Jim Kern

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

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

Born: March 15, 1949 in Gladwin, MI us

High School: Midland HS (Midland, MI)

Debut: September 6, 1974 (Age 25-175d, 13,548th in major league history)
vs. BAL 9.0 IP, 5 H, 4 SO, 5 BB, 1 ER, L

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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Team Record in Appearances: 29-21 / in Starts: 1-1

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 37, Entered with runners on base: 40

1976 Pitching Game Log

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1976 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	18	1	Apr 10	CLE		DET	L,1-3	3-7		99	4.1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.00	3.56	14	7	3	0	1	1		2	0	0	1	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	.43	0.103	.67	0.10%	2.14	3t 12- 2 out d3	7t 3 out d3
2	19	3	Apr 14	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-5	7-8	H(1)	3	1.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3.47	5	1	2	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.72	0.216	3.73	0.18%	0.69	7b 1-3 1 out a2	8b 3 out a1
3	20	7	Apr 20	CLE		TEX	W,9-1	6-GF	S(1)	5	4.0	2	0	0	2	7	0	0	0.00	2.33	15	3	1	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.30	0.325	1.59	0.24%	2.70	6t 12- 0 out a1	9t end a 8
4	21	10	Apr 25	CLE		OAK	L,1-9	2-5		4	4.0	2	4	2	2	4	0	2	1.29	2.70	17	3	4	0	1	2		2	0	1	1	0	12	1	0	0	0	1	0	.26	0.007	.32	0.01%	-0.93	2t 1-3 0 out d4	5t 3 out d8
5	22	13	Apr 30	CLE		CAL	W,5-2	6-GF	W(1-0)	4	3.2	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	1.02	2.41	13	2	4	0	1	1		1	0	0	1	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.54	0.375	1.79	0.26%	1.93	6t -2- 1 out d1	9t end tie
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	23	16	May 2(2)	CLE		CAL	L,4-5	4-6		1	2.2	2	1	1	2	3	0	0	1.33	2.44	12	2	3	0	0	2		3	1	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.37	-0.013	1.72	-0.01%	0.36	4t 123 1 out tie	6t 3 out d2
7	24	18	May 4	CLE	@	OAK	L,4-8	5-6		1	1.1	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.66	2.36	8	3	1	0	0	3		2	2	1	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	1	.43	-0.125	.59	-0.10%	-2.03	5b -23 2 out d2	6b 3 out d4
8	25	21	May 8	CLE	@	CAL	L,3-4	11-12		3	1.2	2	1	1	2	2	0	0	1.93	2.46	9	2	1	0	1	2		0	0	2	0	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.98	-0.314	4.39	-0.21%	-0.56	11b --- 0 out tie	12b 12- 2 out tie
9	26	25	May 13	CLE		BOS	L,5-7	GS-5	L(1-1)	4	5.0	6	4	4	2	7	0	1	2.86	2.32	25	7	5	2	0	3	44			0	0	0	22	1	2	1	0	0	0	.95	-0.189	1.08	-0.13%	-1.83	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
10	27	29	May 18	CLE		NYY	L,6-11	14-GF(16)	L(1-2)	4	3.0	2	5	1	4	5	0	0	2.87	2.41	17	4	2	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	11	1	0	1	0	1	1	2.00	-0.247	3.29	-0.24%	-3.70	14t --- 0 out tie	16t end d 5
11	28	33	May 23(1)	CLE		MIL	W,2-1	9-GF	S(2)	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2.81	2.45	3	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.79	0.268	6.64	0.14%	0.84	9t 12- 1 out a1	9t end a 1
12	29	34	May 23(2)	CLE		MIL	W,8-5	4-GF	W(2-2)	-1	6.0	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.37	2.40	19	7	6	0	2	2		1	1	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	1	0	0	.87	0.218	.77	0.12%	2.21	4t -2- 0 out a1	9t end a 3
13	30	41	May 31(1)	CLE		BAL	W,4-1	GS-8	W(3-2)	7	7.0	9	1	1	2	6	0	0	2.20	2.30	29	9	3	0	0	9	59			0	1	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.32	0.233	1.69	0.18%	1.67	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out a3
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
14	31	45	Jun 5	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-3	9-GF(10)	W(4-2)	4	1.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.14	2.33	4	2	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.97	0.232	3.70	0.17%	1.18	9b 123 2 out tie	10b end a 2
15	32	47	Jun 6(2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-5	8-GF(8)		0	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.11	2.40	3	0	2	1	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.02	-0.001	.03	0.00%	0.51	8b 123 1 out d4	8b end d 5
16	33	51	Jun 11	CLE		CHW	W,5-4	12-GF(13)	W(5-2)	4	1.2	1	1	1	1	2	0	1	2.22	2.45	8	2	1	0	0	1		1	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.10	-0.137	3.64	-0.10%	0.06	12t -2- 1 out tie	13t end d 1
17	34	54	Jun 13(2)	CLE		CHW	W,9-7	4-9	W(6-2)	1	5.0	7	3	3	1	0	0	0	2.52	2.52	23	8	7	0	0	7		0	0	0	0	0	19	0	1	1	0	1	0	.91	-0.049	1.33	-0.04%	-0.20	4t --- 0 out d2	9t 1-- 0 out a3
18	35	57	Jun 18	CLE		KCR	L,3-5	8-GF		4	1.2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.60	2.54	6	2	1	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	1	1	0	.57	0.006	.81	0.01%	0.27	8t 12- 1 out d1	9t end d 2
19	36	58	Jun 19	CLE		KCR	W,3-0	8-GF	S(3)	0	2.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.51	2.56	9	2	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.063	.97	0.04%	0.87	8t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
20	37	63	Jun 24	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-6	9-GF		4	0.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.50	2.53	2	0	0	0	0	1		3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.14	-0.173	14.73	-0.25%	-0.23	9b 123 1 out tie	9b end d 1
21	38	66	Jun 27(1)	CLE	@	BAL	W,6-3	7-GF	S(4)	2	3.0	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	2.37	2.45	11	2	2	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	0.242	1.58	0.19%	2.21	7b 12- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
22	39	69	Jun 29	CLE		MIL	W,4-1	8-GF	S(5)	1	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.30	2.51	7	1	5	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.176	1.38	0.13%	1.83	8t 12- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
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
23	40	70	Jul 1	CLE		NYY	W,3-2	8-GF	S(6)	1	1.2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.24	2.49	6	2	0	0	0	1		2	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.11	0.354	7.06	0.48%	1.27	8t 12- 1 out a1	9t end a 1
24	41	72	Jul 3	CLE		NYY	L,3-7	9-GF		1	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.22	2.46	3	1	1	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.19	-0.004	.43	-0.01%	0.12	9t 1-3 1 out d3	9t end d 4
25	42	81	Jul 16	CLE	@	MIN	W,7-6	7-8	H(2)	12	1.0	1	2	2	2	2	0	0	2.45	2.50	6	0	1	1	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.04	-0.086	.69	-0.02%	-0.64	7b 1-- 0 out a3	8b -23 0 out a3
26	43	84	Jul 19(1)	CLE		OAK	W,3-2	8-GF	S(7)	2	1.1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.41	2.48	5	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.62	0.227	1.26	0.07%	0.73	8t -2- 2 out a1	9t end a 1
27	44	86	Jul 20	CLE		OAK	L,4-7	9-GF		0	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.39	2.49	2	0	1	1	0	1		3	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.121	.39	-0.03%	-2.28	9t 123 2 out d1	9t end d 4
28	45	90	Jul 24	CLE		DET	L,4-5	6-9	L(6-3)	3	3.0	2	1	1	2	4	1	0	2.42	2.65	12	3	1	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.14	-0.039	.45	-0.01%	0.46	6t -2- 1 out tie	9t 1-- 1 out d1
29	46	92	Jul 25(2)	CLE		DET	L,4-5	3-7		0	4.2	5	2	2	0	4	0	0	2.51	2.54	18	5	4	0	0	5		3	0	2	0	0	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	.55	0.037	.13	0.01%	1.23	3t 123 1 out d3	7t 3 out d4
30	47	95	Jul 28	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-6	2-8	W(7-3)	2	6.0	5	0	0	2	5	0	0	2.32	2.50	24	5	7	2	0	5		3	2	0	1	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.072	.20	0.01%	1.28	2b 123 2 out d2	8b 1-3 2 out a1
31	48	98	Jul 31(1)	CLE	@	MIL	W,2-0	9-GF	S(8)	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.30	2.50	2	1	1	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.91	0.180	.90	0.03%	0.84	9b 12- 1 out a2	9b end a 2
32	49	99	Jul 31(2)	CLE	@	MIL	L,5-6	12-GF(12)	L(7-4)	-1	0.1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	2.30	2.57	4	0	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.85	-0.376	.76	-0.06%	-1.41	12b --- 0 out tie	12b end d 1
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
33	50	100	Aug 1	CLE	@	MIL	W,4-3	10-GF(10)	S(9)	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.28	2.57	2	1	1	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.85	0.262	1.47	0.05%	0.63	10b -2- 1 out a1	10b end a 1
34	51	108	Aug 8(2)	CLE	@	DET	L,5-15	3-3	L(7-5)	6	0.1	2	3	3	2	0	0	0	2.59	2.65	5	0	1	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.21	-0.352	.43	-0.04%	-3.43	3b -23 0 out a2	3b -23 1 out d2
35	52	110	Aug 11	CLE		CHW	W,4-3	9-GF(10)	BW(8-5)	2	1.1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.55	2.62	6	1	2	1	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.34	-0.133	.46	-0.02%	-0.24	9t --3 2 out a1	10t end tie
36	53	113	Aug 14	CLE		TEX	L,3-4	8-GF(10)	L(8-6)	2	3.0	2	1	1	2	2	0	0	2.57	2.64	12	3	3	2	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.39	-0.101	.21	-0.01%	0.30	8t --- 0 out tie	10t end d 1
37	54	114	Aug 15(1)	CLE		TEX	W,6-4	8-GF	S(10)	0	1.2	2	2	2	0	1	1	0	2.72	2.77	6	2	1	0	0	2		3	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.98	0.175	.05	0.01%	-0.08	8t 123 1 out a3	9t end a 2
38	55	118	Aug 18	CLE	@	KCR	W,4-1	8-GF	S(11)	2	2.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.66	2.70	8	3	1	1	0	1		3	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.85	0.211	.06	0.00%	1.72	8b 123 0 out a4	9b end a 3
39	56	125	Aug 25	CLE		KCR	L,1-2	2-7	L(8-7)	6	5.2	4	1	1	2	5	0	0	2.60	2.65	21	3	7	1	1	4		3	1	1	1	0	17	1	0	0	0	2	0	1.29	0.147	.09	0.01%	1.66	2t 123 1 out a1	7t 3 out d1
40	57	127	Aug 28	CLE		MIN	W,4-3	12-15		2	4.0	2	0	0	1	5	0	0	2.50	2.58	15	5	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.61	0.495	.05	0.01%	1.74	12t --- 0 out tie	15t 3 out tie
41	58	129	Aug 31	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-2	8-10	W(9-7)	2	1.2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.54	2.59	7	1	2	0	0	2		2	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.33	0.160	.06	0.00%	0.33	8b 12- 1 out tie	10b 12- 0 out a3
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
42	59	133	Sep 4(2)	CLE		BOS	W,4-0	9-GF	S(12)	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.52	2.56	3	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.062	.00	0.00%	1.40	9t 12- 0 out a4	9t end a 4
43	60	136	Sep 6(2)	CLE	@	MIL	W,3-2	7-GF	S(13)	1	2.1	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	2.46	2.44	8	0	1	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.58	0.357	.02	0.00%	1.07	7b 1-- 2 out a1	9b end a 1
44	61	137	Sep 7	CLE	@	MIL	L,4-17	1-3		0	3.0	5	1	1	1	3	0	0	2.48	2.42	14	2	3	0	0	5		2	2	0	0	0	13	2	0	0	1	0	0	.29	-0.064	.00	0.00%	-0.74	1b 12- 0 out d3	3b 3 out d6
45	62	140	Sep 10	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-4	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.45	2.42	2	2	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.54	0.041	.00	0.00%	0.78	8b 1-- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
46	63	145	Sep 15	CLE		NYY	L,0-2	8-GF		4	1.2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.42	2.42	6	3	0	0	0	0		2	1	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.58	-0.012	.00	0.00%	0.55	8t 1-3 1 out d1	9t end d 2
47	64	146	Sep 18(1)	CLE		BAL	W,5-1	8-GF	S(14)	2	1.2	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	2.38	2.35	6	1	0	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.71	0.095	.00	0.00%	1.27	8t 12- 1 out a3	9t end a 4
48	65	148	Sep 19(1)	CLE		BAL	W,5-4	9-9	H(3)	0	0.1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	2.45	2.38	4	0	1	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.35	-0.119	.00	0.00%	-1.83	9t -2- 1 out a3	9t 1-3 2 out a1
49	66	149	Sep 19(2)	CLE		BAL	W,3-2	11-GF(13)	W(10-7)	-1	3.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.39	2.37	11	5	3	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.35	0.371	.00	0.00%	1.30	11t --- 0 out tie	13t end tie
50	67	153	Sep 25	CLE		MIL	W,3-1	9-GF	S(15)	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.37	2.37	3	1	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.98	0.135	.00	0.00%	0.80	9t 1-- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
							29-21		W-L:10-7,Sv:15,BSv:1,Hld:3	2.2	117.2	91	38	31	50	111	2	5	2.37	2.37	480	1.17		6%	4%	87	52	78	28%	11	9	0	409	10	6	7	11	8	3	1.50	3.190	1.15	1.14%	18.83

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