According to Anthony Franco of mlbtraderumors on Wednesday, James Paxton of Richmond, British Columbia has announced his plans to retire at the end of the 2024 Major League Baseball season at the age of 35. However, we may have seen the last of Paxton. That is because he is out with a torn right calf, and would not come back to the mound and pitch for the Boston Red Sox until the American League Championship Series if Boston makes the final four. Paxton made his announcement on the Baseball Isn’t Boring Podcast hosted by Rob Bradford.
In 2024 with the Los Angeles Dodgers and Red Sox, Paxton has a record of nine wins and three losses with an earned run average of 4.40. In 21 games and 100 1/3 innings pitched, Paxton gave up 95 hits, 49 earned runs, 12 home runs, and 50 walks, to go along with 73 strikeouts and a WHIP (walks and hits per innings pitched) of 1.45.
In 11 Major League Baseball seasons, Paxton has pitched for the Seattle Mariners (2013 to 2018, and 2021), the New York Yankees (2019 and 2020), the Boston Red Sox (2023 and 2024), and the Los Angeles Dodgers (2024). In 177 games and 951 innings pitched, he had a record of 73 wins and 41 losses with an earned run average of 3.77. Paxton also had two complete games, one shutout, and had 1005 strikeouts, and gave up 872 hits, 398 earned runs, 111 home runs, and 314 walks, to go along with a WHIP of 1.25.
Paxton’s two complete games and shutout came with the Mariners in 2018. In fact, he threw a complete game no hitter against the Toronto Blue Jays in Toronto on May 8, 2018 in a 5-0 Seattle win. Paxton also threw a complete game in a 7-2 Mariners win over the Detroit Tigers on May 19, 2018.
