James Karinchak

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 215lb (190cm, 97kg)

Team: Cleveland Guardians (majors, 60-day IL)

Born: September 22, 1995 in Newburgh, NY us

Draft: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 9th round of the 2017 MLB June Amateur Draft from Bryant University (Smithfield, RI).

High School: Valley Central HS (Montgomery, NY)

School: Bryant University (Smithfield, RI)

Debut: September 14, 2019 (Age 23-357d, 22,068th in major league history)
vs. MIN 1.1 IP, 0 H, 3 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2020 season

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2024, 1 yr/$1.9M (24)

Service Time (01/2024): 3.099 • Arb Eligible: 2025 • Free Agent: 2027

Agents: Vayner Sports

Full Name: James Stephen Karinchak

Pronunciation: \karin-chek\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.0

ERA

3.10

174

165.2

253

WHIP

1.183

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

2021 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2021 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 1	CLE	@	DET	L,2-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	4 (2)	Apr 5	CLE		KCR	L,0-3	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
3	5	Apr 7	CLE		KCR	W,4-2		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
4	8 (2)	Apr 11	CLE		DET	W,5-2		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	10 (1)	Apr 13	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	12 (1)	Apr 15	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-2		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	14 (1)	Apr 17	CLE	@	CIN	L,2-3		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	17 (2)	Apr 22	CLE		NYY	L,3-6		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
9	19 (1)	Apr 24	CLE		NYY	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	20	Apr 25	CLE		NYY	W,7-3		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	22 (1)	Apr 27	CLE		MIN	W,7-4	GF	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
12	24 (1)	Apr 30	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-3		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	26 (1)	May 2	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-0		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	27	May 3	CLE	@	KCR	W,8-6		6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
15	29 (1)	May 5	CLE	@	KCR	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	30	May 6	CLE	@	KCR	W,4-0		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	33 (2)	May 11	CLE		CHC	W,3-2		5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
18	34	May 12	CLE		CHC	W,2-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	40 (5)	May 18	CLE	@	LAA	W,6-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	41	May 19	CLE	@	LAA	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	43 (1)	May 22	CLE		MIN	W,5-3	GF	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
22	44	May 23	CLE		MIN	L,5-8		3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	46 (1)	May 25	CLE	@	DET	W,4-1	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	48 (1)	May 27	CLE	@	DET	W,5-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	52 (3)	May 31 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,6-8	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	54 (1)	Jun 1	CLE		CHW	W,6-5	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	56 (1)	Jun 5	CLE	@	BAL	W,10-4		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
28	59 (2)	Jun 9	CLE	@	STL	L,2-8	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	61 (1)	Jun 12	CLE		SEA	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	63 (1)	Jun 14	CLE		BAL	W,4-3		5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
31	64	Jun 15	CLE		BAL	W,7-2		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	65	Jun 16	CLE		BAL	W,8-7		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	68 (2)	Jun 19	CLE	@	PIT	L,3-6		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
34	69	Jun 20	CLE	@	PIT	W,2-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	70	Jun 21	CLE	@	CHC	W,4-0	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	72 (1)	Jun 24	CLE	@	MIN	W,4-1	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
37	77 (4)	Jun 30 (2)	CLE		DET	L,1-7	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	80 (2)	Jul 3	CLE		HOU	L,2-3		7	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
39	82 (1)	Jul 5	CLE	@	TBR	L,8-9		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	85 (2)	Jul 8	CLE		KCR	W,7-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	86	Jul 9	CLE		KCR	W,2-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	88 (1)	Jul 16	CLE	@	OAK	L,4-5		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	89	Jul 17	CLE	@	OAK	W,3-2	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	93 (3)	Jul 21	CLE	@	HOU	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
45	94	Jul 22	CLE		TBR	L,4-5		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
46	97 (2)	Jul 25	CLE		TBR	W,3-2		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	99 (1)	Jul 28	CLE		STL	W,7-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
48	100	Jul 30	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-6		5	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
49	101	Jul 31	CLE	@	CHW	W,12-11		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	103 (1)	Aug 2	CLE	@	TOR	W,5-2		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
51	107 (3)	Aug 6	CLE		DET	W,6-1		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
52	109 (1)	Aug 8	CLE		DET	W,7-5		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
53	111 (1)	Aug 10	CLE		OAK	L,3-4		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
54	114 (2)	Aug 13	CLE	@	DET	W,7-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
55	117 (2)	Aug 16	CLE	@	MIN	L,4-5		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
56	118	Aug 17	CLE	@	MIN	W,3-1		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
57	122 (3)	Aug 22	CLE		LAA	W,3-0		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
58	124 (1)	Aug 25	CLE		TEX	W,7-2		4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
59	126 (1)	Aug 27	CLE		BOS	L,3-4		3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
60	160 (33)	Oct 1	CLE	@	TEX	W,9-6		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
							60gm		55.1	1	1	0	2	0