Johnny Marcum Notable

b. September 9, 1909 · Philadelphia Athletics 1933–1935, Boston Red Sox 1936–1938, St. Louis Browns 1939, Chicago White Sox 1939

Johnny Marcum played for four clubs across seven seasons as a pitcher, opening with the Philadelphia Athletics in 1933 and closing with the Chicago White Sox in 1939.

He went 65 and 63 with a 4.66 earned run average, pitching 1,099 innings in 195 games. He struck out 392, completed 69 of his 132 starts and threw 8 shutouts. Across 299 games he batted .265, with 141 hits and 56 runs. He finished with 5 home runs and 18 doubles.

He was born in Campbellsburg, KY, USA on September 9, 1909, and died on September 10, 1984. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1933	PHA	5	12	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	.167
1934	PHA	58	112	10	30	4	0	1	13	3	5	.268
1935	PHA	64	119	13	37	2	1	2	17	9	5	.311
1936	BOS	48	88	6	18	3	0	2	7	3	5	.205
1937	BOS	51	86	12	23	8	0	0	13	7	4	.267
1938	BOS	19	37	3	5	0	0	0	3	6	9	.135
1939	CHW/SLB	54	79	10	26	1	0	0	17	6	3	.329
Career	—	299	533	56	141	18	1	5	70	36	32	.265

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1933	PHA	3	2	5	5	0	37.0	28	8	20	14	1.95
1934	PHA	14	11	37	31	0	232.0	257	116	88	92	4.50
1935	PHA	17	12	39	27	3	242.2	256	110	83	99	4.08
1936	BOS	8	13	31	23	1	174.0	194	93	52	57	4.81
1937	BOS	13	11	37	23	3	183.2	230	99	47	59	4.85
1938	BOS	5	6	15	11	0	92.1	113	42	25	25	4.09
1939	CHW/SLB	5	8	31	12	0	137.2	191	101	29	46	6.60
Career	—	65	63	195	132	7	1099.1	1269	569	344	392	4.66

On this day & linked events

1909

Born September 9, 1909

Campbellsburg, KY, USA

1984

Died September 10, 1984

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