#29 Scot Shields, RHP (2001-2010)

Scot was drafted by the Angels in 1997, and has played his entire ten year career with the Halos. In 2005, Shields pitched in club record 78 games (1^st). His other Top Ten single season performances include:

- a .800 W/L% (’04, T5th)

- 9.313 K/9 IP (’04, 9^th)

- 74 games (’06, 3^rd)

- 71 games (’07, 6^th)

In 2009, Sports Illustrated named Shields the “setup man of the decade.” His manager, Mike Scioscia called him “the gold standard of setup guys for a long time.” Since the “hold” stat was created in 1999, he holds the AL record with 155. After 10 seasons, the Angels’ all-time best set-up man ranks among the team’s career Top Ten with:

- 491 games pitched (2^nd)

- a 3.18 ERA (7^th)

- a 1.244 WHIP (9^th)

- 7.606 H/9 IP (5^th)

- 8.148 K/9 IP (3^rd)

- 2.270 K/BB (9^th)

- 0.710 HR/9 IP (9^th)

- 114 games finished (8^th)

- 17 postseason games pitched (T2^nd)

- 1 postseason win (T6^th)

- a 3.20 postseason ERA (5^th)

- 3 postseason games finished (T3^rd)

- 25.3 postseason innings pitched (4^th)

- 25 postseason strikeouts (3^rd)

- a 1.324 postseason WHIP (7^th)

- 8.5 postseason H/9 IP (6^th)

- 1.1 postseason HR/9 IP (3^rd)

- 3.9 postseason BB/9 IP (5^th)

- 8.9 postseason K/9 IP (4^th)

- 2.27 postseason SO/BB (4^th)