James Paxton

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-4, 235lb (193cm, 106kg)

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 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, 18,146th in MLB history)
vs. TBR 6.0 IP, 4 H, 3 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2014 season

2018 Contract Status: Signed thru 2018, 1 yr/$4.9M (18)

Service Time (01/2018): 3.151 • Arb Eligible: 2019 • Free Agent: 2021

Agents: Scott Boras

Full Name: James Alston Paxton

Nicknames: The Big Maple

Pronunciation: \PAKS-tin\

Twitter: @James_Paxton

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SUMMARY

2018

Career

WAR

1.8

9.8

W

L

ERA

3.72

3.37

G

GS

SV

IP

96.2

518.2

SO

124

533

WHIP

1.117

1.201

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
2011	22	SEA-min	A,AA	6	3	.667	2.37	17	17	0	0	95.0	73	31	25	3	43	0	131	2	1	9	388			1.221	6.9	0.3	4.1	12.4	3.05	CLI,WTN MIDW,SOUL
2012	23	SEA-min	AA,Fal	10	5	.667	3.33	26	26	0	0	119.0	110	51	44	6	60	0	126	1	1	14	510			1.429	8.3	0.5	4.5	9.5	2.10	WTN,PEA SOUL,AZFL
2013	24	SEA-min	AAA	8	11	.421	4.45	28	26	2	1	145.2	158	84	72	10	58	0	131	3	0	14	640			1.483	9.8	0.6	3.6	8.1	2.26	TAC PCL
2013	24	SEA	AL	3	0	1.000	1.50	4	4	0	0	24.0	15	5	4	2	7	2	21	0	0	0	94	249	3.26	0.917	5.6	0.8	2.6	7.9	3.00
2014	25	SEA-min	AAA,A-	0	2	.000	4.85	4	4	0	0	13.0	15	9	7	3	7	0	16	0	0	1	60			1.692	10.4	2.1	4.8	11.1	2.29	TAC,EVR PCL,NORW
2014	25	SEA	AL	6	4	.600	3.04	13	13	0	0	74.0	60	29	25	3	29	2	59	1	0	7	303	120	3.28	1.203	7.3	0.4	3.5	7.2	2.03
2015	26	SEA-min	Fal,AAA	2	5	.286	5.25	10	10	0	0	36.0	49	23	21	3	11	0	33	0	0	4	162			1.667	12.3	0.8	2.8	8.3	3.00	PEA,TAC AZFL,PCL
2015	26	SEA	AL	3	4	.429	3.90	13	13	0	0	67.0	67	34	29	8	29	1	56	0	0	5	297	98	4.31	1.433	9.0	1.1	3.9	7.5	1.93
2016	27	SEA-min	AAA	4	3	.571	3.73	11	11	0	0	50.2	43	24	21	6	15	0	53	0	0	4	204			1.145	7.6	1.1	2.7	9.4	3.53	TAC PCL
2016	27	SEA	AL	6	7	.462	3.79	20	20	0	0	121.0	134	62	51	9	24	3	117	1	0	5	511	107	2.80	1.306	10.0	0.7	1.8	8.7	4.88
2017	28	SEA-min	AA	0	0		4.50	1	1	0	0	4.0	5	2	2	1	0	0	5	0	0	1	16			1.250	11.3	2.3	0.0	11.3		ARK TL
2017	28	SEA	AL	12	5	.706	2.98	24	24	0	0	136.0	113	47	45	9	37	1	156	3	1	15	552	141	2.61	1.103	7.5	0.6	2.4	10.3	4.22
2018	29	SEA	AL	6	2	.750	3.72	16	16	2	1	96.2	79	40	40	12	29	0	124	1	0	6	394	106	3.09	1.117	7.4	1.1	2.7	11.5	4.28
6 Yrs				36	22	.621	3.37	90	90	2	1	518.2	468	217	194	43	155	9	533	6	1	38	2151	118	3.09	1.201	8.1	0.7	2.7	9.2	3.44
162 Game Avg.				14	8	.621	3.37	34	34	1	0	196	177	82	73	16	59	3	201	2	0	14	813	118	3.09	1.201	8.1	0.7	2.7	9.2	3.44

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WAR

W

L

ERA

G

GS

SV

IP

SO

WHIP

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Standard Batting

Player Value--Batting

Standard Fielding

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