Jim Kern

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Full Name: James Lester Kern	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 5"/185	First Game: September 6, 1974
Birthdate: March 15, 1949	Final Game: May 30, 1986
Birthplace: Gladwin, Michigan	MLB Experience: 13 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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[edit] Biography

Born on March 15, 1949 in Gladwin, Michigan, Jim Kern (James Lester Kern) played for the Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers, Cincinnati Reds, Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Phillies and Milwaukee Brewers over the course of his 13 year career. Kern broke into the bigs on September 6, 1974 with the Cleveland Indians, and put up a 3.77 ERA in 71.2 innings pitched in 1975, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Jim Kern's best season was 1979, when he posted a 1.57 ERA, won 13 games, notched 29 saves and struck out 136 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1974	CLE	A	4	3	0	1	4.70	11	9	8	1	0	0	15.1	16	1	14	1	0	0
1975	CLE	A	13	7	1	2	3.77	55	31	30	0	0	0	71.2	60	5	45	3	3	5
1976	CLE	A	50	2	10	7	2.37	111	38	31	0	0	15	117.2	91	2	50	7	6	5
1977	CLE	A	60	0	8	10	3.42	91	39	35	0	0	18	92	85	3	47	8	4	6
1978	CLE	A	58	0	10	10	3.08	95	36	34	0	0	13	99.1	77	4	58	7	5	3
1979	TEX	A	71	0	13	5	1.57	136	35	25	0	0	29	143	99	5	62	6	5	2
1980	TEX	A	38	1	3	11	4.83	40	38	34	0	0	2	63.1	65	4	45	10	3	2
1981	TEX	A	23	0	1	2	2.70	20	10	9	0	0	6	30	21	0	22	3	1	1
1982	CIN	N	50	0	3	5	2.84	43	27	24	0	0	2	76	61	3	48	14	9	2
1982	CHI	A	13	1	2	1	5.14	23	16	16	0	0	3	28	20	3	12	0	2	0
1982	Total		63	1	5	6	3.46	66	43	40	0	0	5	104	81	6	60	14	11	2
1983	CHI	A	1	0	0	0	.00	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0
1984	PHI	N	8	0	0	1	1.12	8	16	15	0	0	0	13.1	20	3	10	1	3	0
1984	MIL	A	6	0	1	0	.00	4	0	0	0	0	0	4.2	6	0	3	0	0	0
1984	Total		14	0	1	1	7.50	12	16	15	0	0	0	18	26	3	13	1	3	0
1985	MIL	A	5	0	0	1	6.55	3	8	8	0	0	0	11	14	1	5	1	3	0
1986	CLE	A	16	0	1	1	7.90	11	28	24	0	0	0	27.1	34	1	23	0	3	3
Total	NL		58	0	3	6	3.93	51	43	39	0	0	2	89.1	81	6	58	15	12	2
Total	AL		358	14	50	51	3.25	600	289	254	1	0	86	704	589	29	386	46	36	27
Total			416	14	53	57	3.32	651	332	293	1	0	88	793.1	670	35	444	61	48	29

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1974	CLE	A	P	4	3	15.1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	1.000
1975	CLE	A	P	13	7	71.2	4	11	2	0	0	0	10	6	0	.882
1976	CLE	A	P	50	2	117.2	7	14	3	2	0	3	11	9	0	.875
1977	CLE	A	P	60	0	92	5	13	3	2	0	1	12	10	1	.857
1978	CLE	A	P	58	0	99.1	4	16	0	0	0	3	12	6	3	1.000
1979	TEX	A	P	71	0	143	9	16	7	1	0	1	6	5	0	.781
1980	TEX	A	P	38	1	63.1	0	12	0	1	0	1	5	1	0	1.000
1981	TEX	A	P	23	0	30	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.857
1982	CIN	N	P	50	0	76	3	15	0	0	0	0	7	4	0	1.000
1982	CHI	A	P	13	1	28	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1.000
1982	Total		P	63	1	104	6	18	0	0	0	0	8	6	0	1.000
1983	CHI	A	P	1	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1984	PHI	N	P	8	0	13.1	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.000
1984	MIL	A	P	6	0	4.2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.000
1984	Total		P	14	0	18	1	2	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	1.000
1985	MIL	A	P	5	0	11	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1986	CLE	A	P	16	0	27.1	2	6	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	1.000
Total			P	416	14	793.1	43	115	16	7	0	10	74	46	4	.908

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1974	CLE	A	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	CLE	A	13	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	CLE	A	50	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1977	CLE	A	60	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1978	CLE	A	58	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1979	TEX	A	71	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1980	TEX	A	38	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1981	TEX	A	23	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1982	CIN	N	50	7	0	0	0	0	.000	.125	.000	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0
1982	CHI	A	13	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1982	Total		63	7	0	0	0	0	.000	.125	.000	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0
1983	CHI	A	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1984	PHI	N	8	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1984	MIL	A	6	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1984	Total		14	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1985	MIL	A	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1986	CLE	A	16	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		58	8	0	0	0	0	.000	.111	.000	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0
Total	AL		358	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Total			416	9	0	0	0	0	.000	.100	.000	0	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	0

[edit] Transactions

Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Cleveland Indians (September 4, 1967).
Traded by Cleveland Indians with Larvell Blanks to Texas Rangers in exchange for Bobby Bonds and Len Barker (October 3, 1978).
Traded by Texas Rangers to New York Mets in exchange for Doug Flynn and Dan Boitano (December 11, 1981).
Traded by New York Mets with Alex Trevino and Greg Harris to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for George Foster (February 10, 1982).
Traded by Cincinnati Reds to Chicago White Sox in exchange for 2 players to be named later (August 23, 1982); Cincinnati Reds received Wade Rowdon and Leo Garcia (September 7, 1982).
Released by Chicago White Sox (March 1, 1984).
Signed by Philadelphia Phillies (June 3, 1984).
Released by Philadelphia Phillies (July 27, 1984).
Signed by Milwaukee Brewers (August 8, 1984).
Granted free agency (November 8, 1984).
Signed by Milwaukee Brewers (January 8, 1985).
Released by Milwaukee Brewers (June 17, 1985).
Signed by Cleveland Indians (February 25, 1986).
Released by Cleveland Indians (June 17, 1986).

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