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Josh James

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 234lb (190cm, 106kg)

Team: Houston Astros (majors)

Born: March 8, 1993 in Hollywood, FL us

Draft: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 34th round of the 2014 MLB June Amateur Draft from Western Oklahoma State College (Altus, OK).

High School: South Broward HS (Hollywood, FL)

School: Western Oklahoma State College (Altus, OK)

Debut: September 1, 2018 (Age 25-177d, 21,782nd in major league history)
vs. LAA 5.0 IP, 3 H, 9 SO, 3 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2019 season

2021 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible

Service Time (01/2021): 2.030 • Arb Eligible: 2022 • Free Agent: 2025

Full Name: Joshua James

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SUMMARY

2021

Career

WAR

-0.1

0.2

ERA

9.00

4.73

3.0

104.2

156

WHIP

1.667

1.338

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
2014	21	HOU-min	Rk	1	3	.250	2.72	13	6	3	0	39.2	35	13	12	0	15	45	3	0	5	165			1.261	7.9	0.0	3.4	10.2	3.00	GRE APPY
2015	22	HOU-min	A	7	4	.636	2.63	24	18	4	1	116.1	102	43	34	2	41	89	16	0	11	492			1.229	7.9	0.2	3.2	6.9	2.17	DAV MIDW
2016	23	HOU-min	A+	9	5	.643	4.81	23	19	2	1	110.1	120	64	59	11	40	121	9	2	7	492			1.450	9.8	0.9	3.3	9.9	3.03	LNR CALL
2017	24	HOU-min	AA	4	8	.333	4.38	21	11	5	3	76.0	79	48	37	1	32	72	7	0	7	343			1.461	9.4	0.1	3.8	8.5	2.25	CPC TL
2018	25	HOU-min	AAA,AA	6	4	.600	3.23	23	21	1	1	114.1	79	45	41	9	49	171	4	0	7	471			1.120	6.2	0.7	3.9	13.5	3.49	FRE,CPC PCL,TL
2018	25	HOU	AL	2	0	1.000	2.35	6	3	0	0	23.0	15	6	6	3	7	29	2	0	0	91	179	3.51	0.957	5.9	1.2	2.7	11.3	4.14
2019	26	HOU-min	AAA	0	0		10.80	3	0	0	0	3.1	4	4	4	0	2	5	0	0	2	16			1.800	10.8	0.0	5.4	13.5	2.50	RRK PCL
2019	26	HOU	AL	5	1	.833	4.70	49	1	18	1	61.1	46	34	32	10	35	100	4	0	6	266	99	3.98	1.321	6.8	1.5	5.1	14.7	2.86
2020	27	HOU	AL	1	0	1.000	7.27	13	2	1	0	17.1	15	14	14	4	17	21	2	0	2	83	62	7.06	1.846	7.8	2.1	8.8	10.9	1.24
2021	28	HOU-min	AAA,A	1	2	.333	1.37	20	2	4	0	19.2	15	4	3	0	8	25	4	0	6	86			1.169	6.9	0.0	3.7	11.4	3.13	SKT,FAY AAAW,LAE
2021	28	HOU	AL	0	0		9.00	3	0	3	0	3.0	4	3	3	1	1	6	0	0	2	14	53	4.50	1.667	12.0	3.0	3.0	18.0	6.00
4 Yrs				8	1	.889	4.73	71	6	22	1	104.2	80	57	55	18	60	156	8	0	10	454	96	4.40	1.338	6.9	1.5	5.2	13.4	2.60
162 Game Avg.				7	1	.889	4.73	63	5	19	1	92	71	50	49	16	53	138	7	0	9	401	96	4.40	1.338	6.9	1.5	5.2	13.4	2.60