James Paxton (baseball)
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Paxton with the Seattle Mariners
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| Seattle Mariners – No. 65 | |||
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Born: November 6, 1988 Richmond, British Columbia |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 7, 2013, for the Seattle Mariners | |||
| MLB statistics (through April 15, 2017) |
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| Win–loss record | 20–15 | ||
| Earned run average | 3.20 | ||
| Strikeouts | 275 | ||
| WHIP | 1.23 | ||
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James Alston Paxton (born November 6, 1988) is a Canadian professional baseball pitcher for the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played college baseball for the Kentucky Wildcats.
Paxton attended Delta Secondary School in Ladner, British Columbia. He played for the North Delta Blue Jays of the British Columbia Premier Baseball League (PBL) and for Team Canada at the Junior National level. In his junior year, Paxton won 10 games and had a 1.51 earned run average (ERA) to go along with 100 strikeouts in 78 innings pitched. This led to him being named the top pitcher of the PBL and a first-team All-Star. After starting his senior year injured, Paxton finished the year with a 7–1 win–loss record and 65 strikeouts and 32 walks in 50 innings pitched. Both years Paxton and the Blue Jays won the league title and the prestigious B.C.'s Best Tournament.
After graduating high school in 2006, Paxton attended the University of Kentucky, where he played college baseball for the Kentucky Wildcats baseball team in the Southeastern Conference (SEC). As a true freshman, he led the Wildcats in appearances with 25 and had a 2–0 record in relief with one save.
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