Jim Kern
James Lester Kern
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 205 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
Final Game: May 30, 1986
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1974 CLE AL 25 P 4 3 15.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.59 0.25 .900 1.82 0.82
1975 CLE AL 26 P 13 7 71.2 17 4 11 2 0 .882 1.88 1.15 .941 1.87 0.85
1976 CLE AL 27 P 50 2 117.2 24 7 14 3 2 .875 1.61 0.42 .954 1.87 0.85
1977 CLE AL 28 P 60 0 92.0 21 5 13 3 2 .857 1.76 0.30 .952 1.95 0.84 AS
1978 CLE AL 29 P 58 0 99.1 20 4 16 0 0 1.000 1.81 0.34 .950 1.90 0.85 AS
1979 TEX AL 30 P 71 0 143.0 32 9 16 7 1 .781 1.57 0.35 .959 1.92 0.81 AS,CYA-4,MVP-11
1980 TEX AL 31 P 38 1 63.1 12 0 12 0 1 1.000 1.71 0.32 .958 1.85 0.77
1981 TEX AL 32 P 23 0 30.0 7 3 3 1 0 .857 1.80 0.26 .971 1.98 0.81
1982 TOT MLB 33 P 63 1 104.0 24 6 18 0 0 1.000 2.08 0.38 .950 1.92 0.71
1982 CIN NL 33 P 50 0 76.0 18 3 15 0 0 1.000 2.13 0.36 .950 1.97 0.70
1982 CHW AL 33 P 13 1 28.0 6 3 3 0 0 1.000 1.93 0.46 .950 1.80 0.73
1983 CHW AL 34 P 1 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.35 0.70
1984 TOT MLB 35 P 14 0 18.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.50 0.21 .967 1.85 0.69
1984 PHI NL 35 P 8 0 13.1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.35 0.25 .950 1.89 0.68
1984 MIL AL 35 P 6 0 4.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.93 0.17 1.000 1.74 0.70
1985 MIL AL 36 P 5 0 11.0 5 2 3 0 1 1.000 4.09 1.00 .960 1.88 0.70
1986 CLE AL 37 P 16 0 27.1 8 2 6 0 0 1.000 2.63 0.50 .950 1.84 0.68
13 Seasons P 416 14 793.1 174 43 115 16 7 .908 1.79 0.38 .953 1.90 0.80
13 Seasons TOT 416 14 793.1 174 43 115 16 7 .908 1.79 0.38 .861 1.90 0.80
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1974 CLE AL 25 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 CLE AL 26 13 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 CLE AL 27 50 0 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 CLE AL 28 60 0 60 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 CLE AL 29 58 0 3 58 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 TEX AL 30 71 0 1 71 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 TEX AL 31 38 0 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 TEX AL 32 23 0 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 CIN NL 33 50 0 50 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 CHW AL 33 13 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 CHW AL 34 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 PHI NL 35 8 0 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 MIL AL 35 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 MIL AL 36 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 CLE AL 37 16 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons 416 0 62 416 416 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1974 CLE AL 25 81 69% 14% 1 0% 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 CLE AL 26 328 68% 23% 13 92% 1 4 0 3 11 10 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1976 CLE AL 27 508 67% 23% 19 79% 1 7 1 4 14 9 2 3 0 2 1 1 2 1 2 0 2 50%
1977 CLE AL 28 422 66% 20% 18 72% 0 4 1 2 13 9 3 3 0 1 2 1 2 2 2 0 6 67%
1978 CLE AL 29 448 65% 18% 16 88% 1 4 2 2 16 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1979 TEX AL 30 600 66% 27% 18 83% 0 8 0 6 16 11 1 7 0 3 4 3 1 1 1 0 5 60%
1980 TEX AL 31 307 72% 23% 14 86% 2 0 0 0 12 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1981 TEX AL 32 133 68% 28% 4 75% 0 3 0 3 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1982 CIN NL 33 357 74% 27% 16 94% 0 2 0 2 15 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1982 CHW AL 33 118 70% 22% 5 60% 1 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1983 CHW AL 34 4 100% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 PHI NL 35 76 76% 28% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1984 MIL AL 35 25 72% 20% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 MIL AL 36 53 85% 23% 5 100% 0 2 1 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
1986 CLE AL 37 150 75% 29% 7 86% 1 2 0 2 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
13 Seasons 3610 69% 23% 138 83% 7 40 5 28 116 86 10 16 0 7 9 6 7 5 6 1 27 78%
MLB Averages 79% 27% 91% 89%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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