James Shields ERA in 2016
5.852016 Regular Season
James Shields posted a 5.85 ERA in the 2016 regular season.
| ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |||
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| Oct 1, 2016 |  vs MIN | L 6-0 | 6.77 | 7.0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 2 |
| Sep 26, 2016 |  vs TB | W 7-1 | 6.79 | 6.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Sep 20, 2016 |  @ PHI | L 7-6 | 7.11 | 5.1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Sep 15, 2016 |  vs CLE | W 2-1 | — | 6.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
| Sep 10, 2016 |  vs KC | L 6-5 | 7.30 | 6.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| Sep 3, 2016 | @ MIN | L 11-3 | 7.50 | 2.1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| Aug 29, 2016 |  @ DET | L 4-3 | 7.16 | 6.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| Aug 24, 2016 | vs PHI | L 5-3 | 7.49 | 6.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| Aug 19, 2016 |  vs ATH | L 9-0 | 7.62 | 4.2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Aug 13, 2016 |  @ MIA | W 8-7 | 7.34 | 3.0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Aug 7, 2016 |  vs BAL | L 10-2 | 6.68 | 1.1 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Aug 2, 2016 | @ DET | L 11-5 | 5.64 | 5.0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Jul 26, 2016 |  vs CHC | W 3-0 | — | 7.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| Jul 21, 2016 | vs DET | L 2-1 F/7 | 6.00 | 6.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Jul 16, 2016 |  @ LAA | L 1-0 | 6.43 | 8.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Jul 10, 2016 |  vs ATL | L 2-0 | 7.68 | 7.2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Jul 4, 2016 |  vs NYY | W 8-2 | 9.23 | 6.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Jun 29, 2016 | vs MIN | W 9-6 | 11.07 | 6.2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Jun 23, 2016 |  @ BOS | L 8-7 F/10 | 15.80 | 5.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Jun 18, 2016 | @ CLE | L 13-2 | 21.81 | 1.2 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Jun 13, 2016 | vs DET | W 10-9 F/12 | 16.71 | 5.0 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Jun 8, 2016 |  vs WSH | L 11-4 | 31.50 | 2.0 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| May 31, 2016 |  @ SEA | L 16-4 | 4.28 | 2.2 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| May 25, 2016 |  @ SF | L 4-3 F/10 | 3.06 | 6.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| May 19, 2016 | vs SF | L 3-1 | 3.07 | 6.2 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| May 12, 2016 |  @ MIL | W 3-0 | 3.12 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| May 7, 2016 |  vs NYM | L 6-3 | 3.60 | 6.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 2 |
| May 2, 2016 |  vs COL | W 2-1 | 3.23 | 6.0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Apr 26, 2016 | @ SF | L 1-0 | 3.55 | 7.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Apr 21, 2016 |  vs PIT | L 11-1 | 4.50 | 6.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Apr 15, 2016 |  vs ARI | L 3-2 | 4.05 | 7.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| Apr 10, 2016 | @ COL | L 6-3 | 4.85 | 7.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Apr 5, 2016 |  vs LAD | L 3-0 | 4.50 | 6.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
- James Shields' highest ERA of the 13 seasons on file; the best is 2.82 in 2011.
- Up 1.94 from 3.91 in 2015.
Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on November 4, 2026.