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Johnny Marcum
John Alfred Marcum (Footsie)

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 197 lb.

Debut September 7, 1933
Final Game September 30, 1939
Born September 9, 1909 in Campbellsburg, KY
Died September 10, 1984 in Louisville, KY

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Pitching Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1933 23 PHA AL   3   2   5   5   4   2   0  0   37.0   28   12    8   0   20   14   0   1   161       1  1.95  4.28  220 1.297
 1934 24 PHA AL  14  11  37  31  17   2   3  0  232.0  257  131  116  13   88   92   4   1  1030       1  4.50  4.36   97 1.487
 1935 25 PHA AL  17  12  39  27  19   2  12  3  242.7  256  125  110   9   83   99   2   2  1061       0  4.08  4.54  111 1.397 MVP-20
 1936 26 BOS AL   8  13  31  23   9   1   7  1  174.0  194  100   93  14   52   57   0   3   750       1  4.81  5.29  110 1.414
 1937 27 BOS AL  13  11  37  23   9   1  13  3  183.7  230  104   99  17   47   59   2   2   808       0  4.85  4.76   98 1.508
 1938 28 BOS AL   5   6  15  11   7   0   3  0   92.3  113   49   42  11   25   25   0   1   408       0  4.09  4.93  120 1.495
 1939 29 TOT AL   5   8  31  12   4   0  13  0  137.7  191  109  101  27   29   46   1   2   629       0  6.60  4.76   72 1.598
         SLB AL   2   5  12   6   2   0   5  0   47.7   66   43   41  12   10   14   1   0   214       0  7.74  4.85   63 1.594
         CHW AL   3   3  19   6   2   0   8  0   90.0  125   66   60  15   19   32   0   2   415       0  6.00  4.71   79 1.600
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  7 Yr WL% .508  65  63 195 132  69   8  51  7 1099.3 1269  630  569  91  344  392   9  12  4847       3  4.66  4.71  101 1.467
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    13  13  40  27  14   1  10  1  228.3  263  131  118  18   71   81   1   2  1007   0   0  4.66  4.71  101 1.467
 Career High     17  13  39  31  19   2  13  3  242.7  257  131  116  27   88   99   4   3  1061   0   1  4.08  5.29  120 1.397

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1933 23 PHA AL   5   12    2    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   1  .167  .286  .167   22    2   0           0    
 1934 24 PHA AL  58  112   10   30   4  0   1   13   0  1   3   5  .268  .287  .330   62   37   2           0    
 1935 25 PHA AL  64  119   13   37   2  1   2   17   0  0   9   5  .311  .359  .395   96   47   4           0     MVP-20
 1936 26 BOS AL  48   88    6   18   3  0   2    7   0  0   3   5  .205  .231  .307   29   27   3           0    
 1937 27 BOS AL  51   86   12   23   8  0   0   13   0  0   7   4  .267  .323  .360   69   31   2           0    
 1938 28 BOS AL  19   37    3    5   0  0   0    3   0  0   6   9  .135  .256  .135   -1    5   0           0    
 1939 29 TOT AL  54   79   10   26   1  0   0   17   0  0   6   3  .329  .376  .342   83   27   0           0   1
         SLB AL  16   22    3   10   1  0   0    5   0  0   1   2  .455  .478  .500  148   11   0           0   1
         CHW AL  38   57    7   16   0  0   0   12   0  0   5   1  .281  .339  .281   58   16   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      299  533   56  141  18  1   5   70   0  1  36  32  .265  .311  .330   62  176  11   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        289   30   76  10  1   3   38   0  1  20  17  .265  .311  .330   62   95   6   0   0   0   1
 Career High     64  119   13   37   8  1   2   17   0  1   9   9                          47   4   0   0   0   1

Special Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1933 23 PHA AL   14   10    1   2.7   107| .167  .282| .286  .354| .167  .406| .453  .760|  22  .260  -1.3  -0.1   0%
 1934 24 PHA AL  117   85   10   3.1   108| .268  .283| .287  .356| .330  .408| .617  .764|  62  .297  -6.7  -0.6   0%
 1935 25 PHA AL  132   86   17   5.3   110| .311  .286| .359  .359| .395  .414| .754  .772|  96  .523  -1.0  -0.1   0%
 1936 26 BOS AL   94   73    6   2.2   127| .205  .306| .231  .383| .307  .450| .538  .832|  29  .154 -10.9  -1.0   0%
 1937 27 BOS AL   95   65   10   4.1   120| .267  .295| .323  .371| .360  .439| .683  .810|  69  .385  -4.1  -0.4   0%
 1938 28 BOS AL   43   32    1   0.8   123| .135  .296| .256  .376| .135  .442| .391  .818|  -1  .032  -6.1  -0.6   0%
 1939 29 TOT AL   85   54   10   4.9   116| .329  .290| .376  .365| .342  .428| .718  .794|  83  .485  -2.0  -0.1   0%
         SLB AL   23   13    5  10.2   116| .455  .289| .478  .364| .500  .427| .978  .791| 148  .782   1.7   0.2   0%
         CHW AL   62   41    5   3.2   116| .281  .290| .339  .366| .281  .429| .620  .795|  58  .305  -3.6  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons       580  405   55   3.6   116| .265  .291| .311  .366| .330  .426| .641  .793|  62  .342 -32.1  -2.9   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1933 23 PHA AL   P    5      5    8    0    0 1.000  .963  2.60  1.18  3.16  2.29    5   37.0
 1934 24 PHA AL   P   37     14   42    3    2  .949  .956  1.51  1.11  2.17  2.14   31  232.0
 1935 25 PHA AL   P   39     11   32    5    1  .896  .949  1.10  1.12  1.59  2.15   27  242.7
 1936 26 BOS AL   P   31      7   31    2    3  .950  .957  1.23  1.04  1.97  1.99   23  174.0
 1937 27 BOS AL   P   37     13   38    1    1  .981  .953  1.38  1.09  2.50  2.05   23  183.7
 1938 28 BOS AL   P   15      3   15    0    0 1.000  .952  1.20  1.12  1.76  2.11   11   92.3
 1939 29 TOT AL   P   31      8   17    1    2  .962  .951  0.81  0.98  1.63  1.92   12  137.7
         SLB AL   P   12      4    5    0    1 1.000  .947  0.75  0.98  1.70  1.92    6   47.7
         CHW AL   P   19      4   12    1    1  .941  .952  0.84  0.98  1.60  1.92    6   90.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1933 23 PHA AL   P    5      5    8    0    0 1.000  .963  2.60  1.18  3.16  2.29    5   37.0
 1934 24 PHA AL   P   37     14   42    3    2  .949  .956  1.51  1.11  2.17  2.14   31  232.0
 1935 25 PHA AL   P   39     11   32    5    1  .896  .949  1.10  1.12  1.59  2.15   27  242.7
 1936 26 BOS AL   P   31      7   31    2    3  .950  .957  1.23  1.04  1.97  1.99   23  174.0
 1937 27 BOS AL   P   37     13   38    1    1  .981  .953  1.38  1.09  2.50  2.05   23  183.7
 1938 28 BOS AL   P   15      3   15    0    0 1.000  .952  1.20  1.12  1.76  2.11   11   92.3
 1939 29 TOT AL   P   31      8   17    1    2  .962  .951  0.81  0.98  1.63  1.92   12  137.7
         SLB AL   P   12      4    5    0    1 1.000  .947  0.75  0.98  1.70  1.92    6   47.7
         CHW AL   P   19      4   12    1    1  .941  .952  0.84  0.98  1.60  1.92    6   90.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 195     61  183   12    9  .953  .954  1.25  1.08  2.00  2.08  132 1099.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       195     61  183   12    9  .953  .954  1.25  1.08  2.00  2.08  132   1099

An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1935-AL-20-0.04
Car-1148-0.04 shares

Wins
1935 AL-17-7

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1936 AL-1.414-8

Bases on Balls/9IP
1936 AL-2.69-5
1937 AL-2.30-3

Strikeouts/9IP
1935 AL-3.67-9

Saves
1935 AL-3-8
1937 AL-3-9

Innings
1934 AL-232.0-10
1935 AL-242.7-8

Strikeouts
1934 AL-92-9
1935 AL-99-8

Games Started
1934 AL-31-8

Comp. Games
1934 AL-17-7
1935 AL-19-5

Shutouts
1933 AL-2-4
1934 AL-2-8
1935 AL-2-9

Home Runs Allow.
1937 AL-17-10
1939 AL-27-1

Hits Allowed
1934 AL-257-5
1935 AL-256-10

SO to Walk
1935 AL-1.19-7
1936 AL-1.10-8
1937 AL-1.26-8

Earned Runs Allow.
1934 AL-116-5
1935 AL-110-10

Hit Batsmen
1934 AL-4-6

Batters Faced
1934 AL-1030-10
1935 AL-1061-8

Gray Ink: Pitching - 36 (657) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Batting - 2.0 (3488) Pitching - 3.0 (1637) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 2.0 (1611) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions
December 10, 1935: Traded by the Philadelphia Athletics with Jimmie Foxx to the Boston Red Sox for Gordon Rhodes, George Savino (minors), and $150,000.
August 2, 1938: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with $20,000 to the 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.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1935-AL-20-0.04 Car-1148-0.04 shares	Wins 1935 AL-17-7	BB + H per IP (WHIP) 1936 AL-1.414-8	Bases on Balls/9IP 1936 AL-2.69-5 1937 AL-2.30-3	Strikeouts/9IP 1935 AL-3.67-9	Saves 1935 AL-3-8 1937 AL-3-9
Innings 1934 AL-232.0-10 1935 AL-242.7-8	Strikeouts 1934 AL-92-9 1935 AL-99-8	Games Started 1934 AL-31-8	Comp. Games 1934 AL-17-7 1935 AL-19-5	Shutouts 1933 AL-2-4 1934 AL-2-8 1935 AL-2-9	Home Runs Allow. 1937 AL-17-10 1939 AL-27-1
Hits Allowed 1934 AL-257-5 1935 AL-256-10	SO to Walk 1935 AL-1.19-7 1936 AL-1.10-8 1937 AL-1.26-8	Earned Runs Allow. 1934 AL-116-5 1935 AL-110-10	Hit Batsmen 1934 AL-4-6	Batters Faced 1934 AL-1030-10 1935 AL-1061-8