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Jim Kern played 13 major-league seasons (1974-1986) as a P (416). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
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| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 29 | CLE | 58 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1982 | 33 | CIN | 50 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .000 | .125 | -61 |
| 1984 | 35 | PHI | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 25 | CLE | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15.1 | 11 | 14 | 4.70 | 77 |
| 1975 | 26 | CLE | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 71.2 | 55 | 45 | 3.77 | 100 |
| 1976 | 27 | CLE | 50 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 117.2 | 111 | 50 | 2.37 | 148 |
| 1977 | 28 | CLE | 60 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 92 | 91 | 47 | 3.42 | 119 |
| 1978 | 29 | CLE | 58 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 99.1 | 95 | 58 | 3.08 | 122 |
| 1979 | 30 | TEX | 71 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 29 | 143 | 136 | 62 | 1.57 | 268 |
| 1980 | 31 | TEX | 38 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 63.1 | 40 | 45 | 4.83 | 83 |
| 1981 | 32 | TEX | 23 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 30 | 20 | 22 | 2.70 | 135 |
| 1982 | 33 | CHA | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 23 | 12 | 5.14 | 79 |
| 1982 | 33 | CIN | 50 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 76 | 43 | 48 | 2.84 | 127 |
| 1983 | 34 | CHA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | — |
| 1984 | 35 | ML4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 4 | 3 | 0.00 | — |
| 1984 | 35 | PHI | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13.1 | 8 | 10 | 10.13 | 35 |
| 1985 | 36 | ML4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 6.55 | 63 |
| 1986 | 37 | CLE | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 27.1 | 11 | 23 | 7.90 | 53 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | P | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1975 | P | 13 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 |
| 1976 | P | 50 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 2 |
| 1977 | P | 60 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 2 |
| 1978 | P | 58 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | P | 71 | 0 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 1 |
| 1980 | P | 38 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 |
| 1981 | P | 23 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | P | 63 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | P | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | P | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 1986 | P | 16 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Jim Kern won: TSN All-Star 1979 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (2 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1979.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Cy Young Award | AL | 4 | 25 / 140 | 0 |
| 1979 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 11 | 25 / 392 | 0 |
Jim Kern ranks on 2 all-time single-season position leaderboards (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #65 | closers | 1979 | 268 ERA+ |
| #81 | relief pitchers | 1979 | 268 ERA+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.