What years did Shaun Marcum play?

Shaun Marcum played in Major League Baseball from 2005 to 2015.

Was Shaun Marcum a pitcher?

Yes. Shaun Marcum pitched in the major leagues, recording 61 wins and 836 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Shaun Marcum hit?

Shaun Marcum hit 1 career home run with 17 hits.

What teams did Shaun Marcum play for?

Shaun Marcum played for 4 teams: the Toronto Blue Jays (2005–2008, 2010), the Milwaukee Brewers (2011–2012), the New York Mets (2013), and the Cleveland Indians (2015).

What were Shaun Marcum's career stats?

In 195 games, Shaun Marcum went 61-48 with a 3.93 ERA, 836 strikeouts, 1,030.0 innings pitched, and 1 saves.

What was Shaun Marcum's salary?

Shaun Marcum's last recorded salary was $4,000,000, in 2013. His highest recorded salary was $7,725,000, in 2012, and his lowest was $386,100, in 2007. The Salary History table lists each season from 2007 to 2013.

What position did Shaun Marcum play?

Shaun Marcum played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Shaun Marcum and how much did he weigh?

Shaun Marcum was listed at 6 feet and 195 pounds.

What was Shaun Marcum's career ERA?

Shaun Marcum finished with a 3.93 career ERA, going 61-48 with 836 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Shaun Marcum have?

Shaun Marcum recorded 836 career strikeouts.

Is Shaun Marcum in the Hall of Fame?

No. Shaun Marcum has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Shaun Marcum

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2005-2015)

Shaun Marcum was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2005 to 2015 for 4 teams, including the Toronto Blue Jays, a span of 11 seasons. Across 195 career appearances, he went 61-48 with a 3.93 ERA and 836 strikeouts.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 17, 2026

W–L 61–48

ERA 3.93

WHIP 1.23

SO 836

Pitcher PIV -2652.0

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'0" / 195 lb
Born: 12/14/1981 in Kansas City, MO, USA
MLB Debut: 2005-09-06
Last Game: 2015-06-17

Full name: Shaun Michal Marcum

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Career Pitching Statistics

Shaun Marcum — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
61	48	195	167	1	0	1	1030.0	957	450	140	314	836	3.93	-2652.0

Career ERA 3.93 vs. league average 4.16 across their career seasons — 5.6% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Shaun Marcum Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2005	TOR	AL	0	0	5	0	0	0	8.0	6	0	4	4	0.00	—	0.0
2006	TOR	AL	3	4	21	14	0	0	78.1	87	44	38	65	5.06	4.53 (-12%)	-1747.3
2007	TOR	AL	12	6	38	25	0	1	159.0	149	73	49	122	4.13	4.47 (+8%)	-1821.9
2008	TOR	AL	9	7	25	25	0	0	151.1	126	57	50	123	3.39	4.32 (+22%)	-516.1
2010	TOR	AL	13	8	31	31	1	0	195.1	181	79	43	165	3.64	4.08 (+11%)	1728.8
2011	MIL	NL	13	7	33	33	0	0	200.2	175	79	57	158	3.54	3.94 (+10%)	1119.8
2012	MIL	NL	7	4	21	21	0	0	124.0	116	51	41	109	3.70	4.01 (+8%)	-273.3
2013	NYN	NL	1	10	14	12	0	0	78.1	85	46	21	60	5.29	3.87 (-37%)	458.4
2015	CLE	AL	3	2	7	6	0	0	35.0	32	21	11	30	5.40	3.96 (-36%)	-1600.6
Career · 9 seasons			61	48	195	167	1	1	1,030.0	957	450	314	836	3.93	—	-2,652

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Shaun Marcum — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
197	129	6	17	5	0	1	8	0	9	44	.132	.200	.194	.394	-341

Career AVG .132 vs. league average .260 across their career seasons — 49.3% below league average.

Career OBP .200 vs. league average .326 across their career seasons — 38.7% below league average.

Career SLG .194 vs. league average .411 across their career seasons — 52.8% below league average.

Career OPS .394 vs. league average .737 across their career seasons — 46.6% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Shaun Marcum Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2005	TOR	AL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2006	TOR	AL	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2007	TOR	AL	38	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2008	TOR	AL	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2010	TOR	AL	31	4	1	1	1	0	1	1	2	.250	—	—	—	—	0.0
2011	MIL	NL	33	59	4	9	2	1	6	4	21	.153	.255 (-40%)	.320 (-32%)	.399 (-41%)	.719 (-37%)	-341.2
2012	MIL	NL	22	38	1	4	1	0	1	3	14	.105	—	—	—	—	0.0
2013	NYN	NL	15	22	0	3	1	0	0	0	5	.136	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	CLE	AL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 9 seasons			197	129	6	17	5	1	8	9	44	.132	—	—	—	—	-341

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Shaun Marcum — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Shaun Marcum — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
2011	NLCS	MIL	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2011	NLDS2	MIL	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Shaun Marcum — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	3	3	3	0	9.2	17	16	5	5	14.90

Playoff Pitching by Year

Shaun Marcum — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2011	NLCS	MIL	0	2	2	2	0	5.0	10	9	2	2	16.20
2011	NLDS2	MIL	0	1	1	1	0	4.2	7	7	3	3	13.50

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Shaun Marcum — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	99	51	1	7	1	5	.137
Away	98	78	5	10	0	3	.128

Pitching — Home / Away

Shaun Marcum — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	97	515.0	478	240	176	447	4.19
Away	98	515.0	479	210	138	389	3.67

Last 10 Games — Batting

Shaun Marcum — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	SO
2015-06-17	CLE	CHC	L	0	0
2015-06-11	CLE	SEA	W	0	0
2015-06-05	CLE	BAL	L	0	0
2015-05-30	CLE	SEA	W	0	0
2015-05-25	CLE	TEX	L	0	0
2015-05-20	CLE	CHW	W	0	0
2015-04-12	CLE	DET	L	0	0
2013-07-06	NYN	MIL	L	2	1
2013-07-04	NYN	AZ	L	0	0
2013-07-01	NYN	AZ	W	1	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Shaun Marcum — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2015-06-17	CLE	CHC	L	2.0	6	6	6	1	0	2
2015-06-11	CLE	SEA	W	7.0	2	0	0	0	5	0
2015-06-05	CLE	BAL	L	6.1	8	3	3	1	4	1
2015-05-30	CLE	SEA	W	5.1	5	2	2	3	5	1
2015-05-25	CLE	TEX	—	2.2	4	7	7	3	6	2
2015-05-20	CLE	CHW	W	6.2	4	2	2	0	6	2
2015-04-12	CLE	DET	—	5.0	3	1	1	3	4	1
2013-07-06	NYN	MIL	L	5.0	11	6	5	1	3	1
2013-07-01	NYN	AZ	—	6.0	6	3	3	3	2	1
2013-06-26	NYN	CHW	W	8.0	4	0	0	2	2	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Shaun Marcum — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	195	167	88	135	2	11

Season-by-Season Fielding

Shaun Marcum — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2005	TOR	P	5	0	0	0	0	0
2006	TOR	P	21	14	2	10	0	0
2007	TOR	P	38	25	19	27	0	6
2008	TOR	P	25	25	18	17	0	0
2010	TOR	P	31	31	18	24	0	1
2011	MIL	P	33	33	13	26	1	4
2012	MIL	P	21	21	11	16	1	0
2013	NYN	P	14	12	4	13	0	0
2015	CLE	P	7	6	3	2	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Shaun Marcum Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	195

Awards & Honors

Shaun Marcum — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2011	Player of the Week	Week of 2011-05-22

Salary History

Shaun Marcum's recorded salaries total $17,718,800 over 7 seasons, 2007 to 2013. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Marcum's career ran from 2005 to 2015. No salary is recorded for 2005, 2006, and 2015.

Shaun Marcum — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2013	NYN	NL	$4,000,000
2012	MIL	NL	$7,725,000
2011	MIL	NL	$3,950,000
2010	TOR	AL	$850,000
2009	TOR	AL	$405,200
2008	TOR	AL	$402,500
2007	TOR	AL	$386,100
Total recorded salary (partial)			$17,718,800

College History

Shaun Marcum — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
University of Missouri Columbia	Columbia	MO	2001
Missouri State University	Springfield	MO	2002, 2003

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Shaun Marcum: the record in brief

Shaun Marcum's major league career runs from a debut on September 6, 2005 to a final game on June 17, 2015. The season rows list, in order, the Toronto Blue Jays (2005 to 2010), the Milwaukee Brewers (2011 to 2012), the New York Mets (2013), and the Cleveland Indians (2015). At 6'0" and 195 pounds, Marcum is listed as a pitcher. The bio says Marcum batted and threw right-handed. Marcum was born on December 14, 1981, in Kansas City, MO, USA. The bio lists the given name Shaun Michal.

Marcum went 61-48 with a 3.93 ERA in 195 games, 167 of them starts. Marcum had 836 strikeouts. The leagues Marcum pitched in allowed 4.16 earned runs per nine over those seasons, so the career ERA was 5.6% better than average. The best win total was 13, in 2010. In 2008, one of the busiest seasons, Marcum posted a 3.39 ERA; the league figure that year was 4.32.

Marcum's awards table lists Player of the Week (2011).

Frequently Asked Questions about Shaun Marcum

What years did Shaun Marcum play?: Shaun Marcum played in Major League Baseball from 2005 to 2015.
Was Shaun Marcum a pitcher?: Yes. Shaun Marcum pitched in the major leagues, recording 61 wins and 836 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Shaun Marcum hit?: Shaun Marcum hit 1 career home run with 17 hits.
What teams did Shaun Marcum play for?: Shaun Marcum played for 4 teams: the Toronto Blue Jays (2005–2008, 2010), the Milwaukee Brewers (2011–2012), the New York Mets (2013), and the Cleveland Indians (2015).
What were Shaun Marcum's career stats?: In 195 games, Shaun Marcum went 61-48 with a 3.93 ERA, 836 strikeouts, 1,030.0 innings pitched, and 1 saves.
How much did Shaun Marcum earn in his career?: Shaun Marcum's recorded salaries total $17,718,800 over 7 seasons, 2007 to 2013. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Marcum's career ran from 2005 to 2015. No salary is recorded for 2005, 2006, and 2015.
What was Shaun Marcum's salary?: Shaun Marcum's last recorded salary was $4,000,000, in 2013. His highest recorded salary was $7,725,000, in 2012, and his lowest was $386,100, in 2007. The Salary History table lists each season from 2007 to 2013.
What position did Shaun Marcum play?: Shaun Marcum played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Shaun Marcum and how much did he weigh?: Shaun Marcum was listed at 6 feet and 195 pounds.
What was Shaun Marcum's career ERA?: Shaun Marcum finished with a 3.93 career ERA, going 61-48 with 836 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Shaun Marcum have?: Shaun Marcum recorded 836 career strikeouts.
Is Shaun Marcum in the Hall of Fame?: No. Shaun Marcum has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.