, launching a 425-ft shot into Big Mac Land. Was his first homer not hit against Cincinnati during the 2020 season.
2020 POSTSEASON: Was 1-for-9 (.111) with 2 RBI and a sacrifice fly in three starts in centerfield...Struck out five times in five plate appearances in Game 1, becoming the first Cardinal in history and 3rd in MLB history to strike out five times in a postseason game (Cincinnati’s Reggie Sanders in 1995 & Yankees’ George Pipgras in 1932 )...Went 1-for-3 with a sac fly and a single-game postseason high 2 RBI in Game 2.
2019
Rawlings Gold Glove Award finalist in center field...Named the "Best Defensive Outfielder" in the National League by managers, coaches, scouts and executives in Baseball America's 2019 Best Tools survey...Led NL outfielders in double plays (4), most by a Cardinals outfielder since Jim Edmonds (5) in 2003...Matched his single-season high of eight outfield assists from 2018...His .956 zone rating was the highest by a Cardinals outfielder in club history since the category began being tracked in 1987...Was one of eight MLB players in 2019 to record double-digit totals in home runs (12), stolen bases (11), and hit by pitches (13). Only Bader and Mike Trout have done it the past two seasons (2018-19)...Is one of 15 National Leaguers and the only Cardinal to post back-to-back seasons with double-digit home run and stolen base totals (2018-19)...Established new single-season highs in RBI (39), walks, (46), triples (3) and intentional walks (4)...Matched career high with 12 home runs, smacking his 12th on the second to last game of 2019 vs. Chicago (9/28)...Was on the 10-day disabled list (4/17-4/24, retroactive to 4/14) with a right hamstring injury...Had two bunt singles, T3rd on the team w/ Jack Flaherty and trailed MLB leader Kolten Wong (10) and Matt Carpenter (3)...Recorded his first career game with multiple home runs vs. Milwaukee (9/15), hitting solo shots off Chase Anderson (3rd inn.) and Ray Black (7th inn.)...Recorded his first career walk-off RBI with an RBI single in the 9th inning vs. Cincinnati (9/1-G1)...Hit a 450-foot homer on to the left field concourse at Coors Field at Colorado (9/12)...Pinch-ran and scored two runs vs. Cincinnati (8/31) in Game 1 of the doubleheader and knocked in game-tying run in 9th in Game 2. Was the first Cardinal since Randal Grichuk (2016) to score two runs in a game with no official at-bats...Scored in a season-high 5 straight games (8/23-27) and had 10 runs over the final 11 games in August...Optioned to Memphis (AAA) on July 28 and played in 16 games, batting .317/.427/.698 (20-63) with 7 HR, 15 RBI, and 3-for-3 in stolen bases...Ranked 9th among Memphis' home run leaders (7) at the time of recall despite playing in only 16 games, including two multi-HR games (8/10 at Fresno - 5 RBI & 8/18 vs. Iowa)...Logged a nine-game hitting streak (14-35, .400) at time of his recall...Recalled on August 20, finishing the season batting .222 (28-126) with 6 HR and 20 RBI over his final 38 games in St. Louis, with 35 starts in centerfield...Tripled and walked a career-high three times vs. Milwaukee (8/20) including an RBI forcing in a run...Hit a career-high five home runs in September, his most in any month in his career. His 13 RBI in September were his most in the month all season and tied his highest career month (August 2018).
2018
Named to the Baseball America and Topps All-Rookie Teams at one of three outfield positions with Atlanta's Ronald Acuña, Jr. and Washington's Juan Soto...Recognized as the MLBPAA Heart & Hustle Award nominee for the Cardinals...anked among National League rookie leaders in batting average (.264, 9th), home runs (12, 5th), RBI (37, T-9th), runs (61, 4th), hits (100, 6th), doubles (20, 5th), multi-hit games (23, T-5th), walks (31, 6th), on-base percentage (.334, 9th), slugging (.422, 7th), total bases (160, 5th) and extra base hits (34, 5th)...His 15 stolen bases as a rookie were the most by a Cardinal since Kolten Wong (20) in 2014...Tallied 100 hits, becoming the first Cardinals rookie outfielder with 100 hits since Colby Rasmus (119) in 2009...Led MLB in 5-star catches (7) & was T-1st in Outs Above Average (21) according to Statcast's metrics...Ranked 4th in MLB with 19 defensive runs saved according to FanGraphs advanced metrics...Tied for the National League lead among rookies with eight outfield assists...Became the first Cardinals rookie with two outfield assists in one game (6/15 vs. CHI) since Leon Durham (1980)...His two outfield assists vs. CHI (6/15) made him one of five MLB rookies to do so in a game in 2018...Led the Cardinals with a .315 batting average (29-92) and a .554 slugging percentage when leading off an inning...Hit 10 of his 12 home runs on the road (13 of 15 career)...Homered in consecutive games twice in 2018 and three times in his career...Did not make the Opening Day roster; was recalled from Memphis (AAA) on 4/3 when Jedd Gyorko was placed on 10-day D...Had two-out infield single to keep game alive for two-run Dexter Fowler walk-off homer in the 14th inn. vs. CHI (5/6)...Ran off a career-high eight game hitting streak (4/11-4/22)...Scored in a team-high eight straight games (8/8-8/16), T-2nd longest streak in the National League (Turner, 9)...Recorded his 100th career hit on a solo home run (eventual game-winning RBI) on 8/30 vs. Pittsburgh...Batted .301 (28-93) in August including 13 extra-base hits, ranking 2nd on the club (Carpenter, 16)...Posted single-month highs in August in hits (28), runs (17), doubles (8) & RBI (13)...Scored from second base on an infield single by Austin Gomber at Colorado (8/26)...Started 27 straight games from 8/10-9/8 reaching base safely in 23 of 27 with a .368 OBP....Hit two sac flies vs. Pittsburgh (9/10), becoming the first Cardinal with two sac flies since Matt Adams in 2014...Went hitless in three straight starts only once (9/8-9/11).
2017
Named 2017 Cardinals Minor League Player of the Year...Ranked second among Cardinals minor leaguers in home runs (20) and runs scored (74), and seventh in hits (122) and stolen bases (15)...Purchased on 7/25 and made his MLB debut that night starting in CF. Scored the game-winning run on a walk-off sac fly by Jedd Gyorko in the bottom of the 9th in a 3-2 win...Played and started six games in centerfield (7/25-31) in STL (.286, 6-21) before being optioned back to Memphis until his recall on 9/1...Started 20 of 27 games (17 CF/2 LF/1 RF) with St. Louis...Hit first Major League homer at SF (8/31) off Johnny Cueto with a two-run shot in the 3rd inning...Homered in every other game from 9/1-5...Posted a season-high 3 RBI at SD (9/5) going 2-for-5 with a home run...Had 7 infield hits among his 20 hits, with a season-high of two at SD (9/7)...Hit 3 home runs in first 11 MLB games, becoming the first Cardinals player since Jeremy Hazelbaker (2016), one behind Albert Pujols (4, 2001)...Batted .400 vs. left-handed pitching (8-for-20, 2 HR)... Knocked in go-ahead run in the bottom of the 8th to complete Cardinals largest comeback of 2017 (6 runs) and eliminate Brewers from postseason consideration (9/30)...Had 6 multi-hit games in his first 13 MLB games...Named Cardinals Minor League Player of the Month for July batting .317 (32-101) with 6 HR, 12 RBI and was 5-for-5 in stoles bases over 21 games...Started 111 of 117 games for Memphis (AAA) in centerfield ...Rated as the No. 8 prospect in the Cardinals organization by Baseball America.
