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Johnny Marcum

Positions: Pitcher and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-11, 197lb (180cm, 89kg)

Born: September 9, 1909 in Campbellsburg, KY us

Died: September 10, 1984 in Louisville, KY

Buried: Eminence Cemetery, Eminence, KY

Debut: September 7, 1933 (Age 23-363d, 7,625th in major league history)
vs. CLE 9.0 IP, 5 H, 4 SO, 6 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: September 30, 1939 (Age 30-021d)
vs. SLB 5.0 IP, 4 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1934 season

Full Name: John Alfred Marcum

Nicknames: Footsie

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

16.2

ERA

4.66

195

132

1099.1

392

WHIP

1.467

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Team Record in Appearances: 12-19 / in Starts: 10-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 27, Entered with runners on base: 4

1936 Pitching Game Log

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1936 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	82	11	Apr 24	BOS	@	PHA	L,1-3	GS-1	L(0-1)	99	0.1	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	81.00	12.32	5	1	0	0	0	3	32			0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	-0.190	4.50	-0.36%	-2.41	1b start tie	1b 12- 1 out d2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
2	83	21	May 6	BOS		SLB	W,7-4	CG	W(1-1)	11	9.0	8	4	4	4	1	1	0	6.75	6.10	38	12	13	2	3	8	52			0	0	0	34	2	1	0	2	0	1	.95	0.260	3.28	0.54%	2.12	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
3	84	29	May 15	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-7	GS-3	L(1-2)	8	2.1	7	5	5	0	2	2	0	9.26	7.43	14	0	5	1	1	7	25			0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.265	4.04	-0.76%	-3.38	1b start tie	3b --- 1 out d4
4	85	31	May 17	BOS	@	CHW	W,8-7	8-GF	W(2-2)	1	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7.90	6.68	6	2	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.29	0.378	9.05	0.90%	1.32	8b --- 0 out tie	9b end a 1
5	86	33	May 19	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-2	GS-8	W(3-2)	1	7.0	7	2	2	2	1	0	0	6.10	5.73	29	10	10	2	2	6	54			0	0	0	26	0	1	0	2	0	1	1.18	0.173	5.05	0.44%	2.28	1b start tie	8b 1-3 0 out a3
6	87	37	May 24	BOS		WSH	L,4-12	GS-	L(3-3)	4	4.1	6	6	5	2	0	2	0	6.84	6.60	22						27						20					0
7	88	40	May 27	BOS		NYY	L,8-9	GS-2		2	1.1	4	6	6	3	1	0	0	8.54	6.69	11	2	1	0	0	4	20			1	0	0	8	2	1	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.342	5.21	-1.15%	-4.71	1t start tie	2t --3 1 out d4
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
8	89	45	Jun 2	BOS		CLE	W,14-6	GS-2		5	1.1	5	3	3	2	0	0	0	9.11	6.75	11	2	3	0	0	4	30			0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.207	4.44	-0.45%	-2.72	1t start tie	2t 12- 1 out a3
9	90	49	Jun 6	BOS		CHW	W,10-6	9-GF	S(1)	3	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8.89	6.77	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.35	0.009	1.44	0.02%	0.37	9t --- 1 out a4	9t end a 4
10	91	53	Jun 9	BOS		DET	L,4-8	2-GF		2	7.1	7	1	1	1	5	0	0	7.32	5.87	29	3	13	0	4	7		1	0	0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.16	0.077	.72	0.21%	4.06	2t 1-- 2 out d6	9t end d 7
11	92	58	Jun 18	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(3-4)	8	8.0	6	1	1	0	2	0	0	6.18	5.31	29	8	13	3	3	6	68			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	1	.91	0.343	3.81	0.86%	4.28	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
12	93	62	Jun 22	BOS	@	DET	L,7-8	GS-8		3	7.0	6	6	6	3	6	1	0	6.39	5.23	29	7	7	0	2	6	44			0	0	0	26	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.02	-0.081	3.90	-0.19%	-0.55	1b start tie	8b 12- 0 out a3
13	94	68	Jun 28	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-11	7-GF(8)		5	1.1	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	6.58	5.14	7	2	1	0	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	.03	-0.010	.09	-0.02%	-2.63	7b -23 2 out d6	8b end d 9
14	95	70	Jun 30(2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG(8)	L(3-5)	1	8.0	8	6	5	2	1	1	0	6.45	5.18	34	10	13	1	5	8	43			0	0	0	32	3	1	1	1	0	1	1.15	-0.165	3.86	-0.33%	-1.02	1b start a 2	8b 3 out d3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
15	96	74	Jul 4(2)	BOS		PHA	W,5-4	GS-8		3	7.1	4	2	1	2	1	0	0	5.88	5.04	29	3	19	3	2	4	63			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	2	.87	0.211	.92	0.13%	2.77	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out a2
16	97	78	Jul 10	BOS		CHW	L,2-8	GS-9	L(3-6)	5	8.0	10	8	6	3	4	0	0	5.97	4.87	37	12	9	0	4	9	35			1	0	0	34	1	0	1	2	0	2	1.17	-0.124	1.87	-0.12%	-2.20	1t start tie	9t -2- 0 out d5
17	98	83	Jul 15(1)	BOS		SLB	W,11-3	CG	W(4-6)	4	9.0	6	3	2	5	6	0	0	5.55	4.74	38	7	14	3	1	6	66			1	0	0	33	0	1	0	1	0	1	.94	0.092	.78	0.05%	3.12	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
18	99	89	Jul 19	BOS		DET	W,12-3	GS-7	W(5-6)	3	6.2	8	3	3	3	2	0	0	5.44	4.69	31	11	7	0	2	8	45			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.193	.66	0.09%	1.16	1t start tie	7t 1-3 2 out a3
19	100	93	Jul 24	BOS	@	DET	W,7-4	GS-8		4	8.0	10	4	4	1	3	1	0	5.36	4.68	31	6	11	1	4	10	48			0	1	0	29	2	0	0	1	0	0	.84	-0.027	.71	-0.01%	1.13	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
20	101	97	Jul 28	BOS	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	W(6-6)	3	9.0	6	2	2	2	1	1	0	5.08	4.72	33	14	10	3	4	6	66			0	0	0	31	3	0	0	1	0	0	.94	0.408	.80	0.21%	3.89	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
21	102	101	Aug 1	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG(8)	L(6-7)	3	8.0	10	3	3	2	3	0	0	4.97	4.63	32	13	14	11	1	0	51			1	2	0	29	0	0	1	2	0	1	.68	0.031	.40	0.01%	2.28	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
22	103	105	Aug 5	BOS		NYY	L,2-7	GS-3	L(6-8)	3	2.2	5	5	5	3	2	1	0	5.23	4.75	16	3	3	1	1	5	27			0	0	0	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.248	.18	-0.03%	-3.49	1t start tie	3t 12- 2 out d5
23	104	109	Aug 11	BOS		PHA	W,4-1	CG	W(7-8)	5	9.0	6	1	1	0	2	0	0	4.93	4.62	35	16	12	0	2	5	73			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	2	.86	0.507	.02	0.01%	5.12	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
24	105	115	Aug 16(2)	BOS		WSH	L,2-3	GS-9	L(7-9)	4	8.1	10	3	3	1	1	0	0	4.83	4.54	34	15	9	1	2	8	51			0	1	0	31	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	0.160	.01	0.00%	2.30	1t start tie	9t -2- 1 out d1
25	106	117	Aug 19(1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-5	8-GF(13)	BL(7-10)	2	5.0	4	1	1	1	1	1	0	4.72	4.60	19	5	8	1	1	4		1	1	0	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.33	0.157	.02	0.00%	1.40	8b 1-- 1 out a1	13b end d 1
26	107	121	Aug 23(1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG(8)	L(7-11)	3	8.0	9	5	5	1	1	2	0	4.77	4.71	32	9	12	1	2	9	44			0	0	0	30	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.089	.00	0.00%	-0.02	1b start a 2	8b 3 out d2
27	108	126	Aug 28(1)	BOS		SLB	L,1-8	GS-5	L(7-12)	4	4.2	10	6	6	2	3	1	0	4.98	4.75	24	5	5	0	0	9	21			0	0	0	22	3	0	0	1	0	0	.80	-0.127	.00	0.00%	-1.32	1t start tie	5t -23 2 out d4
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
28	109	132	Sep 3(2)	BOS		CHW	W,5-0	SHO	W(8-12)	5	9.0	7	0	0	4	3	0	0	4.70	4.71	35	9	12	2	2	7	72			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.24	0.669	.00	0.00%	6.12	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
29	110	147	Sep 16	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-13	2-5		12	4.0	9	6	5	0	0	0	0	4.86	4.68	21	5	7	1	2	9		3	3	0	2	0	21	4	1	0	0	0	1	.21	-0.072	.00	0.00%	-4.51	2b 123 0 out d4	5b 3 out d10
30	111	150	Sep 20(2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-5	7-GF(8)	L(8-13)	3	2.0	3	1	1	1	2	0	0	4.86	4.65	11	3	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	1	1	0	0	1	2.05	-0.094	.00	0.00%	0.24	7b --- 0 out tie	8b end d 1
31	112	154	Sep 27(1)	BOS		PHA	L,4-8			6	5.1	8	2	2	0	1	0	0	4.81	4.60	23												22					0
							12-19		W-L:8-13,Sv:1,BSv:1	3.7	174.0	195	100	93	52	57	14	0	4.81	4.60	748	0.83		9%	12%	164	46	7	86%	4	6	0	688	40	8	5	16	0	14	.97	1.627	1.57	0.04%	15.01

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