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: 16-14 / in Starts: 16-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2021 Pitching Game Log

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2021 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	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
1	325	5	Apr 6	MIN	@	DET	L,3-4	GS-4		99	4.0	3	1	1	3	4	0	0	2.25	3.42	18	89	55	14	6	4	7	2	0	0	53			0	0	0	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.081	1.41	0.06%	1.02			1b start tie	4b 3 out tie
2	326	10	Apr 13	MIN		BOS	L,2-4	GS-5		6	4.2	4	2	2	1	3	1	0	3.12	4.44	18	87	54	12	4	5	9	3	0	0	50			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	1	0	0	.89	-0.024	.92	-0.02%	0.23			1t start tie	5t -2- 2 out tie
3	327	18	Apr 23	MIN		PIT	W,2-0	GS-8	W(1-0)	9	7.1	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	1.69	3.86	25	95	51	11	6	8	12	4	0	0	77			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.402	.65	0.17%	3.40			1t start tie	8t -2- 1 out a2
4	328	23	Apr 28	MIN	@	CLE	W,10-2	GS-7	W(2-0)	4	7.0	4	2	2	1	3	1	0	1.96	4.08	26	96	63	16	10	8	14	4	2	0	63			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.30	0.092	.20	0.04%	1.65			1b start a 4	7b 3 out a8
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	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
5	329	28	May 4	MIN		TEX	L,3-6	GS-6		5	5.1	4	1	1	1	3	0	1	1.91	3.91	22	101	63	17	6	8	9	4	2	0	58			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.185	.80	0.08%	1.53			1t start tie	6t 1-- 1 out a2
6	330	34	May 12	MIN	@	CHW	L,8-13	GS-4	L(2-1)	7	3.1	9	9	9	2	3	1	0	4.26	4.24	20	89	56	15	5	5	10	5	1	0	7			1	0	0	18	3	2	0	1	0	0	.75	-0.492	.45	-0.18%	-6.31			1b start a 1	4b -23 1 out d4
7	331	39	May 17	MIN		CHW	L,4-16	GS-4	L(2-2)	4	3.2	7	6	6	3	1	1	0	5.35	4.70	20	85	48	10	4	6	10	6	1	0	21			0	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	1	0	.81	-0.312	.31	-0.07%	-3.28			1t start tie	4t -2- 2 out d4
8	332	46	May 23	MIN	@	CLE	W,8-5	GS-6		5	6.0	8	4	4	1	10	0	0	5.44	4.07	27	103	77	19	18	4	12	5	3	0	49			0	0	0	26	3	1	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.067	.33	-0.01%	-0.87			1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
9	333	51	May 29	MIN		KCR	W,6-5	GS-5	W(3-2)	5	5.0	3	2	2	2	5	1	0	5.24	4.16	19	91	57	15	5	4	8	2	1	0	56			1	0	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	0	.95	0.065	.35	0.02%	0.56			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	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
10	334	56	Jun 3	MIN	@	KCR	L,5-6	GS-5		4	5.0	9	5	5	0	2	3	1	5.61	4.81	25	76	54	7	3	5	17	5	2	0	31			1	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.18	-0.330	.35	-0.06%	-2.32			1b start a 1	5b 3 out d1
11	335	62	Jun 10	MIN		NYY	W,7-5	GS-5		6	5.0	8	4	4	1	2	2	0	5.75	5.10	23	101	60	14	6	7	13	6	1	0	36			0	0	0	22	0	1	0	1	0	0	.84	-0.171	.14	-0.02%	-1.44			1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
12	336	67	Jun 15	MIN	@	SEA	L,0-10	GS-4	L(3-3)	4	4.0	9	6	5	1	5	1	1	6.12	5.13	23	84	53	10	14	3	13	5	4	0	26			0	0	0	21	1	1	0	0	0	0	.53	-0.315	.05	-0.02%	-4.02			1b start tie	4b 3 out d6
13	337	72	Jun 21	MIN		CIN	W,7-5	GS-5		5	4.2	5	3	3	5	4	2	0	6.09	5.49	23			13	8	5	9	3	1	0	41			1	0	0	18	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	-0.101	.19	-0.01%	-0.89			1t start tie	5t 12- 2 out tie
14	338	76	Jun 27	MIN		CLE	W,8-2	GS-6	W(4-3)	5	6.0	6	2	2	0	7	1	0	5.83	5.28	24	102	67	16	11	6	11	6	1	0	59			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	.60	0.133	.12	0.02%	1.07			1t start tie	6t 3 out a5
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	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
15	339	80	Jul 2	MIN	@	KCR	L,4-7	GS-5	L(4-4)	4	4.1	9	6	5	1	4	2	0	6.09	5.44	22	89	57	15	5	8	9	5	1	0	26			0	1	0	21	3	0	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.412	.08	-0.02%	-4.27			1b start a 3	5b 12- 1 out d3
16	340	86	Jul 8	MIN		DET	W,5-3	GS-7	W(5-4)	5	7.0	8	3	3	1	8	1	0	5.90	5.25	28	102	71	17	14	7	12	7	2	0	56			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.03	-0.020	.06	0.00%	0.58			1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
17	341	92	Jul 18	MIN	@	DET	L,0-7	GS-7	L(5-5)	9	7.0	11	7	7	1	4	2	0	6.15	5.32	33	100	65	13	7	10	18	7	1	0	30			2	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	1	0	.64	-0.211	.03	-0.01%	-3.46			1b start tie	7b 3 out d7
18	342	98	Jul 23	MIN		LAA	W,5-4	GS-6		4	6.0	7	4	4	1	4	2	0	6.14	5.40	26	88	56	14	8	10	11	5	0	0	45			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.65	-0.158	.01	0.00%	-0.93			1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
19	343	103	Jul 28	MIN		DET	L,14-17	GS-4	L(5-6)	4	3.0	10	9	9	4	2	0	0	6.77	5.42	23	88	51	12	7	7	10	6	0	0	1			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.326	.01	0.00%	-6.96			1t start tie	4t -23 0 out d7
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	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
				Player went from Minnesota Twins to St. Louis Cardinals
20	344	107	Aug 4	STL		ATL	L,4-7	GS-5		6	5.0	5	2	2	1	4	1	0	6.62	5.39	21	85	55	13	8	7	9	5	0	0	52			1	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.054	.50	0.02%	0.40			1t start tie	5t 3 out a1
21	345	112	Aug 10	STL	@	PIT	W,4-1	GS-6	W(6-6)	5	6.0	1	1	1	2	5	1	0	6.34	5.35	20	86	53	12	9	4	9	1	1	0	69			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	0	.94	0.238	.30	0.05%	2.03			1b start a 1	6b 3 out a3
22	346	117	Aug 15	STL	@	KCR	W,7-2	GS-6	W(7-6)	4	5.2	5	0	0	2	2	0	0	6.03	5.26	23	89	53	15	4	5	14	4	3	0	59			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	.39	0.110	.25	0.04%	2.77			1b start a 3	6b 12- 2 out a7
23	347	122	Aug 21	STL		PIT	L,4-5	GS-6		5	6.0	6	2	2	1	8	2	0	5.88	5.26	24			19	6	5	10	4	0	0	59			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.051	.42	0.02%	0.88			1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
24	348	127	Aug 27	STL	@	PIT	W,4-3	GS-6	W(8-6)	5	5.2	3	2	2	3	4	0	0	5.76	5.18	22	88	51	9	7	4	11	4	1	0	56			0	0	0	19	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.224	.46	0.06%	1.80			1b start tie	6b 1-- 2 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	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
25	349	132	Sep 1(2)	STL	@	CIN	L,2-12	GS-2	L(8-7)	4	1.0	8	7	7	2	0	2	0	6.20	5.41	13	52	30	6	1	3	8	4	1	0	7			0	0	0	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	-0.437	1.26	-0.26%	-5.84			1b start a 1	2b 1-- 0 out d5
26	350	137	Sep 7	STL		LAD	L,2-7	GS-5	L(8-8)	5	5.0	7	4	4	0	3	2	0	6.24	5.48	22	78	49	12	4	5	14	6	0	0	40			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.242	.51	-0.07%	-1.60			1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
27	351	142	Sep 12	STL		CIN	W,2-0	GS-6	W(9-8)	4	5.1	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	6.00	5.35	20	82	53	14	5	6	9	5	0	0	67			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.00	0.255	.98	0.15%	2.37			1t start tie	6t 1-- 1 out a2
28	352	148	Sep 19	STL		SDP	W,8-7	GS-4		6	4.0	4	3	3	1	2	0	0	6.02	5.28	17	75	47	7	5	7	7	4	0	0	43			0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	.68	-0.032	1.28	-0.04%	-1.08			1t start tie	4t 3 out a2
29	353	153	Sep 24(1)	STL	@	CHC	W,8-5	GS-4		4	4.0	2	0	0	4	6	0	0	5.86	5.22	17	74	43	13	9	3	4	2	2	0	60			0	0	0	13	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.65	0.257	.30	0.03%	2.02			1b start tie	4b 3 out a2
30	354	159	Sep 30	STL		MIL	W,4-3	GS-7	W(10-8)	5	6.1	9	3	3	0	7	1	0	5.79	5.13	27	97	64	15	14	10	10	6	0	0	50			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	-0.028	.02	0.00%	0.11			1t start tie	7t --- 1 out a1
							16-14		W-L:10-8	5.1	152.1	177	100	98	48	122	30	3	5.79	5.13	671	2472	63%	16%	9%	0.56		27%	6%	0	45		---%	8	1	0	615	35	6	0	10	3	1	.91	-1.531	.37	-0.05%	-20.85

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