James Paxton

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-4, 212lb (193cm, 96kg)

Born: November 6, 1988 in Ladner, Canada ca

Draft: Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1st round (37th) of the 2009 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Kentucky (Lexington, KY) and the Seattle Mariners in the 4th round of the 2010 MLB June Amateur Draft.

High School: Delta SS (Ladner, BC)

School: University of Kentucky (Lexington, KY)

Debut: September 7, 2013 (Age 24-305d, 20,537th in major league history)
vs. TBR 6.0 IP, 4 H, 3 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2014 season

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2024, 1 yr/$7M (24)

Service Time (01/2024): 9.151 • Free Agent: 2025

Agents: Boras Corporation

Full Name: James Alston Paxton

Nicknames: The Big Maple

Pronunciation: \PAKS-tin\

Twitter: @James_Paxton

Instagram: @alstonpaxton

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

0.6

14.2

ERA

2.61

3.67

160

20.2

871.1

943

WHIP

1.548

1.231

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Team Record in Appearances: 16-12 / in Starts: 16-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2018 Pitching Game Log

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2018 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	75	2	Mar 31	SEA		CLE	L,5-6	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	4.2	6	6	6	4	4	2	0	11.57	9.59	24			13	8	4	12	3	1	0	28			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	.74	-0.421	.74	-0.25%	-3.82	1t start tie	5t 1-- 2 out d3
2	76	6	Apr 5	SEA	@	MIN	L,2-4	GS-6		4	5.0	4	2	2	1	7	1	0	7.45	6.47	21	98	61	15	12	3	10	3	3	0	57			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.20	-0.025	1.18	-0.01%	0.58	1b start a 2	6b --- 0 out tie
3	77	10	Apr 11	SEA	@	KCR	W,4-2	GS-6		5	6.0	6	2	2	1	10	0	1	5.74	4.31	25	102	65	16	22	6	7	1	1	0	61			0	1	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.42	0.112	1.39	0.07%	1.07	1b start a 2	6b 3 out tie
4	78	14	Apr 16	SEA		HOU	W,2-1	GS-6	W(1-1)	4	6.0	3	1	1	3	7	1	0	4.57	4.36	24	106	63	17	14	6	8	6	0	0	66			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.221	1.06	0.16%	1.88	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
5	79	19	Apr 21	SEA	@	TEX	W,9-7	GS-4		4	4.0	6	5	5	3	6	0	0	5.61	4.06	21	96	67	13	13	5	7	2	0	0	33			0	0	0	16	5	0	0	0	1	0	1.10	-0.303	1.12	-0.19%	-2.75	1b start tie	4b 3 out d2
6	80	24	Apr 26	SEA	@	CLE	W,5-4	GS-6		4	6.0	5	2	2	3	10	1	0	5.12	3.95	26			16	10	4	9	4	1	0	61			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.82	0.147	.85	0.09%	1.16	1b start tie	6b 3 out a2
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	81	29	May 2	SEA		OAK	L,2-3	GS-7		5	7.0	5	0	0	1	16	0	0	4.19	3.06	27			14	26	0	10	7	0	0	82			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.396	1.42	0.31%	3.36	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
8	82	34	May 8	SEA	@	TOR	W,5-0	SHO	W(2-1)	5	9.0	0	0	0	3	7	0	0	3.40	2.97	29	99	64	14	13	10	9	3	3	0	91			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	.63	0.287	.72	0.20%	4.51	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
9	83	39	May 13	SEA	@	DET	L,4-5	GS-6		4	6.0	6	3	3	0	4	1	0	3.52	3.09	24	104	71	16	12	5	15	8	2	0	52			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.057	1.17	-0.04%	0.16	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
10	84	45	May 19	SEA		DET	W,7-2	CG	W(3-1)	5	9.0	3	2	2	1	8	1	0	3.30	3.10	30	117	83	18	15	8	13	3	1	0	80			1	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	1	0	.82	0.158	.96	0.11%	2.32	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
11	85	50	May 25	SEA		MIN	W,2-1	GS-7	W(4-1)	5	7.0	3	1	1	0	11	1	0	3.10	2.97	24	103	72	17	13	9	4	0	0	0	78			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.304	1.17	0.22%	2.36	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
12	86	55	May 30	SEA		TEX	L,6-7	GS-5		4	5.0	4	2	2	4	5	0	0	3.13	3.01	22			13	9	3	10	4	3	0	52			0	1	0	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.45	0.001	1.91	0.00%	0.40	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	87	60	Jun 5	SEA	@	HOU	W,7-1	GS-8	W(5-1)	5	7.2	9	1	1	1	6	0	0	2.95	2.92	30	108	76	19	9	12	11	4	1	0	62			0	0	0	29	1	1	0	3	0	0	.53	0.133	.92	0.14%	2.61	1b start a 4	8b 12- 2 out a6
14	88	65	Jun 10	SEA	@	TBR	W,5-4	GS-7	W(6-1)	4	7.0	5	3	3	0	10	1	0	3.02	2.86	26	103	75	18	14	7	9	5	1	0	65			1	0	0	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.026	1.18	0.02%	0.47	1b start tie	7b 3 out a2
15	89	70	Jun 15	SEA		BOS	W,7-6	GS-3		4	2.1	7	6	6	1	4	1	0	3.53	2.95	16	74	42	10	9	5	5	3	0	1	22			1	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.28	-0.532	1.56	-0.39%	-5.45	1t start tie	3t 12- 1 out d3
16	90	75	Jun 21	SEA	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS-5	L(6-2)	5	5.0	7	4	4	3	9	2	0	3.72	3.14	25	107	61	12	15	6	7	4	0	0	43			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.72	-0.157	.91	-0.12%	-1.44	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
17	91	80	Jun 26	SEA	@	BAL	W,3-2	GS-7	W(7-2)	4	7.0	6	2	2	1	10	1	0	3.65	3.10	25	92	67	18	13	5	9	7	1	0	66			0	1	1	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.02	0.080	1.28	0.06%	1.51	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
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
18	92	85	Jul 1	SEA		KCR	W,1-0	GS-8	W(8-2)	4	8.0	2	0	0	2	11	0	0	3.39	2.96	28	110	79	14	23	7	8	3	1	0	87			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.574	1.43	0.43%	3.84	1t start tie	8t 3 out a1
19	93	90	Jul 7	SEA		COL	L,1-5	GS-7	L(8-3)	5	7.0	7	4	4	1	9	1	0	3.49	2.96	29	98	75	19	17	8	11	4	1	0	55			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	-0.186	1.49	-0.13%	-0.64	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
20	94	94	Jul 12	SEA	@	LAA	L,2-11	GS-1	L(8-4)	4	0.2	3	3	3	0	1	2	0	3.70	3.16	5	17	12	3	1	1	3	1	0	0	35			0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.263	1.10	-0.20%	-2.60	1b start a 1	1b --- 2 out d2
21	95	106	Jul 30	SEA		HOU	W,2-0	GS-7	W(9-4)	17	7.0	3	0	0	0	8	0	0	3.49	3.03	24	82	59	15	11	7	9	1	1	0	79			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.417	1.89	0.49%	3.36	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
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	96	111	Aug 4	SEA		TOR	L,1-5	GS-7	L(9-5)	4	7.0	8	3	3	1	7	1	0	3.51	3.06	26	105	78	17	16	12	6	4	0	0	55			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	4	0	0	.79	-0.067	.89	-0.05%	0.36	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
23	97	116	Aug 9	SEA	@	HOU	W,8-6	GS-6	W(10-5)	4	5.2	7	4	4	3	5	0	0	3.63	3.05	27	116	73	11	15	8	11	4	4	0	41			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	.78	0.031	.90	0.02%	-1.47	1b start a 3	6b 1-3 2 out a4
24	98	121	Aug 14	SEA	@	OAK	L,2-3	GS-1		4	0.1	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	3.68	3.13	3			2	2	0	2	1	0	0	44			0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.80	-0.106	1.57	-0.12%	-1.03	1b start a 1	1b 1-- 1 out tie
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
25	99	136	Sep 1	SEA	@	OAK	W,8-7	GS-5	W(11-5)	17	5.0	2	3	3	4	10	1	0	3.74	3.17	22	98	63	13	20	4	4	0	1	0	57			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.044	.79	0.03%	-0.52	1b start tie	5b 3 out a5
26	100	141	Sep 7	SEA		NYY	L,0-4	GS-6	L(11-6)	5	6.0	5	4	4	1	8	2	0	3.83	3.25	24	95	67	12	19	4	11	4	3	0	53			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.47	-0.201	.19	-0.05%	-1.12	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
27	101	156	Sep 24	SEA		OAK	L,3-7	GS-4		16	4.0	3	2	2	0	5	2	0	3.85	3.35	15	71	48	14	7	5	5	1	0	0	53			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.045	.00	0.00%	-0.08	1t start tie	4t 3 out d1
28	102	161	Sep 29	SEA		TEX	W,4-1	GS-6		4	6.0	7	1	1	0	9	0	0	3.76	3.23	23	91	68	17	16	7	7	4	0	0	63			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.01	0.207	.00	0.00%	1.88	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
							16-12		W-L:11-6	4.4	160.1	134	67	67	42	208	23	1	3.76	3.23	645	2192	68%	18%	17%	0.69		24%	7%	1	58		---%	5	3	1	598	24	2	0	11	2	2	.94	0.775	1.06	0.79%	10.88

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