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: 9-17 / in Starts: 4-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 22, Entered with runners on base: 6

1981 Pitching Game Log

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1981 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	452	1	Apr 9	MIN		OAK	L,1-5	GS-8	L(0-1)	99	7.1	8	4	4	4	3	1	0	4.91	5.19	34	13	8	3	1	6	45			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.128	.63	-0.06%	-0.65	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out d3
2	453	5	Apr 14	MIN	@	SEA	W,5-4	GS-6	W(1-1)	4	5.1	6	3	2	1	2	1	0	4.26	5.05	22	5	8	0	0	6	47			0	1	1	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.052	.47	-0.01%	-0.67	1b start a 1	6b 1-- 1 out a1
3	454	9	Apr 20	MIN	@	OAK	L,0-3	CG(8)	L(1-2)	5	8.0	6	3	3	2	6	2	0	3.92	5.07	31	9	8	3	0	6	62			1	1	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.42	-0.116	.23	-0.04%	0.41	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
4	455	13	Apr 25	MIN		CAL	L,4-6	GS-7	L(1-3)	4	6.1	5	5	4	3	5	1	0	4.33	4.93	28	8	7	0	0	5	47			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	2	2	1.19	-0.135	.34	-0.02%	-1.01	1t start tie	7t -23 1 out a1
5	456	18	Apr 29	MIN		SEA	T,7-7	GS-3		3	2.2	5	4	4	2	1	1	0	5.16	5.30	14	2	4	0	0	5	31			0	1	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.342	.21	-0.05%	-2.98	1t start tie	3t 12- 2 out d1
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
6	457	23	May 4	MIN	@	BAL	L,3-4	GS-10	L(1-4)	4	9.1	10	4	3	4	6	0	0	4.62	4.65	41	10	11	1	0	10	56			0	1	1	35	2	0	2	1	1	1	1.60	0.144	.62	0.03%	0.90	1b start tie	10b -2- 1 out tie
7	458	28	May 10	MIN		CLE	L,1-5	GS-5	L(1-5)	5	4.2	7	4	4	1	4	0	0	4.95	4.32	22	6	4	0	0	7	37			0	0	0	20	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.06	-0.185	.25	-0.03%	-1.81	1t start tie	5t 1-- 2 out d4
8	459	33	May 16	MIN		BAL	L,0-7	GS-4	L(1-6)	5	3.1	6	5	5	2	1	1	0	5.55	4.56	18	5	4	0	0	6	27			0	0	0	16	3	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.227	.15	-0.02%	-2.46	1t start tie	4t -23 1 out d3
9	460	38	May 22	MIN	@	KCR	W,7-0	SHO	W(2-6)	5	9.0	6	0	0	2	3	0	0	4.66	4.24	35	9	15	3	0	6	76			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.353	.09	0.02%	4.01	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a7
10	461	43	May 27	MIN	@	TEX	W,2-1	GS-8	W(3-6)	4	8.0	10	1	1	3	5	0	0	4.22	4.02	34	7	11	4	2	8	60			0	1	0	31	2	1	2	0	0	0	1.07	0.265	.05	0.01%	2.41	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
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	462	48	Jun 2	MIN		TEX	L,3-5	GS-8	L(3-7)	5	7.2	7	5	4	2	7	1	0	4.27	3.94	31	7	8	2	0	7	52			0	1	0	29	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.31	-0.329	.05	-0.01%	-1.57	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out d2
12	463	53	Jun 7	MIN	@	DET	L,0-3	GS-7	L(3-8)	4	6.1	6	3	3	3	4	0	0	4.27	3.84	25	7	5	1	0	6	50			0	1	1	20	0	0	2	0	0	0	1.28	0.063	.01	0.00%	0.91	1b start tie	7b -23 1 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
13	464	58	Aug 10	MIN		OAK	W,6-2	6-GF	S(1)	63	4.0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.06	3.80	15	4	6	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	1	0	0	.36	0.093	.52	0.08%	1.93	6t --- 0 out a4	9t end a 4
14	465	62	Aug 14(1)	MIN		SEA	W,6-1	7-GF	S(2)	3	3.0	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	3.92	3.71	13	3	5	2	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	1	.15	0.019	.22	0.02%	0.45	7t --- 0 out a6	9t end a 5
15	466	66	Aug 17	MIN	@	DET	L,2-12	GS-1	L(3-9)	2	0.2	4	7	7	3	0	0	0	4.62	3.80	9	1	1	1	0	4	13			0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.26	-0.370	.95	-0.17%	-5.01	1b start tie	1b 1-3 2 out d5
16	467	69	Aug 21	MIN	@	MIL	W,7-6	8-GF	S(3)	3	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.52	3.76	7	2	1	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.79	0.231	1.09	0.05%	-0.18	8b 12- 0 out a3	9b end a 1
17	468	70	Aug 22	MIN	@	MIL	L,3-4	9-9		0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.50	3.76	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.26	0.104	2.49	0.04%	0.40	9b 12- 2 out tie	9b 3 out tie
18	469	73	Aug 25	MIN	@	NYY	W,3-0	6-GF	S(4)	2	3.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.32	3.69	13	6	4	0	1	2		2	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.226	.48	0.07%	2.19	6b 12- 1 out a3	9b end a 3
19	470	76	Aug 28	MIN		DET	W,6-0	7-GF	S(5)	2	2.2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.20	3.62	11	3	3	1	0	3		2	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.69	0.148	.40	0.05%	1.86	7t 12- 1 out a2	9t end a 6
Sep/Oct				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
				Player went from Minnesota Twins to Chicago White Sox
20	471	74	Sep 1	CHW		DET	L,1-2	9-GF	L(3-10)	3	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.25	3.64	5	1	2	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.63	-0.320	4.42	-0.32%	-0.56	9t --- 0 out tie	9t end d 1
21	472	75	Sep 2	CHW		DET	L,4-5	9-10	BL(3-11)	0	1.1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.28	3.62	6	3	0	0	0	3		1	1	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.95	-0.465	4.26	-0.40%	-1.22	9t 1-- 0 out a1	10t 1-- 1 out d1
22	473	79	Sep 6	CHW		TOR	L,2-3	8-GF		3	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.20	3.58	7	3	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.56	0.076	.62	0.05%	0.88	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
23	474	85	Sep 12	CHW	@	MIN	L,1-3	8-GF(8)		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.15	3.55	3	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	0.013	.13	0.01%	0.48	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
24	475	88	Sep 15	CHW	@	SEA	L,4-8	GS-7	L(3-12)	2	6.0	4	2	2	4	6	1	0	4.09	3.62	25	5	6	1	2	4	58			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.45	-0.011	.49	0.00%	0.83	1b start tie	7b --- 0 out d1
25	476	91	Sep 19	CHW		OAK	L,1-2	9-GF		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.08	3.60	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.024	.04	0.00%	0.30	9t -2- 2 out d1	9t end d 1
26	477	100	Sep 27(2)	CHW	@	OAK	W,10-3	CG	W(4-12)	7	9.0	10	3	3	1	4	1	0	3.99	3.59	37	8	14	1	3	10	58			0	0	0	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	.30	0.091	.00	0.00%	0.84	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a7
27	478	104	Oct 2	CHW		MIN	L,2-3	GS-7	L(4-13)	4	6.1	8	3	3	1	8	0	0	4.01	3.43	29	6	6	0	0	8	52			0	0	0	27	0	1	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.155	.00	0.00%	-0.76	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out d1
							9-17		W-L:4-13,Sv:5,BSv:1	3.5	121.1	125	59	54	41	76	10	0	4.01	3.43	517	0.90		9%	4%	120	48	10	30%	2	7	3	464	15	4	7	6	5	5	1.03	-0.985	.38	-0.70%	-0.10

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