James Baldwin

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 210lb (190cm, 95kg)

Born: July 15, 1971 in Pinehurst, NC us

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 4th round of the 1990 MLB June Amateur Draft from Pinecrest HS (Southern Pines, NC).

High School: Pinecrest HS (Southern Pines, NC)

Debut: April 30, 1995 (Age 23-289d, 16,629th in major league history)
vs. BOS 3.2 IP, 7 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER

Last Game: September 29, 2005 (Age 34-076d)
vs. NYY 3.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1996 season

Agents: Rex Gary

Full Name: James Baldwin

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

9.3

ERA

5.01

266

202

1322.2

844

WHIP

1.458

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1990	18	CHW-min	Rk	1	6	.143	4.10	9	7	1	0	0	0	37.1	32	29	17	1	18	0	32	0	3	6				1.339	7.7	0.2	4.3	7.7	1.78	WHS GULF
1991	19	CHW-min	A-,Rk	4	5	.444	3.79	13	13	0	1	0	0	71.1	56	34	30	0	43	0	71	3	3	7	312			1.388	7.1	0.0	5.4	9.0	1.65	UTI,WHS NYPL,GULF
1992	20	CHW-min	A,A+	10	7	.588	2.52	27	27	0	2	1	0	175.1	149	66	49	8	52	0	176	4	2	9	719			1.146	7.6	0.4	2.7	9.0	3.38	SBN,SAR MIDW,FLOR
1993	21	CHW-min	AA,AAA	13	9	.591	2.38	27	27	0	5	0	0	189.0	137	69	50	11	79	0	168	6	3	10	770			1.143	6.5	0.5	3.8	8.0	2.13	BIR,NVL SOUL,AA
1994	22	CHW-min	AAA	12	6	.667	3.72	26	26	0	2	0	0	162.0	144	75	67	14	83	1	156	1	4	9	696			1.401	8.0	0.8	4.6	8.7	1.88	NVL AA
1995	23	CHW-min	AAA	5	9	.357	5.85	18	18	0	0	0	0	95.1	120	76	62	27	44	1	89	2	3	10	448			1.720	11.3	2.5	4.2	8.4	2.02	NVL AA
1995	23	CHW	AL	0	1	.000	12.89	6	4	0	0	0	0	14.2	32	22	21	6	9	1	10	0	0	1	81	36	8.90	2.795	19.6	3.7	5.5	6.1	1.11
1996	24	CHW-min	AAA	1	1	.500	0.64	2	2	0	1	0	0	14.0	5	1	1	0	4	0	15	0	0	1	48			0.643	3.2	0.0	2.6	9.6	3.75	NVL AA
1996	24	CHW	AL	11	6	.647	4.42	28	28	0	0	0	0	169.0	168	88	83	24	57	3	127	4	1	12	719	108	4.60	1.331	8.9	1.3	3.0	6.8	2.23	RoY-2
1997	25	CHW	AL	12	15	.444	5.27	32	32	0	1	0	0	200.0	205	128	117	19	83	3	140	5	3	14	879	84	4.26	1.440	9.2	0.9	3.7	6.3	1.69
1998	26	CHW	AL	13	6	.684	5.32	37	24	3	1	0	0	159.0	176	103	94	18	60	2	108	10	1	5	712	86	4.57	1.484	10.0	1.0	3.4	6.1	1.80
1999	27	CHW	AL	12	13	.480	5.10	35	33	1	1	0	0	199.1	219	119	113	34	81	1	123	7	1	11	886	97	5.44	1.505	9.9	1.5	3.7	5.6	1.52
2000	28	CHW	AL	14	7	.667	4.65	29	28	0	2	1	0	178.0	185	96	92	34	59	3	116	8	1	4	758	108	5.44	1.371	9.4	1.7	3.0	5.9	1.97	AS
2001	29	CHW-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	5.25	2	2	0	0	0	0	12.0	12	7	7	2	2	0	11	0	0	0	48			1.167	9.0	1.5	1.5	8.3	5.50	CHR IL
2001	29	TOT	MLB	10	11	.476	4.42	29	28	0	2	1	0	175.0	191	95	86	25	63	1	95	7	0	7	764	98	5.02	1.451	9.8	1.3	3.2	4.9	1.51
2001	29	CHW	AL	7	5	.583	4.61	17	16	0	2	1	0	95.2	109	56	49	15	38	0	42	4	0	4	431	100	5.53	1.537	10.3	1.4	3.6	4.0	1.11
2001	29	LAD	NL	3	6	.333	4.20	12	12	0	0	0	0	79.1	82	39	37	10	25	1	53	3	0	3	333	95	4.41	1.349	9.3	1.1	2.8	6.0	2.12
2002	30	SEA	AL	7	10	.412	5.28	30	23	4	0	0	0	150.0	179	95	88	26	49	2	88	7	0	1	662	81	5.16	1.520	10.7	1.6	2.9	5.3	1.80
2003	31	KCR-MIN-min	AAA	3	4	.429	3.43	13	13	0	0	0	0	76.0	73	36	29	5	16	0	42	3	1	3	314			1.171	8.6	0.6	1.9	5.0	2.63	OMA,ROC PCL,IL
2003	31	MIN	AL	0	1	.000	5.40	10	0	3	0	0	1	15.0	21	10	9	6	4	1	7	0	0	0	69	86	8.10	1.667	12.6	3.6	2.4	4.2	1.75
2004	32	DET-NYM-min	AAA	8	9	.471	3.56	23	21	2	3	0	1	146.2	144	63	58	15	25	3	85	5	0	0	588			1.152	8.8	0.9	1.5	5.2	3.40	TOL,NFK IL
2004	32	NYM	NL	0	2	.000	15.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	6.0	13	10	10	3	5	1	1	1	0	0	36	30	12.22	3.000	19.5	4.5	7.5	1.5	0.20
2005	33	BAL-min	AAA	3	2	.600	4.60	8	8	0	0	0	0	47.0	52	25	24	6	4	0	25	2	2	0	199			1.191	10.0	1.1	0.8	4.8	6.25	OTT IL
2005	33	TOT	AL	0	2	.000	3.81	28	0	13	0	0	1	56.2	54	28	24	8	16	1	29	3	1	2	238	118	4.84	1.235	8.6	1.3	2.5	4.6	1.81
2005	33	BAL	AL	0	0		1.61	12	0	7	0	0	0	22.1	17	4	4	2	3	0	12	1	0	1	84	272	3.65	0.896	6.9	0.8	1.2	4.8	4.00
2005	33	TEX	AL	0	2	.000	5.19	8	0	2	0	0	1	17.1	18	10	10	3	7	1	9	1	1	1	76	90	5.62	1.442	9.3	1.6	3.6	4.7	1.29
2005	33	BAL	AL	0	0		5.29	8	0	4	0	0	0	17.0	19	14	10	3	6	0	8	1	0	0	78	83	5.61	1.471	10.1	1.6	3.2	4.2	1.33
2006	34	TOR-min	AAA	0	0		3.38	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.2	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	15			1.500	13.5	3.4	0.0	3.4		SYR IL
11 Yrs				79	74	.516	5.01	266	202	24	7	2	2	1322.2	1443	794	737	203	486	19	844	52	8	57	5804	92	5.04	1.458	9.8	1.4	3.3	5.7	1.74
162 Game Avg.				11	11	.516	5.01	39	29	3	1	0	0	192	210	115	107	29	71	3	123	8	1	8	843	92	5.04	1.458	9.8	1.4	3.3	5.7	1.74

CHW (7 yrs)				69	53	.566	5.04	184	165	4	7	2	0	1015.2	1094	612	569	150	387	13	666	38	7	51	4466	94	4.99	1.458	9.7	1.3	3.4	5.9	1.72
BAL (1 yr)				0	0		3.20	20	0	11	0	0	0	39.1	36	18	14	5	9	0	20	2	0	1	162	137	4.49	1.144	8.2	1.1	2.1	4.6	2.22
MIN (1 yr)				0	1	.000	5.40	10	0	3	0	0	1	15.0	21	10	9	6	4	1	7	0	0	0	69	86	8.10	1.667	12.6	3.6	2.4	4.2	1.75
NYM (1 yr)				0	2	.000	15.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	6.0	13	10	10	3	5	1	1	1	0	0	36	30	12.22	3.000	19.5	4.5	7.5	1.5	0.20
TEX (1 yr)				0	2	.000	5.19	8	0	2	0	0	1	17.1	18	10	10	3	7	1	9	1	1	1	76	90	5.62	1.442	9.3	1.6	3.6	4.7	1.29
LAD (1 yr)				3	6	.333	4.20	12	12	0	0	0	0	79.1	82	39	37	10	25	1	53	3	0	3	333	95	4.41	1.349	9.3	1.1	2.8	6.0	2.12
SEA (1 yr)				7	10	.412	5.28	30	23	4	0	0	0	150.0	179	95	88	26	49	2	88	7	0	1	662	81	5.16	1.520	10.7	1.6	2.9	5.3	1.80

AL (10 yrs)				76	66	.535	5.02	252	188	24	7	2	2	1237.1	1348	745	690	190	456	17	790	48	8	54	5435	93	5.04	1.458	9.8	1.4	3.3	5.7	1.73
NL (2 yrs)				3	8	.273	4.96	14	14	0	0	0	0	85.1	95	49	47	13	30	2	54	4	0	3	369	81	4.96	1.465	10.0	1.4	3.2	5.7	1.80

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