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: 11-14 / in Starts: 11-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2017 Pitching Game Log

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2017 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	229	2	Apr 5	TOR	@	BAL	L,1-3	GS-7	L(0-1)	99	7.0	5	3	3	0	9	2	0	3.86	4.30	26	89	65	20	9	5	12	7	0	0	64			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	1	.65	-0.066	.66	-0.04%	0.59	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
2	230	7	Apr 11	TOR		MIL	L,3-4	GS-5	L(0-2)	5	4.2	9	4	4	0	8	2	0	5.40	4.70	24	102	70	18	11	7	9	4	0	0	38			1	0	0	24	1	1	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.199	.74	-0.09%	-1.67	1t start tie	5t -2- 2 out d2
3	231	12	Apr 16	TOR		BAL	L,4-11	GS-5	L(0-3)	4	4.1	4	1	1	0	3	0	0	4.50	3.91	19	67	47	14	5	9	7	4	0	0	54			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	2	1.08	0.195	.70	0.08%	1.96	1t start tie	5t -2- 1 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
4	232	52	May 30	TOR		CIN	W,6-4	GS-4		43	4.0	3	2	2	3	3	2	0	4.50	5.21	18	81	48	8	10	8	4	1	0	0	48			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.75	-0.021	.52	-0.01%	0.13	1t start tie	4t 3 out d2
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
5	233	58	Jun 5	TOR	@	OAK	L,3-5	GS-6	L(0-4)	5	5.1	4	5	5	3	4	2	0	5.33	5.84	23	98	59	15	8	7	9	5	1	0	41			1	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	.62	-0.286	.51	-0.14%	-2.67	1b start a 1	6b -2- 1 out d3
6	234	63	Jun 11	TOR	@	SEA	W,4-0	GS-6	W(1-4)	5	6.0	6	0	0	1	8	0	0	4.31	4.91	25	104	65	12	10	8	8	2	1	0	67			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.274	.70	0.13%	3.01	1b start a 2	6b 3 out a4
7	235	68	Jun 18	TOR		CHW	W,7-3	GS-7	W(2-4)	6	6.2	8	3	3	0	9	0	0	4.26	4.13	28	98	75	15	16	9	10	6	1	0	55			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.009	.73	0.00%	0.40	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out a1
8	236	73	Jun 23	TOR	@	KCR	L,4-5	GS-7		4	6.2	4	1	1	0	5	0	0	3.83	3.76	25	105	73	17	9	7	13	5	4	0	67			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.32	0.240	1.04	0.11%	2.28	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out a1
9	237	78	Jun 29	TOR		BAL	L,0-2	GS-7	L(2-5)	5	6.1	8	2	2	2	2	0	0	3.71	3.73	28	92	55	13	5	10	14	9	1	0	49			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	1	0	.96	0.071	.74	0.03%	1.18	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out d2
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
10	238	83	Jul 4	TOR	@	NYY	W,4-1	GS-6	W(3-5)	4	6.0	4	1	1	2	6	1	0	3.47	3.79	24	115	74	14	11	8	8	2	2	0	64			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.245	.35	0.06%	2.30	1b start tie	6b 3 out a3
11	239	88	Jul 9	TOR		HOU	L,1-19	GS-4	L(3-6)	4	4.0	7	6	2	3	3	3	0	3.54	4.44	22	82	47	12	5	7	9	3	0	0	32			1	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	1	.59	-0.325	.31	-0.10%	-3.87	1t start tie	4t 3 out d6
12	240	93	Jul 18	TOR	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS-6		8	5.0	5	2	2	2	2	2	0	3.55	4.76	22	100	66	20	4	9	9	5	3	0	49			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.033	.62	-0.01%	0.38	1b start tie	6b 1-- 0 out a1
13	241	98	Jul 23	TOR	@	CLE	L,1-8	GS-6	L(3-7)	4	6.0	9	7	7	3	3	1	0	4.13	4.85	31	114	63	10	10	11	14	8	1	0	26			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	1	.62	-0.284	.21	-0.06%	-3.64	1b start tie	6b 3 out d6
14	242	103	Jul 28	TOR		LAA	L,2-7	GS-6	L(3-8)	4	6.0	5	3	3	4	5	0	0	4.15	4.75	27	97	59	15	9	7	11	5	0	0	51			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.060	.46	-0.02%	0.20	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
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
15	243	108	Aug 2	TOR	@	CHW	W,5-1	GS-7	W(4-8)	4	7.0	6	1	1	1	10	0	0	3.92	4.42	28	104	65	20	13	13	4	3	0	0	70			0	0	0	27	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.52	0.362	.54	0.08%	2.59	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
16	244	112	Aug 8	TOR		NYY	W,4-2	GS-6	W(5-8)	5	5.2	4	1	1	4	5	0	0	3.77	4.36	24	97	57	12	13	6	9	6	0	0	58			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	.99	0.171	.35	0.04%	1.75	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out a3
17	245	117	Aug 13	TOR		PIT	W,7-1	GS-6	W(6-8)	4	6.0	4	1	1	3	8	0	0	3.63	4.21	25	104	62	26	10	6	8	2	0	0	65			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.75	0.133	.23	0.03%	2.20	1t start tie	6t 3 out a4
18	246	122	Aug 18	TOR	@	CHC	L,4-7	GS-5	L(6-9)	4	5.0	9	5	5	2	8	0	0	3.90	4.06	25	103	63	14	13	5	10	7	0	0	35			1	0	0	23	2	0	1	0	0	0	.86	-0.243	.36	-0.06%	-2.34	1b start a 1	5b 3 out d4
19	247	128	Aug 25	TOR		MIN	L,1-6	GS-6	L(6-10)	6	6.0	8	5	5	1	7	0	0	4.10	3.91	27	100	63	15	8	7	12	6	1	0	42			2	0	0	24	2	1	0	0	2	0	.89	-0.233	.12	-0.02%	-1.80	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
20	248	133	Aug 30	TOR		BOS	L,1-7	GS-6		4	6.0	4	1	1	4	2	1	0	3.96	4.06	24	105	63	20	10	13	5	2	0	0	58			1	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.14	0.232	.03	0.00%	2.20	1t start tie	6t 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
21	249	138	Sep 4	TOR	@	BOS	W,10-4	GS-6	W(7-10)	4	5.2	6	3	1	3	3	0	0	3.85	4.04	27	105	63	22	3	9	12	7	1	0	49			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.11	0.116	.01	0.00%	0.80	1b start a 3	6b 1-3 2 out a5
22	250	143	Sep 10	TOR		DET	W,8-2	GS-6	W(8-10)	5	6.0	5	2	1	2	9	1	0	3.73	4.00	25	113	72	16	13	7	7	2	1	0	63			0	1	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	1	.99	0.121	.00	0.00%	1.20	1t start tie	6t 3 out a5
23	251	148	Sep 15	TOR	@	MIN	W,4-3	GS-7	W(9-10)	4	6.1	7	3	3	1	5	1	0	3.76	4.01	27			18	10	11	10	2	3	0	51			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.02	0.003	.00	0.00%	0.42	1b start tie	7b --- 1 out a1
24	252	153	Sep 21	TOR		KCR	L,0-1	GS-7	L(9-11)	5	6.2	7	1	1	2	6	0	0	3.64	3.92	27	108	70	10	15	12	7	5	1	0	60			0	1	0	25	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.11	0.217	.00	0.00%	2.28	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out d1
25	253	158	Sep 26	TOR	@	BOS	W,9-4	GS-7	W(10-11)	4	7.0	4	1	1	0	9	0	0	3.53	3.76	25	107	71	20	5	8	8	2	2	0	74			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.263	.00	0.00%	2.88	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a4
							11-14		W-L:10-11	4.7	145.1	145	64	57	46	142	18	0	3.53	3.76	626	2390	63%	17%	10%	0.91		25%	5%	0	53		---%	8	2	0	575	22	3	1	5	4	9	.95	0.884	.39	0.00%	12.76

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