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James Paxton

Position: Starting 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)

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

1.2

14.7

ERA

2.84

3.65

164

44.1

895.0

956

WHIP

1.376

1.231

2018 Player Pitching Game Log

2018 Player Pitching Game Log
Rk	Date	Lev	Tm		Opp	Inngs	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	GSc	AB	2B	3B	GDP	SF	SB	CS	PO	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU
1	2018-03-31	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners		Cleveland Indians	1-5	L	4.2	6	6	6	4	4	2	0	28	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	104	60	13	8	3	12	3	1
2	2018-04-05	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners	@	Minnesota Twins	1-6		5.0	4	2	2	1	7	1	0	57	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	98	61	15	12	3	10	3	3
3	2018-04-11	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners	@	Kansas City Royals	1-6		6.0	6	2	2	1	10	0	1	61	23	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	25	102	65	16	22	7	7	1	1
4	2018-04-16	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners		Houston Astros	1-6	W	6.0	3	1	1	3	7	1	0	66	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	106	63	17	14	6	8	6	0
5	2018-04-21	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners	@	Texas Rangers	1-4		4.0	6	5	5	3	6	0	0	33	16	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	21	96	67	13	13	4	7	2	0
6	2018-04-26	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners	@	Cleveland Indians	1-6		6.0	5	2	2	3	10	1	0	61	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	100	70	16	10	4	9	4	1
7	2018-05-02	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners		Oakland Athletics	1-7		7.0	5	0	0	1	16	0	0	82	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	105	80	14	26	0	10	7	0
8	2018-05-08	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners	@	Toronto Blue Jays	1-9	W	9.0	0	0	0	3	7	0	0	91	26	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	29	99	64	14	13	10	9	3	3
9	2018-05-13	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners	@	Detroit Tigers	1-6		6.0	6	3	3	0	4	1	0	52	24	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	24	104	71	16	12	5	15	8	2
10	2018-05-19	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners		Detroit Tigers	1-9	W	9.0	3	2	2	1	8	1	0	80	28	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	30	117	83	18	15	8	13	3	1
11	2018-05-25	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners		Minnesota Twins	1-7	W	7.0	3	1	1	0	11	1	0	78	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	103	72	17	13	9	4	0	0
12	2018-05-30	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners		Texas Rangers	1-5		5.0	4	2	2	4	5	0	0	52	18	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	22	89	59	13	9	3	10	4	3
13	2018-06-05	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners	@	Houston Astros	1-8	W	7.2	9	1	1	1	6	0	0	62	29	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	30	108	76	19	9	12	11	4	1
14	2018-06-10	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners	@	Tampa Bay Rays	1-7	W	7.0	5	3	3	0	10	1	0	65	26	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	26	103	75	18	14	7	9	5	1
15	2018-06-15	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners		Boston Red Sox	1-3		2.1	7	6	6	1	4	1	0	22	15	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	16	74	42	10	9	7	5	3	0
16	2018-06-21	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners	@	New York Yankees	1-5	L	5.0	7	4	4	3	9	2	0	43	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	107	61	12	15	6	7	4	0
17	2018-06-26	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners	@	Baltimore Orioles	1-7	W	7.0	6	2	2	1	10	1	0	66	24	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	25	90	65	18	12	5	10	8	1
18	2018-07-01	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners		Kansas City Royals	1-8	W	8.0	2	0	0	2	11	0	0	87	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	110	79	14	23	7	8	3	1
19	2018-07-07	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners		Colorado Rockies	1-7	L	7.0	7	4	4	1	9	1	0	55	28	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	29	98	75	19	17	7	11	4	1
20	2018-07-12	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners	@	Los Angeles Angels	1-1	L	0.2	3	3	3	0	1	2	0	35	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	17	12	3	1	1	3	1	0
21	2018-07-30	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners		Houston Astros	1-7	W	7.0	3	0	0	0	8	0	0	79	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	89	65	18	15	7	9	1	1
22	2018-08-04	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners		Toronto Blue Jays	1-7	L	7.0	8	3	3	1	7	1	0	55	25	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	26	105	78	17	16	12	6	4	0
23	2018-08-09	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners	@	Houston Astros	1-6	W	5.2	7	4	4	3	5	0	0	41	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	116	73	11	15	7	11	4	4
24	2018-08-14	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners	@	Oakland Athletics	1-1		0.1	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	44	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	13	8	2	2	0	2	1	0
25	2018-09-01	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners	@	Oakland Athletics	1-5	W	5.0	2	3	3	4	10	1	0	57	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	98	63	13	20	4	4	0	1
26	2018-09-07	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners		New York Yankees	1-6	L	6.0	5	4	4	1	8	2	0	53	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	95	67	12	19	3	11	4	3
27	2018-09-24	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners		Oakland Athletics	1-4		4.0	3	2	2	0	5	2	0	53	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	71	48	14	7	5	5	1	0
28	2018-09-29	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners		Texas Rangers	1-6		6.0	7	1	1	0	9	0	0	63	23	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	23	91	68	17	16	7	8	4	0

2018 Player Pitching Splits

2018 Player Pitching Splits
Split	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Total	28	645	598	67	134	24	2	23	5	3	42	208	.224	.275	.386	.662	.301	231	11	1	2	2	0

Home	14	336	315	32	66	8	1	12	3	1	19	112	.210	.254	.356	.609	.281	112	6	0	1	1	0
Away	14	309	283	35	68	16	1	11	2	2	23	96	.240	.299	.421	.719	.322	119	5	1	1	1	0

March	1	24	20	6	6	1	0	2	0	0	4	4	.300	.417	.650	1.067	.286	13	0	0	0	0	0
April	5	117	103	12	24	7	0	3	0	1	11	40	.233	.310	.388	.699	.344	40	0	1	1	1	0
May	6	156	146	8	21	3	1	3	2	1	9	51	.144	.192	.240	.432	.194	35	1	0	0	1	0
June	5	122	116	16	34	6	1	5	2	1	6	39	.293	.328	.491	.819	.403	57	4	0	0	0	0
July	4	86	83	7	15	1	0	3	1	0	3	29	.181	.209	.301	.511	.235	25	0	0	0	0	0
August	3	56	52	8	17	4	0	2	0	0	4	13	.327	.375	.519	.894	.405	27	4	0	0	0	0
September	4	84	78	10	17	2	0	5	0	0	5	32	.218	.265	.436	.701	.293	34	2	0	1	0	0

As Starter	28	645	598	67	134	24	2	23	5	3	42	208	.224	.275	.386	.662	.301	231	11	1	2	2	0

vs RHB as LHP	28	533	495		100	16	2	20			35	170	.202	.254	.364	.617	.261	180	10	0	1	2	0
vs LHB as LHP	19	112	103		34	8	0	3			7	38	.330	.378	.495	.874	.500	51	1	1	1	0	0

Bases Empty	28	406	383		80	12	1	11			22	136	.209	.254	.332	.585	.292	127	0	1	0	0	0
Runners On	27	239	215		54	12	1	12			20	72	.251	.312	.484	.796	.316	104	11	0	2	2	0

vs. Younger Batters	28	412	387		91	17	2	14			23	131	.235	.277	.398	.675	.317	154	9	0	1	1	0
vs. Older Batters	28	233	211		43	7	0	9			19	77	.204	.272	.365	.637	.270	77	2	1	1	1	0

Table
Split	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	SO9	SO/W
Total	11	6	.647	3.76	28	28	0	160.1	134	67	67	23	42	0	208	1	0	0	645	1.098	11.7	4.95

Home	5	4	.556	3.35	14	14	0	86.0	66	32	32	12	19	0	112	0	0	0	336	0.988	11.7	5.89
Away	6	2	.750	4.24	14	14	0	74.1	68	35	35	11	23	0	96	1	0	0	309	1.224	11.6	4.17

March	0	1	.000	11.57	1	1	0	4.2	6	6	6	2	4	0	4	0	0	0	24	2.143	7.7	1.00
April	1	0	1.000	4.00	5	5	0	27.0	24	12	12	3	11	0	40	1	0	0	117	1.296	13.3	3.64
May	3	0	1.000	1.67	6	6	0	43.0	21	8	8	3	9	0	51	0	0	0	156	0.698	10.7	5.67
June	3	1	.750	4.97	5	5	0	29.0	34	16	16	5	6	0	39	0	0	0	122	1.379	12.1	6.50
July	2	2	.500	2.78	4	4	0	22.2	15	7	7	3	3	0	29	0	0	0	86	0.794	11.5	9.67
August	1	1	.500	5.54	3	3	0	13.0	17	8	8	2	4	0	13	0	0	0	56	1.615	9.0	3.25
September	1	1	.500	4.29	4	4	0	21.0	17	10	10	5	5	0	32	0	0	0	84	1.048	13.7	6.40

As Starter	11	6	.647	3.76	28	28	0	160.1	134	67	67	23	42	0	208	1	0	0	645	1.098	11.7	4.95

Please note that splits include both major and minor league stats. We have decided that the splits across all levels is more useful than just minor league stats.

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