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: 13-21 / in Starts: 13-20

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2018 Pitching Game Log

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2018 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	374	1	Mar 29	CHW	@	KCR	W,14-7	GS-6	W(1-0)	99	6.0	5	4	4	1	0	1	1	6.00	6.33	25	97	59	13	4	10	13	5	3	0	45			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.57	-0.114	.62	-0.07%	-0.93	1b start tie	6b 3 out a4
2	375	6	Apr 5	CHW		DET	L,7-9	GS-5		6	5.0	8	3	3	1	1	0	0	5.73	4.98	24	91	53	9	8	11	11	6	2	0	39			1	1	1	23	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.02	-0.017	1.17	-0.01%	-0.50	1t start tie	5t 3 out a1
3	376	11	Apr 11	CHW		TBR	W,2-1	GS-7		5	6.1	4	1	1	5	6	0	0	4.15	4.49	27	100	59	18	16	9	7	3	2	0	62			0	1	1	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.206	.96	0.10%	2.24	1t start tie	7t --- 1 out d1
4	377	15	Apr 18	CHW	@	OAK	L,11-12	14-GF(14)	L(1-1)	6	0.2	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	4.50	4.77	6	28	12	3	3	0	4	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.18	-0.364	2.35	-0.16%	-1.27	14b --- 0 out tie	14b end d 1
5	378	16	Apr 20	CHW		HOU	L,0-10	GS-6	L(1-2)	1	5.1	8	7	7	4	4	0	0	6.17	4.57	27	111	65	23	5	7	12	7	2	0	24			0	1	0	23	3	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.261	.61	-0.10%	-3.40	1t start tie	6t -23 1 out d5
6	379	21	Apr 25	CHW		SEA	L,3-4	GS-6	L(1-3)	4	6.0	6	4	4	4	4	1	0	6.14	4.86	28			16	14	6	14	5	2	0	44			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	-0.183	.72	-0.06%	-0.99	1t start tie	6t 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
7	380	27	May 1	CHW	@	STL	L,2-3	GS-6		5	6.0	2	1	1	0	4	1	0	5.35	4.72	19	93	60	22	7	7	8	2	2	0	68			0	1	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.245	.50	0.09%	1.81	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
8	381	32	May 6	CHW		MIN	L,3-5	GS-7		4	6.2	2	3	3	2	5	0	0	5.14	4.37	24	91	55	17	12	6	11	3	1	0	61			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.241	.65	0.08%	2.01	1t start tie	7t 1-3 2 out a1
9	382	36	May 12	CHW	@	CHC	L,4-8	GS-6	L(1-4)	5	6.0	7	5	5	3	4	1	0	5.44	4.51	28	100	62	12	13	7	14	5	2	0	39			2	0	0	25	0	1	0	0	0	0	.43	-0.288	.12	-0.05%	-1.99	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
10	383	40	May 17	CHW		TEX	W,4-2	GS-8		4	7.1	3	1	1	3	8	0	0	4.88	4.21	28			15	10	10	7	3	1	0	73			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.02	0.270	.22	0.03%	2.74	1t start tie	8t --- 1 out d1
11	384	45	May 22	CHW		BAL	W,3-2	GS-7		4	7.0	5	2	2	2	5	0	1	4.62	4.07	27	106	67	16	11	12	7	2	1	0	62			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	1	0	0	.85	0.074	.23	0.01%	1.51	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
12	385	50	May 27	CHW	@	DET	L,2-3	GS-7	L(1-5)	4	7.0	5	3	3	3	4	0	0	4.54	4.00	28	97	61	13	7	5	16	6	2	0	56			0	0	1	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.044	.41	-0.01%	0.69	1b start tie	7b 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
13	386	55	Jun 2	CHW		MIL	L,0-5	GS-8	L(1-6)	5	7.0	8	3	3	1	6	3	0	4.48	4.31	28	103	69	19	16	6	15	4	2	0	54			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.02	0.037	.15	0.00%	0.51	1t start tie	8t --- 0 out d3
14	387	60	Jun 7	CHW	@	MIN	L,2-7	GS-6	L(1-7)	4	6.0	8	7	7	2	6	3	0	4.92	4.63	28	99	66	20	11	4	16	6	2	0	32			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	.42	-0.279	.09	-0.04%	-3.90	1b start tie	6b 3 out d5
15	388	65	Jun 12	CHW		CLE	W,5-1	GS-7	W(2-7)	4	7.0	4	1	1	0	2	0	1	4.63	4.50	26	101	65	16	7	5	18	7	1	0	67			0	0	0	24	3	0	0	0	1	0	.71	0.254	.12	0.03%	2.51	1t start tie	7t 3 out a4
16	389	70	Jun 17	CHW		DET	L,1-3	GS-7	L(2-8)	4	6.0	6	3	3	4	5	1	0	4.63	4.58	27	103	61	19	8	9	9	6	0	0	49			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.080	.11	-0.01%	-0.38	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out d2
17	390	74	Jun 22(1)	CHW		OAK	L,2-11	GS-5	L(2-9)	4	4.2	5	8	2	2	4	1	0	4.59	4.62	24	99	61	13	8	10	8	1	1	0	36			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	1	2	.66	-0.323	.02	-0.01%	-5.93	1t start tie	5t 12- 2 out d8
18	391	79	Jun 27	CHW		MIN	W,6-1	GS-7	W(3-9)	4	7.0	4	0	0	2	5	0	0	4.29	4.49	27	100	64	20	6	14	6	4	0	0	72			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	1	.76	0.310	.03	0.01%	3.51	1t start tie	7t 3 out a5
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
19	392	84	Jul 2	CHW	@	CIN	L,3-5	GS-7		4	6.2	4	1	1	4	3	1	0	4.12	4.58	28	88	49	13	4	4	17	8	2	0	61			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.183	.03	0.00%	2.02	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out a1
20	393	89	Jul 7	CHW	@	HOU	L,6-12	GS-6	L(3-10)	4	5.2	10	8	8	2	9	2	0	4.53	4.63	29	99	63	13	18	5	13	8	0	0	24			2	0	0	27	4	0	0	0	0	0	.76	-0.425	.00	0.00%	-5.07	1b start tie	6b --- 2 out d3
21	394	93	Jul 13	CHW		KCR	W,9-6	GS-7	W(4-10)	5	6.2	5	4	2	2	7	0	1	4.43	4.51	29	109	67	14	17	6	13	5	1	0	57			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	1	1	.87	0.051	.01	0.00%	-0.82	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out a3
22	395	96	Jul 20	CHW	@	SEA	L,1-3	GS-7	L(4-11)	6	7.0	7	2	1	1	5	0	0	4.26	4.39	27	103	62	21	7	6	15	6	3	0	61			2	1	0	25	2	0	0	1	1	0	1.01	0.092	.00	0.00%	1.36	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d1
23	396	101	Jul 25	CHW	@	LAA	L,3-11	GS-5	L(4-12)	4	4.0	7	6	6	3	7	3	1	4.53	4.62	22			12	17	3	8	5	0	0	28			2	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.375	.01	0.00%	-3.99	1b start tie	5b 12- 0 out d3
24	397	106	Jul 31	CHW		KCR	L,2-4	GS-7	L(4-13)	5	7.0	5	4	4	3	8	2	0	4.56	4.68	29	104	61	13	16	6	12	5	2	0	56			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.077	.00	0.00%	-0.49	1t start tie	7t 3 out d4
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
25	398	111	Aug 5	CHW	@	TBR	W,8-7	GS-6		4	6.0	5	4	2	4	6	1	0	4.50	4.71	27	114	67	16	12	8	9	3	1	0	52			1	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.12	-0.094	.00	0.00%	-1.03	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
26	399	116	Aug 11	CHW		CLE	L,1-3	GS-7	L(4-14)	5	7.0	7	3	2	0	4	2	0	4.41	4.75	28	94	59	11	12	5	19	7	6	0	57			1	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.069	.00	0.00%	0.51	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
27	400	121	Aug 17	CHW		KCR	W,9-3	GS-7	W(5-14)	5	7.0	6	3	3	2	5	0	0	4.39	4.66	27	101	66	15	11	11	9	5	0	0	56			0	1	0	24	2	0	0	1	1	0	.91	-0.009	.00	0.00%	0.51	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
28	401	127	Aug 23	CHW	@	DET	L,2-7	GS-7	L(5-15)	5	6.2	10	7	7	1	5	3	1	4.59	4.81	31	110	71	21	8	5	19	6	4	0	30			0	0	1	28	3	0	0	0	1	0	.70	-0.131	.00	0.00%	-3.65	1b start tie	7b -2- 2 out d7
29	402	132	Aug 28	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS-6		4	5.2	4	2	2	4	3	1	0	4.54	4.86	24	98	56	12	11	5	12	7	2	0	52			0	0	0	20	0	1	0	0	0	0	.97	0.137	.00	0.00%	0.62	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out a2
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
30	403	137	Sep 2	CHW		BOS	W,8-0	GS-6	W(6-15)	4	6.0	4	0	0	2	6	0	1	4.39	4.79	24	93	57	13	12	7	8	4	1	0	68			2	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	.56	0.184	.00	0.00%	3.01	1t start tie	6t 3 out a6
31	404	142	Sep 8	CHW		LAA	L,3-12	GS-5	L(6-16)	5	4.1	9	6	6	1	1	2	1	4.58	4.91	21	78	44	10	3	8	10	4	2	0	21			1	1	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	.61	-0.359	.00	0.00%	-4.02	1t start tie	5t 1-- 1 out d3
32	405	147	Sep 14	CHW	@	BAL	W,8-6	GS-6	W(7-16)	5	6.0	4	2	2	1	5	2	0	4.53	4.96	22	96	66	15	11	5	11	4	2	0	60			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	.71	0.084	.00	0.00%	1.01	1b start a 1	6b 3 out a5
33	406	152	Sep 20	CHW	@	CLE	W,5-4	GS-6		5	6.0	5	2	2	3	1	2	1	4.48	5.08	24			15	6	7	12	5	1	0	52			0	1	0	20	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.28	0.201	.00	0.00%	1.16	1b start a 1	6b 3 out a2
34	407	157	Sep 25	CHW		CLE	W,5-4	GS-6		4	6.0	6	4	4	4	6	1	0	4.53	5.09	28	112	58	13	15	4	14	9	2	0	46			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.176	.00	0.00%	-0.99	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
							13-21		W-L:7-16	4.5	204.2	190	115	103	78	154	34	9	4.53	5.09	871	2918	61%	18%	12%	0.59		27%	9%	0	50	0	---%	18	8	4	775	41	2	0	10	7	6	.90	-1.099	.22	-0.18%	-11.62

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