The Most Unfortunate Career in Baseball History
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
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2500 innings, 2200 strikeouts, a shade under 150 wins, 13 years in the league, 11 playoff starts. James Shields’ impressive career all boiled down to basically two unfortunate moments.
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We need a Hugh losing pitcher mulcahy vid now.
99% humans who put on cleats hopes to have half the career he had. Thanks for the video and reminder of how good he was
Yes sir! I would have been happy with just making it to the show and having a one day career lol.
Relax fruit loop
@@brohemianclapsody5509you're embarrassing yourself
Preferably the good half
@@brohemianclapsody5509 and what's ur problem with me? Small peeper so you gotta be mean to random people on UA-cam lol
There’s a reason this man had the nickname “Big Game James”! People only want to remember his last couple years but this man was a true #1 starter in the AL East for YEARS!
He was a disaster in big games for mosy of his career
@@jimwertherthis video just showed that to be untrue
@@elijahcademartori9854
It certainly did not. He received the moniker "Big Game James" early on, but that only lasted through the first few years of his career. Through the rest of his career he was lousy in big games.
Do you actually believe that Shields was as good a pitcher as Madison Bumgarner? Because he wasn't anything close. And this video did not claim that he was, nor did it claim that he remained a big game pitcher throughout his career.
3-6 with 5.46 ERA in October. Nothing big game about that. @@elijahcademartori9854
I remember when James Shield came up, I was so hyped for someone to be joining Carl Crawford on such a bad team. Him and Longoria changed my Devil Rays into an actual team.
I just found a guy on Baseball References named Matt Luke who played just two seasons in 1998-1999 and in 1998 he spent two non-consecutive stints with the Dodgers.
Waived him in early June and he got claimed by the Indians where he appeared in two games.
Subsequently returning to the Dodgers by mid June and actually finishing with 12 Home Runs.
Thats gotta be pretty rare.
And made one cameo appearance for the Yankees in 96
11:15 the Nats pitcher was Mike Bacsik. He was a journeyman who, prior to that season in 2007, hadn't played in the majors since 2004 with Texas. Crazy thing is that season with the Nats would be his final, and since the Bonds home run was relatively late in the season, that was probably one of Bacsik's final appearances of his career.
Now he's enjoying his post baseball career on sports talk radio and Bally's post game show for the Rangers. TOLO
As a Royals fan, I can say that Big Game James dramatically changed the culture and mindset of the Royals’ starting rotation and bullpen, which contributed mightily to the Royals 2015 World Series championship, even though he was no longer on the team. Royals fans should look back with gratitude on Shields’ time with the club.
players arent important because of their culture. the way teams are ran isnt culture at all
@@nomercyinc6783 Tell that to the teams that Milton Bradley played for
The Modern Baseball reference was immaculate Jolly
You could say, it came completely out of left field...kinda like the Bartolo homer.
Highly Recommend his autobiography “September Nights,” about the rise of the rays and his career. I have a signed copy
Big Game James, wish he had a bit better finish to his career. Thanks Jolly!
I laughed for probably way longer then I should have at learning there were two players nicknamed Boob. Thanks for that, Jolly.
That's some serious Mike Bacsik disrespect. Now you have to do a Mike Bacsik video for penance.
Love a story about my favorite Rays pitcher, and a nice Modern Baseball reference.
Big game james. Absolute bulldog. As a rays fan this is a guy that helped get us over the hump
As a lifelong diehard Royals fan I love James Shields and Wade Davis who came over from the Rays (and yeah, I know, it's been especially tough being a Royals fan this year as we've been historically bad all around be it pitching, hitting, fielding, and especially hitting.) Anyways, I love James Shields as well as Wade Davis as they both came to the Royals from the Rays, and their arrival in 2013 coincided with the best stretch of baseball Kansas City has seen in the last 37-plus years. 2013 was our first season over .500 since 2003, and before that we hadn't been over .500 since the early 90s. Anyways, Shields helped lead us to our first playoffs in 30 seasons back in 2014 even if he wasn't effective in the playoffs/World Series. And I agree it's a shame he didn't get to come along for the 2015 World Series ride. But his buddy Wade Davis was! Lol
James Shields was one of my favorite players, I always tried to get him on my fantasy roster. Not sure why but my top 5 favorites were Utley, Mauer, Shields, Cliff Lee and Raul Ibañez. That’s right I bet it’s been a hot minute since you’ve heard Raul Ibañez’ name
About his velo, it had come back after the 04 or 05 season (memory is a little fuzzy) thanks to a workout regimen Aaron Rowand taught him and the Rays would later teach their pitchers going forwards (I recall reading it in a Sports Illustrated article years ago)
I'm a benefit of Big Game James in KC. What a stud.
Also in KC they do a hot dog race, like the Washington presidents, or brats in Milwaukee. Well I was Relish once, won, busted the Usain Bolt, and while jogging back past the dugout to the exit area I was pointing at the Royals, locked eyes with James, he was chewing seeds, threw one at me, and the hot dog costume has large white golves and the seed bounced right off - another special James momemt haha
Another unfortunate James Shield stat is he has allowed the most home runs to players in their MLB debut. 3 hitters in their big league debut hit a bomb off him. J.P. Arencibia in 2010 (who hit two homers in his MLB debut), Franklin Barreto in 2017, and Ryan O'Hearn in 2018.
I get there’s recency bias with these videos cuz they’re made by young kids who just started watching baseball but when you say James Shields had the “most unfortunate career in baseball history” over the 3 mlb players killed in World war II, Munson, Clemente, and even the dozens of great players pre ‘93 who never went to the postseason. That’s pretty ridiculous.
Yes. The premise of this video is laughably stupid. Produce a retrospective about Shields’s career - I’d love to see it because I loved watching the dude pitch in his prime. But saying that Shields had the most unfortunate career in MLB history is almost too stupid for words.
completely forgot bro was on a world series team
I remembered the ‘08 Rays but I completely forgot he pitched for the ‘14 Royals.
Dude SHOVED for YEARS. As a Padres fan thanks for Tati "eyes"
0:45 Great shoutout for Plácido Polanco
Padres fan here. I celebrate the moment he gave up the HR to Colon. That was the last straw for him in SD and triggered the trade for Tatis. Thanks to Colon and the white Sox!😊
Another Pitcher with a higher fWAR that never even made the playoffs would be Felix Hernandez, though it was self inflicted since he stayed loyal to the Mariners
"Losing Pitcher" might be funniest nickname ever.
Got his own happy ending. Nice. Musta got the Robert Kraft connection
coming from a Pads fan, we owe James Shields for life
As an SF fan, I remember being pissed SD got him. I wanted him for our rotation so bad. Dude was seriously talented. Just crazy how players’ careers take so many turns.
I've always wanted to meet James so i could point to my chin and say "hey dude, you've got some crap here"
As a Rays fan I absolutely loved him
small nitpick but a gentlemans sweep is where one team wins the first 3 then loses game 4 then wins game 5 great video though
Jamie shields is one of those lucky guys that cashed in huge during an offseason full of desperation for teams
i appreciate the MoBo reference haha
missed the opportunity to say "There are two guys named boob. Here they are side by side."
Fun fact Hugh Mulcahy was the first mlb player to be drafted into WW2
Legendary Modern baseball band reference
So why are the 2023 Padres under the 500 mark at the All Star Break. Tatis comes back, the Padres have stalled
2:22 Yo is Scott Kazmir just Jake from Jomboy?
MOBO REFERENCE?!?!?!?!?
Big game James ***
Do a vid on Paul Konerko?
James Shields was nasty
Oh god, the White Sox faithful have been through enough (I’m them)
Modern baseball reference
He had a good career , made an all star team and pocketed millions .. I’m sure he’s satisfied with his career 😂
Chin
The worst thing that came from the coof was the National League getting the DH.
I have a challenge for the jolly olive do one video that's not sponsored I dare you 🤔 Oh wait you won't because you just want the money my fault
Calling Shields’s career the “most unfortunate in baseball history” is just pure clickbait. What about guys who never made it to the bigs because of chronic injuries? What about promising young MLB-level careers derailed due to injury? What about players who died during their career? What about a guy like Tony Conigliario who was hit in the face by a pitch and out of the league soon after? What about a player who develops the yips and has to retire prematurely? What about a player who had the wrong skin color and was either completely prevented from playing or only got an opportunity well past their prime? What about players with drug and alcohol addiction whose demons upended their careers?
James Shields had a good and mostly wholly unremarkable career. Period.
The fact that James Shields has more war than Lincecum Zito and Bumgarner should tell you everything you need to know about that stat. At no point was he one of the top 10 pitchers in baseball.
Watch the games kids stop basing everything you think you know off of a spreadsheet. Jesus.
WAR is not perfect, but it is an incredibly useful stat. If you think watching a game will tell you everything you need to know about the players and their value, you’re delusional. Why don’t you stop telling the neighborhood kids to get off your lawn, put in your dentures, and join the rest of us in 2023.
James shields had an amazing career. Dude got to pitch in the show for 13 years and made $100 mil in the process. Can’t imagine a better way to live your life
Yep
Fun fact: Shields is the last pitcher to date to complete ten games in a season.
my sentiments exactly, even after taxes and agent's cut you're still taking home 60,000,000 and can enjoy the prime years of your adulthood as a top .1 percenter.
"Most Unfortunate Career"🙄
You can’t imagine a better way to live your life? You must have a poor imagination.
The question has to be asked: If Bartolo Colon never hit that homer against James Shields, would Fernando Tatis Jr still be on the Padres?
It was a Canon event bud
I still have Gary Cohen's call etched into my brain on the Bartolo home run. HE DRIVES ONE, DEEP LEFT FIELD, BACK GOES UPTON, BACK NEAR THE WALL, ITS OUTTA HERE! BARTOLO HAS DONE IT! THE IMPOSSIBLE HAS HAPPENED!
That call is iconic, IMO.
In Kansas City, the “James Shield trade” turned into the “Wade Davis trade” too.
Fun fact: Shields is the last pitcher to date to complete ten games in a season.
And will be the last for many, many more.
That's a sad fact, not a fun one.
I'm sure shields will take the 114,000,000 as a consolation prize...sucks he didn't stay in KC one more season tho..
Never forget that after Shields left the Royals, they immediately won the 2015 World Series. Talk about bad timing.
my high school economics teacher was and still is friends with james shields from high school. he’s a good dude to his roots and still buys dinners.
Wait, so why is your highschool economics teacher buying dinner?
@@unkledoda420how did you misunderstand that comment so badly? James in the subject of the comment so obviously that last sentence is referring to james as a good guy and still buys dinner. I could see if it was random people but come on we are talking about a rich baseball player you should be able to get enough context to figure that out
As a Rays fan who was born in the early 2000s I will never forget James Shields
complete game james!!!
Same here, that Price Garza Shields rotation was incredible looking back
Big fan of the Modern Baseball band shoutout, I see you Jolly, now to find a place to put American Football, good luck!
losing pitcher is insane💀💀
Mike Trout is the most unfortunate ever. Theres mo way he could know the owner of the Angels Arte Moreno would be completely content to use the team as a money making machine and never once put a good roster around Trout. Ugh
More unfortunate than Jose Fernandez?
I was in attendance for his 2 hit CGSO against the Rangers, but that was best remembered for BJ Upton hitting 3 homers
I was also there
As a Royals fan I will never forget Big Game James. He was a huge part of the culture shift in Kansas City when he was there.
Gotta do Khalil Greene next please!!!
as a longtime Cleveland fan, I can say he was consistently one of the opposing pitchers I liked watching the least, he always seemed to have amazing games against us
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Big Game James was that dude for Tampa. I certainly will never forget him or what he did. Shields, Kazmir, Garza, Price, Sonnanstine could've been incredible if it was ever able to materialize. Shame everyone's career completely fell apart in one way or another.
Lmao who are these people that just dont remember Big Game James being good Jolly??😂 or am i just getting old
Big Game James had a great career. Still highly respected in Tampa Bay, as evident by the roaring standing-o he got when he threw the first pitch on opening day. The vast majority of players would want his career, so idk if I'd call it "unfortunate" by any means.
Let us not forget the pitcher Boof Bonser
He is NOT a hall of famer but
200 + inning in 10 out of 13 season..
NOT EVEN THE BEST PITCHERS IN TODAY'S GAMEN CAN MATCH THAT
I definitely put him in the "oh yeah that guy was pretty good" category
11:25
So later on he went to Tampa to retire from baseball and while there visited a rub and tug?
Good for him, supporting immigrant communities and all. Exemplary humanitarianism.
As a Brewers fan, you REALLY should have put a trigger warning before the mention of Matt Garza.
Think about how great an offensive season 246 hits, 117 runs, and 34 bombs would be? And Big Game James allow that in a year and still had a job😂
As a royals fan I can't thank James shields enough the man is a leader of men and we don't win the fall classic without him the year prior. He gave the royals their flare. He's a legend in KC
there is nothing unforuntate about anyone who made millions of dollars. no sympathy for people incredibly rich.
As usual, Jolly puts together a banger of a video putting this player's career in crystal clear perspective. And indeed, how "unfortunate" to have pitched at the highest level and been rewarded with over $114M in salary. I could probably get over Bartolo's sexy home run off of me if I never had to work another day in my life.
This was such good work, and gave me multiple viewpoints I had never considered. Thank you for it.
Mike Leake has to be the most mid MLB player to ever make $100 million in their career
As a Royals fan I don’t care about the last few years of his career lol. He was absolutely amazing for us and was the exact guy they needed at the time. Only sorry we didn’t bring it home in 2014 so he’d at least have a ring…
the fight he had with coco crisp & bartolo colon are the first two things I think of when shields comes to mind
his nickname was “big game, James” not complete game James.
When i think of unfortunate careers i always think of Tulo
His more known nickname was Big Game James
He did have a really good career but I’ll never forget that bartolo homer lol
Big game james!!! The first ace for some of those amazing pitching staffs that the rays seems to grow in the tree the have in the back lol. He was a solid num 1 gor a good portion of his carrer
Do a video on Cole hamels
interesting stat, every starting pitcher with a qualified number of career innings since 1900 has given up a homer
Fun stats: Jim Palmer pitched 19 seasons, 3948 innings but he never gave up a grand slam or back to back homeruns
@@unkledoda420. Jim Palmer the greatest Oriole of all time
Thank you for resurfacing the fact that the only pitcher in mlb history with my last name has the worst nickname in mlb history.
Also, he didn’t get his nickname from his teammates, he got it from journalists and box score keepers. Since he was so often on the losing side of games, in the paper they’d write “the losing pitcher, Mulcahy” and it just stuck with him for his career.
Smiling cherry you can't something like Hugh "losing pitcher" Mulcahy when someone's i couldn't stop laugh. Hell i still haven't stopped. Took 10 minute to write this.
As a White Sox fan:
I seriously never really minded the Shields trade outside the obvious "WHAT DID WE CREATE" memes. At the time, no one knew what Tatis would be, and he was a lottery ticket that simply looked interesting to the Padres. He was their golden ticket, after hundreds of thousands of busted and broken prospects. Odds are he might've never developed in the Sox system (hell, he never even played a GAME in the White Sox system according to baseball reference). Kudos to San Diego for finding that diamond in the shitpile known as the Sox farm system.
This video is fantastic!
I tried to draft Shields in every fantasy baseball league I had back in day. Innings eater who would get you 7-9 Ks each game. Very underappreciated... except in my league, where I rode him to 3 league championships
His 2 Seam was NUTS. I saw it plenty since he seemed to always pitch great against my Orioles. I saw it plenty and it was nasty 90 percent of the time. Don’t get me started on his 2014 run with the Royals. He was great, again against the Orioles in the ALCS.
Nothing sums up the entire Chicago White Sox history more than trading a future MVP for a bad pitcher to make a playoff push only to then finish the season 6 games below .500.
As a Padres fan, I have probably only seen that Colon homer like three times, one during this video, one during the actual game, and maybe one other time. Every time it starts I usually just look away. Still can't bring myself to look, even if it did eventually net us Tati.
Is there actually a single person who only knows Shields as “the guy who gave up the Bartolo homer”? It seems to me that if you know baseball you know Shields more broadly, and if you don’t know baseball you certainly don’t know the name of the random pitcher who gave up a random homer to another random player.