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James Baldwin
James Baldwin Jr.

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 210 lb.

Debut April 30, 1995
  vs. BOS 3.7 IP, 7 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER
Born July 15, 1971 in Pinehurst, NC

Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 4th round of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 1990. (All Transactions)

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        James Baldwin - Number 37 in your programs, dead last in ERA, and Number One in Brandon's heart. James, we will never forget how terribly average you were. And Brandon, Merry Christmas. You now own a small piece of James Baldwin.

Pitching  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1995 23 CHW AL   0   1   6   4   0   0   0  0   14.7   32   22   21   6    9   10   0   1    81   1   0 12.89  4.48   35 2.795
 1996 24 CHW AL  11   6  28  28   0   0   0  0  169.0  168   88   83  24   57  127   4  12   719   3   1  4.42  4.75  107 1.331 RoY-2
 1997 25 CHW AL  12  15  32  32   1   0   0  0  200.0  205  128  117  19   83  140   5  14   879   3   3  5.27  4.39   83 1.440
 1998 26 CHW AL  13   6  37  24   1   0   3  0  159.0  176  103   94  18   60  108  10   5   712   2   1  5.32  4.56   86 1.484
 1999 27 CHW AL  12  13  35  33   1   0   1  0  199.3  219  119  113  34   81  123   7  11   886   1   1  5.10  4.92   96 1.505
 2000 28 CHW AL  14   7  29  28   2   1   0  0  178.0  185   96   92  34   59  116   8   4   758   3   1  4.65  5.02  108 1.371 AS
 2001 29 TOT     10  11  29  28   2   1   0  0  175.0  191   95   86  25   63   95   7   7   764   1   0  4.42  4.32   98 1.451
         CHW AL   7   5  17  16   2   1   0  0   95.7  109   56   49  15   38   42   4   4   431   0   0  4.61  4.62  100 1.537
         LAD NL   3   6  12  12   0   0   0  0   79.3   82   39   37  10   25   53   3   3   333   1   0  4.20  3.97   95 1.349
 2002 30 SEA AL   7  10  30  23   0   0   4  0  150.0  179   95   88  26   49   88   7   1   662   2   0  5.28  4.24   80 1.520
 2003 31 MIN AL   0   1  10   0   0   0   3  1   15.0   21   10    9   6    4    7   0   0    69   1   0  5.40  4.53   84 1.667
 2004 32 NYM NL   0   2   2   2   0   0   0  0    6.0   13   10   10   3    5    1   1   0    36   1   0 15.00  4.27   28 3.000
 2005 33 TOT AL   0   2  28   0   0   0  13  1   56.7   54   28   24   8   16   29   3   2   238   1   1  3.81  4.41  116 1.235
         TEX AL   0   2   8   0   0   0   2  1   17.3   18   10   10   3    7    9   1   1    76   1   1  5.19  4.62   89 1.442
         BAL AL   0   0  20   0   0   0  11  0   39.3   36   18   14   5    9   20   2   1   162   0   0  3.20  4.32  135 1.144
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 11 Yr WL% .516  79  74 266 202   7   2  24  2 1322.7 1443  794  737 203  486  844  52  57  5804  19   8  5.01  4.60   92 1.458
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    11  10  38  29   1   0   3  0  192.0  209  115  107  29   70  122   7   8   843   2   1  5.01  4.60   92 1.458
 Career High     14  15  37  33   2   1  13  1  200.0  219  128  117  34   83  140  10  14   886   3   3  3.81  5.02  116 1.235
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1997 25 CHW AL   2    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
 1998 26 CHW AL   3    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1999 27 CHW AL   1    2    1    1   0  1   0    1   0  0   0   1  .500  .500 1.500  383    3   0   0   0   0   0
 2000 28 CHW AL   2    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0 AS
 2001 29 TOT     13   28    0    2   1  0   0    1   0  0   0  13  .071  .071  .107  -53    3   1   0   0   0   1
         CHW AL   1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
         LAD NL  12   26    0    2   1  0   0    1   0  0   0  12  .077  .077  .115  -49    3   1   0   0   0   1
 2002 30 SEA AL   1    2    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .500  .500  .500  172    1   0   0   0   0   0
 2004 32 NYM NL   2    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 2005 33 TOT AL  28    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
         BAL AL  20    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons      96   44    1    4   1  1   0    2   0  0   0  20  .091  .091  .159  -36    7   3   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         74    2    7   2  2   0    3   0  0   0  34  .091  .091  .159  -36   12   5   0   0   0   2
 Career High     28   28    1    2   1  1   0    1   0  0   0  13                           3   1   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1997 25 CHW AL    4    4    0   0.0   105| .000  .266| .000  .335| .000  .421| .000  .757|-100  .000  -0.9  -0.1   0%
 1998 26 CHW AL    2    2    0   0.0   108| .000  .270| .000  .338| .000  .428| .000  .766|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 1999 27 CHW AL    2    1    2  53.2   115| .500  .276| .500  .349|1.500  .442|2.000  .791| 383  .985   0.7   0.1   0%
 2000 28 CHW AL    5    5    0   0.0   117| .000  .278| .000  .352| .000  .448| .000  .800|-100  .000  -1.2  -0.1   0%
 2001 29 TOT      29   28    0   0.0   105| .071  .260| .071  .329| .107  .425| .178  .754| -53  .000  -6.2  -0.6   0%
         CHW AL    2    2    0   0.0   110| .000  .272| .000  .340| .000  .436| .000  .776|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
         LAD NL   27   26    0   0.0   104| .077  .259| .077  .329| .115  .424| .192  .753| -49  .000  -5.6  -0.5   0%
 2002 30 SEA AL    2    1    1  26.7   103| .500  .260| .500  .328| .500  .420|1.000  .747| 172  .956   0.2   0.0   0%
 2004 32 NYM NL    2    2    0   0.0   110| .000  .268| .000  .340| .000  .435| .000  .775|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 2005 33 TOT AL    1    1    0   0.0   104| .000  .267| .000  .330| .000  .423| .000  .753|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
         BAL AL    1    1    0   0.0   104| .000  .267| .000  .330| .000  .423| .000  .753|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons       47   44    3   1.8   107| .091  .264| .091  .334| .159  .428| .250  .761| -36  .132  -8.9  -0.9   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1995 23 CHW AL P 6 0 3 1 0 .750 .968 0.50 0.53 1.84 1.78 4 14.7 1996 24 CHW AL P 28 12 16 3 0 .903 .959 1.00 0.52 1.49 1.77 28 169.0 1997 25 CHW AL P 32 15 22 2 0 .949 .956 1.16 0.49 1.67 1.71 32 200.0 1998 26 CHW AL P 37 7 15 5 0 .815 .957 0.59 0.50 1.25 1.78 24 159.0 1999 27 CHW AL P 35 12 21 2 0 .943 .951 0.94 0.47 1.49 1.69 33 199.3 2000 28 CHW AL P 29 14 26 2 2 .952 .957 1.38 0.46 2.02 1.62 28 178.0 AS 2001 29 TOT P 29 12 25 1 4 .974 .956 1.28 0.48 1.90 1.75 28 175.0 CHW AL P 17 7 17 0 3 1.000 .956 1.41 0.49 2.26 1.75 16 95.7 LAD NL P 12 5 8 1 1 .929 .956 1.08 0.46 1.48 1.75 12 79.3 2002 30 SEA AL P 30 9 25 0 2 1.000 .958 1.13 0.48 2.04 1.69 23 150.0 2003 31 MIN AL P 10 3 3 1 0 .857 .952 0.60 0.49 3.60 1.74 0 15.0 2004 32 NYM NL P 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 0.45 3.00 1.80 2 6.0 2005 33 TOT AL P 28 4 4 0 1 1.000 .964 0.29 0.46 1.27 1.69 0 56.6 TEX AL P 8 2 1 0 0 1.000 .968 0.38 0.46 1.56 1.66 0 17.3 BAL AL P 20 2 3 0 1 1.000 .962 0.25 0.46 1.15 1.69 0 39.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1995 23 CHW AL P 6 0 3 1 0 .750 .968 0.50 0.53 1.84 1.78 4 14.7 1996 24 CHW AL P 28 12 16 3 0 .903 .959 1.00 0.52 1.49 1.77 28 169.0 1997 25 CHW AL P 32 15 22 2 0 .949 .956 1.16 0.49 1.67 1.71 32 200.0 1998 26 CHW AL P 37 7 15 5 0 .815 .957 0.59 0.50 1.25 1.78 24 159.0 1999 27 CHW AL P 35 12 21 2 0 .943 .951 0.94 0.47 1.49 1.69 33 199.3 2000 28 CHW AL P 29 14 26 2 2 .952 .957 1.38 0.46 2.02 1.62 28 178.0 2001 29 TOT P 29 12 25 1 4 .974 .956 1.28 0.48 1.90 1.75 28 175.0 CHW AL P 17 7 17 0 3 1.000 .956 1.41 0.49 2.26 1.75 16 95.7 LAD NL P 12 5 8 1 1 .929 .956 1.08 0.46 1.48 1.75 12 79.3 2002 30 SEA AL P 30 9 25 0 2 1.000 .958 1.13 0.48 2.04 1.69 23 150.0 2003 31 MIN AL P 10 3 3 1 0 .857 .952 0.60 0.49 3.60 1.74 0 15.0 2004 32 NYM NL P 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 0.45 3.00 1.80 2 6.0 2005 33 TOT AL P 28 4 4 0 1 1.000 .964 0.29 0.46 1.27 1.69 0 56.6 TEX AL P 8 2 1 0 0 1.000 .968 0.38 0.46 1.56 1.66 0 17.3 BAL AL P 20 2 3 0 1 1.000 .962 0.25 0.46 1.15 1.69 0 39.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 266 88 162 17 9 .936 .956 0.94 0.48 1.70 1.71 202 1322.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 266 88 162 17 9 .936 .956 0.94 0.48 1.70 1.71 202 1323
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 2000   ALDS  CHW SEA     L   1   1   1.50  0  0  0  0   6     3   1   3   2 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2000   ALDS  CHW SEA     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Pitching 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 2000   CHW AL      1  0  0   1     2   1   1   0   0  1   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 2000   CHW AL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0                   
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
2000 *

Won-Loss %
1996 AL-.647-7
1998 AL-.684-7
2000 AL-.667-7

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1996 AL-1.331-9
2000 AL-1.371-10

Hits Allowed/9IP
1996 AL-8.95-9

Games Started
1999 AL-33-8

Shutouts
2000 AL-1-4
2001 AL-1-10

Home Runs Allow.
1999 AL-34-4
2000 AL-34-3

Bases On Balls Allow.
1997 AL-83-6

Losses
1997 AL-15-1
1999 AL-13-9

Earned Runs Allow.
1997 AL-117-3
1999 AL-113-8

Wild Pitches
1996 AL-12-6
1997 AL-14-1
1999 AL-11-5

Hit Batsmen
1998 AL-10-9

Gray Ink: Pitching - 14 (1255) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 3.0 (1627) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 3.0 (1446) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 4, 1990: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 4th round of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 1990.

July 26, 2001: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with cash to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Jeff Barry, Onan Masaoka, and Gary Majewski.

November 5, 2001: Granted Free Agency.

January 30, 2002: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.

October 29, 2002: Granted Free Agency.

January 28, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

June 1, 2003: Released by the Kansas City Royals.

June 10, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.

August 17, 2003: Granted Free Agency.

February 9, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.

May 20, 2004: Granted Free Agency.

June 6, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

October 15, 2004: Granted Free Agency.

January 14, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

July 21, 2005: Selected off waivers by the Texas Rangers from the Baltimore Orioles.

August 22, 2005: Selected off waivers by the Baltimore Orioles from the Texas Rangers.

October 31, 2005: Granted Free Agency.

January 30, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.

April 22, 2006: Released by the Toronto Blue Jays.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1995Chicago White Sox$109,000
1996Chicago White Sox$115,000
1997Chicago White Sox$250,000
1998Chicago White Sox$300,000
1999Chicago White Sox$1,900,000
2000Chicago White Sox$3,300,000
2001Chicago White Sox$5,950,000
2002Seattle Mariners$1,250,000
Career (may be incomplete)$13,174,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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