James Paxton

Position: Starting Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-4, 212lb (193cm, 96kg)

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 from University of Kentucky (Lexington, KY) 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)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2014 season

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2024, 1 yr/$7M (24)

Service Time (01/2024): 9.151 • Free Agent: 2025

Agents: Boras Corporation

Full Name: James Alston Paxton

Nicknames: The Big Maple

Pronunciation: \PAKS-tin\

Twitter: @James_Paxton

Instagram: @alstonpaxton

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

0.6

14.2

ERA

2.61

3.67

160

20.2

871.1

943

WHIP

1.548

1.231

2017 Player Pitching Game Log

2017 Player Pitching Game Log
Rk	Date	Lev	Tm		Opp	Inngs	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	GSc	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	SB	CS	PO	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU
1	2017-04-05	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners	@	Houston Astros	1-6		6.0	2	0	0	1	5	0	0	72	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	100	65	11	18	7	11	7	2
2	2017-04-10	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners		Houston Astros	1-7	W	7.0	4	0	0	2	8	0	0	75	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	104	66	26	9	6	10	5	1
3	2017-04-15	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners		Texas Rangers	1-8	W	8.0	2	0	0	1	9	0	0	86	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	26	114	79	18	20	6	9	2	1
4	2017-04-20	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners	@	Oakland Athletics	1-5		4.1	9	5	5	1	8	0	0	32	21	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	23	91	57	14	12	4	12	9	0
5	2017-04-26	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners	@	Detroit Tigers	1-7	W	7.0	4	0	0	1	9	0	0	77	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	26	103	66	18	16	8	8	2	2
6	2017-05-02	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners		Los Angeles Angels	1-6		5.1	5	2	1	5	6	0	0	53	20	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	26	107	60	19	10	7	9	5	0
		Player Moved from Maj-AL to AA-TL
7	2017-05-26	AA-TL	Arkansas Travelers		Frisco RoughRiders	1-4		4.0	5	2	2	0	5	1	0	49	16	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	16	55	38	7	9	4	7	4	0
		Player Moved from AA-TL to Maj-AL
8	2017-05-31	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners		Colorado Rockies	1-6	W	5.1	3	0	0	0	6	0	0	68	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	74	57	14	14	11	3	0	1
9	2017-06-06	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners		Minnesota Twins	1-5	W	5.0	5	3	3	3	4	1	0	46	19	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	22	96	57	20	7	5	10	6	1
10	2017-06-11	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners		Toronto Blue Jays	1-4	L	4.0	8	4	4	3	3	1	0	30	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	94	56	14	8	9	8	4	1
11	2017-06-16	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners	@	Texas Rangers	1-4	L	3.2	7	7	7	3	4	1	0	20	18	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	21	91	52	14	6	4	10	4	1
12	2017-06-21	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners		Detroit Tigers	1-6		5.1	9	4	3	2	8	1	0	42	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	25	101	67	16	16	7	9	6	1
13	2017-06-27	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners		Philadelphia Phillies	1-7	L	7.0	4	3	3	3	9	1	0	63	22	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	27	97	66	18	12	7	9	5	1
14	2017-07-02	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners	@	Los Angeles Angels	1-7	W	6.1	2	1	1	2	3	0	0	66	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	22	83	52	15	10	9	8	3	2
15	2017-07-07	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners		Oakland Athletics	1-7	W	7.0	2	2	2	3	9	0	1	71	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	26	109	66	15	20	6	8	6	1
16	2017-07-14	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners	@	Chicago White Sox	1-6	W	6.0	5	2	2	0	9	0	0	63	23	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	23	103	72	16	15	8	6	2	1
17	2017-07-19	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners	@	Houston Astros	1-7	W	7.0	6	1	1	1	7	0	0	67	24	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	27	103	76	17	13	7	11	6	1
18	2017-07-24	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners		Boston Red Sox	1-7	W	7.0	4	0	0	0	10	0	0	79	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	25	103	71	26	9	9	6	3	1
19	2017-07-30	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners		New York Mets	1-6	W	6.0	6	0	0	0	8	0	2	68	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	108	73	14	18	9	6	3	0
20	2017-08-04	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners	@	Kansas City Royals	1-6	W	6.0	4	2	2	1	7	0	0	62	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	95	67	10	13	10	5	4	1
21	2017-08-10	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners		Los Angeles Angels	1-7		6.1	5	3	3	1	6	2	0	56	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	24	101	70	21	6	10	7	2	1
22	2017-09-15	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners	@	Houston Astros	1-2	L	1.1	4	3	3	2	0	0	0	32	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	50	27	8	2	0	8	4	1
23	2017-09-21	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners		Texas Rangers	1-4	L	3.2	4	2	2	2	4	0	0	47	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	73	45	15	6	4	6	3	0
24	2017-09-26	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners	@	Oakland Athletics	1-6		5.1	6	3	3	0	5	2	0	49	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	82	55	14	10	5	12	5	4
25	2017-10-01	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners	@	Los Angeles Angels	1-6		6.0	3	0	0	0	9	0	0	75	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	73	48	11	13	5	7	3	1

2017 Player Pitching Splits

2017 Player Pitching Splits
Split	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Total	25	568	522	49	118	26	0	10	4	3	37	161	.226	.279	.333	.612	.303	174	8	3	1	5	1

Home	14	327	296	25	66	13	0	7	0	1	25	95	.223	.288	.338	.625	.300	100	7	3	0	3	1
Away	11	241	226	24	52	13	0	3	4	2	12	66	.230	.267	.327	.594	.308	74	1	0	1	2	0

April	5	124	117	5	21	6	0	0	0	0	6	39	.180	.218	.231	.449	.266	27	2	0	0	1	0
May	3	61	55	4	13	5	0	1	0	0	5	17	.236	.295	.382	.677	.316	21	1	0	0	1	1
June	5	118	102	21	33	7	0	5	1	1	14	28	.324	.398	.539	.938	.394	55	2	0	0	2	0
July	6	148	137	6	25	4	0	0	3	2	6	46	.183	.231	.212	.443	.272	29	2	3	1	1	0
August	2	47	45	5	9	1	0	2	0	0	2	13	.200	.234	.356	.590	.233	16	1	0	0	0	0
September	3	49	45	8	14	3	0	2	0	0	4	9	.311	.367	.511	.878	.353	23	0	0	0	0	0
October	1	21	21	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.143	.143	.143	.286	.250	3	0	0	0	0	0

As Starter	25	568	522	49	118	26	0	10	4	3	37	161	.226	.279	.333	.612	.303	174	8	3	1	5	1

vs RHB as LHP	25	474	433		101	24	0	10			33	139	.233	.288	.358	.646	.315	155	6	2	1	5	1
vs LHB as LHP	20	94	89		17	2	0	0			4	22	.191	.234	.214	.448	.254	19	2	1	0	0	0

Bases Empty	25	348	324		68	15	0	7			22	93	.210	.264	.321	.585	.272	104	0	2	0	0	0
Runners On	25	220	198		50	11	0	3			15	68	.253	.301	.354	.655	.356	70	8	1	1	5	1

vs. Younger Batters	25	274	256		66	19	0	6			15	88	.258	.297	.402	.699	.366	103	5	0	1	2	1
vs. Older Batters	24	294	266		52	7	0	4			22	73	.196	.262	.267	.529	.250	71	3	3	0	3	0

Table
Split	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	SO9	SO/W
Total	12	5	.706	3.02	25	25	0	140.0	118	49	47	10	37	1	161	3	1	0	568	1.107	10.4	4.35

Home	7	3	.700	2.56	14	14	0	81.0	66	25	23	7	25	1	95	3	1	0	327	1.124	10.6	3.80
Away	5	2	.714	3.66	11	11	0	59.0	52	24	24	3	12	0	66	0	0	0	241	1.085	10.1	5.50

April	3	0	1.000	1.39	5	5	0	32.1	21	5	5	0	6	0	39	0	0	0	124	0.835	10.9	6.50
May	1	0	1.000	1.84	3	3	0	14.2	13	4	3	1	5	1	17	0	1	0	61	1.227	10.4	3.40
June	1	3	.250	7.20	5	5	0	25.0	33	21	20	5	14	0	28	0	0	0	118	1.880	10.1	2.00
July	6	0	1.000	1.37	6	6	0	39.1	25	6	6	0	6	0	46	3	0	0	148	0.788	10.5	7.67
August	1	0	1.000	3.65	2	2	0	12.1	9	5	5	2	2	0	13	0	0	0	47	0.892	9.5	6.50
September	0	2	.000	6.97	3	3	0	10.1	14	8	8	2	4	0	9	0	0	0	49	1.742	7.8	2.25
October	0	0		0.00	1	1	0	6.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	21	0.500	13.5

As Starter	12	5	.706	3.02	25	25	0	140.0	118	49	47	10	37	1	161	3	1	0	568	1.107	10.4	4.35

Please note that splits include both major and minor league stats. We have decided that the splits across all levels is more useful than just minor league stats.

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