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Josh James

Relief Pitcher

Bats / Throws Right / Right
Date of Birth 3/8/1993 (32)
Height, Weight 6'3", 234 lb
Hometown Hollywood, FL

2021 Season Stats

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MLB Rank MLB Average
Sv IP ERA WHIP K% BB%
0 5.0 5.40 1.20 38.1% 9.5%
3
Sv
44
IP
4.16
ERA
1.32
WHIP
24.5%
K%
10.0%
BB%
FB MPH SwStr% CSW% Str-ICR MTK% PLV PLA
94.7 14.5% 40.6% 62.3% 2.9% 4.88 3.48
93.9
FB MPH
12.8%
SwStr%
29.1%
CSW%
51.4%
Str-ICR
5.1%
MTK%
4.98
PLV
-
PLA

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Josh James Overview

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Year Team G GS IP W-L Sv Hld ERA WHIP xERA FIP xFIP PLA K% BB% H/9 HR/9 BABIP HR/FB% LOB% ICR GB% SwStr% CSW% IPR PLV
2018 HOU 6 3 23.0 2-0 0 2 2.35 0.96 - 3.51 - - 31.9% 7.7% 5.9 1.17 .240 - 90.9% - - 14.6% 34.1% 0.70 -
2019 HOU 49 1 61.1 5-1 1 6 4.70 1.32 - 3.98 - - 37.6% 13.2% 6.8 1.47 .308 - 71.8% - - 16.8% 32.2% 0.64 -
2020 HOU 13 2 17.1 1-0 0 4 7.27 1.85 6.95 7.11 6.72 4.78 25.3% 20.5% 7.8 2.08 .282 25.0% 70.4% 41.9% 32.6% 10.9% 30.6% 0.47 4.84
2021 HOU 5 0 5.0 0-0 0 0 5.40 1.20 2.61 3.77 2.25 3.48 38.1% 9.5% 7.2 1.80 .300 50.0% 65.2% 18.2% 54.5% 14.5% 40.6% 0.86 4.88
RP MLB Percentile - - - --- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
RP MLB AVG 42 0 44.0 3-2 3 7 4.16 1.32 4.26 4.15 4.17 3.72 24.5% 10.0% 8.0 1.13 .288 19.2% 72.4% 36.5% 44.9% 12.8% 29.1% 0.52 4.98
Career 73 6 106.2 8-1 1 12 4.64 1.32 - - - 0.94 34.3% 13.2% 6.7 1.52 .287 100.0% 74.3% 8.5% 37.0% 15.3% 32.6% 0.63 4.85

Josh James Repertoire

2018 2019 2020 2021 All
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Josh James Game Log

Josh James Standard

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Year Team G GS IP W-L QS Sv Hld P Strikes Balls TBF H 1B 2B 3B HR K BB HB WP
2018 HOU 6 3 23.0 2-0 0 0 2 349 231 118 91 15 8 4 0 3 29 7 2 0
2019 HOU 49 1 61.1 5-1 0 1 6 1,142 695 447 266 46 28 7 1 10 100 35 4 6
2020 HOU 13 2 17.1 1-0 0 0 4 340 188 152 83 15 7 4 0 4 21 17 2 2
2021 HOU 5 0 5.0 0-0 0 0 0 69 47 22 21 4 1 2 0 1 8 2 0 2
RP MLB Percentile - - - --- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
RP MLB AVG 42 0 44.0 3-2 0 3 7 745 473 272 189 38 25 7 1 5 47 18 2 3
Career 73 6 106.2 8-1 0 1 12 1,900 1,161 739 461 80 44 17 1 18 158 61 8 10

Josh James Advanced

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Year Team K% BB% AVG SLG OPS wOBA BABIP BACON xAVG xwOBA xBABIP xwoBACON EV FB EV LA xERA
2018 HOU 31.9% 7.7% .183 .341 .605 .268 .240 .283 - - - - - - - -
2019 HOU 37.6% 13.2% .203 .374 .694 .304 .308 .362 - - - - - - - -
2020 HOU 25.3% 20.5% .234 .484 .894 .390 .282 .349 .244 .395 .300 .452 85.4 90.0 16.4 6.95
2021 HOU 38.1% 9.5% .211 .474 .760 .322 .300 .364 .141 .247 .168 .345 89.5 81.1 3.8 2.61
RP MLB Percentile - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
RP MLB AVG 24.5% 10.0% .234 .387 .705 .307 .288 .320 .229 .306 .279 .357 87.8 89.2 12.5 4.26
Career 34.3% 13.2% .204 .390 .713 .318 .287 .342 .086 .256 .273 .435 86.3 89.0 13.8 -

Josh James Pitch › Mix

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Year Team FF% (MPH) SI% (MPH) FC% (MPH) SL% (MPH) ST% (MPH) CB% (MPH) CH% (MPH) FS% (MPH) KN% (MPH) Fastball% Secondary%
2018 HOU 6.6% (98.3) - - 0.9% (87.0) - - 4.3% (89.8) - - 6.6% 5.2%
2019 HOU 23.7% (96.9) - - 7.7% (84.6) - 0.5% (81.7) 6.5% (88.9) - - 23.7% 14.7%
2020 HOU 57.9% (96.2) - - 23.8% (85.6) - 4.7% (82.0) 13.5% (88.8) - - 57.9% 42.1%
2021 HOU 58.0% (94.7) - - 26.1% (85.2) - - 15.9% (87.6) - - 58.0% 42.0%
RP MLB Percentile - - - - - - - - - - -
RP MLB AVG 47.4% (93.9) 31.7% (93.0) 24.6% (88.0) 31.7% (84.3) - (-) 20.4% (78.3) 18.6% (85.3) 16.2% (85.6) 83.5% (69.5) 52.4% 47.5%
Career 27.9% (96.6) - - 10.0% (85.1) - 1.2% (81.9) 7.7% (88.9) - - 27.9% 18.8%

Josh James Pitch › Results

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Year Team FF CSW% SI CSW% FC CSW% SL CSW% ST CSW% CB CSW% CH CSW% FS CSW% KN CSW% Fastball CSW% Secondary CSW%
2018 HOU 34.8% (2) - - 66.7% (1) - - 33.3% (2) - - 34.8% 616.7%
2019 HOU 25.5% (29) - - 37.5% (14) - 16.7% (0) 39.2% (19) - - 25.5% 178.0%
2020 HOU 29.9% (14) - - 29.6% (11) - 37.5% (2) 32.6% (10) - - 29.9% 31.5%
2021 HOU 45.0% (6) - - 38.9% (2) - - 27.3% (2) - - 45.0% 34.5%
RP MLB Percentile - - - - - - - - - - -
RP MLB AVG 27.7% (33) 26.2% (11) 25.6% (16) 31.2% (32) - (-) 29.2% (10) 23.7% (12) 23.6% (18) 41.0% (2) 27.7% 30.0%
Career 29.0% (51) - - 34.7% (28) - 31.8% (2) 35.6% (33) - - 29.0% 129.9%

Josh James Batted Ball › Contact

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Year Team GB% LD% FB% PU% SS% Pull% Cent% Oppo% Foul Str% PC% Fl&B% Solid% Brl% ICR
2018 HOU - - - - - - - - 16.9% - - - - -
2019 HOU - - - - - - - - 17.5% - - - - -
2020 HOU 32.6% 18.6% 37.2% 11.6% 46.5% 25.6% 39.5% 34.9% 12.1% 58.1% 23.3% 2.3% 16.3% 41.9%
2021 HOU 54.5% 18.2% 18.2% 9.1% 18.2% 45.5% 18.2% 36.4% 11.6% 81.8% 9.1% 0.0% 9.1% 18.2%
RP MLB Percentile - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
RP MLB AVG 44.9% 21.1% 24.1% 10.0% 34.2% 37.8% 36.5% 25.7% 17.9% 63.4% 23.8% 5.8% 7.0% 36.5%
Career 37.0% 18.5% 33.3% 11.1% 40.7% 29.6% 35.2% 35.2% 16.2% 63.0% 20.4% 1.9% 14.8% 8.5%

Josh James Batted Ball › Outcomes

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Year Team AVG wOBA BABIP BACON xAVG xwOBA xBABIP xwoBACON EV FB EV LA HR/FB ICR IPA%
2018 HOU .183 .268 .240 .283 - - - - - - - - - -
2019 HOU .203 .304 .308 .362 - - - - - - - - - -
2020 HOU .234 .390 .282 .349 .244 .395 .300 .452 85.4 90.0 16.4 25.0% 41.9% 21.7%
2021 HOU .211 .322 .300 .364 .141 .247 .168 .345 89.5 81.1 3.8 50.0% 18.2% 9.5%
RP MLB Percentile - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
RP MLB AVG .234 .307 .288 .320 .229 .306 .279 .357 87.8 89.2 12.5 19.2% 36.5% 23.5%
Career .204 .318 .287 .342 .086 .256 .273 .435 86.3 89.0 13.8 100.0% 8.5% 4.3%

Josh James Approach › Plate Discipline

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Year Team Zone% Str% Swing% O-Sw% Whiff% Foul Str% Con% Z-Con% O-Con% CS% SwStr% CSW% BIP% PLUS% IPR Str-ICR
2018 HOU - 66.2% 46.7% - 31.3% 16.9% 68.7% - - 19.5% 14.6% 34.1% 15.2% 61.9% 0.70 -
2019 HOU - 60.9% 45.4% - 37.0% 17.5% 63.0% - - 15.4% 16.8% 32.2% 11.1% 56.8% 0.64 -
2020 HOU 39.4% 55.3% 35.6% 22.3% 30.6% 12.1% 69.4% 81.3% 50.0% 19.7% 10.9% 30.6% 12.6% 50.9% 0.47 44.7%
2021 HOU 58.0% 68.1% 42.0% 27.6% 34.5% 11.6% 65.5% 76.2% 37.5% 26.1% 14.5% 40.6% 15.9% 62.3% 0.86 62.3%
RP MLB Percentile - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
RP MLB AVG 45.5% 63.3% 47.1% 29.5% 27.3% 17.9% 72.7% 81.4% 56.4% 16.3% 12.8% 29.1% 16.4% 58.1% 0.52 51.4%
Career 9.2% 61.1% 43.8% 23.0% 34.9% 16.2% 65.1% 80.2% 48.1% 17.3% 15.3% 32.6% 12.3% 56.9% 0.63 59.0%

Josh James Approach › Locations

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Year Team Zone% aLoc% x-mLoc% gLoc% hiLoc% y-mLoc% loLoc% iLoc% oLoc% mmLoc%
2018 HOU - - - - - - - - - -
2019 HOU - - - - - - - - - -
2020 HOU 39.4% 35.6% 23.5% 40.9% 33.2% 20.0% 46.8% 25.6% 50.9% 5.0%
2021 HOU 58.0% 31.9% 20.3% 47.8% 30.4% 26.1% 43.5% 26.1% 53.6% 2.9%
RP MLB Percentile - - - - - - - - - -
RP MLB AVG 45.5% 33.8% 25.1% 41.1% 30.0% 24.9% 45.1% 29.2% 45.6% 6.7%
Career 9.2% 35.0% 23.0% 42.1% 32.8% 21.0% 46.2% 25.7% 51.3% 4.6%

Josh James Approach › Counts

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Year Team Early% Behind% 2-Str% Early BIP% F-Str% TF-Str% ECS% 2-Str O-Sw% PAR%
2018 HOU 59.9% 9.5% 30.7% 13.4% 65.9% 58.2% 24.9% - 27.1%
2019 HOU 53.6% 13.4% 33.0% 9.3% 57.7% 48.3% 19.4% - 26.5%
2020 HOU 57.9% 17.6% 24.4% 9.6% 57.1% 48.8% 24.4% 20.5% 25.3%
2021 HOU 66.7% 11.6% 21.7% 17.4% 81.0% 66.7% 37.0% 20.0% 53.3%
RP MLB Percentile - - - - - - - - -
RP MLB AVG 58.1% 12.7% 29.7% 13.5% 58.9% 49.0% 21.1% 25.0% 20.7%
Career 56.0% 13.4% 30.6% 10.5% 60.3% 51.2% 22.2% 3.4% 27.1%

Josh James PLV

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Year Team P PLV QP% AP% BP% Q-BP% MTK% HP HL PLA
2018 HOU 349 - - - - - - - - -
2019 HOU 1,142 - - - - - - - - -
2020 HOU 340 4.84 47.4% 13.5% 39.1% 8.2% 2.4% 5.6 +3 4.78
2021 HOU 69 4.88 47.8% 23.2% 29.0% 18.8% 2.9% 0.6 +1 3.48
RP MLB Percentile - - - - - - - - - -
RP MLB AVG 745 4.98 45.7% 17.4% 37.0% 8.7% 5.1% 1.1 +3 3.72
Career 1,900 4.85 47.4% 15.2% 37.4% 10.0% 2.4% 6.2 +4 0.94
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