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Johnny
Marcum		  
Nickname: Footsie
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 197
 
Born: September 9, 1909 in Usa, KY, CAMPBELLSBURG
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1938   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1933 23 SEM AL   9 4 4 4 8 8 8 4 5 5
1934 24 SEM AL   9 4 4 4 8 8 8 4 4 4
1935 25 SEM AL $ 300,000 9 4 5 5 7 8 8 4 5 5
1936 26 SEM AL $ 300,000 9 5 5 5 7 8 8 5 6 5
1937 27 SEM AL $ 300,000 9 5 5 5 7 8 7 5 5 5
1938 28 SEM AL $ 300,000 9 5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5
1939 29 SEM AL $ 300,000 10 5 5 5 7 7 7 5 6 5
1940 30 SEM AL   10 4 5 5 7 7 7 5 6 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings   9 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 10 5 5 5 8 8 8 5 6 5
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1933 23 SEM AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 9 9 9
1934 24 SEM AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 9 9 9
1935 25 SEM AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 9 9 9
1936 26 SEM AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 9 9 9
1937 27 SEM AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 9 9 9
1938 28 SEM AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 9 9 9
1939 29 SEM AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 9 9 9
1940 30 SEM AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 9 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 9 9 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 9 9 9
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1933 23 AAA   10 9 .526 24 24 2 0 0 174.0 210 77 14 39 112 3.98 .303 .341 .445 .786  
1934 24 AAA   16 10 .615 30 30 2 1 0 213.3 278 110 23 48 125 4.64 .311 .346 .446 .792  
1935 25 AAA   17 5 .773 30 30 3 1 0 214.0 275 95 19 48 141 4.00 .315 .351 .450 .801  
1936 26 SEM AL 10 10 .500 42 16 7 0 0 162.0 189 88 10 30 37 4.89 .292 .322 .404 .726 6.8
1937 27 SEM AL 17 17 .500 44 36 12 3 0 289.0 343 144 17 75 102 4.48 .293 .336 .421 .756 13.9
1938 28 SEM AL 19 8 .704 30 29 15 1 0 226.7 257 118 14 57 73 4.69 .286 .327 .420 .747 10.4
1939 29 SEM AL 9 3 .750 38 5 2 0 3 75.0 67 23 6 12 39 2.76 .235 .263 .340 .604 10.3
1940 30 SEM AL 2 2 .500 34 0 0 0 5 34.0 40 14 2 14 6 3.71 .284 .348 .404 .753 3.3
1942 32 AA   3 1 .750 78 0 0 0 6 72.0 65 25 5 21 58 3.13 .241 .296 .326 .621  
5 Years Sim 57 40 .588 188 86 36 4 8 786.7 896 387 49 188 257 4.43 .285 .325 .409 .734 44.6
3 Years AAA 43 24 .642 84 84 7 2 0 601.3 763 282 56 135 378 4.22 .310 .346 .447 .793  
1 Years AA 3 1 .750 78 0 0 0 6 72.0 65 25 5 21 58 3.13 .241 .296 .326 .621  
4 Years Minors 46 25 .648 162 84 7 2 6 673.3 828 307 61 156 436 4.10 .304 .341 .435 .776  
Season Average 11 8 .579 37 17 7 0 1 157.3 179 77 9 37 51 4.43 .285 .325 .409 .734  
Career Highs 19 17 .750 44 36 15 3 5 289.0 343 144 17 75 102 4.89 .293 .348 .421 .756  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   420 177 22 81 154   .270 .306 .384 .690
vs LH   476 210 27 107 103   .300 .344 .433 .777
Home 29 20 .592 89 44 19 2 2 402.7 456 201 28 109 124 4.49 .286 .332 .421 .752
Away 28 20 .583 99 42 17 2 7 384.0 440 186 21 79 133 4.36 .284 .319 .397 .716
Mar/Apr 12 7 .632 32 22 11 0 2 184.3 202 73 9 42 59 3.56 .277 .316 .375 .691
May 10 9 .526 32 21 9 1 2 171.0 190 101 14 38 42 5.32 .277 .315 .423 .739
June 14 9 .609 40 18 7 2 2 161.6 182 76 11 36 62 4.23 .281 .319 .416 .735
July 9 5 .643 25 14 5 0 0 120.7 136 56 8 28 44 4.18 .283 .323 .415 .737
August 8 6 .571 34 8 3 1 1 100.7 125 57 4 23 33 5.10 .309 .347 .426 .772
Sep/Oct 4 4 .500 25 3 1 0 2 48.3 61 24 3 21 17 4.47 .308 .374 .414 .789
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1936 26 SEM AL 42 50 3 7 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 5 .140 .132 .140 .272 0.5 0.0
1937 27 SEM AL 44 99 4 23 4 0 0 9 0 0 1 12 .232 .240 .273 .513 6.3 0.0
1938 28 SEM AL 30 84 9 14 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 .167 .176 .179 .355 1.6 0.0
1939 29 SEM AL 38 14 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .286 .333 .286 .619 1.5 0.0
1940 30 SEM AL 34 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
5 Years Sim 188 249 18 48 5 0 0 18 0 0 3 25 .193 .200 .213 .413 9.7 0.0
162 Game Average 214 15 41 4 0 0 15 0 0 2 21 .193 .200 .213 .413 8.4  
Career Highs 44 99 9 23 4 0 0 9 0 0 1 12 .286 .333 .286 .619 6.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   173 11 31 3 0 0 13 0 0 3 16 .179 .191 .197 .388 3.5
vs LH   76 7 17 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 9 .224 .221 .250 .471 3.3
Home 89 116 11 23 4 0 0 9 0 0 1 15 .198 .203 .233 .436 3.8
Away 99 133 7 25 1 0 0 9 0 0 2 10 .188 .197 .195 .393 3.0
RISP   69 0 10 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 7 .145 .139 .145 .284 -0.7
Close/Late   17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.6
Mar/Apr 22 59 8 17 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 7 .288 .295 .322 .617 5.2
May 21 61 4 10 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 10 .164 .175 .197 .371 0.9
June 40 51 1 8 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 .157 .154 .157 .311 -0.1
July 22 44 2 6 1 0 0 6 0 0 1 2 .136 .156 .159 .315 -0.1
August 33 26 1 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 .192 .192 .192 .385 0.5
Sep/Oct 15 8 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1936 26 SEM AL P 42 16 162.0 11 41 5 3 .912 2.89    
1937 27 SEM AL P 44 36 289.0 23 79 4 3 .962 3.18    
1938 28 SEM AL P 30 29 226.7 20 47 3 1 .957 2.66    
1939 29 SEM AL P 38 5 75.0 9 13 1 1 .957 2.64    
1940 30 SEM AL P 34 0 34.0 4 2 0 0 1.000 1.59    
Career Totals   188 86 786.7 67 182 13 8 .950 2.85    
Career Highs   44 36 289.0 23 79 5 3 1.000 3.18    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1935 25 SEM AL 1 0 1.000 6 0 0 0 0 8.3 4 0 0 3 1 0.00 .143 .226 .143 .369
1936 26 SEM AL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 .000 .333 .000 .333
1938 28 SEM AL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 1 1.0 2 0 0 1 0 0.00 .500 .600 .500 1.100
1939 29 SEM AL 2 0 1.000 7 0 0 0 0 6.0 7 4 0 6 2 6.00 .304 .448 .304 .753
Career Post-Season Pitching 3 0 1.000 16 0 0 0 1 16.3 13 4 0 11 3 2.20 .228 .353 .228 .581
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1935 25 SEM AL 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Wins
1938-7-19
 Losses
1937-6-17
 Winning Pct
1938-4-.704
 Complete Games
1938-9-15
 Shutouts
1937-3-3
 Hits Allowed
1937-10-343
Walks per 9IP
1936-3-1.7
1938-5-2.3
 WHiP
1936-7-1.35
 OOBP
1936-7-.322
1938-10-.327
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 14    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  4. Nate Andrews (952)
  5. Bob Tewksbury (950)
  6. Charlie Lea (949)
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  8. Reggie Cleveland (948)
  9. Tom Morgan (945)
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 17th overall pick, by Seattle (M) in 1933
Injured on 5/17/1933 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 3/11/1934 with a Inflamed Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 3 weeks
Had first career hit on 4/25/1936, off Willis Hudlin (PIT)
Earned first career win on 4/25/1936
Injured on 9/23/1936 with a Tight Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/1937, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA
Injured on 6/13/1937 with a Hyper Extended Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Was selected to the 1938 Allstar game
Injured on 7/26/1938 with a Strained Bicep Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Won World Series with Seattle (M) in 1938
Injured on 4/25/1939 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 4 weeks
Won World Series with Seattle (M) in 1939
2/1/1940: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,160,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 7/22/1940 with a Ruptured Disc Back, out for full season
Released by Seattle (M) on 8/16/1940
Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 2/10/1941 to a 2-year deal worth $6,000,000 per year
Released by Pittsburgh on 10/1/1941
Signed as a free agent by Montreal on 2/17/1942 to a 2-year deal worth $451,000 per year
Injured on 7/14/1942 with a Blister On Finger, out for 4 days
Released by Montreal on 10/13/1942
 
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