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: 14-10 / in Starts: 14-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2017 Pitching Game Log

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2017 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	51	3	Apr 5	SEA	@	HOU	L,3-5	GS-6		99	6.0	2	0	0	1	5	0	0	0.00	1.99	23	100	65	11	18	7	10	6	2	0	72			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.353	1.10	0.22%	2.98	1b start tie	6b 3 out a2
2	52	8	Apr 10	SEA		HOU	W,6-0	GS-7	W(1-0)	4	7.0	4	0	0	2	8	0	0	0.00	1.85	26			26	9	6	10	5	1	0	75			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.344	.77	0.18%	3.51	1t start tie	7t 3 out a5
3	53	12	Apr 15	SEA		TEX	W,5-0	GS-8	W(2-0)	4	8.0	2	0	0	1	9	0	0	0.00	1.63	26	114	79	18	20	7	9	2	1	0	86			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	.82	0.384	.66	0.19%	4.01	1t start tie	8t 3 out a5
4	54	17	Apr 20	SEA	@	OAK	L,6-9	GS-5		4	4.1	9	5	5	1	8	0	0	1.78	1.38	23	91	57	14	12	4	10	7	0	0	32			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.13	-0.383	1.16	-0.23%	-3.41	1b start a 1	5b 12- 1 out d2
5	55	22	Apr 26	SEA	@	DET	W,8-0	GS-7	W(3-0)	5	7.0	4	0	0	1	9	0	0	1.39	1.30	26	103	66	18	16	8	8	2	2	0	77			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	.81	0.268	.59	0.12%	3.74	1b start tie	7b 3 out a7
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
6	56	27	May 2	SEA		LAA	L,4-6	GS-6		5	5.1	5	2	1	5	6	0	0	1.43	1.64	26	105	60	19	11	7	8	4	0	0	53			0	0	0	20	3	0	1	0	1	0	1.55	0.031	1.38	0.02%	0.48	1t start tie	6t 1-- 1 out tie
7	57	54	May 31	SEA		COL	W,5-0	GS-6	W(4-0)	28	5.1	3	0	0	0	6	0	0	1.26	1.55	19	74	57	14	14	10	3	0	1	0	68			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	.66	0.204	.35	0.06%	2.09	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out a4
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
8	58	59	Jun 6	SEA		MIN	W,12-3	GS-5	W(5-0)	5	5.0	5	3	3	3	4	1	0	1.69	2.01	22	96	57	20	7	5	10	6	1	0	46			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	0	.59	0.075	.38	0.03%	-0.50	1t start tie	5t 3 out a9
9	59	64	Jun 11	SEA		TOR	L,0-4	GS-4	L(5-1)	4	4.0	8	4	4	3	3	1	0	2.25	2.41	23	94	56	14	8	9	8	4	1	0	30			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.202	.66	-0.08%	-2.00	1t start tie	4t 3 out d4
10	60	69	Jun 16	SEA	@	TEX	L,4-10	GS-4	L(5-2)	4	3.2	7	7	7	3	4	1	0	3.23	2.71	21	91	52	14	6	4	10	4	1	0	20			1	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.334	.56	-0.14%	-4.03	1b start a 1	4b -2- 2 out d5
11	61	74	Jun 21	SEA		DET	W,7-5	GS-6		4	5.1	9	4	3	2	8	1	0	3.39	2.80	25			16	16	7	8	5	1	0	42			0	1	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	.79	-0.145	.56	-0.06%	-1.91	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out d4
12	62	79	Jun 27	SEA		PHI	L,2-8	GS-7	L(5-3)	5	7.0	4	3	3	3	9	1	0	3.44	2.89	27			18	12	7	8	4	1	0	63			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	2	0	1.13	-0.043	.77	-0.02%	0.51	1t start tie	7t 3 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
13	63	83	Jul 2	SEA	@	LAA	W,5-3	GS-7	W(6-3)	4	6.1	2	1	1	2	3	0	0	3.27	2.92	22	87	55	16	11	9	8	3	2	0	66			0	1	1	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.082	.70	0.03%	1.39	1b start tie	7b 1-3 1 out a1
14	64	88	Jul 7	SEA		OAK	W,7-2	GS-7	W(7-3)	4	7.0	2	2	2	3	9	0	1	3.21	2.86	26	109	66	15	20	6	7	5	1	0	71			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.21	0.228	.47	0.05%	1.51	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
15	65	91	Jul 14	SEA	@	CHW	W,4-2	GS-6	W(8-3)	6	6.0	5	2	2	0	9	0	0	3.19	2.68	23	103	72	16	15	8	6	2	1	0	63			2	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.136	.51	0.04%	1.07	1b start tie	6b 3 out a2
16	66	96	Jul 19	SEA	@	HOU	W,4-1	GS-7	W(9-3)	4	7.0	6	1	1	1	7	0	0	3.05	2.60	27	108	79	17	13	8	11	6	1	0	67			1	1	0	24	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.14	0.295	.80	0.12%	2.48	1b start tie	7b 3 out a3
17	67	101	Jul 24	SEA		BOS	W,4-0	GS-7	W(10-3)	4	7.0	4	0	0	0	10	0	0	2.84	2.44	25	103	71	26	9	9	6	3	1	0	79			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	1	.78	0.284	.52	0.11%	3.51	1t start tie	7t 3 out a4
18	68	106	Jul 30	SEA		NYM	W,9-1	GS-6	W(11-3)	5	6.0	6	0	0	0	8	0	2	2.68	2.38	25	108	73	14	18	9	6	3	0	0	68			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.67	0.185	.41	0.07%	3.01	1t start tie	6t 3 out a5
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	69	111	Aug 4	SEA	@	KCR	W,5-2	GS-6	W(12-3)	4	6.0	4	2	2	1	7	0	0	2.70	2.33	23	95	67	10	13	10	5	4	1	0	62			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	0.045	1.09	0.02%	1.20	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d1
20	70	116	Aug 10	SEA		LAA	L,3-6	GS-7		5	6.1	5	3	3	1	6	2	0	2.78	2.51	24	101	70	21	6	10	7	2	1	0	56			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	.61	-0.067	.66	-0.04%	0.24	1t start tie	7t --- 1 out d3
Sep/Oct				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
21	71	148	Sep 15	SEA	@	HOU	L,2-5	GS-2	L(12-4)	35	1.1	4	3	3	2	0	0	0	2.98	2.57	10	50	27	8	2	0	8	4	1	0	32			0	0	0	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.246	.48	-0.08%	-2.68	1b start tie	2b -2- 1 out d3
22	72	153	Sep 21	SEA		TEX	L,2-4	GS-4	L(12-5)	5	3.2	4	2	2	2	4	0	0	3.03	2.57	17	73	45	15	6	5	6	3	0	0	47			0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.054	.22	-0.01%	-0.23	1t start tie	4t 1-- 2 out d2
23	73	158	Sep 26	SEA	@	OAK	W,6-3	GS-6		4	5.1	6	3	3	0	5	2	0	3.12	2.72	22	82	55	14	10	5	12	5	4	0	49			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.157	.00	0.00%	-0.26	1b start tie	6b --- 1 out d1
24	74	162	Oct 1	SEA	@	LAA	L,2-6	GS-6		4	6.0	3	0	0	0	9	0	0	2.98	2.61	21	73	48	11	13	5	7	3	1	0	75			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.359	.00	0.00%	3.07	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
							14-10		W-L:12-5	4.4	136.0	113	47	45	37	156	9	3	2.98	2.61	552	1960	65%	20%	15%	0.86		26%	7%	0	58		---%	4	3	1	506	24	0	1	7	5	1	.97	1.642	.64	0.59%	19.79

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