What years did James Paxton play?

James Paxton played in Major League Baseball from 2013 to 2024.

Was James Paxton a pitcher?

Yes. James Paxton pitched in the major leagues, recording 73 wins and 1005 strikeouts.

How many home runs did James Paxton hit?

James Paxton hit 0 career home runs.

What teams did James Paxton play for?

James Paxton played for 4 teams: the Seattle Mariners (2013–2018, 2021), the New York Yankees (2019–2020), the Boston Red Sox (2023–2024), and the Los Angeles Dodgers (2024).

What were James Paxton's career stats?

In 177 games, James Paxton went 73-41 with a 3.77 ERA, 1,005 strikeouts, and 951.0 innings pitched.

What was James Paxton's salary?

James Paxton's last recorded salary was $519,000, in 2015. His highest recorded salary was $519,000, in 2015, and his lowest was $503,500, in 2014. The Salary History table lists each season from 2014 to 2015.

What position did James Paxton play?

James Paxton played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was James Paxton and how much did he weigh?

James Paxton was listed at 6 feet 4 inches and 227 pounds.

What was James Paxton's career ERA?

James Paxton finished with a 3.77 career ERA, going 73-41 with 1,005 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did James Paxton have?

James Paxton recorded 1,005 career strikeouts.

Is James Paxton in the Hall of Fame?

No. James Paxton has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

James Paxton

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2013-2024)

James Paxton was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2013 to 2024 for 4 teams, including the Seattle Mariners, a span of 12 seasons. Across 177 career appearances, he went 73-41 with a 3.77 ERA and 1,005 strikeouts. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 14758.4.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 17, 2026

W–L 73–41

ERA 3.77

WHIP 1.25

SO 1,005

Pitcher PIV 14758.4

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: L / L
Height / Weight: 6'4" / 227 lb
Born: 11/6/1988 in Ladner, BC, CAN
MLB Debut: 2013-09-07
Last Game: 2024-08-11

Full name: James Alston Paxton

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Career Pitching Statistics

James Paxton — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
73	41	177	177	2	1	0	951.0	872	398	111	314	1,005	3.77	14758.4

Career ERA 3.77 vs. league average 4.15 across their career seasons — 9.3% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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James Paxton Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2013	SEA	AL	3	0	4	4	0	0	24.0	15	4	7	21	1.50	3.87 (+61%)	367.4
2014	SEA	AL	6	4	13	13	0	0	74.0	60	25	29	59	3.04	3.74 (+19%)	863.5
2015	SEA	AL	3	4	13	13	0	0	67.0	67	29	29	56	3.90	3.96 (+2%)	-588.3
2016	SEA	AL	6	7	20	20	0	0	121.0	134	51	24	117	3.79	4.19 (+9%)	4310.8
2017	SEA	AL	12	5	24	24	0	0	136.0	113	45	37	156	2.98	4.36 (+32%)	6122.9
2018	SEA	AL	11	6	28	28	2	1	160.1	134	67	42	208	3.76	4.15 (+9%)	3781.9
2019	NYA	AL	15	6	29	29	0	0	150.2	138	64	55	186	3.82	4.51 (+15%)	2487.4
2020	NYA	AL	1	1	5	5	0	0	20.1	23	15	7	26	6.64	4.45 (-49%)	41.6
2021	SEA	AL	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.1	0	1	1	2	6.75	—	0.0
2023	BOS	AL	7	5	19	19	0	0	96.0	93	48	33	101	4.50	4.33 (-4%)	-841.0
2024	LAN	NL	8	2	18	18	0	0	89.1	82	44	48	64	4.43	4.08 (-9%)	-2014.1
2024	BOS	AL	1	1	3	3	0	0	11.0	13	5	2	9	4.09	4.08 (avg)	226.2
Career · 12 seasons			73	41	177	177	2	1	951.0	872	398	314	1,005	3.77	—	14,758

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

James Paxton — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
177	12	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	12	.000	.143	.000	.143	0

Career AVG .000 vs. league average .250 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career OBP .143 vs. league average .319 across their career seasons — 55.2% below league average.

Career SLG .000 vs. league average .410 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career OPS .143 vs. league average .729 across their career seasons — 80.4% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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James Paxton Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2013	SEA	AL	4	1	1	0	1	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	SEA	AL	13	1	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	SEA	AL	13	2	0	0	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	SEA	AL	20	3	0	0	1	3	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	SEA	AL	24	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	SEA	AL	28	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2019	NYA	AL	29	5	0	1	0	5	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2020	NYA	AL	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2021	SEA	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2023	BOS	AL	19	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2024	LAN	NL	18	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2024	BOS	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 12 seasons			177	12	1	1	2	12	.000	—	—	—	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

James Paxton — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

James Paxton — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
2019	ALCS	NYA	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2019	ALDS2	NYA	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

James Paxton — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1	0	3	3	0	13.0	13	5	7	20	3.46

Playoff Pitching by Year

James Paxton — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2019	ALCS	NYA	1	0	2	2	0	8.1	8	2	6	12	2.16
2019	ALDS2	NYA	0	0	1	1	0	4.2	5	3	1	8	5.79

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

James Paxton — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	86	0	0	0	0	0	—
Away	91	12	1	0	0	1	.000

Pitching — Home / Away

James Paxton — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	86	475.0	404	168	152	511	3.18
Away	91	476.0	468	230	162	494	4.35

Last 10 Games — Pitching

James Paxton — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2024-08-11	BOS	HOU	—	0.2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2024-08-05	BOS	KCR	W	6.0	5	2	2	1	4	0
2024-07-30	BOS	SEA	L	4.1	6	6	3	1	5	1
2024-07-21	LAD	BOS	W	5.0	4	3	3	4	7	1
2024-07-12	LAD	DET	—	3.2	5	3	3	4	1	0
2024-07-06	LAD	MIL	—	5.0	4	2	2	2	3	1
2024-06-30	LAD	SFG	L	4.0	12	9	9	2	4	1
2024-06-24	LAD	CHW	—	5.0	3	0	0	3	6	0
2024-06-17	LAD	COL	W	7.0	2	1	1	1	8	1
2024-06-11	LAD	TEX	W	6.0	2	1	1	2	2	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

James Paxton — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	177	177	11	63	7	2

Season-by-Season Fielding

James Paxton — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2013	SEA	P	4	4	0	3	0	0
2014	SEA	P	13	13	1	7	3	1
2015	SEA	P	13	13	0	6	0	0
2016	SEA	P	20	20	0	12	3	1
2017	SEA	P	24	24	4	6	0	0
2018	SEA	P	28	28	1	7	0	0
2019	NYA	P	29	29	2	10	0	0
2020	NYA	P	5	5	0	2	0	0
2021	SEA	P	1	1	0	0	0	0
2023	BOS	P	19	19	2	4	0	0
2024	LAN	P	18	18	0	6	1	0
2024	BOS	P	3	3	1	0	0	0

Career Games by Position

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James Paxton Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	177

Awards & Honors

James Paxton — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2023	Pitcher of the Month	June
2018	Player of the Week	Week of 2018-05-12
2017	Pitcher of the Month	July
2017	Player of the Week	Week of 2017-04-15
2017	Player of the Week	Week of 2017-07-29

Salary History

James Paxton's recorded salaries total $1,022,500 over 2 seasons, 2014 to 2015. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Paxton's career ran from 2013 to 2024. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2013 and 2016.

James Paxton — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2015	SEA	AL	$519,000
2014	SEA	AL	$503,500
Total recorded salary (partial)			$1,022,500

College History

James Paxton — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
University of Kentucky	Lexington	KY	2007, 2008, 2009

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James Paxton: the record in brief

James Paxton played a first major league game on September 7, 2013 and a last one on August 11, 2024. The team column moves through the Seattle Mariners (2013 through 2021), the New York Yankees (2019 through 2020), the Boston Red Sox (2023 to 2024), and the Los Angeles Dodgers (2024). Paxton, born on November 6, 1988, in Ladner, BC, CAN, is listed as a pitcher and both batted and threw left-handed. The bio gives 6 feet, 4 inches and 227 pounds. James Paxton was the playing name; the full given name is James Alston.

Paxton went 73-41 with a 3.77 ERA in 177 games, 177 of them starts. The totals include 1,005 strikeouts. Against a 4.15 league ERA for the same years, Paxton was 9.3% better. Paxton won 15 games in 2019, the most of any season listed. The strikeout high was 208 in 2018. Among the heaviest workloads, the lowest ERA was 2.98 in 2017, when the league's was 4.36.

Frequently Asked Questions about James Paxton

What years did James Paxton play?: James Paxton played in Major League Baseball from 2013 to 2024.
Was James Paxton a pitcher?: Yes. James Paxton pitched in the major leagues, recording 73 wins and 1005 strikeouts.
How many home runs did James Paxton hit?: James Paxton hit 0 career home runs.
What teams did James Paxton play for?: James Paxton played for 4 teams: the Seattle Mariners (2013–2018, 2021), the New York Yankees (2019–2020), the Boston Red Sox (2023–2024), and the Los Angeles Dodgers (2024).
What were James Paxton's career stats?: In 177 games, James Paxton went 73-41 with a 3.77 ERA, 1,005 strikeouts, and 951.0 innings pitched.
How much did James Paxton earn in his career?: James Paxton's recorded salaries total $1,022,500 over 2 seasons, 2014 to 2015. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Paxton's career ran from 2013 to 2024. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2013 and 2016.
What was James Paxton's salary?: James Paxton's last recorded salary was $519,000, in 2015. His highest recorded salary was $519,000, in 2015, and his lowest was $503,500, in 2014. The Salary History table lists each season from 2014 to 2015.
What position did James Paxton play?: James Paxton played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was James Paxton and how much did he weigh?: James Paxton was listed at 6 feet 4 inches and 227 pounds.
What was James Paxton's career ERA?: James Paxton finished with a 3.77 career ERA, going 73-41 with 1,005 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did James Paxton have?: James Paxton recorded 1,005 career strikeouts.
Is James Paxton in the Hall of Fame?: No. James Paxton has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.