Edward
James
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 225
 
Born: August 7, 1993 in USA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Most Valuable Pitcher 2025   
All-Star Selections 2016    2025   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2012 18 AYR GL     0 2 4 3 6 7 6 9 9 9 3 4 4 5 6 6 8 9 8
2013 19 AYR GL     2 3 5 4 6 7 7 9 9 9 4 4 4 6 6 6 8 9 8
2014 20 AYR GL     5 4 6 5 6 7 7 9 9 9 4 5 5 6 7 6 8 9 9
2015 21 AYR GL $ 100,000   7 5 7 6 7 7 7 9 9 9 5 6 6 6 7 7 10 11 10
2016 22 AYR GL $ 100,000   7 6 8 7 7 8 7 9 9 9 7 8 7 6 7 7 10 10 10
2017 23 AYR GL $ 100,000   7 5 7 6 7 7 7 9 9 9 8 9 9 6 7 6 9 10 10
2018 24 AYR GL $ 100,000   7 5 7 6 7 7 7 9 9 9 8 9 9 6 7 7 9 10 10
2019 25 AYR GL $ 100,000   7 5 7 6 7 7 7 9 9 9 8 9 9 6 7 6 9 10 10
2020 26 AYR GL $ 5,100,000   7 5 7 6 6 7 6 9 9 9 8 9 9 6 7 6 9 10 10
2021 27 AYR GL $ 5,100,000   7 5 7 6 6 7 7 9 9 9 8 9 9 6 7 6 9 10 10
2022 28 WIC GL $ 5,100,000   7 5 7 6 7 8 7 9 9 9 9 10 9 6 7 7 9 10 10
2023 29 NRL VL $ 7,160,000   7 5 7 6 7 8 8 9 9 9 9 10 9 7 7 7 9 10 9
2024 30 VIR GL $ 7,160,000   8 6 8 7 7 8 8 9 9 9 9 10 9 7 7 7 9 9 9
2025 31 LOS VL $ 7,160,000   8 5 7 6 7 8 7 9 9 9 9 10 9 7 7 7 9 9 9
Min Ratings     0 2 4 3 6 7 6 9 9 9 3 4 4 5 6 6 8 9 8
Max Ratings $ 7,160,000   8 6 8 7 7 8 8 9 9 9 9 10 9 7 7 7 10 11 10
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Most Valuable Pitcher 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
2012 18 AA   3 9 .250 14 14 1 1 0 103.0 89 37 8 30 119 3.23 .233 .289 .335 .624  
2013 19 AAA   3 1 .750 4 4 1 1 0 30.0 19 5 2 5 48 1.50 .173 .209 .245 .454  
    AA   4 11 .267 21 21 1 0 0 150.3 144 67 19 39 230 4.01 .248 .295 .396 .691  
2014 20 AAA   11 7 .611 25 25 2 1 0 175.3 163 54 17 42 292 2.77 .244 .288 .353 .641  
2015 21 AYR GL 10 10 .500 25 25 1 0 0 154.0 165 80 20 51 124 4.68 .274 .333 .430 .763 5.0
    AAA   3 1 .750 4 4 1 0 0 32.0 22 7 3 5 45 1.97 .191 .225 .296 .521  
2016 22 AYR GL 21 10 .677 37 37 1 0 0 250.0 213 82 26 75 242 2.95 .228 .287 .342 .629 20.5
2017 23 AYR GL 8 9 .471 22 22 2 1 0 140.3 135 59 13 37 132 3.78 .246 .295 .365 .660 8.6
2018 24 AYR GL 13 11 .542 31 31 2 2 0 183.3 193 68 9 56 167 3.34 .266 .323 .326 .648 13.2
2019 25 AYR GL 16 6 .727 33 33 3 1 0 215.7 170 49 8 84 175 2.04 .213 .287 .273 .561 20.7
2020 26 AYR GL 10 15 .400 39 39 2 0 0 239.0 227 105 19 99 181 3.95 .251 .324 .346 .669 12.1
2021 27 AYR GL 10 13 .435 37 37 0 0 0 221.3 237 98 15 98 176 3.98 .276 .347 .369 .716 14.8
2022 28 WIC GL 14 5 .737 22 22 1 1 0 141.0 122 51 8 51 116 3.26 .235 .305 .317 .622 13.8
  AYR GL 3 6 .333 15 15 1 0 0 88.0 88 33 5 25 75 3.37 .263 .318 .347 .665 2.1
  TOT   17 11 .607 37 37 2 1 0 229.0 210 84 13 76 191 3.30 .246 .310 .329 .639 16.0
2023 29 NRL VL 9 16 .360 37 37 2 0 0 227.0 226 92 6 84 171 3.65 .260 .329 .311 .640 17.3
2024 30 VIR GL 15 11 .577 35 35 1 1 0 238.0 224 80 7 70 176 3.03 .246 .302 .299 .600 20.2
2025 31 VIR GL 9 5 .643 20 20 1 1 0 137.7 111 34 5 59 96 2.22 .221 .306 .280 .586 14.8
  LOS VL 10 1 .909 16 16 1 0 0 114.3 82 27 3 27 64 2.13 .201 .256 .248 .503 11.6
  TOT   19 6 .760 36 36 2 1 0 252.0 193 61 8 86 160 2.18 .212 .284 .266 .550 26.4
11 Years Sim 148 118 .556 369 369 18 7 0 2349.6 2193 858 144 816 1895 3.29 .246 .311 .328 .639 174.8
3 Years AAA 17 9 .654 33 33 4 2 0 237.3 204 66 22 52 385 2.50 .228 .271 .332 .603  
2 Years AA 7 20 .259 35 35 2 1 0 253.3 233 104 27 69 349 3.69 .242 .293 .372 .664  
5 Years Minors 24 29 .453 68 68 6 3 0 490.7 437 170 49 121 734 3.12 .235 .282 .353 .635  
Season Average 13 10 .565 33 33 1 0 0 213.6 199 78 13 74 172 3.29 .246 .311 .328 .639  
Career Highs 21 16 .760 39 39 3 2 0 252.0 237 105 26 99 242 4.68 .276 .347 .430 .763  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
Pitching split data is from simmed, major league years only.
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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   1202 438 61 411 1137   .234 .290 .300 .591
vs LH   991 420 83 405 758   .263 .334 .366 .701
Home 74 66 .529 191 191 7 4 0 1212.3 1181 449 78 432 969 3.33 .255 .318 .339 .657
Away 74 52 .587 178 178 11 3 0 1137.3 1012 409 66 384 926 3.24 .237 .300 .317 .617
Mar/Apr 21 21 .500 61 61 4 1 0 376.0 367 139 21 135 312 3.33 .253 .317 .334 .651
May 21 18 .538 59 59 2 1 0 393.0 355 127 26 128 316 2.91 .241 .301 .327 .628
June 23 19 .548 58 58 1 1 0 366.0 347 145 24 118 281 3.57 .249 .308 .330 .638
July 19 13 .594 45 45 2 1 0 276.3 270 120 25 103 220 3.91 .257 .323 .359 .682
August 29 18 .617 61 61 5 2 0 394.3 337 126 25 136 377 2.88 .228 .293 .309 .602
Sep/Oct 35 29 .547 85 85 4 1 0 544.0 517 201 23 196 389 3.33 .251 .316 .323 .638
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2015 21 AYR GL P 25 25 154.0 12 15 3 1 .900 1.58    
2016 22 AYR GL P 37 37 250.0 11 31 2 3 .955 1.51    
2017 23 AYR GL P 22 22 140.3 6 14 1 2 .952 1.28    
2018 24 AYR GL P 31 31 183.3 5 15 3 1 .870 0.98    
2019 25 AYR GL P 33 33 215.7 8 19 2 0 .931 1.13    
2020 26 AYR GL P 39 39 239.0 13 21 2 4 .944 1.28    
2021 27 AYR GL P 37 37 221.3 13 21 0 2 1.000 1.38    
2022 28 WIC GL P 22 22 141.0 8 15 1 2 .958 1.47    
  AYR GL P 15 15 88.0 5 9 0 1 1.000 1.43    
  TOT   P 37 37 229.0 13 24 1 3 .974 1.45    
2023 29 NRL VL P 37 37 227.0 11 21 6 5 .842 1.27    
2024 30 VIR GL P 35 35 238.0 16 28 2 4 .957 1.66    
2025 31 VIR GL P 20 20 137.7 8 11 1 2 .950 1.24    
  LOS VL P 16 16 114.3 6 9 0 1 1.000 1.18    
  TOT   P 36 36 252.0 14 20 1 3 .971 1.21    
Career Totals   369 369 2349.6 122 229 23 28 .939 1.34    
Career Highs   39 39 252.0 16 31 6 5 1.000 1.66    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2022 28 WIC GL 1 1 .500 2 2 0 0 0 13.0 11 4 1 3 8 2.77 .216 .259 .294 .553
2025 31 LOS VL 1 0 1.000 2 2 0 0 0 14.7 13 1 0 7 15 0.61 .245 .333 .283 .616
Career Post-Season Pitching 2 1 .667 4 4 0 0 0 27.7 24 5 1 10 23 1.63 .231 .298 .288 .587
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
2019-2-2.04
2022-10-3.30
2024-8-3.03
Wins
2016-1-21
Winning Pct
2019-10-.727
Games Started
2016-3-37
2020-1-39
2021-2-37
2022-3-37
2023-1-37
Shutouts
2018-10-2
2022-10-1
2024-9-1
Innings Pitched
2016-10-250.0
2024-10-238.0
Strikeouts
2016-3-242
2019-7-175
2020-9-181
2021-8-176
2022-9-191
Hits per 9IP
2019-8-7.1
Strikeouts per 9IP
2016-4-8.7
2018-8-8.2
2019-10-7.3
2021-10-7.2
OAVG
2019-9-.213
OSLG
2018-7-.326
2019-1-.273
2020-10-.346
2022-4-.329
2023-2-.311
2024-5-.299
CAR-19-.328
OOPS
2019-3-.561
2022-7-.639
2023-10-.640
2024-5-.600
CAR-44-.639
 
   Black Ink Test: 6    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 23)
   Gray Ink Test: 63    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 102)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 37    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 50)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 8th overall pick, by Ayr in 2012