James Paxton

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-4, 212lb (193cm, 96kg)

Born: November 6, 1988 in Ladner, Canada ca

Draft: Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1st round (37th) of the 2009 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Kentucky (Lexington, KY) and the Seattle Mariners in the 4th round of the 2010 MLB June Amateur Draft.

High School: Delta SS (Ladner, BC)

School: University of Kentucky (Lexington, KY)

Debut: September 7, 2013 (Age 24-305d, 20,537th in major league history)
vs. TBR 6.0 IP, 4 H, 3 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2014 season

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2024, 1 yr/$7M (24)

Service Time (01/2024): 9.151 • Free Agent: 2025

Agents: Boras Corporation

Full Name: James Alston Paxton

Nicknames: The Big Maple

Pronunciation: \PAKS-tin\

Twitter: @James_Paxton

Instagram: @alstonpaxton

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

0.5

14.1

ERA

2.81

3.68

159

16.0

866.2

942

WHIP

1.500

1.229

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Team Record in Appearances: 5-8 / in Starts: 5-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2015 Pitching Game Log

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2015 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	18	2	Apr 7	SEA		LAA	L,0-2	GS-6	L(0-1)	99	6.0	4	2	2	1	5	1	0	3.00	4.13	23	87	52	17	9	7	10	4	1	0	60			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.67	0.011	.75	0.01%	0.77	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
2	19	7	Apr 13	SEA	@	LAD	L,5-6	GS-7		5	6.1	6	5	5	2	6	1	0	5.11	4.19	27	95	60	18	9	8	11	7	1	0	45			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.09	-0.209	1.03	-0.12%	-2.15	1b start a 2	7b --- 1 out tie
3	20	12	Apr 19	SEA		TEX	W,11-10	GS-3		5	2.2	10	7	7	0	1	1	0	8.40	4.73	19	55	36	11	1	11	7	3	0	0	11			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.17	-0.543	1.11	-0.31%	-5.83	1t start tie	3t 1-- 2 out d5
4	21	17	Apr 25	SEA		MIN	L,5-8	GS-5	L(0-2)	5	4.2	5	4	1	3	7	1	0	6.86	4.76	25	106	63	25	9	8	7	2	1	0	48			1	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.45	-0.292	1.28	-0.16%	-2.11	1t start tie	5t 12- 2 out d2
5	22	22	Apr 30	SEA	@	HOU	L,2-3	GS-7		4	7.0	5	2	2	2	7	0	0	5.74	4.03	27	103	61	18	9	12	6	4	0	0	64			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.46	0.167	1.69	0.12%	1.30	1b start a 2	7b 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
6	23	27	May 5	SEA	@	LAA	L,4-5	GS-7		4	7.0	4	2	2	3	4	1	0	5.08	4.26	28	91	51	15	6	9	12	5	1	0	62			0	0	0	25	0	0	1	0	0	0	.77	0.089	.66	0.05%	1.20	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
7	24	32	May 12	SEA		SDP	W,11-4	GS-6	W(1-2)	6	6.0	3	0	0	5	5	0	0	4.31	4.22	25	109	64	17	6	6	9	0	2	0	66			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	.62	0.171	.51	0.09%	2.77	1t start tie	6t 3 out a5
8	25	37	May 17	SEA		BOS	W,5-0	GS-8	W(2-2)	4	8.0	5	0	0	2	2	0	0	3.59	4.08	30	105	71	24	4	15	11	2	2	0	72			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	.84	0.382	.64	0.17%	3.70	1t start tie	8t 3 out a3
9	26	42	May 23	SEA	@	TOR	W,3-2	GS-6	W(3-2)	5	6.0	4	2	2	3	4	1	0	3.52	4.23	23	90	55	14	3	6	10	4	1	0	57			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.21	0.160	.90	0.07%	1.01	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
10	27	47	May 28	SEA		CLE	L,3-5	GS-5	L(3-3)	4	4.2	8	4	3	1	4	1	0	3.70	4.28	24	80	53	19	6	10	9	5	0	0	37			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.09	-0.260	1.07	-0.15%	-1.79	1t start tie	5t --- 2 out d3
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
11	28	144	Sep 13	SEA		COL	L,2-3	GS-4	L(3-4)	99	3.0	2	3	2	3	4	0	0	3.82	4.24	15	66	36	13	7	4	4	3	1	0	46			2	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.03	-0.068	.10	0.00%	-0.59	1t start tie	4t 12- 0 out d1
12	29	148	Sep 18	SEA	@	TEX	W,3-1	GS-5		4	4.1	6	1	1	4	6	0	0	3.70	4.17	22	88	46	19	8	6	6	5	0	0	49			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.34	-0.045	.07	0.00%	-0.03	1b start tie	5b 123 1 out a2
13	30	153	Sep 24	SEA	@	KCR	L,4-10	GS-2		5	1.1	5	2	2	0	1	1	0	3.90	4.31	9	33	21	3	4	3	5	4	0	0	37			0	0	0	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.195	.03	-0.01%	-1.91	1b start tie	2b 12- 1 out d1
							5-8		W-L:3-4	4.6	67.0	67	34	29	29	56	8	0	3.90	4.31	297	1108	60%	19%	7%	0.98		23%	5%	0	50		---%	4	0	0	265	10	0	1	4	3	6	1.05	-0.632	.81	-0.25%	-3.64

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