the season. He finished with only 20 appearances on the season. Shields was the team's setup man for the Angels prior to his surgery, holding the lead if necessary in the 8th and sometimes both 7th and 8th innings until the Angels go to closer Brian Fuentes. After the surgery, Shields was not the same for the 2010 season. He pitched in 43 games while also starting a game for the first time since 2003. His ERA rose to 5.28 while also walking 34 in only 46 innings. His control issues were due to the injury he sustained in the previous year. Shields retired after the end of the 2010 season. In 2011, he was named by Sports Illustrated as the "Setup Man of the Decade." Pitches and abilities He is highly praised not only for the quality of his performance, but for his versatility. In his career with the Angels, he has served as a starter, long reliever, middle reliever, setup man, and closer, depending on the needs of the team at the time. Shields is known to have a "rubber arm", meaning he has excellent endurance and does not need to ice his arm after pitching. During college, he once pitched a game of 16 innings, throwing 261 pitches. He throws a hard, sinking fastball that clocks anywhere between 92 and 95 MPH, and a slurve. He is most famous though for throwing his 2-seam/No-seam fastball with tremendous movement. See also List of Major League Baseball single-inning strikeout leaders List of Major League Baseball players who spent their entire career with one franchise References External links 1975 births Living people American expatriate baseball players in Canada Anaheim Angels players Baseball players from Fort Lauderdale, Florida Boise Hawks players Cedar Rapids Kernels players Edmonton Trappers players Erie SeaWolves players Fort Lauderdale High School alumni Lake Elsinore Storm players Lincoln Memorial Railsplitters baseball players Los Angeles Angels players Major League Baseball pitchers Salt Lake Bees players Salt Lake Stingers players World Baseball Classic players of the United States 2006 World Baseball Classic players 2009 World Baseball Classic players