J.A. Happ

Position: Starting 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)

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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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2004	21	-0.4	Batavia	NYPL	A-	PHI	1	2	.333	2.02	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
2005	22		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-AA	PHI	5	4	.556	2.30	3.10	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
2005	22	-2.7	Reading	EL	AA	PHI	1	0	1.000	1.50	1.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	3	1	1	0	2	0	8	0	0	1	23	0.833	4.5	0.0	3.0	12.0	4.00
2005	22	0.2	Lakewood	SALL	A	PHI	4	4	.500	2.36	3.24	14	12	0	0	0	0	72.1	57	26	19	3	26	0	70	5	1	4	300	1.147	7.1	0.4	3.2	8.7	2.69
2006	23		3 Teams	3 Lgs	A+-AA-AAA	PHI	10	9	.526	2.69	3.53	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
2006	23	-4.1	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre	IL	AAA	PHI	1	0	1.000	1.50	1.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	3	1	1	1	1	0	4	1	0	0	24	0.667	4.5	1.5	1.5	6.0	4.00
2006	23	-1.8	Reading	EL	AA	PHI	6	2	.750	2.65	3.25	12	12	0	0	0	0	74.2	58	27	22	2	29	0	81	3	0	0	307	1.165	7.0	0.2	3.5	9.8	2.79
2006	23	0.0	Clearwater	FLOR	A+	PHI	3	7	.300	2.81	3.94	13	13	0	0	0	0	80.0	63	35	25	9	19	0	77	2	2	1	319	1.025	7.1	1.0	2.1	8.7	4.05
2006	23	-0.8	Peoria Saguaros	AZFL	Fal		1	0	1.000	5.02	5.02	5	4	0	0	0	0	14.1	17	8	8	0	5	0	10	0	0	3	65	1.535	10.7	0.0	3.1	6.3	2.00
2007	24	-2.8	Ottawa	IL	AAA	PHI	4	6	.400	5.02	5.63	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
2007	24	-5.0	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	0	1	.000	11.25	11.25	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	7	5	5	3	2	0	5	0	0	0	21	2.250	15.8	6.8	4.5	11.3	2.50
2008	25	-2.1	Lehigh Valley	IL	AAA	PHI	8	7	.533	3.60	3.87	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
2008	25	-3.9	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	1	0	1.000	3.69	3.69	8	4	1	0	0	0	31.2	28	13	13	3	14	1	26	1	0	1	138	1.326	8.0	0.9	4.0	7.4	1.86
2009	26	-2.6	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	12	4	.750	2.93	2.98	35	23	4	3	2	0	166.0	149	55	54	20	56	2	119	5	0	2	685	1.235	8.1	1.1	3.0	6.5	2.13
2010	27		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AAA-AA-A+	PHI	1	2	.333	5.97	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
2010	27		2 Teams	NL	Maj	HOU-PHI	6	4	.600	3.40	3.81	16	16	0	1	1	0	87.1	73	37	33	8	47	1	70	1	0	4	374	1.374	7.5	0.8	4.8	7.2	1.49
2010	27	0.4	Lehigh Valley	IL	AAA	PHI	0	1	.000	4.84	4.84	5	4	0	0	0	0	22.1	26	12	12	3	15	0	22	0	0	0	106	1.836	10.5	1.2	6.0	8.9	1.47
2010	27	2.8	Reading	EL	AA	PHI	1	0	1.000	8.03	8.03	3	3	0	0	0	0	12.1	18	11	11	3	4	0	10	1	0	1	59	1.784	13.1	2.2	2.9	7.3	2.50
2010	27	4.1	Clearwater	FLOR	A+	PHI	0	1	.000	6.00	6.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	13	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	6.0
2010	27	-1.7	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	1	0	1.000	1.76	2.35	3	3	0	0	0	0	15.1	13	4	3	1	12	0	9	0	0	1	70	1.630	7.6	0.6	7.0	5.3	0.75
2010	27	-1.7	HOU	NL	Maj	HOU	5	4	.556	3.75	4.13	13	13	0	1	1	0	72.0	60	33	30	7	35	1	61	1	0	3	304	1.319	7.5	0.9	4.4	7.6	1.74
2011	28	0.9	Oklahoma City	PCL	AAA	HOU	1	0	1.000	1.50	2.50	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
2011	28	-0.5	HOU	NL	Maj	HOU	6	15	.286	5.35	5.93	28	28	0	0	0	0	156.1	157	103	93	21	83	5	134	2	2	3	698	1.535	9.0	1.2	4.8	7.7	1.61
2012	29		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	TOR	10	11	.476	4.79	4.91	28	24	3	0	0	0	144.2	147	79	77	19	56	1	144	2	0	7	627	1.403	9.1	1.2	3.5	9.0	2.57
2012	29	0.5	HOU	NL	Maj	HOU	7	9	.438	4.83	5.00	18	18	0	0	0	0	104.1	112	58	56	17	39	0	98	1	0	5	457	1.447	9.7	1.5	3.4	8.5	2.51
2012	29	0.8	TOR	AL	Maj	TOR	3	2	.600	4.69	4.69	10	6	3	0	0	0	40.1	35	21	21	2	17	1	46	1	0	2	170	1.289	7.8	0.4	3.8	10.3	2.71
2013	30		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AAA-A+-Rk	TOR	0	2	.000	4.22	5.06	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
2013	30	2.8	Buffalo	IL	AAA	TOR	0	2	.000	6.75	6.75	3	3	0	0	0	0	13.1	17	10	10	2	8	0	13	0	0	1	62	1.875	11.5	1.4	5.4	8.8	1.63
2013	30	6.8	Dunedin	FLOR	A+	TOR	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	17	0.600	5.4	0.0	0.0	12.6
2013	30	9.5	Blue Jays	GULF	Rk	TOR	0	0		0.00	6.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	1.333	12.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2013	30	1.3	TOR	AL	Maj	TOR	5	7	.417	4.56	5.15	18	18	0	0	0	0	92.2	91	53	47	10	45	0	77	2	0	5	415	1.468	8.8	1.0	4.4	7.5	1.71
2014	31		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-AAA	TOR	1	0	1.000	2.79	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
2014	31	4.1	Buffalo	IL	AAA	TOR	0	0		1.93	1.93	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.2	5	1	1	1	2	0	6	0	0	0	20	1.500	9.6	1.9	3.9	11.6	3.00
2014	31	7.8	Dunedin	FLOR	A+	TOR	1	0	1.000	3.60	3.60	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	3	2	2	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	18	0.800	5.4	0.0	1.8	9.0	5.00
2014	31	2.5	TOR	AL	Maj	TOR	11	11	.500	4.22	4.50	30	26	2	0	0	0	158.0	160	79	74	22	51	0	133	2	0	1	673	1.335	9.1	1.3	2.9	7.6	2.61
2015	32		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	PIT	11	8	.579	3.61	3.72	32	31	0	0	0	0	172.0	173	71	69	16	45	4	151	2	0	6	717	1.267	9.1	0.8	2.4	7.9	3.36
2015	32	3.7	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	4	6	.400	4.64	4.80	21	20	0	0	0	0	108.2	121	58	56	13	32	3	82	2	0	4	468	1.408	10.0	1.1	2.7	6.8	2.56
2015	32	3.6	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	7	2	.778	1.85	1.85	11	11	0	0	0	0	63.1	52	13	13	3	13	1	69	0	0	2	249	1.026	7.4	0.4	1.8	9.8	5.31
2016	33	4.4	TOR	AL	Maj	TOR	20	4	.833	3.18	3.32	32	32	0	0	0	0	195.0	168	72	69	22	60	0	163	6	2	3	796	1.169	7.8	1.0	2.8	7.5	2.72
2017	34	10.9	Dunedin	FLOR	A+	TOR	0	0		9.00	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
2017	34	5.4	TOR	AL	Maj	TOR	10	11	.476	3.53	3.96	25	25	0	0	0	0	145.1	145	64	57	18	46	1	142	0	0	4	626	1.314	9.0	1.1	2.8	8.8	3.09
2018	35		2 Teams	AL	Maj	NYY-TOR	17	6	.739	3.65	4.10	31	31	0	0	0	0	177.2	150	81	72	27	51	0	193	9	1	4	733	1.131	7.6	1.4	2.6	9.8	3.78
2018	35	6.4	TOR	AL	Maj	TOR	10	6	.625	4.18	4.82	20	20	0	0	0	0	114.0	99	61	53	17	35	0	130	4	0	1	475	1.175	7.8	1.3	2.8	10.3	3.71
2018	35	6.4	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	7	0	1.000	2.69	2.83	11	11	0	0	0	0	63.2	51	20	19	10	16	0	63	5	1	3	258	1.052	7.2	1.4	2.3	8.9	3.94
2019	36	7.6	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	12	8	.600	4.91	4.91	31	30	0	0	0	0	161.1	160	88	88	34	49	1	140	5	0	3	678	1.295	8.9	1.9	2.7	7.8	2.86
2020	37	8.8	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	2	2	.500	3.47	3.47	9	9	0	0	0	0	49.1	37	19	19	8	15	0	42	1	0	0	196	1.054	6.8	1.5	2.7	7.7	2.80
2021	38		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	MIN	10	8	.556	5.79	5.91	30	30	0	0	0	0	152.1	177	100	98	30	48	0	122	3	0	4	671	1.477	10.5	1.8	2.8	7.2	2.54
2021	38	9.5	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	5	6	.455	6.77	6.96	19	19	0	0	0	0	98.1	125	76	74	21	31	0	77	3	0	3	445	1.586	11.4	1.9	2.8	7.0	2.48
2021	38	9.1	STL	NL	Maj	STL	5	2	.714	4.00	4.00	11	11	0	0	0	0	54.0	52	24	24	9	17	0	45	0	0	1	226	1.278	8.7	1.5	2.8	7.5	2.65
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (15 seasons)					Majors		133	100	.571	4.13	4.37	354	328	10	4	3	0	1893.2	1822	919	868	261	668	16	1661	41	5	47	8048	1.315	8.7	1.2	3.2	7.9	2.49
Minors (10 seasons)					Minors		31	32	.492	3.50	4.05	120	116	1	0	0	0	617.2	537	278	240	51	244	1	629	16	4	15	2579	1.264	7.8	0.7	3.6	9.2	2.58
Other (1 season)					Other		1	0	1.000	5.02	5.02	5	4	0	0	0	0	14.1	17	8	8	0	5	0	10	0	0	3	65	1.535	10.7	0.0	3.1	6.3	2.00
All Levels (18 Seasons)							165	132	.556	3.98	4.29	479	448	11	4	3	0	2525.2	2376	1205	1116	312	917	17	2300	57	9	65	10692	1.304	8.5	1.1	3.3	8.2	2.51

AAA (7 seasons)					Minors		14	16	.467	4.16	4.56	61	59	1	0	0	0	317.2	296	161	147	33	145	1	329	2	1	7	1350	1.388	8.4	0.9	4.1	9.3	2.27
AA (3 seasons)					Minors		8	2	.800	3.29	3.77	16	16	0	0	0	0	93.0	79	39	34	5	35	0	99	4	0	2	389	1.226	7.6	0.5	3.4	9.6	2.83
A+ (5 seasons)					Minors		4	8	.333	3.00	3.94	17	17	0	0	0	0	96.0	79	42	32	9	20	0	94	2	2	2	383	1.031	7.4	0.8	1.9	8.8	4.70
A (1 season)					Minors		4	4	.500	2.36	3.24	14	12	0	0	0	0	72.1	57	26	19	3	26	0	70	5	1	4	300	1.147	7.1	0.4	3.2	8.7	2.69
A- (1 season)					Minors		1	2	.333	2.02	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
Rk (1 season)					Minors		0	0		0.00	6.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	1.333	12.0	0.0	0.0	0.0