Bio
- Height
- 6' 5"
- Debut
- 1974
- College
- Michigan State
Bio
- Height
- 6' 5"
- Debut
- 1974
- College
- Michigan State
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 416
- W
- 53
- L
- 57
- ERA
- 3.32
- IP
- 793.1
- K
- 651
- BB
- 444
- WHIP
- 1.40
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | CLE | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4.70 | 15.1 | 11 | 14 | 1.96 |
| 1975 | CLE | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3.77 | 71.2 | 55 | 45 | 1.47 |
| 1976 | CLE | 50 | 10 | 7 | 2.37 | 117.2 | 111 | 50 | 1.20 |
| 1977 | CLE | 60 | 8 | 10 | 3.42 | 92.0 | 91 | 47 | 1.43 |
| 1978 | CLE | 58 | 10 | 10 | 3.08 | 99.1 | 95 | 58 | 1.36 |
| 1979 | TEX | 71 | 13 | 5 | 1.57 | 143.0 | 136 | 62 | 1.13 |
| 1980 | TEX | 38 | 3 | 11 | 4.83 | 63.1 | 40 | 45 | 1.74 |
| 1981 | TEX | 23 | 1 | 2 | 2.70 | 30.0 | 20 | 22 | 1.43 |
| 1982 |  CIN/CHW | 63 | 5 | 6 | 3.46 | 104.0 | 66 | 60 | 1.36 |
| 1983 | CHW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 |
| 1984 |  PHI/MIL | 14 | 1 | 1 | 7.50 | 18.0 | 12 | 13 | 2.17 |
| 1985 | MIL | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6.55 | 11.0 | 3 | 5 | 1.73 |
| 1986 | CLE | 16 | 1 | 1 | 7.90 | 27.1 | 11 | 23 | 2.09 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 1
- SHO
- 0
- K/9
- 7.4
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | CLE | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1975 | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1976 | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1977 | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | TEX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | TEX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | TEX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | CIN/CHW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | PHI/MIL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | MIL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Jim Kern's career stats?
Jim Kern played 13 seasons for the Guardians, the Rangers, the White Sox and the Brewers. He had 53 wins and 651 strikeouts with a 3.32 ERA over 793.1 innings. His best season was 1979: 13 wins, a 1.57 ERA and 136 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
13 seasons, 1974 to 1986
Jim Kern led MLB in ERA (1979); finished top 10 in a stat 6 times.
All-time career rank
- 209th in saves (88)
Among the 8,948 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
Season top 10 finishes
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
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