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James Shields

Rays Career team 2006–2012
Number #33
Position Starting Pitcher
Bats Right
Throws Right
Age 44
Height 6' 3"
Weight 215 lbs
Birth Place Newhall, CA
Born Dec 20, 1981

Key Insights

2018
This opponent has his number every time they meet

Mike Trout has hit .600/.583/1.900 against Shields over 12 plate appearances, more than any other hitter has managed.

6 for 10 with 4 home runs and 0 strikeouts, against a .762 OPS median across his matchups.
This matchup ends in a strikeout more often than not

Shields has struck Miguel Olivo out 8 times in 15 plate appearances, 53.3% of everything between them.

8 strikeouts in 15 plate appearances.
One opponent brings the best out of him

Raul Ibanez has hit .000/.083/.000 against Shields over 12 plate appearances, the least any regular opponent has managed.

0 for 11 with 0 home runs and 2 strikeouts, against a .762 OPS median across his matchups.
When these two meet, the ball gets hit hard

Miguel Sano squares Shields up like nobody else: 104.3 mph off the bat against him, against a median of 89.6 across the hitters he has faced.

8 plate appearances with tracked contact.
He owns this opponent, and the record is not close

Jason Giambi is 0 for 13 against Shields, a .000 average that is the worst any regular opponent has managed.

15 career plate appearances.
He cannot get the bat on this opponent's pitches

No hitter swings through more of what Shields throws than Chris Coghlan: 61.5% of the swings between them come up empty.

13 plate appearances between them. 97th percentile of the 120 matchups on his own record.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Dec 20, 1981
Birth Place Newhall, CA
Height 6' 3"
Weight 215 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Right/Right