James Paxton

#65 - Starting Pitcher

Bats / Throws	Left / Left
Date of Birth	11/6/1988 (34)
Height, Weight	6'4", 227 lb
Hometown	Richmond, CAN

2023 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average

	W-L	IP	ERA	WHIP	K%	BB%	CSW%
	2-1	26.0	3.81	1.23	33.0%	8.3%	33.1%

	100^th 3 W	150^th 46 IP	68^th 4.85 ERA	76^th 1.37 WHIP	8^th 21.3% K%	112^th 8.2% BB%	6^th 28.1% CSW%

	FB MPH	SwStr%	HC%	GB%	PLV	xERA
	95.8	16.6%	24.8%	28.1%	5.05	3.98

	27^th 93.4 FB MPH	4^th 11.6% SwStr%	49^th 28.0% HC%	196^th 43.4% GB%	112^th 5.06 PLV	68^th 4.69 xERA

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Stats Glossary

Overview

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Year	Team	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	xERA	FIP	xFIP	WHIP	H/9	K%	BB%	BABIP	HC%	GB%	HR/9	HR/FB%	LOB%	SwStr%	CSW%	PLV
2018	SEA	28	28	160.1	11	6	3.76	-	3.24	-	1.10	7.5	32.2%	6.5%	.301	-	-	1.29	-	76.0%	15.8%	31.0%	-
2019	NYY	29	29	150.2	15	6	3.82	-	3.87	-	1.28	8.2	29.4%	8.7%	.315	-	-	1.37	-	76.2%	15.3%	29.9%	-
2020	NYY	5	5	20.1	1	1	6.64	3.80	4.38	4.45	1.48	10.2	28.9%	7.8%	.365	27.8%	33.9%	1.77	15.4%	55.1%	14.6%	28.9%	4.85
2021	SEA	1	1	1.1	0	0	6.75	1.54	2.27	4.03	0.75	0.0	40.0%	20.0%	.000	0.0%	50.0%	0.00	0.0%	0.0%	16.7%	29.2%	5.17
2023	BOS	5	5	26.0	2	1	3.81	3.98	3.55	3.52	1.23	8.0	33.0%	8.3%	.317	24.8%	28.1%	1.38	13.8%	79.5%	16.6%	33.1%	5.05
SP MLB Percentile		15	15	23	34	79	66	66	81	85	62	65	95	42	35	75	2	39	50	83	97	96	42
SP MLB AVG		9	9	46.0	3	3	4.85	4.69	4.67	4.61	1.37	9.1	21.3%	8.2%	.301	28.0%	43.4%	-	14.7%	71.2%	11.6%	28.1%	5.06
5 Years		68	68	358.2	29	14	3.96	-	-	-	1.20	8.0	30.9%	7.7%	.311	7.4%	31.1%	1.36	96.4%	74.6%	15.6%	30.5%	4.97

Repertoire

Four-Seamer | 61%
Cutter | 18%
Curveball | 16%
Changeup | 5%
All Pitches

2018 2019 2020 2021 2023 All

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Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	GB%	FB%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	HR/FB%	xAVG	xwOBA	HC%	Spin
2018	95.4	15.2%	-	-	13.4%	14.4%	27.8%	69.6%	66.1%	-	-	.179	.268	.196	-	-	-	-	-
2019	95.3	23.1%	-	-	11.1%	14.6%	25.7%	68.1%	61.8%	-	-	.305	.360	.355	-	-	-	-	-
2020	92.0	57.3%	29.5%	53.4%	9.8%	17.2%	27.0%	69.6%	62.3%	32.4%	51.4%	.313	.423	.353	15.8%	.255	.347	33.3%	2,213
2021	94.1	66.7%	30.0%	37.5%	6.3%	12.5%	18.8%	56.3%	56.3%	50.0%	50.0%	.000	.173	.000	0.0%	.098	.238	0.0%	2,349
2022	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023	95.8	61.0%	28.0%	57.9%	16.1%	19.3%	35.4%	71.8%	66.1%	25.0%	52.3%	.250	.338	.317	13.0%	.247	.327	28.6%	2,243
SP MLB Percentile	85	98	54	89	95	65	94	89	88	20	82	61	64	45	50	65	71	60	48
SP MLB AVG	93.4	37.7%	26.7%	50.1%	9.6%	18.0%	27.5%	65.1%	59.2%	34.6%	41.4%	.284	.374	.319	15.7%	.272	.371	31.3%	2,250

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	.255	.347	.282	.393	33.3%	10.8%	43.2%	29.6%	90.2	90.9	21.0	8.7	8.4	2.3	5.6	6.4	2,213
2021	.098	.238	.147	.129	0.0%	0.0%	-	-	66.2	50.6	14.5	7.5	10.9	2.0	6.2	6.4	2,349
2022	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023	.247	.327	.319	.426	28.6%	11.4%	43.2%	27.1%	89.7	88.4	24.2	7.6	9.1	1.8	5.9	6.7	2,243
SP MLB Percentile	65	71	33	41	60	41	51	65	73	55	26	92	43	87	60	64	48
SP MLB AVG	.272	.371	.297	.419	31.3%	11.1%	44.1%	29.9%	91.1	89.1	18.7	4.9	9.2	-0.7	5.7	6.5	2,250

Year	P	TBF	1B	2B	3B	HR	K	BB	HBP	WP	Strikes	Balls	AVG	SLG	wOBA
2018	395	91	9	2	0	3	20	11	0	1	275	120	.179	.321	.268
2019	615	139	28	4	1	6	29	10	1	0	419	196	.305	.492	.360
2020	204	54	7	4	1	3	11	5	1	0	142	62	.313	.625	.423
2021	16	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	9	7	.000	.000	.173
2022	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023	280	70	8	5	0	3	20	6	0	0	201	79	.250	.469	.338
SP MLB Percentile	60	61	43	18	27	28	74	46	38	12	66	47	61	54	64
SP MLB AVG	261	63	9	3	0	2	13	7	1	0	172	88	.284	.500	.374

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Foul%	Weak%	Top%	Under%	Fl&B%	Solid%	SS%
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	26.6%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	26.3%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	32.4%	16.2%	51.4%	8.1%	15.8%	24.3%	48.6%	27.0%	24.5%	2.7%	16.2%	37.8%	27.0%	5.4%	37.8%
2021	50.0%	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	25.0%	50.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023	25.0%	22.7%	52.3%	13.6%	13.0%	13.6%	29.5%	56.8%	20.7%	2.3%	15.9%	38.6%	20.5%	11.4%	40.9%
SP MLB Percentile	20	58	82	62	50	1	27	98	45	48	26	77	69	22	41
SP MLB AVG	34.6%	24.1%	41.4%	11.8%	15.7%	31.7%	35.3%	33.0%	21.1%	3.4%	21.8%	30.8%	25.0%	7.9%	39.2%

Year	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA
2018	-	-	-	-	.179	.268	.196	.237	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	.305	.360	.355	.394	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	33.3%	10.8%	43.2%	29.6%	.313	.423	.353	.405	.255	.347	.282	.393	90.2	90.9	21.0
2021	0.0%	0.0%	-	-	.000	.173	.000	.000	.098	.238	.147	.129	66.2	50.6	14.5
2022	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023	28.6%	11.4%	43.2%	27.1%	.250	.338	.317	.364	.247	.327	.319	.426	89.7	88.4	24.2
SP MLB Percentile	60	41	51	65	61	64	45	43	65	71	33	41	73	55	26
SP MLB AVG	31.3%	11.1%	44.1%	29.9%	.284	.374	.319	.362	.272	.371	.297	.419	91.1	89.1	18.7

Year	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	Whiff%	Swing%	Con%	O-Con%	Z-Con%	ECS%	2-Str O-Sw%	F-Str%	TF-Str%
2018	-	-	13.4%	14.4%	27.8%	69.6%	66.1%	24.3%	55.2%	75.7%	-	-	21.2%	-	67.8%	58.3%
2019	-	-	11.1%	14.6%	25.7%	68.1%	61.8%	20.7%	53.5%	79.3%	-	-	20.6%	-	67.5%	58.0%
2020	29.5%	53.4%	9.8%	17.2%	27.0%	69.6%	62.3%	18.7%	52.5%	81.3%	82.1%	81.0%	21.8%	15.3%	68.3%	55.0%
2021	30.0%	37.5%	6.3%	12.5%	18.8%	56.3%	56.3%	14.3%	43.8%	85.7%	100.0%	75.0%	14.3%	20.0%	75.0%	50.0%
2022	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023	28.0%	57.9%	16.1%	19.3%	35.4%	71.8%	66.1%	30.6%	52.5%	69.4%	54.5%	73.7%	22.0%	20.5%	66.1%	59.7%
SP MLB Percentile	54	89	95	65	94	89	88	94	80	94	90	94	45	40	65	78
SP MLB AVG	26.7%	50.1%	9.6%	18.0%	27.5%	65.1%	59.2%	20.0%	47.2%	80.0%	69.4%	84.2%	23.0%	22.7%	62.1%	52.0%

Year	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	heLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Zone%	Early BIP%	PAR%
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	58.5%	14.7%	26.8%	-	13.0%	18.9%
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	57.7%	11.2%	31.1%	-	12.7%	15.2%
2020	43.1%	30.4%	26.5%	44.6%	28.4%	27.0%	8.8%	25.5%	44.1%	58.3%	12.7%	28.9%	53.4%	19.3%	18.6%
2021	68.8%	6.3%	25.0%	25.0%	12.5%	62.5%	0.0%	31.3%	62.5%	43.8%	25.0%	31.3%	37.5%	14.3%	20.0%
2022	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023	27.9%	30.0%	42.1%	37.9%	31.4%	30.7%	8.6%	39.3%	30.7%	56.8%	15.4%	27.9%	57.9%	11.9%	25.6%
SP MLB Percentile	26	63	71	8	86	86	74	89	10	47	36	48	89	31	94
SP MLB AVG	34.2%	28.8%	37.0%	52.7%	26.1%	21.2%	7.4%	29.6%	41.6%	57.3%	14.1%	28.6%	50.1%	13.7%	16.3%

Year	P	PLV	Total PLV	QP%	AP%	BP%	Q-BP%	HP	PLA	Hit Luck
2018	395	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	615	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	204	4.87	994	39.7%	21.6%	38.7%	1.0%	3.0	5.30	+2
2021	16	4.85	78	56.3%	12.5%	31.3%	25.0%	-0.7	5.24	-1
2022	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023	280	5.23	1,463	53.9%	16.8%	29.3%	24.6%	0.8	3.25	0
SP MLB Percentile	60	84	63	90	25	87	87	63	-	65
SP MLB AVG	261	4.92	1,303	43.0%	19.8%	37.1%	5.9%	-	-	+2

Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	GB%	FB%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	HR/FB%	xAVG	xwOBA	HC%	Spin
2018	88.7	3.3%	-	-	21.2%	2.4%	23.5%	69.4%	63.5%	-	-	.147	.196	.235	-	-	-	-	-
2019	88.2	6.5%	-	-	21.5%	9.3%	30.8%	62.2%	55.8%	-	-	.262	.329	.391	-	-	-	-	-
2020	85.3	14.0%	33.3%	34.0%	24.0%	2.0%	26.0%	56.0%	48.0%	28.6%	57.1%	.333	.386	.500	25.0%	.215	.281	25.0%	2,083
2021	86.1	29.2%	60.0%	28.6%	42.9%	0.0%	42.9%	71.4%	71.4%	-	-	.000	.000	-	-	-	-	-	2,041
2022	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023	85.8	18.1%	32.1%	32.5%	18.1%	10.8%	28.9%	57.8%	53.0%	33.3%	22.2%	.222