James Shields

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 210lb (190cm, 95kg)

Born: December 20, 1981 in Newhall, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 16th round of the 2000 MLB June Amateur Draft from William S. Hart HS (Santa Clarita, CA).

High School: William S. Hart HS (Santa Clarita, CA)

Debut: May 31, 2006 (Age 24-162d, 18,890th in major league history)
vs. BAL 5.0 IP, 9 H, 5 SO, 3 BB, 5 ER

Last Game: September 25, 2018 (Age 36-279d)
vs. CLE 6.0 IP, 6 H, 6 SO, 4 BB, 4 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2006 season

Agents: PSI Sports Management

Full Name: James Anthony Shields

Nicknames: Jamie, Big Game James or Juego G

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

Relatives: Cousin of Aaron Rowand

1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

30.7

145

139

ERA

4.01

407

405

2616.0

2234

WHIP

1.272

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Team Record in Appearances: 16-17 / in Starts: 16-17

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2015 Pitching Game Log

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2015 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	287	1	Apr 6	SDP	@	LAD	L,3-6	GS-6		99	6.0	6	2	2	2	8	1	1	3.00	4.13	27	95	64	16	15	7	9	4	3	0	58			2	0	0	24	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.42	0.069	1.53	0.05%	0.64	1b start a 1	6b 3 out a1
2	288	6	Apr 11	SDP		SFG	W,10-2	GS-7	W(1-0)	4	7.0	3	1	1	1	7	1	1	2.08	3.98	27	103	69	19	12	5	13	5	2	0	73			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	2	.66	0.190	.67	0.12%	2.09	1t start tie	7t 3 out a7
3	289	11	Apr 17	SDP	@	CHC	W,5-4	GS-6	W(2-0)	5	6.0	5	4	3	2	9	0	0	2.84	3.08	26	103	65	19	16	9	6	3	1	0	55			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	2	.99	-0.247	.98	-0.15%	-1.27	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
4	290	16	Apr 22	SDP	@	COL	L,4-5	GS-6		4	6.0	6	3	3	3	5	1	0	3.24	3.57	24	78	45	6	12	9	7	3	1	0	50			0	1	0	21	4	0	0	2	0	0	.73	-0.036	.93	-0.03%	0.29	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d1
5	291	21	Apr 27	SDP		HOU	L,4-9	GS-6		4	6.0	6	3	1	1	12	1	0	2.90	3.23	25	111	67	11	24	4	8	2	2	0	63			1	1	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.055	1.03	-0.04%	-0.36	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	292	26	May 3	SDP		COL	W,8-6	GS-6	W(3-0)	5	5.1	9	5	5	0	7	3	1	3.72	3.99	25	92	63	14	11	9	8	3	2	0	37			0	1	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.465	1.22	-0.31%	-3.20	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out a1
7	293	31	May 8	SDP	@	ARI	W,6-5	GS-6	W(4-0)	4	6.0	6	5	5	3	7	4	0	4.25	4.98	27	108	65	17	10	6	11	3	0	0	44			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.293	1.25	-0.19%	-2.07	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
8	294	35	May 13	SDP	@	SEA	W,4-2	GS-6	W(5-0)	4	6.0	6	1	1	3	9	1	0	3.91	4.83	26	115	62	14	11	7	7	5	1	0	62			1	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.52	0.235	1.39	0.13%	1.77	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
9	295	40	May 19	SDP		CHC	W,4-3	GS-7		5	7.0	6	2	2	1	11	2	0	3.74	4.74	28	107	71	14	24	5	11	2	2	0	67			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.80	0.064	.73	0.04%	1.09	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
10	296	45	May 24	SDP	@	LAD	W,11-3	GS-7	W(6-0)	4	7.0	5	3	3	1	7	1	0	3.75	4.59	25	79	57	13	14	8	9	4	0	0	61			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	2	0	0	.13	0.051	.12	0.03%	0.09	1b start a 4	7b 3 out a7
11	297	50	May 29	SDP		PIT	W,6-2	GS-6		4	6.0	6	2	2	2	6	0	1	3.69	4.42	27	105	66	16	11	8	10	3	1	0	56			2	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.002	.83	0.00%	0.64	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	298	55	Jun 3	SDP		NYM	W,7-3	GS-7	W(7-0)	4	7.0	6	2	2	2	4	0	1	3.58	4.32	27	91	56	19	6	9	11	5	1	0	59			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	2	0	0	.67	0.223	.57	0.12%	1.09	1t start tie	7t 3 out a5
13	299	60	Jun 9	SDP	@	ATL	L,5-6	GS-6		5	5.1	7	5	4	1	6	0	0	3.79	4.13	25	87	58	15	12	9	9	8	0	0	41			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.13	-0.302	1.26	-0.20%	-2.94	1b start tie	6b -2- 1 out tie
14	300	65	Jun 14	SDP		LAD	L,2-4	GS-7		4	7.0	5	1	1	3	6	1	0	3.59	4.16	26	86	53	12	11	8	9	4	0	0	66			0	0	0	22	1	1	0	2	0	0	1.13	0.292	1.42	0.22%	2.09	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
15	301	70	Jun 19	SDP	@	ARI	L,2-4	GS-6	L(7-1)	4	6.0	8	4	4	4	5	0	1	3.75	4.15	28	106	68	15	19	11	7	6	0	0	41			0	1	0	23	4	0	0	1	0	0	.76	-0.178	.67	-0.10%	-1.07	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
16	302	75	Jun 25	SDP	@	SFG	L,8-13	GS-5	L(7-2)	5	4.0	9	7	7	2	7	0	0	4.24	4.02	22	81	51	12	11	4	9	7	0	0	21			1	1	0	20	1	3	0	0	0	0	.69	-0.267	.68	-0.16%	-4.53	1b start tie	5b 1-- 0 out d6
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	303	80	Jul 1	SDP		SEA	L,0-7	GS-7	L(7-3)	5	6.2	4	2	2	4	7	1	0	4.14	4.07	28	117	69	11	17	10	7	5	2	0	61			1	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	0.117	.78	0.04%	1.36	1t start tie	7t 123 2 out d1
18	304	85	Jul 6	SDP	@	PIT	L,1-2	GS-7		4	7.0	2	1	0	1	3	0	1	3.88	4.01	25	102	60	16	10	13	7	3	0	0	73			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.37	0.223	.83	0.08%	2.22	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
19	305	89	Jul 11	SDP	@	TEX	W,6-5	GS-6		4	5.1	5	4	4	4	5	2	0	4.01	4.21	24	105	62	19	8	7	8	3	0	0	43			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.21	-0.230	.33	-0.04%	-1.20	1b start tie	6b --- 1 out d1
20	306	91	Jul 17	SDP		COL	W,4-2	GS-5	W(8-3)	5	5.0	7	1	1	4	6	1	0	3.92	4.28	23	100	56	19	11	6	7	6	0	0	51			1	1	1	19	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.11	0.137	.40	0.03%	1.20	1t start tie	5t 3 out a2
21	307	95	Jul 22	SDP		SFG	L,1-7	GS-5		4	5.0	3	0	0	3	7	0	0	3.77	4.19	21	96	55	13	12	7	4	1	1	0	65			1	0	0	18	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.34	0.274	.77	0.10%	2.20	1t start tie	5t 3 out a1
22	308	100	Jul 28	SDP	@	NYM	L,0-4	GS-8	L(8-4)	5	7.0	7	3	3	0	4	1	0	3.77	4.17	27	102	67	16	13	12	11	7	1	0	55			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	2	0	1	.53	-0.017	.21	0.00%	0.54	1b start tie	8b -2- 0 out d2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
23	309	105	Aug 2	SDP	@	MIA	L,2-5	GS-6		4	6.0	5	2	2	2	4	0	0	3.74	4.11	25	90	55	17	7	10	9	4	2	0	56			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	1	0	.68	-0.024	.35	-0.01%	0.67	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
24	310	110	Aug 7	SDP		PHI	L,3-4	GS-7		4	6.2	6	3	3	1	8	3	0	3.75	4.25	27	108	68	21	9	7	11	5	0	0	57			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.045	.20	-0.01%	-0.12	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out tie
25	311	115	Aug 12	SDP		CIN	L,3-7	GS-7	L(8-5)	4	6.1	6	5	5	4	7	0	1	3.89	4.21	30	106	62	15	17	7	11	5	0	0	44			1	0	0	24	1	1	2	0	0	0	1.18	-0.242	.20	-0.03%	-2.41	1t start tie	7t 123 1 out d1
26	312	120	Aug 18	SDP		ATL	W,9-0	GS-6	W(9-5)	5	6.0	5	0	0	2	7	0	0	3.74	4.12	23	95	59	15	16	8	6	4	0	0	67			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.30	0.322	.15	0.02%	2.64	1t start tie	6t 3 out a2
27	313	125	Aug 25	SDP	@	WSN	L,3-8	GS-6	L(9-6)	6	5.2	8	5	5	4	2	1	0	3.89	4.21	30	121	74	21	8	9	15	9	1	0	31			0	0	0	26	3	0	1	0	0	1	.92	-0.219	.35	-0.05%	-1.38	1b start tie	6b 1-- 2 out d2
28	314	130	Aug 30	SDP	@	PHI	W,9-4	GS-7	W(10-6)	4	7.0	6	1	1	1	8	1	1	3.78	4.18	26	108	66	20	13	8	8	4	0	0	68			0	1	1	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	.91	0.242	.06	0.01%	2.15	1b start a 2	7b 3 out a4
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
29	315	135	Sep 4	SDP		LAD	L,4-8	GS-5		4	5.0	3	3	3	6	4	2	0	3.83	4.36	24	107	60	17	10	10	4	3	0	0	47			1	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.39	-0.111	.17	-0.01%	-0.80	1t start tie	5t 3 out tie
30	316	140	Sep 9	SDP		COL	W,11-4	GS-6	W(11-6)	4	6.0	8	4	4	4	6	1	0	3.90	4.39	29	111	66	15	15	7	12	7	2	0	42			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.08	-0.053	.00	0.00%	-1.36	1t start tie	6t 3 out a2
31	317	145	Sep 14	SDP	@	ARI	W,10-3	GS-7	W(12-6)	4	7.0	4	1	1	2	6	0	0	3.80	4.31	27	101	63	23	7	8	11	5	2	0	69			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	.58	0.103	.00	0.00%	2.41	1b start a 5	7b 3 out a9
32	318	150	Sep 20	SDP	@	COL	W,10-4	GS-7	W(13-6)	5	6.2	2	4	4	4	8	1	0	3.86	4.32	26	111	63	18	11	5	9	6	1	0	58			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.104	.00	0.00%	1.38	1b start a 2	7b 12- 2 out a8
33	319	156	Sep 27	SDP		ARI	L,2-4	GS-7	L(13-7)	6	6.1	9	4	4	4	8	3	0	3.91	4.45	30	109	63	13	15	7	11	4	0	0	43			1	1	1	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	-0.296	.00	0.00%	-1.39	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out d2
							16-17		W-L:13-7	4.4	202.1	189	93	88	81	216	33	9	3.91	4.45	860	3336	61%	16%	13%	0.88		27%	5%	0	54		---%	15	8	3	763	43	6	5	21	1	9	.97	-0.436	.61	-0.33%	2.44

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