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Jerry Koosman
Jerome Martin Koosman

Bats Right, Throws Left
Height 6' 2", Weight 208 lb.
School Minnesota-Morris

MLB Debut April 14, 1967
Final Game August 21, 1985
Born December 23, 1942 in Appleton, MN (age 81)

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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
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 1967 24 SLN NL   0   0  .000   1   0   0   1   0   0     .1    0     4    0    0   0    2   0   1    1   0  1  0.00  
 1968 25 NYN NL  16  14  .533  36  36  10   0   0   3  270.1  251  1101   87   78  19   56   2   6  150   8  2  2.60  CY-12
 1969 26 NYN NL  18  10  .643  39  39   3   0   0   2  275.0  228  1098   85   69  20   60   4   5  224   9  1  2.26  CY-7
 1970 27 NYN NL  17  10  .630  33  32   3   0   0   0  221.1  193   907   89   84  26   64   6   6  131   9  2  3.42  CY-6
 1971 28 NYN NL  12   4  .750  29  27   1   0   0   0  172.2  180   746   87   79  18   55   7   2   94   6  0  4.12  
 1972 29 NYN NL  12   9  .571  34  30   0   2   2   0  183.2  170   755   74   65   9   45   2   3  187  13  0  3.19  
 1973 30 NYN NL  14  10  .583  37  37   6   0   0   2  264.1  213  1067  101   88  25   84   8   3  155   1  0  3.00  CY-13
 1974 31 NYN NL  10   7  .588  28  28   5   0   0   1  201.1  209   870   87   71  12   65   2   6  148  10  0  3.17  
         SLN NL   5   4  .556   9   9   1   0   0   0   59.0   56   254   30   27   5   25   1   3   38   4  0  4.12  
         TOT     15  11  .577  37  37   6   0   0   1  260.1  265  1124  117   98  17   90   3   9  186  14  0  3.39 
 1975 32 SLN NL  10  14  .417  33  33   3   0   0   1  215.0  216   945  129  109  19   98   3   5  177   4  6  4.56  
 1976 33 SLN NL  15  14  .517  36  35  12   0   0   3  262.0  196  1027   82   75  20   55   6   5  208   4  1  2.58  CY-10
 1977 34 SLN NL  18  12  .600  38  35   6   1   0   2  249.1  202  1021   92   80  20   79   2   4  238   2  2  2.89  CY-7
 1978 35 SLN NL  11  16  .407  36  35   4   0   0   0  233.2  229  1031  124  112  30  104   4   5  198   3  1  4.31  
 1979 36 CHN NL  11  20  .355  42  42   8   0   0   1  277.1  307  1225  163  132  38   96   6   1  198   4  0  4.28  
 1980 37 CHN NL  11  14  .440  37  37   2   0   0   0  246.1  245  1032  104   92  26   60   1   2  154   6  0  3.36  
 1981 38 MNA AL   6  15  .286  26  26   4   0   0   1  175.2  229   794  111  102  25   59   1   4  118   5  2  5.23  
 1982 39 MNA AL  12  10  .545  29  22   6   4   1   0  162.1  195   724  102   89  17   49   1   5   67   6  3  4.93  
 1983 40 MNA AL   9  13  .409  28  27   2   1   0   0  151.1  204   713  127  111  24   59   1   3   83   8  0  6.60  
 1984 41 SDN NL  17   7  .708  31  31   7   0   0   1  215.1  201   888   76   62   4   51   0   5  163   1  1  2.59  CY-9
 1985 42 OAA AL   3  10  .231  24  18   1   6   0   0   96.2  123   455   71   64  16   43   3   3   54   3  1  5.96  
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 19 Seasons     227 213  .516 606 579  84  15   3  17 3933.0 3847 16657 1821 1589 373 1209  60  77 2786 106 23  3.64
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
   With NYN      99  64  .607 236 229  28   2   2   8 1588.2 1444  6544  610  534 129  429  31  31 1089  56  5  3.03
   With SLN      59  60  .496 153 147  26   2   0   6 1019.1  899  4282  457  403  94  363  16  23  860  17 11  3.56
   With CHN      22  34  .393  79  79  10   0   0   1  523.2  552  2257  267  224  64  156   7   3  352  10  0  3.85
   With MNA      27  38  .415  83  75  12   5   1   1  489.1  628  2231  340  302  66  167   3  12  268  19  5  5.55
   With SDN      17   7  .708  31  31   7   0   0   1  215.1  201   888   76   62   4   51   0   5  163   1  1  2.59
   With OAA       3  10  .231  24  18   1   6   0   0   96.2  123   455   71   64  16   43   3   3   54   3  1  5.96
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 MLB Totals     222 209  .515 612 527 140  43  17  33 3840.1 3635 15996 1608 1433 290 1198 121  71 2556  89 29  3.36
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 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 
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 1967 24 SLN NL  33    0  15.8   0          0   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000   52   
 1968 25 NYN NL  21  103   3.4   0  3.14   86   9   2  .105   0    5    4  .800    9    7  .562   23   
 1969 26 NYN NL  16   88   2.9   0  4.67   94   5   0  .053   0    9    6  .667    9    3  .750   -7   
 1970 27 NYN NL  23   89   3.6   0  3.84   73   7   0  .096   0    7    7 1.000    1    3  .250  -41   
 1971 28 NYN NL  24   91   4.8   0  5.93   59  12   0  .203   0    8    7  .875    1    0 1.000   22   
 1972 29 NYN NL  20   73   3.6   2  4.90   59   8   0  .136   3    7    4  .571    2    1  .667  -61   
 1973 30 NYN NL  20   93   3.1   0  4.03   85   8   0  .094   1    7    6  .857    1    4  .200  -33   
 1974 31 NYN NL  19   95   4.2   0  4.61   59   6   0  .102   3    7    3  .429    4    3  .571  -10   
         SLN NL  18   28   4.4   0  3.78   19   4   0  .211   1    3    2  .667    5    0 1.000  -21   
         TOT         123   4.3   0         78  10   0  .128   4   10    5  .500    9    3  .750
 1975 32 SLN NL  22  114   4.7   0  3.70   68   7   0  .103   4    7    3  .429   22   10  .688  -12   
 1976 33 SLN NL  20   74   2.5   0  3.60   80  18   0  .225   1    9    7  .778   20   10  .667  -69   
 1977 34 SLN NL  19   88   3.2   0  3.66   81  13   2  .160   2    7    4  .571   21    7  .750  -54   
 1978 35 SLN NL  16  125   4.8   0  4.00   71   3   0  .042   5    6    1  .167   13    5  .722   41   
 1979 36 CHN NL  17  163   5.2   0  4.14   85  11   0  .129   7   14    7  .500   11    5  .688   40   
 1980 37 CHN NL  20  112   4.0   0  3.24   76  11   0  .145   6   10    4  .400   19    6  .760  -49   
 1981 38 MNA AL  24  119   6.0   0  3.85    0   0   0  .000   0    6    2  .333    2    2  .500  101   
 1982 39 MNA AL  20   95   5.2   4  7.00    0   0   0  .000   2    3    1  .333    8    4  .667   30   
 1983 40 MNA AL  13  124   7.3   0  5.22    0   0   0  .000   0    6    5  .833   15    3  .833  109   
 1984 41 SDN NL  13   74   3.1   0  4.39   63   6   0  .095   6    8    2  .250   17    8  .680  -93   
 1985 42 OAA AL  25   79   7.3   1  4.83    4   0   0  .000   2    5    3  .600    8    2  .800   62   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 19 Seasons         1837   4.2   7       1062 128   4  .121  43  134   78  .582  188   83  .694   -6   6
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+

HOF Standards: Pitching - 36.4 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 72.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Postseason Stats   Postseason Register

 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  ERA    W-L  SV GS   IP   H   ER  BB  SO 
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1969 NLCS  NYN SFN   W    1  5.40   0-0   0  1   5.0   7   3   4   5
      WS    NYN BAA   L    2  5.40   0-1   0  0   1.2   3   1   1   1
 1971 NLCS  NYN LAN   L    1  0.00   0-0   0  0   1.1   1   0   0   1
 1984 NLCS  SDN NYN   W    1  2.57   1-0   0  1   7.0   6   2   1   4
      WS    SDN SEA   L    2  3.00   0-2   0  2  12.0  13   4   1   9
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1967  SLN   98-64   Mike Rescigno
 1968  NYN   87-75   Roger Mullon, Steve Bivens
 1969  NYN  106-56   Ray Cappocchi
 1970  NYN  100-62   Ray Cappocchi
 1971  NYN  104-58   Ray Cappocchi
 1972  NYN   80-82   Ray Cappocchi
 1973  NYN   79-83   Ray Cappocchi
 1974  NYN   61-101  Chris Colucci, Jon Fellows
 1974  SLN   82-80   Derek Jones
 1975  SLN   80-82   Derek Jones
 1976  SLN   70-92   Steve Dewing
 1977  SLN   94-68   Steve Dewing
 1978  SLN   83-79   Steve Dewing, Jim Sheehan, Rob Tomlinson
 1979  CHN   70-92   Alan Bosslet
 1980  CHN   57-105  Alan Bosslet
 1981  MNA   50-112  Tom Austad
 1982  MNA   63-99   Tom Austad
 1983  MNA   65-97   Tom Austad
 1984  SDN  104-58   Mike Tomeo
 1985  OAA   78-84   Drew Kennedy

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