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John Axford

John Berton Axford (twitter: @JohnAxford)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: April 1, 1983 in Simcoe, Ontario, CAN
High School: Assumption College (Brantford, ON)
Schools: Canisius College (Buffalo, NY), University of Notre Dame (South Bend, IN)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 2006. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 15, 2009
Team: Brewers 2009-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$525k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 1.170, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2017 [*],
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2009 26 MIL NL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2010 27 MIL NL 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2011 28 MIL NL 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 CYA-9,MVP-17
2012 29 MIL NL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
4 Yrs 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2009 26 MIL NL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
2010 27 MIL NL 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
2011 28 MIL NL 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $442,500 1 CYA-9,MVP-17
2012 29 MIL NL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
4 Seasons 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $442,500

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2011 28 MIL NL NLDS ARI W 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011 28 MIL NL NLCS STL L 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Yr (2 Series) 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2009 26 MIL NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 27 MIL NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 28 MIL NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 29 MIL NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
4 Yrs 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Awards (yr lg award)
2011 NL Rolaids Relief

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2011 NL (17, 2%)
0.02 Career Shares (1361st)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
2011 NL (9, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (283rd)

              

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