Jerry Koosman

Full Name: Jerome Martin Koosman	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/205	First Game: April 14, 1967
Birthdate: December 23, 1942	Final Game: August 21, 1985
Birthplace: Appleton, Minnesota	MLB Experience: 19 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Left

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Born on December 23, 1942 in Appleton, Minnesota, Jerry Koosman (Jerome Martin Koosman) played for the New York Mets, Minnesota Twins, Chicago White Sox and Philadelphia Phillies over the course of his 19 year career. Koosman broke into the bigs on April 14, 1967 with the New York Mets, and put up a 2.08 ERA in 263.2 innings pitched in 1968, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Jerry Koosman's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1976, when he posted a 2.69 ERA, won 21 games and struck out 200 batters. However, others believe that it was 1968, when he posted a 2.08 ERA, won 19 games and struck out 178 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1967	NY	N	9	3	0	2	6.04	11	17	15	0	0	0	22.1	22	3	19	4	0	0
1968	NY	N	35	34	19	12	2.08	178	72	61	17	7	0	263.2	221	16	69	7	8	8
1969	NY	N	32	32	17	9	2.28	180	66	61	16	6	0	241	187	14	68	11	7	4
1970	NY	N	30	29	12	7	3.14	118	87	74	5	1	0	212	189	22	71	14	7	2
1971	NY	N	26	24	6	11	3.04	96	66	56	4	0	0	165.2	160	12	51	4	7	1
1972	NY	N	34	24	11	12	4.14	147	81	75	4	1	1	163	155	14	52	7	9	6
1973	NY	N	35	35	14	15	2.84	156	93	83	12	3	0	263	234	18	76	6	3	4
1974	NY	N	35	35	15	11	3.36	188	113	99	13	0	0	265	258	16	85	7	8	7
1975	NY	N	36	34	14	13	3.42	173	106	91	11	4	2	239.2	234	19	98	6	7	4
1976	NY	N	34	32	21	10	2.69	200	81	74	17	3	0	247.1	205	19	66	7	3	1
1977	NY	N	32	32	8	20	3.49	192	102	88	6	1	0	226.2	195	17	81	8	2	4
1978	NY	N	38	32	3	15	3.75	160	110	98	3	0	2	235.1	221	17	84	11	5	8
1979	MIN	A	37	36	20	13	3.38	157	108	99	10	2	0	263.2	268	19	83	4	2	3
1980	MIN	A	38	34	16	13	4.03	149	119	109	8	0	2	243.1	252	24	69	5	2	5
1981	MIN	A	19	13	3	9	4.20	55	49	44	2	1	5	94.1	98	8	34	7	1	0
1981	CHI	A	8	3	1	4	3.33	21	10	10	1	0	0	27	27	2	7	0	1	0
1981	TOT	A	27	16	4	13	4.01	76	59	54	3	1	5	121.1	125	10	41	7	2	0
1982	CHI	A	42	19	11	7	3.84	88	81	74	3	1	3	173.1	194	9	38	3	4	2
1983	CHI	A	37	24	11	7	4.77	90	96	90	2	1	2	169.2	176	19	53	2	5	6
1984	PHI	N	36	34	14	15	3.25	137	95	81	3	1	0	224	232	8	60	5	6	3
1985	PHI	N	19	18	6	4	4.62	60	56	51	3	1	0	99.1	107	14	34	3	2	3
Total	NL		431	398	160	156	3.16	1996	1145	1007	114	28	5	2868	2620	209	914	100	74	55
Total	AL		181	129	62	53	3.95	560	463	426	26	5	12	971.1	1015	81	284	21	15	16
Total			612	527	222	209	3.36	2556	1608	1433	140	33	17	3839.1	3635	290	1198	121	89	71

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1967	NY	N	P	9	3	22.1	0	5	0	1	0	3	3	0	1.000
1968	NY	N	P	35	34	263.2	5	42	0	2	1	8	7	2	1.000
1969	NY	N	P	32	32	241	4	37	1	3	0	9	5	0	.976
1970	NY	N	P	30	29	212	7	20	0	1	0	7	7	2	1.000
1971	NY	N	P	26	24	165.2	6	23	1	2	2	12	3	1	.967
1972	NY	N	P	34	24	163	4	23	1	1	1	12	6	2	.964
1973	NY	N	P	35	35	263	5	41	2	1	1	10	10	4	.958
1974	NY	N	P	35	35	265	8	41	4	2	0	23	10	6	.925
1975	NY	N	P	36	34	239.2	10	32	3	3	1	18	14	9	.933
1976	NY	N	P	34	32	247.1	5	39	3	1	2	6	10	5	.936
1977	NY	N	P	32	32	226.2	4	25	4	0	2	15	11	5	.879
1978	NY	N	P	38	32	235.1	4	48	6	4	2	11	14	8	.897
1979	MIN	A	P	37	36	263.2	10	50	5	6	1	7	16	13	.923
1980	MIN	A	P	38	34	243.1	7	41	3	2	3	7	10	7	.941
1981	MIN	A	P	19	13	94.1	5	15	1	0	1	1	7	3	.952
1981	CHI	A	P	8	3	27	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000
1981	TOT	A	P	27	16	121.1	7	17	1	0	1	2	7	3	.960
1982	CHI	A	P	42	19	173.1	12	24	1	3	1	7	5	3	.973
1983	CHI	A	P	37	24	169.2	5	26	2	2	3	12	5	4	.939
1984	PHI	N	P	36	34	224	9	34	4	1	2	13	10	5	.915
1985	PHI	N	P	19	18	99.1	4	14	1	1	2	8	2	1	.947
Total			P	612	527	3839.1	116	582	42	36	25	190	155	80	.943

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	GDP
1967	NY	N	9	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
1968	NY	N	35	91	3	7	1	4	.077	.106	.121	1	0	3	62	0	3	0	1
1969	NY	N	32	84	1	4	0	1	.048	.059	.048	0	0	1	46	0	4	0	2
1970	NY	N	30	70	5	6	0	4	.086	.179	.100	1	0	8	46	0	8	0	2
1971	NY	N	26	50	3	8	0	0	.160	.222	.160	0	0	3	25	1	6	0	1
1972	NY	N	34	47	1	4	0	1	.085	.085	.085	0	0	0	18	0	9	0	1
1973	NY	N	35	78	3	8	0	3	.103	.125	.115	1	0	2	37	0	15	0	2
1974	NY	N	35	86	5	16	0	5	.186	.247	.233	2	1	7	29	0	10	0	2
1975	NY	N	36	78	4	14	0	6	.179	.220	.205	2	0	4	31	0	7	1	0
1976	NY	N	34	79	5	17	0	6	.215	.235	.241	2	0	2	34	0	13	0	1
1977	NY	N	32	72	2	8	1	7	.111	.122	.153	0	0	0	30	1	5	0	2
1978	NY	N	38	70	1	6	0	2	.086	.086	.129	3	0	0	27	0	5	0	0
1979	MIN	A	37	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1980	MIN	A	38	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1981	MIN	A	19	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1981	CHI	A	8	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1981	TOT	A	27	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1982	CHI	A	42	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1983	CHI	A	37	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1984	PHI	N	36	74	2	8	0	3	.108	.120	.108	0	0	1	23	0	14	0	3
1985	PHI	N	19	34	1	3	0	4	.088	.111	.088	0	0	1	9	0	1	0	2
Total	NL		431	915	36	109	2	46	.119	.151	.141	12	1	33	418	2	100	1	19
Total	AL		181	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			612	915	36	109	2	46	.119	.151	.141	12	1	33	418	2	100	1	19

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Mets (August 27, 1964).
Traded by New York Mets to Minnesota Twins in exchange for Greg Field and a player to be named later (December 8, 1978); New York Mets received Jesse Orosco (February 7, 1979).
Traded by Minnesota Twins to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Ivan Mesa, Ronnie Perry, cash and a player to be named later (August 30, 1981); Minnesota Twins received Randy Johnson (September 2, 1981).
Granted free agency (November 7, 1983).
Signed by Chicago White Sox (December 2, 1983).
Traded by Chicago White Sox to Philadelphia Phillies (February 15, 1984) completing trade in which Philadelphia Phillies traded Ron Reed to Chicago White Sox in exchange for a player to be named later (December 5, 1983).
Released by Philadelphia Phillies (December 6, 1985).

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