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James Shields played 13 major-league seasons (2006-2018) as a P (407). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 13 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 25 | TBA | 21 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .375 | .750 | 96 |
| 2007 | 26 | TBA | 31 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .333 | -11 |
| 2008 | 27 | TBA | 34 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .650 | 79 |
| 2009 | 28 | TBA | 33 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .200 | -40 |
| 2010 | 29 | TBA | 34 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | 176 |
| 2011 | 30 | TBA | 33 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 2012 | 31 | TBA | 33 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .400 | 11 |
| 2013 | 32 | KCA | 34 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .667 | 87 |
| 2014 | 33 | KCA | 34 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .286 | .714 | 100 |
| 2015 | 34 | SDN | 36 | 68 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 28 | .132 | .307 | -13 |
| 2016 | 35 | CHA | 22 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .500 | 37 |
| 2016 | 35 | SDN | 11 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .176 | .353 | -2 |
| 2018 | 37 | CHA | 34 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .167 | .333 | -7 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 25 | TBA | 21 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 124.2 | 104 | 38 | 4.84 | 94 |
| 2007 | 26 | TBA | 31 | 31 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 215 | 184 | 36 | 3.85 | 117 |
| 2008 | 27 | TBA | 33 | 33 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 215 | 160 | 40 | 3.56 | 122 |
| 2009 | 28 | TBA | 33 | 33 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 219.2 | 167 | 52 | 4.14 | 108 |
| 2010 | 29 | TBA | 34 | 33 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 203.1 | 187 | 51 | 5.18 | 80 |
| 2011 | 30 | TBA | 33 | 33 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 249.1 | 225 | 65 | 2.82 | 145 |
| 2012 | 31 | TBA | 33 | 33 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 227.2 | 223 | 58 | 3.52 | 116 |
| 2013 | 32 | KCA | 34 | 34 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 228.2 | 196 | 68 | 3.15 | 127 |
| 2014 | 33 | KCA | 34 | 34 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 227 | 180 | 44 | 3.21 | 119 |
| 2015 | 34 | SDN | 33 | 33 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 202.1 | 216 | 81 | 3.91 | 100 |
| 2016 | 35 | CHA | 22 | 22 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 114.1 | 78 | 55 | 6.77 | 62 |
| 2016 | 35 | SDN | 11 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 67.1 | 57 | 27 | 4.28 | 97 |
| 2017 | 36 | CHA | 21 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 117 | 103 | 53 | 5.23 | 83 |
| 2018 | 37 | CHA | 34 | 33 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 204.2 | 154 | 78 | 4.53 | 94 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | P | 21 | 21 | 14 | 15 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | P | 31 | 31 | 30 | 24 | 1 | 3 |
| 2008 | P | 33 | 33 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 3 |
| 2009 | P | 33 | 33 | 16 | 25 | 2 | 5 |
| 2010 | P | 34 | 33 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 2 |
| 2011 | P | 33 | 33 | 19 | 32 | 3 | 2 |
| 2012 | P | 33 | 33 | 16 | 21 | 5 | 0 |
| 2013 | P | 34 | 34 | 11 | 21 | 3 | 2 |
| 2014 | P | 34 | 34 | 18 | 30 | 4 | 0 |
| 2015 | P | 33 | 33 | 10 | 30 | 3 | 2 |
| 2016 | P | 33 | 33 | 8 | 18 | 4 | 0 |
| 2017 | P | 21 | 21 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | P | 34 | 33 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 2 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (4 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 2014, 2013, 2011.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Cy Young Award | AL | 3 | 66 / 196 | 0 |
| 2011 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 16 | 7 / 392 | 0 |
| 2013 | Cy Young Award | AL | 11 | 2 / 210 | 0 |
| 2014 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 19 | 3 / 420 | 0 |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.