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Josh
Axelson		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 200
 
Born: December 4, 1978 in N/a
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 2012   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 25 STL NL   2 4 4 4 5 5 5 7 7 7
2005 26 STL NL   2 5 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 8
2006 27 STL NL   2 7 6 7 7 7 7 8 8 8
2007 28 STL NL $ 300,000 2 7 6 7 6 7 7 8 8 8
2008 29 STL NL $ 300,000 3 7 6 7 6 6 6 8 8 8
2009 30 STL NL $ 300,000 3 7 6 7 6 6 6 8 8 8
2010 31 STL NL $ 300,000 3 7 6 7 6 6 6 8 8 8
2011 32 STL NL $ 350,000 3 7 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7
2012 33 STL NL $ 377,143 2 7 6 7 5 6 6 6 6 6
2013 34 STL NL $ 1,422,857 2 7 6 7 5 6 6 6 6 6
2014 35 SEA AL   2 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings   2 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,422,857 3 7 6 7 7 7 7 8 8 8
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 25 STL NL     3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2005 26 STL NL     3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2006 27 STL NL     3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2007 28 STL NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2008 29 STL NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2009 30 STL NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2010 31 STL NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2011 32 STL NL $ 350,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2012 33 STL NL $ 377,143   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2013 34 STL NL $ 1,422,857   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2014 35 SEA AL     3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,422,857   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
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 25 AAA   1 0 1.000 16 0 0 0 0 20.3 31 17 3 8 9 7.53 .356 .411 .563 .974  
2005 26 AAA   1 2 .333 35 1 0 0 3 50.7 63 24 5 18 29 4.26 .306 .362 .437 .799  
2006 27 AAA   4 0 1.000 70 1 0 0 8 71.7 74 28 3 19 65 3.52 .275 .323 .357 .680  
2007 28 STL NL 4 6 .400 64 0 0 0 17 70.3 78 38 5 28 51 4.86 .281 .347 .432 .779 6.2
2008 29 STL NL 0 2 .000 14 0 0 0 0 20.3 22 16 4 7 17 7.08 .278 .337 .532 .869 0.0
    AAA   3 4 .429 39 0 0 0 0 57.7 46 22 6 18 64 3.43 .209 .269 .336 .605  
2009 30 STL NL 5 2 .714 70 0 0 0 2 79.7 74 36 6 30 64 4.07 .243 .309 .387 .695 6.1
    AAA   2 0 1.000 13 0 0 0 1 10.0 1 0 0 2 16 0.00 .034 .097 .069 .166  
2010 31 STL NL 1 1 .500 54 0 0 0 0 67.0 78 45 10 24 52 6.04 .287 .341 .482 .823 0.0
2011 32 STL NL 5 3 .625 51 0 0 0 1 60.3 45 25 7 26 47 3.73 .211 .296 .376 .671 5.1
2012 33 STL NL 6 1 .857 53 0 0 0 1 55.0 52 17 4 18 42 2.78 .251 .311 .353 .664 7.0
2013 34 STL NL 5 1 .833 57 0 0 0 3 65.7 71 36 10 23 49 4.93 .276 .335 .459 .794 3.6
2014 35 AAA   1 2 .333 29 0 0 0 0 26.0 26 14 5 10 28 4.85 .255 .321 .500 .821  
7 Years Sim 26 16 .619 363 0 0 0 24 418.3 420 213 46 156 322 4.58 .261 .325 .423 .748 27.9
6 Years AAA 12 8 .600 202 2 0 0 12 236.3 241 105 22 75 211 4.00 .264 .320 .396 .716  
Season Average 3 2 .600 51 0 0 0 3 59.8 60 30 6 22 46 4.58 .261 .325 .423 .748  
Career Highs 6 6 .857 70 0 0 0 17 79.7 78 45 10 30 64 7.08 .287 .347 .532 .869  
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   242 123 26 82 174   .260 .320 .411 .731
vs LH   178 90 20 74 148   .262 .334 .440 .774
Home 13 8 .619 185 0 0 0 14 200.3 202 95 20 72 145 4.27 .261 .324 .417 .741
Away 13 8 .619 178 0 0 0 10 218.0 218 118 26 84 177 4.87 .260 .328 .429 .757
Mar/Apr 1 3 .250 41 0 0 0 8 53.3 30 15 7 16 37 2.53 .164 .231 .322 .554
May 4 2 .667 64 0 0 0 5 82.3 70 43 13 43 58 4.70 .230 .325 .433 .757
June 6 4 .600 69 0 0 0 5 72.0 84 47 10 30 48 5.88 .285 .351 .468 .819
July 5 3 .625 62 0 0 0 5 70.3 85 31 4 25 61 3.97 .297 .354 .416 .770
August 9 3 .750 59 0 0 0 0 64.3 66 34 6 14 50 4.76 .268 .308 .431 .739
Sep/Oct 1 1 .500 68 0 0 0 1 76.0 85 43 6 28 68 5.09 .287 .349 .432 .781
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
2007 28 STL NL 64 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .250 .500 .250 .750 1.0 0.2
2008 29 STL NL 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
2009 30 STL NL 70 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
2010 31 STL NL 54 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
2011 32 STL NL 51 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0
2012 33 STL NL 53 3 1 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 2 .333 .500 1.333 1.833 1.6 0.5
2013 34 STL NL 57 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
7 Years Sim 363 16 2 3 0 0 1 6 0 0 3 8 .188 .316 .375 .691 2.3 0.7
162 Game Average 7 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 .188 .316 .375 .691 1.0  
Career Highs 70 4 1 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 2 2 .333 .500 1.333 1.833 1.6  
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   12 2 3 0 0 1 6 0 0 2 6 .250 .357 .500 .857 2.3
vs LH   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .200 .000 .200 0.0
Home 149 9 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 .111 .111 .111 .222 -0.3
Away 126 7 2 2 0 0 1 4 0 0 3 3 .286 .500 .714 1.214 2.5
RISP   5 0 2 0 0 1 6 0 0 2 3 .400 .571 1.000 1.571 2.3
Close/Late   4 2 2 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 0 .500 .600 1.250 1.850 2.1
Mar/Apr 24 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
May 32 4 1 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 1.000 1.250 1.2
June 48 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4
July 31 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .333 .500 .333 .833 0.6
August 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .667 .000 .667 0.6
Sep/Oct 12 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5
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    
2007 28 STL NL P 64 0 70.3 2 13 1 0 .938 1.92    
2008 29 STL NL P 14 0 20.3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.33    
2009 30 STL NL P 70 0 79.7 6 13 0 1 1.000 2.15    
2010 31 STL NL P 54 0 67.0 3 9 0 1 1.000 1.61    
2011 32 STL NL P 51 0 60.3 2 8 1 2 .909 1.49    
2012 33 STL NL P 53 0 55.0 4 3 0 0 1.000 1.15    
2013 34 STL NL P 57 0 65.7 5 4 1 1 .900 1.23    
Career Totals   363 0 418.3 22 53 3 5 .962 1.61    
Career Highs   70 0 79.7 6 13 1 2 1.000 2.15    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2012 33 STL NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 4.7 6 5 0 3 3 9.66 .333 .429 .611 1.040
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 4.7 6 5 0 3 3 9.66 .333 .429 .611 1.040
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2012 33 STL NL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
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History
Earned first career win on 6/25/2007
Had first career hit on 7/8/2007, off Brian Meadows (HOU)
Injured on 7/30/2007 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
1/29/2011: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
1/29/2012: Gets a new one-year contract worth $377,143 through salary arbitration
Hit first career homerun on 5/20/2012, off Matthew LeCroy (ARI)
Was selected to the 2012 Allstar game
Injured on 8/22/2012 with a Pulled Bicep Muscle, out for 4-5 weeks
1/29/2013: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,422,857 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 4/12/2014 to a minor league deal
 
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