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.

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 10	TEX		CLE	W,5-0	GF	18	4.1	0	0	1	1	0	P
2	5 (2)	Apr 13	TEX		DET	W,5-4		12	3.1	1	2	0	3	0	P
3	7 (1)	Apr 15	TEX		DET	L,6-11		5	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	8	Apr 17	TEX	@	CLE	W,6-2	GF	18	3.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	13 (4)	Apr 23	TEX		TOR	W,5-0	GF	4	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	15 (1)	Apr 25	TEX		TOR	W,4-3		8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	18 (2)	Apr 29	TEX	@	CHW	W,10-0	GF	7	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
8	19	Apr 30	TEX	@	KCR	W,8-7		13	3.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	22 (2)	May 4 (1)	TEX		CHW	L,5-7		7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	25 (2)	May 6	TEX		CHW	L,0-3	GF	14	3.2	1	0	1	2	0	P
11	27 (1)	May 8	TEX		KCR	W,8-7	GF	15	4.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	30 (2)	May 12	TEX	@	TOR	W,3-1		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	32 (1)	May 13 (2)	TEX	@	TOR	W,7-5		7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	33	May 14	TEX	@	MIN	W,7-5	GF	9	3.0	0	1	0	1	1	P
15	34	May 15	TEX	@	MIN	W,9-8	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	35	May 16	TEX	@	MIN	W,8-4	GF	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
17	38 (2)	May 20	TEX	@	SEA	W,6-4	GF	12	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	39	May 21	TEX		MIN	L,6-7	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	40	May 22	TEX		MIN	W,4-3	GF	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	43 (2)	May 25 (2)	TEX		SEA	L,3-5		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	45 (1)	May 27	TEX		SEA	W,7-3	GF	7	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	47 (1)	May 30	TEX		BOS	W,3-2	GF	18	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	49 (1)	Jun 1	TEX		BAL	W,4-2	GF	6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	51 (1)	Jun 3	TEX		BAL	W,4-2	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
25	54 (2)	Jun 6	TEX	@	MIL	L,3-4	GF	4	1.2	1	1	0	2	0	P
26	58 (3)	Jun 10	TEX	@	BAL	L,4-5	GF	6	0.2	0	0	1	1	0	P
27	59	Jun 12	TEX		MIL	W,7-6	GF	12	2.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
28	62 (2)	Jun 15	TEX		NYY	W,9-5	GF	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	63	Jun 16	TEX		NYY	L,2-3	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	66 (2)	Jun 19	TEX	@	CAL	W,2-1	GF	16	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	68 (1)	Jun 21	TEX	@	CAL	W,3-2		4	0.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
32	70 (1)	Jun 23	TEX	@	OAK	W,8-5	GF	7	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	71	Jun 24 (1)	TEX	@	OAK	W,5-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	72	Jun 24 (2)	TEX	@	OAK	W,7-2	GF	5	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	73	Jun 26	TEX		CAL	W,2-1	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	74	Jun 27	TEX		CAL	W,4-2	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	77 (2)	Jun 30	TEX		OAK	W,4-3	GF	12	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	81 (3)	Jul 4	TEX		BAL	W,9-5	GF	17	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
39	83 (1)	Jul 7	TEX		TOR	W,2-0	GF	7	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
40	86 (2)	Jul 10	TEX	@	CHW	L,3-6		13	1.2	0	0	1	1	0	P
41	90 (3)	Jul 14	TEX	@	KCR	W,7-3	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
42	93 (2)	Jul 19 (2)	TEX		CHW	L,4-5		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
43	95 (1)	Jul 21	TEX		KCR	W,4-1	GF	8	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
44	96	Jul 22	TEX		KCR	L,6-7	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
45	99 (2)	Jul 26	TEX	@	TOR	L,4-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
46	103 (3)	Jul 30	TEX		DET	L,4-6		8	1.1	0	0	1	1	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	105 (1)	Aug 1	TEX		DET	W,4-3	GF	7	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
48	107 (1)	Aug 4	TEX	@	CLE	L,8-12		5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
49	110 (2)	Aug 7 (1)	TEX	@	DET	L,1-3	GF	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
50	112 (1)	Aug 8 (1)	TEX	@	DET	W,16-9	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
51	114 (1)	Aug 9	TEX	@	DET	L,2-3	GF	13	4.0	0	1	1	2	0	P
52	116 (1)	Aug 11	TEX		CLE	W,5-2	GF	9	2.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
53	119 (2)	Aug 14	TEX	@	NYY	L,5-6		5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
54	122 (2)	Aug 17	TEX	@	MIL	L,1-5	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
55	123	Aug 18	TEX	@	MIL	W,7-3	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
56	126 (2)	Aug 21	TEX	@	BAL	W,2-1	GF	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
57	128 (1)	Aug 24	TEX		MIL	L,6-9	GF	9	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
58	132 (3)	Aug 28	TEX		NYY	W,10-2	GF	13	3.2	1	2	0	3	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	136 (3)	Sep 1	TEX	@	BOS	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
60	137	Sep 2	TEX	@	BOS	W,7-6	GF	11	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
61	138	Sep 3	TEX	@	SEA	W,4-1	GF	16	3.1	0	0	1	1	0	P
62	141 (2)	Sep 7	TEX	@	MIN	W,5-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
63	142	Sep 8	TEX	@	MIN	W,6-2	GF	9	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
64	143	Sep 9	TEX	@	MIN	W,6-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
65	146 (2)	Sep 12	TEX		SEA	W,13-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
66	147	Sep 13	TEX		MIN	L,4-7	GF	19	3.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
67	151 (3)	Sep 17	TEX	@	OAK	W,6-3	GF	14	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
68	153 (1)	Sep 19	TEX	@	OAK	W,9-4	GF	11	2.2	0	2	0	2	0	P
69	154	Sep 21	TEX	@	CAL	W,3-1	GF	11	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
70	157 (2)	Sep 25	TEX		OAK	W,5-3	GF	9	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
71	161 (3)	Sep 29	TEX		CAL	W,6-3	GF	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
							71gm		143.0	9	16	7	32	1