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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 Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2002 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
2006 24 TBD AL 6 8 .429 4.84 21 21 0 1 0 0 124.2 141 69 67 18 38 5 104 5 0 9 540 95 1.436 10.2 1.3 2.7 7.5 2.74
2007 25 TBD AL 12 8 .600 3.85 31 31 0 1 0 0 215.0 202 98 92 28 36 0 184 10 0 9 874 117 1.107 8.5 1.2 1.5 7.7 5.11
2008 26 TBR AL 14 8 .636 3.56 33 33 0 3 2 0 215.0 208 94 85 24 40 0 160 12 0 6 877 124 1.153 8.7 1.0 1.7 6.7 4.00
2009 27 TBR AL 11 12 .478 4.14 33 33 0 0 0 0 219.2 239 113 101 29 52 1 167 1 1 3 930 105 1.325 9.8 1.2 2.1 6.8 3.21
2010 28 TBR AL 13 15 .464 5.18 34 33 0 0 0 0 203.1 246 128 117 34 51 2 187 5 2 13 899 75 1.461 10.9 1.5 2.3 8.3 3.67
2011 29 TBR AL 16 12 .571 2.82 33 33 0 11 4 0 249.1 195 83 78 26 65 1 225 5 0 4 975 132 1.043 7.0 0.9 2.3 8.1 3.46 AS,CYA-3,MVP-16
2012 30 TBR AL 6 3 .667 3.95 11 11 0 0 0 0 73.0 74 39 32 9 22 0 74 2 1 5 311 94 1.315 9.1 1.1 2.7 9.1 3.36
7 Yrs 78 66 .542 3.96 196 195 0 16 6 0 1300.0 1305 624 572 168 304 9 1101 40 4 49 5406 106 1.238 9.0 1.2 2.1 7.6 3.62
162 Game Avg. 14 11 .542 3.96 34 34 0 3 1 0 226 227 109 99 29 53 2 191 7 1 9 940 106 1.238 9.0 1.2 2.1 7.6 3.62

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
2006 24 TBD AL 124.2 21 21 69 4.98 5.06 -0.22 0.20 98.8 5.41 5 0.5 -0.1 1.5 22 .522 .503 $
2007 25 TBD AL 215.0 31 31 98 4.10 4.90 -0.40 0.19 101.2 5.55 33 3.5 -0.1 5.2 61 .612 .521 $394,900
2008 26 TBR AL 215.0 33 33 94 3.93 4.77 0.14 0.18 100.3 4.83 18 1.8 -0.2 3.6 47 .556 .511 $1,000,000
2009 27 TBR AL 219.2 33 33 113 4.63 4.83 0.29 0.19 97.2 4.60 -2 -0.2 -0.2 1.6 26 .493 .499 $1,500,000
2010 28 TBR AL 203.1 34 33 128 5.67 4.48 0.35 0.16 95.6 4.10 -37 -3.5 2.3 -0.1 -1.8 -12 .397 .478 $2,500,000
2011 29 TBR AL 249.1 33 33 83 3.00 4.57 0.47 0.17 91.0 3.88 24 2.7 -0.2 4.7 53 .581 .516 $4,250,000 AS,CYA-3,MVP-16
2012 30 TBR AL 73.0 11 11 39 4.81 4.56 0.47 0.17 93.8 3.99 -7 -0.7 -0.1 -0.1 2 .438 .496 $
7 Seasons 1300.0 196 195 624 4.32 4.73 0.16 0.18 96.9 4.62 33 4.0 2.3 -0.9 14.7 199 .521 .504 $9,644,900

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2008 26 TBR AL ALDS W CHW 1 0 1.000 4.26 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.1 6 3 3 1 1 0 4 1 0 0 26 1.105 8.5 1.4 1.4 5.7 4.00
2008 26 TBR AL ALCS W BOS 0 2 .000 3.46 2 2 0 0 0 0 13.0 15 6 5 2 5 0 9 0 0 0 57 1.538 10.4 1.4 3.5 6.2 1.80
2008 26 TBR AL WS L PHI 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.2 7 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 1 25 1.588 11.1 0.0 3.2 6.4 2.00
2010 28 TBR AL ALDS L TEX 0 1 .000 8.31 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.1 4 4 4 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 19 0.923 8.3 2.1 0.0 4.2
2011 29 TBR AL ALDS L TEX 0 1 .000 12.60 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 8 7 7 0 0 0 6 2 0 2 25 1.600 14.4 0.0 0.0 10.8
3 Yrs (5 Series) 2 4 .333 4.98 6 6 0 0 0 0 34.1 40 20 19 4 8 0 25 5 0 3 152 1.398 10.5 1.0 2.1 6.6 3.13
3 ALDS 1 2 .333 8.04 3 3 0 0 0 0 15.2 18 14 14 2 1 0 12 5 0 2 70 1.213 10.3 1.1 0.6 6.9 12.00
1 ALCS 0 2 .000 3.46 2 2 0 0 0 0 13.0 15 6 5 2 5 0 9 0 0 0 57 1.538 10.4 1.4 3.5 6.2 1.80
1 WS 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.2 7 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 1 25 1.588 11.1 0.0 3.2 6.4 2.00

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2011 TBR AL 29

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
2006 24 TBD AL 21 540 490 69 141 33 0 18 7 4 38 104 .288 .343 .465 .809 .332 228 9 5 4 3 5 3
2007 25 TBD AL 31 874 819 98 202 41 5 28 9 6 36 184 .247 .285 .411 .697 .284 337 13 10 4 5 0 6
2008 26 TBR AL 33 877 819 94 208 47 4 24 7 6 40 160 .254 .299 .409 .708 .290 335 21 12 6 0 0 9
2009 27 TBR AL 33 930 868 113 239 54 6 29 5 2 52 167 .275 .316 .452 .768 .311 392 19 1 6 3 1 8
2010 28 TBR AL 34 899 836 128 246 50 6 34 10 3 51 187 .294 .338 .490 .828 .344 410 14 5 5 2 2 10
2011 29 TBR AL 33 975 897 83 195 35 3 26 6 5 65 225 .217 .273 .350 .623 .260 314 21 5 5 3 1 7
2012 30 TBR AL 11 311 285 39 74 13 1 9 6 2 22 74 .260 .316 .407 .723 .320 116 7 2 0 1 0 3
7 Yrs 196 5406 5014 624 1305 273 25 168 50 28 304 1101 .260 .307 .425 .732 .302 2132 104 40 30 17 9 46
162 Game Avg. 34 940 872 109 227 47 4 29 9 5 53 191 .260 .307 .425 .732 .302 371 18 7 5 3 2 8
MLB Averages .262 .330 .414 .745 .299

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2006 24 TBD AL -1.3 -0.1 564 -0.7 10.5 -11.2 1.09 -0.6 0.0 -2.1 -0.2 1.09 -6.6 0 0 0
2007 25 TBD AL 16.7 1.6 896 2.7 16.2 -13.5 .95 2.6 0.2 22.3 2.2 0.95 27.0 0 0 0
2008 26 TBR AL 19.2 1.9 895 1.4 15.7 -14.2 .93 2.0 -0.5 22.8 2.3 0.93 22.0 0 0 0
2009 27 TBR AL 3.1 0.3 944 0.2 15.6 -15.4 .94 0.7 -0.4 7.6 0.8 0.94 8.1 0 0 0
2010 28 TBR AL -31.7 -3.0 928 -2.2 14.8 -17.0 .95 -3.2 0.8 -28.7 -2.8 0.95 -34.2 1 0 0
2011 29 TBR AL 28.6 3.0 1005 4.2 18.5 -14.2 .95 3.4 1.1 39.2 4.5 0.95 34.9 0 0 0
2012 30 TBR AL -4.4 -0.4 324 -0.0 5.6 -5.6 1.02 -0.3 0.3 -1.7 -0.2 1.02 -3.9 0 0 0
7 Yrs 30.2 3.3 5556 5.7 96.8 -91.2 .96 4.6 1.3 59.4 6.5 0.96 47.3 1 0 0

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2006 24 TBD AL 21 21 6 8 7 0 1 8 13 .381 1 1 1 0 11 52% 48.4 69 21 11 3 0 8 4.1 4.4 5.9 95 0 15 6 0 113
2007 25 TBD AL 31 31 12 8 11 2 3 16 15 .516 3 3 1 0 20 65% 56.0 84 -3 11 6 0 12 4.4 4.6 6.9 102 1 7 23 0 114
2008 26 TBR AL 33 33 14 8 11 0 2 22 11 .667 1 6 3 2 22 67% 54.9 93 13 19 8 0 16 4.9 4.7 6.5 95 2 14 17 0 111
2009 27 TBR AL 33 33 11 12 10 4 4 15 18 .455 4 4 0 0 17 52% 50.8 78 20 27 11 0 14 4.7 4.3 6.7 101 0 13 20 0 112
2010 28 TBR AL 34 33 12 15 6 3 4 16 17 .485 4 2 0 0 17 52% 46.8 80 3 22 7 1 17 4.6 4.6 6.1 101 2 10 20 1 121
2011 29 TBR AL 33 33 16 12 5 0 6 21 12 .636 2 2 11 4 25 76% 62.8 93 -2 16 8 0 16 4.1 3.8 7.6 108 0 4 24 5 126
2012 30 TBR AL 11 11 6 3 2 2 1 8 3 .727 1 2 0 0 6 55% 53.4 78 25 6 3 0 4 4.7 4.9 6.6 110 0 1 10 0 119
7 Yrs 196 195 77 66 52 11 21 106 89 .544 16 20 16 6 118 61% 54 93 -3 112 46 1 87 4.5 4.4 6.7 101 5 64 120 6 126
MLB Averages .500 50% 49 100 -13 4.6 4.6 5.9 95

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2010 28 TBR AL 34 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .946 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 13
1 Yr 34 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .946 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 13

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2006 24 TBD AL 540 51% 3.3% 19.3% 7.0% 9.4% 36% 0.75 1.10 69% 21% 8.9% 9% 91 9 10%
2007 25 TBD AL 874 53% 3.2% 21.1% 4.1% 8.5% 37% 0.78 1.06 70% 17% 9.4% 15% 129 13 10%
2008 26 TBR AL 877 50% 2.7% 18.2% 4.6% 8.6% 36% 0.87 1.23 72% 17% 7.9% 13% 135 21 16%
2009 27 TBR AL 930 48% 3.1% 18.0% 5.6% 9.6% 37% 0.74 0.94 73% 21% 8.2% 12% 169 19 11%
2010 28 TBR AL 899 45% 3.8% 20.8% 5.7% 10.0% 37% 0.70 1.00 69% 22% 10.0% 10% 151 14 9%
2011 29 TBR AL 975 46% 2.7% 23.1% 6.7% 6.6% 33% 0.85 1.09 67% 17% 8.5% 15% 168 21 13%
2012 30 TBR AL 311 44% 2.9% 23.8% 7.1% 7.4% 31% 1.47 2.62 65% 16% 11.8% 12% 51 7 14%
7 Yrs 5406 48% 3.1% 20.4% 5.6% 8.6% 36% 0.81 1.11 70% 19% 8.9% 12% 894 104 12%
MLB Averages 46% 2.6% 17.8% 8.5% 7.8% 34% 0.80 1.07 69% 19% 7.6% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2006 24 TBD AL 540 1994 3.69 1232 62% 27% 17% 24% 32% 73% 2% 45% 77% 58% 4% 24 12 17% 93 51 5 13% 17 8 0 0 0
2007 25 TBD AL 877 3175 3.62 2079 65% 26% 17% 26% 31% 74% 0% 49% 77% 60% 3% 28 20 22% 197 103 11 11% 37 8 -3 0 0
2008 26 TBR AL 881 3131 3.55 2009 64% 26% 16% 25% 33% 74% 0% 47% 79% 58% 3% 29 23 20% 176 90 10 24% 27 6 -4 0 0
2009 27 TBR AL 932 3328 3.57 2185 66% 26% 16% 26% 32% 74% 0% 49% 78% 63% 4% 35 24 23% 210 129 8 19% 31 10 -2 0 0
2010 28 TBR AL 901 3351 3.72 2198 66% 26% 16% 29% 30% 74% 1% 49% 79% 62% 3% 31 23 25% 222 126 8 20% 36 6 -2 0 0
2011 29 TBR AL 981 3576 3.65 2322 65% 27% 17% 26% 29% 73% 0% 47% 76% 63% 5% 49 32 25% 247 135 11 18% 46 16 -6 0 0
2012 30 TBR AL 311 1208 3.88 786 65% 29% 18% 26% 27% 71% 0% 46% 75% 66% 3% 10 7 30% 92 49 1 28% 20 3 0 0 1
7 Yrs 5423 19763 3.64 12811 65% 26% 17% 26% 31% 74% 0% 48% 78% 61% 4% 206 141 23% 1237 683 54 19% 214 57 -17 0 1
MLB Averages 3.80 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 59% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
2006 24 TBD AL 540 141 11 2 18 1 10 8 10 10 8 28 13 6 46% 3 9 2 185 7 4 64% 6 4 1 0 0 0 5 2 19 0
2007 25 TBD AL 874 202 26 8 28 0 11 18 10 14 14 48 20 13 42% 6 9 0 254 9 6 60% 5 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
2008 26 TBR AL 877 208 23 3 24 0 5 12 12 9 15 20 11 3 55% 9 6 1 293 7 6 54% 5 6 2 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
2009 27 TBR AL 930 239 27 2 29 0 13 12 17 11 18 47 29 6 62% 8 3 0 331 5 2 71% 4 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 8 0
2010 28 TBR AL 899 246 30 5 34 1 23 18 16 14 20 60 26 20 43% 10 13 1 296 10 3 77% 10 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 21 0
2011 29 TBR AL 975 195 24 4 26 0 10 14 12 11 15 32 11 8 34% 7 4 0 301 6 5 55% 5 5 1 0 0 0 14 0 5 0
2012 30 TBR AL 311 74 10 0 9 0 3 1 8 4 5 15 11 1 73% 3 5 1 112 6 2 75% 6 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 0
7 Yrs 5406 1305 151 24 168 2 75 83 85 73 95 250 121 57 48% 46 49 5 1772 50 28 64% 41 28 8 0 1 0 26 2 84 0
MLB Averages 53% 73%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
2006 24 6 8 .429 4.84 21 21 0 1 0 0 124.2 141 69 67 18 38 5 104 5 0 9 540 95 1.436 10.2 1.3 2.7 7.5 2.74 95
2007 25 18 16 .529 4.21 52 52 0 2 0 0 339.2 343 167 159 46 74 5 288 15 0 18 1414 108 1.228 9.1 1.2 2.0 7.6 3.89 108
2008 26 32 24 .571 3.96 85 85 0 5 2 0 554.2 551 261 244 70 114 5 448 27 0 24 2291 113 1.199 8.9 1.1 1.8 7.3 3.93 113
2009 27 43 36 .544 4.01 118 118 0 5 2 0 774.1 790 374 345 99 166 6 615 28 1 27 3221 111 1.235 9.2 1.2 1.9 7.1 3.70 111
2010 28 56 51 .523 4.25 152 151 0 5 2 0 977.2 1036 502 462 133 217 8 802 33 3 40 4120 102 1.282 9.5 1.2 2.0 7.4 3.70 102
2011 29 72 63 .533 3.96 185 184 0 16 6 0 1227.0 1231 585 540 159 282 9 1027 38 3 44 5095 106 1.233 9.0 1.2 2.1 7.5 3.64 106
2012 30 78 66 .542 3.96 196 195 0 16 6 0 1300.0 1305 624 572 168 304 9 1101 40 4 49 5406 106 1.238 9.0 1.2 2.1 7.6 3.62 106

Neutralized Pitching

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 W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
2006 24 5 8 .385 4.80 120.0 137 71 64 17 37 100 5 1.450 10.3 2.8 7.5 2.70 1.3 21
2007 25 12 11 .522 3.77 210.0 198 98 88 27 35 180 10 1.110 8.5 1.5 7.7 5.14 1.2 31
2008 26 13 10 .565 3.61 207.0 205 92 83 24 39 154 12 1.179 8.9 1.7 6.7 3.95 1.0 33
2009 27 11 12 .478 4.33 212.0 240 113 102 29 52 161 1 1.377 10.2 2.2 6.8 3.10 1.2 33
2010 28 6 15 .286 6.16 193.0 261 147 132 36 54 177 5 1.632 12.2 2.5 8.3 3.28 1.7 34
2011 29 14 11 .560 3.56 230.0 211 101 91 28 70 207 5 1.222 8.3 2.7 8.1 2.96 1.1 33
2012 30 3 4 .429 4.90 68.0 80 41 37 10 24 69 2 1.529 10.6 3.2 9.1 2.88 1.3 11
7 Yrs 64 71 .474 4.33 1240.0 1332 663 597 171 311 1048 40 1.325 9.7 7.6 3.37 1.2 196

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
2007 AL  5.2 (9th)
2011 AL  4.7 (7th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2011 AL  2.82 (3rd)
Active  3.96 (27th)

Wins s c a p y
2011 AL  16 (4th)
2012 AL  6 (2nd)
Active  78 (50th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
Active  .542 (33rd)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2007 AL  1.107 (3rd)
2008 AL  1.153 (4th)
2011 AL  1.043 (5th)
Active  1.238 (16th)
Career  1.238 (233rd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2007 AL  8.456 (10th)
2011 AL  7.039 (6th)
Active  9.035 (35th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
2007 AL  1.507 (3rd)
2008 AL  1.674 (4th)
2009 AL  2.131 (6th)
Active  2.105 (5th)
Career  2.105 (120th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2010 AL  8.277 (8th)
2012 AL  9.123 (6th)
Active  7.622 (21st)
Career  7.622 (51st)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2007 AL  215.0 (10th)
2008 AL  215.0 (6th)
2009 AL  219.7 (6th)
2011 AL  249.3 (2nd)
2012 AL  73.0 (4th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2007 AL  184 (9th)
2010 AL  187 (9th)
2011 AL  225 (3rd)
2012 AL  74 (4th)
Active  1,101 (43rd)

Games Started s c a p y
2008 AL  33 (5th)
2009 AL  33 (4th)
2010 AL  33 (4th)
2011 AL  33 (6th)
2012 AL  11 (2nd)

Complete Games s c a p y
2008 AL  3 (3rd)
2011 AL  11 (1st)
Active  16 (16th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2008 AL  2 (1st)
2011 AL  4 (1st)
Active  6 (16th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2007 AL  28 (3rd)
2009 AL  29 (2nd)
2010 AL  34 (1st)
2011 AL  26 (4th)
Active  168 (42nd)

Hits s c a p y
2009 AL  239 (2nd)
2010 AL  246 (1st)
2012 AL  74 (5th)
Active  1,305 (49th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
2007 AL  5.111 (2nd)
2008 AL  4.000 (6th)
2009 AL  3.212 (9th)
2010 AL  3.667 (4th)
2011 AL  3.462 (8th)
Active  3.622 (5th)
Career  3.622 (15th)

Losses s c a p y
2009 AL  12 (7th)
2010 AL  15 (2nd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
2009 AL  101 (4th)
2010 AL  117 (1st)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2007 AL  9 (9th)
2010 AL  13 (4th)
2012 AL  5 (4th)
Active  49 (41st)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2007 AL  10 (8th)
2008 AL  12 (5th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
2009 AL  930 (5th)
2010 AL  899 (9th)
2011 AL  975 (2nd)
2012 AL  311 (3rd)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2008 AL  124 (10th)
2011 AL  132 (8th)
Active  106 (32nd)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2011 AL  29 (7th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
2011 AL  3.0 (7th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
2011 AL  39.18 (3rd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2011 AL  4.2 (4th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2007 AL  2.6 (9th)
2011 AL  3.4 (3rd)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
2011 AL  4.5 (3rd)
Active  6.5 (50th)

             

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 4 (471), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 64 (398), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 16 (752), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 12 (679), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  3. Zack Greinke (955)
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  5. Wandy Rodriguez (948)
  6. Jose Guzman (947)
  7. Chuck Dobson (945)
  8. Dontrelle Willis (943)
  9. Britt Burns (939)
  10. David Palmer (938)
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  6. Bill Wegman (954)
  7. Chuck Dobson (951)
  8. Mike Boddicker (950)
  9. Pedro Astacio (950)
  10. Randy Wolf (950)
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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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