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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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2006 24 TBD AL 3 8 8 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .375 .375 .375 .750 97 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
2007 25 TBD AL 3 7 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 -11 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
2008 26 TBR AL 2 5 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .250 .400 .250 .650 78 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
2009 27 TBR AL 2 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .200 .000 .200 -41 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
4 Seasons 10 25 22 5 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 .227 .292 .227 .519 39 5 0 0 1 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 405 356 81 81 0 0 0 16 0 0 32 81 .227 .292 .227 .519 39 81 0 0 16 0 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2006 24 TBD AL 8 5 1 5.3 110 .600 .375 .274 .375 .339 .375 .436 .750 .775 97 .510 -0.1 0.0 .600 .000 .000
2007 25 TBD AL 7 6 0 0.0 105 .167 .167 .269 .167 .336 .167 .420 .333 .756 -11 .000 -1.0 -0.1 .200 .000 .000
2008 26 TBR AL 5 3 1 8.9 106 .250 .250 .269 .400 .337 .250 .423 .650 .760 78 .745 -0.1 0.0 .667 .250 .000
2009 27 TBR AL 5 4 0 0.0 109 .000 .000 .268 .200 .338 .000 .431 .200 .769 -41 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .250 .250 .000
4 Seasons 25 18 2 3.0 108 .294 .227 .271 .292 .338 .227 .428 .519 .766 39 .271 -2.0 -0.2 .412 .091 .000
162 Game Avg. 405 292 32 3.0 108 .294 .227 .271 .292 .338 .227 .428 .519 .766 39 .271 -2.0 -0.2 .412 .091 .000

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2006 24 TBD AL 8 0.0% 37.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.7 0.67 1.00 63% 20% 0.0% 0%
2007 25 TBD AL 7 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 5.00 86% 14% 0.0% 0%
2008 26 TBR AL 5 0.0% 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0% 0.00 4.0 3.00 0.00 80% 25% 0.0% 0%
2009 27 TBR AL 5 0.0% 40.0% 20.0% 0.0% 2.00 2.0 40% 0%
4 Seasons 25 0.0% 20.0% 8.0% 0.0% 0% 2.50 4.4 22.0 2.40 4.50 68% 17% 0.0% 0%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2006 24 TBD AL 0 0 67% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 25 TBD AL 0 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
2008 26 TBR AL 2 0 100% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
2009 27 TBR AL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 2 0 71% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2006 24 TBD AL 8 25% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 6 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
2007 25 TBD AL 7 43% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 4 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2008 26 TBR AL 5 0% 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.40 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 5 2 40% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
2009 27 TBR AL 5 40% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 25 28% 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.40 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 3 0 0% 3 0 0% 19 2 11% 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2006 24 TBD AL 8 27 3.38 17 63% 29% 24% 18% 29% 71% 0% 44% 67% 25% 13% 1 0 13% 1 0 13% 1 1 33% 0 0 0
2007 25 TBD AL 7 22 3.14 13 59% 38% 0% 8% 54% 62% 0% 36% 100% 43% 14% 1 0 29% 2 0 14% 1 0 0 0 0
2008 26 TBR AL 5 21 4.20 10 48% 50% 0% 10% 40% 50% 0% 24% 100% 0% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 60% 3 1 0 0 0
2009 27 TBR AL 5 24 4.80 14 58% 43% 29% 14% 14% 57% 0% 33% 50% 0% 0% 0 0 20% 1 0 0% 0 0 50% 0 0 0
4 Seasons 25 94 3.76 54 57% 39% 15% 13% 33% 61% 0% 35% 76% 20% 8% 2 0 16% 4 0 20% 5 2 40% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2006 24 3 8 8 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .375 .375 .375 .750 97 3 0 0 0 0 0
2007 25 6 15 14 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .286 .286 .286 .571 51 4 0 0 1 0 0
2008 26 8 20 18 5 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .278 .316 .278 .594 59 5 0 0 1 0 0
2009 27 10 25 22 5 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 .227 .292 .227 .519 39 5 0 0 1 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2006 24 3 8 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 3
2007 25 3 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
2008 26 2 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 2
2009 27 2 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 2
4 Seasons 10 24 22 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .000 .083 .000 .083 1 10
162 Game Avg. 162 389 356 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 81 .000 .083 .000 .083 16 10

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