Bio
- Height
- 6' 5"
- Debut
- 2009
- Draft
- 2005Rd 42, Pk 1
- College
- Canisius
Bio
- Height
- 6' 5"
- Debut
- 2009
- Draft
- 2005Rd 42, Pk 1
- College
- Canisius
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 544
- W
- 38
- L
- 34
- ERA
- 3.90
- IP
- 525.2
- K
- 589
- BB
- 261
- WHIP
- 1.42
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | MIL | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3.52 | 7.2 | 9 | 6 | 1.43 |
| 2010 | MIL | 50 | 8 | 2 | 2.48 | 58.0 | 76 | 27 | 1.19 |
| 2011 | MIL | 74 | 2 | 2 | 1.95 | 73.2 | 86 | 25 | 1.14 |
| 2012 | MIL | 75 | 5 | 8 | 4.67 | 69.1 | 93 | 39 | 1.44 |
| 2013 |  MIL/STL | 75 | 7 | 7 | 4.02 | 65.0 | 65 | 26 | 1.52 |
| 2014 |  CLE/PIT | 62 | 2 | 4 | 3.95 | 54.2 | 63 | 36 | 1.45 |
| 2015 | COL | 60 | 4 | 5 | 4.20 | 55.2 | 62 | 32 | 1.58 |
| 2016 | ATH | 68 | 6 | 4 | 3.97 | 65.2 | 60 | 30 | 1.45 |
| 2017 | ATH | 22 | 0 | 1 | 6.43 | 21.0 | 21 | 17 | 2.10 |
| 2018 |  TOR/LAD | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5.27 | 54.2 | 54 | 22 | 1.35 |
| 2021 | MIL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 54.00 | 0.1 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 12
- W
- 1
- L
- 0
- ERA
- 1.42
- IP
- 12.2
- K
- 18
- BB
- 6
- WHIP
- 1.03
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 0
- SHO
- 0
- K/9
- 10.1
- GB
- 745
- FB
- 690
- G/F
- 1.10
- WP
- 45
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | MIL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.6 | 6 | 12 | 0.5 | 1 |
| 2010 | MIL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.8 | 67 | 67 | 1 | 4 |
| 2011 | MIL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.5 | 97 | 96 | 1 | 8 |
| 2012 | MIL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.1 | 85 | 91 | 0.9 | 10 |
| 2013 | MIL/STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 93 | 102 | 0.9 | 5 |
| 2014 | CLE/PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.4 | 78 | 63 | 1.2 | 5 |
| 2015 | COL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 88 | 68 | 1.3 | 1 |
| 2016 | ATH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.2 | 110 | 86 | 1.3 | 4 |
| 2017 | ATH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 35 | 34 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | TOR/LAD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.9 | 71 | 36 | 2 | 6 |
| 2021 | MIL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 |
What were John Axford's career stats?
ESPN's season-by-season log for John Axford covers 11 seasons with the Brewers, the Rockies and the Athletics; its career totals count every season. He had 38 wins and 589 strikeouts with a 3.90 ERA over 525.2 innings. His best season was 2010: 8 wins, a 2.48 ERA and 76 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
11 seasons, 2 postseasons, 2009 to 2021
John Axford finished top 10 in a stat 1 time.
All-time career rank
- 96th in saves (144)
Among the 8,943 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
Season top 10 finishes
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
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