MEDIA: Do you rely on B-R? How about a shout out at the end of the year?
Return to the Baseball-Reference.com Home Page
Quick Index: Play Index | Players | Teams | Leagues | Managers | Leaders | Awards | Postseason | Box Scores | Minors | Draft
  SportingNews.com | Stat of the Day | SR Blog | Tutorial Videos | All-Star | Travel | Bullpen Wiki | Random
You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Players > James Shields

James Shields
James Anthony Shields (Jamie)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 4", Weight 214 lb.

Debut May 31, 2006

Born December 20, 1981 in Newhall, CA

Cousin of Aaron Rowand

Drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 16th round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed August 17, 2000. (All Transactions)

 About biographical information

Minors.B-R: Minor League Stats
BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this person (what's this?)
Oracle: Find all of this player's teammates.

The Fantasy Baseball Sherpa sponsor(s) this page.

You can sponsor a page.
Page Expires: 2009-07-01 Alert Me!
        Customized Remainder-of-Season Forecasts updated daily to reflect the latest stats, injuries, trades, Closer Changes, and minor league call-ups! Enter discount code FBS2008BASEREF to get 15% off your purchase, and let the Sherpa guide you to victory!

Pitching  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 2006 24 TBD AL   6   8  21  21   1   0   0  0  124.7  141   69   67  18   38  104   5   9   540   5   0  4.84  4.61   95 1.436
 2007 25 TBD AL  12   8  31  31   1   0   0  0  215.0  202   98   92  28   36  184  10   9   874   0   0  3.85  4.52  117 1.107
 2008 26 TBR AL  14   8  33  33   3   2   0  0  215.0  208   94   85  24   40  160  12   6   877   0   0  3.56  4.36  122 1.153
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  3 Yr WL% .571  32  24  85  85   5   2   0  0  554.7  551  261  244  70  114  448  27  24  2291   5   0  3.96  4.47  113 1.199
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    12   9  34  34   2   0   0  0  221.7  220  104   97  28   45  179  10   9   916   2   0  3.96  4.47  113 1.199
 Career High     14   8  33  33   3   2   0  0  215.0  208   98   92  28   40  184  12   9   877   5   0  3.56  4.61  122 1.107

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2006 24 TBD AL  21    8    2    3   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .375  .375  .375   97    3   0   0   0   0   0
 2007 25 TBD AL   3    6    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .167  .167  .167  -11    1   1   0   0   0   0
 2008 26 TBR AL   2    4    2    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   0  .250  .400  .250   80    1   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons       26   18    5    5   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   3  .278  .316  .278   59    5   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        112   31   31   0  0   0    6   0  0   6  19  .278  .316  .278   59   31   6   0   0   0   0
 Career High     21    8    2    3   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   3                           3   1   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2006 24 TBD AL    8    5    1   5.3   110| .375  .274| .375  .339| .375  .436| .750  .775|  97  .510  -0.1   0.0   0%
 2007 25 TBD AL    7    6    0   0.0   105| .167  .269| .167  .336| .167  .420| .334  .756| -11  .000  -1.0  -0.1   0%
 2008 26 TBR AL    5    3    1   8.9   104| .250  .266| .400  .333| .250  .417| .650  .751|  80  .745  -0.1   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons        20   14    2   3.8   107| .278  .270| .316  .336| .278  .426| .594  .763|  59  .371  -1.1  -0.1   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2006 24 TBD AL P 21 14 15 0 1 1.000 .957 1.38 0.41 2.09 1.56 21 124.7 2007 25 TBD AL P 31 30 24 1 3 .982 .956 1.74 0.42 2.26 1.60 31 215.0 2008 26 TBR AL P 33 19 19 1 3 .974 .952 1.15 0.42 1.59 1.60 33 215.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2006 24 TBD AL P 21 14 15 0 1 1.000 .957 1.38 0.41 2.09 1.56 21 124.7 2007 25 TBD AL P 31 30 24 1 3 .982 .956 1.74 0.42 2.26 1.60 31 215.0 2008 26 TBR AL P 33 19 19 1 3 .974 .952 1.15 0.42 1.59 1.60 33 215.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 85 63 58 2 7 .984 .955 1.42 0.42 1.96 1.59 85 554.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 85 63 58 2 7 .984 .955 1.42 0.42 1.96 1.59 85 555
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 2008   ALDS  TBR CHW     W   1   1   4.26  1  0  0  0   6.1   6   3   1   4 
        ALCS  TBR BOS         1   1   2.45  0  1  0  0   7.1   6   2   2   6 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Ser      1-0   2   2   3.29  1  1  0  0  13.2  12   5   3  10 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
2007 AL-1.107-3
2008 AL-1.153-4

Hits Allowed/9IP
2007 AL-8.46-10

Bases on Balls/9IP
2007 AL-1.51-3
2008 AL-1.67-4

Innings
2007 AL-215.0-10
2008 AL-215.0-6

Strikeouts
2007 AL-184-9

Games Started
2008 AL-33-5

Comp. Games
2008 AL-3-3

Shutouts
2008 AL-2-1

Home Runs Allow.
2007 AL-28-3

SO to Walk
2007 AL-5.11-2
2008 AL-4.00-6

Wild Pitches
2007 AL-9-9

Hit Batsmen
2007 AL-10-8
2008 AL-12-5

Adjusted ERA+
2008 AL-122-10

         

Black Ink: Pitching - 1 (822) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 20 (1045) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 15.0 (475) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 1.0 (1844) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


Similar Pitchers View in Pop-up

Compare Stats
  1. Kurt Kepshire (978)
  2. Tom Filer (975)
  3. Julio Moreno (974)
  4. John Maine (973)
  5. Brian Tollberg (973)
  6. Joe Johnson (972)
  7. Pat Combs (972)
  8. Sam Kimber (971)
  9. Shaun Marcum (971)
  10. John Dolan (971)
Similar Pitchers through Age 25

Compare Stats
  1. Bartolo Colon (985)
  2. Chad Ogea (983)
  3. Jack Armstrong (983)
  4. Joe Horlen (983)
  5. Ken Dixon (982)
  6. Steve Renko (981)
  7. Ben Rivera (978)
  8. Kurt Kepshire (978)
  9. Rollie Sheldon (976)
  10. Joe Moeller (976)
Most Similar by Age 
  1. Joe Neale (991)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Bartolo Colon (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Explanation of Similarity Scores


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.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2007Tampa Bay Devil Rays$394,900
Career (may be incomplete)$394,900

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
View James Shields's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

Other References 
Error?     Compare     Search Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball-Almanac.com     CNN/SI     ESPN     Retrosheet     The Baseball Page     WhatIfSports: James Shields    

Viewed 24182 times through October 11, 2008.
Name and misspellings: James jimmy jim jimmie Anthony jimmy jimmie jim Jamie James Shields

Pages Updated through October 10,2008. Pages designed and created by Baseball-Reference part of Sports Reference, Inc. (Copyright ©2000-2007).
Statistics may come from our work, the Baseball Databank, or other sources including SABR.org and RetroSheet.org..

You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Players > James Shields
Quick Index: Play Index | Players | Teams | Leagues | Managers | Leaders | Awards | Postseason | Box Scores | Minors | Draft
  SportingNews.com | Stat of the Day | SR Blog | Tutorial Videos | All-Star | Travel | Bullpen Wiki | Random
Return to the Baseball-Reference.com Home Page

Stats updated through October 10, 2008.


Copyright © 2000-2008 Sports Reference, LLC, All rights reserved.
A Sports Reference LLC Site : About BR | About Sports Reference | Privacy Statement | Conditions & Terms of Service

Partner With: FantasyPlayers.com. Contact Fantasy Sports Ventures for advertising information.