James Shields

Starting Pitcher

Bats / Throws	Right / Right
Date of Birth	12/20/1981 (41)
Height, Weight	6'3", 215 lb
Hometown	Newhall, CA

2018 Season Stats

Needs more playing time to qualify

MLB Rank MLB Average

	W-L	IP	ERA	WHIP	K%	BB%	CSW%
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	7 W	122 IP	4.35 ERA	1.31 WHIP	21.1% K%	8.1% BB%	28.1% CSW%

	FB MPH	SwStr%	HC%	GB%	PLV	xERA
	-	-	-	-	-	-

	92.4 FB MPH	10.9% SwStr%	- HC%	- GB%	- PLV	- xERA

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Overview

Show 2018 MLB Percentile | Show 2018 MLB Average

Year	Team	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	xERA	FIP	xFIP	WHIP	H/9	K%	BB%	BABIP	HC%	GB%	HR/9	HR/FB%	LOB%	SwStr%	CSW%	PLV
2018	CWS	34	33	204.2	7	16	4.53	-	5.10	-	1.31	8.4	17.7%	9.0%	.263	-	-	1.50	-	70.6%	11.1%	26.6%	-
SP MLB Percentile		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG		22	22	122.0	7	7	4.35	-	4.35	-	1.31	8.7	21.1%	8.1%	.292	-	-	-	-	72.8%	10.9%	28.1%	-
1 Year		34	33	204.2	7	16	4.53	-	-	-	1.31	8.4	17.7%	9.0%	.263	-	-	1.50	-	70.6%	11.1%	26.6%	-

Repertoire

Four-Seamer | 25%
Cutter | 22%
Curveball | 18%
Changeup | 17%
Sinker | 10%
All Pitches

2018 All

Show 2018 MLB Percentile | Show 2018 MLB Average

Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	GB%	FB%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	HR/FB%	xAVG	xwOBA	HC%	Spin
2018	89.5	24.7%	-	-	4.3%	27.2%	31.5%	62.9%	57.4%	-	-	.283	.403	.250	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	92.4	17.6%	-	-	8.2%	19.2%	27.4%	64.3%	58.3%	-	-	.283	.374	.314	-	-	-	-	-

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	P	TBF	1B	2B	3B	HR	K	BB	HBP	WP	Strikes	Balls	AVG	SLG	wOBA
2018	815	196	25	9	1	10	11	31	3	0	513	302	.283	.541	.403
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	228	55	8	3	0	2	10	6	1	0	149	79	.283	.499	.374

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Foul%	Weak%	Top%	Under%	Fl&B%	Solid%	SS%
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12.9%	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19.9%	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA
2018	-	-	-	-	.283	.403	.250	.300	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	.283	.374	.314	.353	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	Whiff%	Swing%	Con%	O-Con%	Z-Con%	ECS%	2-Str O-Sw%	F-Str%	TF-Str%
2018	-	-	4.3%	27.2%	31.5%	62.9%	57.4%	12.0%	35.7%	88.0%	-	-	30.1%	-	59.0%	47.1%
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	-	-	8.2%	19.2%	27.4%	64.3%	58.3%	18.0%	45.0%	82.0%	-	-	25.0%	-	61.5%	51.1%

Year	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	heLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Zone%	Early BIP%	PAR%
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	67.2%	18.9%	13.9%	-	14.8%	9.7%
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	58.3%	14.5%	27.3%	-	13.6%	15.2%

Year	P	PLV	Total PLV	QP%	AP%	BP%	Q-BP%	HP	PLA	Hit Luck
2018	815	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	228	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	GB%	FB%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	HR/FB%	xAVG	xwOBA	HC%	Spin
2018	86.3	22.4%	-	-	10.0%	16.3%	26.3%	62.6%	55.8%	-	-	.291	.357	.304	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	88.0	7.2%	-	-	11.1%	13.5%	24.5%	63.1%	56.6%	-	-	.277	.337	.320	-	-	-	-	-

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	P	TBF	1B	2B	3B	HR	K	BB	HBP	WP	Strikes	Balls	AVG	SLG	wOBA
2018	738	193	35	7	0	8	28	18	1	2	462	276	.291	.471	.357
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	106	28	4	1	0	1	5	2	0	0	69	37	.277	.437	.337

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Foul%	Weak%	Top%	Under%	Fl&B%	Solid%	SS%
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16.5%	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19.9%	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA
2018	-	-	-	-	.291	.357	.304	.342	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	.277	.337	.320	.347	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	Whiff%	Swing%	Con%	O-Con%	Z-Con%	ECS%	2-Str O-Sw%	F-Str%	TF-Str%
2018	-	-	10.0%	16.3%	26.3%	62.6%	55.8%	21.6%	46.3%	78.4%	-	-	17.1%	-	56.6%	43.4%
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	-	-	11.1%	13.5%	24.5%	63.1%	56.6%	21.5%	49.7%	78.5%	-	-	16.9%	-	61.2%	48.2%

Year	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	heLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Zone%	Early BIP%	PAR%
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	57.2%	21.5%	21.3%	-	16.8%	17.8%
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	59.3%	12.3%	28.4%	-	16.4%	19.2%

Year	P	PLV	Total PLV	QP%	AP%	BP%	Q-BP%	HP	PLA	Hit Luck
2018	738	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	106	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	GB%	FB%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	HR/FB%	xAVG	xwOBA	HC%	Spin
2018	78.2	18.2%	-	-	18.6%	10.1%	28.8%	62.7%	56.6%	-	-	.240	.307	.289	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	78.0	6.6%	-	-	11.6%	19.0%	30.5%	58.8%	53.4%	-	-	.258	.315	.321	-	-	-	-	-

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	P	TBF	1B	2B	3B	HR	K	BB	HBP	WP	Strikes	Balls	AVG	SLG	wOBA
2018	601	157	18	10	0	9	48	2	0	5	377	224	.240	.481	.307
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	83	20	3	1	0	1	6	1	0	0	50	33	.258	.432	.315

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Foul%	Weak%	Top%	Under%	Fl&B%	Solid%	SS%
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16.1%	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12.6%	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA
2018	-	-	-	-	.240	.307	.289	.349	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	.258	.315	.321	.354	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	Whiff%	Swing%	Con%	O-Con%	Z-Con%	ECS%	2-Str O-Sw%	F-Str%	TF-Str%
2018	-	-	18.6%	10.1%	28.8%	62.7%	56.6%	35.4%	52.6%	64.6%	-	-	15.8%	-	57.5%	50.0%
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	-	-	11.6%	19.0%	30.5%	58.8%	53.4%	29.2%	39.8%	70.8%	-	-	26.8%	-	55.1%	47.5%

Year	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	heLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Zone%	Early BIP%	PAR%
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	59.9%	4.3%	35.8%	-	14.4%	22.3%
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	63.5%	3.7%	32.9%	-	12.2%	18.6%

Year	P	PLV	Total PLV	QP%	AP%	BP%	Q-BP%	HP	PLA	Hit Luck
2018	601	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	83	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	GB%	FB%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	HR/FB%	xAVG	xwOBA	HC%	Spin
2018	83.4	17.2%	-	-	14.8%	7.2%	22.0%	58.2%	52.5%	-	-	.219	.270	.274	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	84.2	6.2%	-	-	14.1%	10.6%	24.7%	59.3%	52.7%	-	-	.277	.337	.304	-	-	-	-	-

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	P	TBF	1B	2B	3B	HR	K	BB	HBP	WP	Strikes	Balls	AVG	SLG	wOBA
2018	569	164	21	10	1	0	30	16	1	1	331	238	.219	.301	.270
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	79	21	3	1	0	1	4	1	0	0	48	31	.277	.460	.337

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Foul%	Weak%	Top%	Under%	Fl&B%	Solid%	SS%
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15.6%	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15.2%	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA
2018	-	-	-	-	.219	.270	.274	.274	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	.277	.337	.304	.339	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	Whiff%	Swing%	Con%	O-Con%	Z-Con%	ECS%	2-Str O-Sw%	F-Str%	TF-Str%
2018	-	-	14.8%	7.2%	22.0%	58.2%	52.5%	29.0%	51.0%	71.0%	-	-	9.1%	-	45.2%	32.3%
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	-	-	14.1%	10.6%	24.7%	59.3%	52.7%	28.4%	48.7%	71.6%	-	-	14.0%	-	56.4%	43.8%

Year	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	heLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Zone%	Early BIP%	PAR%
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	56.2%	12.1%	31.6%	-	19.4%	16.7%
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	60.6%	11.9%	27.5%	-	16.5%	16.6%

Year	P	PLV	Total PLV	QP%	AP%	BP%	Q-BP%	HP	PLA	Hit Luck
2018	569	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	79	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	GB%	FB%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	HR/FB%	xAVG	xwOBA	HC%	Spin
2018	88.9	10.5%	-	-	8.1%	13.3%	21.4%	55.7%	51.6%	-	-	.182	.261	.177	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	91.7	12.0%	-	-	5.9%	18.4%	24.2%	63.5%	56.1%	-	-	.311	.377	.323	-	-	-	-	-

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	P	TBF	1B	2B	3B	HR	K	BB	HBP	WP	Strikes	Balls	AVG	SLG	wOBA
2018	345	86	8	3	0	3	13	6	2	2	192	153	.182	.338	.261
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	138	38	6	2	0	1	5	3	0	0	89	49	.311	.503	.377

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Foul%	Weak%	Top%	Under%	Fl&B%	Solid%	SS%
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15.4%	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18.1%	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA
2018	-	-	-	-	.182	.261	.177	.215	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	.311	.377	.323	.353	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	Whiff%	Swing%	Con%	O-Con%	Z-Con%	ECS%	2-Str O-Sw%	F-Str%	TF-Str%
2018	-	-	8.1%	13.3%	21.4%	55.7%	51.6%	19.2%	42.3%	80.8%	-	-	14.8%	-	55.8%	41.1%
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	-	-	5.9%	18.4%	24.2%	63.5%	56.1%	13.0%	45.1%	87.0%	-	-	22.4%	-	58.7%	45.7%

Year	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	heLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Zone%	Early BIP%	PAR%
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	68.4%	12.2%	19.4%	-	16.9%	19.4%
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	63.4%	16.4%	20.3%	-	17.6%	13.6%

Year	P	PLV	Total PLV	QP%	AP%	BP%	Q-BP%	HP	PLA	Hit Luck
2018	345	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	138	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Pitch Type	MPH	Usage%	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	GB%	FB%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	HR/FB%	xAVG	xwOBA	HC%	Spin
Four-Seamer	89.5	24.7%	-	-	4.3%	27.2%	31.5%	62.9%	57.4%	-	-	.283	.403	.250	-	-	-	-	-
Cutter	86.3	22.4%	-	-	10.0%	16.3%	26.3%	62.6%	55.8%