James Karinchak

Bats R Throws R6'3" 215 lbBorn 1995 Walden, USADebut 2019Team CLEDraft 2017 R9 #282 Cleveland Guardians, Bryant UniversityContract 1 y (26) 2026: $285,027

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2023	CLE	2	5	3.23	44	0	39.0	171	6	28	52	103.5	99.3	102.7
2022	CLE	2	0	2.08	38	3	39.0	160	2	21	62	120.7	97.5	118.2
2021	CLE	7	4	4.07	60	11	55.3	235	9	32	78	108.6	98.8	107.3
2020	CLE	1	2	2.67	27	1	27.0	109	1	16	53	126.6	99.1	125.7
2019	CLE	0	0	1.69	5	0	5.3	22	0	1	8	148.6	97.9	146.5
Career		12	11	3.10	174	15	165.7	697	18	98	253	114.2		112.8

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	Fld%	Runs saved
2023	CLE	P	44	39	1	0	1	0.500	-0.1
2022	CLE	P	38	39	1	1	0	1.000	-0.5
2021	CLE	P	60	55	1	1	0	1.000	-0.4
2020	CLE	P	27	27	0	0	0		-0.1
2019	CLE	P	5	5	0	0	1	0.000	-0.1

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2026	AAA	Gwinnett Stripers	Pit	136	33.2 IP, 38% K	2.71
2025	AAA	Charlotte Knights	Pit	121	29.1 IP, 28% K	2.47
2024	AAA	Columbus Clippers	Pit	29	6.2 IP, 41% K	2.90
2023	AAA	Columbus Clippers	Pit	96	23.1 IP, 44% K	4.29
2022	AAA	Columbus Clippers	Pit	53	11.0 IP, 32% K	5.73
2021	AAA	Columbus Clippers	Pit	24	6.0 IP, 38% K	3.00
2019	AAA	Columbus Clippers	Pit	78	17.1 IP, 54% K	4.74
2019	AA	Akron RubberDucks	Pit	36	10.0 IP, 67% K	0.00
2018	AA	Akron RubberDucks	Pit	49	10.1 IP, 33% K	2.67
2018	A+	Lynchburg Hillcats	Pit	107	27.0 IP, 42% K	1.00
2018	A	Lake County Captains	Pit	47	11.1 IP, 43% K	0.81

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.396	0.130	0.269	0.202
2023	0.379	0.257	0.262	0.349
2022	0.222	0.268	0.201	0.280
2021	0.262	0.331	0.296	0.287
2020	0.270	0.239	0.271	0.237
2019	0.133	0.375	0.332	0.087

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2020	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Postseason pitching

Year	ERA	G	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2022	0.00	4	5.0	3	0	4	6	1.40
2020		1	0.0	1	1	2	0
Career	1.80	5	5.0	4	1	6	6	2.00