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James Karinchak

Position: Relief Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

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

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)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2020 season

2026 Contract Status: Not Updated

Agents: Gaeta Sports Management • Previously: Vayner Sports

Full Name: James Stephen Karinchak

Pronunciation: \karin-chek\

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SUMMARY

2026

Career

WAR

0.3

3.3

ERA

0.00

2.98

180

6.2

172.1

259

WHIP

0.600

1.161

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2015	19	-1.5	Bryant	NEC	NCAA		8	5	.615	3.24	3.82	14	11			3	0	77.2	63	33	28	5	26	0	74	5	2	10	323	1.146	7.3	0.6	3.0	8.6	2.85
2015	19	-1.1	Newport	NECL	Smr		4	1	.800	0.72	1.08	5	5	0	0	0	0	25.0	17	3	2	0	13	0	27	1	0	4	101	1.200	6.1	0.0	4.7	9.7	2.08
2016	20	-0.3	Bryant	NEC	NCAA		12	3	.800	2.00	2.19	15	15		0	0	0	94.2	70	23	21	0	43	0	112	4	1	15	399	1.194	6.7	0.0	4.1	10.6	2.60
2016	20	-0.1	Chatham	CCBL	Smr		0	1	.000	9.00	9.00	2	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	5	5	5	0	3	0	6	0	0	0	22	1.600	9.0	0.0	5.4	10.8	2.00
2017	21	1.0	Bryant	NEC	NCAA		6	3	.667	3.65	4.13	13	13		1	1	0	56.2	36	26	23	6	34	0	86	5	0	8	244	1.235	5.7	1.0	5.4	13.7	2.53
2017	21	-0.3	Mahoning Valley	NYPL	A-	CLE	2	2	.500	5.79	5.79	10	6	1	0	0	0	23.1	30	15	15	1	9	0	31	0	0	1	103	1.671	11.6	0.4	3.5	12.0	3.44
2018	22		3 Teams	3 Lgs	A+-A-AA	CLE	4	2	.667	1.29	1.85	42	0	27	0	0	14	48.2	29	10	7	2	36	0	81	0	1	5	203	1.336	5.4	0.4	6.7	15.0	2.25
2018	22	-2.4	Akron	EL	AA	CLE	0	1	.000	2.61	2.61	10	0	0	0	0	0	10.1	7	3	3	1	12	0	16	0	0	1	49	1.839	6.1	0.9	10.5	13.9	1.33
2018	22	-1.1	Lynchburg	CARL	A+	CLE	1	1	.500	1.00	2.00	25	0	24	0	0	13	27.0	14	6	3	1	17	0	45	0	1	2	107	1.148	4.7	0.3	5.7	15.0	2.65
2018	22	0.1	Lake County	MIDW	A	CLE	3	0	1.000	0.79	0.79	7	0	3	0	0	1	11.1	8	1	1	0	7	0	20	0	0	2	47	1.324	6.4	0.0	5.6	15.9	2.86
2019	23		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AAA-AA-Rk	CLE	1	1	.500	2.67	2.97	30	0	13	0	0	8	30.1	16	10	9	2	17	0	74	0	0	5	125	1.088	4.7	0.6	5.0	22.0	4.35
2019	23	-3.2	Columbus	IL	AAA	CLE	1	1	.500	4.67	5.19	17	0	3	0	0	2	17.1	14	10	9	2	13	0	42	0	0	2	78	1.558	7.3	1.0	6.8	21.8	3.23
2019	23	-1.3	Akron	EL	AA	CLE	0	0		0.00	0.00	10	0	8	0	0	6	10.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	24	0	0	3	36	0.400	1.8	0.0	1.8	21.6	12.00
2019	23	2.4	Indians Blue	ARIZ	Rk	CLE	0	0		0.00	0.00	3	0	2	0	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	8	0	0	0	11	0.667	0.0	0.0	6.0	24.0	4.00
2019	23	-5.4	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	0	0		1.69	1.69	5	0	4	0	0	0	5.1	3	1	1	0	1	0	8	0	0	2	22	0.750	5.1	0.0	1.7	13.5	8.00
2020	24	-4.2	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	1	2	.333	2.67	3.00	27	0	4	0	0	1	27.0	14	9	8	1	16	1	53	0	0	5	109	1.111	4.7	0.3	5.3	17.7	3.31
2021	25	-2.0	Columbus	AAAE	AAA	CLE	1	1	.500	3.00	3.00	7	0	2	0	0	0	6.0	3	2	2	1	3	0	9	0	0	1	24	1.000	4.5	1.5	4.5	13.5	3.00
2021	25	-3.5	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	7	4	.636	4.07	4.39	60	0	26	0	0	11	55.1	35	27	25	9	32	0	78	2	0	3	235	1.211	5.7	1.5	5.2	12.7	2.44
2022	26	-1.0	Columbus	IL	AAA	CLE	1	0	1.000	5.73	5.73	12	0	1	0	0	0	11.0	10	7	7	0	11	0	17	0	0	2	53	1.909	8.2	0.0	9.0	13.9	1.55
2022	26	-2.4	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	2	0	1.000	2.08	2.08	38	0	9	0	0	3	39.0	22	9	9	2	21	0	62	1	0	4	160	1.103	5.1	0.5	4.8	14.3	2.95
2023	27	0.1	Columbus	IL	AAA	CLE	0	0		4.24	4.63	24	0	16	0	0	5	23.1	14	12	11	1	13	0	42	0	2	3	96	1.157	5.4	0.4	5.0	16.2	3.23
2023	27	-1.7	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	2	5	.286	3.23	4.15	44	0	5	0	0	0	39.0	24	18	14	6	28	1	52	3	1	1	171	1.333	5.5	1.4	6.5	12.0	1.86
2024	28	1.0	Columbus	IL	AAA	CLE	0	0		2.70	2.70	7	0	1	0	0	1	6.2	3	2	2	0	6	0	12	0	0	3	29	1.350	4.1	0.0	8.1	16.2	2.00
2025	29	1.7	Charlotte	IL	AAA	CHW	3	1	.750	2.45	2.76	24	0	7	0	0	2	29.1	20	9	8	3	20	0	34	0	0	2	121	1.364	6.1	0.9	6.1	10.4	1.70
2026	30	2.7	Gwinnett	IL	AAA	ATL	2	2	.500	2.45	3.16	21	0	14	0	0	5	25.2	16	9	7	3	10	2	38	1	1	2	100	1.013	5.6	1.1	3.5	13.3	3.80
2026	30	0.7	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	0	0		0.00	0.00	6	0	1	0	0	0	6.2	2	0	0	0	2	0	6	0	0	0	23	0.600	2.7	0.0	2.7	8.1	3.00
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (6 seasons)					Majors		12	11	.522	2.98	3.34	180	0	49	0	0	15	172.1	100	64	57	18	100	2	259	6	1	15	720	1.161	5.2	0.9	5.2	13.5	2.59
Minors (9 seasons)					Minors		14	9	.609	3.00	3.35	177	6	82	0	0	35	204.1	141	76	68	13	125	2	338	1	4	24	854	1.302	6.2	0.6	5.5	14.9	2.70
College (3 seasons)					College		26	11	.703	2.83	3.22	42	39		1	4	0	229.0	169	82	72	11	103	0	272	14	3	33	966	1.188	6.6	0.4	4.0	10.7	2.64
Other (2 seasons)					Other		4	2	.667	2.10	2.40	7	6	0	0	0	0	30.0	22	8	7	0	16	0	33	1	0	4	123	1.267	6.6	0.0	4.8	9.9	2.06
All Levels (12 Seasons)							56	33	.629	2.89	3.26	406	51	131	1	4	50	635.2	432	230	204	42	344	4	902	22	8	76	2663	1.221	6.1	0.6	4.9	12.8	2.62

AAA (7 seasons)					Minors		8	5	.615	3.47	3.85	112	0	44	0	0	15	119.1	80	51	46	10	76	2	194	1	3	15	501	1.307	6.0	0.8	5.7	14.6	2.55
AA (2 seasons)					Minors		0	1	.000	1.33	1.33	20	0	8	0	0	6	20.1	9	3	3	1	14	0	40	0	0	4	85	1.131	4.0	0.4	6.2	17.7	2.86
A+ (1 season)					Minors		1	1	.500	1.00	2.00	25	0	24	0	0	13	27.0	14	6	3	1	17	0	45	0	1	2	107	1.148	4.7	0.3	5.7	15.0	2.65
A (1 season)					Minors		3	0	1.000	0.79	0.79	7	0	3	0	0	1	11.1	8	1	1	0	7	0	20	0	0	2	47	1.324	6.4	0.0	5.6	15.9	2.86
A- (1 season)					Minors		2	2	.500	5.79	5.79	10	6	1	0	0	0	23.1	30	15	15	1	9	0	31	0	0	1	103	1.671	11.6	0.4	3.5	12.0	3.44
Rk (1 season)					Minors		0	0		0.00	0.00	3	0	2	0	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	8	0	0	0	11	0.667	0.0	0.0	6.0	24.0	4.00