J.A. Happ

Position: 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)

Debut: June 30, 2007 (Age 24-254d, 19,133rd in major league history)
vs. NYM 4.0 IP, 7 H, 5 SO, 2 BB, 5 ER, L

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

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Team Record in Appearances: 15-17 / in Starts: 15-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2015 Pitching Game Log

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2015 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	165	5	Apr 11	SEA	@	OAK	W,5-4	GS-7		99	6.1	7	2	2	0	1	0	0	2.84	2.82	26	82	54	15	6	11	14	7	2	0	52			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.47	-0.126	1.50	-0.08%	0.15	1b start tie	7b 1-3 1 out d1
2	166	10	Apr 17	SEA		TEX	L,1-3	GS-7	L(0-1)	5	7.0	5	2	2	2	3	1	0	2.70	3.96	26	98	65	20	8	10	11	6	1	0	60			0	2	1	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	.73	0.059	.68	0.03%	1.23	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
3	167	15	Apr 22	SEA		HOU	W,3-2	GS-8	W(1-1)	4	7.1	8	2	2	0	5	1	0	2.61	3.81	29	100	68	22	6	11	13	11	1	0	59			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.05	0.262	.95	0.14%	1.45	1t start tie	8t --- 1 out a1
4	168	20	Apr 28	SEA	@	TEX	W,2-1	GS-7	W(2-1)	5	6.2	6	1	1	1	9	0	0	2.30	3.10	27	97	66	25	6	7	10	7	1	0	66			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.249	.96	0.14%	2.25	1b start tie	7b -2- 2 out a1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	169	25	May 3	SEA	@	HOU	L,6-7	GS-6		4	6.0	7	6	6	3	6	2	0	3.51	3.79	27	94	56	14	11	9	9	4	2	0	37			0	0	0	24	2	0	1	0	0	0	.47	-0.342	.46	-0.20%	-3.17	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
6	170	30	May 9	SEA		OAK	W,7-2	GS-5	W(3-1)	5	5.0	4	1	1	2	8	0	0	3.29	3.45	23	93	55	17	10	7	6	3	0	0	61			2	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.02	0.151	.81	0.07%	1.31	1t start tie	5t 3 out a2
7	171	35	May 15	SEA		BOS	W,2-1	GS-7		5	7.0	5	1	1	1	3	0	0	2.98	3.33	25	103	68	18	5	6	15	4	2	0	65			1	1	0	24	0	1	0	1	0	0	.95	0.258	.75	0.12%	2.23	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
8	172	40	May 21	SEA	@	BAL	L,4-5	GS-2		5	2.0	4	4	4	2	3	1	0	3.61	3.60	12	49	30	8	4	3	4	2	0	0	33			0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.274	.70	-0.12%	-3.01	1b start tie	2b 3 out d3
9	173	45	May 26	SEA	@	TBR	W,7-6	GS-6		4	6.0	7	3	3	1	3	0	1	3.71	3.55	27	111	67	16	9	5	17	5	2	0	48			1	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.057	.92	-0.03%	-0.20	1b start a 2	6b 3 out d1
10	174	50	May 31	SEA		CLE	L,3-6	GS-6		4	5.0	8	2	2	1	2	1	0	3.70	3.72	23	101	61	19	1	10	10	6	1	0	44			1	0	0	22	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.18	0.136	.99	0.07%	0.94	1t start tie	6t 1-- 0 out a2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	175	55	Jun 5	SEA		TBR	L,0-1	GS-7		4	7.0	6	0	0	1	6	0	0	3.31	3.52	26	100	64	16	10	5	14	6	4	0	70			0	2	0	25	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.25	0.428	.67	0.14%	3.23	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
12	176	60	Jun 11	SEA	@	CLE	L,0-6	GS-3	L(3-2)	5	2.1	6	4	4	2	3	0	0	3.72	3.50	15	77	48	10	7	5	5	2	0	0	30			0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	-0.152	.89	-0.06%	-1.64	1b start tie	3b 1-3 1 out d2
13	177	65	Jun 16	SEA	@	SFG	L,2-6	GS-6	L(3-3)	4	6.0	7	3	3	2	5	1	0	3.79	3.60	25	95	59	12	7	10	8	6	1	0	49			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	2	0	0	.83	-0.102	.48	-0.04%	-0.24	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
14	178	70	Jun 21	SEA		HOU	L,2-6	GS-5	L(3-4)	4	5.0	7	3	2	2	4	0	0	3.78	3.54	23	101	60	13	10	9	8	4	1	0	45			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.09	-0.118	.74	-0.05%	-0.69	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
15	179	75	Jun 27	SEA	@	LAA	L,2-4	GS-7	L(3-5)	5	7.0	5	4	4	2	6	1	0	3.89	3.59	27	110	65	25	8	6	13	4	4	0	55			0	0	0	25	2	0	1	0	0	0	.62	-0.137	.36	-0.05%	-0.80	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
16	180	80	Jul 3	SEA	@	OAK	W,9-5	GS-6	W(4-5)	5	6.0	8	3	3	0	5	0	0	3.93	3.45	25	101	65	22	5	14	6	3	3	0	49			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	0.010	.44	0.00%	-0.17	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
17	181	85	Jul 8	SEA		DET	L,4-5	GS-5		4	4.0	7	4	4	3	3	1	0	4.14	3.60	22	103	60	14	7	7	9	5	0	0	32			0	0	0	19	3	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.379	.46	-0.11%	-3.13	1t start tie	5t 12- 0 out tie
18	182	93	Jul 20	SEA	@	DET	L,4-5	GS-7		11	7.0	4	3	3	2	2	1	0	4.12	3.72	25	87	55	12	5	6	15	8	2	0	57			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	0.107	.36	0.02%	0.38	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
19	183	98	Jul 25	SEA		TOR	L,6-8	GS-2		4	1.2	1	3	3	4	1	0	1	4.31	3.83	11	52	27	11	3	4	1	0	0	0	38			0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.54	-0.293	.52	-0.06%	-2.82	1t start tie	2t 123 2 out d2
20	184	100	Jul 27	SEA		ARI	L,3-4	9-9		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.27	3.79	3	15	10	5	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.46	0.034	.16	0.01%	0.46	9t --- 0 out d1	9t 3 out d1
21	185	103	Jul 30	SEA	@	MIN	L,5-9	GS-4	L(4-6)	2	3.1	9	7	6	1	2	3	0	4.64	4.12	21	82	47	13	6	8	10	5	1	0	17			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	1	.72	-0.520	.14	-0.06%	-5.57	1b start a 2	4b 1-- 1 out d2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
				Player went from Seattle Mariners to Pittsburgh Pirates
22	186	105	Aug 4	PIT		CHC	L,0-5	GS-5	L(4-7)	4	4.1	9	4	4	2	6	0	0	4.78	4.03	23	99	59	15	11	9	6	4	0	0	33			0	0	0	21	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.174	1.20	-0.12%	-1.57	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out d3
23	187	113	Aug 14	PIT	@	NYM	W,3-2	GS-6		9	5.1	7	1	1	1	7	1	0	4.64	4.00	23	84	58	17	10	4	11	5	3	0	56			0	0	0	22	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.22	0.065	1.05	0.03%	1.06	1b start a 1	6b -2- 1 out tie
24	188	118	Aug 19	PIT		ARI	W,4-1	GS-6	W(5-7)	4	6.0	2	0	0	2	3	0	0	4.42	3.96	21	83	56	13	3	9	7	1	1	0	69			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	.85	0.267	.74	0.14%	2.76	1t start tie	6t 3 out a3
25	189	123	Aug 24	PIT	@	MIA	W,5-2	GS-6	W(6-7)	4	6.0	4	0	0	1	6	0	0	4.21	3.86	22	94	67	24	7	8	7	3	0	0	69			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	.95	0.336	.79	0.17%	2.67	1b start tie	6b 3 out a2
26	190	128	Aug 29	PIT		COL	W,4-3	GS-6	W(7-7)	4	5.2	5	1	1	1	2	0	0	4.10	3.82	24	87	62	15	8	10	11	4	2	0	56			1	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.14	0.160	.90	0.08%	1.29	1t start tie	6t 1-3 2 out a2
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
27	191	133	Sep 4	PIT	@	STL	W,9-3	GS-7	W(8-7)	5	7.0	3	0	0	0	8	0	0	3.90	3.67	24	110	72	29	9	6	10	4	1	0	79			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.69	0.313	.52	0.14%	3.28	1b start a 2	7b 3 out a4
28	192	138	Sep 9	PIT	@	CIN	W,5-4	GS-7	W(9-7)	4	6.0	3	2	2	0	10	1	0	3.87	3.60	22	102	68	20	13	3	9	5	1	0	68			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	1	.84	0.083	.63	0.04%	0.45	1b start a 1	7b 1-3 0 out a4
29	193	144	Sep 15(2)	PIT		CHC	L,1-2	GS-6	L(9-8)	5	5.2	8	2	2	2	8	0	0	3.84	3.52	27	94	62	12	15	6	11	6	1	0	51			0	1	0	24	4	0	1	0	0	0	1.07	-0.003	1.39	0.00%	0.34	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out d2
30	194	151	Sep 22	PIT	@	COL	W,6-3	GS-6	W(10-8)	6	5.1	7	3	3	1	8	1	0	3.88	3.51	23	82	54	12	9	5	9	6	0	0	49			2	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.12	-0.006	.85	0.00%	-0.28	1b start a 1	6b 1-- 1 out a3
31	195	157	Sep 28	PIT		STL	L,0-3	GS-6		5	6.0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	3.74	3.45	18	56	43	12	7	8	6	3	0	0	74			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	1	0	0	.83	0.343	1.61	0.40%	2.76	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
32	196	162	Oct 4	PIT		CIN	W,4-0	GS-6	W(11-8)	5	6.0	3	0	0	3	7	0	0	3.61	3.41	22	97	66	20	9	5	7	2	0	0	70			0	1	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.331	.29	0.06%	2.76	1t start tie	6t 3 out a2
							15-17		W-L:11-8	4.5	172.0	173	71	69	45	151	16	2	3.61	3.41	717	2839	64%	18%	8%	0.78		27%	7%	0	53	0	---%	8	7	1	668	38	1	4	14	0	5	.99	0.909	.77	0.82%	7.72

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