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Jim Kern Stats

Jim Kern was born on Tuesday, March 15, 1949, in Gladwin, Michigan. Kern was 25 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 6, 1974, with the Cleveland Indians. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Jim Kern baseball stats page.

"Pinky May was the manager. It was like the second inning and he comes out to take me out of the game. I said, 'Pinky, I'm not tired.' He looked at me and said, 'No, but the outfielders are.'" - Jim Kern

Jim Kern

Jim Kern Autograph on a 1981 Fleer (#618)

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Birth Name:	James Lester Kern
Nickname:	Jim or The Amazing Emu
Born On:	03-15-1949
Born In:	Gladwin, Michigan
Zodiac:	Pisces
Died On:	Still Living
Died In:	Still Living
Cemetery:	n/a

College:	None Attended
Bats:	Right
Throws:	Right
Height:	6-05
Weight:	205
First Game:	09-06-1974 (Age 25)
Last Game:	05-30-1986
Draft:	Undrafted Free Agent

Jim Kern Jim Kern Pitching Stats
Year	Team	G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	HLD
1974	Indians	4	3	0	0	1	.000	4.70	1	0	0	15.1	76	16	8	9	1	14	1	11	0	0	1	-
1975	Indians	13	7	1	1	2	.333	3.77	0	0	0	71.2	311	60	30	31	5	45	3	55	3	5	1	-
1976	Indians	50	2	31	10	7	.588	2.37	0	0	15	117.2	480	91	31	38	2	50	7	111	6	5	2	-
1977	Indians	60	0	46	8	10	.444	3.42	0	0	18	92.0	393	85	35	39	3	47	8	91	4	6	0	-
1978	Indians	58	0	43	10	10	.500	3.08	0	0	13	99.1	423	77	34	36	4	58	7	95	5	3	0	-
1979	Rangers	71	0	57	13	5	.722	1.57	0	0	29	143.0	578	99	25	35	5	62	6	136	5	2	0	-
1980	Rangers	38	1	15	3	11	.214	4.83	0	0	2	63.1	295	65	34	38	4	45	10	40	3	2	1	-
1981	Rangers	23	0	15	1	2	.333	2.70	0	0	6	30.0	131	21	9	10	0	22	3	20	1	1	1	-
1982	Reds	50	0	26	3	5	.375	2.84	0	0	2	76.0	335	61	24	27	3	48	14	43	9	2	2	-
1982	White Sox	13	1	7	2	1	.667	5.14	0	0	3	28.0	112	20	16	16	3	12	0	23	2	0	0	-
1983	White Sox	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0	0	0	0.2	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	-
1984	Phillies	8	0	5	0	1	.000	10.13	0	0	0	13.1	70	20	15	16	3	10	1	8	3	0	0	-
1984	Brewers	6	0	3	1	0	1.000	0.00	0	0	0	4.2	23	6	0	0	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	-
1985	Brewers	5	0	1	0	1	.000	6.55	0	0	0	11.0	50	14	8	8	1	5	1	3	3	0	0	-
1986	Indians	16	0	4	1	1	.500	7.90	0	0	0	27.1	142	34	24	28	1	23	0	11	3	3	0	-
Career		G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	HLD
13 Years		416	14	254	53	57	.482	3.32	1	0	88	793.1	3,422	670	293	332	35	444	61	651	48	29	8	-

Jim Kern Jim Kern Hitting Stats
Yr	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GS	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1974	Indians	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1975	Indians	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1976	Indians	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1977	Indians	60	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1978	Indians	58	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1979	Rangers	71	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1980	Rangers	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1981	Rangers	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1982	Reds	50	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	.000	.125	.000
1982	White Sox	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1983	White Sox	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1984	Phillies	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1984	Brewers	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1985	Brewers	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1986	Indians	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Career		G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GS	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
13 Years		416	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	.000	.100	.000

Jim Kern Jim Kern Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF	ZR
1974 Indians	P	4	3	46	1	0.3	1	0	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.59	-
1975 Indians	P	13	7	215	17	1.3	15	4	11	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.882	1.88	-
1976 Indians	P	50	2	353	24	0.5	21	7	14	3	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.875	1.61	-
1977 Indians	P	60	0	276	21	0.4	18	5	13	3	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.857	1.76	-
1978 Indians	P	58	0	298	20	0.3	20	4	16	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.81	-
1979 Rangers	P	71	0	429	32	0.5	25	9	16	7	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.781	1.57	-
1980 Rangers	P	38	1	190	12	0.3	12	0	12	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.71	-
1981 Rangers	P	23	0	90	7	0.3	6	3	3	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.857	1.80	-
1982 Reds	P	50	0	228	18	0.4	18	3	15	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.13	-
1982 White Sox	P	13	1	84	6	0.5	6	3	3	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.93	-
1983 White Sox	P	1	0	2	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00	-
1984 Phillies	P	8	0	40	2	0.3	2	0	2	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.35	-
1984 Brewers	P	6	0	14	1	0.2	1	1	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.93	-
1985 Brewers	P	5	0	33	5	1.0	5	2	3	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	4.09	-
1986 Indians	P	16	0	82	8	0.5	8	2	6	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.63	-
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF	ZR
P Totals		416	14	2,380	174	0.4	158	43	115	16	7	n/a	n/a	n/a	.908	1.79	--
13 Years		416	14	2,380	174	0.4	158	43	115	16	7	n/a	n/a	n/a	.908	1.79	--

Jim Kern Jim Kern Miscellaneous Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1974 Indians	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.79	6.46	8.22
1975 Indians	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.22	6.91	5.65
1976 Indians	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.22	8.49	3.82
1977 Indians	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.94	8.90	4.60
1978 Indians	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.64	8.61	5.26
1979 Rangers	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.19	8.56	3.90
1980 Rangers	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.89	5.68	6.39
1981 Rangers	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.91	6.00	6.60
1982 Reds	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	1.4	0.0	0.90	5.09	5.68
1982 White Sox	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.92	7.39	3.86
1983 White Sox	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.00
1984 Phillies	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.80	5.40	6.75
1984 Brewers	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.33	7.71	5.79
1985 Brewers	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.60	2.45	4.09
1986 Indians	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.48	3.62	7.57
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
13 Years	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	1.3	0.0	1.47	7.39	5.04

Jim Kern Jim Kern Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team [Click for Roster]	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1974 Cleveland Indians	34	Undetermined	-	-
1975 Cleveland Indians	34	Undetermined	-	-
1976 Cleveland Indians	34	$19,000.00	-	-
1977 Cleveland Indians	34	$100,384.00	Stats	-
1978 Cleveland Indians	34	Undetermined	Stats	-
1979 Texas Rangers	34	Undetermined	Stats	-
1980 Texas Rangers	34	Undetermined	-	-
1981 Texas Rangers	34	Undetermined	-	-
1982 Cincinnati Reds	34	Undetermined	-	-
1982 Chicago White Sox	67	Undetermined	-	-
1983 Chicago White Sox	67	Undetermined	-	-
1984 Philadelphia Phillies	37	Undetermined	-	-
1984 Milwaukee Brewers	31	Undetermined	-	-
1985 Milwaukee Brewers	42	Undetermined	-	-
1986 Cleveland Indians	46	$90,000.00	-	-
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