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Johnny Marcum

John Alfred Marcum (Footsie)

Positions: Pitcher and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 197 lb.

Born: September 9, 1909 in Campbellsburg, KY (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1933
Teams (by GP): Athletics/RedSox/WhiteSox/Browns 1933-1939

Final Game: September 30, 1939
Died: September 10, 1984 in Louisville, KY
Buried: Eminence Cemetery, Eminence, KY
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 12:13AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #859. Doc McJames… #860. Russ Meyer… #861. Bob Walk… #862. JOHNNY MARCUM… #863. Al Demaree… #864. Allan Sothoron… #865. Vern Ruhle… 

Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1933 23 PHA AL 3 2 .600 1.95 5 5 0 4 2 0 37.0 28 12 8 0 20 14 0 1 1 161 222 1.297 6.8 0.0 4.9 3.4 0.70
1934 24 PHA AL 14 11 .560 4.50 37 31 3 17 2 0 232.0 257 131 116 13 88 92 4 1 1 1030 98 1.487 10.0 0.5 3.4 3.6 1.05
1935 25 PHA AL 17 12 .586 4.08 39 27 12 19 2 3 242.2 256 125 110 9 83 99 2 0 2 1061 112 1.397 9.5 0.3 3.1 3.7 1.19 MVP-20
1936 26 BOS AL 8 13 .381 4.81 31 23 7 9 1 1 174.0 194 100 93 14 52 57 0 1 3 750 111 1.414 10.0 0.7 2.7 2.9 1.10
1937 27 BOS AL 13 11 .542 4.85 37 23 13 9 1 3 183.2 230 104 99 17 47 59 2 0 2 808 98 1.508 11.3 0.8 2.3 2.9 1.26
1938 28 BOS AL 5 6 .455 4.09 15 11 3 7 0 0 92.1 113 49 42 11 25 25 0 0 1 408 121 1.495 11.0 1.1 2.4 2.4 1.00
1939 29 TOT AL 5 8 .385 6.60 31 12 13 4 0 0 137.2 191 109 101 26 29 46 1 0 2 629 73 1.598 12.5 1.7 1.9 3.0 1.59
1939 29 SLB AL 2 5 .286 7.74 12 6 5 2 0 0 47.2 66 43 41 12 10 14 1 0 0 214 63 1.594 12.5 2.3 1.9 2.6 1.40
1939 29 CHW AL 3 3 .500 6.00 19 6 8 2 0 0 90.0 125 66 60 14 19 32 0 0 2 415 80 1.600 12.5 1.4 1.9 3.2 1.68
7 Seasons 65 63 .508 4.66 195 132 51 69 8 7 1099.1 1269 630 569 90 344 392 9 3 12 4847 102 1.467 10.4 0.7 2.8 3.2 1.14
162 Game Avg. 14 13 .508 4.66 41 27 11 14 2 1 229 264 131 118 19 72 82 2 1 2 1008 102 1.467 10.4 0.7 2.8 3.2 1.14
BOS (3 yrs) 26 30 .464 4.68 83 57 23 25 2 4 450.0 537 253 234 42 124 141 2 1 6 1966 107 1.469 10.7 0.8 2.5 2.8 1.14
PHA (3 yrs) 34 25 .576 4.12 81 63 15 40 6 3 511.2 541 268 234 22 191 205 6 2 4 2252 109 1.431 9.5 0.4 3.4 3.6 1.07
SLB (1 yr) 2 5 .286 7.74 12 6 5 2 0 0 47.2 66 43 41 12 10 14 1 0 0 214 63 1.594 12.5 2.3 1.9 2.6 1.40
CHW (1 yr) 3 3 .500 6.00 19 6 8 2 0 0 90.0 125 66 60 14 19 32 0 0 2 415 80 1.600 12.5 1.4 1.9 3.2 1.68

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1933 23 PHA AL 37.0 5 12 24 -1 1.0 12 1.2 $
1934 24 PHA AL 232.0 31 131 155 4 1.0 24 1.5 $
1935 25 PHA AL 242.2 27 125 158 -2 1.0 33 3.6 $ MVP-20
1936 26 BOS AL 174.0 23 100 128 0 1.0 28 3.0 $
1937 27 BOS AL 183.2 23 104 126 -4 1.0 22 2.7 $
1938 28 BOS AL 92.1 11 49 66 0 1.0 17 1.6 $
1939 29 SLB AL 47.2 6 43 32 -2 1.0 -11 -0.6 $
1939 29 CHW AL 90.0 6 66 61 1 1.0 -5 -0.4 $
7 Seasons 1099.1 132 630 750 -4 1.0 120 12.6 $
BOS (3 yrs) 450.0 57 253 320 -4 1.0 67 7.3 $
PHA (3 yrs) 511.2 63 268 337 1 1.0 69 6.3 $
SLB (1 yr) 47.2 6 43 32 -2 1.0 -11 -0.6 $
CHW (1 yr) 90.0 6 66 61 1 1.0 -5 -0.4 $

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1933 23 PHA AL 5 14 12 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .167 .286 .167 .452 22 2 0 0 /1
1934 24 PHA AL 58 117 112 10 30 4 0 1 13 0 1 3 5 .268 .287 .330 .617 62 37 0 2 1
1935 25 PHA AL 64 132 119 13 37 2 1 2 17 0 0 9 5 .311 .359 .395 .754 96 47 0 4 1 MVP-20
1936 26 BOS AL 48 94 88 6 18 3 0 2 7 0 0 3 5 .205 .231 .307 .538 29 27 0 3 1
1937 27 BOS AL 51 95 86 12 23 8 0 0 13 0 0 7 4 .267 .323 .360 .683 69 31 0 2 1
1938 28 BOS AL 19 43 37 3 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 6 9 .135 .256 .135 .391 -1 5 0 0 1
1939 29 TOT AL 54 85 79 10 26 1 0 0 17 0 0 6 3 .329 .376 .342 .718 83 27 1 0 0 1
1939 29 SLB AL 16 23 22 3 10 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 2 .455 .478 .500 .978 148 11 1 0 0 1
1939 29 CHW AL 38 62 57 7 16 0 0 0 12 0 0 5 1 .281 .339 .281 .619 58 16 0 0 0 1
7 Seasons 299 580 533 56 141 18 1 5 70 0 1 36 32 .265 .311 .330 .641 62 176 1 0 11
162 Game Avg. 162 314 289 30 76 10 1 3 38 0 1 20 17 .265 .311 .330 .641 62 95 0 6
BOS (3 yrs) 118 232 211 21 46 11 0 2 23 0 0 16 18 .218 .273 .299 .572 40 63 0 5
PHA (3 yrs) 127 263 243 25 69 6 1 3 30 0 1 14 11 .284 .323 .354 .677 77 86 0 6
SLB (1 yr) 16 23 22 3 10 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 2 .455 .478 .500 .978 148 11 1 0 0
CHW (1 yr) 38 62 57 7 16 0 0 0 12 0 0 5 1 .281 .339 .281 .619 58 16 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1933 23 PHA AL 14 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.1 0 0.0 0.1 $ /1
1934 24 PHA AL 117 -7 -1 0 0 0 8 4 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $ 1
1935 25 PHA AL 132 -1 0 0 0 0 7 4 10 1.0 10 1.0 0.0 $ 1 MVP-20
1936 26 BOS AL 94 -11 0 0 0 0 6 3 -2 -0.1 -2 -0.2 0.1 $ 1
1937 27 BOS AL 95 -4 0 0 0 0 6 3 5 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $ 1
1938 28 BOS AL 43 -6 0 0 0 0 3 1 -2 -0.1 -2 -0.2 0.1 $ 1
1939 29 SLB AL 23 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $ 1
1939 29 CHW AL 62 -3 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ 1
7 Seasons 580 -31 -1 0 0 0 36 18 22 2.5 22 2.2 0.3 $
BOS (3 yrs) 232 -21 0 0 0 0 15 7 1 0.3 1 0.1 0.2 $
PHA (3 yrs) 263 -9 -1 0 0 0 16 8 14 1.5 14 1.4 0.1 $
SLB (1 yr) 23 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $
CHW (1 yr) 62 -3 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1933 PHA AL 23 P 5 37.0 13 5 8 0 0 1.000 3.16 2.60 .960 2.29 2.28
1934 PHA AL 24 P 37 232.0 59 14 42 3 2 .949 2.17 1.51 .956 2.14 2.11
1935 PHA AL 25 P 39 242.2 48 11 32 5 1 .896 1.59 1.10 .949 2.15 2.14 MVP-20
1936 BOS AL 26 P 31 174.0 40 7 31 2 3 .950 1.97 1.23 .956 1.99 1.96
1937 BOS AL 27 P 37 183.2 52 13 38 1 1 .981 2.50 1.38 .954 2.05 2.01
1938 BOS AL 28 P 15 92.1 18 3 15 0 0 1.000 1.75 1.20 .952 2.11 2.06
1939 TOT AL 29 P 31 12 4 137.2 26 8 17 1 2 .962 1.63 0.81 .951 1.92 1.89
1939 SLB AL 29 P 12 6 2 47.2 9 4 5 0 1 1.000 1.70 0.75 .951 1.93 1.89
1939 CHW AL 29 P 19 6 2 90.0 17 4 12 1 1 .941 1.60 0.84 .951 1.92 1.89
7 Seasons P 195 12 4 1099.1 256 61 183 12 9 .953 2.00 1.25 .954 2.08 2.04
7 Seasons TOT 195 12 4 1099.1 256 61 183 12 9 .953 2.00 1.25 .954 2.08 2.04
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1935 AL (20, 4%)
0.04 Career Shares (1177th)

Wins s c a p y
1935 AL  17 (7th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1936 AL  1.414 (8th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1936 AL  2.690 (5th)
1937 AL  2.303 (3rd)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1935 AL  3.672 (9th)

Saves s c a p y
1935 AL  3 (8th)
1937 AL  3 (9th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1934 AL  232.0 (10th)
1935 AL  242.7 (8th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1934 AL  92 (9th)
1935 AL  99 (8th)

Games Started s c a p y
1934 AL  31 (8th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1934 AL  17 (7th)
1935 AL  19 (5th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1933 AL  2 (4th)
1934 AL  2 (8th)
1935 AL  2 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1937 AL  17 (10th)
1939 AL  27 (1st)

Hits s c a p y
1934 AL  257 (5th)
1935 AL  256 (10th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1935 AL  1.193 (7th)
1936 AL  1.096 (8th)
1937 AL  1.255 (8th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1935 AL  0.334 (6th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1934 AL  116 (5th)
1935 AL  110 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1934 AL  4 (6th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1934 AL  1,030 (10th)
1935 AL  1,061 (8th)

Putouts as P s c a p y
1934 AL  14 (4th)
1937 AL  13 (5th)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1935 AL  5 (2nd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 36 (680), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1694), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1705), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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