James Shields FA RP R

Born: 12/20/1981 Age: 43

Retired

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2025 OPL OPL Player Page

On MLB 40-man: NO
Acquired: Trade (SDP) Jun'16

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Positions
RP
2026 Earned Positions
RP

All Leagues
Average $0.00 Median $0.00
SABR Points
Average $0.00 Median $0.00

All Leagues
Average $1.10 Median $1.00
SABR Points
Average $5.70 Median $5.00

Roster%
0%
Change
7Day 0%
30Day 0%

2025 OPL 2025 OPL Round 1
OPL Roster%
0.00%
OPL Average Salary
$0.00

MLB Stats

Pitching

YearTeamGGSIP SV HLD K BB HBP HR P/IP Pts
2006TBR2121124.20010438518 3.76 468.34
2007TBR3131215.000184361028 4.38 941.00
2008TBR3333215.000160401224 4.31 927.00
2009TBR3333219.20016752129 4.08 896.34
2010TBR3433203.10018751534 3.84 780.67
2011TBR3333249.10022565526 4.61 1148.67
2012TBR3333227.200223581125 4.62 1052.34
2013KCR3434228.20019668820 4.58 1047.34
2014KCR3434227.000180441123 4.54 1031.00
2015SDP3333202.10021681933 3.68 744.67
2016SDP111167.100572719 3.71 249.67
2016CHW2222114.1007855731 1.21 138.67
2017CHW2121117.00010353327 2.32 272.00
2018CHW3433204.20015478934 3.07 628.34

MILB Stats

Pitching

YearTeamGGSIP SV HLD K BB HBP HR P/IP Pts
2006TBD (AAA)101061.10064623 6.06 371.67
2017CHW (AAA)3314.00014300 6.36 89.00

Recent Games

Avg Salary & Roster%

Last 30 days

2026 Position Eligibility Progress

To gain eligibility, a player must have 5 GS or 10 G at a position in the majors, or 20 G at a position in the minors.

Transaction History

Date Transaction Type Team Salary
March 6, 2011 9:30 PM add Little Pine Tar on my bat II $9
October 6, 2011 11:24 PM increase Little Pine Tar on my bat II $11
June 3, 2012 12:44 PM move Turn It On Again (from Little Pine Tar on my bat II) $11
October 5, 2012 9:00 AM increase Turn It On Again $13
January 4, 2013 10:44 PM move Royal(s) Mess (from Turn It On Again) $13
August 7, 2013 11:31 AM move Virginia Pale Hose (from Royal(s) Mess) $13
October 11, 2013 2:46 PM increase Virginia Pale Hose $15
November 16, 2013 1:56 AM increase Virginia Pale Hose $18
September 5, 2014 9:19 AM cut Virginia Pale Hose $9
September 6, 2014 9:19 AM add Sabrflower Seed Finger ☝️ $18
October 8, 2014 11:25 PM increase Sabrflower Seed Finger ☝️ $20
November 15, 2014 12:07 AM increase Sabrflower Seed Finger ☝️ $23
May 7, 2015 4:18 PM move Citi Slickers (from Sabrflower Seed Finger ☝️) $23
October 5, 2015 8:14 AM increase Citi Slickers $25
December 3, 2015 7:13 PM move Sgt Votto🍁RCMP (from Citi Slickers) $25
January 22, 2016 1:03 AM cut Sgt Votto🍁RCMP $13
March 20, 2016 6:31 PM add King West Kraken $10
June 24, 2016 11:36 AM cut King West Kraken $5

Recent Trades for James Shields in SABR Points

Date Proposing Team Proposing Team Gives Accepting Team Accepting Team Gives
January 23, 2016 8:53 PM 🐤 Bo Heisman Voters 🐤 Shin-Soo Choo TEX Util L $24
Collin McHugh ATL AAA RP R $9
Salvador Perez KCR C/1B R $12 
Miguel Cabrera DET Util R $57
 Hac Man Fever Buster Posey SFG Util R $32
Jason Heyward CHC OF L $24 
James Shields SDP RP R $18
Adrian Gonzalez LAD Util L $31
December 20, 2015 1:12 AM Nashville Whitesox Anthony Rizzo CHC 1B L $49
Kyle Hendricks CHC SP/RP R $5 
 MLB the Sho Manny Machado BAL 3B R $34
James Shields SDP RP R $28
December 1, 2015 7:12 PM Sgt Votto🍁RCMP Raimel Tapia COL Util L $2
 Citi Slickers James Shields SDP RP R $25
June 16, 2015 12:38 PM Galapagos Lava Lizards 🐊 Kenley Jansen LAD RP R $12 
Gerardo Parra MIL Util L $4
Denard Span WSN Util L $5
Jimmy Rollins LAD Util S $15
Andre Ethier LAD Util L $7
James Shields SDP RP R $29
Zack Greinke LAD RP R $34
$26 loan 		RV Lumberhacks Julio Teheran BAL AAA SP/RP R $22
Adam Wainwright STL RP R $12
Xander Bogaerts BOS 2B/SS R $14
Taijuan Walker SEA SP R $12 
Alex Cobb TBR SP/RP R $9 15IL
Micah Johnson TBR AAA Util L $1
Brandon Finnegan CHW AAA RP L $1
Rusney Castillo BOS ST Util R $12
May 27, 2015 11:55 AM Coastal Empire John Jaso OAK Util L $3
Mark Trumbo ARI Util R $12
Kyle Seager SEA Util L $19
Jayson Werth SEA AAA Util R $19
Danny Duffy TEX AAA RP L $5
Victor Martinez DET Util S $12
James Shields SDP RP R $29
 Galapagos Lava Lizards 🐊 Adam Jones BAL OF R $28
Evan Longoria TBR Util R $48
Bartolo Colon OAK RP R $3
Shelby Miller ATL RP R $13
Melky Cabrera CHW OF S $4
Alex Rodriguez NYY Util R $8
May 27, 2015 10:20 AM Ricky Henderson's The Name Yadier Molina CHC Util R $15
Miguel Cabrera DET Util R $63
James Shields SDP RP R $21
$66 loan 		Red Altoids Prince Fielder TEX Util L $22
Hisashi Iwakuma SEA A- RP R $8
Aaron Nola PHI SP R $3 
May 5, 2015 4:17 PM Citi Slickers Brett Gardner NYY Util L $13
Doug Fister WSN RP R $7
Buster Posey SFG Util R $34
Francisco Rodriguez PHI ST RP R $6
Drew Hutchison PHI AAA RP R $5
$8 loan 		Sabrflower Seed Finger ☝️ Nelson Cruz BAL Util R $18
Josh Harrison CIN ST Util R $3
Maikel Franco PHI Util R $4
James Shields SDP RP R $23
Luis Severino NYY SP R $2 
April 16, 2015 3:04 AM Damn Yankees Stephen Vogt TBR Util L $2
Brett Lawrie CHW AA Util R $12
Adam Eaton CHW Util L $17
Michael Conforto NYM OF L $2 
 Ottoneu and Chill Huston Street LAA RP R $12
Miguel Montero CHC Util L $6
James Shields SDP RP R $20
April 12, 2015 8:53 PM Mars Spiders James Shields SDP RP R $21
 Ricky Henderson's The Name Lucas Duda ATL AAA Util L $8
AJ Pollock SFG AAA Util R $6
January 27, 2015 5:23 PM Isolated Kenny Powers Jake Odorizzi TBR AAA RP R $4
James Shields KCR RP R $26
 MLB the Sho Phil Hughes MIN RP R $6
Corey Seager LAD SS L $2 10IL 
Carl Edwards Jr. CHC SP/RP R $2