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James
Birdwell		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 225
 
Born: January 13, 1990 in Australia
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 19 KS GE   10 1 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3
2010 20 KS GE   10 1 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3
2011 21 KS GE   10 2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3
2012 22 KS GE   10 2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3
2013 23 KS GE   10 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 5 4
2014 24 KS GE   10 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
2015 25 KS GE   10 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
2016 26 KS GE   10 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 5 5
2017 27 KS GE   10 4 4 4 2 2 2 9 9 9
2018 28 KS GE   10 4 4 4 2 2 2 9 9 9
2019 29 KS GE   10 4 4 4 2 2 2 10 10 10
2020 30 KS GE $ 300,000 10 4 4 4 2 2 2 9 9 9
2021 31 KS GE $ 300,000 9 4 4 4 2 2 2 6 7 7
2022 32 KS GE   9 3 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 4
2023 33 KS GE   9 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings   9 1 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 10 4 4 4 2 2 2 10 10 10
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 19 KS GE     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2010 20 KS GE     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2011 21 KS GE     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2012 22 KS GE     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2013 23 KS GE     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2014 24 KS GE     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2015 25 KS GE     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2016 26 KS GE     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2017 27 KS GE     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2018 28 KS GE     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2019 29 KS GE     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2020 30 KS GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2021 31 KS GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2022 32 KS GE     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2023 33 KS GE     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won James Yim Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2009 19 AA   3 8 .273 12 12 3 0 0 84.7 81 54 19 40 39 5.74 .250 .332 .488 .820  
    A   2 7 .222 11 11 5 0 0 75.0 78 36 8 26 47 4.32 .270 .330 .436 .766  
2010 20 A   13 10 .565 29 29 6 0 0 215.0 198 90 24 80 110 3.77 .246 .314 .398 .712  
2011 21 A   7 6 .538 18 18 8 3 0 126.7 104 53 14 44 53 3.77 .224 .291 .373 .664  
2012 22 A   5 17 .227 23 23 4 1 0 152.7 146 87 22 76 71 5.13 .249 .335 .413 .748  
2013 23 A   10 8 .556 29 29 0 0 0 186.7 160 72 18 69 99 3.47 .229 .298 .363 .662  
2014 24 A   7 12 .368 27 27 0 0 0 165.7 153 71 7 78 88 3.86 .245 .329 .334 .663  
2015 25 AA   0 3 .000 4 4 0 0 0 26.0 30 16 3 11 10 5.54 .297 .366 .446 .812  
    A   6 7 .462 23 23 0 0 0 144.3 136 75 14 65 66 4.68 .245 .325 .392 .716  
2016 26 AA   9 10 .474 30 30 0 0 0 190.3 169 78 18 98 94 3.69 .240 .333 .371 .705  
2017 27 AA   12 5 .706 30 30 0 0 0 194.3 135 57 11 110 87 2.64 .197 .307 .293 .600  
2018 28 AA   13 10 .565 31 31 0 0 0 187.3 185 79 4 89 112 3.80 .259 .341 .357 .697  
2019 29 AAA   16 7 .696 31 31 0 0 0 197.3 176 60 9 97 102 2.74 .243 .332 .348 .680  
2020 30 KS GE 4 4 .500 15 15 2 0 0 82.7 86 43 3 47 25 4.68 .269 .364 .356 .721 1.0
    AAA   8 4 .667 17 17 0 0 0 100.3 97 31 3 38 30 2.78 .254 .321 .330 .651  
2021 31 KS GE 0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 10.7 10 6 3 6 1 5.07 .250 .348 .525 .873 0.0
    AAA   9 8 .529 26 26 0 0 0 159.3 141 59 8 88 85 3.33 .237 .335 .334 .670  
2022 32 AAA   7 9 .438 27 27 0 0 0 149.3 169 97 18 83 50 5.85 .287 .376 .425 .801  
2023 33 AAA   8 15 .348 29 29 1 0 0 178.3 212 99 23 81 73 5.00 .292 .364 .461 .824  
2 Years Sim 4 5 .444 17 17 2 0 0 93.3 96 49 6 53 26 4.73 .267 .363 .375 .738 1.0
5 Years AAA 48 43 .527 130 130 1 0 0 784.7 795 346 61 387 340 3.97 .264 .347 .385 .733  
5 Years AA 37 36 .507 107 107 3 0 0 682.7 600 284 55 348 342 3.74 .237 .329 .364 .693  
7 Years A 50 67 .427 160 160 23 4 0 1066.0 975 484 107 438 534 4.09 .242 .317 .383 .700  
17 Years Minors 135 146 .480 397 397 27 4 0 2533.3 2370 1114 223 1173 1216 3.96 .248 .330 .379 .709  
Season Average 2 2 .500 8 8 1 0 0 46.7 48 24 3 26 13 4.73 .267 .363 .375 .738  
Career Highs 4 4 .500 15 15 2 0 0 82.7 86 43 3 47 25 5.07 .269 .364 .525 .873  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   51 28 3 30 17   .263 .362 .381 .743
vs LH   45 21 3 23 9   .271 .360 .367 .727
Home 3 3 .500 8 8 1 0 0 49.0 45 24 4 28 11 4.41 .249 .349 .381 .730
Away 1 2 .333 9 9 1 0 0 44.3 51 25 2 25 15 5.08 .285 .373 .369 .741
Mar/Apr 0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 10.7 10 6 3 6 1 5.07 .250 .348 .525 .873
July 2 1 .667 4 4 0 0 0 23.3 23 9 0 12 8 3.47 .261 .350 .341 .691
August 0 2 .000 5 5 0 0 0 26.3 26 13 2 13 8 4.44 .255 .339 .382 .721
Sep/Oct 2 1 .667 6 6 2 0 0 33.0 37 21 1 22 9 5.73 .285 .388 .346 .734
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2020 30 KS GE 15 27 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 .037 .037 .037 .074 -2.1 0.0
2021 31 KS GE 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
2 Years Sim 17 29 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 .034 .034 .034 .069 -2.3 0.0
162 Game Average 276 0 9 0 0 0 19 0 0 0 66 .034 .034 .034 .069 -21.8  
Career Highs 15 27 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 .037 .037 .037 .074 -0.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.7
vs LH   11 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .091 .091 .091 .182 -0.5
Home 8 13 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .077 .077 .077 .154 -0.7
Away 8 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.5
RISP   8 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.2
Close/Late   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Mar/Apr 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
July 4 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.1
August 5 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.9
Sep/Oct 6 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2020 30 KS GE P 15 15 82.7 5 12 1 0 .944 1.85    
2021 31 KS GE P 2 2 10.7 2 3 0 0 1.000 4.22    
Career Totals   17 17 93.3 7 15 1 0 .957 2.12    
Career Highs   15 15 82.7 5 12 1 0 1.000 4.22    
History
Drafted in 4th round, 79th overall pick, by Kansas in 2009
Injured on 8/15/2009 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for 7 weeks
Injured on 4/15/2010 with a Blister On Finger, out for 4 days
Injured on 4/23/2011 with a Broken Finger, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 6/15/2011 with a Pulled Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 9/5/2011 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Injured on 7/15/2012 with a Inflamed Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 6 weeks
Injured on 4/16/2020 with a Tender Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 6/2/2020 with a Tender Shoulder, out for one week
Had first career hit on 7/7/2020, off Gilbert Giglio (WA)
Earned first career win on 7/16/2020
Injured on 8/1/2020 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 6/16/2022 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
 
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