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J.A. Happ

Birthdate: 10/19/1982 Bats/Throws: L/L
Height/Weight: 6-6/195 Position: P
Contract: $8.9M / 2 Years (2013 - 2014) + 1 Option Years

5/24/2013: The Blue Jays transferred Happ (head) to the 60-day disabled list Friday.

5/8/2013 - What to Do After a J.A. Happ-like Accident by Jeff Sullivan (FanGraphs)

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4/4/2013 - AL Starting Pitchers: The Unranked by Mike Podhorzer (RotoGraphs)

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9/27/2012 - The Unofficial September DL List Continues by Howard Bender (RotoGraphs)

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8/31/2012 - Available Two Start Starters (Sept. 3-9) by Brandon Warne (RotoGraphs)

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8/30/2012 - AL SP New Faces by Mike Podhorzer (RotoGraphs)

Standard

Season	Pitch	Pitches	AB	PA	H	1B	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	HBP	SF	SH	GDP	AVG	min-Vel	max-Vel	Vel
2008	FA	344	75	89	15	13	2	0	0	11	19	1	0	2	0	.200	84.7	92.6	88.8
2008	CH	104	21	21	6	4	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	.286	75.8	84.2	79.3
2008	SL	82	22	25	7	4	0	0	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	.318	78.2	84.4	81.6
2008	CU	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	67.6	78.4	70.8
2009	FA	1806	395	455	97	61	20	2	14	47	84	5	4	4	11	.246	84.3	94.1	89.7
2009	SL	404	113	116	29	21	7	0	1	2	25	0	1	0	6	.257	71.3	88.4	82.3
2009	CH	275	67	71	16	12	1	0	3	2	5	0	1	1	2	.239	73.6	87.0	80.3
2009	CU	83	20	21	4	1	1	0	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	.200	66.3	87.5	73.5
2009	FT	42	11	12	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.182	78.9	90.3	81.1
2010	FA	911	151	193	30	20	7	0	3	33	39	1	4	4	2	.199	85.2	94.7	89.8
2010	CH	348	82	91	25	15	7	0	3	8	11	0	0	1	5	.305	75.0	88.3	81.7
2010	SL	203	53	56	8	6	2	0	0	3	12	0	0	0	3	.151	75.8	87.0	83.2
2010	CU	98	25	25	7	4	1	0	2	0	8	0	0	0	0	.280	70.4	79.4	76.3
2011	FA	1666	302	370	74	43	20	0	11	56	84	2	2	8	6	.245	85.2	94.2	90.0
2011	CH	413	119	129	30	20	6	1	3	7	12	0	3	0	4	.252	76.0	88.3	81.6
2011	SL	317	76	86	27	15	6	1	5	6	10	0	2	2	1	.355	76.5	93.2	84.1
2011	CU	283	46	50	13	6	5	1	1	4	14	0	0	0	1	.283	71.7	81.1	76.1
2011	FT	281	51	59	13	8	3	1	1	5	14	0	1	2	0	.255	79.9	96.4	89.7
2012	FA	1375	266	319	70	37	18	1	14	44	86	2	2	5	2	.263	84.7	94.5	90.5
2012	SL	392	93	102	23	14	5	2	2	4	19	0	2	3	5	.247	79.2	90.7	83.8
2012	CU	279	87	87	21	16	5	0	0	0	25	0	0	0	2	.241	72.4	83.2	77.1
2012	FT	258	55	60	14	5	5	1	3	4	9	0	0	1	1	.255	88.1	92.8	90.1
2012	CH	228	56	59	18	12	6	0	0	3	5	0	0	0	2	.321	79.7	84.4	82.4
2013	FA	371	66	80	17	11	4	0	2	12	14	1	1	0	0	.258	84.7	93.6	90.2
2013	FT	96	19	23	5	2	2	1	0	3	6	0	1	0	0	.263	86.6	93.6	90.3
2013	CH	88	24	25	3	2	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	1	.125	80.8	88.2	82.8
2013	SL	56	10	11	4	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	.400	80.3	86.5	83.1
2013	CU	38	9	11	3	2	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	.333	73.5	83.7	76.3
Total	FA	6473	1255	1506	303	185	71	3	44	203	326	12	13	23	21	.241	84.3	94.7	89.9
Total	CH	1456	369	396	98	65	23	1	9	21	39	0	4	2	14	.266	73.6	88.3	81.4
Total	SL	1454	367	396	98	62	21	3	12	18	69	0	6	5	15	.267	71.3	93.2	83.2
Total	CU	792	188	195	48	29	13	1	5	7	53	0	0	0	3	.255	66.3	87.5	76.2
Total	FT	677	136	154	34	16	11	3	4	13	29	0	2	3	1	.250	78.9	96.4	89.4

Advanced

Season	Pitch	Pitches	BB%	K%	BB/K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	BABIP	wRC	wRAA	wOBA	wRC+
2008	FA	344	12.4 %	21.3 %	0.58	.200	.310	.227	.537	.027	.268	5.8	-5.0	.261	66
2008	CH	104	0.0 %	14.3 %	0.00	.286	.286	.381	.667	.095	.333	1.9	-0.7	.291	85
2008	SL	82	8.0 %	8.0 %	1.00	.318	.360	.727	1.087	.409	.222	5.4	2.4	.443	182
2008	CU	11	0.0 %	100.0 %	0.00	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2	-0.3	.000	-100
2009	FA	1806	10.3 %	18.5 %	0.56	.246	.330	.413	.743	.167	.276	54.4	-0.1	.329	102
2009	SL	404	1.7 %	21.6 %	0.08	.257	.267	.345	.612	.088	.318	8.0	-5.9	.268	68
2009	CH	275	2.8 %	7.0 %	0.40	.239	.257	.388	.645	.149	.217	5.5	-3.0	.278	75
2009	CU	83	4.8 %	14.3 %	0.33	.200	.238	.550	.788	.350	.133	2.5	0.0	.329	115
2009	FT	42	8.3 %	0.0 %	1.00	.182	.250	.273	.523	.091	.182	0.5	-0.9	.238	54
2010	FA	911	17.1 %	20.2 %	0.85	.199	.339	.305	.643	.106	.239	19.1	-3.1	.301	90
2010	CH	348	8.8 %	12.1 %	0.73	.305	.367	.500	.867	.195	.324	14.7	4.2	.379	141
2010	SL	203	5.4 %	21.4 %	0.25	.151	.196	.189	.385	.038	.195	0.1	-6.4	.179	15
2010	CU	98	0.0 %	32.0 %	0.00	.280	.280	.560	.840	.280	.333	3.6	0.8	.360	134
2011	FA	1666	15.1 %	22.7 %	0.67	.245	.365	.421	.785	.175	.301	51.7	10.2	.351	127
2011	CH	413	5.4 %	9.3 %	0.58	.252	.287	.395	.682	.143	.252	12.4	-2.1	.296	93
2011	SL	317	7.0 %	11.6 %	0.60	.355	.393	.658	1.051	.303	.349	18.3	8.6	.443	193
2011	CU	283	8.0 %	28.0 %	0.29	.283	.340	.500	.840	.217	.387	7.5	1.9	.363	142
2011	FT	281	8.5 %	23.7 %	0.36	.255	.316	.412	.728	.157	.324	6.7	0.1	.318	102
2012	FA	1375	13.8 %	27.0 %	0.51	.263	.369	.496	.866	.233	.333	51.6	15.2	.374	141
2012	SL	392	3.9 %	18.6 %	0.21	.247	.273	.409	.681	.161	.284	9.6	-2.0	.290	105
2012	CU	279	0.0 %	28.7 %	0.00	.241	.241	.299	.540	.057	.339	4.3	-5.6	.235	53
2012	FT	258	6.7 %	15.0 %	0.44	.255	.305	.545	.851	.291	.256	9.0	2.2	.360	133
2012	CH	228	5.1 %	8.5 %	0.60	.321	.356	.429	.785	.107	.353	8.0	1.3	.343	123
2013	FA	371	15.0 %	17.5 %	0.86	.258	.375	.409	.784	.152	.294	11.2	2.2	.349	126
2013	FT	96	13.0 %	26.1 %	0.50	.263	.348	.474	.822	.211	.357	3.2	0.6	.346	125
2013	CH	88	4.0 %	12.0 %	0.33	.125	.160	.167	.327	.042	.143	-0.5	-3.3	.149	-3
2013	SL	56	9.1 %	9.1 %	1.00	.400	.455	.800	1.255	.400	.375	3.1	1.9	.526	245
2013	CU	38	18.2 %	18.2 %	1.00	.333	.455	.444	.899	.111	.429	2.0	0.8	.401	161
Total	FA	6473	13.5 %	21.6 %	0.62	.241	.349	.408	.757	.167	.288	194.2	19.9	.337	114
Total	CH	1456	5.3 %	9.8 %	0.54	.266	.302	.407	.709	.141	.274	42.1	-3.4	.309	99
Total	SL	1454	4.5 %	17.4 %	0.26	.267	.297	.439	.735	.172	.295	44.5	-1.4	.317	109
Total	CU	792	3.6 %	27.2 %	0.13	.255	.282	.415	.697	.160	.331	19.9	-2.4	.302	98
Total	FT	677	8.4 %	18.8 %	0.45	.250	.311	.463	.774	.213	.286	19.4	1.9	.332	114

Batted Ball & Movement

Season	Pitch	Pitches	LD%	GB%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB	Strikes	Balls	Pitches	x-Mov	z-Mov	Mov
2008	FA	344	28.6 %	32.1 %	39.3 %	31.8 %	0.0 %	216	128	344	3.2	12.0	12.5
2008	CH	104	16.7 %	38.9 %	44.4 %	12.5 %	0.0 %	54	50	104	4.8	8.7	10.3
2008	SL	82	14.3 %	33.3 %	52.4 %	27.3 %	27.3 %	53	29	82	-0.8	5.6	6.2
2008	CU	11	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	4	7	11	-3.5	-0.7	3.9
2009	FA	1806	17.6 %	34.9 %	47.4 %	20.9 %	9.5 %	1187	619	1806	1.9	12.2	12.5
2009	SL	404	19.3 %	52.3 %	28.4 %	28.0 %	4.0 %	233	171	404	-1.7	4.1	4.9
2009	CH	275	15.0 %	43.3 %	41.7 %	20.0 %	12.0 %	156	119	275	4.9	10.5	11.7
2009	CU	83	5.9 %	23.5 %	70.6 %	16.7 %	16.7 %	37	46	83	-3.4	-2.0	4.7
2009	FT	42	9.1 %	45.5 %	45.5 %	60.0 %	0.0 %	34	8	42	5.3	9.0	10.8
2010	FA	911	19.8 %	33.6 %	46.6 %	31.5 %	5.6 %	571	340	911	5.5	11.9	13.5
2010	CH	348	21.4 %	44.3 %	34.3 %	33.3 %	12.5 %	193	155	348	5.9	8.4	10.5
2010	SL	203	17.9 %	53.8 %	28.2 %	18.2 %	0.0 %	120	83	203	-0.8	4.1	4.7
2010	CU	98	11.8 %	23.5 %	64.7 %	9.1 %	18.2 %	49	49	98	-0.9	-2.1	3.2
2011	FA	1666	27.8 %	25.9 %	46.3 %	25.0 %	11.0 %	1074	592	1666	5.8	12.0	13.5
2011	CH	413	20.8 %	35.8 %	43.4 %	26.1 %	6.5 %	243	170	413	6.9	9.4	11.8
2011	SL	317	30.8 %	38.5 %	30.8 %	15.0 %	25.0 %	184	133	317	1.6	4.8	5.5
2011	CU	283	18.8 %	40.6 %	40.6 %	30.8 %	7.7 %	107	176	283	-0.6	-1.1	2.7
2011	FT	281	18.4 %	39.5 %	42.1 %	18.8 %	6.3 %	165	116	281	10.9	10.6	15.3
2012	FA	1375	16.2 %	29.1 %	54.7 %	21.4 %	14.3 %	935	440	1375	5.4	11.7	13.1
2012	SL	392	16.0 %	56.0 %	28.0 %	4.8 %	9.5 %	233	159	392	0.3	4.0	4.8
2012	CU	279	16.4 %	68.9 %	14.8 %	11.1 %	0.0 %	154	125	279	1.4	-3.1	4.3
2012	FT	258	8.7 %	45.7 %	45.7 %	4.8 %	14.3 %	165	93	258	10.6	10.5	15.0
2012	CH	228	16.0 %	52.0 %	32.0 %	31.3 %	0.0 %	128	100	228	7.8	10.1	12.9
2013	FA	371	17.0 %	30.2 %	52.8 %	28.6 %	7.1 %	228	143	371	5.5	11.4	12.9
2013	FT	96	14.3 %	28.6 %	57.1 %	12.5 %	0.0 %	56	40	96	10.3	9.5	14.1
2013	CH	88	14.3 %	38.1 %	47.6 %	10.0 %	0.0 %	49	39	88	7.5	10.4	13.0
2013	SL	56	33.3 %	11.1 %	55.6 %	20.0 %	20.0 %	35	21	56	0.5	3.8	4.8
2013	CU	38	42.9 %	57.1 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	21	17	38	-1.2	-5.2	6.8
Total	FA	6473	20.6 %	31.1 %	48.3 %	24.2 %	9.8 %	4211	2262	6473	4.4	12.0	13.0
Total	CH	1456	18.5 %	41.8 %	39.7 %	24.8 %	7.0 %	823	633	1456	6.3	9.5	11.6
Total	SL	1454	20.9 %	47.8 %	31.3 %	18.3 %	12.9 %	858	596	1454	-0.2	4.3	5.1
Total	CU	792	16.4 %	50.0 %	33.6 %	17.8 %	11.1 %	372	420	792	-0.3	-2.2	3.7
Total	FT	677	12.8 %	41.3 %	45.9 %	16.0 %	8.0 %	420	257	677	10.3	10.3	14.7

Plate Discipline & Value

Season	Pitch	Pitches	O-Swing%	Z-Swing%	Swing%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Contact%	Zone%	SwStr%	Val	Val/C
2008	FA	344	22.7 %	59.3 %	41.0 %	76.9 %	92.2 %	87.9 %	50.0 %	4.9 %	6.65	1.93
2008	CH	104	22.6 %	64.3 %	39.4 %	71.4 %	81.5 %	78.1 %	40.4 %	8.7 %	-0.84	-0.81
2008	SL	82	31.0 %	70.0 %	50.0 %	69.2 %	92.9 %	85.4 %	48.8 %	7.3 %	-3.38	-4.13
2008	CU	11	0.0 %	75.0 %	27.3 %		66.7 %	66.7 %	36.4 %	9.1 %	-0.01	-0.10
2009	FA	1806	28.3 %	59.5 %	45.1 %	71.5 %	89.1 %	84.0 %	53.9 %	7.2 %	6.47	0.36
2009	SL	404	24.4 %	67.8 %	44.1 %	64.8 %	87.1 %	80.3 %	45.3 %	8.7 %	0.77	0.19
2009	CH	275	25.8 %	70.8 %	45.5 %	72.5 %	83.5 %	80.0 %	43.6 %	9.1 %	0.07	0.03
2009	CU	83	19.6 %	63.0 %	33.7 %	63.6 %	100.0 %	85.7 %	32.5 %	4.8 %	-2.29	-2.76
2009	FT	42	27.3 %	77.4 %	64.3 %	33.3 %	75.0 %	70.4 %	73.8 %	19.1 %	1.12	2.67
2010	FA	911	25.6 %	55.7 %	40.9 %	74.6 %	85.7 %	82.3 %	51.0 %	7.2 %	10.14	1.11
2010	CH	348	25.0 %	78.0 %	45.1 %	74.1 %	85.4 %	81.5 %	37.9 %	8.3 %	-5.39	-1.55
2010	SL	203	30.7 %	71.9 %	48.8 %	62.9 %	87.5 %	78.8 %	43.8 %	10.3 %	3.78	1.86
2010	CU	98	30.9 %	73.3 %	43.9 %	71.4 %	95.5 %	83.7 %	30.6 %	7.1 %	-3.28	-3.35
2011	FA	1666	24.3 %	60.3 %	43.6 %	67.9 %	85.9 %	81.3 %	53.8 %	8.2 %	2.59	0.16
2011	CH	413	26.5 %	74.3 %	47.2 %	79.0 %	86.5 %	84.1 %	43.3 %	7.5 %	-1.36	-0.33
2011	SL	317	28.3 %	72.9 %	47.0 %	76.9 %	88.7 %	84.6 %	42.0 %	7.3 %	-12.05	-3.80
2011	CU	283	21.3 %	71.0 %	32.2 %	72.3 %	93.2 %	82.4 %	21.9 %	5.7 %	-8.97	-3.17
2011	FT	281	21.3 %	60.0 %	41.3 %	82.8 %	83.9 %	83.6 %	51.6 %	6.8 %	0.17	0.06
2012	FA	1375	26.8 %	59.7 %	45.4 %	65.6 %	83.8 %	79.2 %	56.5 %	9.5 %	-4.25	-0.31
2012	SL	392	30.1 %	67.6 %	46.9 %	60.0 %	86.6 %	77.2 %	44.9 %	10.7 %	1.14	0.29
2012	CU	279	37.4 %	81.0 %	50.5 %	58.9 %	92.7 %	75.2 %	30.1 %	12.5 %	-2.26	-0.81
2012	FT	258	23.9 %	58.9 %	43.0 %	71.4 %	88.0 %	83.8 %	54.7 %	7.0 %	-0.62	-0.24
2012	CH	228	23.0 %	76.5 %	46.9 %	72.4 %	91.0 %	86.0 %	44.7 %	6.6 %	-2.03	-0.89
2013	FA	371	20.7 %	63.4 %	41.8 %	89.7 %	87.9 %	88.4 %	49.3 %	4.9 %	-0.44	-0.12
2013	FT	96	22.6 %	65.1 %	41.7 %	58.3 %	75.0 %	70.0 %	44.8 %	12.5 %	-0.65	-0.68
2013	CH	88	23.4 %	61.0 %	40.9 %	72.7 %	92.0 %	86.1 %	46.6 %	5.7 %	2.39	2.71
2013	SL	56	18.5 %	82.8 %	51.8 %	40.0 %	87.5 %	79.3 %	51.8 %	10.7 %	-2.08	-3.71
2013	CU	38	30.4 %	66.7 %	44.7 %	71.4 %	100.0 %	88.2 %	39.5 %	5.3 %	-1.43	-3.75
Total	FA	6473	25.8 %	59.4 %	43.8 %	71.1 %	86.8 %	82.5 %	53.6 %	7.7 %	21.17	0.33
Total	CH	1456	25.0 %	73.2 %	45.4 %	74.8 %	86.5 %	82.8 %	42.3 %	7.8 %	-7.16	-0.49
Total	SL	1454	27.9 %	70.2 %	46.8 %	65.6 %	87.7 %	80.4 %	44.7 %	9.2 %	-11.83	-0.81
Total	CU	792	27.9 %	73.9 %	40.8 %	65.4 %	93.9 %	79.9 %	28.0 %	8.2 %	-18.24	-2.30
Total	FT	677	22.7 %	61.7 %	43.4 %	72.2 %	83.3 %	80.6 %	53.2 %	8.4 %	0.02	0.00

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