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James Baldwin PWhite Sox

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Career Summary
Years IP W L SV SO ERA WARP
11 1305.7 79 74 2 836 5.01 7.1
Birth Date7-15-1971
Height6' 3"
Weight265 lbs
BatsR
ThrowsR

Standard

YEAR TEAM AGE G GS IP IP-SP IP-RP W L SV BS QS BQS PA H R ER HR TB BB UBB HBP SO ERA FIP FRA VORP WARP
1995 CHA 23 6 4 14.7 10.7 4.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 81 32 22 21 6 57 9 8 0 10 12.89 8.94 7.55 -0.7 -0.1
1996 CHA 24 28 28 169.0 169.0 0.0 11 6 0 0 13 3 719 168 88 83 24 276 57 54 4 127 4.42 4.68 4.91 24.5 2.3
1997 CHA 25 32 32 200.0 200.0 0.0 12 15 0 0 14 5 879 205 128 117 19 329 83 80 5 140 5.26 4.30 5.09 16.0 1.6
1998 CHA 26 37 24 159.0 137.3 21.7 13 6 0 1 11 1 712 176 103 94 18 282 60 58 10 108 5.32 4.66 5.14 17.0 1.5
1999 CHA 27 35 33 199.3 196.7 2.7 12 13 0 0 16 0 886 219 119 113 34 368 81 80 7 123 5.10 5.51 6.01 13.4 1.2
2000 CHA 28 29 28 178.0 174.0 4.0 14 7 0 0 13 2 758 185 96 92 34 320 59 56 8 116 4.65 5.53 6.05 5.9 0.7
2001 CHA 29 17 16 95.7 92.3 3.3 7 5 0 0 9 0 431 109 56 49 15 170 38 38 4 42 4.61 5.58 5.58 5.3 0.7
2001 LAN 29 12 12 79.3 79.3 0.0 3 6 0 0 6 2 333 82 39 37 10 132 25 24 3 53 4.20 4.37 4.79 2.9 0.1
2002 SEA 30 30 23 150.0 135.3 14.7 7 10 0 0 11 1 662 179 95 88 26 304 49 47 7 88 5.28 5.26 6.00 -4.8 -0.3
2003 MIN 31 10 0 15.0 0.0 15.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 69 21 10 9 6 43 4 3 0 7 5.40 8.16 7.63 -2.6 -0.3
2004 NYN 32 2 2 6.0 6.0 0.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 36 13 10 10 3 28 5 4 1 1 15.00 12.12 12.11 -3.8 -0.4
2005 BAL 33 12 0 22.3 0.0 39.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 162 17 4 4 2 59 3 3 1 12 1.61 3.68 5.72 0.1 -0.0
2005 TEX 33 8 0 17.3 0.0 17.3 0 2 1 0 0 0 76 18 10 10 3 33 7 6 1 9 5.19 5.65 5.83 0.7 0.1
Career2582021305.71200.7122.07974229314580414247807272002401480461518365.015.095.5873.77.1

Advanced

'opp' stats - quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
YEAR Team Lg G GS IP FRA FRA+ TAv oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG oppTAv BABIP PPF PVORP PWARP VORP WARP
1991 UTI A- 7 7 37.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1992 SBN A 21 21 137.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1992 SAR A+ 6 6 37.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1993 BIR AA 17 17 120.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1993 NAS AAA 10 10 69.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1994 NAS AAA 26 26 162.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1995 CHA MLB 6 4 14.7 7.55 53 .416 .277 .359 .454 .278 .464 101 -0.7 -0.1 -0.7 -0.1
1995 NAS AAA 18 18 95.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1996 CHA MLB 28 28 169.0 4.91 105 .255 .281 .353 .455 .274 .284 95 24.5 2.3 24.5 2.3
1996 NAS AAA 2 2 14.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1997 CHA MLB 32 32 200.0 5.09 93 .266 .275 .346 .440 .272 .294 96 15.7 1.6 16.0 1.6
1998 CHA MLB 37 24 159.0 5.14 98 .274 .276 .345 .444 .273 .306 99 17.0 1.7 17.0 1.5
1999 CHA MLB 35 33 199.3 6.01 86 .271 .282 .356 .455 .272 .289 99 12.0 1.1 13.4 1.2
2000 CHA MLB 29 28 178.0 6.05 81 .260 .280 .353 .457 .270 .279 95 6.2 0.6 5.9 0.7
2001 CHA MLB 17 16 95.7 5.58 90 .274 .272 .340 .439 .268 .283 103 5.4 0.5 5.3 0.7
2001 LAN MLB 12 12 79.3 4.79 93 .263 .285 .356 .467 .280 .298 94 5.0 0.5 2.9 0.1
2001 CHR AAA 2 2 12.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.667 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 SEA MLB 30 23 150.0 6.00 70 .294 .271 .340 .446 .273 .311 95 -5.6 -0.6 -4.8 -0.3
2003 MIN MLB 10 0 15.0 7.63 48 .345 .269 .326 .424 .261 .288 102 -2.6 -0.3 -2.6 -0.3
2003 OMA AAA 8 8 46.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .287 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 ROC AAA 5 5 29.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .253 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 NYN MLB 2 2 6.0 12.11 -54 .444 .274 .342 .445 .269 .385 101 -3.4 -0.3 -3.8 -0.4
2004 NOR AAA 5 5 31.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .320 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 TOL AAA 18 16 115.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .268 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 BAL MLB 12 0 22.3 5.72 81 .249 .280 .349 .458 .282 .246 101 0.3 0.0 0.1 -0.0
2005 TEX MLB 8 0 17.3 5.83 88 .283 .278 .343 .448 .277 .268 110 0.7 0.1 0.7 0.1
2005 OTT AAA 8 8 47.0 4.85 107 .226 .273 .343 .444 .259 .284 103 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 SYR AAA 2 0 2.0 8.19 49 .367 .283 .339 .410 .265 .231 121 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
CareerMLB2021322.75.5887.273.278.349.450.273.2949774.67.273.77.1

Statistics For All Levels

Year Team Lg W L SV G GS IP H BB SO HR GB% BABIP H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 WHIP ERA VORP WARP
1991 UTI A- 1 4 0 7 7 37.3 40 27 23 0 0% .000 9.7 6.5 0.0 5.5 1.80 5.31 0.0 0.0
1992 SBN A 9 5 0 21 21 137.7 118 45 137 6 0% .000 7.7 2.9 0.4 9.0 1.18 2.42 0.0 0.0
1992 SAR A+ 1 2 0 6 6 37.7 31 7 39 2 0% .000 7.4 1.7 0.5 9.3 1.01 2.86 0.0 0.0
1993 NAS AAA 5 4 0 10 10 69.0 43 36 61 5 0% .000 5.6 4.7 0.7 8.0 1.14 2.61 0.0 0.0
1993 BIR AA 8 5 0 17 17 120.0 94 43 107 6 0% .000 7.0 3.2 0.5 8.0 1.14 2.25 0.0 0.0
1994 NAS AAA 12 6 0 26 26 162.0 144 83 156 14 0% .000 8.0 4.6 0.8 8.7 1.40 3.72 0.0 0.0
1995 CHA MLB 0 1 0 6 4 14.7 32 9 10 6 27% .464 19.6 5.5 3.7 6.1 2.80 12.89 -0.7 -0.1
1995 NAS AAA 5 9 0 18 18 95.3 120 44 89 27 0% .000 11.3 4.2 2.5 8.4 1.72 5.86 0.0 0.0
1996 CHA MLB 11 6 0 28 28 169.0 168 57 127 24 36% .284 8.9 3.0 1.3 6.8 1.33 4.42 24.5 2.3
1996 NAS AAA 1 1 0 2 2 14.0 5 4 15 0 0% .000 3.2 2.6 0.0 9.6 0.64 0.64 0.0 0.0
1997 CHA MLB 12 15 0 32 32 200.0 205 83 140 19 38% .294 9.2 3.7 0.9 6.3 1.44 5.26 16.0 1.6
1998 CHA MLB 13 6 0 37 24 159.0 176 60 108 18 41% .306 10.0 3.4 1.0 6.1 1.48 5.32 17.0 1.5
1999 CHA MLB 12 13 0 35 33 199.3 219 81 123 34 44% .289 9.9 3.7 1.5 5.6 1.51 5.10 13.4 1.2
2000 CHA MLB 14 7 0 29 28 178.0 185 59 116 34 52% .279 9.4 3.0 1.7 5.9 1.37 4.65 5.9 0.7
2001 CHA MLB 7 5 0 17 16 95.7 109 38 42 15 46% .283 10.3 3.6 1.4 4.0 1.54 4.61 5.3 0.7
2001 LAN MLB 3 6 0 12 12 79.3 82 25 53 10 51% .298 9.3 2.8 1.1 6.0 1.35 4.20 2.9 0.1
2001 CHR AAA 1 0 0 2 2 12.0 12 2 11 2 0% -.667 9.0 1.5 1.5 8.2 1.17 5.25 0.0 0.0
2002 SEA MLB 7 10 0 30 23 150.0 179 49 88 26 46% .311 10.7 2.9 1.6 5.3 1.52 5.28 -4.8 -0.3
2003 MIN MLB 0 1 1 10 0 15.0 21 4 7 6 45% .288 12.6 2.4 3.6 4.2 1.67 5.40 -2.6 -0.3
2003 OMA AAA 3 2 0 8 8 46.3 48 13 24 3 0% .287 9.3 2.5 0.6 4.7 1.32 4.08 0.0 0.0
2003 ROC AAA 0 2 0 5 5 29.7 25 3 18 2 0% .253 7.6 0.9 0.6 5.5 0.94 2.42 0.0 0.0
2004 NOR AAA 3 2 0 5 5 31.0 34 5 24 3 0% .320 9.9 1.5 0.9 7.0 1.26 2.90 0.0 0.0
2004 TOL AAA 5 7 1 18 16 115.7 110 20 61 12 0% .268 8.6 1.6 0.9 4.7 1.12 3.73 0.0 0.0
2004 NYN MLB 0 2 0 2 2 6.0 13 5 1 3 24% .385 19.5 7.5 4.5 1.5 3.00 15.00 -3.8 -0.4
2005 TEX MLB 0 2 1 8 0 17.3 18 7 9 3 39% .268 9.3 3.6 1.6 4.7 1.44 5.19 0.7 0.1
2005 OTT AAA 3 2 0 8 8 47.0 52 4 25 6 46% .284 10.0 0.8 1.1 4.8 1.19 4.60 0.0 0.0
2005 BAL MLB 0 0 0 12 0 22.3 17 3 12 2 31% .246 6.9 1.2 0.8 4.8 0.90 1.61 0.1 -0.0
2006 SYR AAA 0 0 0 2 0 2.0 4 0 1 1 57% .231 18.0 0.0 4.5 4.5 2.00 4.50 0.0 0.0

Injury History beta

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2006-04-13 2006-04-22 Minors 9 0 Not Disclosed -
2001-04-02 2001-04-21 15-DL 19 15 Right Shoulder Recovery From Surgery 2000-10-20 -
2000-10-20 2000-10-20 Off 0 0 Right Shoulder Surgery Bone Spur 2000-10-20 -
2000-09-09 2000-09-27 DTD 18 16 Right Shoulder Inflammation - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2002 SEA $1,250,000
2001 CHA, LAN $5,950,000
2000 CHA $3,300,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
3 yrPrevious$10,500,000
3 yrTotal$10,500,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
8 y 56 dRex Gary

Details
  • sent to minor-league camp 3/06 signed as a free agent from BAL 1/06 (minor-league contract)
  • claimed off waivers from TEX 8/05 designated for assignment 8/05 claimed off waivers from BAL 7/05 contract purchased 5/05 signed as a free agent from DT 1/05 (minor-league contract) contract purchased 5/04 Triple-A 3/04 signed as a free agent from MIN 2/04 (minor-league contract)
  • sent outright to Triple-A 8/03 contract purchased 7/03 signed as a free agent from KC 6/03 (minor-league contract) signed as a free agent from SEA 1/03, 1 year/$0.575M (minor-league contract)
  • SEA declined 03 option 10/02
  • 1 year/$1.25M (02)+$4M club option
  • 02:c$1.75M in bonuses
  • acquired in trade from CWS 7/01 (CWS pay $0.5M of remaining $2M salary
  • LA pays $1.5M) 01:1 year/$5.95M

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