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

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Team Record in Appearances: 6-6

Days of Rest

Postseason Pitching Game Log

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Postseason Pitching Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	2011	NLDS g1	Oct 1	MIL		ARI	W,4-1	9-GF	S(1)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.03	3	14	10	3	1	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.40	0.031	6.33	0.26%	0.47	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
2	2011	NLDS g2	Oct 2	MIL		ARI	W,9-4	9-GF		0	1.0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.00	3.03	5	26	15	5	4	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	0.006	2.03	0.05%	0.47	9t --- 0 out a5	9t end a 5
3	2011	NLDS g5	Oct 7	MIL		ARI	W,3-2	9-GF(10)	BW(1-0)	4	2.0	3	1	1	0	2	0	0	2.25	2.03	9	28	20	6	1	4	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.31	-0.082	138.01	-1.88%	-0.06	9t --- 0 out a1	10t end tie
4	2011	NLCS g1	Oct 9	MIL		STL	W,9-6	9-GF	S(2)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.80	1.43	3	13	9	3	1	0	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.40	0.031	10.54	0.44%	0.47	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
5	2011	NLCS g4	Oct 13	MIL	@	STL	W,4-2	9-GF	S(3)	3	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.50	1.69	4	16	11	5	0	4	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.080	37.67	1.67%	0.45	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
6	2011	NLCS g6	Oct 16	MIL		STL	L,6-12	9-GF		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.29	1.31	4	19	12	2	2	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.23	0.02%	0.47	9t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 6
2013 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
7	2013	NLDS g2	Oct 4	STL		PIT	L,1-7	6-6		5	0.1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.00	21.05	3	14	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.29	-0.009	4.66	-0.10%	-0.41	6t --- 0 out d4	6t 12- 1 out d4
8	2013	NLDS g3	Oct 6	STL	@	PIT	L,3-5	7-7		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	7.55	3	10	5	1	0	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.49	0.035	10.27	0.41%	0.42	7b --- 0 out d1	7b 3 out d1
9	2013	NLCS g1	Oct 11	STL		LAD	W,3-2	11-11		4	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.00	5.19	5	21	11	4	1	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.36	0.127	61.63	1.84%	0.45	11t --- 0 out tie	11t 3 out tie
10	2013	NLCS g5	Oct 16	STL	@	LAD	L,4-6	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	1	1	1	0	2	1	0	2.70	7.25	4	15	12	5	2	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	-0.011	1.06	-0.11%	-0.58	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 4
11	2013	WS g1	Oct 23	STL	@	BOS	L,1-8	6-6		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.08	4.89	3	17	10	4	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.005	3.66	0.15%	0.50	6b --- 0 out d5	6b 3 out d5
12	2013	WS g4	Oct 27	STL		BOS	L,2-4	8-GF		3	1.1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.59	4.28	5	30	16	6	1	0	2	1	0	0		1	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.41	0.025	26.14	1.06%	0.66	8t 1-- 2 out d2	9t end d 2
											12.2	7	2	2	6	18	1	0	1.42		51																			0

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