Jake Bauers #42

s married...wife’s name is Lauren...the couple has a daughter...Graduated from Marina (Calif.) High School...did not play varsity baseball until his junior year...signed a letter of intent to play at the University of Hawaii before he played in his first varsity high school game...Enjoys the beach, video games and listening to music.

2025

Re-signed with Milwaukee as a free agent on 1/6...Batted a career-high .235 with seven HR, 28 RBI and eight SB in 86 games...Made 52 starts (25 G at 1B, 19 G in LF, four G in RF, four G at DH)...Was on the 10-day injured list from 7/20-8/21 with a left shoulder impingement, retroactive to 7/19...Hit .383 (18-for-47) with two HR and nine RBI over his last 21 games of the season while posting a .482 OBP/.596 SLG/1.078 OPS...Smacked his third career pinch-hit homer in a 5-4 loss on 9/9 at Texas with a solo shot off Shawn Armstrong...Made five appearances as a pitcher, posting a 3.60 ERA (five IP, eight H, four R, two ER, three BB, one K)...Batted .308 (4-for-13) with one HR and three RBI in six postseason games, including four starts (two G at 1B, two G in LF)...homered in Game 3 of the NLDS at Chicago...Signed a one-year contract on 11/21, avoiding arbitration.

2024

Appeared in 117 games with Milwaukee last season, including 77 starts (60 at 1B, eight at DH, seven in LF and two in RF)…Belted the first postseason pinch-hit homer in franchise history in Game 3 of the 2024 NL Wild Card Series vs. New York...Made four pitching appearances with Milwaukee in 2024: 4/28 vs. NYY (1st career), 6/9 at DET, 7/9 vs. PIT and 9/11 at SF.

2023

Batted .202 with 12 HR and 30 RBI in 84 games with New York-AL...Made 68 starts (26g in RF, 20g at 1B, 20g in LF, 2g at DH)...Had two stints with the team (4/29-7/6 and 7/23-end of season)...Tied his career high with 12 HR (also 2019 with Cleveland)...Belted a pair of homers and tied his career high (4x) with four RBI in a 6-3 win on 6/3 at Los Angeles-NL...was his first career multi-homer game...Was on the 10-day injured list from 7/7-7/22, retroactive to 7/6, with a left rotator cuff contusion...Appeared in 24 games at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (.359, 11hr, 23rbi)...Was traded to Milwaukee in exchange for OF Jace Avina and OF Brian Sánchez on 11/17...signed a one-year contract on 1/11/24, avoiding arbitration.

2022

In 61 games with Triple-A Louisville and Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, hit .183 (37-for-202) with 21 R, six doubles, one triple, eight HR, 28 RBI, 39 BB and eight SB…began the season with Triple-A Louisville, hitting .135 (13-for-96) with seven R, four doubles, three HR, 12 RBI, 19 BB and four SB in 29 games…was acquired by the Yankees from the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for cash considerations on 6/3… in 32 games with Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, hit .226 (24-for-106) with 14 R, two doubles, one triple, five HR, 16 RBI, 20 BB and four SB.

2021

In 115 apps for the Indians and Mariners combined to hit .209 with seven doubles, four HR, 19 RBI and six stolen bases in seven attempts...Began the season with the Indians...on 6/5 was designated for assignment...On 6/10 was traded from the Indians to the Mariners for a player to be named...Following the season was declared a minor league free agent...On 12/20 was signed by the Reds to a minor league contract with an invitation to 2022 Major League Spring Training camp.

2020

Spent the regular season at the Alternate Training Site in Lake County following his July 22nd option out of Summer Camp... Hit .172 (5-for-29) with a 2B, HR, 3 RBI, 0BB and 11 SO in 10 games between Spring and Summer Camp.

2019

Spent the first four months of the season at the Major League level before being sent to Triple-A Columbus on August 1 after the acquisition of Puig and Reyes...Spent five weeks with the Clippers, batting .247 (22-for-89) with 7 2B, 3 HR and 15 RBI in 24 games (.776 OPS)...Was recalled again on August 31 and spent the final month of the season back with Cleveland...Enjoyed periods of consistent production during his tenure in Cleveland, recording a .787 OPS in June (19-for-77, .247, 5 HR, 9 RBI) and collected the ninth cycle in club history on June 14 at Detroit, going 4-for-5 with a season-high 4 RBI...Also had four hits on July 2 at Kansas City...From June 14 to July 7 he batted .358 (24-for-67) with 3 2B, 4 HR and 14 RBI over 19 games (season high .726 OPS on 7/7) ... From July 8-31 he batted .185 (12-for-65) with 4 2B, 0 HR, 3 RBI in 18 games (.520 OPS) ... In September he batted .138 (4-for-29) and ended the season 2-for-last-36 ... Highest monthly batting average was .256 (July) and average never got above .257 on the year ... Split time between first base, left field and designated hitter during his time in Cleveland, making 49 starts in left (53 games), 22 starts at first base (31 games) and 35 starts at DH (106 total starts) ... Batted .249 (43-for-173) with runners on base and .255 (12-for-47) with RISP-2outs and was 4-for-9 with 9 RBI with the bases loaded.

2018

Split the season between Tampa Bay and Triple-A Durham in his first taste of the Major League level at age 22...Recalled and made MLB debut on June 7 vs. Seattle and was with the Rays the rest of the season...Appeared in 76 games at first base, 16 games in left field and four games in right field...Rays went 42-27 (.609) when he started at first base...Led A.L. rookies with 54 walks, the third-highest total in Rays history for a rookie, behind John Jaso (59) in 2010 and Akinori Iwamura (58) in 2007...Ranked fourth among AL rookies with 22 2B and eighth in RBI and runs...35 of his 65 hits (53.8 pct.) went for extra bases, sixth-highest in the Majors (min. 200 PA)...Hit .167 (32-for-192) after the All-Star break, third-lowest in the AL among qualifiers...Was the youngest player to appear for the 2018 Rays, a team that featured 23 rookies...On June 9 vs. Seattle, recorded his first career hit, a double off Félix Hernández...On June 11 vs. Toronto, hit his first career home run, 2-run shot off Sam Gaviglio...Became the youngest first baseman to homer in club history, and youngest infielder since Evan Longoria (2008).

2017

Spent his age-21 season with Triple-A Durham…was the second-youngest player on an International League Opening Day roster, behind 20-year-old Ozzie Albies (Gwinnett)... Ranked among IL leaders in runs (79, 1st), walks (78, 2nd) and on-base pct. (.368, 5th)…tied his career high in runs (2016)…his 20 SB were twice as many as his previous career high (10, 2016)... Was one of two players in the IL with double-digit homers and at least 20 SB, along with Xavier Avery of Gwinnett (Braves)... Tied for 3rd among Rays minor leaguers with 13 HR, behind Jesús Sánchez (15) and Justin Williams (14)... Started 53 games in left field, 50 games at first base and 19 games in right field... Was a non-roster invite to Rays spring training… won the Al Lopez Award as the Rays most outstanding rookie in spring…hit .371/.465/.857 (13- for-35) in 17 games, tying Corey Dickerson for the team lead with 4 HR and leading the team with 13 RBI... Named to the Rays Organizational All-Star Team by MLB.com for a second consecutive year. ®® Ranked by Baseball America as the No. 45 overall prospect in the minors following the season, up from No. 70 the year prior…was the No. 4 prospect in the Rays system.

2016

Named Most Valuable Player for Double-A Montgomery by the Rays Baseball Operations department…earned Southern League midseason and postseason All-Star honors…ranked among SL leaders in games (135, 1st), runs (79, 3rd), RBI (78, 4th), doubles (28, 4th), OBP (.370, 5th), walks (73, 2nd) and total bases (207, 4th)…ranked 2nd among Rays farmhands in RBI and tied for 4th with a career-high 14 HR…started 62 games in RF, 57 at 1B and 4 in LF…ranked by Baseball America as the No. 70 overall prospect in the minors enter-ing the 2017 season…was the No. 4 prospect in the Rays organization and the No. 5 prospect in the SL following the season…also tabbed by the publication as the Rays Best Hitter for Average…named to the Rays Organizational All-Star Team by MiLB.com.