John Axford Pitching Statistics and History

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John Axford

John Berton Axford (twitter: @JohnAxford)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: April 1, 1983 in Simcoe, Ontario, Canada
High Schools: Assumption College (Brantford, ON), Assumption College School (Port Dover, 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 (Age 26)
Team: Brewers 2009-2013
2013 Contract Status: 1st Year Arb Eligible (Super 2), 1 yr/$5M (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 2.170, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2017 [*], Agents: Beverly Hills Sports Council [*]
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
2007	24	NYY-min	A,A-,A+,AAA	1	4	.200	3.29	27	5	11	4	63.0	50	34	23	4	45	1	67	1	14	281		1.508	7.1	0.6	6.4	9.6	1.49	CHS,STI,TAM,SWB · SALL,NYPL,FLOR,IL
2008	25	MIL-min	A+	5	10	.333	4.55	26	14	1	0	95.0	86	58	48	5	73	0	89	5	12	433		1.674	8.1	0.5	6.9	8.4	1.22	BRE · FLOR
2009	26	MIL-min	AAA,A+,AA	9	1	.900	2.77	45	0	16	1	68.1	44	21	21	3	38	2	89	1	3	281		1.200	5.8	0.4	5.0	11.7	2.34	NVL,BRE,HVL · PCL,FLOR,SOUL
2009	26	MIL	NL	0	0		3.52	7	0	6	1	7.2	5	3	3	0	6	1	9	0	1	34	122	1.435	5.9	0.0	7.0	10.6	1.50
2010	27	MIL-min	AAA	3	2	.600	2.02	12	0	3	2	13.1	14	7	3	0	5	0	19	0	0	58		1.425	9.4	0.0	3.4	12.8	3.80	NVL · PCL
2010	27	MIL	NL	8	2	.800	2.48	50	0	43	24	58.0	42	17	16	1	27	3	76	1	4	238	163	1.190	6.5	0.2	4.2	11.8	2.81
2011	28	MIL	NL	2	2	.500	1.95	74	0	63	46	73.2	59	19	16	4	25	1	86	0	8	305	202	1.140	7.2	0.5	3.1	10.5	3.44	CYA-9,MVP-17
2012	29	MIL	NL	5	8	.385	4.67	75	0	54	35	69.1	61	42	36	10	39	2	93	2	10	310	88	1.442	7.9	1.3	5.1	12.1	2.38
2013	30	MIL	NL	2	3	.400	4.66	33	0	7	0	29.0	33	16	15	6	13	2	32	1	2	133	87	1.586	10.2	1.9	4.0	9.9	2.46
5 Yrs				17	15	.531	3.26	239	0	173	106	237.2	200	97	86	21	110	9	296	4	25	1020	124	1.304	7.6	0.8	4.2	11.2	2.69
162 Game Avg.				5	4	.531	3.26	68	0	49	30	68	57	28	24	6	31	3	84	1	7	290	124	1.304	7.6	0.8	4.2	11.2	2.69

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Awards
2009	26	MIL	NL	7.2	7	3	3.52	4.48	0.01	-0.33	111.5	4.61	1	0.1	.3	-0.1	0.1	2	.514	.501
2010	27	MIL	NL	58.0	50	17	2.64	4.28	0.04	-0.32	99.1	3.89	8	0.8	1.7	0.1	1.5	13	.517	.505
2011	28	MIL	NL	73.2	74	19	2.32	4.16	0.07	-0.31	104.0	3.94	13	1.4	1.6	0.2	2.3	19	.519	.509	$442,500	CYA-9,MVP-17
2012	29	MIL	NL	69.1	75	42	5.45	4.22	0.03	-0.31	103.2	4.00	-12	-1.2	1.7	-0.5	-1.2	-6	.483	.492	$525,000
2013	30	MIL	NL	29.0	33	16	4.97	4.45	0.14	-0.33	104.6	4.15	-3	-0.3	1.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0	.490	.498	$5,000,000
5 Seasons				237.2	239	97	3.67	4.25	0.06	-0.32	102.9	3.99	7	0.8	1.5	-0.3	2.6	28	.503	.501	$5,967,500

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	BF	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
2011	28	MIL	NL	NLDS	W	ARI	1	1.000	2.25	3	3	1	4.0	3	1	1	2	5	17	1.250	6.8	4.5	11.3	2.50
2011	28	MIL	NL	NLCS	L	STL	0		0.00	3	3	2	3.0	2	0	0	0	4	11	0.667	6.0	0.0	12.0
1 Yr (2 Series)							1	1.000	1.29	6	6	3	7.0	5	1	1	2	9	28	1.000	6.4	2.6	11.6	4.50
1 NLDS							1	1.000	2.25	3	3	1	4.0	3	1	1	2	5	17	1.250	6.8	4.5	11.3	2.50
1 NLCS							0		0.00	3	3	2	3.0	2	0	0	0	4	11	0.667	6.0	0.0	12.0

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
2009	26	MIL	NL	7	34	28	3	5	1	0	0	1	0	6	9	.179	.324	.214	.538	.263	6	0	0	0	0	1	0
2010	27	MIL	NL	50	238	206	17	42	13	1	1	2	0	27	76	.204	.297	.291	.588	.313	60	4	1	2	2	3	1
2011	28	MIL	NL	74	305	278	19	59	3	2	4	6	2	25	86	.212	.276	.281	.557	.291	78	4	0	1	1	1	7
2012	29	MIL	NL	75	310	266	42	61	6	3	10	4	2	39	93	.229	.330	.387	.717	.309	103	4	2	1	2	2	6
2013	30	MIL	NL	33	133	116	16	33	4	0	6	2	1	13	32	.284	.362	.474	.836	.346	55	0	1	3	0	2	0
5 Yrs				239	1020	894	97	200	27	6	21	15	5	110	296	.224	.310	.338	.648	.308	302	12	4	7	5	9	14
162 Game Avg.				68	290	254	28	57	8	2	6	4	1	31	84	.224	.310	.338	.648	.308	86	3	1	2	1	3	4
MLB Averages																.257	.324	.406	.729	.297

Win Probability*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
2009	26	MIL	NL	0.8	0.1	35	0.1	0.1	-0.1	.19	0.1	0.3	0.9	0.1	0.19	2.5	1	0	2
2010	27	MIL	NL	10.3	1.1	247	2.4	8.4	-6.0	2.03	1.1	0.1	11.3	1.2	2.03	11.2	29	10	9
2011	28	MIL	NL	15.2	1.6	328	4.2	11.0	-6.8	1.86	1.4	0.9	15.2	1.6	1.86	12.1	33	25	15
2012	29	MIL	NL	-5.2	-0.5	333	-2.0	10.0	-12.0	1.83	-1.3	0.2	-7.6	-0.8	1.83	-10.8	41	17	15
2013	30	MIL	NL	-1.8	-0.2	138	-0.3	2.8	-3.1	1.27	-0.4	0.1	-0.1	-0.0	1.27	-3.5	10	10	10
5 Yrs				19.3	2.0	1081	4.3	32.3	-27.9	1.76	0.8	1.6	19.8	2.1	1.76	11.6	114	62	51

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2009	26	MIL	NL	7	7	6	0	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0		9	.188	1	0	2	1	0	6	0	7	1	1	1	2	3.3	20
2010	27	MIL	NL	50	50	43	8	2	27	24	3	89%	30	3	14	3	21%	9	2.026	29	10	9	35	9	6	9	41	13	3	14	13	3.5	20
2011	28	MIL	NL	74	74	63	2	2	48	46	2	96%	48	0	1	0	0%	9	1.858	33	25	15	58	10	6	1	73	1	3	2	23	3.0	17
2012	29	MIL	NL	75	75	54	5	8	44	35	9	80%	47	3	23	6	26%	9	1.828	41	17	15	52	11	12	13	62	6	19	6	27	2.8	19
2013	30	MIL	NL	33	33	7	2	3	3	0	3	0%	13	10	7	0	0%	8	1.275	10	10	10	14	5	14	5	28	1	9	3	9	2.6	16
5 Yrs				239	239	173	17	15	123	106	17	86%	139	16	45	9	20%		1.756	114	62	51	160	35	44	28	211	22	35	26	74	3.0	18

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	DPopp	DPs	DP%
2009	26	MIL	NL	34	53%	0.0%	26.5%	17.7%	2.9%	20%	0.50	0.75	56%	26%	0.0%	0%	4	0	0%
2010	27	MIL	NL	238	49%	0.4%	31.9%	11.3%	6.3%	36%	0.93	1.20	55%	20%	1.6%	4%	42	4	10%
2011	28	MIL	NL	305	55%	1.3%	28.2%	8.2%	3.0%	15%	0.99	1.09	62%	16%	4.7%	11%	51	4	8%
2012	29	MIL	NL	310	47%	3.2%	30.0%	12.6%	6.1%	31%	0.92	1.33	53%	24%	11.8%	7%	62	4	6%
2013	30	MIL	NL	133	51%	4.5%	24.1%	9.8%	7.5%	30%	0.60	0.74	59%	25%	12.2%	6%	28	0	0%
5 Yrs				1020	50%	2.1%	29.0%	10.8%	5.3%	27%	0.87	1.11	57%	21%	7.1%	7%	187	12	6%
MLB Averages					45%	2.6%	18.8%	8.3%	7.6%	33%	0.81	1.09	69%	19%	7.7%	13%			11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	S/SO	L/SO%	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2009	26	MIL	NL	34	140	4.12	77	55%	27%	17%	31%	25%	73%	6%	40%	77%	56%	6%	2	0	21%	7	2	0	2	7	22%	0	1	0	0	0
2010	27	MIL	NL	238	990	4.16	607	61%	31%	20%	27%	22%	69%	3%	43%	71%	59%	6%	14	5	26%	63	30	1	23	53	30%	14	6	0	0	0
2011	28	MIL	NL	305	1240	4.07	792	64%	33%	17%	25%	24%	67%	0%	43%	74%	61%	5%	15	11	28%	86	43	5	25	61	29%	13	3	0	0	0
2012	29	MIL	NL	312	1405	4.50	847	60%	28%	19%	33%	21%	72%	1%	44%	74%	54%	5%	17	12	21%	65	29	4	26	67	28%	12	4	-2	0	0
2013	30	MIL	NL	133	532	4.00	316	59%	33%	19%	21%	28%	67%	1%	40%	71%	54%	5%	7	3	27%	36	17	5	4	28	13%	4	3	0	0	0
5 Yrs				1022	4307	4.21	2639	61%	31%	19%	28%	23%	69%	2%	43%	73%	57%	5%	55	31	25%	257	121	15	80	216	27%	43	17	-2	0	0
MLB Averages						3.82		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	59%	5%			23%						24%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
2009	26	MIL	NL	34	5	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0%	0	1	0	7	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2010	27	MIL	NL	238	42	3	2	1	0	5	0	1	1	0	13	9	2	69%	1	4	0	99	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
2011	28	MIL	NL	305	59	10	1	4	0	5	3	1	2	2	7	2	1	29%	7	8	1	111	6	2	75%	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
2012	29	MIL	NL	310	61	1	0	10	0	10	8	2	7	3	20	13	6	65%	6	10	0	117	4	2	67%	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	12	0
2013	30	MIL	NL	133	33	7	1	6	0	7	2	4	5	1	7	1	1	14%	0	2	0	53	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
5 Yrs				1020	200	21	4	21	0	31	13	8	15	6	50	25	13	50%	14	25	1	387	15	5	75%	15	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	38	0
MLB Averages																		52%							73%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
2009	26	0	0		3.52	7	6	1	7.2	5	3	3	0	6	1	9	0	1	34	122	1.435	5.9	0.0	7.0	10.6	1.50	122
2010	27	8	2	.800	2.60	57	49	25	65.2	47	20	19	1	33	4	85	1	5	272	157	1.218	6.4	0.1	4.5	11.6	2.58	157
2011	28	10	4	.714	2.26	131	112	71	139.1	106	39	35	5	58	5	171	1	13	577	178	1.177	6.8	0.3	3.7	11.0	2.95	178
2012	29	15	12	.556	3.06	206	166	106	208.2	167	81	71	15	97	7	264	3	23	887	132	1.265	7.2	0.6	4.2	11.4	2.72	132
2013	30	17	15	.531	3.26	239	173	106	237.2	200	97	86	21	110	9	296	4	25	1020	124	1.304	7.6	0.8	4.2	11.2	2.69	124

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
2009	26	0	0		3.38	8.0	5	3	3	0	6	9	0	1.375	5.6	6.8	10.1	1.50	0.0	7
2010	27	4	2	.667	2.78	55.0	43	19	17	1	28	73	1	1.291	7.0	4.6	11.9	2.61	0.2	50
2011	28	6	2	.750	1.97	73.0	60	18	16	4	25	86	0	1.164	7.4	3.1	10.6	3.44	0.5	74
2012	29	3	4	.429	4.70	69.0	61	40	36	10	39	93	2	1.449	8.0	5.1	12.1	2.38	1.3	75
2013	30	1	2	.333	4.66	29.0	33	17	15	6	13	32	1	1.586	10.2	4.0	9.9	2.46	1.9	33
5 Yrs		14	10	.583	3.35	234.0	202	97	87	21	111	293	4	1.338	7.8		11.3	2.64	0.8	239

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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 (1402nd)	Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr)) 2011 NL (9, 1%) 0.01 Career Shares (292nd)	Saves s c a p y 2011 NL 46 (1st) 2012 NL 35 (6th) Active 106 (20th) Career 106 (122nd)
Wild Pitches s c a p y 2012 NL 10 (3rd)	Games Finished s c a p y 2011 NL 63 (2nd) 2012 NL 54 (5th) Active 173 (33rd)	Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 2011 NL 4.2 (5th)

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black Ink	Pitching - 3 (568), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 6 (1797), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 19 (651), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
JAWS	Relief Pitcher (864th), 2.7 career WAR/2.7 7yr-peak WAR/2.7 JAWS Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 40.6 career WAR/28.2 7yr-peak WAR/34.4 JAWS

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