James
Alex
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 195
 
Born: November 4, 1993 in Usa
 
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  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2014 20 PIT NL $ 300,000 10 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6
2015 21 NYA AL $ 300,000 10 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6
2016 22 BAL AL   10 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5
2017 23 BAL AL   10 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5
2018 24 BAL AL   10 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings   10 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 10 4 4 4 7 7 7 6 6 6
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2014 20 PIT NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3
2015 21 NYA AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3
2016 22 BAL AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3
2017 23 BAL AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3
2018 24 BAL AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2014 20 PIT NL 4 1 .800 9 8 0 0 0 55.7 48 18 3 28 28 2.91 .238 .329 .351 .681 4.6
    A   3 4 .429 12 12 1 0 0 73.3 74 26 2 28 58 3.19 .257 .323 .309 .632  
2015 21 PIT NL 5 7 .417 15 14 1 1 0 94.0 113 48 12 39 52 4.60 .302 .370 .460 .830 3.4
  NYA AL 0 5 .000 7 6 1 0 0 22.7 34 22 4 11 10 8.74 .354 .422 .552 .974 0.0
  TOT   5 12 .294 22 20 2 1 0 116.7 147 70 16 50 62 5.40 .313 .380 .479 .859 3.4
2016 22 AAA   6 6 .500 20 20 0 0 0 125.3 128 54 15 50 87 3.88 .264 .333 .438 .771  
    AA   2 5 .286 9 9 0 0 0 54.0 54 24 3 20 33 4.00 .252 .316 .346 .662  
2017 23 AAA   7 3 .700 14 14 0 0 0 86.3 110 50 9 30 58 5.21 .313 .367 .467 .835  
    AA   1 1 .500 6 6 0 0 0 36.0 48 16 5 8 22 4.00 .327 .361 .517 .878  
2018 24 AA   10 9 .526 28 28 0 0 0 159.7 173 84 13 54 105 4.74 .275 .332 .405 .738  
2019 25 AA   5 1 .833 9 9 0 0 0 57.7 51 28 4 19 42 4.37 .237 .299 .363 .662  
    A   1 0 1.000 1 1 0 0 0 6.3 5 3 1 3 7 4.27 .217 .308 .478 .786  
2 Years Sim 9 13 .409 31 28 2 1 0 172.3 195 88 19 78 90 4.60 .290 .365 .440 .805 8.0
2 Years AAA 13 9 .591 34 34 0 0 0 211.7 238 104 24 80 145 4.42 .285 .348 .450 .798  
4 Years AA 18 16 .529 52 52 0 0 0 307.3 326 152 25 101 202 4.45 .271 .327 .401 .728  
2 Years A 4 4 .500 13 13 1 0 0 79.7 79 29 3 31 65 3.28 .254 .322 .322 .643  
8 Years Minors 35 29 .547 99 99 1 0 0 598.6 643 285 52 212 412 4.28 .274 .334 .408 .742  
Season Average 4 6 .400 15 14 1 0 0 86.2 97 44 9 39 45 4.60 .290 .365 .440 .805  
Career Highs 5 12 .800 22 20 2 1 0 116.7 147 70 16 50 62 5.40 .313 .380 .479 .859  
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   112 54 11 33 58   .286 .342 .425 .767
vs LH   83 34 8 45 32   .295 .393 .463 .855
Home 6 8 .429 18 16 2 1 0 107.7 126 54 10 47 55 4.51 .301 .372 .450 .822
Away 3 5 .375 13 12 0 0 0 64.7 69 34 9 31 35 4.73 .272 .351 .425 .776
Mar/Apr 1 1 .500 3 3 1 0 0 23.0 25 9 4 8 12 3.52 .284 .344 .477 .821
May 0 3 .000 5 5 0 0 0 26.7 43 20 3 10 18 6.75 .361 .411 .504 .915
June 3 1 .750 4 4 1 1 0 27.3 21 9 2 15 13 2.96 .226 .333 .323 .656
July 1 2 .333 3 3 0 0 0 17.0 24 10 2 6 9 5.29 .324 .375 .473 .848
August 2 5 .286 9 8 0 0 0 40.3 46 28 6 23 17 6.25 .295 .385 .474 .860
Sep/Oct 2 1 .667 7 5 0 0 0 38.0 36 12 2 16 21 2.84 .254 .329 .387 .716
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2014 20 PIT NL 9 19 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 .158 .238 .158 .396 0.7 0.0
2015 21 PIT NL 15 30 2 8 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 6 .267 .290 .333 .624 3.0 0.3
  NYA AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
  TOT   16 30 2 8 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 6 .267 .290 .333 .624 3.0 0.3
2016 22 AAA   7 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.2  
2018 24 AA   3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2  
2 Years Sim 25 49 3 11 2 0 0 2 1 0 3 12 .224 .269 .265 .535 3.7 0.3
1 Years AAA 7 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.2  
1 Years AA 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2  
2 Years Minors 10 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 0.1  
162 Game Average 317 19 71 12 0 0 12 6 0 19 77 .224 .269 .265 .535 24.3  
Career Highs 16 30 2 8 2 0 0 2 1 0 2 6 .267 .290 .333 .624 3.0  
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   35 3 9 1 0 0 2 1 0 3 9 .257 .316 .286 .602 3.4
vs LH   14 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 .214 .357 0.1
Home 15 28 3 7 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 8 .250 .323 .286 .608 2.9
Away 10 21 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .190 .190 .238 .429 0.6
RISP   14 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 .071 .133 .143 .276 -0.2
Close/Late   2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4
Mar/Apr 3 7 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 .143 .250 .143 .393 0.4
May 5 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.4
June 4 9 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .444 .778 1.1
July 3 6 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .500 .833 0.8
August 4 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .125 .222 .125 .347 0.2
Sep/Oct 5 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .182 .250 .182 .432 0.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2014 20 PIT NL P 9 8 55.7 1 9 0 1 1.000 1.62    
2015 21 PIT NL P 15 14 94.0 7 10 1 1 .944 1.63    
  NYA AL P 7 6 22.7 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.59    
Career Totals   31 28 172.3 10 21 1 2 .969 1.62    
Career Highs   22 20 116.7 9 12 1 1 1.000 1.62    
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 56th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 2014
Had first career hit on 8/15/2014, off Frank Frazier (LAN)
Earned first career win on 8/15/2014
Traded from Pittsburgh to New York (A) on 8/2/2015 (Going to PIT: RF Jason Bay, P Kieth Corn. Going to NYA: P James Alex, DH Rudy Guillen)
Injured on 8/23/2015 with a Stiff Elbow, out for 2 weeks
Traded from New York (A) to Baltimore on 2/7/2016 (Going to NYA: LF Yonenobu Matsudaira. Going to BAL: P James Alex)
Injured on 7/17/2017 with a Pulled Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 7/24/2018 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 6 days
Injured on 7/30/2018 with a Sore Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Released by Baltimore on 6/1/2019