 For the season, he was 1-0 for the White Sox with a 2.89 ERA.Axelrod was 2-2 with a 5.17 ERA in 2012, and struggled in 2013, with a 4–11 record and 5.68 ERA for the White Sox.Among pitchers who threw as many innings or more as Axelrod () in 2013, only four had worse ERAs.