James
Rhinehart
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 225
 
Born: December 12, 1982 in USA
 
Hall of Fame
Awards & Accomplishments
Most Valuable Pitcher 2010    2015    2017   
All-Star Selections 2010    2013    2014    2015   
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
2005 22 POR GL     1 4 5 4 3 4 4 7 7 7 4 5 4 4 4 4 9 8 8
2006 23 POR GL     3 5 6 6 4 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 4 9 8 9
2007 24 POR GL $ 100,000   5 6 7 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6 4 4 4 9 9 9
2008 25 POR GL $ 100,000   6 6 7 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 8 7 4 4 4 9 8 9
2009 26 POR GL $ 100,000   9 7 8 8 4 5 5 7 7 7 8 8 8 5 5 5 9 8 8
2010 27 POR GL $ 100,000   9 8 9 8 5 5 5 7 7 7 8 8 8 6 6 6 9 9 9
2011 28 MIN GL $ 100,000   9 8 9 8 4 5 5 7 7 7 8 8 8 6 6 6 9 9 9
2012 29 MIN GL $ 13,500,000   10 8 9 8 5 5 5 7 7 7 8 9 9 6 6 6 9 9 9
2013 30 MIN GL $ 13,500,000   10 8 9 9 5 6 5 7 7 7 8 9 8 6 6 6 10 9 9
2014 31 MIN GL $ 13,500,000   10 8 9 9 5 6 6 7 7 7 8 9 9 6 6 6 10 9 10
2015 32 MIN GL $ 12,600,000   10 8 9 9 6 6 6 7 7 7 9 9 9 6 7 7 10 10 10
2016 33 WIC GL $ 12,600,000   9 8 9 8 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 9 9 6 6 6 9 9 9
2017 34 ARZ VL $ 12,600,000   10 7 8 8 6 6 6 7 7 7 9 9 9 6 6 6 9 8 8
2018 35 MIN GL $ 7,830,000   7 6 7 7 5 6 6 7 7 7 9 9 9 5 5 5 8 7 8
2019 36 MIN GL $ 7,830,000   7 6 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 9 9 9 5 5 5 8 7 7
2020 37 MIN GL $ 1,020,000   5 5 6 6 4 5 5 7 7 7 8 9 8 4 4 4 6 6 6
2021 38 MIN GL $ 1,020,000   0 4 5 4 2 3 2 7 7 7 6 6 6 2 2 2 5 4 4
Min Ratings     0 4 5 4 2 3 2 7 7 7 4 5 4 2 2 2 5 4 4
Max Ratings $ 13,500,000   10 8 9 9 6 6 6 7 7 7 9 9 9 6 7 7 10 10 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
2005 22 AA   13 10 .565 29 29 7 3 0 220.0 188 88 33 66 263 3.60 .227 .284 .407 .690  
2006 23 AAA   13 7 .650 26 26 6 2 0 191.0 159 76 23 72 244 3.58 .225 .296 .386 .682  
    AA   1 0 1.000 2 2 0 0 0 16.3 6 4 1 6 22 2.20 .118 .211 .216 .426  
2007 24 POR GL 7 8 .467 23 23 1 0 0 148.0 137 79 20 76 142 4.80 .239 .334 .427 .761 5.6
    AAA   1 2 .333 5 5 0 0 0 29.0 24 15 3 14 39 4.66 .222 .311 .380 .691  
2008 25 POR GL 16 7 .696 31 31 4 1 0 214.7 177 92 16 97 172 3.86 .224 .314 .355 .669 14.3
2009 26 POR GL 10 6 .625 22 22 3 3 0 138.7 108 50 8 48 123 3.25 .209 .282 .323 .605 11.4
2010 27 POR GL 21 3 .875 34 34 8 5 0 251.0 154 67 12 63 200 2.40 .173 .233 .284 .516 28.4
2011 28 POR GL 8 6 .571 19 19 4 2 0 132.3 109 49 12 37 109 3.33 .220 .279 .355 .634 10.2
  MIN GL 10 5 .667 15 15 4 1 0 113.7 67 31 8 38 96 2.45 .168 .247 .278 .524 10.3
  TOT   18 11 .621 34 34 8 3 0 246.0 176 80 20 75 205 2.93 .196 .264 .320 .585 20.5
2012 29 MIN GL 16 6 .727 36 36 5 2 0 252.7 174 77 19 92 193 2.74 .192 .274 .316 .590 22.4
2013 30 MIN GL 23 7 .767 37 37 7 5 0 279.7 192 72 11 87 237 2.32 .191 .256 .302 .558 28.8
2014 31 MIN GL 22 8 .733 37 37 13 3 0 287.7 174 74 14 89 227 2.32 .169 .242 .261 .504 26.6
2015 32 MIN GL 23 7 .767 36 36 8 1 0 291.0 206 56 10 75 237 1.73 .197 .254 .290 .544 31.7
    A   1 0 1.000 1 1 1 1 0 9.0 0 0 0 0 19 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000  
2016 33 WIC GL 21 8 .724 33 33 8 3 0 244.7 190 79 12 79 223 2.91 .212 .284 .326 .610 21.0
2017 34 ARZ VL 23 5 .821 37 37 11 5 0 289.0 214 70 14 94 154 2.18 .204 .272 .287 .559 27.9
2018 35 MIN GL 4 12 .250 26 26 2 1 0 178.7 168 76 11 67 116 3.83 .244 .313 .345 .658 11.5
2019 36 MIN GL 8 16 .333 37 37 2 0 0 232.3 235 119 14 131 137 4.61 .264 .360 .371 .731 14.9
2020 37 MIN GL 12 15 .444 36 36 1 0 0 212.7 230 129 18 137 110 5.46 .276 .380 .410 .790 8.6
2021 38 MIN GL 3 12 .200 16 16 0 0 0 71.3 98 83 9 76 29 10.47 .329 .467 .500 .967 0.0
    AAA   2 1 .667 7 7 0 0 0 42.0 45 19 1 18 43 4.07 .265 .335 .365 .700  
15 Years Sim 227 131 .634 475 475 81 32 0 3337.9 2633 1203 208 1286 2505 3.24 .214 .293 .329 .621 273.5
3 Years AAA 16 10 .615 38 38 6 2 0 262.0 228 110 27 104 326 3.78 .231 .305 .381 .686  
2 Years AA 14 10 .583 31 31 7 3 0 236.3 194 92 34 72 285 3.50 .220 .279 .395 .675  
1 Years A 1 0 1.000 1 1 1 1 0 9.0 0 0 0 0 19 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000  
6 Years Minors 31 20 .608 70 70 14 6 0 507.3 422 202 61 176 630 3.58 .223 .289 .382 .671  
Season Average 15 8 .652 31 31 5 2 0 222.5 175 80 13 85 167 3.24 .214 .293 .329 .621  
Career Highs 23 16 .875 37 37 13 5 0 291.0 235 129 20 137 237 10.47 .329 .467 .500 .967  
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   1467 650 103 729 1330   .210 .285 .317 .602
vs LH   1166 553 105 557 1175   .219 .292 .343 .636
Home 109 62 .637 238 238 32 13 0 1678.3 1351 618 109 678 1244 3.31 .218 .295 .333 .628
Away 118 69 .631 237 237 49 19 0 1659.6 1282 585 99 608 1261 3.17 .210 .282 .324 .606
Mar/Apr 31 25 .554 78 78 10 3 0 536.0 460 218 31 232 392 3.66 .227 .307 .346 .652
May 44 24 .647 83 83 13 7 0 572.3 415 217 34 243 403 3.41 .201 .285 .311 .596
June 37 23 .617 78 78 14 4 0 543.3 447 194 34 207 398 3.21 .223 .296 .339 .635
July 29 16 .644 59 59 7 2 0 422.3 327 154 34 162 307 3.28 .210 .284 .336 .620
August 37 17 .685 78 78 13 5 0 568.0 434 174 24 198 401 2.76 .209 .278 .303 .580
Sep/Oct 49 26 .653 99 99 29 13 0 696.0 550 246 51 244 604 3.18 .213 .280 .338 .618
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    
2007 24 POR GL P 23 23 148.0 6 18 1 0 .960 1.46    
2008 25 POR GL P 31 31 214.7 6 28 1 1 .971 1.43    
2009 26 POR GL P 22 22 138.7 10 14 0 0 1.000 1.56    
2010 27 POR GL P 34 34 251.0 6 31 2 0 .949 1.33    
2011 28 POR GL P 19 19 132.3 6 12 1 0 .947 1.22    
  MIN GL P 15 15 113.7 5 10 0 0 1.000 1.19    
  TOT   P 34 34 246.0 11 22 1 0 .971 1.21    
2012 29 MIN GL P 36 36 252.7 13 33 3 2 .939 1.64    
2013 30 MIN GL P 37 37 279.7 13 31 2 0 .957 1.42    
2014 31 MIN GL P 37 37 287.7 9 29 1 3 .974 1.19    
2015 32 MIN GL P 36 36 291.0 19 26 0 2 1.000 1.39    
2016 33 WIC GL P 33 33 244.7 13 32 1 3 .978 1.66    
2017 34 ARZ VL P 37 37 289.0 23 28 3 1 .944 1.59    
2018 35 MIN GL P 26 26 178.7 6 15 1 1 .955 1.06    
2019 36 MIN GL P 37 37 232.3 12 30 1 8 .977 1.63    
2020 37 MIN GL P 36 36 212.7 19 24 2 2 .956 1.82    
2021 38 MIN GL P 16 16 71.3 2 10 0 1 1.000 1.51    
Career Totals   475 475 3337.9 168 371 19 24 .966 1.45    
Career Highs   37 37 291.0 23 33 3 8 1.000 1.82    
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
2011 28 MIN GL 2 0 1.000 3 3 1 1 0 24.0 12 3 0 10 23 1.13 .154 .250 .205 .455
2012 29 MIN GL 5 1 .833 6 6 4 1 0 52.0 40 7 3 10 31 1.21 .212 .251 .323 .574
2013 30 MIN GL 0 2 .000 2 2 0 0 0 12.3 15 10 5 5 9 7.30 .300 .364 .680 1.044
2016 33 WIC GL 1 0 1.000 2 2 0 0 0 13.7 11 4 2 4 8 2.64 .220 .278 .380 .658
2017 34 ARZ VL 0 0 .000 2 2 0 0 0 11.3 13 5 0 4 8 3.97 .283 .340 .370 .710
Career Post-Season Pitching 8 3 .727 15 15 5 2 0 113.3 91 29 10 33 79 2.30 .220 .278 .356 .634
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
2010-2-2.40
2011-8-2.93
2012-8-2.74
2013-4-2.32
2014-6-2.32
2015-1-1.73
2017-2-2.18
CAR-50-3.24
Wins
2010-3-21
2011-5-18
2013-1-23
2014-1-22
2015-1-23
2016-1-21
2017-2-23
CAR-10-227
Winning Pct
2010-1-.875
2012-7-.727
2013-6-.767
2014-5-.733
2015-3-.767
2016-9-.724
2017-3-.821
Games Started
2012-8-36
2013-2-37
2014-3-37
2015-10-36
2017-2-37
2019-2-37
2020-9-36
CAR-32-475
Complete Games
2010-5-8
2011-7-8
2014-4-13
2016-6-8
2017-2-11
CAR-19-81
Shutouts
2009-1-3
2010-1-5
2011-6-3
2012-8-2
2013-1-5
2014-5-3
2016-3-3
2017-3-5
CAR-7-32
Innings Pitched
2010-9-251.0
2011-9-246.0
2012-8-252.7
2013-2-279.7
2014-2-287.7
2015-2-291.0
2017-1-289.0
CAR-15-3337.9
Strikeouts
2008-9-172
2010-6-200
2011-7-205
2012-6-193
2013-1-237
2014-2-227
2015-4-237
2016-5-223
CAR-13-2505
Walks Allowed
2008-4-97
2012-4-92
2013-5-87
2014-7-89
2017-5-94
2019-2-131
2020-1-137
CAR-7-1286
Hits per 9IP
2010-1-5.5
2011-2-6.4
2012-1-6.2
2013-3-6.2
2014-1-5.4
2015-5-6.4
2016-8-7.0
2017-4-6.7
CAR-17-7.1
Strikeouts per 9IP
2008-9-7.2
2013-7-7.6
2015-10-7.3
2016-9-8.2
WHiP
2010-1-0.86
2011-8-1.02
2012-10-1.05
2013-7-1.00
2014-10-0.91
2015-10-0.97
OAVG
2010-1-.173
2011-2-.196
2012-1-.192
2013-4-.191
2014-1-.169
2015-5-.197
2016-8-.212
2017-4-.204
CAR-16-.214
OOBP
2010-1-.233
2011-6-.264
2013-7-.256
2014-8-.242
2015-10-.254
OSLG
2010-1-.284
2011-4-.320
2012-6-.316
2013-4-.302
2014-2-.261
2015-1-.290
2017-2-.287
CAR-20-.329
OOPS
2010-1-.516
2011-5-.585
2012-6-.590
2013-3-.558
2014-2-.504
2015-5-.544
2017-4-.559
CAR-24-.621
   
 
   Black Ink Test: 39    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 23)
   Gray Ink Test: 179    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 102)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 60    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 50)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 7th overall pick, by Portland in 2005
Injured on 8/3/2006 with a Stiff Elbow, out for one week
Injured on 4/14/2007 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
Earned first career win on 5/16/2007
Injured on 10/3/2008 with a Strained Back, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 6/16/2009 with a Pulled Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 3-4 weeks
Injured on 8/31/2009 with a Strained Tricep Muscle, out for 5-6 weeks
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/2010, going 5-0, 1.38
Was selected to the 2010 Allstar Game
Injured on 7/22/2010 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Injured on 10/5/2010 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 6-7 weeks
Won Most Valuable Pitcher (as voted by the OOTP AI) in 2010, going 21-3, 2.40 ERA
Won GL Platinum Pitcher in 2010, going 21-3, 2.40 ERA
Injured on 5/30/2011 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Traded from Portland to Minnesota on 7/23/2011
Won Solecismic Series with Minnesota in 2012