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

2019 Player Pitching Game Log

2019 Player Pitching Game Log
Rk	Date	Lev	Tm		Opp	Inngs	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	GSc	AB	2B	3B	GDP	SF	SB	CS	PO	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU
1	2019-03-30	Maj-AL	New York Yankees		Baltimore Orioles	1-6	L	5.2	4	2	1	1	5	0	0	59	20	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	21	82	57	15	11	10	6	1	3
2	2019-04-04	Maj-AL	New York Yankees	@	Baltimore Orioles	1-6	W	5.1	8	4	4	2	9	1	0	43	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	98	63	10	18	5	9	4	1
3	2019-04-10	Maj-AL	New York Yankees	@	Houston Astros	1-5	L	4.0	8	5	5	3	5	2	0	28	18	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	21	93	58	12	7	3	10	4	2
4	2019-04-16	Maj-AL	New York Yankees		Boston Red Sox	1-8	W	8.0	2	0	0	1	12	0	1	89	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	110	78	20	20	4	10	5	0
5	2019-04-21	Maj-AL	New York Yankees		Kansas City Royals	1-7		6.0	3	0	0	1	12	0	0	77	21	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	22	104	67	14	17	4	5	1	2
6	2019-04-26	Maj-AL	New York Yankees	@	San Francisco Giants	1-6	W	5.2	5	3	3	2	8	0	0	53	21	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	24	106	70	17	14	4	10	5	1
7	2019-05-03	Maj-AL	New York Yankees		Minnesota Twins	1-3		3.0	2	1	0	3	1	0	0	51	10	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	14	64	32	5	5	4	7	4	3
8	2019-05-29	Maj-AL	New York Yankees		San Diego Padres	1-4		4.0	0	0	0	2	7	0	0	67	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	66	40	5	15	1	4	2	2
9	2019-06-05	Maj-AL	New York Yankees	@	Toronto Blue Jays	1-5		4.2	4	4	3	3	4	1	0	43	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	83	55	14	11	4	11	2	2
10	2019-06-11 (2)	Maj-AL	New York Yankees		New York Mets	1-3	L	2.2	7	6	6	2	1	1	0	19	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	63	39	9	3	4	10	4	0
11	2019-06-16	Maj-AL	New York Yankees	@	Chicago White Sox	1-6	W	6.0	8	2	2	1	7	1	0	54	25	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	26	108	73	13	18	9	9	7	1
12	2019-06-21	Maj-AL	New York Yankees		Houston Astros	1-6	W	5.0	5	1	1	3	7	0	0	57	20	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	100	60	13	14	8	4	1	2
13	2019-06-26	Maj-AL	New York Yankees		Toronto Blue Jays	1-5		4.1	8	6	6	4	3	3	0	22	19	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	23	91	55	18	9	4	13	6	2
14	2019-07-02	Maj-AL	New York Yankees	@	New York Mets	1-6		6.0	8	1	1	2	3	1	0	53	23	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	25	103	61	10	12	11	7	2	1
15	2019-07-07	Maj-AL	New York Yankees	@	Tampa Bay Rays	1-6	L	6.0	7	2	2	0	11	0	0	61	25	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	25	99	68	13	17	10	4	1	1
16	2019-07-15	Maj-AL	New York Yankees		Tampa Bay Rays	1-6		6.0	7	2	2	2	7	2	0	55	23	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	25	107	67	14	16	5	12	6	3
17	2019-07-21	Maj-AL	New York Yankees		Colorado Rockies	1-4	L	3.1	5	7	4	3	6	1	0	31	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	77	47	13	10	3	6	3	1
18	2019-07-26	Maj-AL	New York Yankees	@	Boston Red Sox	1-4	L	4.0	9	7	7	0	9	4	0	25	21	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	21	99	67	13	18	4	8	3	0
19	2019-08-02	Maj-AL	New York Yankees		Boston Red Sox	1-6	W	6.0	2	2	2	3	6	1	0	63	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	100	60	11	20	3	11	2	2
20	2019-08-07	Maj-AL	New York Yankees	@	Baltimore Orioles	1-7	W	6.2	5	1	1	1	7	1	0	66	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	108	75	18	16	7	11	4	2
21	2019-08-12	Maj-AL	New York Yankees		Baltimore Orioles	1-6	W	6.0	5	3	3	2	7	2	0	55	21	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	24	107	78	14	14	6	9	3	2
22	2019-08-17	Maj-AL	New York Yankees		Cleveland Indians	1-5	W	5.0	6	4	4	3	4	0	0	40	20	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	23	87	52	13	8	8	7	1	5
23	2019-08-23	Maj-AL	New York Yankees	@	Los Angeles Dodgers	1-7	W	6.2	5	2	2	0	11	0	0	67	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	109	71	13	26	7	6	4	0
24	2019-08-28	Maj-AL	New York Yankees	@	Seattle Mariners	1-5	W	5.0	1	2	2	5	4	1	0	56	15	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	20	82	43	12	8	4	7	2	0
25	2019-09-03	Maj-AL	New York Yankees		Texas Rangers	1-7	W	7.0	1	0	0	1	12	0	0	86	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	95	66	21	17	4	6	2	1
26	2019-09-09	Maj-AL	New York Yankees	@	Boston Red Sox	1-7	W	6.2	4	0	0	3	7	0	0	70	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	107	70	17	11	8	9	3	1
27	2019-09-14	Maj-AL	New York Yankees	@	Toronto Blue Jays	1-5	W	5.0	3	1	1	2	3	0	1	58	17	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	21	101	62	16	8	5	11	2	4
28	2019-09-21	Maj-AL	New York Yankees		Toronto Blue Jays	1-6	W	6.0	3	1	0	0	7	0	0	71	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	87	64	16	12	6	7	3	1
29	2019-09-27	Maj-AL	New York Yankees	@	Texas Rangers	1-1		1.0	3	2	2	0	1	1	0	40	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	21	14	4	2	1	4	2	0

2019 Player Pitching Splits

2019 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	29	633	570	71	138	30	2	23	7	4	55	186	.242	.309	.423	.732	.315	241	9	2	2	4	0

Home	15	320	285	35	60	13	0	10	5	1	31	97	.211	.288	.361	.650	.278	103	5	1	1	2	0
Away	14	313	285	36	78	17	2	13	2	3	24	89	.274	.330	.484	.814	.351	138	4	1	1	2	0

March	1	21	20	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	1	5	.200	.238	.200	.438	.267	4	1	0	0	0	0
April	5	120	109	12	26	8	1	3	2	0	9	46	.239	.300	.413	.713	.377	45	1	1	0	1	0
May	2	28	22	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	8	.091	.250	.091	.341	.133	2	1	0	0	1	0
June	5	110	97	19	32	7	0	6	0	0	13	22	.330	.409	.588	.997	.377	57	3	0	0	0	0
July	5	115	107	19	36	7	1	8	3	1	7	36	.336	.377	.645	1.022	.444	69	2	0	1	0	0
August	6	141	125	14	24	4	0	5	0	3	14	39	.192	.271	.344	.615	.232	43	1	0	1	1	0
September	5	98	90	4	14	4	0	1	0	0	6	30	.156	.214	.233	.448	.217	21	0	1	0	1	0

As Starter	29	633	570	71	138	30	2	23	7	4	55	186	.242	.309	.423	.732	.315	241	9	2	2	4	0

vs RHB as LHP	29	479	427		100	23	2	21			46	140	.234	.308	.445	.753	.293	190	7	1	1	4	0
vs LHB as LHP	28	154	143		38	7	0	2			9	46	.266	.314	.357	.670	.379	51	2	1	1	0	0

Bases Empty	29	389	352		81	20	0	14			35	120	.230	.303	.406	.710	.307	143	0	2	0	0	0
Runners On	29	244	218		57	10	2	9			20	66	.262	.318	.450	.768	.327	98	9	0	2	4	0

vs. Younger Batters	29	495	445		103	24	0	18			44	147	.232	.302	.407	.708	.300	181	9	2	1	3	0
vs. Older Batters	26	138	125		35	6	2	5			11	39	.280	.336	.480	.816	.366	60	0	0	1	1	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	15	6	.714	3.82	29	29	0	150.2	138	71	64	23	55	0	186	2	1	0	633	1.281	11.1	3.38

Home	7	3	.700	3.35	15	15	0	78.0	60	35	29	10	31	0	97	1	0	0	320	1.167	11.2	3.13
Away	8	3	.727	4.33	14	14	0	72.2	78	36	35	13	24	0	89	1	1	0	313	1.404	11.0	3.71

March	0	1	.000	1.59	1	1	0	5.2	4	2	1	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	21	0.882	7.9	5.00
April	3	1	.750	3.72	5	5	0	29.0	26	12	12	3	9	0	46	1	1	0	120	1.207	14.3	5.11
May	0	0		0.00	2	2	0	7.0	2	1	0	0	5	0	8	0	0	0	28	1.000	10.3	1.60
June	2	1	.667	7.15	5	5	0	22.2	32	19	18	6	13	0	22	0	0	0	110	1.985	8.7	1.69
July	0	3	.000	5.68	5	5	0	25.1	36	19	16	8	7	0	36	0	0	0	115	1.697	12.8	5.14
August	6	0	1.000	3.57	6	6	0	35.1	24	14	14	5	14	0	39	0	0	0	141	1.076	9.9	2.79
September	4	0	1.000	1.05	5	5	0	25.2	14	4	3	1	6	0	30	1	0	0	98	0.779	10.5	5.00

As Starter	15	6	.714	3.82	29	29	0	150.2	138	71	64	23	55	0	186	2	1	0	633	1.281	11.1	3.38

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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