James Shields

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 210lb (190cm, 95kg)

Born: December 20, 1981 in Newhall, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 16th round of the 2000 MLB June Amateur Draft from William S. Hart HS (Santa Clarita, CA).

High School: William S. Hart HS (Santa Clarita, CA)

Debut: May 31, 2006 (Age 24-162d, 18,890th in major league history)
vs. BAL 5.0 IP, 9 H, 5 SO, 3 BB, 5 ER

Last Game: September 25, 2018 (Age 36-279d)
vs. CLE 6.0 IP, 6 H, 6 SO, 4 BB, 4 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2006 season

Agents: PSI Sports Management

Full Name: James Anthony Shields

Nicknames: Jamie, Big Game James or Juego G

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

Relatives: Cousin of Aaron Rowand

1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

30.7

145

139

ERA

4.01

407

405

2616.0

2234

WHIP

1.272

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Team Record in Appearances: 22-11 / in Starts: 22-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2008 Pitching Game Log

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2008 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	53	1	Mar 31	TBR	@	BAL	W,6-2	GS-7	W(1-0)	99	7.0	5	2	2	3	2	0	0	2.57	3.85	26	86	53	13	5	7	14	1	2	0	58			2	1	0	23	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.04	0.167	1.17	0.11%	1.77	1b start tie	7b 3 out a4
2	54	5	Apr 6	TBR	@	NYY	L,0-2	GS-6	L(1-1)	5	5.0	8	2	2	1	5	1	1	3.00	4.30	24	96	65	18	7	6	11	8	0	0	47			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.022	1.15	-0.02%	0.11	1b start tie	6b -2- 0 out d2
3	55	10	Apr 11	TBR		BAL	W,10-5	GS-6		4	6.0	7	5	2	1	4	0	0	3.00	3.63	26	95	55	17	3	8	13	6	0	0	47			0	0	0	25	4	0	0	0	0	1	.77	-0.209	.84	-0.14%	-1.77	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
4	56	15	Apr 16	TBR	@	MIN	L,5-6	GS-5		4	5.0	8	5	3	1	5	0	0	3.52	3.22	25	96	59	13	13	11	8	4	1	0	39			3	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.27	-0.395	1.14	-0.21%	-2.44	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
5	57	20	Apr 22	TBR		TOR	W,6-4	GS-7	W(2-1)	5	7.0	6	4	2	2	5	1	0	3.30	3.50	28	109	69	27	7	11	10	5	0	0	56			0	1	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.04	-0.012	.88	-0.01%	-0.23	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
6	58	25	Apr 27	TBR		BOS	W,3-0	SHO	W(3-1)	4	9.0	2	0	0	1	7	0	0	2.54	3.13	29	99	66	22	11	13	8	0	3	0	89			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.05	0.590	1.32	0.44%	4.85	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
7	59	30	May 3	TBR	@	BOS	L,4-12	GS-4	L(3-2)	5	3.2	10	7	7	3	3	0	0	3.80	3.20	24	98	55	15	12	8	10	3	2	0	13			0	0	0	21	4	0	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.379	1.22	-0.31%	-4.26	1b start tie	4b 1-3 2 out d3
8	60	35	May 9	TBR		LAA	W,2-0	SHO	W(4-2)	5	9.0	1	0	0	0	8	0	1	3.14	2.94	28	92	61	15	9	9	10	1	1	0	93			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	0.713	1.33	0.52%	4.85	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
9	61	40	May 14	TBR		NYY	L,1-2	GS-8	L(4-3)	4	7.1	6	2	2	2	6	0	0	3.05	2.86	31	102	67	22	11	16	7	2	0	0	62			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	1	.87	0.101	1.29	0.09%	1.76	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out d1
10	62	45	May 19	TBR	@	OAK	W,7-6	GS-8		4	7.2	8	5	5	1	4	3	1	3.38	3.45	32	102	60	20	5	7	19	2	5	0	46			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.390	1.40	-0.32%	-1.43	1b start tie	8b 12- 2 out tie
11	63	50	May 25	TBR		BAL	W,5-4	GS-8		5	8.0	8	4	3	1	3	1	0	3.38	3.55	30	93	59	16	7	12	14	7	1	0	54			0	0	1	28	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.08	0.080	1.72	0.08%	0.31	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
12	64	55	May 30	TBR		CHW	W,2-1	GS-6		4	6.0	7	1	1	1	6	1	0	3.24	3.57	23	99	64	16	12	7	9	5	0	0	59			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.31	0.234	1.91	0.21%	2.24	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	65	60	Jun 5	TBR	@	BOS	L,1-7	GS-2	L(4-4)	5	1.0	3	4	4	0	2	1	2	3.64	3.74	8	27	17	6	2	2	2	0	0	0	33			0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.72	-0.239	1.24	-0.25%	-2.83	1b start tie	2b 1-- 0 out d2
14	66	65	Jun 10	TBR	@	LAA	L,1-6	CG(8)	L(4-5)	4	8.0	10	6	6	0	9	2	0	3.91	3.78	33	108	76	17	19	13	11	5	2	0	47			0	1	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.37	-0.264	.55	-0.24%	-1.64	1b start tie	8b 3 out d5
15	67	72	Jun 19	TBR		CHC	W,8-3	GS-7		8	6.1	7	3	3	2	9	0	0	3.94	3.61	27	102	68	23	12	5	11	3	1	0	54			0	1	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.047	1.94	0.04%	1.33	1t start tie	7t -23 1 out tie
16	68	77	Jun 25	TBR	@	FLA	W,15-3	GS-7	W(5-5)	5	7.0	4	1	1	0	5	1	1	3.76	3.64	28	101	70	15	10	12	10	2	1	0	70			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	3	.67	0.193	1.03	0.18%	2.61	1b start tie	7b 3 out a13
17	69	82	Jun 30	TBR		BOS	W,5-4	GS-7	W(6-5)	4	6.1	5	2	2	1	5	1	0	3.70	3.66	24	104	66	19	11	8	10	4	1	0	59			0	1	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.146	1.80	0.16%	1.22	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out a2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	70	87	Jul 6	TBR		KCR	W,9-2	GS-7	W(7-5)	5	7.0	4	2	2	1	8	0	0	3.64	3.52	25	93	57	15	11	8	8	3	2	0	68			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	1	0	0	.57	0.050	.60	0.03%	1.77	1t start tie	7t 3 out a7
19	71	92	Jul 11	TBR	@	CLE	L,0-5	GS-7	L(7-6)	4	6.0	10	5	5	1	4	1	0	3.83	3.57	29	103	65	15	14	12	12	4	2	0	35			0	0	0	28	5	0	0	1	0	1	.52	-0.168	.75	-0.15%	-2.26	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 out d5
20	72	95	Jul 18	TBR		TOR	W,2-1	GS-7	W(8-6)	6	7.0	4	1	1	2	4	1	0	3.69	3.63	26	105	65	14	9	7	13	4	0	0	67			0	1	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.270	1.56	0.29%	2.77	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
21	73	100	Jul 23	TBR		OAK	W,4-3	GS-9	W(9-6)	4	8.1	6	3	3	0	7	2	1	3.66	3.71	30	104	67	21	13	12	10	3	1	0	66			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.04	0.262	1.89	0.29%	2.14	1t start tie	9t -2- 1 out a2
22	74	105	Jul 28	TBR	@	TOR	L,1-3	GS-8	L(9-7)	4	7.1	5	3	3	0	5	1	1	3.66	3.72	28	94	64	16	7	8	14	0	1	0	61			0	0	0	27	1	2	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.012	1.45	-0.01%	0.19	1b start tie	8b --3 1 out d2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
23	75	110	Aug 3	TBR		DET	W,6-5	GS-7		5	6.1	9	2	2	1	4	0	1	3.63	3.68	29	111	73	17	16	10	13	9	1	0	50			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.055	1.25	0.04%	1.06	1t start tie	7t -2- 1 out d2
24	76	115	Aug 8	TBR	@	SEA	W,5-3	GS-7	W(10-7)	4	6.2	9	3	3	0	5	1	1	3.65	3.70	29	106	68	16	13	10	13	2	4	0	49			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	0.081	1.39	0.06%	0.35	1b start tie	7b 1-- 2 out a2
25	77	120	Aug 14	TBR	@	OAK	W,7-6	GS-5		5	5.0	5	4	4	5	3	1	0	3.75	3.81	23	94	56	19	4	6	9	1	4	0	39			0	0	0	18	2	1	0	2	0	0	1.17	-0.159	.75	-0.06%	-1.50	1b start tie	5b 3 out tie
26	78	125	Aug 19	TBR		LAA	W,4-2	GS-8	W(11-7)	4	8.0	9	2	2	1	7	1	1	3.68	3.81	33	103	70	15	11	10	14	8	3	0	62			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.184	.35	0.04%	2.31	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
27	79	130	Aug 26	TBR		TOR	L,2-6	GS-7	L(11-8)	6	6.2	9	4	4	2	4	0	0	3.75	3.77	30	104	67	12	8	15	9	4	1	0	42			1	0	0	27	2	0	0	1	0	0	.99	-0.059	.34	-0.01%	0.25	1t start tie	7t 1-3 2 out d1
28	80	135	Aug 31	TBR		BAL	W,10-4	GS-7	W(12-8)	4	7.0	6	1	1	2	1	0	0	3.66	3.77	28	101	66	13	7	14	11	4	2	0	60			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	2	0	1	.75	0.205	.07	0.01%	2.77	1t start tie	7t 3 out a7
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
29	81	140	Sep 6	TBR	@	TOR	L,4-7	GS-8		5	8.0	6	3	3	2	3	2	0	3.64	3.88	31	96	61	13	6	12	14	4	1	0	59			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	.51	-0.064	.05	0.00%	1.14	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
30	82	145	Sep 13(1)	TBR	@	NYY	W,7-1	GS-8	W(13-8)	6	8.0	5	0	0	0	6	0	1	3.50	3.80	29	106	70	23	8	11	11	2	1	0	78			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.56	0.281	.01	0.00%	4.39	1b start tie	8b 3 out a7
31	83	151	Sep 18	TBR		MIN	L,8-11	GS-7		4	6.1	8	6	5	2	3	1	0	3.61	3.85	29	90	55	8	3	11	13	5	3	0	36			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.142	.00	0.00%	-1.67	1t start tie	7t -23 1 out a3
32	84	156	Sep 23(1)	TBR	@	BAL	W,5-2	GS-7	W(14-8)	4	7.0	8	2	2	1	8	1	0	3.57	3.82	29	102	69	14	11	12	8	2	0	0	60			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	0.214	.00	0.00%	1.77	1b start tie	7b 3 out a2
33	85	162	Sep 28	TBR	@	DET	W,8-7	GS-1		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.56	3.82	3	10	6	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	53			0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.64	0.050	.00	0.00%	0.55	1b start tie	1b 3 out tie
							22-11		W-L:14-8	4.7	215.0	208	94	85	40	160	24	12	3.56	3.82	877	3131	64%	17%	10%	0.91		17%	7%	0	55		---%	7	6	1	819	47	4	0	21	0	9	.93	1.409	.99	0.85%	22.53

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