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J.A. Happ

Position: Starting Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-5, 205lb (196cm, 92kg)

Born: October 19, 1982 in Peru, IL us

Draft: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 3rd round of the 2004 MLB June Amateur Draft from Northwestern University (Evanston, IL).

High School: St. Bede Academy (Peru, IL)

School: Northwestern University (Evanston, IL)

Last Game: September 30, 2021 (Age 38-346d)
vs. MIL 6.1 IP, 9 H, 7 SO, 0 BB, 3 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2009 season

Agents: Rogers Sports Management • Previously: Jay Fee Sports Group

Full Name: James Anthony Happ

Nicknames: Happer or JDot ADot

Pronunciation: \JAY\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

21.1

133

100

ERA

4.13

354

328

1893.2

1661

WHIP

1.315

2018 Player Pitching Game Log

2018 Player Pitching Game Log
Rk	Date	Lev	Tm		Opp	Inngs	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	GSc	AB	2B	3B	GDP	SF	SB	CS	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU
1	2018-03-29	Maj-AL	Toronto Blue Jays		New York Yankees	1-5	L	4.2	4	3	2	1	5	1	0	50	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	20	96	58	12	12	3	11	6	2
2	2018-04-03	Maj-AL	Toronto Blue Jays		Chicago White Sox	1-6	W	5.1	7	4	4	1	9	2	1	46	22	0	0	1	0	0	0	24	93	60	16	14	9	4	1	1
3	2018-04-09	Maj-AL	Toronto Blue Jays	@	Baltimore Orioles	1-6	W	6.0	5	1	1	3	9	1	1	64	22	0	0	2	0	0	0	26	104	69	20	18	6	7	3	1
4	2018-04-18	Maj-AL	Toronto Blue Jays		Kansas City Royals	1-6	W	6.0	5	4	4	2	8	1	1	52	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	27	99	63	13	12	9	7	1	2
5	2018-04-24	Maj-AL	Toronto Blue Jays		Boston Red Sox	1-7		7.0	4	1	1	0	10	0	0	75	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	25	97	63	16	13	6	9	3	2
6	2018-04-29	Maj-AL	Toronto Blue Jays		Texas Rangers	1-7	W	7.0	5	2	2	0	9	1	0	68	25	1	0	0	0	1	0	25	99	67	23	8	10	7	2	2
7	2018-05-04	Maj-AL	Toronto Blue Jays	@	Tampa Bay Rays	1-6	L	5.2	4	3	3	4	3	1	0	48	19	0	0	1	0	0	1	24	105	55	15	5	8	8	3	1
8	2018-05-10	Maj-AL	Toronto Blue Jays		Seattle Mariners	1-4	L	3.1	10	7	7	2	3	2	0	13	18	1	0	1	1	0	0	21	84	52	14	9	9	7	2	0
9	2018-05-16	Maj-AL	Toronto Blue Jays	@	New York Mets	1-7	W	7.0	2	0	0	0	10	0	0	83	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	23	101	74	15	16	7	6	2	0
10	2018-05-22	Maj-AL	Toronto Blue Jays		Los Angeles Angels	1-7	W	7.0	3	2	2	3	5	0	0	65	22	0	0	2	0	0	0	25	99	60	20	11	7	10	4	1
11	2018-05-27	Maj-AL	Toronto Blue Jays	@	Philadelphia Phillies	1-7	W	6.2	6	3	2	2	8	0	0	58	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	28	100	63	20	7	10	10	3	5
12	2018-06-02	Maj-AL	Toronto Blue Jays	@	Detroit Tigers	1-5		5.0	5	4	4	2	8	1	0	47	20	3	0	0	0	1	0	22	106	62	23	8	4	8	3	2
13	2018-06-08	Maj-AL	Toronto Blue Jays		Baltimore Orioles	1-7	W	7.0	2	1	0	2	3	0	0	72	23	1	0	0	0	1	0	25	105	65	16	6	9	12	2	2
14	2018-06-13	Maj-AL	Toronto Blue Jays	@	Tampa Bay Rays	1-5		5.0	1	0	0	3	4	0	0	66	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	98	64	21	6	6	6	3	0
15	2018-06-20	Maj-AL	Toronto Blue Jays		Atlanta Braves	1-9	W	8.1	6	4	4	0	8	2	0	63	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	31	113	79	12	13	11	13	4	2
16	2018-06-25	Maj-AL	Toronto Blue Jays	@	Houston Astros	1-6	W	6.0	7	3	3	2	4	1	0	48	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	27	104	67	18	4	7	14	5	1
17	2018-07-01	Maj-AL	Toronto Blue Jays		Detroit Tigers	1-6	L	5.2	10	7	7	1	4	1	0	24	25	2	0	2	0	0	0	26	97	61	10	9	6	14	5	3
18	2018-07-07	Maj-AL	Toronto Blue Jays		New York Yankees	1-3	L	2.2	4	6	6	6	5	2	0	25	12	1	0	0	0	1	0	18	84	47	11	8	1	6	3	0
19	2018-07-12	Maj-AL	Toronto Blue Jays	@	Boston Red Sox	1-4	L	3.2	5	5	0	1	6	1	1	46	17	0	0	0	0	1	0	19	98	66	15	11	7	4	3	0
20	2018-07-22	Maj-AL	Toronto Blue Jays		Baltimore Orioles	1-5		5.0	4	1	1	0	9	0	0	64	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	19	102	64	12	18	5	5	2	0
21	2018-07-29	Maj-AL	New York Yankees		Kansas City Royals	1-6	W	6.0	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	63	20	0	0	1	0	0	0	22	96	63	12	8	7	11	3	3
22	2018-08-09	Maj-AL	New York Yankees		Texas Rangers	1-6	W	6.0	4	3	3	1	9	1	2	60	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	25	94	64	19	16	3	9	3	3
23	2018-08-14	Maj-AL	New York Yankees		Tampa Bay Rays	1-7	W	7.0	1	0	0	4	4	0	1	75	20	0	0	1	0	0	1	25	106	71	17	8	4	12	3	4
24	2018-08-19	Maj-AL	New York Yankees		Toronto Blue Jays	1-6	W	5.1	7	2	2	1	8	2	0	53	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	24	103	70	13	20	2	13	4	2
25	2018-08-25	Maj-AL	New York Yankees	@	Baltimore Orioles	1-6	W	6.0	5	2	2	1	9	0	0	62	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	25	107	74	20	11	7	8	5	0
26	2018-08-30	Maj-AL	New York Yankees		Detroit Tigers	1-5		4.1	10	5	5	0	3	3	0	26	24	1	0	0	0	1	0	24	92	60	12	5	12	9	6	1
27	2018-09-04	Maj-AL	New York Yankees	@	Oakland Athletics	1-7		6.0	2	1	1	1	5	1	1	68	18	0	0	2	0	0	0	20	78	50	16	7	5	8	1	1
28	2018-09-10	Maj-AL	New York Yankees	@	Minnesota Twins	1-6	W	6.0	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	63	23	1	0	1	0	0	0	23	91	61	23	2	7	13	7	1
29	2018-09-18	Maj-AL	New York Yankees		Boston Red Sox	1-6		6.0	4	1	0	3	6	0	0	65	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	25	102	66	12	14	1	15	6	4
30	2018-09-23	Maj-AL	New York Yankees		Baltimore Orioles	1-5		5.0	5	1	1	2	7	1	0	58	19	2	1	0	0	0	1	21	103	67	21	10	2	10	3	0
31	2018-09-28	Maj-AL	New York Yankees	@	Boston Red Sox	1-6	W	6.0	4	4	4	2	7	1	0	53	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	24	88	57	18	9	6	9	3	1

2018 Player Pitching Splits

2018 Player Pitching Splits
Split	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Total	31	733	668	81	150	27	1	27	6	3	51	193	.225	.288	.389	.677	.273	260	14	9	2	2	0

Home	19	452	413	55	98	18	1	20	4	2	30	117	.237	.297	.431	.728	.281	178	8	6	1	2	0
Away	12	281	255	26	52	9	0	7	2	1	21	76	.204	.272	.322	.594	.262	82	6	3	1	0	0

March	1	20	19	3	4	1	0	1	0	0	1	5	.211	.250	.421	.671	.231	8	0	0	0	0	0
April	5	127	118	12	26	3	0	5	1	0	6	45	.220	.276	.373	.649	.309	44	3	3	0	0	0
May	5	121	108	15	25	3	0	3	0	1	11	29	.232	.300	.343	.643	.286	37	4	0	0	1	0
June	5	125	115	12	21	6	0	4	2	0	9	27	.183	.242	.339	.581	.202	39	0	0	1	0	0
July	5	104	93	20	26	4	0	5	2	0	9	26	.280	.356	.484	.840	.339	45	3	2	0	0	0
August	5	123	112	12	27	5	0	6	1	1	7	33	.241	.303	.446	.750	.288	50	1	3	1	0	0
September	5	113	103	7	21	5	1	3	0	1	8	28	.204	.266	.359	.625	.247	37	3	1	0	1	0

As Starter	31	733	668	81	150	27	1	27	6	3	51	193	.225	.288	.389	.677	.273	260	14	9	2	2	0

vs RHB as LHP	31	590	539		128	23	1	25			42	156	.238	.299	.423	.722	.287	228	12	6	1	1	0
vs LHB as LHP	26	143	129		22	4	0	2			9	37	.171	.239	.248	.488	.220	32	2	3	1	1	0

Bases Empty	31	458	422		92	18	1	19			29	113	.218	.278	.401	.678	.252	169	0	6	0	0	0
Runners On	31	275	246		58	9	0	8			22	80	.236	.304	.370	.674	.313	91	14	3	2	2	0

vs. Younger Batters	31	699	636		146	26	1	26			51	186	.230	.293	.396	.689	.282	252	13	7	2	2	0
vs. Older Batters	9	34	32		4	1	0	1			0	7	.125	.177	.250	.427	.125	8	1	2	0	0	0

Table
Split	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	SO9	SO/W
Total	17	6	.739	3.65	31	31	0	177.2	150	81	72	27	51	0	193	9	1	0	733	1.131	9.8	3.78

Home	10	4	.714	4.31	19	19	0	108.2	98	55	52	20	30	0	117	6	1	0	452	1.178	9.7	3.90
Away	7	2	.778	2.61	12	12	0	69.0	52	26	20	7	21	0	76	3	0	0	281	1.058	9.9	3.62

March	0	1	.000	3.86	1	1	0	4.2	4	3	2	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	20	1.071	9.6	5.00
April	4	0	1.000	3.45	5	5	0	31.1	26	12	12	5	6	0	45	3	0	0	127	1.021	12.9	7.50
May	3	2	.600	4.25	5	5	0	29.2	25	15	14	3	11	0	29	0	0	0	121	1.214	8.8	2.64
June	3	0	1.000	3.16	5	5	0	31.1	21	12	11	4	9	0	27	0	0	0	125	0.957	7.8	3.00
July	1	3	.250	5.87	5	5	0	23.0	26	20	15	5	9	0	26	2	0	0	104	1.522	10.2	2.89
August	4	0	1.000	3.77	5	5	0	28.2	27	12	12	6	7	0	33	3	0	0	123	1.186	10.4	4.71
September	2	0	1.000	1.86	5	5	0	29.0	21	7	6	3	8	0	28	1	1	0	113	1.000	8.7	3.50

As Starter	17	6	.739	3.65	31	31	0	177.2	150	81	72	27	51	0	193	9	1	0	733	1.131	9.8	3.78

Please note that splits include both major and minor league stats. We have decided that the splits across all levels is more useful than just minor league stats.

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