J.A. Happ
James Anthony Happ
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
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2007 24 PHI NL 0 1 .000 11.25 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 7 5 5 3 2 0 5 0 0 0 21 41 2.250 15.8 6.8 4.5 11.3 2.50
2008 25 PHI NL 1 0 1.000 3.69 8 4 1 0 0 0 31.2 28 13 13 3 14 1 26 1 0 1 138 119 1.326 8.0 0.9 4.0 7.4 1.86
2009 26 PHI NL 12 4 .750 2.93 35 23 4 3 2 0 166.0 149 55 54 20 56 2 119 5 0 2 685 145 1.235 8.1 1.1 3.0 6.5 2.13
3 Seasons 13 5 .722 3.21 44 28 5 3 2 0 201.2 184 73 72 26 72 3 150 6 0 3 844 133 1.269 8.2 1.2 3.2 6.7 2.08
162 Game Avg. 12 5 .722 3.21 42 26 5 3 2 0 190 174 69 68 25 68 3 142 6 0 3 797 133 1.269 8.2 1.2 3.2 6.7 2.08

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2008 25 PHI NL NLCS W LAD 0 0 3.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 4 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 13 2.000 12.0 0.0 6.0 6.0 1.00
2009 26 PHI NL NLDS W COL 0 0 9.00 2 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 6 3 3 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 17 2.667 18.0 0.0 6.0 12.0 2.00
2009 26 PHI NL NLCS W LAD 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 4.500 0.0 0.0 40.5 0.0 0.00
2009 26 PHI NL WS L NYY 0 0 3.38 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 2 1 1 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 11 1.125 6.8 3.4 3.4 13.5 4.00
2 Seasons (4 Series) 0 0 4.82 8 1 0 0 0 0 9.1 12 5 5 1 8 0 10 0 0 0 46 2.143 11.6 1.0 7.7 9.6 1.25
1 NLDS 0 0 9.00 2 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 6 3 3 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 17 2.667 18.0 0.0 6.0 12.0 2.00
2 NLCS 0 0 2.45 4 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 4 1 1 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 18 2.455 9.8 0.0 12.3 4.9 0.40
1 WS 0 0 3.38 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 2 1 1 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 11 1.125 6.8 3.4 3.4 13.5 4.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
2007 24 PHI NL 1 21 19 5 7 1 0 3 0 0 2 5 .368 .429 .895 1.323 .364 17 1 0 0 0 0
2008 25 PHI NL 8 138 120 13 28 4 0 3 1 0 14 26 .233 .316 .342 .658 .272 41 0 1 2 1 1
2009 26 PHI NL 35 684 610 55 149 31 2 20 4 4 56 119 .244 .310 .400 .710 .270 244 16 5 7 6 2
3 Seasons 44 843 749 73 184 36 2 26 5 4 72 150 .246 .314 .403 .717 .272 302 17 6 9 7 3
162 Game Avg. 42 796 707 69 174 34 2 25 5 4 68 142 .246 .314 .403 .717 .272 285 16 6 9 7 3
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2007 24 PHI NL 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 31 31 31 0 0 0 1 3.0 6.8 4.0 94 0 1 0 0 94
2008 25 PHI NL 8 4 1 0 3 0 0 4 0 1.000 1 1 0 0 3 75% 58 67 49 8 2 0 2 5.1 3.3 5.9 95 0 3 1 0 105
2009 26 PHI NL 35 23 10 4 9 3 2 14 9 .609 2 3 3 2 14 61% 56 87 32 5 3 0 12 5.0 5.3 6.3 100 3 3 16 1 127
3 Seasons 44 28 11 5 12 3 2 18 10 .643 3 4 3 2 17 61% 55 87 31 13 5 0 15 4.9 5.0 6.1 99 3 7 17 1 127
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2008 25 PHI NL 8 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.868 0 1 3 1 0 3 0 4 3 0 3 0 6.0 42
2009 26 PHI NL 35 12 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 2 20% 8 0.893 1 1 10 1 1 10 6 6 8 2 8 1 5.4 29
2 Seasons 43 16 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 10 2 20% 0.889 1 2 13 2 1 13 6 10 11 2 11 1 5.6 32

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
2007 24 PHI NL 21 81% 14.3% 23.8% 9.5% 19.1% 57% 0.17 0.40 52% 21% 25.0% 0% 5 1 20%
2008 25 PHI NL 138 67% 2.2% 18.8% 10.1% 5.1% 25% 0.49 0.52 67% 23% 5.6% 14% 22 0 0%
2009 26 PHI NL 685 76% 2.9% 17.4% 8.2% 7.8% 36% 0.62 0.86 70% 17% 8.0% 17% 129 16 12%
3 Seasons 844 74% 3.1% 17.8% 8.5% 7.6% 35% 0.59 0.79 69% 18% 8.2% 16% 156 17 11%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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
2007 24 PHI NL 21 94 4.48 58 62% 31% 7% 38% 24% 69% 0% 43% 90% 67% 0% 0 0 14% 3 3 0 40% 0 0 0 0 0
2008 25 PHI NL 138 546 3.96 328 60% 28% 12% 30% 30% 72% 2% 43% 83% 56% 5% 7 4 16% 22 10 0 38% 3 2 0 0 0
2009 26 PHI NL 685 2638 3.85 1662 63% 28% 13% 28% 30% 72% 1% 45% 81% 57% 4% 30 15 21% 142 68 1 27% 25 13 0 0 1
3 Seasons 844 3278 3.88 2048 62% 28% 13% 29% 30% 72% 1% 45% 82% 57% 4% 37 19 20% 167 81 1 29% 28 15 0 0 1
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
2007 24 PHI NL 21 7 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 25 PHI NL 138 28 2 0 3 0 4 1 2 3 0 6 2 0 33% 0 1 1 47 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2009 26 PHI NL 685 149 17 3 20 0 15 17 3 11 9 32 9 10 28% 3 2 0 247 4 4 50% 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 0
3 Seasons 844 184 19 3 26 0 19 21 5 17 9 39 11 11 28% 4 3 1 303 5 4 56% 4 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 16 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
2007 24 0 1 .000 11.25 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 7 5 5 3 2 0 5 0 0 0 21 41 2.250 15.8 6.8 4.5 11.3 2.50 41
2008 25 1 1 .500 4.54 9 5 1 0 0 0 35.2 35 18 18 6 16 1 31 1 0 1 159 97 1.430 8.8 1.5 4.0 7.8 1.94 97
2009 26 13 5 .722 3.21 44 28 5 3 2 0 201.2 184 73 72 26 72 3 150 6 0 3 844 133 1.269 8.2 1.2 3.2 6.7 2.08 133

Neutralized Pitching

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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 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
2007 24 0 0 9.00 4.0 7 4 4 3 2 5 0 2.250 15.8 4.5 11.3 2.50 6.8 1
2008 25 2 1 .667 3.66 32.0 28 14 13 3 14 26 1 1.313 7.9 3.9 7.3 1.86 0.8 8
2009 26 11 6 .647 2.87 160.0 146 57 51 20 55 115 5 1.256 8.2 3.1 6.5 2.09 1.1 35
3 Seasons 13 7 .650 3.12 196.0 181 75 68 26 71 146 6 1.286 8.3 6.7 2.06 1.2 44

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2009 NL--2.928--8th

Complete Games s c a p y
2009 NL--3--3rd

Shutouts s c a p y
2009 NL--2--1st

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2009 NL--145--8th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (816), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 7 (1632), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1150), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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  6. Pug Cavet (973)
  7. John Skopec (972)
  8. Jim Devlin (971)
  9. Max Fiske (971)
  10. Spec Harkness (971)
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  4. Jim Hearn (977)
  5. Cyclone Miller (977)
  6. Mort Cooper (976)
  7. Mel Queen (976)
  8. Ron Guidry (975)
  9. Art Reinhart (974)
  10. Jim Deshaies (974)
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