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Jim Kern
James Lester Kern

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 5", Weight 205 lb.

MLB Debut September 6, 1974
Final Game May 30, 1986
Born March 15, 1949 in Gladwin, MI (age 75)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV SHO   IP     H   BFP    R   ER   HR  BB  IBB HBP  SO   WP BK  ERA
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 1975 26 TEA AL   5   4  .556  20   6   1   8   0   0   52.2   58   246   42   40   6   33   4   1   39   5  0  6.84  
 1976 27 TEA AL  11   8  .579  66   0   0  51  13   0  129.1   97   521   39   34   5   45   6   4  141   7  1  2.37  CY-9
 1977 28 TEA AL   3   5  .375  35   0   0  32  13   0   65.0   71   291   36   35   5   33   0   3   62   6  0  4.85  
 1978 29 TEA AL   4   3  .571  51   0   0  43  27   0   63.1   36   263   11    8   0   42   3   0   62   6  0  1.14  CY-9
 1979 30 TEA AL   4  10  .286  58   0   0  55  24   0   88.2   69   370   33   31   7   37   5   0   80   2  0  3.15  
 1980 31 TEA AL   3   4  .429  34   0   0  11   0   0   44.1   52   210   44   43   5   30   5   0   30   1  1  8.73  
         CIN NL   0   0  .000   9   0   0   3   1   0   11.1   11    52    7    7   1    9   2   0   10   1  0  5.56  
         TOT      3   4  .429  43   0   0  14   1   0   55.2   63   262   51   50   6   39   7   0   40   2  1  8.08 
 1981 32 CIN NL   2   3  .400  27   0   0  13   1   0   34.2   29   154   14   14   2   24   0   0   25   3  3  3.63  
 1982 33 CIN NL   5   4  .556  51   0   0  22   6   0   73.2   67   318   36   32  10   33   0   1   39   5  1  3.91  
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
  8 Seasons      37  41  .474 351   6   1 238  85   0  563.0  490  2425  262  244  41  286  25   9  488  36  6  3.90
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
   With TEA      30  34  .469 264   6   1 200  77   0  443.1  383  1901  205  191  28  220  23   8  414  27  2  3.88
   With CIN       7   7  .500  87   0   0  38   8   0  119.2  107   524   57   53  13   66   2   1   74   9  4  3.99
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 MLB Totals      53  57  .482 416  14   1 254  88   0  794.1  670  3422  332  293  35  444  61  29  651  48  8  3.32
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27 SOp RnSup  AB   H   HR  AVG   E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  OPS Star 
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 1975 26 TEA AL  51   33   5.7   0  6.17    0   0   0  .000   1    3    2  .667    0    1  .000  122   
 1976 27 TEA AL  41   38   2.7  16          0   0   0  .000   4    6    2  .333   11    4  .733  -40   
 1977 28 TEA AL  54   40   5.6  16          0   0   0  .000   0    2    2 1.000    4    0 1.000   82   
 1978 29 TEA AL  56   14   2.1  34          0   0   0  .000   0    3    3 1.000    1    0 1.000 -137   
 1979 30 TEA AL  58   32   3.3  30          0   0   0  .000   2    2    0  .000    0    1  .000   62   
 1980 31 TEA AL  50   32   6.6   6          0   0   0  .000   0    1    1 1.000    2    1  .667   21   
         CIN NL  48    6   5.6   2          1   0   0  .000   0    1    1 1.000    2    0 1.000  -76   
         TOT          39   6.4   8          1   0   0  .000   0    2    2 1.000    4    1  .800
 1981 32 CIN NL  40   14   3.8   4          1   0   0  .000   0    1    1 1.000    2    3  .400   84   
 1982 33 CIN NL  48   36   4.3  11          5   1   0  .200   0    3    3 1.000    7    3  .700   68   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
  8 Seasons          251   4.0 119          7   1   0  .143   7   22   15  .682   29   13  .690   20   1
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+

HOF Standards: Pitching - 7.7 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 5.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Postseason Stats   Postseason Register

 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  ERA    W-L  SV GS   IP   H   ER  BB  SO 
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1981 NLCS  CIN MON   L    1  0.00   0-0   0  0   2.0   1   0   1   2
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1975  TEA   88-74   Larry Cupp
 1976  TEA   88-74   Larry Cupp, Stu Blake
 1977  TEA   98-64   Stu Blake
 1978  TEA   75-87   Jim Sheehan
 1979  TEA   60-102  Jim Sheehan
 1980  TEA   67-95   Jim Sheehan
 1980  CIN   90-72   Alan Boodman
 1981  CIN  100-62   Alan Boodman
 1982  CIN   82-80   Alan Boodman

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