Jim Kern
| Jim Kern | |||
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| Pitcher | |||
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Born: March 15, 1949 Gladwin, Michigan |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 6, 1974, for the Cleveland Indians | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| May 30, 1986, for the Cleveland Indians | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win–Loss record | 53–57 | ||
| Earned run average | 3.32 | ||
| Strikeouts | 651 | ||
| Saves | 88 | ||
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James Lester Kern (born March 15, 1949 in Gladwin, Michigan) is a retired Major League Baseball pitcher. A three time American League All-Star (1977–1979), Kern went 13-5 with a 1.57 ERA and 29 saves out of the Texas Rangers' bullpen in 1979 to finish fourth in American League Cy Young Award balloting.
In 1967, Kern signed with the Cleveland Indians out of Midland High School in Midland, Michigan at eighteen years old as a free agent with an overpowering fastball. He played 6 years in the minor leagues and winter ball seasons in Mexico, then missed the 1969 baseball season serving in the United States Marine Corps. In 1974 in AAA Oklahoma City of the American Association, he won the Allie Reynolds Award as the best pitcher in the league with a 17 & 7 record, striking our 220 batters in 189 innings and 19 strike outs in a 9 inning game. During the 1973 and 1974 minor league seasons Kern was 28-14, striking out a total of 402 batters in 355 innings. He had an even 47-47 record over six seasons as a starting pitcher in the Indians' farm system when he received a September call-up in 1974. In his major league debut, he pitched a complete game in which he held the Baltimore Orioles to just one run. The Indians were, however, held scoreless by Orioles pitcher Mike Cuellar.
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