J.A. Happ

James Anthony Happ (J A)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 6", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: October 19, 1982 in Spring Valley, IL
High School: St. Bede Academy (Peru, IL)
School: Northwestern University
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 3rd round of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed June 16, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 30, 2007
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Astros 2007-2011
2012 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$474k (11), 1 yr/$2.35M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 3.047, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2015 [*],
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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
2004	21	PHI-min	A-	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	BAT · NYPL
2005	22	PHI-min	A,AA	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	LWD,REA · SALL,EL
2006	23	PHI-min	AA,AAA,A+	26	13	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.111	.111	.111	.222		1	0	0	4	0	0	REA,SWB,CLW · EL,IL,FLOR
2007	24	PHI-min	AAA	24	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.000	.091	.000	.091		0	0	0	0	0	0	OTT · IL
2007	24	PHI	NL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2008	25	PHI-min	AAA	24	13	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.091	.000	.091		0	0	0	2	0	0	LHV · IL
2008	25	PHI	NL	8	9	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	2	0	0	/1
2009	26	PHI	NL	35	51	43	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	15	.093	.114	.116	.230	-39	5	0	0	7	0	0	1	RoY-2
2010	27	PHI-min	AAA,A+,AA	9	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.600	1.000		3	0	0	0	0	0	LHV,CLW,REA · IL,FLOR,EL
2010	27	TOT	NL	16	30	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	.000	.037	.000	.037	-89	0	0	0	3	0	0	1
2010	27	PHI	NL	3	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.200	.000	.200	-40	0	0	0	1	0	0	/1
2010	27	HOU	NL	13	24	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	2	0	0	1
2011	28	HOU-min	AAA	3	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400		1	0	0	1	0	0	OKC · PCL
2011	28	HOU	NL	28	53	43	3	7	1	0	1	4	0	0	3	17	.163	.217	.256	.473	31	11	0	0	7	0	0	1
5 Seasons				88	144	120	5	11	2	0	1	5	0	0	5	46	.092	.128	.133	.261	-29	16	0	0	19	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	265	221	9	20	4	0	2	9	0	0	9	85	.092	.128	.133	.261	-29	29	0	0	35	0	0

PHI (4 yrs)				47	67	55	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	22	.073	.105	.091	.196	-48	5	0	0	10	0	0
HOU (2 yrs)				41	77	65	3	7	1	0	1	4	0	0	3	24	.108	.147	.169	.316	-13	11	0	0	9	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
2007	24	PHI	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/1
2008	25	PHI	NL	9	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/1
2009	26	PHI	NL	51	-8	-0	-1	0	0	5	1	-2	-0.3	-2	-0.3	0.0	$405,000	1	RoY-2
2010	27	PHI	NL	6	-1	0	-0	0	0	1	0	-0	0.0	-0	0.0	0.0	$470,000	/1
2010	27	HOU	NL	24	-6	0	0	0	0	2	1	-2	-0.3	-2	-0.3	0.0	$	1
2011	28	HOU	NL	53	-4	-0	1	0	0	5	2	4	0.4	4	0.4	0.0	$474,000	1
5 Seasons				144	-21	-1	0	1	0	14	3	-3	-0.3	-3	-0.3	0.0	$1,349,000

PHI (4 yrs)				67	-11	-0	-1	0	0	7	1	-4	-0.4	-4	-0.4	0.0	$875,000
HOU (2 yrs)				77	-10	-0	1	0	0	8	2	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$474,000

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
2007	24	PHI	NL	1	1	0	0.0	115		.000	.278	.000	.348	.000	.444	.000	.792	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
2008	25	PHI	NL	9	9	0	0.0	110	.000	.000	.271	.000	.343	.000	.432	.000	.775	-100	.000	-2.1	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
2009	26	PHI	NL	51	46	1	0.6	108	.143	.093	.267	.114	.340	.116	.424	.230	.764	-39	.020	-8.9	-0.9	.154	.047	.023
2010	27	TOT	NL	30	29	0	0.0	100	.000	.000	.259	.037	.329	.000	.409	.037	.738	-89	.000	-7.0	-0.7	.038	.038	.000
2010	27	PHI	NL	6	5	0	0.0	104	.000	.000	.264	.200	.335	.000	.416	.200	.751	-40	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.250	.250	.000
2010	27	HOU	NL	24	24	0	0.0	100	.000	.000	.258	.000	.328	.000	.407	.000	.735	-100	.000	-6.1	-0.6	.000	.000	.000
2011	28	HOU	NL	53	43	3	1.9	97	.240	.163	.257	.217	.324	.256	.400	.473	.724	31	.172	-4.2	-0.4	.389	.163	.093	.0
5 Seasons				144	128	4	0.8	102	.137	.092	.262	.128	.332	.133	.413	.261	.745	-29	.042	-22.4	-2.2	.193	.083	.042	.0
162 Game Avg.				265	236	7	0.8	102	.137	.092	.262	.128	.332	.133	.413	.261	.745	-29	.042	-22.4	-2.2	.193	.083	.042

PHI (4 yrs)				67	61	1	0.4	108	.121	.073	.267	.105	.340	.091	.425	.196	.765	-48	.012	-12.1	-1.2	.137	.055	.018
HOU (2 yrs)				77	67	3	1.2	98	.150	.108	.257	.147	.325	.169	.402	.316	.727	-13	.083	-10.3	-1.0	.241	.108	.062	.0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	IBB
2008	25	PHI	NL	NLCS	LAD	W	1	0	0	0
2009	26	PHI	NL	NLDS	COL	W	2	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
2009	26	PHI	NL	NLCS	LAD	W	3	0	0	0
2009	26	PHI	NL	WS	NYY	L	1	0	0	0
2 Seasons (4 Series)							7	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
1 NLDS							2	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
2 NLCS							4	0	0	0
1 WS							1	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
2007	24	PHI	NL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0					0%
2008	25	PHI	NL	9	0.0%	44.4%	0.0%	0.0%			1.8			2.00	2.00	33%	0%	0.0%	0%
2009	26	PHI	NL	51	0.0%	29.4%	2.0%	2.0%	25%	15.00	2.9		43.0	1.78	2.56	55%	11%	0.0%	11%
2010	27	TOT	NL	30	0.0%	30.0%	3.3%	0.0%		9.00	2.9			2.50	3.75	57%	5%	0.0%	25%
2010	27	PHI	NL	6	0.0%	33.3%	16.7%	0.0%		2.00	2.0					33%	0%
2010	27	HOU	NL	24	0.0%	29.2%	0.0%	0.0%			3.1			2.25	3.00	63%	6%	0.0%	25%
2011	28	HOU	NL	53	1.9%	32.1%	5.7%	3.8%	29%	5.67	2.5	43.0	10.8	2.43	7.00	47%	6%	14.3%	0%
5 Seasons				144	0.7%	31.9%	3.5%	2.1%	27%	9.20	2.6	120.0	24.0	2.14	3.50	51%	8%	5.3%	10%
MLB Averages					2.6%	17.9%	8.6%	7.8%	33%	2.10	5.0	34.6	7.9	0.80	1.07	69%	19%	7.5%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2007	24	PHI	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.89	-0.0	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.74	-0.3		0
2008	25	PHI	NL	-2.1	-0.2	9	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.76	-0.2	-0.0	-2.2	-0.2	0.95	-2.3		0
2009	26	PHI	NL	-8.9	-0.9	51	-0.9	0.1	-1.0	.83	-1.0	-0.1	-10.6	-1.0	0.93	-10.6		0
2010	27	TOT	NL	-6.9	-0.7	30	-0.6	0.1	-0.7	.93	-0.7	0.0	-5.7	-0.6	0.89	-7.0		0
2010	27	PHI	NL	-0.8	-0.1	6	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.86	-0.1	0.0	-1.0	-0.1	0.97	-1.2		0
2010	27	HOU	NL	-6.1	-0.6	24	-0.5	0.1	-0.6	.94	-0.5	0.0	-4.7	-0.5	0.88	-5.7		0
2011	28	HOU	NL	-4.2	-0.4	53	-0.3	0.7	-1.0	1.01	-0.3	0.0	-3.9	-0.4	1.05	-3.2	0.44	1
5 Seasons				-22.4	-2.2	144	-2.0	0.8	-2.8	.91	-2.2	0.1	-22.6	-2.2	0.97	-23.5	0.44	1

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	OOB	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndS3
2007	24	PHI	NL	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0
2008	25	PHI	NL	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0
2009	26	PHI	NL	0	40%	8	0	0%	2	2	1	1	1	1
2010	27	TOT	NL	1	0%	4	0		0	0	0	0	0	0
2010	27	PHI	NL	0	0%	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	0
2010	27	HOU	NL	1		2	0		0	0	0	0	0	0
2011	28	HOU	NL	2	22%	24	1	0%	4	4	0	0	1	1
5 Seasons				3	27%	36	1	0%	6	6	1	1	2	2

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
2007	24	PHI	NL	1	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2008	25	PHI	NL	9	89%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	67%	3	0	0%	3	1	33%	6	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2009	26	PHI	NL	51	84%	4	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	7	64%	13	0	0%	16	4	25%	35	1	3%	5	1	20%	1	1	100%	0
2010	27	TOT	NL	30	70%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	50%	4	0	0%	3	1	33%	14	0	0%	0	0		2	0	0%	0
2010	27	PHI	NL	6	50%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	4	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
2010	27	HOU	NL	24	75%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	50%	3	0	0%	2	1	50%	10	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
2011	28	HOU	NL	53	70%	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.44	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	9	7	78%	10	0	0%	12	4	33%	37	3	8%	4	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
5 Seasons				144	76%	11	3	0	1	0	0	0	0.44	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	29	19	66%	30	0	0%	34	10	29%	93	4	4%	9	1	11%	5	2	40%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			69%			11%			32%			15%			51%			56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2007	24	PHI	NL	1	3	3.00	3	100%	33%	33%	33%	0%	67%		67%	50%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
2008	25	PHI	NL	9	32	3.56	22	69%	36%	18%	23%	23%	64%	0%	44%	71%	22%	0%	0	0	22%	2	1	0%	0	0	50%	0	0	0
2009	26	PHI	NL	51	154	3.02	110	71%	35%	15%	18%	32%	65%	0%	47%	76%	39%	2%	1	0	4%	2	0	4%	2	2	53%	0	0	0
2010	27	TOT	NL	30	104	3.47	71	68%	41%	18%	13%	28%	59%	0%	40%	69%	23%	0%	0	0	7%	2	1	3%	1	0	44%	0	0	0
2010	27	PHI	NL	6	23	3.83	14	61%	36%	14%	29%	21%	64%	0%	39%	78%	33%	0%	0	0	33%	2	1	17%	1	0	50%	0	0	0
2010	27	HOU	NL	24	81	3.38	57	70%	42%	19%	9%	30%	58%	0%	41%	67%	21%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	43%	0	0	0
2011	28	HOU	NL	53	211	3.98	135	64%	38%	17%	21%	24%	62%	0%	40%	73%	32%	4%	2	0	15%	8	2	6%	3	2	41%	0	0	0
5 Seasons				144	504	3.50	341	68%	37%	17%	18%	27%	63%	0%	42%	73%	32%	2%	3	0	10%	14	4	4%	6	4	46%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.81		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	80%	27%	5%			15%			9%			25%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH
2007	24	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0
2008	25	9	10	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	2
2009	26	44	61	51	2	4	1	0	1	1	20	.078	.096	.098	.194	-49	5	9
2010	27	60	91	77	2	4	1	0	1	2	29	.052	.076	.065	.141	-62	5	12
2011	28	88	144	120	5	11	2	1	5	5	46	.092	.128	.133	.261	-29	16	19

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2007	24	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
2008	25	8	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	8
2009	26	35	45	44	4	5	1	0	2	1	15	.114	.133	.136	.270	1	35
2010	27	16	27	26	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	.000	.037	.000	.037	0	16
2011	28	28	47	44	4	8	1	1	5	3	17	.182	.234	.273	.507	3	28
5 Seasons		88	127	122	8	13	2	1	7	5	46	.107	.142	.148	.289	4	88
162 Game Avg.		162	234	225	15	24	4	2	13	9	85	.107	.142	.148	.289	7	88

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