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James Marvel

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 215lb (193cm, 97kg)

Born: September 17, 1993 in San Francisco, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 37th round of the 2012 MLB June Amateur Draft from Campolindo HS (Moraga, CA) and the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 36th round of the 2015 MLB June Amateur Draft from Duke University (Durham, NC).

High School: Campolindo HS (Moraga, CA)

School: Duke University (Durham, NC)

Debut: September 8, 2019 (Age 25-356d, 22,059th in major league history)
vs. STL 5.0 IP, 4 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER, L

Last Game: September 28, 2019 (Age 26-011d)
vs. CIN 5.0 IP, 6 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER

Agents: Sosnick Cobbe & Karon

Full Name: James Michael Marvel

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.4

ERA

8.31

17.1

WHIP

1.788

Summary of 4 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 0 tying, 2 go ahead

1 Tm
PIT	4

Platoon
vs RHB	2
vs LHB	2

Home/Road
Away	3
Home	1

Outs
2	3
1	1

3 Opps
CHC	2
CIN	1
MIL	1

4 Batters
Keston Hiura	1
Ben Zobrist	1
Tucker Barnhart	1
Kris Bryant	1

3 Parks
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	2
PNC Pk (PIT)	1
Am Fam Field (MIL)	1

Where Hit
78	2
89	1
9	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
3	2
7+	1
5	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	2
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	2
1--	1
-2-	1

6 Runs
RISP	1
0 on	2
1 on	2
Any on	2

Inning
1	1
2	1
3	1
4	1

1-3	3
4-6	1

RelScore
+4..	2
Tied	1
-1	1

Ahead	2
Tied	1
Behind	1

Before event,
for batter

Count
1-1	2
3-1	1
3-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
2B	2
C	1
3B	1

OrderPos
7th	1
4th	1
3rd	1
6th	1

Leverage
Medium Lev	1
Low Lev	3

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2019	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2019-09-14	Ben Zobrist	CHC		PIT	ahead 4-0	b 3	1	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	6	4	4%	92%	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
2	2	2	2	2019-09-14	Kris Bryant	CHC		PIT	ahead 5-1	b 4	2	-2-	3,(1-1) CBX	2	3	5	6%	96%	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); N. Castellanos Scores
3	3	3	1	2019-09-21	Keston Hiura	MIL		PIT	behind 0-1	b 1	2	1--	8,(3-2) *BBFBFFFX	2	4	4	19%	61%	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Y. Grandal Scores
4	4	4	1	2019-09-28	Tucker Barnhart	CIN	@	PIT	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	5,(3-1) BFBBX	1	7	2	11%	57%	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)