Jim Kern

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-5, 185lb (196cm, 83kg)

Born: March 15, 1949 in Gladwin, MI us

High School: Midland HS (Midland, MI)

Debut: September 6, 1974 (Age 25-175d, 13,548th in major league history)
vs. BAL 9.0 IP, 5 H, 4 SO, 5 BB, 1 ER, L

Last Game: May 30, 1986 (Age 37-076d)
vs. MIL 0.2 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 4 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1975 season

Agents: Randy Hendricks, Alan Hendricks

Full Name: James Lester Kern

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

14.1

ERA

3.32

416

793.1

651

WHIP

1.404

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 9	CLE		KCR	L,4-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	3	Apr 10	CLE		BOS	W,5-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	7 (3)	Apr 16	CLE	@	KCR	L,1-2	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	9 (1)	Apr 21	CLE	@	BOS	L,7-9	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
5	11 (1)	Apr 23 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	12	Apr 23 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,10-7		15	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
7	13	Apr 24	CLE	@	TOR	W,4-2	GF	6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	20 (6)	May 2	CLE	@	SEA	W,4-1	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	24 (3)	May 7	CLE	@	CAL	L,3-16		8	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	25	May 9	CLE		SEA	W,5-4	GF	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	27 (1)	May 12	CLE		CAL	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	29 (1)	May 14	CLE		CAL	L,3-4		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	34 (4)	May 19	CLE		BAL	W,7-5	GF	13	3.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
14	37 (2)	May 21 (2)	CLE		BAL	W,3-2		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	46 (8)	Jun 2	CLE	@	MIL	W,7-6	GF	14	2.2	0	2	0	2	0	P
16	51 (4)	Jun 6	CLE		CHW	L,0-3	GF	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	52	Jun 9	CLE		MIN	W,7-3	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	53	Jun 10	CLE		MIN	W,4-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	58 (4)	Jun 16	CLE		MIL	L,6-8		14	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	59	Jun 17	CLE		MIL	L,3-4	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	63 (3)	Jun 20	CLE	@	KCR	L,2-3	GF	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	64	Jun 21	CLE	@	KCR	W,4-2	GF	11	2.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
23	67 (2)	Jun 25 (1)	CLE		TOR	L,1-2	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	70 (2)	Jun 27	CLE		DET	L,1-6		6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	73 (2)	Jun 29	CLE		DET	W,6-3	GF	14	3.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	75 (1)	Jul 1	CLE	@	TOR	L,3-9		2	0.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
27	76	Jul 2 (1)	CLE	@	TOR	W,2-0	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	79 (2)	Jul 4	CLE		BAL	L,4-6		9	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	82 (2)	Jul 7	CLE		BOS	W,10-9		17	4.2	1	1	0	2	0	P
30	88 (5)	Jul 15	CLE	@	SEA	L,6-7	GF	11	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
31	91 (2)	Jul 18	CLE	@	CAL	W,8-3	GF	12	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	95 (3)	Jul 24	CLE		CAL	L,4-5	GF	20	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
33	100 (4)	Jul 28	CLE		OAK	W,4-2	GF	9	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	102 (1)	Jul 30	CLE		OAK	L,4-5		5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	104 (1)	Aug 1	CLE		KCR	W,2-1	GF	7	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	107 (2)	Aug 5	CLE	@	TEX	L,3-4	GF	13	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	110 (2)	Aug 9	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-1	GF	7	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
38	111	Aug 10	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-6		8	2.1	0	2	0	2	0	P
39	115 (3)	Aug 13 (2)	CLE		TEX	L,5-6	GF	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
40	116	Aug 14	CLE		MIN	W,4-3	GF	6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
41	117	Aug 15	CLE		MIN	L,8-9	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
42	121 (3)	Aug 19	CLE		CHW	L,1-2	GF	7	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
43	123 (1)	Aug 22 (1)	CLE	@	MIL	L,2-3	GF	8	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
44	124	Aug 22 (2)	CLE	@	MIL	L,4-5	GF	5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
45	127 (2)	Aug 25	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-1	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
46	129 (1)	Aug 27	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-6	GF	7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
47	130	Aug 29	CLE		MIL	L,0-6		6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
48	132 (1)	Aug 31 (2)	CLE		MIL	W,12-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	133	Sep 1	CLE	@	MIN	W,4-1		2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
50	136 (2)	Sep 3 (2)	CLE	@	MIN	L,3-4	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
51	139 (2)	Sep 8	CLE	@	DET	L,3-6	GF	18	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
52	141 (1)	Sep 10	CLE	@	DET	W,7-4	GF	5	1.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
53	144 (2)	Sep 13	CLE		BOS	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
54	145	Sep 14	CLE		BOS	W,4-3	GF	7	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
55	148 (2)	Sep 17	CLE		DET	W,2-1	GF	8	2.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
56	151 (2)	Sep 22	CLE		NYY	W,8-7		13	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
57	155 (3)	Sep 27	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
58	157 (1)	Sep 29	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-3		4	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
							58gm		99.1	4	16	0	20	0