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Johnny Marcum
John Alfred Marcum (Footsie)
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 197 lb.

Born: September 9, 1909 in Campbellsburg, KY (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1933
Final Game: September 30, 1939
Died: September 10, 1984 in Louisville, KY
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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 1 161 220 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 97 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 111 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 3 750 110 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 1 408 120 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 27 29 46 1 0 2 629 72 1.598 12.5 1.8 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 15 19 32 0 0 2 415 79 1.600 12.5 1.5 1.9 3.2 1.68
7 Seasons 65 63 .508 4.66 195 132 51 69 8 7 1099.1 1269 630 569 91 344 392 9 3 12 4847 101 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 101 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 108 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 15 19 32 0 0 2 415 79 1.600 12.5 1.5 1.9 3.2 1.68

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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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1933 PHA AL 23 P 5 13 5 8 0 0 1.000 2.60 .962 1.18
1934 PHA AL 24 P 37 59 14 42 3 2 .949 1.51 .956 1.11
1935 PHA AL 25 P 39 48 11 32 5 1 .896 1.10 .952 1.12 MVP-20
1936 BOS AL 26 P 31 40 7 31 2 3 .950 1.23 .957 1.04
1937 BOS AL 27 P 37 52 13 38 1 1 .981 1.38 .952 1.09
1938 BOS AL 28 P 15 18 3 15 0 0 1.000 1.20 .950 1.12
1939 TOT AL 29 P 31 26 8 17 1 2 .962 0.81 .950 0.98
1939 SLB AL 29 P 12 9 4 5 0 1 1.000 0.75 .944 0.98
1939 CHW AL 29 P 19 17 4 12 1 1 .941 0.84 .953 0.98
7 Seasons P 195 256 61 183 12 9 .953 1.25 .954 1.08
7 Seasons TOT 195 256 61 183 12 9 .953 1.25 .907 1.08

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 (1157th)

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  .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  1030 (10th)
1935 AL  1061 (8th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 36 (672), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1632), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (3529), Average HOFer ≈ 50
Pitching - 3 (1658), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

December 10, 1935: Traded by the Philadelphia Athletics with Jimmie Foxx to the Boston Red Sox for George Savino (minors), Gordon Rhodes and $150,000.

August 2, 1938: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with $20,000 to Buffalo (International) for Bill Harris.

December 6, 1938: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the St. Louis Browns for Tom Carey.

June 2, 1939: Traded by the St. Louis Browns to the Chicago White Sox for John Whitehead.

December 15, 1939: Purchased by the St. Louis Browns from the Chicago White Sox.

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