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: 9-24 / in Starts: 9-24

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2016 Pitching Game Log

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2016 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	320	2	Apr 5	SDP		LAD	L,0-3	GS-6	L(0-1)	99	6.0	6	3	3	1	6	0	0	4.50	1.65	24	81	54	13	8	6	11	6	0	0	53			0	0	0	23	2	1	0	1	0	0	.83	-0.103	.83	-0.06%	-0.18	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
2	321	6	Apr 10	SDP	@	COL	L,3-6	GS-7	L(0-2)	4	7.0	6	4	4	2	2	3	0	4.85	5.61	28	93	53	8	7	13	11	7	1	0	49			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	.87	-0.060	.86	-0.04%	0.02	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
3	322	11	Apr 15	SDP		ARI	L,2-3	GS-7		4	7.0	6	2	2	4	6	1	0	4.05	5.40	29	105	65	15	14	9	10	5	1	0	59			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.24	0.122	1.10	0.07%	1.30	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
4	323	16	Apr 21	SDP		PIT	L,1-11	GS-6	L(0-3)	5	6.0	5	3	3	2	5	0	0	4.15	4.72	24	104	65	15	10	6	11	7	1	0	53			2	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	.82	-0.095	.65	-0.05%	-0.18	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
5	324	21	Apr 26	SDP	@	SFG	L,0-1	GS-7	L(0-4)	4	7.0	3	1	1	4	2	0	1	3.55	4.72	29	94	48	14	2	7	15	5	4	0	65			0	0	0	23	2	0	1	0	0	0	.94	0.192	.68	0.08%	2.33	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
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	325	26	May 2	SDP		COL	W,2-1	GS-6	W(1-4)	5	6.0	9	1	1	2	5	0	0	3.23	4.38	25	100	63	13	14	15	4	3	0	0	53			1	1	0	23	1	0	0	3	0	0	1.49	0.242	1.07	0.10%	1.83	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
7	326	31	May 7	SDP		NYM	L,3-6	GS-6	L(1-5)	4	6.0	5	4	4	5	8	2	0	3.60	4.77	27	110	59	16	19	6	8	4	0	0	49			0	0	0	22	3	0	1	1	0	0	.87	-0.116	.75	-0.06%	-1.18	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
8	327	36	May 12	SDP	@	MIL	W,3-0	GS-7	W(2-5)	4	7.0	7	0	0	1	9	0	0	3.12	4.26	25	105	68	15	20	11	4	3	0	0	71			0	1	0	24	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.35	0.466	1.00	0.21%	3.54	1b start tie	7b 3 out a2
9	328	42	May 19	SDP		SFG	L,1-3	GS-7	L(2-6)	6	6.2	9	3	2	1	7	1	0	3.07	4.17	29	110	71	18	13	10	11	4	1	0	52			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.05	-0.067	.75	-0.03%	-0.18	1t start tie	7t 1-3 2 out d2
10	329	48	May 25	SDP	@	SFG	L,3-4	GS-6		5	6.0	5	2	2	1	6	0	0	3.06	3.93	24	100	60	16	9	7	10	6	0	0	59			3	0	0	23	0	1	0	1	0	1	.84	0.034	.42	0.01%	0.85	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
11	330	53	May 31	SDP	@	SEA	L,4-16	GS-3	L(2-7)	5	2.2	8	10	10	4	1	2	0	4.28	4.44	20	79	41	14	2	7	8	4	0	0	-1			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	.77	-0.384	.19	-0.06%	-8.64	1b start tie	3b --- 2 out d10
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
				Player went from San Diego Padres to Chicago White Sox
12	331	59	Jun 8	CHW		WSN	L,4-11	GS-3	L(2-8)	7	2.0	8	7	7	2	2	3	0	5.06	4.99	16	84	44	9	5	6	6	3	0	0	12			0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.392	.68	-0.23%	-5.41	1t start tie	3t 1-- 0 out d6
13	332	64	Jun 13	CHW		DET	W,10-9	GS-5		4	5.0	9	7	6	4	1	1	0	5.45	5.18	29	106	57	10	7	8	16	8	1	0	20			2	0	0	24	3	0	0	0	1	1	.55	-0.364	.59	-0.23%	-4.56	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
14	333	68	Jun 18	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-13	GS-2	L(2-9)	4	1.2	7	8	8	3	2	1	0	6.28	5.37	15	53	30	5	5	4	6	2	1	0	8			1	0	0	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	.65	-0.361	.73	-0.24%	-5.36	1b start tie	2b 12- 2 out d6
15	334	73	Jun 23	CHW	@	BOS	L,7-8	GS-6		4	5.0	5	3	3	4	3	0	0	6.22	5.31	23	99	59	18	3	7	9	2	3	0	44			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.14	0.065	1.08	0.04%	0.68	1b start a 2	6b 12- 0 out a3
16	335	78	Jun 29	CHW		MIN	W,9-6	GS-7	W(3-9)	5	6.2	8	1	1	1	5	1	0	5.85	5.21	27	93	61	24	8	6	14	8	1	1	58			0	0	0	26	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	0.242	.78	0.11%	2.10	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out a7
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	336	83	Jul 4	CHW		NYY	W,8-2	GS-6	W(4-9)	4	6.0	5	2	2	2	3	1	0	5.67	5.22	26	102	59	19	9	8	12	8	1	0	55			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	0.090	1.05	0.05%	0.93	1t start tie	6t 3 out a3
18	337	88	Jul 10	CHW		ATL	L,0-2	GS-8	L(4-10)	5	7.2	6	2	2	2	2	2	0	5.42	5.34	30	93	61	13	4	11	15	9	2	0	59			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	1	0	1	.70	0.074	.64	0.04%	1.59	1t start tie	8t -2- 2 out d2
19	338	90	Jul 16	CHW	@	LAA	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(4-11)	5	8.0	2	1	1	2	2	0	0	5.10	5.19	27	91	51	14	6	10	13	5	1	0	74			0	0	0	25	1	1	0	0	0	1	.72	0.234	.57	0.11%	2.86	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
20	339	95	Jul 21	CHW		DET	L,1-2	GS-6	L(4-12)	4	6.0	7	2	2	1	4	2	0	4.99	5.27	26	103	64	16	7	5	16	8	0	0	53			0	0	0	25	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.18	0.033	.66	0.01%	0.93	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
21	340	100	Jul 26	CHW		CHC	W,3-0	GS-8	W(5-12)	4	7.2	4	0	0	4	5	0	0	4.68	5.15	31	117	70	20	15	7	14	2	7	0	72			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	0.419	.61	0.15%	3.68	1t start tie	8t 1-- 2 out a3
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
22	341	106	Aug 2	CHW	@	DET	L,5-11	GS-5	L(5-13)	6	5.0	9	6	6	2	1	0	1	4.92	5.13	26	95	59	15	5	7	15	3	1	0	24			1	1	0	22	2	2	0	0	1	0	.99	-0.319	.44	-0.09%	-3.46	1b start tie	5b 3 out d5
23	342	111	Aug 7	CHW		BAL	L,2-10	GS-2	L(5-14)	4	1.1	6	8	8	2	1	4	2	5.43	5.59	14	60	36	6	8	3	6	2	0	0	9			0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.411	.18	-0.06%	-6.69	1t start tie	2t -2- 1 out d7
24	343	116	Aug 13	CHW	@	MIA	W,8-7	GS-4		5	3.0	10	7	7	1	0	2	0	5.78	5.75	20	66	37	8	3	10	9	6	1	0	10			1	0	0	19	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.588	.23	-0.07%	-5.44	1b start a 1	4b 123 0 out tie
25	344	121	Aug 19	CHW		OAK	L,0-9	GS-5	L(5-15)	5	4.2	8	7	6	3	3	3	0	5.98	5.97	25	90	51	18	4	8	11	4	3	0	22			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	1	.91	-0.280	.08	-0.02%	-4.88	1t start tie	5t -2- 2 out d7
26	345	125	Aug 24	CHW		PHI	L,3-5	GS-6	L(5-16)	4	6.0	7	4	4	0	6	2	1	5.98	5.97	26	109	66	16	9	3	16	7	0	0	48			0	0	0	25	3	0	0	0	0	0	.55	-0.160	.04	-0.01%	-1.07	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
27	346	130	Aug 29	CHW	@	DET	L,3-4	GS-6		4	6.0	6	2	2	3	6	1	1	5.86	5.94	27	100	57	21	6	9	8	6	0	0	55			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.44	0.066	.21	0.01%	1.05	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
Sep/Oct				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
28	347	135	Sep 3	CHW	@	MIN	L,3-11	GS-3	L(5-17)	4	2.1	5	5	5	4	2	3	0	6.07	6.21	16	70	32	6	9	3	7	1	2	0	25			1	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.397	.01	0.00%	-4.01	1b start a 1	3b 1-- 1 out d3
29	348	141	Sep 10	CHW		KCR	L,5-6	GS-6		6	6.0	4	3	3	4	5	2	0	6.01	6.27	25	105	59	13	13	6	10	3	1	0	53			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	.95	-0.020	.00	0.00%	-0.07	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
30	349	146	Sep 15	CHW		CLE	W,2-1	GS-6		4	6.0	3	1	1	3	8	0	1	5.84	6.13	25	100	59	22	10	6	7	5	0	0	67			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.26	0.218	.00	0.00%	1.93	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
31	350	151	Sep 20	CHW	@	PHI	L,6-7	GS-6	L(5-18)	4	5.1	9	7	6	3	4	1	0	5.98	6.12	29	106	64	8	15	11	11	4	0	0	25			3	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	1	.85	-0.449	.00	0.00%	-4.57	1b start tie	6b 1-- 1 out d4
32	351	156	Sep 26	CHW		TBR	W,7-1	GS-6	W(6-18)	5	6.0	7	1	1	2	6	0	1	5.82	6.00	27	108	71	20	13	6	12	6	2	0	58			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.41	0.220	.00	0.00%	1.93	1t start tie	6t 3 out a2
33	352	161	Oct 1	CHW		MIN	L,0-6	GS-7	L(6-19)	4	7.0	4	5	5	3	7	2	0	5.85	6.01	28	103	63	19	12	7	11	6	0	0	53			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.52	-0.179	.00	0.00%	-1.59	1t start tie	7t 3 out d5
							9-24		W-L:6-19	4.6	181.2	208	122	118	82	135	40	8	5.85	6.01	822	3134	59%	15%	9%	0.71		27%	6%	1	44		---%	18	3	0	723	41	6	3	19	5	7	.97	-2.028	.52	-0.25%	-29.95

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