Jerry Koosman

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-2, 205lb (188cm, 92kg)

Born: December 23, 1942 in Appleton, MN us

High School: West Central School of Agriculture (Morris, MN)

School: University of Minnesota Morris (Morris, MN)

Debut: April 14, 1967 (Age 24-112d, 12,558th in major league history)
vs. PHI 2.2 IP, 0 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: August 21, 1985 (Age 42-241d)
vs. LAD 0.2 IP, 5 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 5 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1968 season

Full Name: Jerome Martin Koosman

Nicknames: Kooz

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

53.6

222

209

ERA

3.36

612

527

3839.1

2556

WHIP

1.259

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Team Record in Appearances: 6-1 / in Starts: 6-0

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Postseason Pitching Game Log

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Postseason Pitching Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1969	NLCS g2	Oct 5	NYM	@	ATL	W,11-6	GS-5		3	4.2	7	6	6	4	5	1	0	11.57	5.72	24					4	4	2	1	7	27			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	1	0	0	.43	-0.032	12.34	-0.58%	-3.93	1b start a 1	5b 1-- 2 out a3
2	1969	WS g2	Oct 12	NYM	@	BAL	W,2-1	GS-9	W(1-0)	6	8.2	2	1	1	3	4	0	0	4.73	3.71	31					7	15	3	3	2	77			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.39	0.339	73.63	10.40%	2.71	1b start tie	9b 12- 2 out a1
3	1969	WS g5	Oct 16	NYM		BAL	W,5-3	CG	W(2-0)	3	9.0	5	3	3	1	5	2	0	4.03	4.08	33					10	12	0	0	5	69			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.105	37.31	2.15%	1.16	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
1973 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	1973	NLCS g3	Oct 8	NYM		CIN	W,9-2	CG	W(1-0)	7	9.0	8	2	2	0	9	1	0	2.00	2.01	35					4	14	1	3	8	72			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	1	0	1	.35	0.095	14.61	2.18%	2.07	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
5	1973	WS g2	Oct 14	NYM	@	OAK	W,10-7	GS-3		5	2.1	6	3	3	3	4	0	0	3.97	2.21	16					3	1	0	0	5	34			0	1	0	13	2	2	1	0	0	0	1.05	-0.319	55.55	-9.38%	-3.15	1b start tie	3b 123 1 out d1
6	1973	WS g5	Oct 18	NYM		OAK	W,2-0	GS-7	W(2-0)	3	6.1	3	0	0	4	4	0	0	2.55	2.57	25					8	7	0	2	2	67			0	0	1	21	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.22	0.216	101.03	9.98%	1.81	1t start tie	7t -23 1 out a2
1983 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
7	1983	ALCS g3	Oct 7	CHW		BAL	L,1-11	9-9		4	0.1	1	3	2	2	0	0	0	54.00	20.76	4	14	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	.01	-0.001	.31	-0.03%	-1.08	9t --- 0 out d6	9t 123 1 out d6
											40.1	32	18	17	17	31	4	0	3.79		168																			2

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