James Paxton

#65 - Starting Pitcher

Bats / Throws	Left / Left
Date of Birth	11/6/1988 (35)
Height, Weight	6'4", 212 lb
Hometown	Richmond, CAN

2024 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average

	W-L	IP	ERA	WHIP	K%	BB%
	9-3	100.1	4.40	1.45	16.7%	11.4%

	56^th 7 W	115^th 116 IP	118^th 4.33 ERA	159^th 1.29 WHIP	175^th 21.8% K%	185^th 7.7% BB%

	FB MPH	SwStr%	CSW%	Str-ICR	MTK%	PLV	PLA
	93.2	10.0%	24.5%	48.0%	7.2%	4.91	4.00

	115^th 93.5 FB MPH	153^rd 11.7% SwStr%	188^th 28.0% CSW%	38^th - Str-ICR	143^rd - MTK%	181^st 5.12 PLV	178^th - PLA

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Stats Glossary

Overview

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Year	Team	G	GS	IP	W-L	QS	ERA	WHIP	xERA	FIP	xFIP	PLA	K%	BB%	H/9	HR/9	BABIP	HR/FB%	LOB%	ICR	GB%	SwStr%	CSW%	IPR	PLV
2013	SEA	4	4	24.0	3-0	3	1.50	0.92	-	3.26	-	-	22.3%	7.4%	5.6	0.75	.203	-	88.5%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2014	SEA	13	13	74.0	6-4	8	3.04	1.20	-	3.28	-	-	19.5%	9.6%	7.3	0.36	.274	-	71.1%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2015	SEA	13	13	67.0	3-4	6	3.90	1.43	-	4.31	-	-	18.9%	9.8%	9.0	1.07	.289	-	73.1%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2016	SEA	20	20	121.0	6-7	10	3.79	1.31	-	2.80	-	-	22.9%	4.7%	10.0	0.67	.347	-	66.3%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2017	SEA	24	24	136.0	12-5	14	2.98	1.10	-	2.61	-	-	28.3%	6.7%	7.5	0.60	.301	-	75.5%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2018	SEA	28	28	160.1	11-6	15	3.76	1.10	-	3.24	-	-	32.2%	6.5%	7.5	1.29	.301	-	76.0%	-	-	15.8%	31.0%	0.67	-
2019	NYY	29	29	150.2	15-6	13	3.82	1.28	-	3.87	-	-	29.4%	8.7%	8.2	1.37	.315	-	76.2%	-	-	15.3%	29.9%	0.59	-
2020	NYY	5	5	20.1	1-1	1	6.64	1.48	3.80	4.39	4.46	4.48	28.9%	7.8%	10.2	1.77	.365	15.4%	55.1%	44.6%	33.9%	14.6%	28.9%	0.58	4.96
2021	SEA	1	1	1.1	0-0	0	6.75	0.75	1.54	2.26	4.02	4.38	40.0%	20.0%	0.0	0.00	.000	0.0%	0.0%	-	50.0%	16.7%	29.2%	0.67	4.95
2023	BOS	19	19	96.0	7-5	8	4.50	1.31	4.28	4.68	4.11	4.28	24.6%	8.0%	8.7	1.69	.294	18.6%	74.9%	38.8%	45.8%	13.8%	28.3%	0.53	4.96
2024	BOS/LAD	21	21	100.1	9-3	7	4.40	1.45	5.07	4.80	5.21	4.00	16.7%	11.4%	8.5	1.08	.278	10.3%	72.0%	37.4%	40.7%	10.0%	24.5%	0.36	4.91
SP MLB Percentile		43	43	41	65-86	40	40	19	15	22	6	9	10	6	47	65	68	84	45	64	37	21	5	95	8
SP MLB AVG		22	22	116.0	7-7	9	4.33	1.29	4.27	4.28	4.23	3.15	21.8%	7.7%	8.6	1.26	.290	14.0%	72.3%	38.6%	43.3%	11.7%	28.0%	0.49	5.12
Career		177	177	951.0	73-41	85	3.77	1.25	-	-	-	0.54	25.3%	7.9%	8.3	1.05	.302	33.2%	73.0%	17.4%	42.3%	14.1%	28.8%	0.56	4.94

Repertoire

Four-Seamer | 55%
Curveball | 30%
Changeup | 7%
Sinker | 5%
Cutter | 3%
All

2018 2019 2020 2021 2023 2024 All

Hide 2024 MLB Percentile | Hide 2024 MLB Average

Year	Usage%	MPH	Zone%	O-Sw%	Str%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str-ICR	GB%	FB%	ICR	HR/FB%	AVG	BABIP	HL	HP	MTK%	PLV
2018	15.2%	95.4	-	-	69.6%	13.4%	14.4%	27.8%	-	-	-	-	-	.179	.196	-	-	-	-
2019	23.1%	95.3	-	-	68.1%	11.1%	14.6%	25.7%	-	-	-	-	-	.305	.355	-	-	-	-
2020	57.3%	92.0	53.4%	29.5%	69.6%	9.8%	17.2%	27.0%	53.9%	32.4%	51.4%	43.2%	15.8%	.313	.353	+3	4.6	10.8%	4.99
2021	66.7%	94.1	37.5%	30.0%	56.3%	6.3%	12.5%	18.8%	-	50.0%	50.0%	-	0.0%	.000	.000	-1	-0.7	0.0%	4.75
2022	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023	55.9%	95.2	56.3%	29.3%	69.6%	11.7%	16.2%	27.9%	54.3%	38.7%	41.7%	42.9%	15.7%	.269	.293	-1	4.8	10.0%	5.08
2024	55.2%	93.2	50.2%	27.1%	64.6%	7.2%	14.5%	21.8%	49.2%	39.2%	40.2%	38.4%	10.5%	.264	.272	+4	-1.9	6.8%	4.79
SP MLB Percentile	95	42	41	52	35	24	18	7	28	75	40	75	67	43	66	30	67	-	26
SP MLB AVG	37.6%	93.5	50.9%	26.3%	65.7%	9.6%	17.6%	27.2%	51.6%	34.0%	42.6%	42.0%	13.2%	.259	.295	+1	-	6.9%	4.96

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HH%	Brl%	ICR	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	.255	.347	.282	.393	-	10.8%	43.2%	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%	-	66.2	50.6	14.5	7.5	10.9	2.0	6.2	6.4	2,349
2022	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023	.268	.348	.294	.400	-	9.5%	42.9%	89.8	87.8	17.5	7.4	8.8	1.8	5.9	6.8	2,203
2024	.302	.395	.309	.398	-	9.0%	38.4%	91.1	88.2	17.0	6.7	8.0	2.0	5.9	6.5	2,088
SP MLB Percentile	15	21	29	48	-	54	75	44	59	70	81	18	88	64	44	11
SP MLB AVG	.256	.350	.286	.395	-	9.8%	42.0%	90.8	88.8	19.9	4.8	9.1	-0.7	5.7	6.5	2,260

Year	P	TBF	Strikes	Balls	1B	2B	3B	HR	H	TB	TIC	K	BB	HBP
2018	395	91	275	120	9	2	0	3	14	20	0	20	11	0
2019	615	139	419	196	28	4	1	6	39	52	0	29	10	1
2020	204	54	142	62	7	4	1	3	15	22	16	11	5	1
2021	16	4	9	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
2022	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023	944	235	657	285	30	15	1	11	57	80	72	45	20	0
2024	942	260	609	333	38	10	1	8	57	74	73	32	37	1
SP MLB Percentile	74	81	71	18	14	23	17	25	15	-	-	57	4	39
SP MLB AVG	636	157	424	212	21	7	1	6	35	48	43	34	16	1

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	PU%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Fl&B%	Solid%	Brl%	SS%	HH%	PC%	ICR
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	32.4%	16.2%	51.4%	8.1%	24.3%	48.6%	27.0%	27.0%	5.4%	10.8%	37.8%	-	56.7%	43.2%
2021	50.0%	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	-	100.0%	-
2022	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023	38.7%	19.6%	41.7%	11.3%	23.8%	37.5%	38.7%	24.4%	8.9%	9.5%	38.7%	-	57.2%	42.9%
2024	39.2%	20.6%	40.2%	14.8%	34.2%	35.3%	30.5%	21.7%	7.9%	9.0%	33.3%	-	61.4%	38.4%
SP MLB Percentile	75	72	40	61	70	47	31	69	44	54	82	-	-	75
SP MLB AVG	34.0%	23.5%	42.6%	13.7%	30.8%	35.8%	33.4%	24.4%	7.9%	9.8%	37.9%	-	57.9%	42.0%

Year	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	HL	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA	HR/FB%
2018	.179	.268	.196	.237	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	.305	.360	.355	.394	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	.313	.423	.353	.405	+3	.255	.347	.282	.393	90.2	90.9	21.0	15.8
2021	.000	.173	.000	.000	-1	.098	.238	.147	.129	66.2	50.6	14.5	0.0
2022	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023	.269	.355	.293	.339	-1	.268	.348	.294	.400	89.8	87.8	17.5	15.7
2024	.264	.350	.272	.303	+4	.302	.395	.309	.398	91.1	88.2	17.0	10.5
SP MLB Percentile	43	43	66	74	30	15	21	29	48	44	59	70	67
SP MLB AVG	.259	.345	.295	.334	+1	.256	.350	.286	.395	90.8	88.8	19.9	13.2

Year	Zone%	Str%	Swing%	O-Sw%	Whiff%	Foul Str%	Con%	Z-Con%	O-Con%	CS%	SwStr%	CSW%	SIP%	BIP%	PLUS%	IPR	Str-ICR
2018	-	69.6%	55.2%	-	24.3%	26.6%	75.7%	-	-	14.4%	13.4%	27.8%	21.8%	15.2%	66.1%	0.65	-
2019	-	68.1%	53.5%	-	20.7%	26.3%	79.3%	-	-	14.6%	11.1%	25.7%	23.6%	16.1%	61.8%	0.55	-
2020	53.4%	69.6%	52.5%	29.5%	18.7%	24.5%	81.3%	81.0%	82.1%	17.2%	9.8%	27.0%	26.1%	18.1%	62.3%	0.57	53.9%
2021	37.5%	56.3%	43.8%	30.0%	14.3%	25.0%	85.7%	75.0%	100.0%	12.5%	6.3%	18.8%	22.2%	12.5%	56.3%	0.25	-
2022	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023	56.3%	69.6%	53.4%	29.3%	21.8%	23.9%	78.2%	82.0%	66.1%	16.2%	11.7%	27.9%	25.6%	17.8%	63.6%	0.60	54.3%
2024	50.2%	64.6%	50.1%	27.1%	14.4%	22.7%	85.6%	89.3%	75.6%	14.5%	7.2%	21.8%	31.2%	20.2%	58.6%	0.33	49.2%
SP MLB Percentile	41	35	62	52	15	59	15	15	28	18	24	7	11	12	32	85	28
SP MLB AVG	50.9%	65.7%	48.1%	26.3%	19.7%	21.7%	80.3%	84.1%	70.1%	17.6%	9.6%	27.2%	-	-	60.1%	0.52	-

Year	Zone%	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	mmLoc%
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	53.4%	43.1%	30.4%	26.5%	44.6%	28.4%	27.0%	25.5%	44.1%	8.8%
2021	37.5%	68.8%	6.3%	25.0%	25.0%	12.5%	62.5%	31.3%	62.5%	0.0%
2022	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023	56.3%	30.5%	29.9%	39.6%	47.6%	26.7%	25.7%	34.7%	35.4%	7.7%
2024	50.2%	26.6%	34.1%	39.3%	66.8%	22.5%	10.7%	37.9%	28.0%	6.9%
SP MLB Percentile	41	13	95	69	94	12	7	92	3	29
SP MLB AVG	50.9%	34.8%	28.8%	36.4%	51.8%	26.6%	21.6%	28.3%	42.9%	7.7%

Year	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Early BIP%	F-Str%	TF-Str%	ECS%	2-Str O Sw%	PAR%
2018	58.5%	14.7%	26.8%	13.0%	67.8%	58.3%	21.2%	-	18.9%
2019	57.7%	11.2%	31.1%	12.7%	67.5%	58.0%	20.6%	-	15.2%
2020	58.3%	12.7%	28.9%	19.3%	68.3%	55.0%	21.8%	15.3%	18.6%
2021	43.8%	25.0%	31.3%	14.3%	75.0%	50.0%	14.3%	20.0%	20.0%
2022	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023	56.5%	17.1%	26.5%	14.1%	67.4%	56.1%	20.1%	21.2%	18.0%
2024	54.4%	17.8%	27.8%	17.4%	64.5%	46.9%	20.3%	23.3%	12.2%
SP MLB Percentile	27	11	41	85	55	17	27	62	17
SP MLB AVG	57.3%	13.2%	29.5%	13.8%	63.6%	52.2%	22.7%	21.6%	16.8%

Year	MPH	Ext	iHB	iVB	Total Break	VAA	Height Adj. VAA	Spin	PLV
2018	95.4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019