J.A. Happ

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-5, 205lb (196cm, 92kg)

Born: October 19, 1982 in Peru, IL us

Draft: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 3rd round of the 2004 MLB June Amateur Draft from Northwestern University (Evanston, IL).

High School: St. Bede Academy (Peru, IL)

School: Northwestern University (Evanston, IL)

Debut: June 30, 2007 (Age 24-254d, 19,133rd in major league history)
vs. NYM 4.0 IP, 7 H, 5 SO, 2 BB, 5 ER, L

Last Game: September 30, 2021 (Age 38-346d)
vs. MIL 6.1 IP, 9 H, 7 SO, 0 BB, 3 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2009 season

Agents: Rogers Sports Management • Previously: Jay Fee Sports Group

Full Name: James Anthony Happ

Nicknames: Happer or JDot ADot

Pronunciation: \JAY\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

21.1

133

100

ERA

4.13

354

328

1893.2

1661

WHIP

1.315

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Team Record in Appearances: 5-10 / in Starts: 2-2

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

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	2008	NLCS g3	Oct 12	PHI	@	LAD	L,2-7	3-5		13	3.0	4	1	1	2	2	0	0	3.00	3.80	13	44	24	7	2	5	4	1	1	0		0	0	0	1	1	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	0.000	4.17	0.00%	0.50	3b --- 0 out d5	5b 3 out d6
2009 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
2	2009	NLDS g2	Oct 8	PHI		COL	L,4-5	7-7		3	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	1	4	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	-0.026	21.57	-0.27%	-0.49	7t 1-3 0 out d1	7t 123 0 out d1
3	2009	NLDS g3	Oct 11	PHI	@	COL	W,6-5	GS-3		2	3.0	5	3	3	2	4	0	0	9.00	2.43	16	76	42	11	7	3	7	4	1	0	39			0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.151	23.67	-1.84%	-1.33	1b start a 1	3b 3 out d2
4	2009	NLCS g1	Oct 15	PHI	@	LAD	W,8-6	6-6	H(1)	3	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8.10	3.40	2	11	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.11	0.076	107.33	1.29%	0.42	6b 12- 2 out a1	6b 3 out a1
5	2009	NLCS g2	Oct 16	PHI	@	LAD	L,1-2	8-8		0	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8.10	4.30	1	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.38	-0.250	138.15	-3.54%	-1.00	8b 123 2 out tie	8b 123 2 out d1
6	2009	NLCS g5	Oct 21	PHI		LAD	W,10-4	5-5		4	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7.36	5.01	2	7	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.69	0.021	41.23	0.27%	0.24	5t -2- 1 out a3	5t 12- 2 out a3
7	2009	WS g3	Oct 31	PHI		NYY	L,5-8	5-6		9	1.2	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	6.75	6.47	6	21	12	4	2	1	4	2	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.74	0.008	46.56	0.32%	0.42	5t 12- 1 out d2	6t 3 out d3
8	2009	WS g6	Nov 4	PHI	@	NYY	L,3-7	5-6		3	1.0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	5.68	5.47	5	28	15	6	4	0	1	0	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.27	-0.035	20.35	-1.48%	-1.03	5b 12- 1 out d4	6b 1-- 1 out d4
2016 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
9	2016	ALDS g2	Oct 7	TOR	@	TEX	W,5-3	GS-6	W(1-0)	5	5.0	9	1	1	1	5	0	0	1.80	1.75	25	84	55	12	8	6	13	8	1	0	49			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.123	17.46	1.15%	1.32	1b start tie	6b 1-- 0 out a4
10	2016	ALCS g2	Oct 15	TOR	@	CLE	L,1-2	GS-5	L(1-1)	7	5.0	4	2	2	1	4	1	0	2.70	3.25	20	94	62	13	14	10	5	4	0	0	54			1	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.038	24.84	0.55%	0.77	1b start tie	5b 3 out d1
2018 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
11	2018	ALDS g1	Oct 5	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS-3	L(0-1)	6	2.0	4	5	5	1	2	1	0	22.50	9.16	11			7	2	3	5	2	1	0	29			1	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.259	11.04	-2.26%	-3.29	1b start tie	3b 1-3 0 out d3
2019 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
12	2019	ALDS g1	Oct 4	NYY		MIN	W,10-4	8-8		8	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.00	2.21	5	23	13	1	6	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	0.007	3.23	0.06%	0.54	8t --- 0 out a6	8t 3 out a6
13	2019	ALCS g2	Oct 13	NYY	@	HOU	L,2-3	10-GF(11)	L(0-1)	8	0.2	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	5.40	9.21	3	12	7	3	1	0	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.68	-0.131	94.63	-1.89%	-0.02	10b 12- 1 out tie	11b end d 1
14	2019	ALCS g6	Oct 19	NYY	@	HOU	L,4-6	2-3		5	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.45	6.76	7	38	22	5	2	4	2	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.69	0.077	26.83	1.68%	1.14	2b --- 0 out d2	3b 3 out d2
2020 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
15	2020	ALDS g2	Oct 6	NYY	@	TBR	L,5-7	2-4	L(0-1)	10	2.2	5	4	4	3	2	2	0	13.50	14.82	17	69	42	11	5	5	7	2	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	.71	-0.267	10.92	-2.29%	-2.92	2b --- 0 out tie	4b 12- 2 out d1
											27.2	36	18	18	16	26	6	0	5.86		134																			0

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