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James Shields

James Anthony Shields (Jamie)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 220 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
Teams (by GP): Rays/DevilRays 2006-2010
2011 Contract Status: Signed thru 2011, 4 yrs/$11.25M (08-11) & 12-14 team option (details) [?]
Service Time (01/2010): 3.125, Arb Eligible: 2012, Free Agent: 2013 [?],
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 96 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
2010 28 TBR AL 9 9 .500 4.79 22 21 0 0 0 0 135.1 154 79 72 22 31 1 122 4 2 7 588 89 1.367 10.2 1.5 2.1 8.1 3.94
5 Seasons 52 45 .536 4.13 140 139 0 5 2 0 909.2 944 453 417 121 197 7 737 32 3 34 3809 108 1.254 9.3 1.2 1.9 7.3 3.74
162 Game Avg. 13 11 .536 4.13 34 34 0 1 0 0 222 230 110 102 29 48 2 180 8 1 8 928 108 1.254 9.3 1.2 1.9 7.3 3.74

Player Value--Pitchers

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Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
2006 24 TBD AL 124.2 21 69 89 -5 1.1 20 2.0
2007 25 TBD AL 215.0 31 98 153 -12 1.0 55 5.3 $394,900
2008 26 TBR AL 215.0 33 94 132 8 .9 38 3.6 $1,000,000
2009 27 TBR AL 219.2 33 113 134 8 .9 21 2.0 $1,500,000
2010 28 TBR AL 135.1 21 79 80 4 1.0 1 0.1 $2,500,000
5 Seasons 909.2 139 453 588 3 1.0 135 13.0 $5,394,900

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

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
2010 28 TBR AL 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 171 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
5 Seasons 12 27 24 5 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 .250 .308 .250 .558 50 6 0 0 1 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 365 324 68 81 0 0 0 14 0 0 27 68 .250 .308 .250 .558 50 81 0 0 14 0 0

Player Value--Batters

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR Salary Pos Awards
2006 24 TBD AL 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 1
2007 25 TBD AL 7 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 $394,900 1
2008 26 TBR AL 5 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0.2 $1,000,000 1
2009 27 TBR AL 5 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 $1,500,000 1
2010 28 TBR AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $2,500,000 1
5 Seasons 27 -2 0 1 0 0 4 0 4 0.3 $5,394,900

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2006 TBD AL 24 P 21 21 124.2 29 14 15 0 1 1.000 1 10 2.09 1.38 .955 1.56 1.54
2007 TBD AL 25 P 31 31 215.0 55 30 24 1 3 .982 3 17 2.26 1.74 .955 1.60 1.59
2008 TBR AL 26 P 33 33 215.0 39 19 19 1 3 .974 1 6 1.59 1.15 .951 1.60 1.59
2009 TBR AL 27 P 33 33 219.2 43 16 25 2 5 .953 0 0 1.68 1.24 .953 1.53 1.51
2010 TBR AL 28 P 22 21 135.1 28 14 11 3 0 .893 1 9 1.66 1.14 .961 1.65 1.63
5 Seasons P 140 139 909.2 194 93 94 7 12 .964 6 7 1.85 1.34 .955 1.58 1.57
5 Seasons TOT 140 139 909.2 194 93 94 7 12 .964 6 7 1.85 1.34 .955 1.58 1.57

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
2007 AL  5.3 (8th)

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)
2010 AL  2.062 (10th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2010 AL  8.113 (9th)

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)
2010 AL  122 (10th)

Games Started s c a p y
2008 AL  33 (5th)
2009 AL  33 (4th)
2010 AL  21 (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)
2010 AL  22 (2nd)

Hits s c a p y
2009 AL  239 (2nd)
2010 AL  154 (1st)

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  3.936 (5th)

Losses s c a p y
2009 AL  12 (7th)
2010 AL  9 (8th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
2009 AL  101 (4th)
2010 AL  72 (5th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2007 AL  9 (9th)
2010 AL  7 (10th)

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  588 (4th)

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

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

Putouts as P s c a p y
2007 AL  30 (1st)
2008 AL  19 (5th)
2009 AL  16 (4th)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
2010 AL  3 (2nd)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, 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

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Black InkPitching - 1 (826), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 33 (722), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1158), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 10 (817), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

June 5, 2000: Drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 16th round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed August 17, 2000.

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200725Tampa Bay Devil Rays$394,900
200826Tampa Bay Rays$1,000,000
200927Tampa Bay Rays$1,500,000
201028Tampa Bay Rays$2,500,000
201129Tampa Bay Rays$4,250,000
201230Tampa Bay Rays*$7,000,000$7M Team Option, $2M Buyout
201331Tampa Bay Rays*$9,000,000$9M Team Option, $1.5M Buyout
201432Tampa Bay Rays*$12,000,000$12M Team Option, $1M Buyout
Earliest Arb Eligible: 2012, Earliest Free Agent: 2013
Career to date (may be incomplete)$5,394,900Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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