Jim Kern

PITCHER · R/R · MLB · ACTIVE: 1974–1986 BORN: GLADWIN, USA
All-Star ×3
Career
53 W · 3.32 ERA · 651 K
793.1 IP · 1.40 WHIP · 416 G
1986 Season
1-1 · 7.90 ERA
27.1 IP · 11 K · 2.09 WHIP
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Jim Kern was a pitcher in MLB. Across 416 career appearances, with a 3.32 ERA and 651 strikeouts. This page covers season stats, team history, salary history, and career profile.

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Full Career Record

Season-by-season performance, contract terms, and the complete archive.

Season-by-Season Pitching
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Year Team W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO WHIP
1974 CLE 0 1 4.70 4 3 0 15.1 16 8 14 11 1.96
1975 CLE 1 2 3.77 13 7 0 71.2 60 30 45 55 1.47
1976 CLE 10 7 2.37 50 2 15 117.2 91 31 50 111 1.20
1977 CLE 8 10 3.42 60 0 18 92.0 85 35 47 91 1.43
1978 CLE 10 10 3.08 58 0 13 99.1 77 34 58 95 1.36
1979 TEX 13 5 1.57 71 0 29 143.0 99 25 62 136 1.13
1980 TEX 3 11 4.83 38 1 2 63.1 65 34 45 40 1.74
1981 TEX 1 2 2.70 23 0 6 30.0 21 9 22 20 1.43
1982 CIN 3 5 2.84 50 0 2 76.0 61 24 48 43 1.43
1982 CWS 2 1 5.14 13 1 3 28.0 20 16 12 23 1.14
1983 CWS 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0.2 1 0 0 0 1.50
1984 ML4 1 0 0.00 6 0 0 4.2 6 0 3 4 1.93
1984 PHI 0 1 10.13 8 0 0 13.1 20 15 10 8 2.25
1985 ML4 0 1 6.55 5 0 0 11.0 14 8 5 3 1.73
1986 CLE 1 1 7.90 16 0 0 27.1 34 24 23 11 2.09
Career Totals 53 57 3.32 416 14 88 793.1 670 293 444 651 1.40
Season-by-Season Batting
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Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1974 CLE 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 CLE 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 CLE 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 CLE 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 CLE 58 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1979 TEX 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 TEX 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 TEX 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 CIN 50 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .125 .000 .125
1982 CWS 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 CWS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 ML4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 PHI 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1985 ML4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 CLE 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career Totals 416 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .000 .100 .000 .100
Awards & Achievements
  • Pitcher of the Month (1): 1979
  • Reliever of the Year Award (1): 1979
  • TSN All-Star (1): 1979
  • TSN Fireman of the Year (1): 1979
All-Star Selections

1977, 1978, 1979

Salary & Contract
Year Salary
1986$90,000

Career Total: $90,000 (1 seasons)

Average: $90,000

Salary data is available from 1985 onward.

TGN salary figures show base salary. Signing bonuses, accounting allocations, and luxury-tax values are listed separately where available.

Contract Detail

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Data: Lahman Baseball Database (CC BY-SA 4.0), Cot's Baseball Contracts, Retrosheet.