James Baldwin
Chicago White Sox 1995–2001; Los Angeles Dodgers 2001; Seattle Mariners 2002; Minnesota Twins 2003; New York Mets 2004; Baltimore Orioles 2005; Texas Rangers 2005
Percentile snapshot
2001 season — qualified pitchers
of 84 qualified 2001 pitchers (min 162 IP)
Career, era-adjusted
ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -1.1 |
| 1996 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.3 |
| 1997 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -119.8 | -100.0 | .000 | 0.2 |
| 1998 | 37 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118.9 | -100.0 | .000 | 0.3 |
| 1999 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | 1.500 | 2.000 | 396.0 | 384.5 | .814 | 1.6 |
| 2000 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -121.0 | -100.0 | .000 | 2.4 |
| 2001 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | .071 | .071 | .107 | .179 | -68.5 | -53.3 | .077 | 1.5 |
| 2002 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 181.5 | 175.4 | .447 | -0.2 |
| 2003 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0 |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -127.2 | -100.0 | .000 | -0.7 |
| 2005 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120.6 | -100.0 | .000 | 0.9 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 21 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 14.7 | 12.89 | 2.795 | 6.14 | 8.94 | 197.7 | 35.1 | -1.1 |
| 1996 | 28 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168 | 83 | 57 | 127 | 24 | 169.0 | 4.42 | 1.331 | 6.76 | 4.68 | 97.5 | 108.5 | 2.3 |
| 1997 | 32 | 32 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 205 | 117 | 83 | 140 | 19 | 200.0 | 5.27 | 1.440 | 6.30 | 4.30 | 97.3 | 84.0 | 0.2 |
| 1998 | 37 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 176 | 94 | 60 | 108 | 18 | 159.0 | 5.32 | 1.484 | 6.11 | 4.66 | 102.1 | 85.7 | 0.3 |
| 1999 | 35 | 33 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 219 | 113 | 81 | 123 | 34 | 199.3 | 5.10 | 1.505 | 5.55 | 5.51 | 113.1 | 95.5 | 1.6 |
| 2000 | 29 | 28 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 185 | 92 | 59 | 116 | 34 | 178.0 | 4.65 | 1.371 | 5.87 | 5.53 | 110.5 | 107.6 | 2.4 |
| 2001 | 29 | 28 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 191 | 86 | 63 | 95 | 25 | 175.0 | 4.42 | 1.451 | 4.89 | 5.03 | 114.0 | 99.4 | 1.5 |
| 2002 | 30 | 23 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 179 | 88 | 49 | 88 | 26 | 150.0 | 5.28 | 1.520 | 5.28 | 5.26 | 124.0 | 80.4 | -0.2 |
| 2003 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 15.0 | 5.40 | 1.667 | 4.20 | 8.16 | 178.2 | 84.8 | 0.0 |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 6.0 | 15.00 | 3.000 | 1.50 | 12.12 | 285.1 | 28.3 | -0.7 |
| 2005 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 24 | 16 | 29 | 8 | 56.7 | 3.81 | 1.235 | 4.61 | 4.87 | 110.4 | 115.5 | 0.9 |
sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.
Career totals
Batting
Pitching
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999-07-17 | CWS @ STL Gameday | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2001-10-06 | LAD @ SF Gameday | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2001-08-04 | CHC @ LAD Gameday | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002-06-20 | SEA @ CIN Gameday | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997-06-15 | CWS @ CIN Gameday | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000-07-16 | MIL @ CWS Gameday | 8.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 3 |
| 1997-08-09 | CWS @ SEA Gameday | 7.1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 1 |
| 1996-09-18 | CLE @ CWS Gameday | 7.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
| 2001-08-18 | NYM @ LAD Gameday | 6.1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 1 |
| 2000-05-09 | CWS @ BOS Gameday | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.
Honors
Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.