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: 20-15 / in Starts: 19-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1968 Pitching Game Log

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1968 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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	10	2	Apr 11	NYM	@	LAD	W,4-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	4	0	0	4	3	0	0	0.00	3.05	33	14	8	2	1	4	78			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.05	0.397	2.01	0.46%	3.15	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
2	11	6	Apr 17	NYM		SFG	W,3-0	SHO	W(2-0)	5	9.0	7	0	0	2	10	0	0	0.00	1.94	36	6	11	0	0	7	81			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.29	0.440	2.58	0.53%	3.42	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
3	12	12	Apr 23	NYM		HOU	W,3-1	CG	W(3-0)	5	9.0	4	1	1	1	11	0	0	0.33	1.39	31	7	8	1	2	4	85			0	1	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.333	1.74	0.33%	2.42	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
4	13	15	Apr 28	NYM	@	CIN	W,6-5	GS-8	W(4-0)	4	7.2	8	4	3	2	3	1	0	1.04	1.98	33	8	12	0	3	8	50			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.015	1.44	0.01%	-0.96	1b start tie	8b 1-- 2 out a2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
5	14	20	May 5(1)	NYM		CHC	L,2-3	GS-8	L(4-1)	6	8.0	8	3	3	1	4	1	0	1.48	2.24	33	10	11	1	1	7	57			0	0	0	32	3	1	0	0	0	0	.64	-0.069	1.15	-0.08%	0.04	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
6	15	25	May 10	NYM	@	CHC	W,5-1	GS-6	W(5-1)	4	6.0	2	1	1	2	2	0	0	1.48	2.30	23	6	13	2	3	0	64			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	1	.80	0.117	1.13	0.10%	1.44	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
7	16	30	May 15	NYM		CIN	L,0-3	GS-6	L(5-2)	4	6.0	9	2	2	1	6	0	0	1.65	2.15	24	7	2	1	0	8	51			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	.74	-0.049	1.14	-0.05%	0.28	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
8	17	36	May 20	NYM		PIT	W,2-1	CG	W(6-2)	4	9.0	5	1	1	2	10	0	0	1.55	1.96	32	7	8	3	0	5	81			0	1	0	30	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.35	0.424	1.43	0.27%	2.42	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
9	18	40	May 25	NYM	@	ATL	W,9-1	CG(8)	W(7-2)	4	8.0	5	1	1	1	7	1	0	1.51	2.04	28	5	10	2	2	5	74			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	2	0	0	.44	0.134	.53	0.10%	2.07	1b start tie	8b 3 out a8
10	19	42	May 30(1)	NYM	@	PIT	W,6-3	GS-8	W(8-2)	4	7.2	7	2	2	1	5	0	0	1.59	1.98	31	10	9	2	3	6	61			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	1	.42	0.163	.50	0.12%	0.45	1b start a 1	8b -23 2 out a4
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
11	20	48	Jun 4	NYM	@	CHC	W,5-0	SHO	W(9-2)	4	9.0	8	0	0	2	3	0	0	1.43	2.02	36	17	6	1	2	8	72			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	1	.82	0.341	.66	0.17%	3.66	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a5
12	21	52	Jun 9(1)	NYM	@	SFG	L,4-5	GS-7		4	7.0	5	3	1	3	7	1	1	1.42	2.16	30	8	6	0	0	5	63			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.20	-0.020	1.72	-0.02%	-0.32	1b start a 2	7b 3 out tie
13	22	57	Jun 14	NYM		SFG	W,7-3	CG	W(10-2)	4	9.0	7	3	2	3	6	0	0	1.47	2.15	37	11	10	0	0	7	66			1	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	1	.46	0.195	.77	0.20%	0.42	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
14	23	63	Jun 19	NYM		HOU	W,8-2	CG	W(11-2)	4	9.0	5	2	2	1	7	0	0	1.51	2.08	31	10	8	1	0	5	75			0	0	0	30	1	1	0	1	0	0	.46	0.128	.43	0.07%	1.42	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
15	24	68	Jun 24	NYM	@	CIN	L,5-6	GS-6		4	6.0	7	5	5	2	0	1	0	1.81	2.25	26	10	8	2	1	6	36			0	0	0	22	1	0	1	1	1	0	.83	-0.261	.95	-0.18%	-2.58	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
16	25	73	Jun 29	NYM	@	HOU	L,0-2	GS-7	L(11-3)	4	7.0	7	2	2	6	3	1	0	1.85	2.46	32	9	7	0	1	7	52			0	1	1	24	2	0	1	1	1	0	1.19	-0.046	1.15	-0.03%	0.58	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
17	26	77	Jul 4(1)	NYM		PIT	L,2-3	GS-8	L(11-4)	4	8.0	10	3	3	2	4	0	1	1.94	2.46	36	12	8	0	0	9	52			3	0	0	33	4	0	1	1	0	0	1.54	-0.187	.93	-0.07%	0.04	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
18	27	82	Jul 7(2)	NYM	@	PHI	W,4-2	9-9		2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.94	2.48	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.48	-0.081	.49	-0.02%	-0.36	9b --- 0 out a2	9b 1-- 0 out a2
19	28	85	Jul 12	NYM		CHC	W,4-0	SHO	W(12-4)	4	9.0	6	0	0	2	6	0	0	1.82	2.43	33	10	9	2	1	6	79			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.85	0.387	.33	0.09%	3.42	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
20	29	91	Jul 17(1)	NYM	@	PIT	L,2-8	GS-3	L(12-5)	4	2.0	7	4	3	0	2	1	0	1.98	2.50	14	3	3	0	1	6	30			0	0	0	14	1	1	0	0	0	1	.61	-0.314	.02	-0.01%	-3.61	1b start tie	3b 1-- 0 out d4
21	30	97	Jul 21(2)	NYM	@	STL	W,1-0	SHO	W(13-5)	3	9.0	4	0	0	1	12	0	0	1.87	2.35	32	11	4	1	0	4	90			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.50	0.695	.09	0.03%	3.39	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
22	31	102	Jul 26	NYM		CIN	W,2-0	SHO	W(14-5)	4	9.0	4	0	0	2	8	0	1	1.76	2.31	32	7	10	2	0	4	85			1	1	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.16	0.469	.02	0.01%	3.42	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
23	32	107	Jul 31	NYM		ATL	L,2-3	CG	L(14-6)	4	9.0	8	3	3	5	7	0	1	1.83	2.34	38	8	9	0	1	8	61			0	1	0	32	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.23	-0.062	.00	0.00%	0.42	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
24	33	113	Aug 5	NYM	@	HOU	L,5-6	GS-7	L(14-7)	4	6.2	9	6	4	1	2	0	1	1.96	2.35	32	10	9	0	1	9	37			1	0	0	29	3	0	0	0	1	1	1.55	-0.206	.01	0.00%	-1.83	1b start tie	7b 1-3 2 out a1
25	34	117	Aug 10(1)	NYM	@	SFG	W,3-1	CG	W(15-7)	4	9.0	5	1	1	1	5	1	0	1.91	2.39	34	9	14	0	0	5	77			1	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.10	0.393	.00	0.00%	2.45	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
26	35	122	Aug 14	NYM		LAD	W,4-1	CG	W(16-7)	3	9.0	7	1	1	1	5	1	0	1.87	2.42	34	7	14	4	2	7	73			0	1	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.244	.00	0.00%	2.42	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
27	36	127	Aug 19	NYM		SFG	L,0-1	GS-12		4	12.0	5	0	0	5	8	0	1	1.77	2.42	45	13	13	0	0	5	95			0	0	0	38	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.78	0.927	.00	0.00%	4.56	1t start tie	12t 3 out tie
28	37	131	Aug 24	NYM	@	CIN	L,7-10	GS-4	L(16-8)	4	4.0	8	4	4	1	3	3	0	1.90	2.59	21	7	4	2	0	6	32			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.57	-0.251	.00	0.00%	-2.39	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
29	38	135	Aug 28(1)	NYM		CIN	L,3-8	GS-4	L(16-9)	3	3.2	9	4	1	1	3	0	0	1.91	2.57	20	5	2	1	0	9	35			0	0	0	18	2	0	0	1	1	1	1.21	-0.274	.00	0.00%	-2.85	1t start tie	4t 12- 2 out d4
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
30	39	141	Sep 2(1)	NYM		ATL	L,1-3	CG	L(16-10)	4	9.0	9	3	3	2	2	1	0	1.95	2.63	37	11	13	2	4	9	57			0	0	0	35	0	0	1	1	0	0	.76	-0.091	.00	0.00%	0.42	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
31	40	146	Sep 7	NYM	@	PIT	W,4-3	GS-6	W(17-10)	4	6.0	6	2	2	2	2	0	0	1.98	2.64	25	9	6	2	0	6	52			1	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.14	0.048	.00	0.00%	0.23	1b start tie	6b 3 out a2
32	41	150	Sep 13	NYM		PIT	W,2-0	SHO	W(18-10)	5	9.0	3	0	0	3	5	0	0	1.91	2.62	32	11	10	2	1	3	83			0	0	1	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.481	.00	0.00%	3.42	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
33	42	154	Sep 18	NYM		CHC	L,2-7	GS-8	L(18-11)	4	8.0	11	5	4	2	8	1	0	1.99	2.63	36	11	6	2	1	9	48			0	0	0	34	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.40	-0.415	.00	0.00%	-1.96	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
34	43	159	Sep 24	NYM	@	ATL	L,4-7	GS-6	L(18-12)	5	6.0	9	5	5	2	2	1	1	2.12	2.69	29	9	7	0	2	8	34			0	1	0	23	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.32	-0.422	.00	0.00%	-2.70	1b start a 2	6b 3 out d2
35	44	162	Sep 28	NYM		PHI	W,3-1	CG	W(19-12)	3	9.0	3	1	1	2	7	1	0	2.08	2.70	31	9	10	2	3	3	82			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	1	.91	0.374	.00	0.00%	2.42	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
							20-15		W-L:19-12	4.0	263.2	221	72	61	69	178	16	8	2.08	2.70	1058	1.07		7%	6%	208	63	0	---%	8	7	2	969	40	4	7	23	6	13	1.03	3.957	.62	2.03%	28.83

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