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: 21-10 / in Starts: 21-10

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	254	1	Mar 29	TOR		NYY	L,1-6	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	4.2	4	3	2	1	5	1	0	3.86	4.45	20	96	58	12	12	3	11	6	2	0	50			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	1	.69	-0.015	.72	-0.01%	0.28	1t start tie	5t 1-- 2 out d2
2	255	6	Apr 3	TOR		CHW	W,14-5	GS-6	W(1-1)	4	5.1	7	4	4	1	9	2	1	5.40	5.16	24			16	14	9	4	1	1	0	46			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.08	-0.025	1.06	-0.02%	-0.52	1t start tie	6t 1-- 1 out a3
3	256	11	Apr 9	TOR	@	BAL	W,7-1	GS-6	W(2-1)	5	6.0	5	1	1	3	9	1	1	3.94	4.85	26	104	69	20	18	6	7	3	1	0	64			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.57	0.276	1.80	0.19%	2.01	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
4	257	17	Apr 18	TOR		KCR	W,15-5	GS-6	W(3-1)	8	6.0	5	4	4	2	8	1	1	4.50	4.66	27	99	63	13	12	9	7	1	2	0	52			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.09	-0.147	1.22	-0.10%	-0.99	1t start tie	6t 3 out a2
5	258	22	Apr 24	TOR		BOS	W,4-3	GS-7		5	7.0	4	1	1	0	10	0	0	3.72	3.61	25	97	63	16	13	6	9	3	2	0	75			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.288	1.20	0.24%	2.51	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
6	259	27	Apr 29	TOR		TEX	W,7-2	GS-7	W(4-1)	4	7.0	5	2	2	0	9	1	0	3.50	3.38	25	99	67	23	8	9	7	2	2	0	68			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.177	.86	0.10%	1.51	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
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	260	33	May 4	TOR	@	TBR	L,2-6	GS-6	L(4-2)	4	5.2	4	3	3	4	3	1	0	3.67	3.81	24	109	57	16	5	8	8	3	1	0	48			0	1	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	.87	-0.138	.92	-0.09%	-0.80	1b start a 1	6b 123 2 out d2
8	261	38	May 10	TOR		SEA	L,3-9	GS-4	L(4-3)	5	3.1	10	7	7	2	3	2	0	4.80	4.34	21	84	52	14	9	9	7	2	0	0	13			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	1	0	.78	-0.445	.73	-0.25%	-6.18	1t start tie	4t 1-3 1 out d5
9	262	43	May 16	TOR	@	NYM	W,12-1	GS-7	W(5-3)	5	7.0	2	0	0	0	10	0	0	4.15	3.79	23	101	74	15	16	7	6	2	0	0	83			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.53	0.221	.38	0.10%	3.11	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a9
10	263	48	May 22	TOR		LAA	W,5-3	GS-7	W(6-3)	5	7.0	3	2	2	3	5	0	0	3.97	3.70	25	99	60	20	11	7	10	4	1	0	65			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	2	0	0	.73	0.181	.39	0.06%	1.51	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
11	264	53	May 27	TOR	@	PHI	W,5-3	GS-7	W(7-3)	4	6.2	6	3	2	2	8	0	0	3.84	3.50	28			20	7	8	10	3	5	0	58			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.156	.50	0.04%	0.35	1b start tie	7b --- 2 out a1
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
12	265	58	Jun 2	TOR	@	DET	L,4-7	GS-5		5	5.0	5	4	4	2	8	1	0	4.08	3.51	22			23	8	4	8	3	2	0	47			1	0	0	20	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.215	.27	-0.03%	-1.37	1b start tie	5b 3 out tie
13	266	63	Jun 8	TOR		BAL	W,5-1	GS-7	W(8-3)	5	7.0	2	1	0	2	3	0	0	3.71	3.48	25	105	65	16	6	8	12	2	2	0	72			1	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.320	.18	0.03%	2.51	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
14	267	68	Jun 13	TOR	@	TBR	L,0-1	GS-5		4	5.0	1	0	0	3	4	0	0	3.48	3.47	20	98	64	21	6	7	6	3	0	0	66			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.11	0.279	.17	0.03%	2.48	1b start tie	5b 3 out tie
15	268	73	Jun 20	TOR		ATL	W,5-4	GS-9	W(9-3)	6	8.1	6	4	4	0	8	2	0	3.56	3.56	31	113	79	12	13	11	12	4	2	0	63			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.196	.11	0.02%	1.60	1t start tie	9t 12- 1 out a3
16	269	78	Jun 25	TOR	@	HOU	W,6-3	GS-6	W(10-3)	4	6.0	7	3	3	2	4	1	0	3.62	3.64	27	104	67	18	4	8	13	4	1	0	48			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.006	.18	0.00%	0.03	1b start a 2	6b 3 out tie
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	270	83	Jul 1	TOR		DET	L,1-9	GS-6	L(10-4)	5	5.2	10	7	7	1	4	1	0	4.03	3.70	26	97	61	10	9	7	14	5	3	0	24			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.08	-0.355	.11	-0.02%	-4.22	1t start tie	6t 1-- 2 out d6
18	271	88	Jul 7	TOR		NYY	L,5-8	GS-3	L(10-5)	5	2.2	4	6	6	6	5	2	0	4.44	4.00	18	84	47	11	8	1	6	3	0	0	25			1	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.281	.06	-0.01%	-2.93	1t start tie	3t 12- 2 out d2
19	272	92	Jul 12	TOR	@	BOS	L,4-6	GS-4	L(10-6)	4	3.2	5	5	0	1	6	1	1	4.29	4.04	19	98	65	14	11	7	4	3	0	0	46			1	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.51	-0.360	.03	0.00%	-2.99	1b start a 2	4b --- 2 out d3
20	273	98	Jul 22	TOR		BAL	W,5-4	GS-5		9	5.0	4	1	1	0	9	0	0	4.18	3.84	19	102	64	12	18	5	5	2	0	0	64			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.140	.03	0.00%	1.51	1t start tie	5t 3 out tie
				Player went from Toronto Blue Jays to New York Yankees
21	274	104	Jul 29	NYY		KCR	W,6-3	GS-6	W(11-6)	6	6.0	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	4.05	3.94	22	96	63	12	8	7	11	3	3	0	63			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	.75	0.253	.56	0.11%	2.07	1t start tie	6t 3 out a4
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	275	114	Aug 9	NYY		TEX	W,7-3	GS-6	W(12-6)	10	6.0	4	3	3	1	9	1	2	4.07	3.93	25	94	64	19	16	4	9	3	3	0	60			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.071	.45	0.02%	0.07	1t start tie	6t 3 out a3
23	276	119	Aug 14	NYY		TBR	W,4-1	GS-7	W(13-6)	4	7.0	1	0	0	4	4	0	1	3.86	3.94	25	106	71	17	8	4	12	3	4	0	75			0	1	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	0.387	.46	0.10%	3.58	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
24	277	124	Aug 19	NYY		TOR	W,10-2	GS-6	W(14-6)	4	5.1	7	2	2	1	8	2	0	3.84	4.01	24			13	20	2	13	4	2	0	53			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	.56	0.007	.19	0.00%	0.38	1t start tie	6t -2- 1 out a4
25	278	128	Aug 25(1)	NYY	@	BAL	W,10-3	GS-6	W(15-6)	5	6.0	5	2	2	1	9	0	0	3.80	3.87	25	107	74	20	11	7	8	5	0	0	62			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	1	.67	-0.013	.22	0.00%	1.01	1b start a 1	6b 3 out a6
26	279	134	Aug 30	NYY		DET	L,7-8	GS-5		4	4.1	10	5	5	0	3	3	0	4.00	4.07	24	92	60	12	5	12	9	6	1	0	26			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.14	-0.471	.34	-0.08%	-3.37	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out d1
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	280	139	Sep 4	NYY	@	OAK	W,5-1	GS-7		4	6.0	2	1	1	1	5	1	1	3.90	4.09	20	78	50	16	7	5	8	1	1	0	68			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	2	0	0	.77	0.113	.22	0.02%	1.59	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 out tie
28	281	144	Sep 10	NYY	@	MIN	W,7-2	GS-6	W(16-6)	5	6.0	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.75	4.02	23	91	61	23	2	7	13	7	1	0	63			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	0.373	.21	0.04%	3.10	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
29	282	150	Sep 18	NYY		BOS	W,3-2	GS-6		7	6.0	4	1	0	3	6	0	0	3.62	3.97	25	102	66	12	14	1	15	6	4	0	65			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.10	0.197	.25	0.03%	2.07	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
30	283	155	Sep 23	NYY		BAL	L,3-6	GS-5		4	5.0	5	1	1	2	7	1	0	3.57	3.98	21	107	69	21	10	2	10	3	0	0	58			0	1	0	19	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.188	.22	0.02%	1.56	1t start tie	5t 3 out a2
31	284	160	Sep 28	NYY	@	BOS	W,11-6	GS-6	W(17-6)	4	6.0	4	4	4	2	7	1	0	3.65	3.98	24	88	57	18	9	6	9	3	1	0	53			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.41	0.125	.06	0.01%	-0.81	1b start tie	6b 3 out a4
							21-10		W-L:17-6	4.9	177.2	150	81	72	51	193	27	9	3.65	3.98	733	2650	65%	19%	12%	0.69		22%	10%	0	56		---%	6	3	0	668	27	1	0	14	2	6	.97	1.489	.47	0.54%	10.62

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