Johnny Marcum
1933–1939 · bats L / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Athletics, St. Louis Browns
299G
.265AVG
.311OBP
.330SLG
More career statistics
141H
5HR
70RBI
0SB
65–63W–L
1,099.1IP
392K
4.66ERA
132GS
7SV
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 533 | 534 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 580 | 581 |
| Batting · RBI | 70 | 69 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 4,847 | 4,851 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,269 | 1,271 |
| Pitching · p hr | 91 | 89 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 3,298 | 3,299 |
| Pitching · p k | 392 | 393 |
| Pitching · p w | 344 | 346 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 299 | 580 | 533 | 56 | 141 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 70 | 36 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 176 | .265 | .311 | .330 | .641 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,099.3 | 195 | 132 | 69 | 65 | 63 | 7 | 1,269 | 630 | 569 | 91 | 344 | 392 | 0 | 0 | 4.66 | 1.467 |
Streaks
5longest hitting streak · 1934-09-12 to 1934-09-24
5longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44 | 4 home runs allowed | 1937-09-02 | 1 in 801 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Ten Runs Allowed | 1935-06-15 | 1 in 102 games | box score ↗ |
| 34 | 11 innings pitched | 1935-06-20 | 1 in 308 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 142 | 273 | 71 | 3 | 37 | 14 | 13 | .283 | .311 | .371 |
| Away | 157 | 308 | 70 | 2 | 32 | 22 | 19 | .247 | .299 | .293 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 17 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | .222 | .323 | .222 |
| May | 55 | 101 | 22 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 11 | .234 | .267 | .309 |
| June | 63 | 120 | 28 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 4 | .252 | .292 | .324 |
| July | 55 | 119 | 31 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 6 | .282 | .311 | .418 |
| August | 52 | 105 | 25 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 6 | .253 | .276 | .253 |
| September | 56 | 104 | 29 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 1 | .315 | .375 | .370 |
| October | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 46 | 68 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 8 | .274 | .324 | .306 |
| chicago-white-sox | 43 | 86 | 20 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | .253 | .302 | .342 |
| st-louis-browns | 43 | 96 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | .207 | .240 | .241 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 39 | 83 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 5 | .250 | .301 | .292 |
| detroit-tigers | 38 | 81 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 5 | .275 | .284 | .300 |
| cleveland-guardians | 36 | 62 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 5 | .259 | .306 | .379 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 29 | 54 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | .362 | .444 | .511 |
| boston-red-sox | 25 | 51 | 14 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .286 | .294 | .367 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1933 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 5 | 12 | 2 | – | – | – | .167 | 37 | 14 |
| 1934 | Philadelphia Athletics | 58 | 112 | 30 | 1 | 13 | – | .268 | 232 | 92 |
| 1935 | Philadelphia Athletics | 64 | 119 | 37 | 2 | 17 | – | .311 | 242 | 100 |
| 1936 |  Boston Red Sox | 48 | 88 | 18 | 2 | 6 | – | .205 | 174 | 57 |
| 1937 | Boston Red Sox | 51 | 86 | 23 | – | 13 | – | .267 | 184 | 58 |
| 1938 | Boston Red Sox | 19 | 38 | 5 | – | 3 | – | .132 | 92 | 26 |
| 1939 | Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Browns | 54 | 79 | 26 | – | 17 | – | .329 | 137 | 46 |