Shaun Michael Marcum
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 Marcum in the Milwaukee Brewers Jersey (2011)
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| Born: December 14th, 1981 Kansas City , United States 
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| Strikes: Right | Throws: Right |
| Debut in Major League Baseball | |
| September 6, 2005 at the Toronto Blue Jays | |
| Last MLB assignment | |
| June 17, 2015 with the Cleveland Indians | |
| MLB statistics (until end of career) |
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| Win-loss | 61-48 |
| Earned Run Average | 3.93 |
| Strikeouts | 836 |
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Shaun Michael Marcum (born December 14, 1981 in Kansas City , Missouri ) is a retired American baseball player and pitcher .
Career
2003
In 2003, Shaun Marcum was drafted in the third round (80th overall) of the Major League Baseball Draft by the Toronto Blue Jays. He quickly went through the minor leagues and was on 6 September 2005 against the Baltimore Orioles already with 24 years of his debut in the MLB . He pitched a single inning and allowed the opponent a hit and walk , but not a run . He also managed his first strikeout .
2006
In 2006 Marcum played in 21 games for the Blue Jays. He was even allowed to go on the mound 14 times from the start . He was able to win three times, but had to leave the field as a loser four times. His ERA was a bit high at 5.06, but it showed an upward trend towards the end of the season.
2007
Marcum finally made the breakthrough in 2007. He won twelve games and lost just six times. He also improved his ERA to a very good value of 4.14. He pitched a total of 159 innings and earned 122 strikeouts. Even during the season, many experts believed that he and other young Blue Jays pitchers (especially Dustin McGowan, Jesse Litsch) had a great future ahead of them. Together with the experienced Roy Halladay and AJ Burnett, they formed one of the best pitching staff in the MLB.
2008
Marcum started the 2008 season very successfully. Although he could only win five games (due to the poor offensive performance of the Blue Jays), it was clear that Marcum would soon play a leading role in the organization from Toronto. In 98 2/3 innings he scored 86 strikeouts and his ERA was remarkable with a value of 2.65. As a result, however, the young pitcher was thrown off the track by a minor injury. After a few weak performances, the Blue Jays sent him to their farm team in Syracuse on August 23, where he was supposed to catch himself without pressure. He did this pretty well and in September Marcum returned to the starting rotation for the Blue Jays. Just when it looked like he was going to get back to his old form, Marcum injured himself again, this time badly. The Blue Jays announced that Marcum would have to undergo Tommy John surgery and would be missing out on the rest of the season and likely the entire next season.
2009
His team's fears were confirmed. Although in the course of the 2009 season there were repeated reports of a possible early return of Marcum, the Blue Jays decided to use him only with their minor league teams for the time being. The Blue Jays themselves were playing pretty weak at that time and so they didn't want to risk Marcum's injury breaking up again due to the lack of success.
In late 2009, the Blue Jays sold their long-time star pitcher Roy Halladay, whose contract was expiring, to the Philadelphia Phillies . So the Blue Jays needed a new number 1 pitcher. After an interesting pre-season competition, the Blue Jays announced that Marcum would take on this role.
2010
On April 5, 2010, after a long injury break, he finally made an extremely successful and convincing comeback. Already in the first game of the season he "flirted" with a no-hitter, on May 2nd he took his first win of the season and although he allowed Alex Rodriguez of the New York Yankees to do his 600th home run on August 4th beat, his stats were again exceptional; Marcum won 13 games and achieved an ERA of 3.64.
2011
On December 6, 2010, Shaun Marcum was traded to the Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for young infielder Brett Lawrie. The Blue Jays thus set a sign that they want to rely on their many young pitchers, who had developed well in Marcum's shadow, in the future. On April 2, 2011, Marcum made his debut with the Brewers.
Web links
- Player information and statistics from MLB or ESPN or Baseball Reference or Fangraphs or The Baseball Cube or Baseball Reference (Minor League) (English)
- Shaun Marcum's profile on Sportsillustrated ( Memento from September 21, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
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| SURNAME | Marcum, Shaun Michael |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American baseball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 14, 1981 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kansas City , Missouri |