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James
Houser		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 195
 
Born: December 15, 1984 in N/a
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Rookie of the Year 2011   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 19 SF NL   53 31 36 35 3 3 3 29 35 34
2005 20 DET AL   53 31 35 34 10 10 10 45 51 50
2006 21 TEX AL   53 33 37 36 16 16 16 48 53 52
2007 22 TEX AL   58 36 39 38 22 22 22 58 64 63
2008 23 TEX AL   58 37 39 39 24 24 24 64 69 68
2009 24 STL NL   49 40 43 42 30 30 30 74 80 79
2010 25 NYA AL $ 100,000 49 45 48 47 58 58 58 88 93 92
2011 26 NYA AL $ 150,000 53 45 48 47 66 66 66 89 95 94
2012 27 CHA AL $ 200,000 53 42 46 45 65 65 65 87 93 92
2013 28 PHI NL $ 300,000 53 40 43 42 67 67 67 87 92 91
2014 29 PHI NL $ 2,564,286 53 36 39 38 66 66 66 87 92 91
2015 30 CHA AL $ 2,564,286 53 36 39 38 70 70 70 87 92 91
2016 31 CHA AL $ 2,564,286 53 35 38 37 65 65 65 87 93 92
2017 32 PHI NL $ 1,230,000 48 35 38 37 66 66 66 78 84 83
2018 33 PHI NL $ 1,230,000 48 34 36 36 65 65 65 76 82 81
2019 34 PHI NL $ 2,100,000 48 35 37 37 65 65 65 60 65 64
OOTP6 Min Ratings   48 31 35 34 3 3 3 29 35 34
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,564,286 58 45 48 47 70 70 70 89 95 94
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 19 SF NL     33 33 33 6 6 6 30 30 30 21 21 21 14 14 14
2005 20 DET AL     33 33 33 6 6 6 30 30 30 21 21 21 14 14 14
2006 21 TEX AL     33 33 33 6 6 6 30 30 30 21 21 21 14 14 14
2007 22 TEX AL     33 33 33 6 6 6 30 30 30 21 21 21 14 14 14
2008 23 TEX AL     33 33 33 6 6 6 30 30 30 21 21 21 14 14 14
2009 24 STL NL     33 33 33 6 6 6 30 30 30 21 21 21 14 14 14
2010 25 NYA AL $ 100,000   33 33 33 6 6 6 30 30 30 21 21 21 14 14 14
2011 26 NYA AL $ 150,000   33 33 33 6 6 6 30 30 30 21 21 21 14 14 14
2012 27 CHA AL $ 200,000   33 33 33 6 6 6 30 30 30 21 21 21 14 14 14
2013 28 PHI NL $ 300,000   33 33 33 6 6 6 30 30 30 21 21 21 14 14 14
2014 29 PHI NL $ 2,564,286   33 33 33 6 6 6 30 30 30 21 21 21 14 14 14
2015 30 CHA AL $ 2,564,286   33 33 33 6 6 6 30 30 30 21 21 21 14 14 14
2016 31 CHA AL $ 2,564,286   33 33 33 6 6 6 30 30 30 21 21 21 14 14 14
2017 32 PHI NL $ 1,230,000   33 33 33 6 6 6 30 30 30 21 21 21 14 14 14
2018 33 PHI NL $ 1,230,000   33 33 33 6 6 6 30 30 30 21 21 21 14 14 14
2019 34 PHI NL $ 2,100,000   33 33 33 6 6 6 30 30 30 21 21 21 14 14 14
OOTP6 Min Ratings     33 33 33 6 6 6 30 30 30 21 21 21 14 14 14
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,564,286   33 33 33 6 6 6 30 30 30 21 21 21 14 14 14
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2004 19 A   11 9 .550 30 30 1 1 0 187.0 170 86 13 76 162 4.14 .240 .313 .337 .650  
2005 20 A   9 9 .500 24 24 0 0 0 144.7 148 66 12 52 132 4.11 .259 .321 .372 .693  
2006 21 AA   4 17 .190 28 28 1 1 0 163.0 177 92 17 71 144 5.08 .274 .346 .421 .767  
    A   0 1 .000 3 3 0 0 0 17.3 14 5 4 7 16 2.60 .209 .284 .388 .672  
2007 22 AAA   0 2 .000 2 2 0 0 0 12.7 14 7 2 9 6 4.98 .292 .404 .500 .904  
    AA   8 5 .615 21 21 0 0 0 134.7 135 45 8 42 130 3.01 .252 .307 .348 .654  
2008 23 AAA   6 6 .500 16 16 0 0 0 87.3 102 52 10 48 83 5.36 .287 .372 .434 .806  
2009 24 AAA   12 13 .480 29 26 0 0 0 149.3 162 90 13 71 145 5.42 .271 .348 .398 .746  
2010 25 NYA AL 0 3 .000 16 2 0 0 2 30.0 39 20 2 18 18 6.00 .322 .403 .488 .890 0.2
    AAA   3 1 .750 29 4 0 0 2 41.7 35 15 2 17 43 3.24 .229 .306 .314 .620  
2011 26 NYA AL 12 13 .480 35 35 0 0 0 219.0 223 96 9 82 160 3.95 .266 .332 .342 .674 13.3
2012 27 CHA AL 9 13 .409 33 33 0 0 0 200.3 233 106 5 60 114 4.76 .290 .342 .387 .728 7.9
2013 28 CHA AL 3 12 .200 18 18 1 0 0 101.3 126 56 4 37 60 4.97 .303 .359 .394 .754 3.6
  PHI NL 6 4 .600 16 16 0 0 0 108.3 99 33 3 34 79 2.74 .241 .299 .310 .609 11.1
  TOT   9 16 .360 34 34 1 0 0 209.7 225 89 7 71 139 3.82 .272 .330 .352 .682 14.7
2014 29 PHI NL 11 10 .524 34 33 0 0 1 203.7 212 92 6 60 134 4.07 .266 .325 .354 .680 10.7
2015 30 CHA AL 2 10 .167 26 17 0 0 0 108.3 151 72 5 45 63 5.98 .326 .384 .406 .790 1.5
2016 31 CHA AL 10 6 .625 23 22 0 0 0 130.3 151 61 5 44 61 4.21 .291 .351 .374 .725 9.0
2017 32 CHA AL 3 0 1.000 12 1 0 0 0 36.0 43 21 3 11 14 5.25 .297 .340 .441 .781 2.0
  PHI NL 2 0 1.000 34 2 0 0 1 36.0 35 16 2 6 18 4.00 .254 .279 .362 .641 2.9
  TOT   5 0 1.000 46 3 0 0 1 72.0 78 37 5 17 32 4.63 .276 .310 .403 .713 4.9
2018 33 PHI NL 8 9 .471 39 25 0 0 1 152.7 169 67 9 52 85 3.95 .279 .337 .383 .721 9.2
2019 34 PHI NL 4 0 1.000 67 0 0 0 2 63.7 80 34 4 18 47 4.81 .303 .347 .413 .760 3.4
10 Years Sim 70 80 .467 353 204 1 0 7 1389.6 1561 674 57 467 853 4.37 .283 .340 .374 .715 74.7
4 Years AAA 21 22 .488 76 48 0 0 2 291.0 313 164 27 145 277 5.07 .271 .353 .402 .755  
2 Years AA 12 22 .353 49 49 1 1 0 297.7 312 137 25 113 274 4.14 .264 .328 .388 .716  
3 Years A 20 19 .513 57 57 1 1 0 349.0 332 157 29 135 310 4.05 .246 .315 .355 .670  
9 Years Minors 53 63 .457 182 154 2 2 2 937.6 957 458 81 393 861 4.40 .260 .331 .380 .711  
Season Average 7 8 .467 35 20 0 0 0 139.0 156 67 5 46 85 4.37 .283 .340 .374 .715  
Career Highs 12 16 1.000 67 35 1 0 2 219.0 233 106 9 82 160 6.00 .326 .403 .488 .890  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1067 440 33 321 601   .281 .337 .366 .703
vs LH   494 234 24 146 252   .288 .343 .393 .736
Home 36 37 .493 165 100 1 0 2 696.0 777 320 26 232 427 4.14 .279 .335 .366 .701
Away 34 43 .442 188 104 0 0 5 693.6 784 354 31 235 426 4.59 .287 .343 .383 .726
Mar/Apr 8 15 .348 52 30 0 0 1 196.0 234 116 10 77 112 5.33 .294 .356 .394 .750
May 14 15 .483 63 40 0 0 0 252.0 290 129 12 94 163 4.61 .285 .346 .369 .714
June 11 16 .407 49 39 0 0 0 247.6 276 123 6 85 140 4.47 .281 .338 .366 .704
July 17 8 .680 60 35 0 0 1 241.3 245 97 8 79 141 3.62 .262 .319 .335 .655
August 8 15 .348 72 31 1 0 4 237.0 272 116 11 61 142 4.41 .290 .334 .401 .735
Sep/Oct 12 11 .522 57 29 0 0 1 215.6 244 93 10 71 155 3.88 .287 .342 .387 .729
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2013 28 PHI NL 16 29 2 7 1 1 0 4 0 0 3 11 .241 .313 .345 .657 3.5 0.5
2014 29 PHI NL 34 59 2 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 25 .119 .175 .119 .293 0.4 0.0
2017 32 PHI NL 34 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
2018 33 PHI NL 39 35 4 7 1 0 1 3 0 0 3 19 .200 .263 .314 .577 3.5 0.0
2019 34 PHI NL 67 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 0.7 0.3
5 Years Sim 190 126 8 22 3 1 1 8 0 0 10 57 .175 .235 .238 .473 7.9 0.8
162 Game Average 107 6 18 2 0 0 6 0 0 8 48 .175 .235 .238 .473 6.7  
Career Highs 67 59 4 7 1 1 1 4 0 0 4 25 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 3.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   80 5 12 3 0 1 2 0 0 5 37 .150 .200 .225 .425 2.8
vs LH   46 3 10 0 1 0 6 0 0 5 20 .217 .294 .261 .555 3.8
Home 68 59 5 10 2 0 1 4 0 0 6 23 .169 .246 .254 .500 3.7
Away 70 67 3 12 1 1 0 4 0 0 4 34 .179 .225 .224 .449 2.8
RISP   30 0 5 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 13 .167 .194 .167 .360 0.4
Close/Late   1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 0.7
Mar/Apr 5 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .000 .100 .000 .100 -0.5
May 12 15 1 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 3 7 .267 .389 .533 .922 3.1
June 13 19 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .158 .158 .158 .316 0.0
July 37 24 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 9 .208 .296 .250 .546 1.9
August 32 29 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 .207 .207 .241 .448 1.0
Sep/Oct 19 30 3 4 0 1 0 3 0 0 3 15 .133 .212 .200 .412 1.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2010 25 NYA AL P 16 2 30.0 0 5 0 0 1.000 1.50    
2011 26 NYA AL P 35 35 219.0 12 17 2 2 .935 1.19    
2012 27 CHA AL P 33 33 200.3 9 24 0 5 1.000 1.48    
2013 28 CHA AL P 18 18 101.3 7 14 0 1 1.000 1.87    
  PHI NL P 16 16 108.3 8 16 1 1 .960 1.99    
  TOT   P 34 34 209.7 15 30 1 2 .978 1.93    
2014 29 PHI NL P 34 33 203.7 8 25 2 1 .943 1.46    
2015 30 CHA AL P 26 17 108.3 9 7 1 0 .941 1.33    
2016 31 CHA AL P 23 22 130.3 5 16 2 0 .913 1.45    
2017 32 CHA AL P 12 1 36.0 2 4 1 1 .857 1.50    
  PHI NL P 34 2 36.0 2 4 1 0 .857 1.50    
  TOT   P 46 3 72.0 4 8 2 1 .857 1.50    
2018 33 PHI NL P 39 25 152.7 5 15 3 2 .870 1.18    
2019 34 PHI NL P 67 0 63.7 1 5 0 0 1.000 0.85    
Career Totals   353 204 1389.6 68 152 13 13 .944 1.42    
Career Highs   67 35 219.0 15 30 3 5 1.000 1.93    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Manager of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2013 28 PHI NL 0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 9.7 6 5 0 5 6 4.66 .188 .297 .250 .547
2016 31 CHA AL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 5.7 10 7 0 2 3 11.13 .370 .414 .444 .858
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 2 .000 3 3 0 0 0 15.3 16 12 0 7 9 7.05 .271 .348 .339 .687
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Manager of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2013 28 PHI NL 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games Started
2011-10-35
 OSLG
2011-4-.342
 OOPS
2011-8-.674
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 21)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 118)
 
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History
Traded from San Francisco to Detroit on 5/1/2005 (Going to DET: P Kris Honel, P James Houser, P Mike Esposito, 1B Ryan Shealy, 1B Kevin Witt. Going to SF: DH Richie Sexson)
Injured on 5/28/2007 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 4-5 weeks
Traded from Texas to St. Louis on 6/11/2009 (Going to TEX: 1B Nobuhiko Matsunaka. Going to STL: P Chuck Tiffany, P Orber Moreno, P James Houser)
Traded from St. Louis to New York (A) on 2/27/2010 (Going to NYA: 2B Joe Quinn, P James Houser, 3B John McKellar, P Huston Street. Going to STL: 2B Scott Hairston)
Injured on 4/19/2010 with a Strained Tricep Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Earned first career win on 4/5/2011
Traded from New York (A) to Chicago (A) on 2/27/2012 (Going to CHA: P James Houser. Going to NYA: P Homer Bailey)
Traded from Chicago (A) to Philadelphia on 7/14/2013 (Going to CHA: SS Yunel Escobar, P Dwayne Dublin. Going to PHI: P James Houser, RF Val Majewski)
Had first career hit on 7/27/2013, off David Yasuhiko (SF)
2/3/2014: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,564,286 through salary arbitration
2/3/2015: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,564,286 through salary arbitration
Traded from Philadelphia to Chicago (A) on 2/4/2015 (Going to PHI: CF Hasado Sachi, 3B Braulio Orosco. Going to CHA: P James Houser, P Ben Vincent)
2/3/2016: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,564,286 through salary arbitration
7/14/2016: Signed a contract extension with Chicago (A), $1,230,000 per year, for 2 years
Injured on 8/15/2016 with a Strained Tricep Muscle, out for 4-5 weeks
Traded from Chicago (A) to Philadelphia on 6/24/2017 (Going to PHI: P Jeremy Hellickson, P James Houser. Going to CHA: P Ching Lung Lo)
Hit first career homerun on 5/7/2018, off Felix Hernandez (SF)
7/30/2018: Signed a contract extension with Philadelphia, $2,100,000 per year, for 2 years
 
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