James Karinchak

#99 - Relief Pitcher

Cleveland Guardians

Bats / Throws	Right / Right
Date of Birth	9/22/1995 (29)
Height, Weight	6'3", 215 lb
Hometown	Walden, NY

2023 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average

	Sv	IP	ERA	WHIP	K%	BB%
	0	39.0	3.23	1.33	30.4%	16.4%

	183^rd 3 Sv	203^rd 44 IP	96^th 4.16 ERA	192^nd 1.32 WHIP	38^th 23.7% K%	339^th 9.5% BB%

	FB MPH	SwStr%	CSW%	Str-ICR	MTK%	PLV	PLA
	94.8	12.1%	31.8%	-	6.4%	4.84	4.97

	153^rd 94.4 FB MPH	181^st 12.6% SwStr%	61^st 29.3% CSW%	- Str-ICR	93^rd - MTK%	263^rd 4.97 PLV	316^th - PLA

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Stats Glossary

Overview

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Year	Team	G	GS	IP	W-L	Sv	Hld	ERA	WHIP	xERA	FIP	xFIP	PLA	K%	BB%	H/9	HR/9	BABIP	HR/FB%	LOB%	ICR	GB%	SwStr%	CSW%	IPR	PLV
2019	CLE	5	0	5.1	0-0	0	0	1.69	0.75	-	0.67	-	-	36.4%	4.5%	5.1	0.00	.231	-	75.0%	-	-	18.1%	36.2%	0.85	-
2020	CLE	27	0	27.0	1-2	1	8	2.67	1.11	2.24	1.52	2.49	4.20	48.6%	14.7%	4.7	0.33	.342	5.3%	73.4%	37.5%	27.5%	18.4%	39.5%	0.86	5.02
2021	CLE	60	0	55.1	7-4	11	13	4.07	1.21	3.70	4.31	3.77	4.74	33.2%	13.6%	5.7	1.46	.228	20.0%	74.5%	37.4%	38.8%	13.9%	30.6%	0.58	4.89
2022	CLE	38	0	39.0	2-0	3	8	2.08	1.10	2.67	2.29	3.11	3.80	38.8%	13.1%	5.1	0.46	.270	5.7%	85.0%	43.4%	29.3%	13.5%	33.8%	0.65	5.02
2023	CLE	44	0	39.0	2-5	0	13	3.23	1.33	4.28	4.97	4.87	4.97	30.4%	16.4%	5.5	1.38	.220	15.0%	79.4%	42.0%	29.5%	12.1%	31.8%	0.60	4.84
RP MLB Percentile		54	0	40	33-8	0	80	72	43	40	18	23	8	89	1	94	24	94	31	81	13	2	45	82	-	22
RP MLB AVG		40	0	44.0	3-2	3	7	4.16	1.32	4.24	4.16	4.17	4.02	23.7%	9.5%	8.2	1.08	.293	13.0%	72.3%	36.7%	45.6%	12.6%	29.3%	0.53	4.97
Career		174	0	165.2	12-11	15	42	3.10	1.18	-	-	-	4.33	36.3%	14.1%	5.3	0.98	.249	12.9%	78.1%	38.5%	32.7%	14.2%	33.2%	0.65	4.93

Repertoire

Four-Seamer | 56%
Curveball | 44%
Cutter | 0%
Slider | 0%
All

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 All

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Year	Usage%	MPH	Zone%	O-Sw%	Str%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str-ICR	GB%	FB%	ICR	HR/FB%	AVG	BABIP	HL	HP	MTK%	PLV
2019	21.3%	96.8	-	-	70.0%	15.0%	20.0%	35.0%	-	-	-	-	-	.250	.500	-	-	-	-
2020	50.2%	95.5	44.7%	36.9%	64.3%	19.6%	13.6%	33.2%	56.6%	26.1%	47.8%	39.1%	9.1%	.184	.286	-1	-4.9	2.1%	5.12
2021	67.3%	95.9	45.3%	27.6%	61.6%	14.1%	12.5%	26.6%	51.2%	43.0%	33.3%	38.3%	25.8%	.194	.221	-1	0.5	3.2%	4.91
2022	59.5%	95.2	43.0%	31.4%	62.5%	14.3%	14.6%	28.9%	53.9%	24.1%	55.6%	33.3%	3.3%	.124	.189	-5	-8.3	0.7%	5.21
2023	56.5%	94.8	38.6%	32.3%	61.1%	11.8%	13.3%	25.1%	47.1%	21.1%	49.1%	50.9%	14.3%	.222	.264	+1	0.6	5.3%	4.84
RP MLB Percentile	83	56	4	81	25	64	15	26	76	8	77	17	44	66	65	27	41	71	46
RP MLB AVG	42.3%	94.4	49.5%	26.3%	64.5%	10.7%	17.3%	28.0%	51.2%	36.9%	40.0%	41.7%	15.5%	.259	.305	-1	-	8.0%	4.86

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HH%	Brl%	ICR	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	.176	.230	.270	.348	-	4.3%	39.1%	89.8	91.6	22.8	2.9	12.1	0.1	6.5	6.0	2,354
2021	.198	.328	.231	.379	-	10.8%	38.3%	90.6	86.7	16.1	3.0	10.4	-0.3	6.3	6.0	2,312
2022	.154	.260	.232	.290	-	5.6%	33.3%	90.6	88.9	29.7	1.1	12.2	0.2	6.5	6.0	2,342
2023	.243	.372	.301	.405	-	15.8%	50.9%	92.0	89.5	25.3	2.2	11.3	0.0	6.4	6.1	2,243
RP MLB Percentile	55	37	46	45	-	15	17	33	47	13	9	96	74	96	16	42
RP MLB AVG	.255	.357	.296	.401	-	9.8%	41.7%	90.6	88.7	17.6	4.8	9.0	-0.7	5.7	6.4	2,262

Year	P	TBF	Strikes	Balls	1B	2B	3B	HR	H	TB	TIC	K	BB	HBP
2019	20	4	14	6	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0
2020	235	45	151	84	4	1	1	1	7	10	9	19	3	0
2021	695	170	428	267	14	5	0	8	27	43	36	47	27	2
2022	419	108	262	157	7	2	1	1	11	14	18	36	17	1
2023	414	111	253	161	12	1	1	4	18	27	29	28	24	2
RP MLB Percentile	84	87	81	14	20	61	2	10	23	-	-	86	2	8
RP MLB AVG	249	61	162	87	8	3	0	2	13	17	16	14	8	1

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	PU%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Fl&B%	Solid%	Brl%	SS%	HH%	PC%	ICR
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	26.1%	26.1%	47.8%	17.4%	21.7%	34.8%	43.5%	21.7%	13.0%	4.3%	39.1%	-	60.8%	39.1%
2021	43.0%	23.7%	33.3%	11.8%	35.1%	40.4%	24.5%	18.3%	9.7%	10.8%	34.4%	-	61.3%	38.3%
2022	24.1%	20.4%	55.6%	27.8%	35.2%	31.5%	33.3%	20.4%	7.4%	5.6%	38.9%	-	66.6%	33.3%
2023	21.1%	29.8%	49.1%	10.5%	31.6%	42.1%	26.3%	24.6%	10.5%	15.8%	49.1%	-	49.1%	50.9%
RP MLB Percentile	8	18	77	42	54	81	20	45	29	15	10	-	-	17
RP MLB AVG	36.9%	23.2%	40.0%	12.5%	30.6%	34.8%	34.7%	24.2%	7.7%	9.8%	37.4%	-	58.4%	41.7%

Year	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	HL	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA	HR/FB%
2019	.250	.218	.500	.500	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	.184	.236	.286	.318	-1	.176	.230	.270	.348	89.8	91.6	22.8	9.1
2021	.194	.322	.221	.287	-1	.198	.328	.231	.379	90.6	86.7	16.1	25.8
2022	.124	.230	.189	.204	-5	.154	.260	.232	.290	90.6	88.9	29.7	3.3
2023	.222	.357	.264	.316	+1	.243	.372	.301	.405	92.0	89.5	25.3	14.3
RP MLB Percentile	66	44	65	60	27	55	37	46	45	33	47	13	44
RP MLB AVG	.259	.356	.305	.346	-1	.255	.357	.296	.401	90.6	88.7	17.6	15.5

Year	Zone%	Str%	Swing%	O-Sw%	Whiff%	Foul Str%	Con%	Z-Con%	O-Con%	CS%	SwStr%	CSW%	SIP%	BIP%	PLUS%	IPR	Str-ICR
2019	-	70.0%	50.0%	-	30.0%	25.0%	70.0%	-	-	20.0%	15.0%	35.0%	14.3%	10.0%	65.0%	0.90	-
2020	44.7%	64.3%	50.6%	36.9%	38.7%	21.3%	61.3%	64.8%	56.3%	13.6%	19.6%	33.2%	15.2%	9.8%	61.3%	0.75	56.6%
2021	45.3%	61.6%	49.1%	27.6%	28.7%	21.4%	71.3%	71.2%	71.4%	12.5%	14.1%	26.6%	22.0%	13.5%	57.7%	0.49	51.2%
2022	43.0%	62.5%	48.0%	31.4%	29.9%	20.8%	70.1%	77.8%	57.3%	14.6%	14.3%	28.9%	20.6%	12.9%	59.9%	0.57	53.9%
2023	38.6%	61.1%	47.8%	32.3%	24.7%	22.2%	75.3%	80.2%	68.3%	13.3%	11.8%	25.1%	22.5%	13.8%	56.8%	0.45	47.1%
RP MLB Percentile	4	25	49	81	63	63	63	60	47	15	64	26	62	69	33	67	76
RP MLB AVG	49.5%	64.5%	47.2%	26.3%	22.6%	20.7%	77.4%	81.3%	67.1%	17.3%	10.7%	28.0%	-	-	59.0%	0.53	-

Year	Zone%	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	mmLoc%
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	44.7%	34.0%	31.9%	34.0%	66.8%	18.3%	14.9%	17.4%	50.6%	6.8%
2021	45.3%	32.9%	29.9%	37.1%	59.3%	24.2%	16.5%	25.0%	45.0%	7.2%
2022	43.0%	30.5%	33.9%	35.6%	62.5%	19.3%	18.1%	26.0%	40.1%	4.3%
2023	38.6%	29.2%	34.9%	35.9%	76.6%	17.3%	6.0%	31.1%	34.0%	5.5%
RP MLB Percentile	4	27	93	46	99	2	1	61	12	18
RP MLB AVG	49.5%	34.5%	28.2%	37.3%	50.3%	25.7%	24.0%	29.2%	42.6%	7.6%

Year	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Early BIP%	F-Str%	TF-Str%	ECS%	2-Str O Sw%	PAR%
2019	70.0%	10.0%	20.0%	14.3%	62.5%	62.5%	28.6%	-	50.0%
2020	57.9%	14.9%	27.2%	8.8%	64.5%	56.5%	16.9%	34.4%	29.7%
2021	48.8%	20.6%	30.6%	12.4%	59.4%	46.9%	15.0%	21.6%	21.6%
2022	50.8%	17.7%	31.5%	9.4%	53.5%	45.3%	20.2%	31.1%	26.5%
2023	49.5%	17.9%	32.9%	12.7%	53.3%	38.9%	16.1%	33.1%	20.6%
RP MLB Percentile	17	28	69	47	17	8	15	95	63
RP MLB AVG	55.0%	15.3%	29.7%	13.0%	60.7%	50.4%	22.1%	21.5%	18.2%

Year	MPH	Ext	iHB	iVB	Total Break	VAA	Height Adj. VAA	Spin	PLV
2019	96.8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	95.5	6.0	4.7	20.5	21.1	-4.7	0.6	2,354	5.12
2021	95.9	6.0	5.6	17.4	18.6	-4.8	0.6	2,312	4.91
2022	95.2	6.0	2.0	20.4	20.6	-4.8	0.5	2,342	5.21
2023	94.8	6.1	4.0	18.9	19.4	-4.6	0.3	2,243	4.84
RP MLB Percentile	56	16	14	97	87	61	5	42	46
RP MLB AVG	94.4	6.4	-	-	-	-	-	2,262	4.86

Year	P	PLV	PLA	QP%	AP%	BP%	Q-BP%	HP	HL
2019	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	235	5.12	3.88	48.1%	16.2%	35.7%	12.3%	-4.9	-1
2021	695	4.91	4.65	46.9%	15.1%	38.0%	8.9%	0.5	-1
2022	419	5.21	3.21	54.7%	11.0%	34.4%	20.3%	-8.3	-5
2023	414	4.84	4.97	46.9%	14.0%	39.1%	7.7%	0.6	+1
RP MLB Percentile	84	46	-	68	20	54	54	41	27
RP MLB AVG	249	4.86	1.41	43.4%	17.0%	39.7%	3.7%	-	-1

Year	Usage%	MPH	Zone%	O-Sw%	Str%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str-ICR	GB%	FB%	ICR	HR/FB%	AVG	BABIP	HL	HP	MTK%	PLV
2019	18.1%	84.5	-	-	58.8%	17.6%	23.5%	41.2%	-	-	-	-	-	.000	.000	-	-	-	-
2020	49.8%	83.2	39.5%	26.2%	59.2%	17.2%	28.8%	45.9%	54.1%	29.4%	47.1%	35.3%	0.0%	.140	.412	-3	-5.8	8.2%	4.93
2021	32.1%	83.2	39.9%	25.1%	58.3%	13.3%	25.7%	39.0%	52.3%	25.0%	50.0%	34.5%	7.1%	.133	.250	-8	-5.9	9.4%	4.83
2022	40.2%	82.9	35.7%	20.3%	54.4%	12.4%	29.0%	41.3%	43.8%	42.9%	23.8%	71.4%	20.0%	.213	.450	-1	-2.0	4.9%	4.73
2023	43.5%	82.8	38.9%	24.6%	59.6%	12.5%	27.9%	40.4%	54.5%	45.2%	38.7%	25.8%	16.7%	.111	.138	-11	-6.5	7.8%	4.84
RP MLB Percentile	96	81	53	36	53	60	89	92	31	40	65	88	43	78	76	100	99	42	48
RP MLB AVG	17.7%	79.6	38.5%	27.7%	57.1%	10.8%	17.2%	28.0%	44.1%	49.5%	29.6%	43.5%	10.6%	.226	.295	+0	0.3	7.8%	4.82

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HH%	Brl%	ICR	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	.105	.212	.309	.292	-	0.0%	35.3%	81.7	78.5	18.7	1.4	-3.4	0.3	6.7	5.7	2,348
2021	.166	.215	.328	.367