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.

2023 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2023 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Mar 30	CLE	@	SEA	L,0-3		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
2	3 (1)	Apr 1	CLE	@	SEA	W,2-0		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	5 (1)	Apr 3	CLE	@	OAK	W,12-11		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	6	Apr 4	CLE	@	OAK	L,3-4	GF	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
5	10 (3)	Apr 9	CLE		SEA	W,7-6		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	11	Apr 10	CLE		NYY	W,3-2		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	13 (1)	Apr 12	CLE		NYY	L,3-4		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	14	Apr 14	CLE	@	WSN	W,4-3		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	15	Apr 15	CLE	@	WSN	W,6-4		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	17 (1)	Apr 18 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,3-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	19 (1)	Apr 19	CLE	@	DET	W,3-2		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	21 (1)	Apr 22 (2)	CLE		MIA	L,2-3		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	22	Apr 23	CLE		MIA	W,7-4		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	24 (1)	Apr 25	CLE		COL	L,1-5		3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
15	27 (2)	Apr 29	CLE	@	BOS	L,7-8		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	30 (2)	May 2	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-4		6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
17	33 (2)	May 6	CLE		MIN	W,4-3		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
18	34	May 7	CLE		MIN	W,2-0		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	36 (1)	May 9	CLE		DET	W,2-0		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
20	38 (1)	May 12	CLE		LAA	L,4-5		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	40 (1)	May 14	CLE		LAA	W,4-3		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
22	44 (3)	May 19	CLE	@	NYM	L,9-10		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	48 (3)	May 23	CLE		CHW	L,2-4		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	49	May 24	CLE		CHW	L,0-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	51 (1)	May 27	CLE		STL	L,1-2		3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	54 (2)	May 30	CLE	@	BAL	L,5-8		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	56 (1)	Jun 1	CLE	@	MIN	L,6-7		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	58 (1)	Jun 3	CLE	@	MIN	W,4-2		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	59	Jun 4	CLE	@	MIN	W,2-1		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	60	Jun 6	CLE		BOS	L,4-5		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
31	62 (1)	Jun 8	CLE		BOS	W,10-3		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
32	63	Jun 9	CLE		HOU	W,10-9		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	122 (58)	Aug 18 (1)	CLE		DET	L,2-4		5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
34	124 (1)	Aug 19	CLE		DET	L,3-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	127 (2)	Aug 23 susp	CLE		LAD	L,1-6		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	130 (2)	Aug 26	CLE	@	TOR	L,3-8		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	132 (1)	Aug 28	CLE	@	MIN	L,6-10	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	134 (1)	Aug 30	CLE	@	MIN	W,5-2		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	152 (17)	Sep 19	CLE	@	KCR	L,6-7		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	153	Sep 20	CLE	@	KCR	L,2-6		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
41	155 (1)	Sep 22	CLE		BAL	W,9-8		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	157 (1)	Sep 24	CLE		BAL	L,1-5		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	158	Sep 26	CLE		CIN	L,7-11		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
44	161 (2)	Sep 30	CLE	@	DET	L,0-8		6	0.2	0	0	1	1	0
							44gm		39.0	1	0	1	2	0