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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 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	0	2	.000	3.26	21	0	15	10	19.1	18	10	7	0	11	1	31	1	3	90	125	1.500	8.4	0.0	5.1	14.4	2.82
4 Yrs				10	6	.625	2.38	152	0	127	81	158.2	124	49	42	5	69	6	202	2	16	667	169	1.216	7.0	0.3	3.9	11.5	2.93
162 Game Avg.				4	3	.625	2.38	68	0	57	36	71	55	22	19	2	31	3	90	1	7	298	169	1.216	7.0	0.3	3.9	11.5	2.93

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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	4.31	0.04	-0.32	100.3	3.96	8	0.9	1.7	0.2	1.5	14	.518	.506	$
2011	28	MIL	NL	73.2	74	19	2.32	4.15	0.07	-0.31	105.2	3.97	13	1.5	1.6	0.2	2.3	20	.520	.509	$442,500	CYA-9,MVP-17
2012	29	MIL	NL	19.1	21	10	4.66	4.28	-0.13	-0.32	101.4	4.14	-1	-0.1	1.7	-0.1	-0.1	1	.493	.499	$
4 Seasons				158.2	152	49	2.78	4.24	0.03	-0.32	103.3	4.02	21	2.3	1.6	0.3	3.8	36	.515	.504	$442,500

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	21	90	78	10	18	4	1	0	2	1	11	31	.231	.333	.308	.641	.383	24	2	1	0	0	1	4
4 Yrs				152	667	590	49	124	21	4	5	11	3	69	202	.210	.294	.285	.578	.308	168	10	2	3	3	6	12
162 Game Avg.				68	298	264	22	55	9	2	2	5	1	31	90	.210	.294	.285	.578	.308	75	4	1	1	1	3	5
MLB Averages																.258	.326	.406	.732	.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	15.1	1.6	328	4.2	11.0	-6.7	1.86	1.3	1.0	15.2	1.6	1.86	11.4	33	25	14
2012	29	MIL	NL	0.6	0.1	96	0.0	3.5	-3.4	2.05	-0.3	0.3	-1.4	-0.1	2.05	-3.1	12	4	4
4 Yrs				26.8	2.8	706	6.7	22.9	-16.2	1.86	2.1	1.5	26.0	2.7	1.86	22.0	75	39	29

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	14	58	10	6	1	73	1	3	2	23	3.0	17
2012	29	MIL	NL	21	21	15	0	2	11	10	1	91%	11	0	2	2	100%	9	2.046	12	4	4	12	5	4	1	20	0	4	0	6	2.8	20
4 Yrs				152	152	127	10	6	87	81	6	93%	90	3	17	5	29%		1.858	75	39	29	106	24	22	11	141	15	11	17	44	3.1	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%	17%	4.7%	11%	51	4	8%
2012	29	MIL	NL	90	46%	0.0%	34.4%	12.2%	5.6%	28%	0.96	1.45	52%	28%	0.0%	4%	26	2	8%
4 Yrs				667	51%	0.8%	30.3%	10.3%	4.5%	24%	0.93	1.14	58%	20%	2.7%	8%	123	10	8%
MLB Averages					45%	2.6%	18.5%	8.5%	7.6%	33%	0.80	1.08	69%	19%	7.5%	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	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	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	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	29%	13	3	0	0	0
2012	29	MIL	NL	90	419	4.66	255	61%	25%	22%	35%	18%	75%	2%	46%	71%	57%	2%	2	1	24%	22	9	1	23%	3	1	0	0	0
4 Yrs				667	2789	4.18	1731	62%	31%	19%	27%	23%	69%	2%	43%	73%	60%	5%	33	17	27%	178	84	7	28%	30	11	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.82		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	59%	5%			23%				25%

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	90	18	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	9	4	5	44%	4	3	0	44	2	1	67%	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0
4 Yrs				667	124	13	3	5	0	17	3	2	3	2	32	15	11	47%	12	16	1	261	11	3	79%	11	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	25	0
MLB Averages																		52%							72%

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	10	6	.625	2.38	152	127	81	158.2	124	49	42	5	69	6	202	2	16	667	169	1.216	7.0	0.3	3.9	11.5	2.93	169

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	1	1	.500	3.32	19.0	19	8	7	0	12	31	1	1.632	9.0	5.7	14.7	2.58	0.0	21
4 Yrs		11	5	.688	2.50	155.0	127	48	43	5	71	199	2	1.277	7.4		11.6	2.80	0.3	152

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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)	Saves s c a p y 2011 NL 46 (1st) 2012 NL 10 (8th) Active 81 (29th) Career 81 (173rd)
Games Finished s c a p y 2011 NL 63 (2nd)	Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 2011 NL 4.2 (5th)

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 3 (562), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 6 (1781), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 15 (753), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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