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: 20-30 / in Starts: 0-1

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 14, Entered with runners on base: 8

2018 Pitching Game Log

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2018 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	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	494	1	Mar 29	TOR		NYY	L,1-6	5-5		99	0.1	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	27.00	-2.84	3	14	9	2	0	0	2	2	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	.59	-0.148	.62	-0.09%	-1.77	5t 1-- 2 out d2	5t 3 out d4
2	495	4	Apr 1	TOR		NYY	W,7-4	7-7		2	1.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	6.75	4.66	5			4	1	1	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.36	0.021	.37	0.01%	0.50	7t --- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d3
3	496	6	Apr 3	TOR		CHW	W,14-5	7-7	H(1)	1	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.86	5.30	5			2	0	3	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.54	0.047	1.52	0.03%	0.50	7t --- 0 out a3	7t 3 out a3
4	497	9	Apr 7	TOR	@	TEX	L,1-5	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.70	4.06	3	13	7	2	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.004	.05	0.00%	0.56	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
5	498	11	Apr 9	TOR	@	BAL	W,7-1	9-GF		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.08	3.39	4	15	9	3	3	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.003	.06	0.00%	0.50	9b --- 0 out a6	9b end a 6
6	499	13	Apr 11	TOR	@	BAL	L,3-5	6-6		1	1.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.38	2.97	6	25	17	5	3	4	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.076	1.22	-0.06%	-0.50	6b --- 0 out d1	6b 3 out d2
7	500	15	Apr 17(1)	TOR		KCR	W,11-3	8-GF		5	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.45	2.75	6			5	2	2	3	0	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.002	.01	0.00%	1.00	8t --- 0 out a8	9t end a 8
8	501	18	Apr 19	TOR	@	NYY	L,3-4	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.16	2.92	3	17	8	2	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.55	0.032	.72	0.03%	0.51	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
9	502	20	Apr 21	TOR	@	NYY	L,1-9	6-6		1	0.2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.00	3.05	5	24	15	2	1	1	2	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.04	-0.008	.05	-0.01%	-1.31	6b -2- 1 out d6	6b 3 out d8
10	503	21	Apr 22	TOR	@	NYY	L,1-5	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.70	3.06	4	12	8	2	0	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.003	.06	0.00%	0.51	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
11	504	25	Apr 27	TOR		TEX	L,4-6	8-GF		4	2.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.25	2.74	7	23	13	2	3	0	5	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.40	0.046	.40	0.03%	1.00	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
12	505	26	Apr 28	TOR		TEX	L,4-7	8-8		0	1.0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.08	2.54	4	22	14	4	5	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.27	0.015	.27	0.01%	0.50	8t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d3
May				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
13	506	29	May 1	TOR	@	MIN	W,7-4	7-7		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.93	2.45	3			5	1	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.98	0.045	.95	0.03%	0.52	7b --- 0 out d1	7b 3 out d1
14	507	31	May 3(1)	TOR	@	CLE	W,13-11	4-6		1	2.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.65	2.43	7	18	15	6	0	4	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.80	0.147	.83	0.09%	1.57	4b 1-3 2 out d2	6b 3 out tie
15	508	36	May 8	TOR		SEA	L,0-5	9-GF		4	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.56	2.47	3	12	8	1	2	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.04	0.002	.04	0.00%	0.50	9t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
16	509	37	May 9	TOR		SEA	W,5-2	7-7		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.47	2.40	4	14	12	2	2	1	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.056	.88	0.03%	0.50	7t --- 0 out d1	7t 3 out d1
17	510	39	May 11	TOR		BOS	W,5-3	6-6		1	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.40	2.59	3	10	5	2	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.00	0.055	1.00	0.03%	0.50	6t --- 0 out d1	6t 3 out d1
18	511	41	May 13	TOR		BOS	L,3-5	5-6		1	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.31	2.53	5	16	10	4	1	2	2	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.65	0.008	.66	0.01%	-0.14	5t --3 2 out d3	6t 3 out d1
19	512	44	May 17	TOR		OAK	L,5-10	6-6		3	1.0	2	2	2	0	2	1	1	2.08	3.11	6	28	14	3	2	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.30	-0.079	.26	-0.04%	-1.50	6t --- 0 out d3	6t 3 out d5
20	513	46	May 19	TOR		OAK	L,4-5	8-8		1	0.1	2	3	3	1	1	0	0	3.27	3.16	4	16	8	2	1	0	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.122	.86	-0.06%	-1.91	8t --- 0 out a4	8t -23 1 out a3
21	514	49	May 23	TOR		LAA	L,4-5	6-6		3	0.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.68	3.16	3			2	0	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.68	-0.221	.99	-0.08%	-2.00	6t --- 0 out a3	6t 12- 0 out a2
22	515	50	May 24	TOR		LAA	L,1-8	7-7		0	1.0	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	3.91	2.99	4	19	11	3	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.38	-0.035	.20	-0.01%	-0.50	7t --- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d4
23	516	54	May 28	TOR	@	BOS	L,3-8	7-7		3	1.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	3.75	3.24	5	20	8	1	0	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.11	0.004	.06	0.00%	0.53	7b --- 0 out d5	7b 3 out d5
Jun				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
24	517	57	Jun 1	TOR	@	DET	L,2-5	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.60	3.08	3	15	10	2	4	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.007	.03	0.00%	0.53	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
25	518	58	Jun 2	TOR	@	DET	L,4-7	6-7		0	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.33	2.94	6			4	2	1	3	0	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.167	.27	0.03%	1.05	6b --- 0 out tie	7b 3 out tie
26	519	61	Jun 6	TOR		NYY	L,0-3	11-11		3	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.21	2.91	4	26	16	3	2	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.64	0.138	.58	0.02%	0.50	11t --- 0 out tie	11t 3 out tie
27	520	62	Jun 7	TOR		BAL	W,5-4	8-8		0	0.2	2	2	2	0	0	2	0	3.77	3.82	4			0	2	1	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.54	-0.172	.08	-0.02%	-1.60	8t --- 0 out d1	8t --- 2 out d3
28	521	64	Jun 9	TOR		BAL	W,4-3	9-GF(10)	W(1-0)	1	2.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.52	3.91	9	37	21	5	3	3	3	2	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.10	0.275	.57	0.03%	1.00	9t --- 0 out tie	10t end tie
29	522	66	Jun 11	TOR	@	TBR	L,4-8	6-7		1	1.0	1	3	2	1	0	0	1	3.98	4.08	7	13	8	1	1	3	2	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	.85	-0.134	.20	-0.02%	-2.85	6b --- 0 out d1	7b 1-3 0 out d3
30	523	69	Jun 15	TOR		WSN	W,6-5	8-8	H(2)	3	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	4.13	3.99	4	9	6	3	0	2	1	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.27	-0.021	.26	0.00%	-1.12	8t 1-- 0 out a3	8t 3 out a1
31	524	71	Jun 17	TOR		WSN	W,8-6	7-7		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.01	3.90	3	8	6	2	2	0	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	0.088	.16	0.01%	0.50	7t --- 0 out tie	7t 3 out tie
32	525	74	Jun 21	TOR	@	LAA	L,5-8	4-5	BL(1-1)	3	2.0	3	4	4	2	2	2	0	4.79	4.65	10			6	2	3	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	-0.371	.18	-0.04%	-3.00	4b --- 0 out a1	5b 3 out d3
33	526	77	Jun 24	TOR	@	LAA	W,7-6	8-8	H(3)	2	0.1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.75	4.63	2	7	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.85	-0.004	.11	0.00%	-0.02	8b --- 0 out a3	8b 1-- 1 out a3
34	527	78	Jun 25	TOR	@	HOU	W,6-3	8-8	H(4)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.62	4.54	3	7	5	2	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.68	0.052	.11	0.01%	0.51	8b --- 0 out a3	8b 3 out a3
Jul				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
35	528	83	Jul 1	TOR		DET	L,1-9	6-7		5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.46	4.49	4	16	11	2	3	1	3	3	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.006	.01	0.00%	0.73	6t 1-- 2 out d6	7t 3 out d6
36	529	85	Jul 3	TOR		NYM	W,8-6	8-9	W(2-1)	1	1.2	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	4.28	4.36	7	28	16	11	1	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.108	.08	0.00%	0.57	8t --- 0 out tie	9t 12- 2 out a2
37	530	87	Jul 6	TOR		NYY	W,6-2	8-8	H(5)	2	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.17	4.31	5	23	16	7	2	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.76	0.043	.03	0.00%	0.50	8t --- 0 out a3	8t 3 out a3
38	531	88	Jul 7	TOR		NYY	L,5-8	9-GF		0	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.14	4.25	1	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	0.003	.01	0.00%	0.44	9t 12- 2 out d4	9t end d 4
39	532	91	Jul 11	TOR	@	ATL	L,5-9	7-7		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.04	4.18	3			2	2	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.30	0.023	.01	0.00%	0.49	7b --- 0 out d2	7b 3 out d2
40	533	92	Jul 12	TOR	@	BOS	L,4-6	7-7		0	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	4.15	4.11	4	19	10	3	2	1	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	.37	-0.041	.01	0.00%	-0.47	7b --- 0 out d2	7b 3 out d3
41	534	93	Jul 13	TOR	@	BOS	W,13-7	6-7	H(6)	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.03	4.08	4			1	0	4	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	0.135	.02	0.00%	0.70	6b --- 1 out a1	7b --- 2 out a1
42	535	96	Jul 20	TOR		BAL	W,8-7	10-GF(10)	W(3-1)	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.94	3.97	3			4	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.81	0.138	.02	0.00%	0.50	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end tie
43	536	98	Jul 22	TOR		BAL	W,5-4	8-8	W(4-1)	1	1.0	3	2	2	1	2	0	0	4.24	3.93	7	28	17	6	3	2	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.168	.02	0.00%	-1.50	8t --- 0 out d1	8t 3 out d3
44	537	100	Jul 24	TOR		MIN	L,0-5	7-8		1	1.1	2	3	3	1	1	1	0	4.69	4.20	7	33	18	4	3	4	1	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.64	-0.081	.01	0.00%	-2.26	7t --- 0 out d2	8t --- 1 out d5
45	538	103	Jul 28	TOR	@	CHW	L,5-9	GS-3		3	3.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	4.41	4.02	9	38	24	7	4	5	1	1	0	0	60			0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	.76	0.136	.00	0.00%	1.50	1b start a 1	3b 3 out a4
Aug				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
				Player went from Toronto Blue Jays to Los Angeles Dodgers
46	539	112	Aug 4	LAD		HOU	L,0-14	8-8		6	0.1	3	6	6	2	0	0	1	5.44	4.19	7			5	2	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	.05	-0.015	.09	-0.02%	-4.90	8t --- 0 out d5	8t -23 1 out d9
47	540	117	Aug 10	LAD	@	COL	L,4-5	8-GF(8)		5	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.33	4.10	4	14	9	3	2	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.79	0.036	1.78	0.05%	0.57	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
48	541	119	Aug 12	LAD	@	COL	L,3-4	7-8		1	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.13	3.99	6			6	0	4	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.164	2.55	0.24%	1.13	7b --- 0 out d1	8b 3 out tie
Sept				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
49	542	151	Sep 17	LAD		COL	W,8-2	8-8		35	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.10	3.98	1	5	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.52	8t 1-3 2 out a7	8t 3 out a6
50	543	154	Sep 21	LAD		SDP	L,3-5	9-9		3	0.0	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	5.27	3.98	4			5	1	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	.91	-0.143	2.10	-0.20%	-3.48	9t --- 0 out d1	9t -23 0 out d3
							20-30		W-L:4-1,BSv:1,Hld:6	1.9	54.2	52	35	32	22	54	6	3	5.27	3.98	233	648	61%	25%	12%	1.23		21%	4%	0	60	11	45%	3	2	0	206	10	1	1	8	2	3	.85	0.171	.43	0.05%	-10.40

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