Jim Kern

Position: Relief Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-5, 185lb (196cm, 83kg)

Born: March 15, 1949 in Gladwin, MI us

High School: Midland HS (Midland, MI)

Last Game: May 30, 1986 (Age 37-076d)
vs. MIL 0.2 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 4 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1975 season

Agents: Randy Hendricks, Alan Hendricks

Full Name: James Lester Kern

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

14.1

ERA

3.32

416

793.1

651

WHIP

1.404

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1968	19		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Rk-A	CLE	4	7	.364	4.93	7.64	24	14		0	0		73.0	73	62	40	3	58	0	73	3	0	7		1.795	9.0	0.4	7.2	9.0	1.26
1968	19	-1.8	Rock Hill	WCRS	A	CLE	0	3	.000	6.75	9.64	12	5		0	0		28.0	29	30	21	3	26	0	25	0	0	5		1.964	9.3	1.0	8.4	8.0	0.96
1968	19	-0.1	Indians	GULF	Rk	CLE	4	4	.500	3.80	6.40	12	9		0	0		45.0	44	32	19	0	32	0	48	3	0	2		1.689	8.8	0.0	6.4	9.6	1.50

1970	21		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A	CLE	5	6	.455	5.07	6.10	18	17		2	0	0	87.0	66	59	49	3	90	0	91	6	1	29		1.793	6.8	0.3	9.3	9.4	1.01
1970	21	0.3	Sumter	WCRS	A	CLE	5	6	.455	4.88	5.88	14	13		2	0	0	72.0	57	47	39	3	70	0	71	3	1	25		1.764	7.1	0.4	8.8	8.9	1.01
1970	21	-0.8	Reno	CALL	A	CLE	0	0		6.00	7.20	4	4		0	0	0	15.0	9	12	10	0	20	0	20	3	0	4		1.933	5.4	0.0	12.0	12.0	1.00
1971	22	0.3	Reno	CALL	A	CLE	7	9	.438	6.57	8.19	24	22		2	1	0	100.0	99	91	73	7	100	0	109	6	2	27		1.990	8.9	0.6	9.0	9.8	1.09
1972	23	0.7	Elmira	EL	AA	CLE	3	11	.214	4.33	4.76	22	14		5	0	2	104.0	87	55	50	4	73	2	90	4	0	6		1.538	7.5	0.3	6.3	7.8	1.23
1973	24	1.2	San Antonio	TL	AA	CLE	11	7	.611	2.98	4.12	25	25		5	0	0	166.0	130	76	55	1	129	3	182	8	0	13		1.560	7.0	0.1	7.0	9.9	1.41
1974	25	0.3	Oklahoma City	AA	AAA	CLE	17	7	.708	2.52	3.00	25	25		14	1	0	189.0	139	63	53	3	104	0	220	7	2	17		1.286	6.6	0.1	5.0	10.5	2.12
1974	25	-3.1	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	0	1	.000	4.70	5.28	4	3	0	1	0	0	15.1	16	9	8	1	14	1	11	0	1	0	76	1.957	9.4	0.6	8.2	6.5	0.79
1975	26	1.7	Oklahoma City	AA	AAA	CLE	1	1	.500	6.43	6.43	3	3		0	0	0	14.0	12	10	10	0	11	1	11	2	0	0		1.643	7.7	0.0	7.1	7.1	1.00
1975	26	-2.1	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	1	2	.333	3.77	3.89	13	7	1	0	0	0	71.2	60	31	30	5	45	3	55	5	1	3	311	1.465	7.5	0.6	5.7	6.9	1.22
1976	27	-0.6	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	10	7	.588	2.37	2.91	50	2	31	0	0	15	117.2	91	38	31	2	50	7	111	5	2	6	480	1.198	7.0	0.2	3.8	8.5	2.22
1977	28	0.5	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	8	10	.444	3.42	3.82	60	0	46	0	0	18	92.0	85	39	35	3	47	8	91	6	0	4	393	1.435	8.3	0.3	4.6	8.9	1.94
1978	29	1.8	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	10	10	.500	3.08	3.26	58	0	43	0	0	13	99.1	77	36	34	4	58	7	95	3	0	5	423	1.359	7.0	0.4	5.3	8.6	1.64
1979	30	2.6	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	13	5	.722	1.57	2.20	71	0	57	0	0	29	143.0	99	35	25	5	62	6	136	2	0	5	578	1.126	6.2	0.3	3.9	8.6	2.19
1980	31	3.3	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	3	11	.214	4.83	5.40	38	1	15	0	0	2	63.1	65	38	34	4	45	10	40	2	1	3	295	1.737	9.2	0.6	6.4	5.7	0.89
1981	32	6.9	Wichita	AA	AAA	TEX	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	6.0	2	0	0	0	5	0	6	0	0	0		1.167	3.0	0.0	7.5	9.0	1.20
1981	32	4.1	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	1	2	.333	2.70	3.00	23	0	15	0	0	6	30.0	21	10	9	0	22	3	20	1	1	1	131	1.433	6.3	0.0	6.6	6.0	0.91
1982	33		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	CIN	5	6	.455	3.46	3.72	63	1	33	0	0	5	104.0	81	43	40	6	60	14	66	2	2	11	447	1.356	7.0	0.5	5.2	5.7	1.10
1982	33	4.3	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	3	5	.375	2.84	3.20	50	0	26	0	0	2	76.0	61	27	24	3	48	14	43	2	2	9	335	1.434	7.2	0.4	5.7	5.1	0.90
1982	33	4.8	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	2	1	.667	5.14	5.14	13	1	7	0	0	3	28.0	20	16	16	3	12	0	23	0	0	2	112	1.143	6.4	1.0	3.9	7.4	1.92
1983	34	5.5	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	0	0		0.00	13.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1.500	13.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
1984	35		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	PHI	1	1	.500	7.50	8.00	14	0	8	0	0	0	18.0	26	16	15	3	13	1	12	0	0	3	93	2.167	13.0	1.5	6.5	6.0	0.92
1984	35	11.5	El Paso	TL	AA	MIL	2	0	1.000	6.00	6.00	8	1	2	0	0	1	15.0	19	10	10	0	8	0	13	1	0	3		1.800	11.4	0.0	4.8	7.8	1.63
1984	35	6.9	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	0	1	.000	10.13	10.80	8	0	5	0	0	0	13.1	20	16	15	3	10	1	8	0	0	3	70	2.250	13.5	2.0	6.8	5.4	0.80
1984	35	6.6	MIL	AL	Maj	MIL	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	6	0	3	0	0	0	4.2	6	0	0	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	23	1.929	11.6	0.0	5.8	7.7	1.33
1985	36	10.3	Vancouver	PCL	AAA	MIL	0	0		2.89	2.89	5	0	4	0	0	0	9.1	3	3	3	1	8	0	4	0	0	0		1.179	2.9	1.0	7.7	3.9	0.50
1985	36	7.6	MIL	AL	Maj	MIL	0	1	.000	6.55	6.55	5	0	1	0	0	0	11.0	14	8	8	1	5	1	3	0	0	3	50	1.727	11.5	0.8	4.1	2.5	0.60
1986	37	8.8	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	1	1	.500	7.90	9.22	16	0	4	0	0	0	27.1	34	28	24	1	23	0	11	3	0	3	142	2.085	11.2	0.3	7.6	3.6	0.48
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (13 seasons)					Majors		53	57	.482	3.32	3.77	416	14	254	1	0	88	793.1	670	332	293	35	444	61	651	29	8	48	3422	1.404	7.6	0.4	5.0	7.4	1.47
Minors (10 seasons)					Minors		50	48	.510	4.04	5.06	156	123	6	28	2	3	763.1	630	429	343	22	586	6	799	37	5	102		1.593	7.4	0.3	6.9	9.4	1.36
All Levels (18 Seasons)							103	105	.495	3.68	4.40	572	137	260	29	2	91	1556.2	1300	761	636	57	1030	67	1450	66	13	150	3422	1.497	7.5	0.3	6.0	8.4	1.41

AAA (4 seasons)					Minors		18	8	.692	2.72	3.13	35	30	4	14	1	0	218.1	156	76	66	4	128	1	241	9	2	17		1.301	6.4	0.2	5.3	9.9	1.88
AA (3 seasons)					Minors		16	18	.471	3.63	4.45	55	40	2	10	0	3	285.0	236	141	115	5	210	5	285	13	0	22		1.565	7.5	0.2	6.6	9.0	1.36
A (3 seasons)					Minors		12	18	.400	5.99	7.53	54	44		4	1	0	215.0	194	180	143	13	216	0	225	12	3	61		1.907	8.1	0.5	9.0	9.4	1.04
Rk (1 season)					Minors		4	4	.500	3.80	6.40	12	9		0	0		45.0	44	32	19	0	32	0	48	3	0	2		1.689	8.8	0.0	6.4	9.6	1.50