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

0.6

14.2

ERA

2.61

3.67

160

20.2

871.1

943

WHIP

1.548

1.231

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Team Record in Appearances: 7-13 / in Starts: 7-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2016 Pitching Game Log

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2016 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	31	52	Jun 1	SEA	@	SDP	L,6-14	GS-4	L(0-1)	99	3.2	10	8	3	1	7	2	0	7.36	7.24	24	103	67	11	12	7	9	5	1	0	25			1	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	1	2	.73	-0.555	.94	-0.43%	-5.33	1b start a 3	4b 1-- 2 out d4
2	32	57	Jun 6	SEA		CLE	L,1-3	GS-6	L(0-2)	4	6.0	5	3	1	1	10	1	0	3.72	4.28	25	107	71	14	18	8	6	4	0	0	63			1	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	1	1	.95	-0.095	1.25	-0.07%	-0.07	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
3	33	62	Jun 11	SEA		TEX	L,1-2	GS-7		4	6.1	6	0	0	2	7	0	0	2.25	3.33	24	101	61	17	11	8	7	4	0	0	66			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.34	0.400	2.51	0.45%	3.16	1t start tie	7t --- 1 out a1
4	34	66	Jun 16	SEA	@	TBR	W,6-4	GS-6	W(1-2)	4	6.0	7	3	3	2	5	0	0	2.86	3.10	27	105	72	17	8	8	12	5	0	0	49			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.043	1.37	0.03%	-0.11	1b start a 3	6b 3 out a2
5	35	71	Jun 21	SEA	@	DET	L,2-4	GS-8	L(1-3)	4	7.2	11	4	4	3	5	0	0	3.34	3.08	35	110	71	17	10	18	9	4	0	0	43			0	0	0	31	1	0	1	3	1	1	1.59	-0.238	1.53	-0.14%	-0.55	1b start tie	8b -23 2 out d2
6	36	76	Jun 26	SEA		STL	L,6-11	GS-5		4	5.0	8	5	5	2	7	0	0	4.15	2.86	26	101	66	12	18	5	12	6	1	0	36			0	0	0	24	4	2	0	0	0	1	1.18	-0.375	1.01	-0.19%	-2.56	1t start tie	5t 3 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
7	37	81	Jul 2	SEA		BAL	W,12-6	GS-6	W(2-3)	5	5.2	9	4	3	2	2	0	0	4.24	2.95	27	102	63	18	9	14	9	5	0	0	37			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	1	.53	0.057	.45	0.03%	-1.84	1t start tie	6t 123 2 out a5
8	38	86	Jul 7	SEA	@	KCR	L,3-4	GS-8		4	8.0	7	2	2	1	2	0	0	3.91	2.96	28	78	53	14	5	12	13	5	4	0	61			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	4	0	0	1.42	0.379	1.13	0.18%	2.14	1b start tie	8b 3 out a1
9	39	90	Jul 15	SEA		HOU	L,3-7	GS-5	L(2-4)	7	5.0	9	6	6	1	1	1	0	4.56	3.24	23	77	50	8	10	12	9	6	0	0	25			0	0	0	22	3	0	1	2	0	0	1.04	-0.231	.97	-0.13%	-3.56	1t start tie	5t 3 out d6
10	40	96	Jul 22	SEA	@	TOR	W,2-1	GS-7	W(3-4)	6	7.0	3	1	1	1	9	1	0	4.18	3.20	24	97	64	18	17	9	5	3	0	0	75			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	0.385	1.02	0.20%	2.63	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a1
11	41	100	Jul 27	SEA	@	PIT	L,1-10	GS-5	L(3-5)	4	5.0	6	3	3	1	6	0	1	4.27	3.10	23	97	62	18	10	5	10	6	0	0	48			1	0	0	21	3	1	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.125	.99	-0.08%	-0.55	1b start tie	5b 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
12	42	104	Aug 1	SEA		BOS	L,1-2	GS-8		4	8.0	4	1	1	0	6	1	0	3.93	3.12	27	107	75	26	6	9	12	5	3	0	76			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.05	0.292	.90	0.15%	2.90	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
13	43	110	Aug 7	SEA		LAA	W,3-1	GS-9	W(4-5)	5	8.1	5	1	0	1	6	0	0	3.53	3.01	32	113	80	19	14	11	14	3	3	0	76			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.05	0.332	1.02	0.20%	2.88	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out a2
14	44	127	Aug 25	SEA	@	CHW	L,6-7	GS-5		17	5.0	7	3	3	1	5	0	0	3.63	2.94	22	90	57	10	17	9	7	3	0	0	45			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.22	-0.050	1.61	-0.04%	-0.56	1b start a 2	5b 3 out tie
15	45	132	Aug 30	SEA	@	TEX	L,7-8	GS-5		4	5.0	8	4	4	1	4	1	0	3.83	3.04	24	86	53	10	5	9	10	5	1	0	38			0	1	0	22	0	0	0	0	1	1	.86	-0.106	.73	-0.05%	-1.28	1b start tie	5b 3 out a2
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
16	46	138	Sep 6	SEA		TEX	L,7-10	GS-5	L(4-6)	6	4.1	9	6	4	0	8	1	0	4.03	3.01	24	103	71	17	15	6	10	6	1	0	33			0	0	0	24	4	0	0	0	0	1	1.15	-0.471	.30	-0.07%	-3.82	1t start tie	5t --- 1 out d2
17	47	143	Sep 11	SEA	@	OAK	W,3-2	GS-6		4	6.0	5	2	2	2	3	0	0	3.97	3.02	23	98	60	16	8	10	8	5	0	0	55			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	2	1	0	1.22	0.134	.68	0.05%	0.93	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
18	48	148	Sep 17	SEA		HOU	L,1-2	GS-7	L(4-7)	5	7.0	4	2	2	1	7	0	0	3.88	2.93	26	99	64	16	11	7	11	5	2	0	67			0	0	0	25	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.03	0.060	1.28	0.05%	1.41	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
19	49	153	Sep 23	SEA	@	MIN	W,10-1	GS-7	W(5-7)	5	7.0	5	1	1	0	9	0	0	3.72	2.78	25	85	63	22	12	11	5	0	1	0	72			0	0	0	25	0	1	0	1	0	0	.71	0.364	.65	0.20%	2.56	1b start tie	7b 3 out a7
20	50	158	Sep 28	SEA	@	HOU	W,12-4	GS-5	W(6-7)	4	5.0	6	3	3	1	8	1	0	3.79	2.80	22	91	66	17	12	3	10	8	1	0	50			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	.46	0.042	.56	0.03%	-0.61	1b start a 3	5b 3 out a4
							7-13		W-L:6-7	4.6	121.0	134	62	51	24	117	9	1	3.79	2.80	511	1950	66%	16%	12%	0.96		25%	5%	0	52		---%	3	1	0	480	26	4	3	17	6	9	1.06	0.242	1.05	0.35%	-2.24

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