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 Pitching

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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
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 3 930 109 1.325 9.8 1.2 2.1 6.8 3.21
4 Seasons 43 36 .544 4.01 118 118 0 5 2 0 774.1 790 374 345 99 166 6 615 28 1 27 3221 112 1.235 9.2 1.2 1.9 7.1 3.70
162 Game Avg. 12 10 .544 4.01 34 34 0 1 1 0 223 228 108 99 29 48 2 177 8 0 8 928 112 1.235 9.2 1.2 1.9 7.1 3.70

Postseason Pitching

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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
1 Season (3 Series) 2 2 .500 2.88 4 4 0 0 0 0 25.0 28 9 8 3 8 0 17 1 0 1 108 1.440 10.1 1.1 2.9 6.1 2.13
1 ALDS 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
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

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
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
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
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
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
4 Seasons 118 3221 2996 374 790 175 15 99 28 18 166 615 .264 .307 .431 .739 .301 1292 62 28 20 11 6
162 Game Avg. 34 928 863 108 228 50 4 29 8 5 48 177 .264 .307 .431 .739 .301 372 18 8 6 3 2
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Starting Pitching*

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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 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 2 3 1 0 20 65% 56 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% 55 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% 51 78 20 27 11 0 14 4.7 4.3 6.7 101 0 13 20 0 112
4 Seasons 118 118 43 36 39 6 10 61 57 .517 8 14 5 2 70 59% 53 93 -3 68 28 0 50 4.6 4.5 6.6 98 3 49 66 0 114
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

Ratio Pitching*

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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 49% 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 47% 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 52% 3.1% 18.0% 5.6% 9.6% 37% 0.74 0.94 73% 21% 8.2% 12% 169 19 11%
4 Seasons 3221 50% 3.1% 19.1% 5.2% 9.0% 37% 0.79 1.08 71% 19% 8.5% 12% 524 62 12%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 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 874 3167 3.62 2075 66% 26% 17% 26% 31% 74% 0% 49% 77% 60% 3% 28 20 23% 197 103 11 11% 37 8 0 0 0
2008 26 TBR AL 877 3123 3.56 2007 64% 26% 16% 25% 33% 74% 0% 47% 79% 59% 3% 29 23 20% 176 90 10 24% 27 6 0 0 0
2009 27 TBR AL 930 3323 3.57 2182 66% 26% 16% 26% 33% 74% 0% 49% 78% 63% 4% 35 24 22% 209 129 8 19% 31 10 0 0 0
4 Seasons 3221 11607 3.60 7496 65% 26% 16% 25% 32% 74% 0% 48% 78% 60% 4% 116 79 21% 675 373 34 17% 112 32 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 3 0 8 0
4 Seasons 3221 790 87 15 99 1 39 50 49 44 55 143 73 28 51% 26 27 3 1063 28 18 61% 20 18 7 0 1 0 9 2 50 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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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 112 1.235 9.2 1.2 1.9 7.1 3.70 112

Neutralized Pitching

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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 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 4.72 120.0 137 70 63 17 37 100 5 1.450 10.3 2.8 7.5 2.70 1.3 21
2007 25 12 11 .522 3.83 209.0 200 99 89 28 36 179 10 1.129 8.6 1.6 7.7 4.97 1.2 31
2008 26 12 10 .545 3.63 206.0 206 92 83 24 40 153 12 1.194 9.0 1.7 6.7 3.83 1.0 33
2009 27 11 12 .478 4.18 213.0 238 110 99 29 52 162 1 1.362 10.1 2.2 6.8 3.12 1.2 33
4 Seasons 40 41 .494 4.02 748.0 781 371 334 98 165 594 28 1.265 9.4 7.1 3.60 1.2 118

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2007 AL--1.107--3rd
2008 AL--1.154--4th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2007 AL--8.456--10th

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

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2007 AL--215.0--10th
2008 AL--215.0--6th
2009 AL--219.7--6th

Strikeouts s c a p y
2007 AL--184--9th

Games Started s c a p y
2008 AL--33--5th
2009 AL--33--4th

Complete Games s c a p y
2008 AL--3--3rd

Shutouts s c a p y
2008 AL--2--1st

Home Runs s c a p y
2007 AL--28--3rd
2009 AL--29--2nd

Hits s c a p y
2009 AL--239--2nd

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
2007 AL--5.111--2nd
2008 AL--4.000--6th
2009 AL--3.212--9th

Losses s c a p y
2009 AL--12--7th

Earned Runs s c a p y
2009 AL--101--4th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2007 AL--9--9th

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

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2008 AL--124--10th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (816), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 26 (882), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1150), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 11 (719), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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