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: 13-15 / in Starts: 11-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 27, Entered with runners on base: 1

2012 Pitching Game Log

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2012 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	89	4	Apr 9	HOU		ATL	W,8-3	GS-6	W(1-0)	99	6.0	6	3	3	1	5	0	0	4.50	1.93	25	92	60	14	9	13	6	2	1	0	52			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.026	.86	0.01%	-0.15	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
2	90	9	Apr 15	HOU	@	MIA	L,4-5	GS-6		5	6.0	5	2	2	2	8	1	0	3.75	2.76	24	102	62	17	15	4	10	3	2	0	60			0	0	0	22	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.28	0.141	1.16	0.08%	0.91	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
3	91	14	Apr 20	HOU		LAD	L,1-3	GS-6	L(1-1)	4	6.0	8	3	3	4	3	1	0	4.00	3.93	28	115	74	21	8	9	12	3	2	0	43			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	0	.81	-0.080	.67	-0.04%	-0.15	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
4	92	19	Apr 25	HOU	@	MIL	W,7-5	GS-5		4	5.0	7	4	4	2	8	2	0	4.70	4.44	24	103	64	14	10	3	11	3	0	0	43			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.150	.79	-0.06%	-1.51	1b start a 1	5b 3 out tie
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
5	93	24	May 1	HOU		NYM	W,6-3	GS-7	W(2-1)	5	6.1	6	3	3	3	7	0	0	4.60	3.98	28	110	75	25	8	10	8	4	0	0	53			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.118	.55	0.05%	0.08	1t start tie	7t --- 1 out a3
6	94	28	May 6	HOU		STL	L,1-8	GS-5	L(2-2)	4	5.0	6	6	5	4	3	2	0	5.24	4.78	24	92	53	16	6	9	8	1	1	0	32			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	1	0	0	.50	-0.309	.56	-0.21%	-3.62	1t start tie	5t 3 out d5
7	95	33	May 12	HOU	@	PIT	L,2-5	GS-6	L(2-3)	5	5.0	6	5	5	1	4	2	0	5.72	5.10	22	95	65	14	12	4	13	1	1	0	38			2	0	0	20	1	1	0	0	1	0	.75	-0.266	.68	-0.15%	-2.21	1b start tie	6b -23 0 out d1
8	96	38	May 17	HOU		MIL	W,4-0	GS-6	W(3-3)	4	6.0	7	0	0	1	4	0	0	4.96	4.73	26	97	68	23	3	12	9	4	2	0	61			1	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.271	.75	0.11%	2.85	1t start tie	6t 3 out a4
9	97	43	May 22	HOU		CHC	W,2-1	GS-6	W(4-3)	4	6.0	5	1	1	2	6	1	0	4.56	4.67	24	106	68	21	9	9	7	1	1	0	62			0	1	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.221	.86	0.10%	1.85	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
10	98	47	May 27	HOU	@	LAD	L,1-5	GS-7	L(4-4)	4	6.1	9	3	2	2	10	1	0	4.37	4.48	31	113	78	22	16	13	6	2	1	0	53			2	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.20	-0.041	1.06	-0.02%	-0.16	1b start a 1	7b -23 1 out d1
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
11	99	52	Jun 1	HOU		CIN	L,1-4	GS-7	L(4-5)	4	7.0	5	3	3	2	7	0	0	4.31	4.21	26	101	66	17	10	9	8	2	1	0	60			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	2	0	0	.57	-0.073	.36	-0.03%	0.33	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
12	100	57	Jun 7	HOU		STL	L,2-14	GS-5	L(4-6)	5	4.2	5	4	4	5	6	1	0	4.54	4.36	24	106	64	10	10	4	9	2	0	0	39			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.16	-0.279	.60	-0.09%	-2.38	1t start tie	5t 123 2 out d2
13	101	62	Jun 13	HOU	@	SFG	L,0-10	GS-4	L(4-7)	5	3.1	11	8	8	1	5	2	1	5.33	4.61	23	86	53	12	8	5	11	5	2	0	10			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	.34	-0.373	.13	-0.09%	-6.78	1b start tie	4b 123 1 out d7
14	102	67	Jun 18	HOU		KCR	W,9-7	GS-7	W(5-7)	4	6.0	4	2	2	1	3	0	0	5.15	4.45	23	108	68	19	4	8	11	4	1	0	58			0	0	0	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	.92	0.074	.18	0.01%	0.48	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out a2
15	103	72	Jun 24	HOU		CLE	W,7-1	GS-7	W(6-7)	5	7.0	4	1	1	2	5	0	0	4.83	4.30	26	111	71	18	7	13	6	0	0	0	68			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	0.310	.19	0.03%	2.33	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
16	104	78	Jun 30	HOU	@	CHC	L,2-3	GS-6	L(6-8)	5	6.0	5	3	3	4	6	1	0	4.81	4.36	26	109	66	18	8	10	6	1	0	0	52			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.13	-0.130	.17	-0.01%	-0.12	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
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
17	105	84	Jul 6	HOU		MIL	L,1-7	GS-7	L(6-9)	5	6.1	9	7	7	1	4	3	0	5.14	4.62	29	105	73	14	9	12	13	1	1	0	30			0	0	0	27	3	1	0	0	0	0	.74	-0.221	.02	0.00%	-3.18	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out d5
18	106	90	Jul 16	HOU	@	SDP	W,2-0	GS-7	W(7-9)	9	6.1	4	0	0	1	4	0	0	4.83	4.48	24	89	55	18	4	11	8	2	1	0	68			1	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.260	.01	0.00%	2.19	1b start a 1	7b 12- 1 out a2
				Player went from Houston Astros to Toronto Blue Jays
19	107	94	Jul 21	TOR	@	BOS	W,7-3	7-7	H(1)	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.80	4.47	2	5	4	2	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.56	0.028	.35	0.01%	0.27	7b --- 1 out a3	7b 3 out a3
20	108	96	Jul 24	TOR		OAK	L,2-7	7-GF		2	2.1	2	3	3	2	2	0	0	4.95	4.46	11	49	27	12	3	1	6	1	1	0		1	1	2	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.36	-0.167	.30	-0.08%	-2.62	7t --3 2 out d2	9t end d 6
21	109	100	Jul 28	TOR		DET	W,5-1	8-GF		3	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.86	4.45	6	24	14	3	2	2	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	.45	0.038	.35	0.02%	1.01	8t --- 0 out a4	9t end a 4
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
22	110	105	Aug 2	TOR	@	OAK	L,1-4	7-GF(8)		4	2.0	3	1	1	2	4	0	0	4.85	4.41	11	51	34	11	9	1	4	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.23	-0.019	.13	-0.01%	-0.06	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 4
23	111	109	Aug 7	TOR	@	TBR	L,1-4	GS-5	L(7-10)	4	4.1	7	4	4	1	5	0	0	4.98	4.30	21	82	49	14	7	3	12	4	1	0	37			0	0	0	18	5	0	0	0	2	0	.84	-0.222	.47	-0.07%	-2.30	1b start tie	5b -2- 1 out d3
24	112	114	Aug 12	TOR		NYY	W,10-7	GS-6	W(8-10)	4	5.2	6	4	4	0	4	2	0	5.04	4.39	22	88	56	12	12	8	10	3	0	0	45			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	1	0	0	.48	0.208	.06	0.02%	-1.07	1t start tie	6t --- 2 out a6
25	113	119	Aug 17	TOR		TEX	W,3-2	GS-6	W(9-10)	4	6.0	2	1	1	1	8	0	0	4.88	4.22	21	98	66	16	11	6	6	2	1	0	71			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.228	.06	0.01%	2.03	1t start tie	6t 3 out a2
26	114	124	Aug 23	TOR	@	DET	L,2-3	GS-8		5	7.1	4	1	1	3	7	0	0	4.68	4.13	27	106	70	16	16	6	11	3	3	0	70			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	0.437	.01	0.00%	3.62	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out a2
27	115	129	Aug 29	TOR	@	NYY	W,8-5	GS-5	W(10-10)	5	5.0	4	4	4	5	6	0	0	4.77	4.11	24	100	56	19	12	5	8	4	3	0	44			0	0	0	19	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.22	-0.203	.00	0.00%	-1.42	1b start tie	5b 3 out d1
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
28	116	134	Sep 3	TOR		BAL	L,0-4	GS-6	L(10-11)	4	5.0	7	3	3	2	9	0	1	4.79	4.01	25	95	57	15	13	6	7	2	1	0	48			1	0	0	21	3	1	0	0	0	1	.93	-0.114	.00	0.00%	-1.10	1t start tie	6t -2- 0 out d3
							13-15		W-L:10-11,Hld:1	4.4	144.2	147	79	77	56	144	19	2	4.79	4.01	627	2538	64%	17%	9%	0.87		15%	7%	0	50	1	100%	10	1	0	556	39	5	1	11	4	3	.91	-0.287	.42	-0.41%	-10.87

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