James Shields

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2006-2018)

W–L 145–139
ERA 4.01
WHIP 1.27
SO 2,234
Pitcher PIV -2317.4
Position
Pitcher
Bats / Throws
R / R
Height / Weight
6'3" / 210 lb
Born
12/20/1981 in Newhall, CA, USA
MLB Debut
2006-05-31
Last Game
2018-09-25
Awards
All-Star

Full name: James Anthony Shields

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Career Pitching Statistics

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
145 139 407 405 23 9 0 2616.0 2,581 1,167 361 746 2,234 4.01 -2317.4

Career ERA 4.01 vs. league average 4.15 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
2006 TBA AL 6 8 21 21 1 0 0 124.7 141 67 38 104 4.84 4.53 (-7%) 437.2
2007 TBA AL 12 8 31 31 1 0 0 215.0 202 92 36 184 3.85 4.47 (+14%) 3425.1
2008 TBA AL 14 8 33 33 3 2 0 215.0 208 85 40 160 3.56 4.32 (+18%) 2825.6
2009 TBA AL 11 12 33 33 0 0 0 219.7 239 101 52 167 4.14 4.32 (+4%) 1751.2
2010 TBA AL 13 15 34 33 0 0 0 203.3 246 117 51 187 5.18 4.08 (-27%) -812.8
2011 TBA AL 16 12 33 33 11 4 0 249.3 195 78 65 225 2.82 3.94 (+29%) 3433.7
2012 TBA AL 15 10 33 33 3 2 0 227.7 208 89 58 223 3.52 4.01 (+12%) 3230.4
2013 KCA AL 13 9 34 34 2 0 0 228.7 215 80 68 196 3.15 3.87 (+19%) 2381.1
2014 KCA AL 14 8 34 34 1 1 0 227.0 224 81 44 180 3.21 3.74 (+14%) 892.4
2015 SDN NL 13 7 33 33 0 0 0 202.3 189 88 81 216 3.91 3.96 (+1%) -2487.2
2016 SDN NL 2 7 11 11 0 0 0 67.3 69 32 27 57 4.28 4.19 (-2%) -418.7
2016 CHA AL 4 12 22 22 1 0 0 114.3 139 86 55 78 6.77 4.19 (-62%) -7842.8
2017 CHA AL 5 7 21 21 0 0 0 117.0 116 68 53 103 5.23 4.36 (-20%) -4313.9
2018 CHA AL 7 16 34 33 0 0 0 204.7 190 103 78 154 4.53 4.15 (-9%) -4818.6
Career · 14 seasons 145 139 407 405 23 9 0 2,616.0 2,581 1,167 746 2,234 4.01 — -2,317

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

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
411 142 15 24 3 0 0 6 0 3 56 .169 .186 .190 .376 -619

Career AVG .169 vs. league average .258 across their career seasons — 34.4% below league average.

Career OBP .186 vs. league average .324 across their career seasons — 42.6% below league average.

Career SLG .190 vs. league average .410 across their career seasons — 53.7% below league average.

Career OPS .376 vs. league average .735 across their career seasons — 48.8% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
2006 TBA AL 21 8 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .375 — — — — 0.0
2007 TBA AL 31 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 — — — — 0.0
2008 TBA AL 34 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .250 — — — — 0.0
2009 TBA AL 33 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 — — — — 0.0
2010 TBA AL 34 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 — — — — 0.0
2011 TBA AL 33 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 .000 — — — — 0.0
2012 TBA AL 33 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .200 — — — — 0.0
2013 KCA AL 34 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 — — — — 0.0
2014 KCA AL 34 7 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 .286 — — — — 0.0
2015 SDN NL 36 68 7 9 2 0 0 2 0 1 28 .132 .254 (-48%) .316 (-54%) .404 (-60%) .721 (-57%) -619.5
2016 SDN NL 11 17 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 .176 — — — — 0.0
2016 CHA AL 22 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 — — — — 0.0
2017 CHA AL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2018 CHA AL 34 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .167 — — — — 0.0
Career · 14 seasons 411 142 15 24 3 0 0 6 0 3 56 .169 — — — — -619

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

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000

Playoff Batting by Year

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
2014 ALCS KCA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2014 ALDS1 KCA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2014 ALWC KCA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2014 WS KCA 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
2011 ALDS2 TBA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2010 ALDS1 TBA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2008 ALCS TBA 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2008 ALDS2 TBA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2008 WS TBA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Playoff Career Pitching

W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
3 6 11 11 0 59.3 76 36 15 45 5.46

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
2014 ALCS KCA 0 0 1 1 0 5.0 10 4 1 3 7.20
2014 ALDS1 KCA 1 0 1 1 0 6.0 6 2 2 6 3.00
2014 ALWC KCA 0 0 1 1 0 5.0 5 4 2 6 7.20
2014 WS KCA 0 2 2 2 0 9.0 15 7 2 5 7.00
2011 ALDS2 TBA 0 1 1 1 0 5.0 8 7 0 6 12.60
2010 ALDS1 TBA 0 1 1 1 0 4.3 4 4 0 2 8.31
2008 ALCS TBA 0 2 2 2 0 13.0 15 5 5 9 3.46
2008 ALDS2 TBA 1 0 1 1 0 6.3 6 3 1 4 4.26
2008 WS TBA 1 0 1 1 0 5.7 7 0 2 4 0.00

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home210425701.167
Away201100101705.170

Pitching — Home / Away

SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home2091386.0133656638512243.68
Away1981230.0124560136110104.40

Last 10 Games — Pitching

DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
2018-09-25 CHWCLE — 6.0644461
2018-09-20 CHWCLE — 6.0522312
2018-09-14 CHWBAL W 6.0422152
2018-09-08 CHWLAA L 4.1966112
2018-09-02 CHWBOS W 6.0400260
2018-08-28 CHWNYY — 5.2422431
2018-08-23 CHWDET L 6.21077153
2018-08-17 CHWKCR W 7.0633250
2018-08-11 CHWCLE L 7.0732042
2018-08-05 CHWTBR — 6.0542461

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
P 407 405 187 283 30 22

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
2006 TBA P 21 21 14 15 0 1
2007 TBA P 31 31 30 24 1 3
2008 TBA P 33 33 19 19 1 3
2009 TBA P 33 33 16 25 2 5
2010 TBA P 34 33 18 17 4 2
2011 TBA P 33 33 19 32 3 2
2012 TBA P 33 33 16 21 5 0
2013 KCA P 34 34 11 21 3 2
2014 KCA P 34 34 18 30 4 0
2015 SDN P 33 33 10 30 3 2
2016 SDN P 11 11 2 6 0 0
2016 CHA P 22 22 6 12 4 0
2017 CHA P 21 21 5 12 0 0
2018 CHA P 34 33 3 19 0 2

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Position Games
Pitcher 407

Awards & Honors

Year Award Notes
2012 Player of the Week Week of 2012-09-09
2011 Player of the Week Week of 2011-04-24
2011 Player of the Week Week of 2011-06-19
2008 Player of the Week Week of 2008-04-26

Salary History

Year Team League Salary
2016 SDN NL $21,000,000
2015 SDN NL $10,000,000
2014 KCA AL $13,500,000
2013 KCA AL $11,000,000
2012 TBA AL $8,000,000
2011 TBA AL $4,250,000
2010 TBA AL $2,500,000
2009 TBA AL $1,500,000
2008 TBA AL $1,000,000
2007 TBA AL $394,900
Total Career Earnings $73,144,900

Award Voting History

Year Award League Finish Points Won Points Max Votes First
2014 Most Valuable Player AL 18th 3.0 420 0
2013 Cy Young Award AL 11th 2.0 210 0
2011 Cy Young Award AL 3rd 66.0 196 0
2011 Most Valuable Player AL 15th 7.0 392 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 Shields (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

  1. 98
    Ervin Santana
    151-129, 4.11 ERA
  2. 81
    Javier Vazquez
    165-160, 4.22 ERA
  3. 80
    John Lackey
    188-147, 3.92 ERA
  4. 76
    Kevin Millwood
    169-152, 4.11 ERA
  5. 72
    Andy Benes
    155-139, 3.97 ERA
  6. 67
    Jake Peavy
    152-126, 3.63 ERA

Frequently Asked Questions about James Shields

What years did James Shields play?
James Shields played in Major League Baseball from 2006 to 2018.
Was James Shields a pitcher?
Yes. James Shields pitched in the major leagues, recording 145 wins and 2234 strikeouts.
How many home runs did James Shields hit?
James Shields hit 0 career home runs with 24 hits.