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James Shields P
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Birth Date	12-20-1981
Height	6' 3"
Weight	210 lbs

Age	43 years, 5 months, 12 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

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: -1.02016
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YEAR	Team	G	GS	IP	W	L	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-	WARP
2006	TBA	21	21	124.7	6	8	141	38	104	18	105	10.2	2.7	1.3	7.5	0%	.328	1.44	4.43	4.84	95	4.44	90.4	1.9
2007	TBA	31	31	215.0	12	8	202	36	184	28	104	8.5	1.5	1.2	7.7	0%	.282	1.11	3.92	3.85	86	3.50	72.3	5.2
2008	TBA	33	33	215.0	14	8	208	40	160	24	103	8.7	1.7	1.0	6.7	0%	.287	1.15	3.84	3.56	88	3.73	79.6	4.3
2009	TBA	33	33	219.7	11	12	239	52	167	29	104	9.8	2.1	1.2	6.8	0%	.308	1.32	4.05	4.14	90	3.78	81.1	4.4
2010	TBA	34	33	203.3	13	15	246	51	187	34	107	10.9	2.3	1.5	8.3	0%	.341	1.46	4.20	5.18	93	3.89	87.9	3.2
2011	TBA	33	33	249.3	16	12	195	65	225	26	98	7.0	2.3	0.9	8.1	0%	.258	1.04	3.45	2.82	90	3.37	78.3	5.0
2012	TBA	33	33	227.7	15	10	208	58	223	25	95	8.2	2.3	1.0	8.8	0%	.292	1.17	3.42	3.52	84	3.35	76.8	4.9
2013	KCA	34	34	228.7	13	9	215	68	196	20	101	8.5	2.7	0.8	7.7	0%	.298	1.24	3.49	3.15	93	3.47	83.0	4.1
2014	KCA	34	34	227.0	14	8	224	44	180	23	102	8.9	1.7	0.9	7.1	0%	.295	1.18	3.62	3.21	91	3.22	79.0	4.5
2015	SDN	33	33	202.3	13	7	189	81	216	33	93	8.4	3.6	1.5	9.6	0%	.299	1.33	4.48	3.91	98	4.07	95.2	2.4
2016	CHA	22	22	114.3	4	12	139	55	78	31	101	10.9	4.3	2.4	6.1	38%	.296	1.70	6.89	6.77	125	6.68	147.9	-1.7
2016	SDN	11	11	67.3	2	7	69	27	57	9	94	9.2	3.6	1.2	7.6	48%	.316	1.43	4.47	4.28	99	4.41	97.5	0.7
2016	TOT	33	33	181.7	6	19	208	82	135	40	99	10.3	4.1	2.0	6.7	42%	.303	1.60	5.99	5.85	116	5.84	129.2	-1.0
2017	CHA	21	21	117.0	5	7	116	53	103	27	107	8.9	4.1	2.1	7.9	40%	.270	1.44	5.82	5.23	112	5.05	107.4	0.7
2018	CHA	34	33	204.7	7	16	190	78	154	34	102	8.4	3.4	1.5	6.8	37%	.262	1.31	5.12	4.53	116	5.44	121.6	-0.3
Career		407	405	2616.0	145	139	2581	746	2234	361	101	8.9	2.6	1.2	7.7	44%	.294	1.27	4.18	4.01	95	3.99	89.4	39.3

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YEAR	Team	Lg	LG	G	GS	IP	W	L	SV	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-
2001	CSC	A	SAL	10	10	71.3	4	5	0	63	10	60	7		8.0	1.3	0.9	7.6	0%	-.727	1.02	3.28	2.65	0	0.00	0.0
2001	HUD	A-	NYP	5	5	27.3	2	1	0	27	5	25	1		8.9	1.6	0.3	8.2	0%	-.839	1.17	2.61	2.31	0	0.00	0.0
2003	BAK	A+	CLF	26	24	143.7	10	10	1	161	38	119	19		10.1	2.4	1.2	7.5	0%	.320	1.38	4.83	4.45	0	0.00	0.0
2004	BAK	A+	CLF	20	20	117.0	8	5	0	120	33	92	13		9.2	2.5	1.0	7.1	0%	.307	1.31	4.66	4.23	0	0.00	0.0
2004	MNT	AA	SOU	4	4	18.3	0	3	0	24	8	14	4		11.8	3.9	2.0	6.9	0%	.345	1.75	5.77	7.87	0	0.00	0.0
2005	MNT	AA	SOU	17	16	109.3	7	5	0	95	31	104	6	36	7.8	2.6	0.5	8.6	0%	-.605	1.15	3.17	2.80	81	4.24	83.6
2005	DUR	AAA	INT	1	1	6.0	1	0	0	9	3	6	0	115	13.5	4.5	0.0	9.0	0%	-1.000	2.00	2.70	6.00	92	6.60	130.0
2005	phx	Wnt	AFL	6	6	31.0	2	1	0	23	2	29	3		6.7	0.6	0.9	8.4	0%	-.588	0.81	3.81	1.74	0	0.00	0.0
2006	TBA	MLB	AL	21	21	124.7	6	8	0	141	38	104	18	105	10.2	2.7	1.3	7.5	0%	.328	1.44	4.43	4.84	95	4.44	90.4
2006	DUR	AAA	INT	10	10	61.1	3	2	0	60	6	64	3	101	8.8	0.9	0.4	9.4	0%	.343	1.08	2.01	2.65	63	3.42	71.9
2007	TBA	MLB	AL	31	31	215.0	12	8	0	202	36	184	28	104	8.5	1.5	1.2	7.7	0%	.282	1.11	3.92	3.85	86	3.50	72.3
2008	TBA	MLB	AL	33	33	215.0	14	8	0	208	40	160	24	103	8.7	1.7	1.0	6.7	0%	.287	1.15	3.84	3.56	88	3.73	79.6
2009	TBA	MLB	AL	33	33	219.7	11	12	0	239	52	167	29	104	9.8	2.1	1.2	6.8	0%	.308	1.32	4.05	4.14	90	3.78	81.1
2010	TBA	MLB	AL	34	33	203.3	13	15	0	246	51	187	34	107	10.9	2.3	1.5	8.3	0%	.341	1.46	4.20	5.18	93	3.89	87.9
2011	TBA	MLB	AL	33	33	249.3	16	12	0	195	65	225	26	98	7.0	2.3	0.9	8.1	0%	.258	1.04	3.45	2.82	90	3.37	78.3
2012	TBA	MLB	AL	33	33	227.7	15	10	0	208	58	223	25	95	8.2	2.3	1.0	8.8	0%	.292	1.17	3.42	3.52	84	3.35	76.8
2013	KCA	MLB	AL	34	34	228.7	13	9	0	215	68	196	20	101	8.5	2.7	0.8	7.7	0%	.298	1.24	3.49	3.15	93	3.47	83.0
2014	KCA	MLB	AL	34	34	227.0	14	8	0	224	44	180	23	102	8.9	1.7	0.9	7.1	0%	.295	1.18	3.62	3.21	91	3.22	79.0
2015	SDN	MLB	NL	33	33	202.3	13	7	0	189	81	216	33	93	8.4	3.6	1.5	9.6	0%	.299	1.33	4.48	3.91	98	4.07	95.2
2016	CHA	MLB	AL	22	22	114.3	4	12	0	139	55	78	31	101	10.9	4.3	2.4	6.1	38%	.296	1.70	6.89	6.77	125	6.68	147.9
2016	SDN	MLB	NL	11	11	67.3	2	7	0	69	27	57	9	94	9.2	3.6	1.2	7.6	48%	.316	1.43	4.47	4.28	99	4.41	97.5
2017	CHA	MLB	AL	21	21	117.0	5	7	0	116	53	103	27	107	8.9	4.1	2.1	7.9	40%	.270	1.44	5.82	5.23	112	5.05	107.4
2017	CHR	AAA	INT	3	3	14.0	0	3	0	13	3	14	0	100	8.4	1.9	0.0	9.0	48%	.325	1.14	1.98	3.21	81	3.35	71.3
2018	CHA	MLB	AL	34	33	204.7	7	16	0	190	78	154	34	102	8.4	3.4	1.5	6.8	37%	.262	1.31	5.12	4.53	116	5.44	121.6

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2008	2976	0.5071	0.4704	0.7829	0.6335	0.3027	0.8745	0.5856	0.2171
2009	3295	0.5326	0.4783	0.7824	0.6291	0.3065	0.8659	0.5869	0.2176
2010	3335	0.5061	0.4816	0.7852	0.6297	0.3297	0.8871	0.5856	0.2148
2011	3575	0.5105	0.4632	0.7591	0.6022	0.3183	0.8662	0.5476	0.2409
2012	3606	0.4321	0.4645	0.7487	0.6098	0.3540	0.8747	0.5834	0.2513
2013	3655	0.4566	0.4542	0.7669	0.6279	0.3082	0.8559	0.6144	0.2331
2014	3624	0.4785	0.4683	0.7767	0.6182	0.3307	0.8703	0.6160	0.2233
2015	3313	0.4223	0.4510	0.7102	0.6269	0.3224	0.8449	0.5186	0.2898
2016	3114	0.4226	0.4338	0.7742	0.6330	0.2881	0.8908	0.5869	0.2258
2017	2020	0.4663	0.4401	0.7525	0.6242	0.2792	0.8520	0.5581	0.2475
2018	3304	0.4413	0.4501	0.7552	0.6344	0.3044	0.8562	0.5890	0.2448
Career	35817	0.4705	0.4604	0.7632	0.6240	0.3151	0.8675	0.5804	0.2368

Injury History — No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2007-08-19	2007-08-19	DTD	0	0	Right	Lower Leg	Contusion	Batted Ball	-
2007-08-13	2007-08-13	DTD	0	0		Trunk	Contusion	Batted Ball	-
2006-09-15	2006-09-22	DTD	7	6	Right	Thigh	Cramp	Hamstring	-
2002-04-05	2002-09-05	Minors	153	0	Right	Shoulder	Surgery		-	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2007	TBA	$394,400
2008	TBA	$1,000,000
2009	TBA	$1,500,000
2010	TBA	$2,500,000
2011	TBA	$4,250,000
2012	TBA	$7,500,000
2013	KCA	$10,250,000
2014	KCA	$13,500,000
2015	SDN	$10,000,000
2016	SDN	$21,000,000
2017	SDN	$11,000,000
2017	CHA	$10,000,000
2018	SDN	$11,000,000
2018	CHA	$10,000,000
2019	CHA	$

Years	Description	Salary
12 yr	Previous	$113,894,400
12 yr	Total	$113,894,400

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
12 y 125 d	PSI Sports	2019

Details

4 years/$75M (2015-18), plus 2019 club option. Signed by San Diego as a free agent 2/11/15. 15:$10M, 16:$21M, 17:$21M, 18:$21M, 19:$16M club option ($2M buyout). Perks: hotel suite on road. Deal does not include no-trade clause, but Shields may opt out of contract after 2016 season (no later than 3 days after World Series). Acquired by Chicago White Sox in trade from San Diego 6/4/16 with $57,770,491 remaining on contract. Padres to pay $30,770,491, with White Sox responsible for $27M -- $5M in 2016 and, if Shields does not opt out, $10M each in 2017 and 2018 and the $2M buyout for 2019. Chicago White Sox declined 2019 option 10/29/18.
4 years/$11.25M (2008-11), plus 2012-14 club options. Signed extension with Tampa Bay 1/23/08. 08:$1M, 09:$1.5M, 10:$2.5M, 11:$4.25M, 12:$7M club option, $2M buyout, 13:$9M club option, $1.5M buyout, 14:$12M club option, $1M buyout. $6.5M in performance bonuses based on IP, starts, Cy Young vote. Assignment bonus of $0.75M if traded. Tampa Bay exercised 2011 option 10/11. 2012 salary increased by $0.5M to $7.5M with top 5 finish in 2011 Cy Young vote. 2013 option increased by $1.25M to $10.25M with escalators. 2014 option increased to about $13.5M with escalators. Tampa Bay exercised 2013 option at $10.25M 10/30/12. Acquired by Kansas City in trade from Tampa Bay 12/9/12.
1 year/$0.3949M (2007). Re-signed by Tampa Bay 3/07.
1 year (2006). Contract purchased by Tampa Bay 11/05. Optioned to Triple-A 3/06. Recalled 5/06.
Drafted by Tampa Bay 2000 (16-466) (Hart HS, Newhall, Calif.).

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	W	G	GS	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	BABIP	WHIP	ERA	DRA	VORP	WARP
90^o	25.2	30	30	175.1	159	65	147	29	.262	1.28	4.31	4.73	-27.6	-3.0
80^o	23.4	29	29	169.4	161	65	142	30	.271	1.34	4.66	5.11	-33.6	-3.6
70^o	22.1	28	28	165.4	162	66	139	30	.277	1.38	4.91	5.38	-37.5	-4.1
60^o	21	28	28	161.9	164	67	136	30	.283	1.42	5.13	5.61	-40.6	-4.4
50^o	20	27	27	158.8	165	67	133	31	.288	1.46	5.33	5.83	-43.6	-4.7
40^o	19	27	27	155.6	166	67	130	31	.293	1.50	5.54	6.06	-46.5	-5.1
30^o	18	26	26	152.3	167	68	128	31	.299	1.54	5.76	6.3	-49.4	-5.4
20^o	16.8	26	26	148.5	168	68	124	31	.306	1.59	6.02	6.58	-52.5	-5.7
10^o	15.1	25	25	143.2	169	69	120	31	.315	1.66	6.39	6.98	-56.7	-6.2
Weighted Mean	20	27	27	158.8	164	67	133	30	.287	1.45	5.31	5.82	-43.4	-4.7

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2017-06-27 20:00:00 (link to chat)	What kind of potential does Fernando Tatis have? Top 10 prospect eventually? (Max from CALI)	Yeah, we've got some really great reports on him. Top ten might be aiming high, but that James Shields deal looks nuttier by the day. (Jarrett Seidler)
2017-04-11 19:00:00 (link to chat)	Why did the White Sox get off to that crazy good start last year? Are there any lessons from the rise and then crash landing? (bemused from connecticut)	They started 17-8 and were below .500 every month after that until September. Looks like a lot of that good start was individual herculean pitching efforts, which seems easy to explain given their personnel. David Robertson was probably healthy in the first few months, as opposed to pitching through a knee injury in the second half. Austin Jackson was roughly replacement level instead of Shuck who was below, luck, variance. In terms of collapsing in the second half, the team had already traded away what little depth they had in previous years (Trayce Thompson, Chris Bassitt, Marcus Semien, etc.) so any time anything went wrong there was no fallback option. The White Sox did aggressively attempt to fix their rotation. Miguel Gonzalez worked out, James Shields didn't. But they did basically nothing to help what already looked like a horrible offense as the season went on. Jerry Sands, Jimmy Rollins, and blitzing Tim Anderson through the minors at a blinding pace were basically their only efforts to upgrade from some really, really miserable options. (Nick Schaefer)
2016-06-09 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Heard any good James Shields rumors lately? (Hurtado from Like, Everywhere, man.)	I heard that you should always check for the blue mark before hitting retweet, if that's what you mean! (Christopher Crawford)
2016-05-17 14:00:00 (link to chat)	I've got Matt Moore, James Shields, Tyson Ross (currently on DL), JA Happ, Kevin Gausman, and Adam Wainwright (among other starting pitchers) at the back of my rotation/bench in my keeper league. I feel I need to drop one of them soon to balance my roster. Should it be Wainwright? His performance has been lackluster so far but I wonder how much hope I should hold onto that he turns a corner and pitches (mostly) like his old self. (mattstupp from NYC)	I'm tempted to tell you to punt on Happ only because the regression fairy came for him in a big way last night. But yeah, Waino has been not great and he's getting up there in years. I'm hardly a fantasy expert, though, so about five grains of salt there. I'm not an authority on such matters. (Nicolas Stellini)
2015-10-22 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Good points on Liriano from your article...so who is this year's Liriano? The best SP Value available? (Zonk from Chi Town)	Liriano Theory leads you to Samardzija... gotta believe you can fix whatever the White Sox broke with him. But I will be interested in what he gets. If it's in the James Shields neighborhood, or anywhere below, that could be a steal. (Matthew Trueblood)

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2010-10-06 10:00:00	2010 Playoffs Day One	Can anyone tell me where James Shields got his nickname "Big Game"? He got it before the Rays were good, when no game was big. (Eric Seidman)
2010-10-06 10:00:00	2010 Playoffs Day One	James Shields is Big Game James, doncha know. But, to his credit, he is a very good interview. (John Perrotto)
2010-10-06 10:00:00	2010 Playoffs Day One	My thinking is that it's better to have James Shields in Tampa Bay than in Arlington, given the issues he has had with the long ball. (Marc Normandin)
2008-10-10 13:30:00	Friday LCS	James Shields is a guy who if they showed a mirror image of, as a lefty, he'd make more sense. (Wow, tortured sentence ...) I was looking for a comparable and thought Mike Mussina, but Mussina had a sick run from 23-26. Anyone? (Will Carroll)
2008-10-02 11:00:00	Thursday Playoff Games	I kind of like the White Sox today, largely because I think Javier Vazquez is pretty underrated, and James Shields can give up the homers that drive the Sox offense. Charlie Manuel is really growing on me. It's like listening to Bobby Bowden. (Joe Sheehan)

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2025, James Shields threw 37,754 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2007 and 2018, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2018, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (90mph) and Cutter (87mph), also mixing in a Curve (79mph), Change (84mph) and Sinker (90mph). He also rarely threw a Slow Curve (69mph).

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