John Axford

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-5, 234lb (196cm, 106kg)

Born: April 1, 1983 in Simcoe, Canada ca

Draft: Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 7th round of the 2001 MLB June Amateur Draft from Assumption College School (Brantford, ON) and the Cincinnati Reds in the 42nd round of the 2005 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Notre Dame (South Bend, IN).

High School: Assumption College School (Brantford, ON)

Schools: Canisius College (Buffalo, NY), University of Notre Dame (South Bend, IN)

Debut: September 15, 2009 (Age 26-167d, 19,668th in major league history)
vs. CHC 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 3 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: August 2, 2021 (Age 38-123d)
vs. PIT 0.1 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2010 season

Agents: Beverly Hills Sports Council

Full Name: John Berton Axford

Nicknames: Ax Man

Twitter: @JohnAxford

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.0

ERA

3.90

544

144

525.2

589

WHIP

1.419

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

2011 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2011 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Mar 31	MIL	@	CIN	L,6-7	GF	6	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
2	3 (1)	Apr 3	MIL	@	CIN	L,3-12		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
3	6 (2)	Apr 6	MIL		ATL	W,5-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	7	Apr 7	MIL		ATL	W,4-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	10 (2)	Apr 10	MIL		CHC	W,6-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	12 (1)	Apr 14	MIL	@	PIT	W,4-1	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	16 (3)	Apr 18	MIL	@	PHI	W,6-3		6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
8	20 (3)	Apr 23	MIL		HOU	L,6-9		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	21	Apr 24	MIL		HOU	W,4-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	23 (1)	Apr 26	MIL		CIN	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	24	Apr 27	MIL		CIN	L,6-7		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	30 (5)	May 4 (2)	MIL	@	ATL	L,0-8	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	33 (2)	May 7	MIL	@	STL	W,4-0	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
14	35 (1)	May 9	MIL		SDP	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	36	May 10	MIL		SDP	W,8-6	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	38 (1)	May 13	MIL		PIT	W,5-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	40 (1)	May 15	MIL		PIT	W,9-6	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	41	May 16	MIL	@	LAD	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	43 (1)	May 18	MIL	@	SDP	W,5-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	45 (1)	May 20	MIL		COL	W,7-6		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	46	May 21	MIL		COL	W,3-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	47	May 22	MIL		COL	W,3-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	49 (1)	May 24	MIL		WSN	W,7-6	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	52 (2)	May 28	MIL		SFG	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	55 (2)	May 31	MIL	@	CIN	W,7-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	57 (1)	Jun 3	MIL	@	FLA	W,6-5	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	58	Jun 4	MIL	@	FLA	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	59	Jun 5	MIL	@	FLA	W,6-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	62 (2)	Jun 8	MIL		NYM	W,7-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	65 (2)	Jun 11	MIL		STL	W,5-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	66	Jun 12	MIL		STL	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	69 (2)	Jun 15	MIL	@	CHC	W,9-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	72 (2)	Jun 18	MIL	@	BOS	W,4-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	75 (2)	Jun 21	MIL		TBR	W,5-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	77 (1)	Jun 24	MIL		MIN	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	79 (1)	Jun 26	MIL		MIN	W,6-2	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	1
37	82 (2)	Jun 30	MIL	@	NYY	L,0-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	1	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	84 (1)	Jul 2	MIL	@	MIN	W,8-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	86 (1)	Jul 4	MIL		ARI	L,6-8		7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	88 (1)	Jul 6	MIL		ARI	W,3-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	89	Jul 7	MIL		CIN	W,5-4	GF	6	1.0	0	2	0	2	0
42	91 (1)	Jul 9	MIL		CIN	L,4-8		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	94 (2)	Jul 15	MIL	@	COL	L,0-4	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
44	95	Jul 16	MIL	@	COL	W,8-7	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
45	96	Jul 17	MIL	@	COL	W,4-3	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
46	99 (2)	Jul 20	MIL	@	ARI	W,5-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	101 (1)	Jul 22	MIL	@	SFG	W,4-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
48	104 (2)	Jul 26	MIL		CHC	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
49	105	Jul 27	MIL		CHC	W,2-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
50	106	Jul 28	MIL		CHC	W,4-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
51	109 (2)	Jul 31	MIL		HOU	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	111 (1)	Aug 2	MIL		STL	L,7-8		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
53	112	Aug 3	MIL		STL	W,10-5	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
54	114 (1)	Aug 6	MIL	@	HOU	W,7-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	1	1	0
55	116 (1)	Aug 9	MIL	@	STL	W,5-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
56	120 (3)	Aug 13	MIL		PIT	W,1-0	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
57	121	Aug 14	MIL		PIT	W,2-1		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
58	122	Aug 15	MIL		LAD	W,3-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
59	124 (1)	Aug 17	MIL		LAD	W,3-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
60	127 (2)	Aug 20	MIL	@	NYM	W,11-9	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
61	132 (4)	Aug 24	MIL	@	PIT	L,0-2	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
62	133	Aug 26	MIL		CHC	W,5-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
63	134	Aug 27	MIL		CHC	W,6-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
64	135	Aug 28	MIL		CHC	W,3-2	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	139 (3)	Sep 2	MIL	@	HOU	W,8-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
66	142 (2)	Sep 5	MIL	@	STL	W,4-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
67	147 (4)	Sep 10	MIL		PHI	L,2-3		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
68	148	Sep 11	MIL		PHI	W,3-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
69	149	Sep 13	MIL		COL	W,2-1		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
70	151 (1)	Sep 16	MIL	@	CIN	W,6-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
71	157 (5)	Sep 23	MIL		FLA	W,4-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
72	158	Sep 24	MIL		FLA	W,6-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
73	161 (2)	Sep 27	MIL		PIT	W,6-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
74	162	Sep 28	MIL		PIT	W,7-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
							74gm		73.2	1	7	2	10	1