J.A. Happ

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-5, 205lb (196cm, 92kg)

Born: October 19, 1982 in Peru, IL us

Draft: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 3rd round of the 2004 MLB June Amateur Draft from Northwestern University (Evanston, IL).

High School: St. Bede Academy (Peru, IL)

School: Northwestern University (Evanston, IL)

Debut: June 30, 2007 (Age 24-254d, 19,133rd in major league history)
vs. NYM 4.0 IP, 7 H, 5 SO, 2 BB, 5 ER, L

Last Game: September 30, 2021 (Age 38-346d)
vs. MIL 6.1 IP, 9 H, 7 SO, 0 BB, 3 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2009 season

Agents: Rogers Sports Management • Previously: Jay Fee Sports Group

Full Name: James Anthony Happ

Nicknames: Happer or JDot ADot

Pronunciation: \JAY\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

21.1

133

100

ERA

4.13

354

328

1893.2

1661

WHIP

1.315

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Team Record in Appearances: 20-11 / in Starts: 20-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2019 Pitching Game Log

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2019 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	285	3	Mar 31	NYY		BAL	L,5-7	GS-4	L(0-1)	99	4.0	5	4	4	1	3	2	0	9.00	8.96	17	75	50	18	10	7	6	2	0	0	38			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	1	0	0	.56	-0.210	.58	-0.13%	-1.83	1t start tie	4t 3 out d4
2	286	8	Apr 6	NYY	@	BAL	W,6-4	GS-5		5	4.1	5	2	2	2	5	1	0	6.48	7.05	20	88	55	7	12	4	9	4	3	0	48			0	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.075	1.11	0.05%	0.80	1b start a 1	5b 12- 1 out a2
3	287	13	Apr 12	NYY		CHW	L,6-9	GS-5	L(0-2)	5	4.0	9	6	6	2	5	1	0	8.76	6.54	23	88	54	11	7	5	11	6	1	0	23			1	0	0	21	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.363	1.00	-0.19%	-3.23	1t start tie	5t 1-- 0 out tie
4	288	17	Apr 17	NYY		BOS	W,5-3	GS-7		4	6.1	6	3	3	1	4	2	0	7.23	6.54	25	84	58	12	9	10	10	2	2	0	52			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	.62	-0.040	.56	-0.02%	0.23	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out d2
5	289	22	Apr 22	NYY	@	LAA	W,4-3	GS-7		4	7.0	3	2	2	2	5	1	0	5.96	5.98	25			18	6	8	10	5	2	0	66			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	.96	0.254	.97	0.15%	1.87	1b start a 1	7b 3 out tie
6	290	27	Apr 27	NYY	@	SFG	W,6-4	GS-7	W(1-2)	4	7.0	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.68	5.27	26	95	63	9	6	7	17	7	5	0	69			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.67	0.268	.76	0.18%	3.52	1b start tie	7b 3 out a6
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
7	291	32	May 4	NYY		MIN	L,3-7	GS-6	L(1-3)	6	5.2	7	4	4	1	3	2	1	4.93	5.64	25	81	51	13	7	8	12	6	3	0	41			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	2	0	1	.82	-0.122	1.01	-0.09%	-1.00	1t start tie	6t 1-- 2 out d4
8	292	37	May 9	NYY		SEA	W,3-1	GS-6	W(2-3)	4	5.0	1	0	0	3	7	0	1	4.36	5.31	19			16	11	4	4	0	3	0	69			0	1	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.238	1.05	0.18%	2.31	1t start tie	6t 1-- 0 out a1
9	293	41	May 15(1)	NYY		BAL	W,5-3	GS-6	W(3-3)	5	5.1	5	3	3	0	3	2	0	4.44	5.49	20	64	42	11	7	9	8	2	1	0	49			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	.88	-0.004	1.10	0.00%	-0.04	1t start tie	6t --- 1 out a2
10	294	46	May 20	NYY	@	BAL	W,10-7	GS-4		4	3.2	9	6	6	1	3	2	1	5.16	5.83	20	77	47	10	7	6	9	5	1	0	21			1	0	0	18	3	0	0	2	0	0	.71	-0.317	.91	-0.25%	-4.13	1b start tie	4b -2- 2 out d5
11	295	50	May 25(1)	NYY	@	KCR	W,7-3	GS-6	W(4-3)	4	6.0	4	3	3	0	10	1	0	5.09	5.44	22	82	59	12	19	4	8	1	1	0	62			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.019	1.13	-0.01%	0.38	1b start a 2	6b 3 out tie
12	296	56	May 31	NYY		BOS	W,4-1	GS-5	W(5-3)	5	5.0	3	1	1	2	5	1	0	4.83	5.41	19	84	47	8	7	9	3	0	1	0	60			0	0	0	17	0	0	1	0	0	0	.96	0.168	1.25	0.13%	1.71	1t start tie	5t 3 out a2
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
13	297	61	Jun 6	NYY	@	TOR	W,6-2	GS-7	W(6-3)	5	7.0	4	1	1	0	4	1	0	4.48	5.26	26	102	69	18	9	9	13	4	2	0	69			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	1	.60	0.197	.71	0.14%	2.75	1b start tie	7b 3 out a5
14	298	67	Jun 13	NYY	@	CHW	L,4-5	GS-5		6	5.0	5	4	4	4	2	1	0	4.66	5.40	23	91	53	14	8	8	9	4	1	0	39			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.08	-0.165	1.34	-0.12%	-1.29	1b start tie	5b 3 out tie
15	299	72	Jun 18	NYY		TBR	W,6-3	GS-5	W(7-3)	4	5.0	7	2	2	0	3	0	0	4.59	5.19	22	87	58	13	7	10	9	5	0	0	48			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.053	1.99	0.06%	0.71	1t start tie	5t 3 out d1
16	300	77	Jun 23	NYY		HOU	L,4-9	GS-5	L(7-4)	4	4.0	11	8	8	0	2	3	0	5.23	5.51	22	68	43	9	3	10	10	3	1	0	10			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	.68	-0.297	.70	-0.18%	-5.83	1t start tie	5t --- 0 out d8
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
17	301	85	Jul 4	NYY	@	TBR	W,8-4	GS-6		10	5.1	3	1	1	3	5	0	0	5.02	5.37	21	92	54	18	10	3	10	6	3	0	60			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.237	1.09	0.17%	1.90	1b start tie	6b --- 1 out a1
18	302	90	Jul 13	NYY		TOR	L,1-2	GS-6	L(7-5)	8	5.1	5	2	2	1	5	0	0	4.93	5.17	22	89	56	12	13	8	8	2	2	0	54			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.236	.84	0.12%	2.29	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out tie
19	303	96	Jul 19	NYY		COL	W,8-2	GS-5	W(8-5)	5	5.0	8	2	2	2	8	1	0	4.86	5.10	24	91	60	12	13	3	10	5	1	0	49			0	0	0	21	3	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.048	.67	0.02%	0.71	1t start tie	5t 3 out a3
20	304	101	Jul 24	NYY	@	MIN	W,10-7	GS-4		4	3.1	6	6	6	2	3	2	0	5.23	5.29	18	74	46	13	3	5	8	5	0	0	25			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	1	0	.89	-0.297	.52	-0.10%	-4.27	1b start tie	4b -23 1 out a4
21	305	106	Jul 30	NYY		ARI	L,2-4	GS-6	L(8-6)	5	6.0	8	3	3	1	2	1	0	5.19	5.29	26	94	63	9	6	6	17	10	2	0	45			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	1	0	.83	-0.049	.55	-0.02%	0.25	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
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
22	306	111	Aug 4	NYY		BOS	W,7-4	GS-6	W(9-6)	4	5.2	7	4	4	1	2	2	1	5.24	5.43	24	91	54	13	8	9	11	4	0	0	40			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	2	0	0	.62	0.092	.34	0.03%	-1.00	1t start tie	6t 1-- 2 out a3
23	307	116	Aug 9	NYY	@	TOR	L,2-8	GS-5	L(9-7)	4	5.0	4	6	6	3	4	3	0	5.48	5.67	22	99	58	16	9	8	7	2	0	0	36			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.58	-0.304	.12	-0.04%	-3.32	1b start tie	5b 3 out d5
24	308	122	Aug 14	NYY		BAL	W,6-5	GS-5	W(10-7)	4	5.0	6	2	2	3	6	0	0	5.40	5.55	23	95	58	9	10	6	8	4	2	0	50			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	0.090	.29	0.02%	0.71	1t start tie	5t 3 out a2
25	309	128	Aug 21	NYY	@	OAK	L,4-6	GS-5	L(10-8)	6	4.0	4	5	5	2	4	2	1	5.58	5.69	19	80	45	13	8	5	7	2	0	0	36			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	.57	-0.299	.11	-0.04%	-3.77	1b start tie	5b 123 0 out d3
26	310	133	Aug 26	NYY	@	SEA	W,5-4	GS-5	W(11-8)	4	5.0	2	3	3	3	7	1	0	5.57	5.65	20	95	55	17	5	5	5	0	0	0	55			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.033	.27	0.01%	-0.41	1b start tie	5b 3 out a2
Sept				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
27	311	138	Sep 1	NYY		OAK	W,5-4	GS-6		5	6.0	1	0	0	4	5	0	0	5.34	5.56	21	98	55	12	10	5	7	3	1	0	71			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.25	0.367	.20	0.04%	3.25	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
28	312	143	Sep 7	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-1	GS-7	W(12-8)	5	6.1	2	0	0	1	7	0	0	5.10	5.39	21	92	62	15	15	5	8	2	1	0	75			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	.75	0.325	.15	0.04%	3.79	1b start tie	7b --- 1 out a4
29	313	147	Sep 12(1)	NYY	@	DET	W,10-4	GS-5		4	4.2	7	2	2	3	6	1	0	5.07	5.39	24	99	64	13	11	3	12	8	0	0	45			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.064	.14	0.01%	0.54	1b start a 2	5b 1-- 2 out a2
30	314	155	Sep 20	NYY		TOR	L,3-4	GS-6		7	5.1	4	2	2	0	4	1	0	5.01	5.34	20			12	11	3	13	5	1	0	56			0	0	0	20	1	1	0	0	0	0	.91	0.053	.08	0.00%	0.96	1t start tie	6t --- 1 out a1
31	315	159	Sep 25	NYY	@	TBR	L,0-4	2-6		4	5.0	4	1	1	1	6	0	0	4.91	5.22	19	77	51	11	12	6	6	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	.66	0.096	.08	0.01%	1.65	2b --- 0 out d2	6b 3 out d3
							20-11		W-L:12-8	4.8	161.1	160	88	88	49	140	34	5	4.91	5.22	678	2432	63%	16%	11%	0.69		24%	8%	0	49	0	---%	2	1	0	621	27	1	1	17	2	2	.86	0.408	.70	0.14%	0.19

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