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J.A. Happ

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

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

Team: St. Louis Cardinals (majors)

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, 19,147th in major league history)
vs. NYM 4.0 IP, 7 H, 5 SO, 2 BB, 5 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2009 season

2021 Contract Status: Signed thru 2021, 1 yr/$8M (21)

Service Time (01/2021): 12.047 • Free Agent: 2022

Agents: Rogers Sports Management, Jay Fee Sports Group

Full Name: James Anthony Happ

Nicknames: Happer or JDot ADot

Pronunciation: \JAY\

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SUMMARY

2021

Career

WAR

-1.5

21.3

133

100

ERA

5.79

4.13

354

328

152.1

1893.2

122

1661

WHIP

1.477

1.315

10/22 The Cardinals have claimed right-hander Ljay Newsome off waivers from the Mariners, both clubs announced Friday. Newsome was on the Mariners’ 60-day injured list after undergoing Tommy John surgery
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Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
2004	21	PHI-min	A-	1	2	.333	2.02	11	11	0	0	0	0	35.2	22	8	8	1	18	0	37	3	0	0	143			1.121	5.6	0.3	4.5	9.3	2.06	BAT NYPL
2005	22	PHI-min	A,AA	5	4	.556	2.30	15	13	0	0	0	0	78.1	60	27	20	3	28	0	78	5	1	5	323			1.123	6.9	0.3	3.2	9.0	2.79	LWD,REA SALL,EL
2006	23	PHI-min	A+,AA,AAA	10	9	.526	2.69	26	26	0	0	0	0	160.2	124	63	48	12	49	0	162	6	2	1	650			1.077	6.9	0.7	2.7	9.1	3.31	CLW,REA,SWB FLOR,EL,IL
2007	24	PHI-min	AAA	4	6	.400	5.02	24	24	0	0	0	0	118.1	118	74	66	12	62	1	117	0	1	2	515			1.521	9.0	0.9	4.7	8.9	1.89	OTT IL
2007	24	PHI	NL	0	1	.000	11.25	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	7	5	5	3	2	0	5	0	0	0	21	44	11.99	2.250	15.8	6.8	4.5	11.3	2.50
2008	25	PHI-min	AAA	8	7	.533	3.60	24	23	1	0	0	0	135.0	116	58	54	14	48	0	151	1	0	4	552			1.215	7.7	0.9	3.2	10.1	3.15	LHV IL
2008	25	PHI	NL	1	0	1.000	3.69	8	4	1	0	0	0	31.2	28	13	13	3	14	1	26	1	0	1	138	119	4.14	1.326	8.0	0.9	4.0	7.4	1.86
2009	26	PHI	NL	12	4	.750	2.93	35	23	4	3	2	0	166.0	149	55	54	20	56	2	119	5	0	2	685	144	4.33	1.235	8.1	1.1	3.0	6.5	2.13	RoY-2
2010	27	PHI-min	AAA,AA,A+	1	2	.333	5.97	9	8	0	0	0	0	37.2	47	25	25	6	19	0	34	1	0	2	178			1.752	11.2	1.4	4.5	8.1	1.79	LHV,REA,CLW IL,EL,FLOR
2010	27	TOT	NL	6	4	.600	3.40	16	16	0	1	1	0	87.1	73	37	33	8	47	1	70	1	0	4	374	118	4.32	1.374	7.5	0.8	4.8	7.2	1.49
2010	27	PHI	NL	1	0	1.000	1.76	3	3	0	0	0	0	15.1	13	4	3	1	12	0	9	0	0	1	70	237	5.10	1.630	7.6	0.6	7.0	5.3	0.75
2010	27	HOU	NL	5	4	.556	3.75	13	13	0	1	1	0	72.0	60	33	30	7	35	1	61	1	0	3	304	106	4.15	1.319	7.5	0.9	4.4	7.6	1.74
2011	28	HOU-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	1.50	3	3	0	0	0	0	18.0	11	5	3	0	9	0	16	0	0	0	71			1.111	5.5	0.0	4.5	8.0	1.78	OKC PCL
2011	28	HOU	NL	6	15	.286	5.35	28	28	0	0	0	0	156.1	157	103	93	21	83	5	134	2	2	3	698	71	4.69	1.535	9.0	1.2	4.8	7.7	1.61
2012	29	TOT	MLB	10	11	.476	4.79	28	24	3	0	0	0	144.2	147	79	77	19	56	1	144	2	0	7	627	86	4.01	1.403	9.1	1.2	3.5	9.0	2.57
2012	29	HOU	NL	7	9	.438	4.83	18	18	0	0	0	0	104.1	112	58	56	17	39	0	98	1	0	5	457	84	4.48	1.447	9.7	1.5	3.4	8.5	2.51
2012	29	TOR	AL	3	2	.600	4.69	10	6	3	0	0	0	40.1	35	21	21	2	17	1	46	1	0	2	170	91	2.80	1.289	7.8	0.4	3.8	10.3	2.71
2013	30	TOR-min	AAA,A+,Rk	0	2	.000	4.22	5	5	0	0	0	0	21.1	24	12	10	2	8	0	20	0	0	1	93			1.500	10.1	0.8	3.4	8.4	2.50	BFL,DUN,BJY IL,FLOR,GULF
2013	30	TOR	AL	5	7	.417	4.56	18	18	0	0	0	0	92.2	91	53	47	10	45	0	77	2	0	5	415	90	4.31	1.468	8.8	1.0	4.4	7.5	1.71
2014	31	TOR-min	A+,AAA	1	0	1.000	2.79	2	2	0	0	0	0	9.2	8	3	3	1	3	0	11	0	0	0	38			1.138	7.4	0.9	2.8	10.2	3.67	DUN,BFL FLOR,IL
2014	31	TOR	AL	11	11	.500	4.22	30	26	2	0	0	0	158.0	160	79	74	22	51	0	133	2	0	1	673	90	4.26	1.335	9.1	1.3	2.9	7.6	2.61
2015	32	TOT	MLB	11	8	.579	3.61	32	31	0	0	0	0	172.0	173	71	69	16	45	4	151	2	0	6	717	107	3.41	1.267	9.1	0.8	2.4	7.9	3.36
2015	32	SEA	AL	4	6	.400	4.64	21	20	0	0	0	0	108.2	121	58	56	13	32	3	82	2	0	4	468	82	4.12	1.408	10.0	1.1	2.7	6.8	2.56
2015	32	PIT	NL	7	2	.778	1.85	11	11	0	0	0	0	63.1	52	13	13	3	13	1	69	0	0	2	249	211	2.19	1.026	7.4	0.4	1.8	9.8	5.31
2016	33	TOR	AL	20	4	.833	3.18	32	32	0	0	0	0	195.0	168	72	69	22	60	0	163	6	2	3	796	134	3.96	1.169	7.8	1.0	2.8	7.5	2.72	CYA-6
2017	34	TOR-min	A+	0	0		9.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	7	3	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	16			2.333	21.0	0.0	0.0	9.0		DUN FLOR
2017	34	TOR	AL	10	11	.476	3.53	25	25	0	0	0	0	145.1	145	64	57	18	46	1	142	0	0	4	626	127	3.76	1.314	9.0	1.1	2.8	8.8	3.09
2018	35	TOT	AL	17	6	.739	3.65	31	31	0	0	0	0	177.2	150	81	72	27	51	0	193	9	1	4	733	116	3.98	1.131	7.6	1.4	2.6	9.8	3.78	AS
2018	35	TOR	AL	10	6	.625	4.18	20	20	0	0	0	0	114.0	99	61	53	17	35	0	130	4	0	1	475	101	3.84	1.175	7.8	1.3	2.8	10.3	3.71
2018	35	NYY	AL	7	0	1.000	2.69	11	11	0	0	0	0	63.2	51	20	19	10	16	0	63	5	1	3	258	157	4.21	1.052	7.2	1.4	2.3	8.9	3.94
2019	36	NYY	AL	12	8	.600	4.91	31	30	0	0	0	0	161.1	160	88	88	34	49	1	140	5	0	3	678	90	5.22	1.295	8.9	1.9	2.7	7.8	2.86
2020	37	NYY	AL	2	2	.500	3.47	9	9	0	0	0	0	49.1	37	19	19	8	15	0	42	1	0	0	196	123	4.57	1.054	6.8	1.5	2.7	7.7	2.80
2021	38	TOT	MLB	10	8	.556	5.79	30	30	0	0	0	0	152.1	177	100	98	30	48	0	122	3	0	4	671	71	5.13	1.477	10.5	1.8	2.8	7.2	2.54
2021	38	MIN	AL	5	6	.455	6.77	19	19	0	0	0	0	98.1	125	76	74	21	31	0	77	3	0	3	445	63	5.42	1.586	11.4	1.9	2.8	7.0	2.48
2021	38	STL	NL	5	2	.714	4.00	11	11	0	0	0	0	54.0	52	24	24	9	17	0	45	0	0	1	226	97	4.61	1.278	8.7	1.5	2.8	7.5	2.65
15 Yrs				133	100	.571	4.13	354	328	10	4	3	0	1893.2	1822	919	868	261	668	16	1661	41	5	47	8048	100	4.29	1.315	8.7	1.2	3.2	7.9	2.49
162 Game Avg.				13	10	.571	4.13	35	33	1	0	0	0	189	182	92	87	26	67	2	166	4	0	5	802	100	4.29	1.315	8.7	1.2	3.2	7.9	2.49
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
TOR (6 yrs)				59	41	.590	3.88	135	127	5	0	0	0	745.1	698	350	321	91	254	2	691	15	2	16	3155	108	3.95	1.277	8.4	1.1	3.1	8.3	2.72
PHI (4 yrs)				14	5	.737	3.11	47	31	5	3	2	0	217.0	197	77	75	27	84	3	159	6	0	4	914	136	4.50	1.295	8.2	1.1	3.5	6.6	1.89
NYY (3 yrs)				21	10	.677	4.13	51	50	0	0	0	0	274.1	248	127	126	52	80	1	245	11	1	6	1132	105	4.87	1.196	8.1	1.7	2.6	8.0	3.06
HOU (3 yrs)				18	28	.391	4.84	59	59	0	1	1	0	332.2	329	194	179	45	157	6	293	4	2	11	1459	81	4.51	1.461	8.9	1.2	4.2	7.9	1.87
MIN (1 yr)				5	6	.455	6.77	19	19	0	0	0	0	98.1	125	76	74	21	31	0	77	3	0	3	445	63	5.42	1.586	11.4	1.9	2.8	7.0	2.48
PIT (1 yr)				7	2	.778	1.85	11	11	0	0	0	0	63.1	52	13	13	3	13	1	69	0	0	2	249	211	2.19	1.026	7.4	0.4	1.8	9.8	5.31
STL (1 yr)				5	2	.714	4.00	11	11	0	0	0	0	54.0	52	24	24	9	17	0	45	0	0	1	226	97	4.61	1.278	8.7	1.5	2.8	7.5	2.65
SEA (1 yr)				4	6	.400	4.64	21	20	0	0	0	0	108.2	121	58	56	13	32	3	82	2	0	4	468	82	4.12	1.408	10.0	1.1	2.7	6.8	2.56

AL (10 yrs)				89	63	.586	4.23	226	216	5	0	0	0	1226.2	1192	611	577	177	397	6	1095	31	3	29	5200	99	4.29	1.295	8.7	1.3	2.9	8.0	2.76
NL (8 yrs)				44	37	.543	3.93	128	112	5	4	3	0	667.0	630	308	291	84	271	10	566	10	2	18	2848	102	4.29	1.351	8.5	1.1	3.7	7.6	2.09

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