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: 19-16 / in Starts: 14-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 31, Entered with runners on base: 6

2009 Pitching Game Log

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2009 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	10	3	Apr 8	PHI		ATL	W,12-11	5-6		99	2.0	1	2	2	1	2	1	0	9.00	9.10	8	32	20	10	2	3	2	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	-0.053	.15	-0.03%	-1.00	5t --- 0 out d4	6t 3 out d6
2	11	4	Apr 10	PHI	@	COL	L,3-10	4-6		1	2.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.15	5.40	8	35	24	6	2	2	5	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.20	0.026	.19	0.02%	1.59	4b 12- 2 out d5	6b 3 out d5
3	12	8	Apr 16	PHI	@	WSN	L,2-8	8-GF(8)		5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.86	5.24	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.000	.02	0.00%	0.43	8b 12- 2 out d6	8b end d 6
4	13	11	Apr 19	PHI		SDP	W,5-4	6-8		2	3.0	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.35	4.27	12	50	33	11	2	3	6	3	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.51	0.078	.41	0.04%	1.51	6t --- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d2
5	14	14	Apr 23	PHI		MIL	L,1-6	4-5		3	1.2	3	3	3	3	2	0	0	4.82	4.60	11	43	24	6	4	2	4	3	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.133	.85	-0.07%	-1.97	4t 1-- 1 out d2	5t 3 out d5
6	15	17	Apr 26	PHI	@	FLA	W,13-2	8-GF		2	2.0	1	1	1	0	3	0	0	4.76	3.80	7	22	15	6	3	1	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.02	8b --- 0 out a12	9b end a11
7	16	18	Apr 27	PHI		WSN	W,13-11	8-8	W(1-0)	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.38	3.99	4	12	7	3	0	1	2	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.013	.20	0.01%	0.89	8t 1-- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d4
8	17	20	Apr 29	PHI		WSN	L,1-4	9-GF		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.05	3.77	4	19	10	5	1	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.008	.13	0.01%	0.50	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
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
9	18	21	May 1	PHI		NYM	L,4-7	7-8		1	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.52	3.75	8	31	18	9	1	1	5	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	.24	0.027	.29	0.02%	1.00	7t --- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d3
10	19	26	May 7	PHI	@	NYM	L,5-7	3-6		5	3.2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.84	3.41	13	47	30	8	4	6	5	1	2	0		2	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.15	0.043	.21	0.04%	2.84	3b -23 1 out d6	6b 3 out d4
11	20	31	May 13	PHI		LAD	L,2-9	5-5		5	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.75	3.55	4	16	9	4	0	1	2	1	1	0		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.45	-0.034	.50	-0.02%	-0.81	5t 1-3 1 out d4	5t 3 out d6
12	21	33	May 15	PHI	@	WSN	W,10-6	11-GF(12)	W(2-0)	1	2.0	1	0	0	1	3	0	1	2.49	3.51	9	42	26	9	5	1	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.40	0.154	1.53	0.10%	0.99	11b --- 0 out tie	12b end a 4
13	22	41	May 23	PHI	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS-6		7	6.0	4	2	2	0	4	1	0	2.60	3.60	21	75	50	12	6	10	7	3	1	0	60			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	.86	0.164	1.08	0.12%	1.42	1b start tie	6b 3 out a2
14	23	46	May 29	PHI		WSN	W,5-4	GS-6	W(3-0)	5	5.1	3	3	3	3	5	1	2	3.00	4.07	23	96	62	25	5	4	9	2	1	0	52			0	1	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.091	1.20	0.07%	1.10	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
15	24	51	Jun 3	PHI	@	SDP	W,5-1	GS-7	W(4-0)	4	7.0	4	0	0	2	4	0	0	2.48	3.85	26	112	72	15	8	6	14	2	4	0	71			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	0.309	1.49	0.27%	3.13	1b start a 2	7b 3 out a5
16	25	56	Jun 9	PHI	@	NYM	L,5-6	GS-6		5	5.1	6	4	4	4	4	2	0	2.98	4.42	25	106	61	20	5	5	12	3	3	0	40			0	0	0	21	3	0	1	0	0	0	.93	-0.082	1.65	-0.09%	-0.61	1b start tie	6b 1-- 1 out a1
17	26	61	Jun 14	PHI		BOS	W,11-6	GS-6		4	5.2	7	5	5	6	3	3	0	3.53	5.27	29	108	63	25	7	7	14	3	2	0	32			1	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	1	0	.98	-0.327	1.38	-0.28%	-2.09	1t start tie	6t --- 2 out tie
18	27	66	Jun 20	PHI		BAL	L,5-6	GS-6		5	6.0	10	2	2	4	4	0	0	3.47	5.11	31	109	65	21	2	13	10	3	1	0	44			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	1	1	0	1.31	0.044	1.90	0.04%	1.01	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
19	28	72	Jun 27	PHI	@	TOR	W,10-0	SHO	W(5-0)	6	9.0	5	0	0	0	4	0	0	3.00	4.72	30	100	64	14	7	10	16	5	5	0	81			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	2	0	0	.27	0.164	.38	0.14%	4.88	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a10
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
20	29	76	Jul 2	PHI	@	ATL	L,2-5	GS-7		4	7.0	7	2	2	2	5	1	0	2.96	4.69	30	104	63	15	12	9	14	3	2	0	58			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	0.149	2.27	0.15%	1.45	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
21	30	81	Jul 7	PHI		CIN	L,3-4	GS-7		4	7.0	6	3	3	0	7	2	0	3.04	4.70	26	105	71	16	9	8	11	2	2	0	60			0	1	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.092	1.50	0.08%	0.52	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
22	31	86	Jul 12	PHI		PIT	W,5-2	GS-7	W(6-0)	4	7.0	4	1	1	2	4	0	0	2.90	4.55	25	103	67	17	8	8	11	4	2	0	67			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	.54	0.176	.82	0.16%	2.52	1t start tie	7t 3 out a4
23	32	89	Jul 19	PHI	@	FLA	W,5-0	GS-7	W(7-0)	6	7.0	5	0	0	1	4	0	1	2.68	4.42	30	107	71	18	8	10	14	5	2	0	70			0	0	0	28	1	1	0	0	0	2	1.09	0.287	1.81	0.29%	3.56	1b start tie	7b 3 out a4
24	33	94	Jul 24	PHI		STL	L,1-8	GS-6	L(7-1)	4	6.0	10	5	5	0	6	0	0	2.97	4.22	27	90	63	10	11	7	14	6	2	0	38			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.143	1.19	-0.11%	-1.99	1t start tie	6t 3 out d5
25	34	99	Jul 29	PHI	@	ARI	L,0-4	GS-6	L(7-2)	4	6.0	3	2	2	2	5	1	0	2.97	4.24	23	100	60	21	8	4	12	2	4	0	61			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.55	0.025	.59	0.02%	1.13	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
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
26	35	105	Aug 5	PHI		COL	W,7-0	SHO	W(8-2)	6	9.0	4	0	0	2	10	0	0	2.74	4.03	31	127	84	25	16	9	10	2	1	0	87			0	1	0	29	2	0	0	1	0	0	.42	0.220	.64	0.20%	4.52	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
27	36	110	Aug 11	PHI	@	CHC	W,4-3	GS-6		5	6.0	7	2	2	4	3	0	0	2.75	4.03	27	100	61	11	8	9	12	8	1	0	49			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	2	1	0	1.08	0.081	1.91	0.09%	1.20	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
28	37	115	Aug 16	PHI	@	ATL	W,4-1	GS-8	W(9-2)	4	7.2	3	1	1	6	3	1	1	2.66	4.19	31	117	62	16	8	10	11	2	0	0	66			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.14	0.300	2.37	0.37%	2.84	1b start tie	8b --- 2 out a3
29	38	120	Aug 22	PHI	@	NYM	W,4-1	GS-7	W(10-2)	5	7.0	8	1	1	2	1	0	0	2.59	4.17	29	118	76	22	1	17	9	1	3	0	56			1	0	0	27	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.16	0.268	1.55	0.21%	2.38	1b start tie	7b 3 out a2
30	39	125	Aug 27	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(10-3)	4	8.0	7	3	3	2	4	2	0	2.63	4.27	31	114	78	23	12	11	14	4	0	0	58			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.41	-0.153	1.22	-0.08%	0.90	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d1
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
31	40	130	Sep 2	PHI		SFG	L,0-4	GS-6	L(10-4)	5	6.0	8	4	4	1	7	2	0	2.77	4.33	26	102	68	13	11	6	12	5	1	0	46			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	-0.116	.73	-0.05%	-0.99	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
32	41	146	Sep 18	PHI	@	ATL	W,9-4	GS-3		15	3.0	5	1	1	0	1	1	0	2.77	4.37	13	51	33	12	3	5	7	3	1	0	46			0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.026	.42	0.01%	0.48	1b start tie	3b 3 out d1
33	42	152	Sep 24	PHI	@	MIL	W,9-4	GS-6	W(11-4)	5	5.2	6	2	2	2	7	0	0	2.79	4.28	24	91	58	17	11	3	12	2	2	0	54			0	0	0	22	2	1	0	0	0	0	.70	0.099	.28	0.02%	0.50	1b start a 1	6b 12- 2 out a6
34	43	157	Sep 29	PHI		HOU	W,7-4	GS-6	W(12-4)	4	5.2	9	4	3	1	6	2	0	2.85	4.34	28	119	73	23	11	8	12	3	1	0	42			1	0	0	25	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.14	0.031	.59	0.01%	-1.09	1t start tie	6t --- 2 out a3
35	44	162	Oct 4	PHI		FLA	W,7-6	GS-2		4	2.0	4	2	2	1	1	0	0	2.93	4.33	10	39	23	4	5	4	4	0	1	0	40			0	1	0	8	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.00	-0.113	.41	-0.03%	-1.00	1t start tie	2t 3 out d2
							19-16		W-L:12-4	3.9	166.0	149	55	54	56	119	20	5	2.93	4.33	685	2645	63%	18%	8%	0.68		17%	10%	0	56	10	20%	4	4	0	610	31	2	2	16	6	3	.89	1.721	1.14	1.72%	31.75

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