Josh James
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 234LBS | Age: 31
Draft: 2014 | Rd: 34, #1006, Houston Astros | Western Oklahoma State College
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2019 5 1 4.70 49 1 1 61.1 100 1.32
2020 1 0 7.27 13 2 0 17.1 21 1.85
2021 0 0 5.40 5 0 0 5 8 1.20
4 Seasons 8 1 4.64 73 6 1 106.2 158 1.32
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2019 49 5-1 4.70 61.1 100 1.32
2020 13 1-0 7.27 17.1 21 1.85
2021 5 0-0 5.40 5 8 1.20
4 Seasons 73 8-1 4.64 106.2 158 1.32
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 Sweet
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2018 25 349 53 4 7.5 4.4 87.3 108.9 16.3 30.2 .187 .334 .268 .269 .343 28.3 31.9 7.7 2.35 3.01
2019 26 1142 127 6 4.7 2.3 89.7 110.4 16.9 33.9 .170 .284 .304 .265 .344 39.2 37.6 13.2 4.70 3.04
2020 27 340 43 7 16.3 8.4 85.4 107.1 16.4 46.5 .253 .508 .390 .407 .475 30.2 25.3 20.5 7.27 7.68
2021 28 69 11 1 9.1 4.8 89.5 115.2 3.8 18.2 .157 .354 .322 .259 .369 45.5 38.1 9.5 5.40 2.79
Player 1900 234 18 7.7 3.9 88.3 115.2 16.1 34.6 .187 .335 .313 .291 .369 35.3 34.3 13.2
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .368 36.3 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

James relies on 3 pitches.
Four Seamer
(58.0%) ,
Slider
(26.1%) ,
Changeup
(15.9%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2018 41.5 24.5 20.8 13.2 37.7 32.1 30.2 0.0 32.1 35.8 24.5 0.0 7.5 4.4
2019 35.4 35.4 22.8 6.3 34.6 36.2 29.1 1.6 30.7 31.5 19.7 10.2 4.7 2.3
2020 32.6 34.9 23.3 9.3 23.3 34.9 41.9 7.0 20.9 30.2 23.3 2.3 16.3 8.4
2021 54.5 27.3 9.1 9.1 36.4 27.3 36.4 0.0 54.5 27.3 0.0 9.1 9.1 4.8
Player 37.2 32.5 21.8 8.5 33.3 34.6 32.1 2.1 30.3 32.1 20.5 6.4 7.7 3.9
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

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How this works: Every pitch is affected by the forces of gravity, which means that every pitch drops on its way from the mound to the plate. These numbers are reported with gravity, which makes them larger and different than other pitch movement numbers you may have seen. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren’t ‘better’ just because they have more time to move, the movement of a pitch is compared to ‘average’ movement by comparing it to other MLB pitch types within +/- 2 MPH and from within +/- 0.5 feet of extension and release.
Vertical Movement (inches) Horizontal Movement (inches)
Year Pitch Team Hand # MPH Inches of Drop vs Avg % vs Avg Inches of Break vs Avg % Break vs Avg
2021 Slider HOU R 18 85.2 38.6 2.9 8 8.4 3.3 64
2021 4-Seam Fastball HOU R 40 94.7 14.9 -0.6 -4 11.6 4.2 56
2021 Changeup HOU R 11 87.6 30.9 1.0 3 15.7 1.4 10
2020 Changeup HOU R 46 88.8 32.1 2.7 9 15.5 1.3 10
2020 Curveball HOU R 17 82.3 54.7 5.3 11 5.5 -2.3 -30
2020 4-Seam Fastball HOU R 196 96.3 13.9 -0.2 -1 8.1 0.4 5
2020 Slider HOU R 80 85.6 39.6 4.0 11 9.3 4.8 107
2019 4-Seam Fastball HOU R 717 97.1 13.2 0.6 5 8.4 0.5 7
2019 Curveball HOU R 18 81.6 55.0 3.6 7 6.6 -1.1 -14
2019 Changeup HOU R 165 89.0 32.8 4.0 14 16.5 1.7 11
2019 Slider HOU R 232 84.5 43.1 5.4 14 13.0 7.9 153
2018 4-Seam Fastball HOU R 209 97.1 15.8 -1.5 -10 13.2 4.9 60
2018 Slider HOU R 53 85.6 38.7 2.2 6 9.1 4.3 90
2018 Curveball HOU R 6 81.5 51.6 0.3 1 3.6 -4.6 -56
2018 Changeup HOU R 81 88.5 33.7 2.8 9 17.2 2.4 17
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2021 4-Seam Fastball -4.0 -2 40 58.0 12 .300 .700 .463 42.9 41.7 55.6 .210 .578 .386 80.0
2021 Slider 6.6 1 18 26.1 6 .167 .333 .208 25.0 33.3 50.0 .105 .115 .097 0.0
2021 Changeup 6.5 1 11 15.9 3 .000 .000 .000 28.6 33.3 50.0 .083 .088 .084 50.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball -2.0 -4 196 57.6 56 .300 .600 .471 19.4 21.4 32.4 .263 .533 .439 35.7
2020 Slider 0.5 0 80 23.5 10 .111 .111 .160 44.0 10.0 4.8 .334 .595 .423 25.0
2020 Changeup -3.9 -2 46 13.5 16 .143 .429 .291 45.5 43.8 36.8 .189 .414 .306 14.3
2020 Curveball -0.4 0 17 5.0 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 20.0 -- -- .000 --
2019 4-Seam Fastball 0.8 6 717 62.8 170 .236 .400 .347 29.5 30.0 23.8 .195 .312 .300 43.8
2019 Slider -0.8 -2 232 20.3 59 .164 .400 .281 54.9 55.9 32.7 .147 .298 .217 40.9
2019 Changeup -0.7 -1 165 14.4 34 .138 .241 .241 50.7 44.1 28.3 .099 .133 .189 7.1
2019 Curveball 1.0 0 18 1.6 -- -- -- 25.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2018 4-Seam Fastball 1.7 4 209 59.9 59 .192 .346 .285 21.2 27.1 28.1 .188 .343 .282 33.3
2018 Changeup 1.8 1 81 23.2 20 .158 .211 .188 42.9 30.0 20.0 .193 .226 .210 7.7
2018 Slider 0.0 0 53 15.2 11 .100 .400 .245 62.5 63.6 35.0 .118 .349 .241 33.3
2018 Curveball -10.6 -1 6 1.7 1 1.000 2.000 1.250 0.0 0.0 -- .740 1.765 1.036 100.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2021 Changeup 11 87.6 98 17.3 2:15 2:30 -15
2021 4-Seam Fastball 37 94.8 96 19.5 1:30 1:15 15
2021 Slider 18 85.2 38 9.8 7:15 8:30 -75
2020 Changeup 43 88.9 97 16.6 2:15 3:00 -45
2020 Curveball 14 82.6 75 17.8 7:00 6:30 30
2020 4-Seam Fastball 160 96.5 89 17.4 1:15 1:00 15
2020 Slider 73 85.6 39 11.1 7:15 8:15 -60
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2018 112 426 0 8 -2 -2 4
2019 298 1,291 10 7 -10 -5 2
2020 99 405 0 0 -4 -4 -8
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2018 349 49.6 59.0 80.4 34.7 47.5 52.1 65.9 46.7 30.7 8.0 75.0
2019 1,142 48.1 68.2 72.0 24.5 39.6 41.2 57.9 45.4 36.4 6.2 82.9
2020 340 44.7 55.9 80.0 19.1 44.4 42.1 57.8 35.6 30.6 5.6 57.9
2021 69 58.0 55.0 72.7 24.1 28.6 42.0 81.0 42.0 34.5 4.3 66.7
Player 1,900 48.1 63.8 74.7 25.3 41.9 43.4 60.5 43.8 34.4 6.3 76.7
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.0 42.6 60.9 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA 		xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit% 		K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate 		FB
Velo 		FB
Spin 		CB
Spin 		Extension
2018 96 83 43
2019 91 99 99 95 76 94 89 21 26 98 6 96 7 95 86 54
2020 2 35 10 5 1 38 1 92 87 60 1 76 3 90 62 55
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2018 22.7 4 3.7 0 2 1 3 75.0
2019 23.6 12 8.4 4 5 5 4 33.3
2020 23.3 6 5.5 1 1 4 3 50.0
2021 27.5 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 100.0
Player 23.5 23 18.6 4 8 10 11 47.8

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2018 4 4 3 6 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 6 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 3
2019 12 9 6 10 9 9 9 8 8 5 9 13 8 6 9 10 8 9 8 9 8 7 10 10 7 8 8 10 8 7 6
2020 6 7 3 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 6 6 6 8 6 6 5 5 6 6 6 5 5
2021 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Player 23 21 13 23 19 19 20 18 17 14 18 23 19 15 19 20 19 19 19 20 18 19 23 21 16 17 18 20 19 17 15
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2018 2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 97.1 97.1 0.0 96.3 -0.8 ↓ 94.7 -1.6 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 88.5 89.0 0.5 ↑ 88.8 -0.2 ↓ 87.6 -1.2 ↓
Breaking Velocity 85.2 84.3 -0.9 ↓ 85.0 0.7 ↑ 85.2 0.2 ↑
Exit Velocity 87.3 89.7 2.4 ↑ 85.4 -4.3 ↓ 89.5 4.1 ↑
Launch Angle 16.3 16.9 0.6 ↑ 16.4 -0.5 ↓ 3.8 -12.6 ↓
Barrel % 7.5 4.7 -2.8 ↓ 16.3 11.6 ↑ 9.1 -7.2 ↓
Hard Hit % 28.3 39.2 10.9 ↑ 30.2 -9.0 ↓ 45.5 15.3 ↑
Sweet Spot % 30.2 33.9 3.7 ↑ 46.5 12.6 ↑ 18.2 -28.3 ↓
xBA .187 .170 -0.017 ↓ .253 0.083 ↑ .157 -0.096 ↓
BA .183 .203 0.020 ↑ .234 0.031 ↑ .211 -0.023 ↓
xwOBA .269 .265 -0.004 ↓ .407 0.142 ↑ .259 -0.148 ↓
wOBA .268 .304 0.036 ↑ .390 0.086 ↑ .322 -0.068 ↓
xSLG .334 .284 -0.050 ↓ .508 0.224 ↑ .354 -0.154 ↓
SLG .341 .374 0.033 ↑ .484 0.110 ↑ .474 -0.010 ↓
K% 31.9 37.6 5.7 ↑ 25.3 -12.3 ↓ 38.1 12.8 ↑
BB% 7.7 13.2 5.5 ↑ 20.5 7.3 ↑ 9.5 -11.0 ↓
Swing % 46.7 45.4 -1.3 ↓ 35.6 -9.8 ↓ 42.0 6.4 ↑
Whiff% 30.7 36.4 5.7 ↑ 30.6 -5.8 ↓ 34.5 3.9 ↑
In Zone % 49.6 48.1 -1.5 ↓ 44.7 -3.4 ↓ 58.0 13.3 ↑
Out of Zone % 50.4 51.9 1.5 ↑ 55.3 3.4 ↑ 42.0 -13.3 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 34.7 24.5 -10.2 ↓ 19.1 -5.4 ↓ 24.1 5.0 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 30.8 31.2 0.4 ↑ 16.9 -14.3 ↓ 28.6 11.7 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 65.9 57.9 -8.0 ↓ 57.8 -0.1 ↓ 81.0 23.2 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2018 Shifts 91 .268 44 5 11.4 47 22 46.8
2019 Shifts 263 .307 133 30 22.6 130 96 73.8
2020 Shifts 83 .390 47 8 17.0 36 24 66.7
2021 Shifts 21 .322 10 1 10.0 11 6 54.5
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2018 110 19.9 5.5% 4.5% 59 28.2 0.0% 39.0%
2019 316 18.4 17.4% 2.5% 199 23.8 0.0% 11.6%
2020 93 18.3 6.5% 2.2% 78 24.2 0.0% 16.7%
2021 19 17.8 5.3% 0.0% 13 22.3 0.0% 7.7%
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Pitch Distribution

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