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Jim Kern

James Lester Kern

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: March 15, 1949 in Gladwin, MI
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1967. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1974
Teams (by GP): Indians/Rangers/Reds/WhiteSox/Brewers/... 1974-1986
Agents: Randy Hendricks,Alan Hendricks [*]
Final Game: May 30, 1986
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All-Star

Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1974 25 CLE AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1975 26 CLE AL 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1976 27 CLE AL 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1977 28 CLE AL 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
1978 29 CLE AL 58 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
1979 30 TEX AL 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-4,MVP-11
1980 31 TEX AL 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1981 32 TEX AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1982 33 TOT MLB 63 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .125 .000 .125 -62 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1982 33 CIN NL 50 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .125 .000 .125 -62 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1982 33 CHW AL 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1983 34 CHW AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1984 35 TOT MLB 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1984 35 PHI NL 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1984 35 MIL AL 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1985 36 MIL AL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1986 37 CLE AL 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Seasons 416 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .000 .100 .000 .100 -70 0 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .100 .000 .100 -70 0 0 0 0 0 0
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
CLE (6 yrs) 201 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEX (3 yrs) 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MIL (2 yrs) 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHW (2 yrs) 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PHI (1 yr) 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
CIN (1 yr) 50 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .125 .000 .125 -62 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (13 yrs) 358 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (2 yrs) 58 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .000 .111 .000 .111 -66 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1978 29 CLE AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $110,000 1 AS
1982 33 CIN NL 8 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1984 35 PHI NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
3 Seasons 10 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $110,000
PHI (1 yr) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $
CIN (1 yr) 8 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $
CLE (1 yr) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $110,000

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1978 29 CLE AL 1 1 0 0.0 93 .000 .260 .000 .325 .000 .383 .000 .708 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1982 33 TOT MLB 8 7 0 0.0 96 .000 .000 .268 .125 .331 .000 .389 .125 .721 -62 .000 -1.6 -0.2 .143 .143 .000
1982 33 CIN NL 8 7 0 0.0 96 .000 .000 .268 .125 .331 .000 .389 .125 .721 -62 .000 -1.6 -0.2 .143 .143 .000
1984 35 TOT MLB 1 1 0 0.0 95 .000 .266 .000 .331 .000 .386 .000 .717 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1984 35 PHI NL 1 1 0 0.0 95 .000 .266 .000 .331 .000 .386 .000 .717 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
13 Seasons 10 9 0 0.0 96 .000 .000 .267 .100 .331 .000 .388 .100 .719 -70 .000 -2.1 -0.2 .111 .111 .000
162 Game Avg. 4 4 0 0.0 96 .000 .000 .267 .100 .331 .000 .388 .100 .719 -70 .000 -2.1 -0.2 .111 .111 .000
PHI (1 yr) 1 1 0 0.0 95 .000 .266 .000 .331 .000 .386 .000 .717 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
CIN (1 yr) 8 7 0 0.0 96 .000 .000 .268 .125 .331 .000 .389 .125 .721 -62 .000 -1.6 -0.2 .143 .143 .000
CLE (6 yrs) 1 1 0 0.0 93 .000 .260 .000 .325 .000 .383 .000 .708 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
NL (2 yrs) 9 8 0 0.0 96 .000 .000 .268 .111 .331 .000 .389 .111 .720 -66 .000 -1.8 -0.2 .125 .125 .000
AL (13 yrs) 1 1 0 0.0 93 .000 .260 .000 .325 .000 .383 .000 .708 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1977 CLE AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 CLE AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 TEX AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (3 Appearances) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1978 29 CLE AL 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
1982 33 CIN NL 8 0.0% 62.5% 12.5% 0.0% 5.00 1.4 0.00 25%
1984 35 PHI NL 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
13 Seasons 10 0.0% 70.0% 10.0% 0.0% 7.00 1.3 0.00 20%
MLB Averages 2.0% 13.3% 8.5% 6.5% 28% 1.56 6.7 44.7 8.5 1.09 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1974 25 CLE AL 0.0
1975 26 CLE AL 0.0
1976 27 CLE AL 0.0
1977 28 CLE AL 0.0
1978 29 CLE AL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .50 -0.0 0.0 -0.6 -0.1 1.72 -0.3 0
1979 30 TEX AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1980 31 TEX AL 0.0
1981 32 TEX AL 0.0
1982 33 CIN NL -1.6 -0.2 8 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .71 -0.2 0.1 -1.7 -0.2 1.13 -1.7 0
1982 33 CHW AL 0.0
1983 34 CHW AL 0.0
1984 35 PHI NL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .72 -0.0 0.0 -0.2 -0.0 0.86 -0.3 0
1984 35 MIL AL 0.0
1985 36 MIL AL 0.0
1986 37 CLE AL 0.0
13 Seasons -2.1 -0.2 10 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .69 -0.2 0.1 -2.5 -0.3 1.17 -2.3 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1978 29 CLE AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 33 CIN NL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 35 PHI NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1978 29 CLE AL 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1982 33 CIN NL 8 25% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 3 0 0% 9 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1984 35 PHI NL 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons 10 30% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 3 0 0% 11 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 57% 80% 11% 35% 15% 51% 54%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1978 29 185 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 30 256 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 31 294 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 32 317 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 33 380 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .000 .111 .000 .111 -66 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 34 381 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .000 .111 .000 .111 -66 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 35 395 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .000 .100 .000 .100 -70 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 36 400 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .000 .100 .000 .100 -70 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 37 416 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .000 .100 .000 .100 -70 0 0 0 0 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1978 29 58 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 58
1982 33 63 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .125 .000 .125 0 63
1984 35 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 14
3 Seasons 135 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .000 .100 .000 .100 0 135
162 Game Avg. 162 12 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .000 .100 .000 .100 0 135

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1977 *
1978 *
1979 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1979 AL Rolaids Relief

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1979 AL (11, 6%)
0.06 Career Shares (1057th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1979 AL (4, 18%)
0.18 Career Shares (162nd)

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