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James Shields

James Anthony Shields (Jamie)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: December 20, 1981 in Newhall, CA
High School: Hart HS (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
Teams (by GP): Rays/DevilRays 2006-2012
2012 Contract Status: 3rd-Year Arb Eligible (team option), 5 yrs/$17.75M (08-12) & 13-14 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 5.125, Free Agent: 2013 [*],
Relatives: Cousin of Aaron Rowand
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All-Star

Standard Batting

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
2002 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
2006 24 TBD AL 21 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 31 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 34 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 33 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .200 .000 .200 -40 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2010 28 TBR AL 34 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 181 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
2011 29 TBR AL 33 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-3,MVP-16
6 Yrs 186 35 32 5 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 10 .188 .235 .188 .423 16 6 0 0 1 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 30 28 4 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 9 .188 .235 .188 .423 16 5 0 0 1 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2006 24 TBD AL 21 8 0 -0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .505 .501 0.1 0.0 1 $ 1
2007 25 TBD AL 31 7 -1 -0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $394,900 1
2008 26 TBR AL 34 5 1 0 0 0 1 2 0.2 0 2 0.2 .506 .501 0.2 0.0 2 $1,000,000 1
2009 27 TBR AL 33 5 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $1,500,000 1
2010 28 TBR AL 34 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $2,500,000 1
2011 29 TBR AL 33 8 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $4,250,000 1 AS,CYA-3,MVP-16
2012 30 TBR AL 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 -0.0 $
7 Seasons 197 35 -2 -0 0 0 5 3 0.3 1 4 0.3 .501 .500 0.3 0.1 4 $9,644,900

Advanced Batting

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 0.0 106 .000 .000 .265 .200 .334 .000 .425 .200 .759 -40 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .250 .250 .000
2010 28 TBR AL 2 1 1 26.7 96 .500 .500 .254 .500 .322 .500 .398 1.000 .720 181 .960 0.2 0.0 1.000 .000 .000
2011 29 TBR AL 8 8 0 0.0 92 .000 .000 .249 .000 .312 .000 .394 .000 .706 -100 .000 -2.1 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
6 Yrs 35 27 3 3.0 103 .273 .188 .264 .235 .330 .188 .417 .423 .747 16 .281 -3.9 -0.4 .308 .063 .000
162 Game Avg. 30 24 3 3.0 103 .273 .188 .264 .235 .330 .188 .417 .423 .747 16 .281 -3.9 -0.4 .308 .063 .000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2008 26 TBR AL ALDS CHW W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 26 TBR AL ALCS BOS W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 26 TBR AL WS PHI L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 28 TBR AL ALDS TEX L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011 29 TBR AL ALDS TEX L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (5 Series) 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 ALDS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2011 TBR AL 29 DNP

Ratio Batting*

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%
2010 28 TBR AL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.00 0.00 100% 0% 100%
2011 29 TBR AL 8 0.0% 62.5% 0.0% 0.0% 1.6 8.0 2.00 1.00 38% 0% 100%
7 Yrs 35 0.0% 28.6% 5.7% 0.0% 0% 5.00 3.2 16.0 2.14 2.50 63% 13% 0.0% 29%
MLB Averages 2.6% 17.8% 8.5% 7.8% 34% 2.09 5.0 34.0 7.8 0.80 1.07 69% 19% 7.6% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2006 24 TBD AL -0.1 -0.0 8 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 1.21 -0.0 -0.1 -1.0 -0.1 1.14 -0.2 0
2007 25 TBD AL -1.0 -0.1 7 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .81 -0.1 -0.1 -1.6 -0.2 1.01 -1.3 0
2008 26 TBR AL -0.1 -0.0 5 0.0 0.1 -0.0 .57 0.1 -0.0 1.5 0.1 1.00 1.6 1.30 1
2009 27 TBR AL -0.8 -0.1 5 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 1.18 -0.1 -0.0 -1.1 -0.1 0.90 -0.9 0
2010 28 TBR AL 0.2 0.0 2 0.0 0.0 -0.0 .79 -0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.56 0.0 0
2011 29 TBR AL -2.1 -0.2 8 0.0 0.1 -0.1 .68 -0.1 0.2 -1.1 -0.1 1.35 -1.3 0
2012 30 TBR AL
7 Yrs -3.9 -0.4 35 -0.3 0.3 -0.6 .89 -0.3 -0.1 -3.2 -0.3 1.07 -2.0 1.30 1

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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
2010 28 TBR AL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011 29 TBR AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 3 0 63% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0

Situational Hitting*

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 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 1.30 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 5 2 40% 1 1 100% 1 1 100% 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
2010 28 TBR AL 2 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2011 29 TBR AL 8 25% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 8 1 13% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
7 Yrs 35 26% 6 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.30 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 4 0 0% 4 0 0% 28 3 11% 2 2 100% 1 1 100% 0
MLB Averages 54% 68% 11% 32% 15% 51% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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
2010 28 TBR AL 2 4 2.00 3 75% 33% 0% 0% 67% 67% 0% 50% 100% 50% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2011 29 TBR AL 8 35 4.38 23 66% 35% 35% 17% 13% 65% 0% 43% 47% 25% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 40% 0 0 0
6 Yrs 35 133 3.80 80 60% 38% 20% 14% 29% 63% 0% 38% 68% 23% 6% 2 0 11% 4 0 14% 5 2 40% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.80 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 27% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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 21 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 52 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 86 20 18 5 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .278 .316 .278 .594 59 5 0 0 1 0 0
2009 27 119 25 22 5 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 .227 .292 .227 .519 40 5 0 0 1 0 0
2010 28 153 27 24 5 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 .250 .308 .250 .558 51 6 0 0 1 0 0
2011 29 186 35 32 5 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 10 .188 .235 .188 .423 16 6 0 0 1 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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 21 8 8 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .375 .375 .375 .750 1 21
2007 25 31 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 31
2008 26 34 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 34
2009 27 33 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 33
2010 28 34 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 1 34
2011 29 33 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 33
6 Yrs 186 36 33 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 2 10 .152 .200 .152 .352 2 186
162 Game Avg. 162 31 29 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 9 .152 .200 .152 .352 2 186

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2011

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2011 AL (16, 2%)
0.02 Career Shares (1361st)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
2011 AL (3, 34%)
0.34 Career Shares (129th)

              

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