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Johnny Marcum

Positions: Pitcher and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-11, 197lb (180cm, 89kg)

Born: September 9, 1909 in Campbellsburg, KY us

Died: September 10, 1984 in Louisville, KY

Buried: Eminence Cemetery, Eminence, KY

Debut: September 7, 1933 (Age 23-363d, 7,625th in major league history)
vs. CLE 9.0 IP, 5 H, 4 SO, 6 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: September 30, 1939 (Age 30-021d)
vs. SLB 5.0 IP, 4 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1934 season

Full Name: John Alfred Marcum

Nicknames: Footsie

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

16.2

ERA

4.66

195

132

1099.1

392

WHIP

1.467

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	19-32 / in Starts: 10-13
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	40 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 95 PAs	13
Actual Runners on Base	68 (34-20-14) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 95 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	64 (32-20-11)

Most Driven In
R Ferrell	2
B Mills	2
P Higgins	2
J Peacock	1
E McNair	1
B Chapman	1
M Almada	1
M Berg	1

Most Driven In By
B Mills	3
J Cronin	2
J Foxx	2
D Cramer	2

1937 Batting Game Log

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1937 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	176	2 (1)	Apr 24	BOS		NYY	L,5-6	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	5.20	-0.139	14.31	-0.23%	-0.86	PH
2	177	4 (1)	Apr 26	BOS		WSH	W,12-5	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	.50	0.026	1.10	0.03%	-0.65	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
3	178	6 (1)	May 1	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9	2.31	-0.061	6.44	-0.10%	-0.20	PH
4	179	7	May 2	BOS	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.273	.273	.545	9	1.22	0.077	3.23	0.12%	0.18	P
5	180	9 (1)	May 6	BOS	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	.95	-0.098	2.60	-0.16%	-1.22	P
6	181	11 (1)	May 8	BOS	@	CHW	L,5-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.188	.188	.188	.375	9	4.02	-0.119	12.60	-0.22%	-0.39	PH
7	182	13 (1)	May 10	BOS	@	CLE	L,5-6	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.176	.176	.176	.353	9	.61	-0.016	1.85	-0.03%	-0.19	P
8	183	14	May 11	BOS	@	CLE	W,11-4	4-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.211	.211	.211	.421	9	.38	0.016	1.11	0.03%	1.45	P
9	184	17 (2)	May 16	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-5	GS-8	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.238	.273	.238	.511	9	1.36	0.136	3.55	0.21%	1.14	P
10	185	19 (1)	May 18	BOS		CLE	L,4-7	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.304	.273	.577	9	.85	0.036	2.34	0.06%	0.29	PH
11	186	20	May 20	BOS		CLE	L,5-16	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.304	.273	.577	9						P
12	187	23 (2)	May 23	BOS		CHW	L,4-6	GS-10	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.259	.231	.490	9	.99	-0.151	1.89	-0.17%	-2.24	P
13	188	27 (3)	May 28	BOS		WSH	W,7-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.241	.267	.241	.508	9	.39	-0.021	.83	-0.03%	-0.49	P
14	189	30 (2)	May 31 (1)	BOS		NYY	L,3-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.241	.267	.241	.508	9						P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
15	190	32 (1)	Jun 3	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-11	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.241	.267	.241	.508	9						P
16	191	34 (1)	Jun 6 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,6-5	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1		0	0	0				0	0	.250	.294	.250	.544	9						P
17	192	37 (2)	Jun 8	BOS	@	CLE	W,10-8	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.294	.250	.544	9						P
18	193	53 (15)	Jun 26	BOS		SLB	L,1-7	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.257	.297	.286	.583	9	.48	-0.028	1.26	-0.05%	-0.05	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
19	194	59 (5)	Jul 2	BOS		PHA	W,8-4	GS-7	3	3	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.289	.325	.368	.693	9	1.18	0.178	2.17	0.20%	1.47	P
20	195	61 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,7-6	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.289	.325	.368	.693	9						P
21	196	63 (1)	Jul 5 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-15	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.282	.317	.359	.676	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.37	PH
22	197	64	Jul 5 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.275	.310	.350	.660	9	.47	-0.013	1.51	-0.03%	-0.56	PH
23	198	67 (2)	Jul 10 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG(11)	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.256	.319	.326	.645	9	.90	0.043	1.94	0.06%	-0.43	P
24	199	71 (3)	Jul 15	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-5	GS-7	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.261	.320	.348	.668	9	1.02	0.010	2.78	0.02%	0.17	P
25	200	76 (4)	Jul 19	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-6	GS-8	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.265	.321	.367	.688	9	1.28	0.196	2.56	0.24%	1.34	P
26	201	83 (6)	Jul 27	BOS		SLB	L,5-8	GS-4	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.280	.333	.400	.733	9	1.10	0.074	1.21	0.05%	1.10	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
27	202	92 (8)	Aug 4 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,6-5	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.275	.327	.392	.719	9	3.02	-0.080	4.51	-0.07%	-0.20	P
28	203	96 (3)	Aug 8 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,7-6	4-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.259	.310	.370	.681	9	1.40	-0.113	2.60	-0.13%	-0.78	P
29	204	100 (3)	Aug 12 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,16-10	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.255	.305	.364	.669	9	1.14	-0.035	1.49	-0.03%	-0.37	P
30	205	102 (1)	Aug 13	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-3	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.250	.300	.357	.657	9						P
31	206	107 (4)	Aug 18	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-4	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.311	.357	.669	8	1.63	0.079	.71	0.02%	0.62	PH
32	207	108	Aug 19	BOS	@	PHA	W,5-4	GS-8	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.323	.367	.690	9	1.19	-0.005	.33	0.00%	-0.04	P
33	208	109	Aug 20	BOS		WSH	L,1-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.262	.318	.361	.679	9	1.81	-0.056	.53	-0.01%	-0.28	PH
34	209	113 (3)	Aug 26	BOS	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.262	.314	.354	.668	9	1.19	-0.088	.14	-0.01%	-0.69	P
35	210	117 (3)	Aug 29 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-8	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.262	.324	.354	.678	9	.03	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.14	PH
36	211	118	Aug 31	BOS	@	CHW	L,6-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.262	.324	.354	.678	9						P
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
37	212	120 (1)	Sep 2 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-4	GS-3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.262	.324	.354	.678	9	2.08	-0.012	.10	0.00%	-0.12	P
38	213	121	Sep 2 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,8-10	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.333	.364	.697	9	.42	0.020	.02	0.00%	1.00	PH
39	214	127 (5)	Sep 7 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.342	.386	.728	9	1.65	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.19	P
40	215	130 (2)	Sep 9	BOS	@	NYY	W,13-7	7-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.296	.351	.394	.745	9	.28	0.011	.00	0.00%	0.86	P
41	216	132 (1)	Sep 11	BOS	@	PHA	W,6-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.296	.351	.394	.745	9						P
42	217	133	Sep 12	BOS	@	PHA	W,13-6	8-GF	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.301	.354	.397	.752	9	1.37	0.140	.00	0.00%	1.50	PH P
43	218	134	Sep 15	BOS		CHW	L,3-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.297	.350	.392	.742	9	2.15	-0.059	.00	0.00%	-0.29	PH
44	219	135	Sep 17	BOS		CLE	L,1-4	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.293	.346	.387	.732	9	.83	-0.022	.00	0.00%	-0.20	PH P
45	220	136	Sep 18	BOS		CLE	L,6-7	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.289	.341	.382	.723	8	2.51	-0.076	.00	0.00%	-0.28	PH
46	221	137	Sep 20 (1)	BOS		SLB	L,6-8	GS-4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.289	.349	.382	.731	9	.71	0.027	.00	0.00%	0.29	P
47	222	140 (2)	Sep 21 (2)	BOS		DET	L,1-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.345	.377	.722	8	.61	-0.020	.00	0.00%	-0.28	PH
48	223	141	Sep 22	BOS		DET	L,4-6	2-GF	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.272	.330	.358	.688	9	1.26	-0.210	.00	0.00%	-2.64	P
49	224	147 (5)	Sep 27 (2)	BOS		PHA	L,0-6	3-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.268	.326	.354	.680	9	.66	-0.020	.00	0.00%	-0.41	PH
50	225	149 (1)	Sep 29 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,7-4	5-GF	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.271	.326	.365	.691	9	.75	-0.064	.00	0.00%	-1.01	P
51	226	153 (3)	Oct 2	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-11	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.323	.360	.683	9	.92	-0.011	.00	0.00%	-0.20	P
							19-32		95	86	12	23	8	0	0	13	7	0	4	0	2		1		0	0	.267	.323	.360	.683		1.13	-0.446	1.60	-0.23%	-3.69

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