James Shields FA RP R

Born: 12/20/1981 Age: 43

Retired

FanGraphs Player Page

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
FanGraphs Points
Average $0.00 Median $0.00

All Leagues
Average $1.10 Median $1.00
FanGraphs Points
Average $1.00 Median $1.00

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 H BB HBP HR P/IP Pts
2006TBR2121124.20010414138518 3.32 413.54
2007TBR3131215.000184202361028 4.43 951.40
2008TBR3333215.000160208401224 4.27 919.00
2009TBR3333219.20016723952129 3.74 822.44
2010TBR3433203.10018724651534 3.21 652.86
2011TBR3333249.10022519565526 5.05 1258.26
2012TBR3333227.200223208581125 4.72 1075.44
2013KCR3434228.20019621568820 4.6 1051.14
2014KCR3434227.000180224441123 4.45 1009.50
2015SDP3333202.10021618981933 3.77 761.96
2016SDP111167.10057692719 3.54 238.17
2016CHW2222114.1007813955731 0.64 73.36
2017CHW2121117.00010311653327 2.31 270.10
2018CHW3433204.20015419078934 3.17 649.34

MILB Stats

Pitching

YearTeamGGSIP SV HLD K H BB HBP HR P/IP Pts
2006TBD (AAA)101061.1006460623 5.95 364.97
2017CHW (AAA)3314.0001413300 6.34 88.80

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 9, 2011 11:11 PM add Dunning Kluber $8
October 6, 2011 11:24 PM increase Dunning Kluber $10
February 26, 2012 7:26 PM add La Russa's Drivers Ed $21
October 5, 2012 8:55 AM increase La Russa's Drivers Ed $23
October 11, 2013 2:31 PM increase La Russa's Drivers Ed $25
June 7, 2014 12:36 PM move Cinéma Vérité (from La Russa's Drivers Ed) $25
October 8, 2014 11:18 PM increase Cinéma Vérité $27
January 31, 2015 8:53 PM cut Cinéma Vérité $14
February 28, 2015 2:42 PM add In Ottavino Veritas $18
October 5, 2015 8:08 AM increase In Ottavino Veritas $20
January 22, 2016 1:04 PM cut In Ottavino Veritas $10
March 19, 2016 2:38 PM add Blue Suede Schus $17
April 15, 2016 9:29 PM move Cinéma Vérité (from Blue Suede Schus) $17
June 14, 2016 5:48 AM cut Cinéma Vérité $9
July 18, 2016 8:10 AM add Cinéma Vérité $9
July 19, 2016 6:35 AM cut Cinéma Vérité $5
August 21, 2016 8:20 PM add Cinéma Vérité $5
August 21, 2016 8:29 PM cut Cinéma Vérité $3
September 26, 2016 10:34 PM add Cinéma Vérité $3
September 28, 2016 6:17 PM cut Cinéma Vérité $2
September 29, 2016 6:18 PM add Jesters $3
October 7, 2016 1:00 PM increase Jesters $5
January 13, 2017 2:28 AM cut Jesters $3

Recent Trades for James Shields in FanGraphs Points

Date Proposing Team Proposing Team Gives Accepting Team Accepting Team Gives
July 13, 2016 10:20 PM $43 Ultimate Endless Trout Special Max Kepler MIN OF L $1 
James Shields CHW RP R $11
Tyler Glasnow PIT SP R $3 15IL 
Anthony Desclafani CIN RP R $3 OUT
 My Big Unit Carlos Gonzalez MIL Util L $29
Brad Brach ATL AAA RP R $1
Cole Hamels TEX RP L $22
$32 loan
June 10, 2016 9:57 AM California Manifest Dynasty Odubel Herrera PHI Util L $5
Henry Owens ARI ST RP L $9
Tim Anderson CHW 2B/SS R $3
 Atavistic Umpires Seth Smith SEA Util L $1
James Shields CHW RP R $10
Wei-Yin Chen MIA RP L $5
June 9, 2016 8:39 PM Male Pattern Baldelliness James Shields CHW RP R $13
$8 loan 		Wham Bam Goodbye Sam
June 3, 2016 10:50 AM 💪 Profarmance Enhancers 💉 James Shields SDP RP R $10
Justin Verlander DET SP R $9 
Tim Anderson CHW 2B/SS R $2
 Manny in the Mountcastle Alex Gordon KCR Util L $22
Cody Reed TBR CPX RP L $2
May 26, 2016 9:38 AM Bay of Puigs James Shields SDP RP R $12
$6 loan 		El Fuego Josh Hader MIL RP L $1 
May 25, 2016 3:01 PM Gelof My Lawn Max Scherzer WSN SP R $32 15IL 
Anthony Rizzo CHC 1B L $33
Ender Inciarte ATL Util L $4
James Shields SDP RP R $7
 Bad News Bears Gio Gonzalez WSN RP L $17
Carlos Gonzalez MIL Util L $31
Jose Bautista TOR Util R $45
Aledmys Diaz STL SS R $5
Trea Turner WSN SS R $3 
$30 loan
May 24, 2016 5:37 PM Pham Death Aaron Altherr NYM AAA Util R $1
Andrew Benintendi BOS OF L $1 
 Graves Disease sponsored by Fanduel James Shields SDP RP R $28
Jose Abreu CHW 1B R $41
$44 loan
May 21, 2016 12:37 PM Shep James Shields SDP RP R $11
Anthony Rendon WSN 3B R $20 60IL
Blake Snell TBR SP L $3 15IL 
Michael Fulmer DET RP R $5 
 Dr. Shower Bryce Harper WSN 1B L $64
$19 loan
May 10, 2016 12:05 PM Grand Salami-568 Ender Inciarte ATL Util L $4
Max Kepler MIN OF L $6 
 Bob Loblaw's Ball Club ⚾️ Melky Cabrera CHW OF S $15
James Shields SDP RP R $7
$10 loan
April 19, 2016 8:23 PM Swollen BALLS tweet by Nikki Minaj James Shields SDP RP R $28
 Graves Disease sponsored by Fanduel Kevin Pillar TOR OF R $2