Marlin
Karn
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 235
 
Born: September 19, 1985
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 2021   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 18 ORL GL     0 0 0 0 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4
2005 19 ORL GL     0 1 1 1 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4
2006 20 ORL GL     0 2 2 2 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4
2007 21 ORL GL     0 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5
2008 22 ORL GL     0 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4
2009 23 COL VL     3 4 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4
2010 24 COL VL $ 100,000   5 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6
2011 25 COL VL $ 100,000   7 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6
2012 26 COL VL $ 100,000   7 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 8 8 8 6 6 6 7 7 7
2013 27 COL VL $ 100,000   7 7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6
2014 28 COL VL $ 100,000   8 7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5 8 8 8 6 6 6 7 7 7
2015 29 COL VL $ 7,020,000   7 7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6
2016 30 COL VL $ 7,020,000   7 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 8 8 8 6 6 6 7 7 7
2017 31 PHI VL $ 7,020,000   7 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 8 8 8 6 6 6 7 7 7
2018 32 VIR GL $ 4,500,000   7 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 8 8 8 7 6 6 8 8 8
2019 33 HOL GL $ 4,500,000   7 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7
2020 34 BOS VL $ 4,500,000   8 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9
2021 35 GRN VL $ 5,960,000   8 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9
2022 36 GRN VL $ 5,960,000   7 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 8 8 8 8
2023 37 GRN VL $ 5,960,000   4 5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 8 8 8
2024 38 IND VL $ 200,000   2 4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6
Min Ratings     0 0 0 0 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4
Max Ratings $ 7,020,000   8 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 18 ORL GL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2005 19 ORL GL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2006 20 ORL GL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2007 21 ORL GL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2008 22 ORL GL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2009 23 COL VL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2010 24 COL VL $ 100,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2011 25 COL VL $ 100,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2012 26 COL VL $ 100,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2013 27 COL VL $ 100,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2014 28 COL VL $ 100,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2015 29 COL VL $ 7,020,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2016 30 COL VL $ 7,020,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2017 31 PHI VL $ 7,020,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2018 32 VIR GL $ 4,500,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2019 33 HOL GL $ 4,500,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2020 34 BOS VL $ 4,500,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2021 35 GRN VL $ 5,960,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2022 36 GRN VL $ 5,960,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2023 37 GRN VL $ 5,960,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2024 38 IND VL $ 200,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
Min Ratings   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
Max Ratings $ 7,020,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Most Valuable Pitcher or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2004 18 AA   9 16 .360 29 29 1 0 0 192.7 262 119 24 55 133 5.56 .327 .370 .487 .857  
2005 19 AA   6 13 .316 24 24 10 1 0 181.0 180 83 19 47 119 4.13 .256 .302 .403 .706  
2006 20 AA   10 13 .435 25 25 6 0 0 180.7 195 84 14 43 110 4.18 .275 .317 .414 .731  
2007 21 AA   11 10 .524 26 26 7 2 0 193.3 190 76 17 43 147 3.54 .252 .292 .392 .684  
2008 22 AA   6 9 .400 17 16 8 1 0 118.7 105 41 18 19 77 3.11 .233 .264 .404 .669  
2009 23 AAA   7 8 .467 23 23 7 0 0 174.0 171 85 23 37 109 4.40 .254 .293 .438 .731  
    AA   4 2 .667 6 6 6 1 0 53.0 41 11 5 12 40 1.87 .216 .262 .337 .599  
2010 24 COL VL 1 5 .167 7 7 1 0 0 40.7 55 30 7 7 14 6.64 .320 .348 .529 .877 0.0
    AAA   9 7 .563 21 21 6 2 0 152.7 133 62 15 44 95 3.66 .231 .286 .390 .676  
2011 25 COL VL 14 11 .560 28 28 4 1 0 195.3 181 75 11 44 124 3.46 .242 .288 .364 .652 13.6
    AAA   1 0 1.000 1 1 0 0 0 8.0 7 3 0 0 5 3.38 .219 .219 .250 .469  
2012 26 COL VL 15 13 .536 37 37 6 3 0 247.0 216 102 17 81 143 3.72 .231 .294 .368 .662 14.1
2013 27 COL VL 16 14 .533 36 36 7 3 0 250.0 198 91 20 71 149 3.28 .216 .276 .349 .625 15.2
2014 28 COL VL 21 8 .724 34 34 10 3 0 258.7 209 80 11 60 140 2.78 .216 .266 .325 .590 21.2
2015 29 COL VL 22 10 .688 36 36 11 4 0 258.0 224 96 16 65 144 3.35 .229 .279 .363 .642 17.0
2016 30 COL VL 16 8 .667 33 33 4 0 0 221.0 195 88 15 70 133 3.58 .234 .290 .366 .656 15.6
2017 31 PHI VL 10 11 .476 31 31 2 0 0 192.7 225 105 14 68 109 4.91 .292 .350 .453 .803 6.9
2018 32 VIR GL 7 7 .500 20 20 5 2 0 129.7 146 68 8 35 65 4.72 .284 .329 .418 .747 5.9
  DUR GL 7 1 .875 11 11 3 1 0 87.3 67 20 4 24 53 2.06 .213 .270 .315 .586 9.7
  TOT   14 8 .636 31 31 8 3 0 217.0 213 88 12 59 118 3.65 .257 .307 .379 .686 15.7
2019 33 VIR GL 4 5 .444 16 5 1 0 0 101.0 107 48 9 38 72 4.28 .268 .331 .421 .752 5.6
  HOL GL 4 0 1.000 34 12 1 0 5 74.7 66 29 5 34 43 3.50 .235 .317 .367 .683 6.9
  TOT   8 5 .615 50 17 2 0 5 175.7 173 77 14 72 115 3.95 .254 .325 .399 .724 12.4
2020 34 BOS VL 9 18 .333 36 36 5 2 0 197.7 229 134 19 82 127 6.10 .284 .352 .445 .796 2.6
2021 35 GRN VL 18 9 .667 32 32 6 3 0 211.0 197 84 16 37 168 3.58 .243 .276 .393 .669 18.0
2022 36 GRN VL 15 10 .600 31 31 0 0 0 188.7 235 108 17 48 123 5.15 .300 .345 .471 .816 6.5
2023 37 GRN VL 9 3 .750 22 18 1 0 0 101.0 109 46 11 31 69 4.10 .267 .317 .468 .785 6.1
2024 38 IND VL 6 23 .207 36 36 1 0 0 173.0 207 132 35 77 80 6.87 .295 .363 .547 .910 0.2
15 Years Sim 194 156 .554 480 443 68 22 5 2927.3 2866 1336 235 872 1756 4.11 .253 .307 .402 .709 165.1
3 Years AAA 17 15 .531 45 45 13 2 0 334.7 311 150 38 81 209 4.03 .243 .288 .412 .700  
6 Years AA 46 63 .422 127 126 38 5 0 919.3 973 414 97 219 626 4.05 .270 .311 .418 .730  
9 Years Minors 63 78 .447 172 171 51 7 0 1254.0 1284 564 135 300 835 4.05 .263 .305 .417 .722  
Season Average 12 10 .545 32 29 4 1 0 195.2 191 89 15 58 117 4.11 .253 .307 .402 .709  
Career Highs 22 23 .750 50 37 11 4 5 258.7 235 134 35 82 168 6.87 .320 .363 .547 .910  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
Pitching split data is from simmed, major league years only.
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1695 818 132 509 1019   .253 .306 .398 .703
vs LH   1171 518 103 363 737   .253 .307 .408 .715
Home 94 83 .531 249 227 31 13 0 1502.0 1529 717 127 435 882 4.30 .261 .312 .417 .729
Away 100 73 .578 231 216 37 9 5 1425.3 1337 619 108 437 874 3.91 .244 .300 .385 .685
Mar/Apr 30 23 .566 72 72 9 5 0 447.6 434 225 33 138 293 4.52 .251 .306 .402 .708
May 34 24 .586 71 71 12 4 0 454.6 425 181 40 139 239 3.58 .246 .303 .392 .695
June 27 25 .519 74 72 10 2 0 486.6 496 236 42 160 302 4.36 .261 .319 .417 .736
July 26 18 .591 63 55 6 1 0 364.9 371 178 31 124 225 4.39 .261 .320 .418 .739
August 35 22 .614 84 69 11 6 4 488.0 429 188 32 138 273 3.47 .230 .283 .374 .657
Sep/Oct 42 44 .488 116 104 21 5 1 685.3 711 328 57 173 424 4.31 .264 .308 .408 .716
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Most Valuable Player or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2005 19 AA   7 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
2006 20 AA   10 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.2  
2007 21 AA   8 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2  
2014 28 COL VL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.1 0.0
2015 29 COL VL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
2 Years Sim 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
3 Years AA 25 5 8 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
162 Game Average 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 81 0 0 81 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6  
Career Highs 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Batting split data is from simmed, major league years only.
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0
Home 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Away 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.1
Close/Late   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
Mar/Apr 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
August 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2010 24 COL VL P 7 7 40.7 3 6 1 1 .900 1.99    
2011 25 COL VL P 28 28 195.3 8 22 1 1 .968 1.38    
2012 26 COL VL P 37 37 247.0 15 24 3 2 .929 1.42    
2013 27 COL VL P 36 36 250.0 13 26 2 2 .951 1.40    
2014 28 COL VL P 34 34 258.7 14 30 3 3 .936 1.53    
2015 29 COL VL P 36 36 258.0 10 23 2 0 .943 1.15    
2016 30 COL VL P 33 33 221.0 18 31 6 4 .891 2.00    
2017 31 PHI VL P 31 31 192.7 11 24 1 2 .972 1.64    
2018 32 VIR GL P 20 20 129.7 4 16 0 3 1.000 1.39    
  DUR GL P 11 11 87.3 2 11 0 2 1.000 1.34    
  TOT   P 31 31 217.0 6 27 0 5 1.000 1.37    
2019 33 VIR GL P 16 5 101.0 3 7 1 1 .909 0.89    
  HOL GL P 34 12 74.7 3 5 0 0 1.000 0.96    
  TOT   P 50 17 175.7 6 12 1 1 .947 .92    
2020 34 BOS VL P 36 36 197.7 10 22 2 3 .941 1.46    
2021 35 GRN VL P 32 32 211.0 8 23 3 3 .912 1.32    
2022 36 GRN VL P 31 31 188.7 10 25 3 1 .921 1.67    
2023 37 GRN VL P 22 18 101.0 2 13 2 2 .882 1.34    
2024 38 IND VL P 36 36 173.0 8 12 1 3 .952 1.04    
Career Totals   480 443 2927.3 142 320 31 33 .937 1.42    
Career Highs   50 37 258.7 18 31 6 5 1.000 2.00    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2014 28 COL VL 1 0 1.000 2 2 0 0 0 15.3 11 4 1 9 9 2.35 .208 .323 .321 .643
2015 29 COL VL 2 3 .400 5 5 1 1 0 36.0 24 12 5 10 21 3.00 .186 .245 .364 .609
Career Post-Season Pitching 3 3 .500 7 7 1 1 0 51.3 35 16 6 19 30 2.81 .192 .269 .352 .620
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Wins
2014-2-21
2015-3-22
2016-9-16
2021-6-18
CAR-37-194
Losses
2020-4-18
2024-1-23
CAR-50-156
Winning Pct
2016-10-.667
Games Started
2012-1-37
2013-9-36
2015-8-36
2024-8-36
CAR-45-443
Complete Games
2013-5-7
2014-1-10
2015-3-11
2018-9-8
2021-9-6
CAR-26-68
Shutouts
2012-5-3
2013-2-3
2014-6-3
2015-1-4
2018-6-3
2020-5-2
2021-3-3
CAR-16-22
Innings Pitched
2012-6-247.0
2013-4-250.0
2014-2-258.7
2015-6-258.0
CAR-44-2927.3
Hits Allowed
2022-6-235
CAR-42-2866
Homeruns Allowed
2024-7-35
Hits per 9IP
2013-10-7.1
2016-10-7.9
OOBP
2021-7-.276
OSLG
2014-8-.325
OOPS
2014-8-.590
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 23)
   Gray Ink Test: 56    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 102)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 37    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 50)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 8th overall pick, by Orlando in 2004
Injured on 5/27/2007 with a Pulled Tricep Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 8/12/2007 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 5 days
Injured on 6/12/2008 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 7-8 weeks
Injured on 8/15/2008 with a Strained Tricep Muscle, out for 5-6 weeks
Traded from Orlando to Columbus on 3/2/2009
Injured on 6/22/2010 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
Earned first career win on 9/29/2010
Injured on 4/18/2011 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Injured on 8/12/2011 with a Sore Back, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 8/24/2011 with a Strained Bicep Muscle, out for 5 weeks