James Baldwin

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1995-2005)

James Baldwin was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1995 to 2005 for 7 teams, including the Chicago White Sox, a span of 11 seasons. Across 266 career appearances, he went 79-74 with a 5.01 ERA and 844 strikeouts. James Baldwin was an All-Star.

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):
Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):
For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):
Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated

W–L 79–74
ERA 5.01
WHIP 1.46
SO 844
Pitcher PIV -16247.1
Position
Pitcher
Bats / Throws
R / R
Height / Weight
6'3" / 210 lb
Born
7/15/1971 in Pinehurst, NC, USA
MLB Debut
1995-04-30
Last Game
2005-09-29
Awards
All-Star
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Career Pitching Statistics

James Baldwin — Career Pitching Statistics
W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
79 74 266 202 7 2 2 1322.2 1,443 737 203 486 844 5.01 -16247.1

Career ERA 5.01 vs. league average 4.47 across their career seasons — 12.1% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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James Baldwin Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
1995 CHA AL 0 1 6 4 0 0 0 14.2 32 21 9 10 12.89 4.45 (-189%) -1630.8
1996 CHA AL 11 6 28 28 0 0 0 169.0 168 83 57 127 4.42 4.61 (+4%) 58.2
1997 CHA AL 12 15 32 32 1 0 0 200.0 205 117 83 140 5.26 4.39 (-20%) 652.0
1998 CHA AL 13 6 37 24 1 0 0 159.0 176 94 60 108 5.32 4.43 (-20%) -562.3
1999 CHA AL 12 13 35 33 1 0 0 199.1 219 113 81 123 5.10 4.71 (-8%) -3653.8
2000 CHA AL 14 7 29 28 2 1 0 178.0 185 92 59 116 4.65 4.77 (+2%) -2997.6
2001 CHA AL 7 5 17 16 2 1 0 95.2 109 49 38 42 4.61 4.42 (-4%) -2652.3
2001 LAN NL 3 6 12 12 0 0 0 79.1 82 37 25 53 4.20 4.42 (+5%) 14.2
2002 SEA AL 7 10 30 23 0 0 0 150.0 179 88 49 88 5.28 4.28 (-23%) -3315.0
2003 MIN AL 0 1 10 0 0 0 1 15.0 21 9 4 7 5.40 4.40 (-23%) -1386.9
2004 NYN NL 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 6.0 13 10 5 1 15.00 — 0.0
2005 BAL AL 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 22.1 17 4 3 12 1.61 4.29 (+62%) 361.2
2005 TEX AL 0 2 8 0 0 0 1 17.1 18 10 7 9 5.19 4.29 (-21%) -574.3
2005 BAL AL 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 17.0 19 10 6 8 5.29 4.29 (-23%) 361.2
Career · 14 seasons 79 74 266 202 7 2 2 1,322.2 1,443 737 486 844 5.01 — -15,326

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

James Baldwin — Career Batting Statistics
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
266 44 1 4 1 1 0 2 0 0 20 .091 .091 .159 .250 0

Career AVG .091 vs. league average .266 across their career seasons — 65.9% below league average.

Career OBP .091 vs. league average .336 across their career seasons — 73.0% below league average.

Career SLG .159 vs. league average .424 across their career seasons — 62.5% below league average.

Career OPS .250 vs. league average .761 across their career seasons — 67.1% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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James Baldwin Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
1995 CHA AL 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1996 CHA AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1997 CHA AL 32 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 — — — — 0.0
1998 CHA AL 37 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 — — — — 0.0
1999 CHA AL 35 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 .500 — — — — 0.0
2000 CHA AL 29 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 — — — — 0.0
2001 CHA AL 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 — — — — 0.0
2001 LAN NL 12 26 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 12 .077 — — — — 0.0
2002 SEA AL 30 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 — — — — 0.0
2003 MIN AL 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2004 NYN NL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 — — — — 0.0
2005 BAL AL 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2005 TEX AL 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2005 BAL AL 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
Career · 14 seasons 266 44 1 4 1 1 0 2 0 0 20 .091 — — — — 0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

James Baldwin — Playoff Career Batting
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Playoff Batting by Year

James Baldwin — Playoff Batting by Year
Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
2000 ALDS2 CHA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Playoff Career Pitching

James Baldwin — Playoff Career Pitching
W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
0 0 1 1 0 6.0 3 1 3 2 1.50

Playoff Pitching by Year

James Baldwin — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
2000 ALDS2 CHA 0 0 1 1 0 6.0 3 1 3 2 1.50

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

James Baldwin — Batting — Home / Away
SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home135120100.083
Away131321302.094

Pitching — Home / Away

James Baldwin — Pitching — Home / Away
SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home135690.07363772424434.92
Away131632.27073602444015.12

Last 10 Games — Pitching

James Baldwin — Last 10 Games — Pitching
DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
2005-09-29 BALNYY — 3.0111210
2005-09-26 BALNYY — 1.0000000
2005-09-25 BALBOS — 1.2442111
2005-09-20 BALNYY — 3.2633121
2005-09-16 BALTBR — 2.0100010
2005-09-04 BALBOS — 1.0000100
2005-08-28 BALOAK — 1.0000000
2005-08-27 BALOAK — 3.2764131
2005-08-11 TEXNYY L 1.2333311
2005-08-08 TEXBOS — 3.1211220

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

James Baldwin — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position G GS PO A E DP
P 266 202 88 162 17 9

Season-by-Season Fielding

James Baldwin — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1995 CHA P 6 4 0 3 1 0
1996 CHA P 28 28 12 16 3 0
1997 CHA P 32 32 15 22 2 0
1998 CHA P 37 24 7 15 5 0
1999 CHA P 35 33 12 21 2 0
2000 CHA P 29 28 14 26 2 2
2001 CHA P 17 16 7 17 0 3
2001 LAN P 12 12 5 8 1 1
2002 SEA P 30 23 9 25 0 2
2003 MIN P 10 0 3 3 1 0
2004 NYN P 2 2 0 2 0 0
2005 BAL P 12 0 1 3 0 1
2005 TEX P 8 0 2 1 0 0
2005 BAL P 8 0 1 0 0 0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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James Baldwin Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position Games
Pitcher 266

Awards & Honors

James Baldwin — Awards & Honors
Year Award Notes
2000 Pitcher of the Month May
1996 TSN Rookie Pitcher of the Year

Salary History

James Baldwin — Salary History
Year Team League Salary
2002 SEA AL $1,250,000
2001 CHA AL $5,950,000
2000 CHA AL $3,300,000
1999 CHA AL $1,900,000
1998 CHA AL $300,000
1997 CHA AL $250,000
1996 CHA AL $115,000
1995 CHA AL $109,000
Total Career Earnings $13,174,000

Award Voting History

James Baldwin — Award Voting History
Year Award League Finish Points Won Points Max Votes First
1996 Rookie of the Year AL 2nd 64.0 140 0

Most Similar Players

Career comps based on counting + rate stats and primary position. Score is relative — closest peer anchors at ~98%.

Career Spans

James Baldwin (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

  1. 98
    Nate Robertson
    57-77, 5.01 ERA
  2. 97
    Ramon Ortiz
    87-86, 4.95 ERA
  3. 94
    Adam Eaton
    71-68, 4.94 ERA
  4. 92
    Dave Mlicki
    66-80, 4.72 ERA
  5. 88
    Jason Johnson
    56-100, 4.99 ERA
  6. 86
    Mark Redman
    68-85, 4.85 ERA

James Baldwin: the record in brief

James Baldwin played a first major league game on April 30, 1995 and a last one on September 29, 2005. The season rows list, in order, the Chicago White Sox (1995 through 2001), the Los Angeles Dodgers (2001), the Seattle Mariners (2002), the Minnesota Twins (2003), the New York Mets (2004), the Baltimore Orioles (2005), and the Texas Rangers (2005). Baldwin, a pitcher by primary position, threw and hit right-handed. Baldwin is listed at 6'3" and 210 pounds. Baldwin was born on July 15, 1971, in Pinehurst, NC, USA.

Baldwin's career pitching line is 79 wins, 74 losses and a 5.01 ERA over 266 appearances. The same table counts 844 strikeouts. Against a 4.47 league ERA for the same seasons, the 5.01 mark was 12.1% worse. Baldwin won 14 games in 2000, the most of any season listed. 1997 produced Baldwin's most strikeouts, 140. Among the heaviest workloads, the lowest ERA was 4.42 in 1996, when the league's was 4.61.

Frequently Asked Questions about James Baldwin

What years did James Baldwin play?
James Baldwin played in Major League Baseball from 1995 to 2005.
Was James Baldwin a pitcher?
Yes. James Baldwin pitched in the major leagues, recording 79 wins and 844 strikeouts.
How many home runs did James Baldwin hit?
James Baldwin hit 0 career home runs with 4 hits.
What was James Baldwin's career batting average?
James Baldwin batted .091 over his career, with 4 hits in 44 at bats.
How many RBI did James Baldwin have?
James Baldwin drove in 2 runs in his career.
What was James Baldwin's career ERA?
James Baldwin finished with a 5.01 career ERA, going 79-74 with 844 strikeouts.