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%
	1-1	19.0	4.26	1.26	33.8%	8.8%	31.7%

	128^th 3 W	172^nd 44 IP	92^nd 4.86 ERA	76^th 1.38 WHIP	6^th 21.4% K%	126^th 8.2% BB%	15^th 28.2% CSW%

	FB MPH	SwStr%	HC%	GB%	PLV	xERA
	96.0	14.4%	23.8%	23.9%	5.07	4.25

	22^nd 93.4 FB MPH	24^th 11.7% SwStr%	39^th 27.9% HC%	197^th 43.5% GB%	94^th 5.06 PLV	90^th 4.71 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	4	4	19.0	1	1	4.26	4.25	4.29	3.60	1.26	8.1	33.8%	8.8%	.310	23.8%	23.9%	1.89	18.2%	81.5%	14.4%	31.7%	5.07
SP MLB Percentile		8	8	13	17	76	54	55	60	85	60	64	96	36	40	79	1	20	25	88	87	92	48
SP MLB AVG		8	8	44.0	3	3	4.86	4.71	4.69	4.63	1.38	9.2	21.4%	8.2%	.301	27.9%	43.5%	-	14.7%	71.3%	11.7%	28.2%	5.06
5 Years		67	67	351.2	28	14	3.99	-	-	-	1.21	8.0	30.9%	7.7%	.311	6.6%	29.8%	1.38	110.2%	74.6%	15.4%	30.4%	4.97

Repertoire

Four-Seamer | 59%
Curveball | 18%
Cutter | 18%
Changeup | 6%
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	96.0	58.9%	27.9%	58.7%	13.9%	20.7%	34.6%	72.1%	65.9%	16.7%	56.7%	.283	.377	.370	17.6%	.247	.337	30.0%	2,233
SP MLB Percentile	88	96	53	90	85	73	91	88	87	5	88	50	48	26	33	65	68	57	45
SP MLB AVG	93.4	37.5%	26.6%	50.4%	9.4%	18.2%	27.6%	65.4%	59.3%	34.2%	41.8%	.286	.373	.321	15.0%	.274	.371	31.9%	2,248

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	.337	.321	.469	30.0%	16.7%	50.0%	30.0%	90.5	89.0	29.4	7.4	9.1	1.8	5.9	6.7	2,233
SP MLB Percentile	65	68	31	22	57	13	21	48	63	52	6	92	43	86	60	64	45
SP MLB AVG	.274	.371	.299	.420	31.9%	11.1%	44.7%	30.7%	91.3	89.1	18.9	4.9	9.3	-0.7	5.8	6.5	2,248

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	208	50	7	3	0	3	16	4	0	0	150	58	.283	.543	.377
SP MLB Percentile	47	49	47	40	26	27	68	57	36	12	52	60	50	36	48
SP MLB AVG	251	61	9	3	0	2	13	7	0	0	166	85	.286	.496	.373

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	16.7%	26.7%	56.7%	13.3%	17.6%	13.3%	23.3%	63.3%	23.1%	0.0%	10.0%	40.0%	23.3%	10.0%	46.7%
SP MLB Percentile	5	34	88	59	33	2	10	98	66	0	13	81	58	31	20
SP MLB AVG	34.2%	24.0%	41.8%	11.9%	15.0%	31.8%	35.7%	32.5%	21.1%	3.3%	21.1%	31.1%	25.4%	8.1%	39.7%

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	30.0%	16.7%	50.0%	30.0%	.283	.377	.370	.433	.247	.337	.321	.469	90.5	89.0	29.4
SP MLB Percentile	57	13	21	48	50	48	26	16	65	68	31	22	63	52	6
SP MLB AVG	31.9%	11.1%	44.7%	30.7%	.286	.373	.321	.364	.274	.371	.299	.420	91.3	89.1	18.9

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	27.9%	58.7%	13.9%	20.7%	34.6%	72.1%	65.9%	27.1%	51.4%	72.9%	66.7%	74.7%	23.2%	22.0%	61.0%	56.1%
SP MLB Percentile	53	90	85	73	91	88	87	87	70	87	58	92	47	51	41	66
SP MLB AVG	26.6%	50.4%	9.4%	18.2%	27.6%	65.4%	59.3%	19.7%	47.1%	80.3%	70.0%	84.4%	23.4%	22.4%	62.5%	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	27.4%	32.2%	40.4%	34.1%	32.2%	33.7%	10.6%	37.5%	30.3%	53.8%	17.8%	28.4%	58.7%	9.8%	27.1%
SP MLB Percentile	26	76	67	4	88	93	92	85	10	27	18	51	90	17	96
SP MLB AVG	34.1%	28.8%	37.1%	52.2%	26.3%	21.5%	7.4%	29.7%	41.6%	57.5%	13.9%	28.6%	50.4%	13.8%	15.9%

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	208	5.31	1,104	52.9%	17.8%	29.3%	23.6%	2.5	3.15	+0
SP MLB Percentile	47	89	52	88	30	86	86	41	-	62
SP MLB AVG	251	4.92	1,252	43.1%	20.0%	36.8%	6.3%	-	-	+2

Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	GB%	FB%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	HR/FB%	xAVG	xwOBA	HC%	Spin
2018	80.7	5.1%	-	-	14.4%	20.5%	34.8%	59.1%	56.1%	-	-	.167	.198	.235	-	-	-	-	-
2019	81.1	8.4%	-	-	16.0%	18.7%	34.7%	64.4%	60.0%	-	-	.196	.235	.258	-	-	-	-	-
2020	80.0	16.6%	39.3%	52.5%	11.9%	22.0%	33.9%	72.9%	66.1%	45.5%	18.2%	.250	.250	.364	0.0%	.139	.151	17.6%	2,106
2021	78.1	4.2%	-	100.0%	0.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1,842
2022	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023	81.2	17.9%	33.3%	28.6%	14.3%	15.9%	30.2%	55.6%	54.0%	28.6%	42.9%	.091