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

2025 Contract Status: Not Updated

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

0.1

13.6

ERA

4.40

3.77

177

100.1

951.0

1005

WHIP

1.445

1.247

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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
2010	21	-4.7	Grand Prairie	AA	Ind		1	2	.333	4.08	4.58	4	4	0	0	0	0	17.2	15	9	8	1	7	0	18	0	0	1	76	1.245	7.6	0.5	3.6	9.2	2.57
2011	22		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-AA	SEA	6	3	.667	2.37	2.94	17	17	0	0	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
2011	22	-2.1	Jackson	SOUL	AA	SEA	3	0	1.000	1.85	2.31	7	7	0	0	0	0	39.0	28	10	8	2	13	0	51	1	1	3	153	1.051	6.5	0.5	3.0	11.8	3.92
2011	22	0.3	Clinton	MIDW	A	SEA	3	3	.500	2.73	3.38	10	10	0	0	0	0	56.0	45	21	17	1	30	0	80	1	0	6	235	1.339	7.2	0.2	4.8	12.9	2.67
2012	23	-0.8	Jackson	SOUL	AA	SEA	9	4	.692	3.05	3.64	21	21	0	0	0	0	106.1	96	43	36	5	54	0	110	1	1	13	453	1.411	8.1	0.4	4.6	9.3	2.04
2012	23	-0.3	Peoria	AZFL	Fal		1	1	.500	5.68	5.68	5	5	0	0	0	0	12.2	14	8	8	1	6	0	16	0	0	1	57	1.579	9.9	0.7	4.3	11.4	2.67
2013	24	-2.6	Tacoma	PCL	AAA	SEA	8	11	.421	4.45	5.19	28	26	0	2	1	0	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
2013	24	-4.7	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	3	0	1.000	1.50	1.88	4	4	0	0	0	0	24.0	15	5	4	2	7	2	21	0	0	0	94	0.917	5.6	0.8	2.6	7.9	3.00
2014	25		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-A-	SEA	0	2	.000	4.85	6.23	4	4	0	0	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
2014	25	-1.8	Tacoma	PCL	AAA	SEA	0	1	.000	4.35	6.10	3	3	0	0	0	0	10.1	13	7	5	2	6	0	14	0	0	0	50	1.839	11.3	1.7	5.2	12.2	2.33
2014	25	3.6	Everett	NORW	A-	SEA	0	1	.000	6.75	6.75	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.2	2	2	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	10	1.125	6.8	3.4	3.4	6.8	2.00
2014	25	-3.5	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	6	4	.600	3.04	3.53	13	13	0	0	0	0	74.0	60	29	25	3	29	2	59	1	0	7	303	1.203	7.3	0.4	3.5	7.2	2.03
2015	26	-0.8	Tacoma	PCL	AAA	SEA	0	1	.000	8.10	8.10	3	3	0	0	0	0	6.2	12	6	6	0	3	0	4	0	0	2	32	2.250	16.2	0.0	4.1	5.4	1.33
2015	26	2.9	Peoria	AZFL	Fal		2	4	.333	4.60	5.22	7	7	0	0	0	0	29.1	37	17	15	3	8	0	29	0	0	2	130	1.534	11.4	0.9	2.5	8.9	3.63
2015	26	-2.3	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	3	4	.429	3.90	4.57	13	13	0	0	0	0	67.0	67	34	29	8	29	1	56	0	0	5	297	1.433	9.0	1.1	3.9	7.5	1.93
2016	27	0.3	Tacoma	PCL	AAA	SEA	4	3	.571	3.73	4.26	11	11	0	0	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
2016	27	-1.6	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	6	7	.462	3.79	4.61	20	20	0	0	0	0	121.0	134	62	51	9	24	3	117	1	0	5	511	1.306	10.0	0.7	1.8	8.7	4.88
2017	28	3.9	Arkansas	TL	AA	SEA	0	0		4.50	4.50	1	1	0	0	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
2017	28	-0.6	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	12	5	.706	2.98	3.11	24	24	0	0	0	0	136.0	113	47	45	9	37	1	156	3	1	15	552	1.103	7.5	0.6	2.4	10.3	4.22
2018	29	0.4	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	11	6	.647	3.76	3.76	28	28	0	2	1	0	160.1	134	67	67	23	42	0	208	1	0	8	645	1.098	7.5	1.3	2.4	11.7	4.95
2019	30	1.6	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	15	6	.714	3.82	4.24	29	29	0	0	0	0	150.2	138	71	64	23	55	0	186	2	1	7	633	1.281	8.2	1.4	3.3	11.1	3.38
2020	31	2.8	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	1	1	.500	6.64	7.52	5	5	0	0	0	0	20.1	23	17	15	4	7	0	26	1	0	2	90	1.475	10.2	1.8	3.1	11.5	3.71
2021	32	3.5	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	0	0		6.75	6.75	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.1	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	5	0.750	0.0	0.0	6.8	13.5	2.00
2022	33	12.0	Red Sox	FCL	Rk	BOS	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2023	34	7.1	Worcester	IL	AAA	BOS	2	3	.400	6.23	6.65	6	5	0	0	0	0	21.2	18	16	15	2	16	0	26	0	0	1	100	1.569	7.5	0.8	6.6	10.8	1.63
2023	34	5.3	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	7	5	.583	4.50	4.78	19	19	0	0	0	0	96.0	93	51	48	18	33	0	101	2	0	5	411	1.313	8.7	1.7	3.1	9.5	3.06
2024	35		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	LAD-BOS	9	3	.750	4.40	4.75	21	21	0	0	0	0	100.1	95	53	49	12	50	0	73	1	0	4	437	1.445	8.5	1.1	4.5	6.5	1.46
2024	35	5.9	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	8	2	.800	4.43	4.53	18	18	0	0	0	0	89.1	82	45	44	11	48	0	64	1	0	4	390	1.455	8.3	1.1	4.8	6.4	1.33
2024	35	6.0	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	1	1	.500	4.09	6.55	3	3	0	0	0	0	11.0	13	8	5	1	2	0	9	0	0	0	47	1.364	10.6	0.8	1.6	7.4	4.50
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 (11 seasons)					Majors		73	41	.640	3.77	4.14	177	177	0	2	1	0	951.0	872	437	398	111	314	9	1005	12	2	59	3978	1.247	8.3	1.1	3.0	9.5	3.20
Minors (9 seasons)					Minors		29	27	.518	3.73	4.36	92	89	0	2	1	0	443.2	420	215	184	30	196	0	476	6	2	45	1895	1.388	8.5	0.6	4.0	9.7	2.43
Other (3 seasons)					Other		4	7	.364	4.68	5.13	16	16	0	0	0	0	59.2	66	34	31	5	21	0	63	0	0	4	263	1.458	10.0	0.8	3.2	9.5	3.00
All Levels (15 Seasons)							106	75	.586	3.79	4.25	285	282	0	4	2	0	1454.1	1358	686	613	146	531	9	1544	18	4	108	6136	1.299	8.4	0.9	3.3	9.6	2.91

AAA (5 seasons)					Minors		14	19	.424	4.56	5.25	51	48	0	2	1	0	235.0	244	137	119	20	98	0	228	3	0	21	1026	1.455	9.3	0.8	3.8	8.7	2.33
AA (3 seasons)					Minors		12	4	.750	2.77	3.31	29	29	0	0	0	0	149.1	129	55	46	8	67	0	166	2	2	17	622	1.313	7.8	0.5	4.0	10.0	2.48
A (1 season)					Minors		3	3	.500	2.73	3.38	10	10	0	0	0	0	56.0	45	21	17	1	30	0	80	1	0	6	235	1.339	7.2	0.2	4.8	12.9	2.67
A- (1 season)					Minors		0	1	.000	6.75	6.75	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.2	2	2	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	10	1.125	6.8	3.4	3.4	6.8	2.00
Rk (1 season)					Minors		0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fal (2 seasons)					Other		3	5	.375	4.93	5.36	12	12	0	0	0	0	42.0	51	25	23	4	14	0	45	0	0	3	187	1.548	10.9	0.9	3.0	9.6	3.21
Ind (1 season)					Other		1	2	.333	4.08	4.58	4	4	0	0	0	0	17.2	15	9	8	1	7	0	18	0	0	1	76	1.245	7.6	0.5	3.6	9.2	2.57