[1] He was the leading scorer on the school's basketball team, had a 1.43 earned run average, struck out 80 batters in 73 innings pitched and received a scholarship to play college football as a linebacker at Oklahoma State.

[3] James was called up to the Major Leagues for the first time on April 15, 2002, after pitcher Wilson Álvarez was placed on the disabled list and Travis Phelps and Jason Smith were demoted.

[8] At about 3 a.m.[9] on September 2, 2002, James was shot three times in his non-pitching shoulder and elbow at a Waffle House in Raleigh, North Carolina.

[11] Only twelve days later, James was back on Tampa Bay's Major League roster and pitching against the Toronto Blue Jays at SkyDome.

[10] James pitched in what would be his final Major League game on September 29, 2002, against the Boston Red Sox.