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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 2006-2011
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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 9, 2012, 9:20AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #378. Chad Billingsley… #379. Tim Belcher… #380. Lefty Leifield… #381. JAMES SHIELDS… #382. Ron Perranoski… #383. Harry Howell… #384. Thornton Lee… 

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 3 930 105 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
6 Seasons 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
162 Game Avg. 13 12 .533 3.96 34 34 0 3 1 0 226 227 108 100 29 52 2 189 7 1 8 939 106 1.233 9.0 1.2 2.1 7.5 3.64

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
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 203.1 33 128 115 3 .9 -13 -1.3 $2,500,000
2011 29 TBR AL 249.1 33 83 142 6 .9 59 6.1 $4,250,000 AS,CYA-3,MVP-16
6 Seasons 1227.0 184 585 765 7 .9 180 17.7 $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 Seasons (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

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 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 3 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 Seasons 156 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 36 33 5 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 10 .188 .235 .188 .423 16 6 0 0 1 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2006 24 TBD AL 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
2007 25 TBD AL 7 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $394,900 1
2008 26 TBR AL 5 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $1,000,000 1
2009 27 TBR AL 5 -1 0 -0 0 0 1 0 -0 0.0 -0 0.0 0.0 $1,500,000 1
2010 28 TBR AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0.1 0.0 $2,500,000 1
2011 29 TBR AL 8 -2 0 1 0 0 1 0 -0 0.0 -0 0.0 0.0 $4,250,000 1 AS,CYA-3,MVP-16
6 Seasons 35 -4 0 2 0 0 5 0 3 0.4 3 0.4 0.0 $9,644,900

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
2006 TBD AL 24 P 21 124.2 29 14 15 0 1 1.000 1 2 2.09 1.38 .958 1.56 1.54
2007 TBD AL 25 P 31 215.0 55 30 24 1 3 .982 3 3 2.26 1.74 .955 1.60 1.59
2008 TBR AL 26 P 33 215.0 39 19 19 1 3 .974 1 1 1.59 1.15 .952 1.60 1.59
2009 TBR AL 27 P 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 34 203.1 39 18 17 4 2 .897 -1 -1 1.55 1.03 .953 1.63 1.61
2011 TBR AL 29 P 33 33 11 249.1 54 19 32 3 2 .944 7 6 1.84 1.55 .949 1.60 1.59 6 5 45% 12 AS,CYA-3,MVP-16
6 Seasons P 185 33 11 1227.0 259 116 132 11 16 .958 11 1 1.82 1.34 .953 1.59 1.57 6 5 45% 12
6 Seasons TOT 185 33 11 1227.0 259 116 132 11 16 .958 11 10 1.82 1.34 .953 1.59 1.57 6 5 45% 12
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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 (1362nd)

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

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2011 AL  6.1 (10th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
2007 AL  5.3 (8th)
2011 AL  6.1 (5th)
Active  17.7 (47th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2011 AL  2.82 (3rd)
Active  3.96 (26th)

Wins s c a p y
2011 AL  16 (4th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
Active  .533 (41st)

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  1.233 (16th)
Career  1.233 (221st)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2007 AL  8.456 (10th)
2011 AL  7.039 (6th)
Active  9.029 (39th)

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  2.069 (6th)
Career  2.069 (109th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2010 AL  8.277 (8th)
Active  7.533 (24th)
Career  7.533 (56th)

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)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2007 AL  184 (9th)
2010 AL  187 (9th)
2011 AL  225 (3rd)

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

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 (18th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2007 AL  28 (3rd)
2009 AL  29 (2nd)
2010 AL  34 (1st)
2011 AL  26 (4th)
Active  159 (48th)

Hits s c a p y
2009 AL  239 (2nd)
2010 AL  246 (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  3.667 (4th)
2011 AL  3.462 (8th)
Active  3.642 (5th)
Career  3.642 (12th)

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)

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)

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)

Putouts as P s c a p y
2007 AL  30 (1st)
2008 AL  19 (5th)
2009 AL  16 (4th)
2011 AL  19 (3rd)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
2010 AL  4 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
2007 AL  1.74 (3rd)
Active  1.34 (16th)

             

† 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

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 4 (462), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 52 (488), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 16 (752), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 11 (737), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  7. Chuck Dobson (945)
  8. Dontrelle Willis (943)
  9. Britt Burns (939)
  10. David Palmer (938)
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  5. Jim Lonborg (955)
  6. Bill Wegman (954)
  7. Chuck Dobson (951)
  8. Mike Boddicker (950)
  9. Pedro Astacio (950)
  10. Randy Wolf (950)
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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
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
201331Tampa Bay Rays*$9,000,000$9M Team Option, $1.5M Buyout
201432Tampa Bay Rays*$12,000,000$12M Team Option, $1M Buyout
Career to date (may be incomplete)$9,644,900Does 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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