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: 20-9 / in Starts: 20-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2019 Pitching Game Log

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2019 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	103	2	Mar 30	NYY		BAL	L,3-5	GS-6	L(0-1)	99	5.2	4	2	1	1	5	0	0	1.59	1.98	21	82	57	15	11	9	6	1	3	0	59			2	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.33	0.015	1.49	0.01%	1.00	1t start tie	6t 1-- 2 out d1
2	104	7	Apr 4	NYY	@	BAL	W,8-4	GS-6	W(1-1)	4	5.1	8	4	4	2	9	1	0	4.09	2.67	25	99	63	10	18	5	9	4	1	0	43			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.166	.81	-0.10%	-1.25	1b start tie	6b 1-- 1 out a1
3	105	12	Apr 10	NYY	@	HOU	L,6-8	GS-5	L(1-2)	5	4.0	8	5	5	3	5	2	0	6.00	4.48	21	95	60	13	8	3	10	4	2	0	28			0	0	0	18	2	1	0	1	0	0	.90	-0.219	.84	-0.12%	-2.12	1b start a 1	5b 1-- 0 out d2
4	106	16	Apr 16	NYY		BOS	W,8-0	GS-8	W(2-2)	5	8.0	2	0	0	1	12	0	1	3.91	3.26	28	110	78	20	20	4	10	5	0	0	89			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	.69	0.297	.60	0.16%	4.33	1t start tie	8t 3 out a8
5	107	21	Apr 21	NYY		KCR	W,7-6	GS-7		4	6.0	3	0	0	1	12	0	0	3.10	2.52	22	104	67	14	17	4	5	1	2	0	77			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.252	.86	0.15%	2.24	1t start tie	7t 12- 0 out a5
6	108	26	Apr 26	NYY	@	SFG	W,7-3	GS-6	W(3-2)	4	5.2	5	3	3	2	8	0	0	3.38	2.35	24	106	70	17	14	4	10	5	1	0	53			1	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.06	0.058	1.15	0.04%	-0.22	1b start a 2	6b 1-- 2 out a2
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
7	109	31	May 3	NYY		MIN	W,6-3	GS-3		6	3.0	2	1	0	3	1	0	0	3.11	2.60	14	64	32	5	5	3	7	4	3	0	51			0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	1	1	1.63	0.064	1.96	0.05%	0.62	1t start tie	3t 3 out a1
8	110	55	May 29	NYY		SDP	W,7-0	GS-4		25	4.0	0	0	0	2	7	0	0	2.81	2.47	14	66	40	5	15	1	4	2	2	0	67			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	0.195	.81	0.14%	2.17	1t start tie	4t 3 out a3
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
9	111	60	Jun 5	NYY	@	TOR	L,7-11	GS-5		6	4.2	4	4	3	3	4	1	0	3.11	2.85	21	83	55	14	11	3	11	2	2	0	43			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	.76	-0.251	.86	-0.17%	-1.66	1b start tie	5b -2- 2 out tie
10	112	66	Jun 11(2)	NYY		NYM	L,4-10	GS-3	L(3-3)	5	2.2	7	6	6	2	1	1	0	4.04	3.21	17	63	39	9	3	4	10	4	0	0	19			0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	.67	-0.337	.75	-0.23%	-4.84	1t start tie	3t 12- 2 out d6
11	113	70	Jun 16	NYY	@	CHW	W,10-3	GS-6	W(4-3)	4	6.0	8	2	2	1	7	1	0	3.93	3.25	26	108	73	13	18	9	9	7	1	0	54			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	.61	0.095	.81	0.08%	1.25	1b start tie	6b 3 out a6
12	114	75	Jun 21	NYY		HOU	W,4-1	GS-6	W(5-3)	4	5.0	5	1	1	3	7	0	0	3.75	3.16	23	100	60	13	14	9	4	1	2	0	57			0	0	0	20	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.095	1.31	0.06%	1.08	1t start tie	6t -2- 0 out a1
13	115	80	Jun 26	NYY		TOR	W,8-7	GS-5		4	4.1	8	6	6	4	3	3	0	4.34	3.87	23	91	55	18	9	4	12	6	1	0	22			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	2	0	0	.83	-0.372	.80	-0.22%	-3.85	1t start tie	5t 1-- 1 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
14	116	83	Jul 2	NYY	@	NYM	L,2-4	GS-6		5	6.0	8	1	1	2	3	1	0	4.09	4.00	25			10	12	13	7	2	1	0	53			0	1	0	23	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.43	0.232	1.13	0.11%	1.95	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
15	117	88	Jul 7	NYY	@	TBR	L,1-2	GS-6	L(5-4)	4	6.0	7	2	2	0	11	0	0	4.01	3.65	25	99	68	13	17	10	4	1	1	0	61			1	0	0	25	4	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.095	.99	0.06%	1.18	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
16	118	92	Jul 15	NYY		TBR	L,4-5	GS-6		7	6.0	7	2	2	2	7	2	0	3.94	3.83	25	107	67	14	16	5	11	5	3	0	55			2	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.100	1.19	0.08%	1.25	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
17	119	98	Jul 21	NYY		COL	L,4-8	GS-4	L(5-5)	5	3.1	5	7	4	3	6	1	0	4.20	3.93	19			13	10	4	6	3	1	0	31			0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.11	-0.359	.61	-0.12%	-4.29	1t start tie	4t -23 1 out d4
18	120	103	Jul 26	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-10	GS-4	L(5-6)	4	4.0	9	7	7	0	9	4	0	4.72	4.27	21	99	67	13	18	4	8	3	0	0	25			0	0	0	21	2	1	0	0	0	0	.42	-0.294	.30	-0.13%	-4.66	1b start tie	4b 3 out d7
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
19	121	108	Aug 2	NYY		BOS	W,4-2	GS-6	W(6-6)	6	6.0	2	2	2	3	6	1	0	4.61	4.31	23	100	60	11	20	3	11	2	2	0	63			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.153	.77	0.08%	1.25	1t start tie	6t 3 out a2
20	122	114	Aug 7	NYY	@	BAL	W,14-2	GS-7	W(7-6)	4	6.2	5	1	1	1	7	1	0	4.40	4.26	26	108	75	18	16	7	11	4	2	0	66			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.48	0.176	.19	0.04%	2.40	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out a10
21	123	119	Aug 12(1)	NYY		BAL	W,8-5	GS-6	W(8-6)	4	6.0	5	3	3	2	7	2	0	4.40	4.37	24	107	78	14	14	6	9	3	2	0	55			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	1	0	.80	0.072	.27	0.02%	0.25	1t start tie	6t 3 out a3
22	124	125	Aug 17	NYY		CLE	W,6-5	GS-5	W(9-6)	4	5.0	6	4	4	3	4	0	0	4.53	4.33	23	88	53	14	8	9	7	1	5	0	40			0	1	1	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.165	.21	-0.02%	-1.29	1t start tie	5t 3 out tie
23	125	130	Aug 23	NYY	@	LAD	W,10-2	GS-7	W(10-6)	5	6.2	5	2	2	0	11	0	0	4.43	4.08	25			13	26	8	6	4	0	0	67			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	.72	0.148	.23	0.03%	2.23	1b start tie	7b --3 2 out a7
24	126	135	Aug 28	NYY	@	SEA	W,7-3	GS-5	W(11-6)	4	5.0	1	2	2	5	4	1	0	4.39	4.21	20	86	45	13	8	4	7	2	0	0	56			0	2	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	.89	0.013	.15	0.00%	0.60	1b start a 2	5b 3 out a4
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
25	127	140	Sep 3	NYY		TEX	W,10-1	GS-7	W(12-6)	5	7.0	1	0	0	1	12	0	0	4.16	3.99	23	95	66	21	17	4	6	2	1	0	86			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.66	0.347	.13	0.04%	3.79	1t start tie	7t 3 out a8
26	128	145	Sep 9	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-0	GS-7	W(13-6)	5	6.2	4	0	0	3	7	0	0	3.96	3.92	27	107	70	17	11	8	9	3	1	0	70			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.425	.15	0.04%	3.84	1b start tie	7b 1-- 2 out a4
27	129	150	Sep 14	NYY	@	TOR	W,13-3	GS-5	W(14-6)	4	5.0	3	1	1	2	3	0	1	3.88	3.92	21	101	62	16	8	4	11	2	4	0	58			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	1	0	.94	0.215	.12	0.02%	1.68	1b start tie	5b 3 out a5
28	130	156	Sep 21	NYY		TOR	W,7-2	GS-6	W(15-6)	6	6.0	3	1	0	0	7	0	0	3.73	3.80	21	87	64	16	12	7	7	3	1	0	71			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.06	0.251	.10	0.01%	2.25	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
29	131	160	Sep 27	NYY	@	TEX	W,14-7	GS-1		5	1.0	3	2	2	0	1	1	0	3.82	3.86	6	21	14	4	2	1	4	2	0	0	40			0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.130	.09	-0.01%	-1.39	1b start a 1	1b 3 out d1
							20-9		W-L:15-6	4.7	150.2	138	71	64	55	186	23	2	3.82	3.86	633	2376	65%	16%	16%	0.69		23%	11%	0	54		---%	7	4	1	570	30	2	0	9	4	4	.90	1.005	.68	0.08%	9.78

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