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James Shields
James Anthony Shields (Jamie)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 214 lb.

Born: December 20, 1981 in Newhall, CA
High School: William S. Hart (Newhall, CA)
Drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 16th round of the 2000 amateur draft.
Signed August 17, 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 31, 2006
Relatives: Cousin of Aaron Rowand
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Career Home Runs Allowed

James Shields: 99 Career Home Runs Allowed

1 leading off, 0 walk-off, 13 tying, 32 go ahead
1 Tm
TBD/TBR99
 
vs RHB50
vs LHB49
 
Away55
Home44
 
Leverage
High Lev14
Medium Lev52
Low Lev33
17 Opps
TOR14
NYY12
BOS10
OAK9
BAL9
CHW7
TEX6
SEA5
DET5
LAA4
FLA4
MIN3
KCR3
CLE3
ARI2
COL2
WSN1
72 Batters
Adam Lind3
Aubrey Huff3
Hideki Matsui3
Lyle Overbay3
Jhonny Peralta3
Placido Polanco2
Robinson Cano2
Mike Jacobs2
Hank Blalock2
Carlos Gonzalez2
Carlos Guillen2
Aaron Hill2
Manny Ramirez2
Nick Swisher2
Vladimir Guerrero2
J.D. Drew2
David Ortiz2
Michael Young2
Emil Brown2
John Buck2
19 Parks
TropicanaFld42
SkyDome8
NetworkAssoc5
Yankee Stad5
Fenway Pk5
Camden Yards4
Rangers Bpk4
Safeco Fld4
Dolphin Stad3
Angel Stad3
Comerica Pk3
Chase Field2
US Cellular2
Coors Fld2
Jacobs Fld2
BP at Disney2
Metrodome1
RFK Stad1
KauffmanStad1
Where Hit
734
928
7816
814
897
General field locations when available.
 
 
Pitches
232
119
319
412
59
65
7+3
Pitches in PA when available.
Game Totals
1·HR gms46
2·HR gms19
3·HR gms5
Gms w/ this # = 0 are not shown.
 
OrderPos
3rd17
4th16
6th16
7th13
5th10
2nd9
9th7
8th6
1st5
Outs
035
133
231
 
DefPos
DH18
LF15
RF13
CF11
C10
3B10
2B8
SS8
1B5
PH1
Bases
---58
1--22
-2-7
12-5
--32
-232
1-32
1231
 
151 Runs
RISP19
0 on58
1 on31
2 on9
3 on1
Any on41
Inning
115
214
39
414
512
621
79
84
91
 
1-338
4-647
7-end14
RelScore
+4..5
+35
+27
+112
Tied27
-116
-28
-36
-4..13
 
Ahead29
Tied27
Behind43
Before event, for batter
Count
1-020
0-019
0-112
1-19
2-17
2-07
3-26
1-26
3-15
2-25
0-23

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2006 HRs #car #yr #gm Date Batter @Bat   Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) R BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
1 1 1 1 2006-07-01 Jose Guillen WSN TBD tied 2-2 b 6 0 --- 5,(3-1)  1 6 9 17% 74% Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
2 2 2 1 2006-07-06 Manny Ramirez BOS @ TBD tied 0-0 t 1 2 1-- 6,(3-2)  2 4 7 18% 65% Home Run (Fly Ball); Youkilis Scores
3 3 3 2 2006-07-06 Doug Mirabelli BOS @ TBD ahead 2-1 t 5 0 --- 5,(3-1)  1 8 2 11% 74% Home Run (Fly Ball)
4 4 4 3 2006-07-06 David Ortiz BOS @ TBD ahead 3-1 t 5 2 1-- 1,(0-0)  2 3 10 15% 87% Home Run (Fly Ball); Loretta Scores
5 5 5 1 2006-07-15 Mike Napoli LAA TBD behind 1-2 b 4 0 1-- 4,(2-1)  2 6 2 20% 68% Home Run (Fly Ball); Anderson Scores
6 6 6 1 2006-07-30 Johnny Damon NYY TBD tied 2-2 b 5 1 --- 2,(1-0)  1 1 8 14% 68% Home Run (Fly Ball)
7 7 7 2 2006-07-30 Johnny Damon NYY TBD ahead 3-2 b 7 2 --- 3,(2-0)  1 1 8 11% 86% Home Run (Fly Ball)
8 8 8 1 2006-08-04 David Ortiz BOS @ TBD behind 0-2 t 4 0 --- 3,(1-1)  1 3 10 10% 38% Home Run (Fly Ball)
9 9 9 1 2006-08-09 Adrian Beltre SEA TBD ahead 1-0 b 4 0 --- 2,(0-1)  1 3 5 10% 78% Home Run (Fly Ball)
10 10 10 1 2006-08-16 Bengie Molina TOR @ TBD behind 0-4 t 5 1 --- 6,(2-2)  1 7 2 6% 15% Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
11 11 11 1 2006-08-21 Hank Blalock TEX @ TBD behind 0-2 t 3 2 -2- 2,(1-0)  2 5 5 18% 45% Home Run (Fly Ball); Lee Scores
12 12 12 1 2006-08-26 Nick Markakis BAL TBD behind 0-2 b 4 1 --- 2,(1-0)  1 2 9 11% 40% Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
13 13 13 2 2006-08-26 Jeff Conine BAL TBD behind 1-2 b 7 1 --- 2,(1-0)  1 6 7 23% 55% Home Run (Fly Ball)
14 14 14 1 2006-09-01 Kenji Johjima SEA @ TBD tied 0-0 t 2 2 --- 2,(0-1)  1 7 2 10% 56% Home Run (Fly Ball)
15 15 15 1 2006-09-08 Nick Swisher OAK @ TBD ahead 2-1 t 3 1 123 2,(1-0)  4 7 7 19% 89% Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); Thomas Scores; Chavez Scores; Payton Scores
16 16 16 1 2006-09-14 Hideki Matsui NYY TBD behind 0-1 b 2 2 --- 8,(3-2)  1 7 10 11% 51% Home Run (Fly Ball)
17 17 17 1 2006-09-22 Robinson Cano NYY @ TBD behind 0-1 t 4 1 --- 1,(0-0)  1 2 10 12% 47% Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
18 18 18 2 2006-09-22 Aaron Guiel NYY @ TBD tied 1-1 t 7 1 1-- 1,(0-0)  2 7 9 29% 79% Home Run (Fly Ball); Williams Scores
2007 HRs #car #yr #gm Date Batter @Bat   Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) R BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
19 19 1 1 2007-04-11 Michael Young TEX TBD behind 0-1 b 1 2 --- 4,(2-1)  1 3 6 10% 51% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
20 20 2 2 2007-04-11 Ian Kinsler TEX TBD behind 1-6 b 6 0 --- 5,(3-1)  1 9 4 4% 11% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
21 21 3 3 2007-04-11 Michael Young TEX TBD behind 2-6 b 6 0 1-3 2,(1-0)  3 3 6 18% 41% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Lofton Scores/unER; Catalanotto Scores
22 22 4 1 2007-04-16 Freddie Bynum BAL @ TBD behind 1-7 t 6 2 1-- 1,(0-0)  2 8 8 4% 6% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Millar Scores
23 23 5 2 2007-04-16 Melvin Mora BAL @ TBD behind 3-7 t 7 0 1-- 4,(1-2)  2 2 5 10% 19% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); Roberts Scores
24 24 6 1 2007-04-22 Jhonny Peralta CLE @ TBD tied 0-0 t 2 2 -2- 5,(2-2)  2 7 6 18% 66% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Blake Scores
25 25 7 1 2007-04-27 Bobby Crosby OAK TBD behind 0-2 b 2 0 --- 4,(1-2)  1 6 6 10% 44% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
26 26 8 1 2007-05-15 Hank Blalock TEX @ TBD behind 1-3 t 5 0 --- 2,(1-0)  1 5 5 11% 37% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
27 27 9 1 2007-05-25 Luis Terrero CHW TBD behind 0-1 b 4 2 1-3 2,(0-1)  3 9 8 31% 75% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Crede Scores; Uribe Scores
28 28 10 1 2007-06-04 John Buck KCR @ TBD behind 0-3 t 5 2 --- 1,(0-0)  1 7 2 7% 20% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
29 29 11 2 2007-06-04 John Buck KCR @ TBD behind 1-3 t 8 0 --- 8,(3-2)  1 7 2 12% 26% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
30 30 12 1 2007-06-09 Miguel Cabrera FLA TBD behind 0-4 b 6 1 1-- 5,(3-1)  2 4 5 12% 22% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); Ramirez Scores
31 31 13 1 2007-06-15 Garrett Atkins COL TBD ahead 1-0 b 1 2 1-- 6,(3-2)  2 5 5 15% 77% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); Helton Scores
32 32 14 2 2007-06-15 Brad Hawpe COL TBD ahead 3-0 b 1 2 --- 3,(1-1)  1 6 9 6% 83% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
33 33 15 1 2007-06-20 Chad Tracy ARI TBD tied 0-0 b 3 2 -23 3,(1-1)  3 4 5 24% 81% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Owings Scores; Byrnes Scores
34 34 16 2 2007-06-20 Eric Byrnes ARI TBD ahead 3-0 b 4 1 12- 4,(1-2)  3 1 7 9% 96% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Quentin Scores; Montero Scores
35 35 17 1 2007-06-26 Andy Gonzalez CHW @ TBD ahead 2-0 t 5 2 -2- 1,(0-0)  2 2 8 14% 88% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Podsednik Scores
36 36 18 2 2007-06-26 Jim Thome CHW @ TBD ahead 4-0 t 5 2 --- 2,(1-0)  1 3 10 5% 92% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
37 37 19 1 2007-07-01 Jhonny Peralta CLE TBD behind 0-1 b 3 2 --- 3,(2-0)  1 3 6 12% 51% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
38 38 20 1 2007-07-12 Derek Jeter NYY @ TBD tied 1-1 t 4 0 --- 3,(2-0)  1 3 6 12% 62% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF)
39 39 21 2 2007-07-12 Alex Rodriguez NYY @ TBD ahead 2-1 t 4 0 --- 5,(2-2)  1 4 5 11% 72% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
40 40 22 3 2007-07-12 Bobby Abreu NYY @ TBD ahead 3-1 t 4 2 --- 3,(0-2)  1 7 9 9% 78% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
41 41 23 1 2007-07-22 Hideki Matsui NYY TBD behind 0-1 b 2 0 --- 2,(1-0)  1 5 7 10% 55% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
42 42 24 1 2007-08-03 Aubrey Huff BAL @ TBD behind 0-1 t 4 1 12- 5,(2-2)  3 6 10 27% 70% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); Millar Scores; Tejada Scores
43 43 25 1 2007-08-08 Placido Polanco DET TBD behind 0-2 b 4 0 --- 1,(0-0)  1 2 4 11% 44% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
44 44 26 1 2007-08-24 Dan Johnson OAK @ TBD behind 0-12 t 9 1 1-- 5,(1-2)  2 6 3 0% 0% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); Piazza Scores
45 45 27 1 2007-08-29 Aubrey Huff BAL TBD ahead 2-1 b 6 2 1-- 1,(0-0)  2 6 10 18% 89% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Millar Scores
46 46 28 1 2007-09-09 Aaron Hill TOR @ TBD tied 1-1 t 5 1 --- 2,(0-1)  1 7 4 14% 61% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
2008 HRs #car #yr #gm Date Batter @Bat   Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) R BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
47 47 1 1 2008-04-06 Hideki Matsui NYY TBR tied 0-0 b 4 1 -2- 4,(2-1)  2 5 10 18% 76% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Rodriguez Scores
48 48 2 1 2008-04-22 Vernon Wells TOR @ TBR behind 3-5 t 6 0 --- 2,(1-0)  1 4 8 12% 35% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
49 49 3 1 2008-05-19 Frank Thomas OAK TBR tied 0-0 b 1 2 1-- 3,(2-0)  2 4 10 19% 71% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); Cust Scores
50 50 4 2 2008-05-19 Emil Brown OAK TBR ahead 2-0 b 2 0 --- 2,(1-0)  1 6 9 7% 83% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
51 51 5 3 2008-05-19 Frank Thomas OAK TBR behind 3-4 b 6 2 --- 2,(1-0)  1 4 10 19% 52% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
52 52 6 1 2008-05-25 Aubrey Huff BAL @ TBR behind 3-4 t 6 2 --- 2,(1-0)  1 4 10 16% 44% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF)
53 53 7 1 2008-05-30 Alexei Ramirez CHW @ TBR behind 0-1 t 5 1 --- 4,(1-2)  1 9 4 13% 47% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
54 54 8 1 2008-06-05 Manny Ramirez BOS TBR tied 0-0 b 1 1 -23 2,(1-0)  3 4 10 15% 78% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Pedroia Scores; Drew Scores
55 55 9 1 2008-06-10 Garret Anderson LAA TBR tied 0-0 b 1 1 1-- 2,(0-1)  2 3 7 16% 71% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Izturis Scores
56 56 10 2 2008-06-10 Vladimir Guerrero LAA TBR ahead 4-0 b 5 2 1-- 2,(0-1)  2 4 10 5% 97% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Izturis Scores
57 57 11 1 2008-06-25 Mike Jacobs FLA TBR behind 0-14 b 6 2 --- 2,(0-1)  1 6 3 0% 0% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
58 58 12 1 2008-06-30 J.D. Drew BOS @ TBR behind 1-4 t 6 2 --- 10,(3-2)  1 3 9 7% 18% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
59 59 13 1 2008-07-11 Jhonny Peralta CLE TBR ahead 1-0 b 3 2 -2- 3,(2-0)  2 4 6 16% 81% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); Francisco Scores
60 60 14 1 2008-07-18 Adam Lind TOR @ TBR tied 0-0 t 3 1 --- 6,(2-2)  1 9 7 11% 58% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
61 61 15 1 2008-07-23 Emil Brown OAK @ TBR tied 0-0 t 2 0 --- 1,(0-0)  1 4 7 10% 60% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
62 62 16 2 2008-07-23 Carlos Gonzalez OAK @ TBR ahead 1-0 t 2 0 --- 3,(1-1)  1 5 8 9% 69% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
63 63 17 1 2008-07-28 Matt Stairs TOR TBR behind 0-1 b 5 0 1-- 1,(0-0)  2 6 10 23% 71% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); Barajas Scores
64 64 18 1 2008-08-08 Wladimir Balentien SEA TBR behind 0-1 b 2 2 1-- 4,(2-1)  2 7 8 21% 62% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Lopez Scores
65 65 19 1 2008-08-14 Carlos Gonzalez OAK TBR tied 0-0 b 1 0 --3 1,(0-0)  2 2 8 10% 74% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Ellis Scores
66 66 20 1 2008-08-19 Vladimir Guerrero LAA @ TBR tied 0-0 t 2 0 --- 4,(2-1)  1 4 10 10% 60% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
67 67 21 1 2008-09-06 Lyle Overbay TOR TBR ahead 1-0 b 2 0 --- 3,(1-1)  1 6 3 9% 75% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
68 68 22 2 2008-09-06 Lyle Overbay TOR TBR ahead 2-0 b 4 1 --- 3,(2-0)  1 6 3 8% 85% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
69 69 23 1 2008-09-18 Jason Kubel MIN @ TBR tied 0-0 t 1 2 12- 4,(2-1)  3 5 10 24% 73% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); Span Scores; Mauer Scores
70 70 24 1 2008-09-23 (1) Luis Montanez BAL TBR tied 0-0 b 2 0 1-- 2,(0-1)  2 7 7 15% 74% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Scott Scores
2009 HRs #car #yr #gm Date Batter @Bat   Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) R BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
71 71 1 1 2009-04-07 Dustin Pedroia BOS TBR tied 0-0 b 1 1 --- 2,(1-0)  1 2 4 9% 62% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
72 72 2 2 2009-04-07 Jason Varitek BOS TBR ahead 4-1 b 6 1 --- 1,(0-0)  1 9 2 5% 94% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
73 73 3 1 2009-04-17 Carlos Quentin CHW @ TBR tied 2-2 t 6 0 --- 1,(0-0)  1 3 7 15% 65% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
74 74 4 2 2009-04-17 Jermaine Dye CHW @ TBR ahead 3-2 t 6 0 1-- 2,(1-0)  2 5 9 16% 85% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); Thome Scores
75 75 5 1 2009-04-23 Ichiro Suzuki SEA TBR tied 0-0 b 1 0 --- 2,(1-0)  1 1 9 10% 65% Lead-Off Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
76 76 6 1 2009-04-28 Justin Morneau MIN TBR tied 0-0 b 1 1 1-- 2,(1-0)  2 3 10 17% 72% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Span Scores
77 77 7 1 2009-05-08 Jason Bay BOS TBR behind 0-3 b 6 0 12- 3,(0-2)  3 4 7 27% 58% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Pedroia Scores; Ortiz Scores
78 78 8 2 2009-05-08 J.D. Drew BOS TBR tied 3-3 b 6 0 -2- 1,(0-0)  2 6 9 17% 83% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Lowell Scores
79 79 9 1 2009-05-24 John Baker FLA TBR tied 3-3 b 6 1 --- 2,(0-1)  1 6 2 18% 72% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
80 80 10 1 2009-05-29 Michael Cuddyer MIN @ TBR behind 0-1 t 6 1 --- 4,(2-1)  1 5 9 16% 47% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
81 81 11 1 2009-06-26 Hanley Ramirez FLA @ TBR behind 2-3 t 7 2 --- 3,(1-1)  1 3 6 19% 43% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
82 82 12 1 2009-07-01 Rod Barajas TOR TBR ahead 2-0 b 7 1 --- 3,(0-2)  1 8 2 6% 93% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
83 83 13 2 2009-07-01 Adam Lind TOR TBR ahead 3-0 b 8 1 --- 3,(1-1)  1 3 7 2% 99% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
84 84 14 3 2009-07-01 Scott Rolen TOR TBR ahead 4-0 b 8 1 --- 2,(0-1)  1 4 5 1% 99% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
85 85 15 1 2009-07-17 Mike Jacobs KCR TBR ahead 3-2 b 3 0 12- 3,(1-1)  3 5 10 15% 89% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); Butler Scores; Teahen Scores
86 86 16 1 2009-07-22 Scott Podsednik CHW TBR behind 0-3 b 6 0 --- 6,(3-2)  1 1 8 10% 28% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
87 87 17 1 2009-07-27 Robinson Cano NYY @ TBR ahead 3-0 t 6 0 --- 1,(0-0)  1 7 4 6% 91% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
88 88 18 2 2009-07-27 Nick Swisher NYY @ TBR ahead 4-0 t 6 0 --- 2,(1-0)  1 8 9 4% 95% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
89 89 19 1 2009-08-08 Franklin Gutierrez SEA TBR behind 0-3 b 2 1 -2- 3,(1-1)  2 6 8 15% 42% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); Beltre Scores
90 90 20 1 2009-08-14 Lyle Overbay TOR @ TBR tied 0-0 t 1 2 1-- 4,(1-2)  2 4 3 17% 65% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); Scutaro Scores
91 91 21 2 2009-08-14 Adam Lind TOR @ TBR ahead 4-0 t 3 0 --- 1,(0-0)  1 3 7 5% 90% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
92 92 22 1 2009-08-25 Aaron Hill TOR TBR behind 1-6 b 3 1 --- 2,(0-1)  1 2 4 5% 15% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
93 93 23 2 2009-08-25 Travis Snider TOR TBR behind 2-7 b 7 0 --- 1,(0-0)  1 8 9 3% 7% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
94 94 24 1 2009-08-31 Carlos Guillen DET TBR behind 0-6 b 1 1 1-- 1,(0-0)  2 3 7 8% 19% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); Polanco Scores
95 95 25 2 2009-08-31 Carlos Guillen DET TBR behind 3-11 b 7 2 1-- 5,(3-1)  2 3 7 1% 1% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Granderson Scores
96 96 26 1 2009-09-05 Placido Polanco DET @ TBR tied 0-0 t 1 1 --- 2,(1-0)  1 2 4 9% 57% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
97 97 27 2 2009-09-05 Alex Avila DET @ TBR behind 3-6 t 7 1 1-- 3,(2-0)  2 8 2 15% 27% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Ordonez Scores
98 98 28 1 2009-09-25 Chris Davis TEX TBR ahead 2-0 b 2 1 --- 1,(0-0)  1 9 5 8% 81% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
99 99 29 1 2009-09-30 Ty Wigginton BAL @ TBR behind 1-5 t 8 1 --3 2,(0-1)  2 9 PH 6% 11% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Aubrey Scores

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