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Jerry Koosman Jerry Koosman
Full name: Jerome Martin Koosman
Born: December 23, 1942, Appleton, Minnesota
First Game: April 14, 1967; Final Game: August 21, 1985
Bat: Right Throw: Left Height: 6' 2" Weight: 205
TSN NL Rookie Pitcher of the Year (1968)
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Batting RecordBatting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam
1967 NY  N Daily Splits    9     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    1   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .333  .000   0.0 1967 NY  N
1968 NY  N Daily Splits   35    91    3    7   1   0   1    4    3   0   62   0   3   0   0   3   1    0   0  .077  .106  .121   0.0 1968 NY  N
1969 NY  N Daily Splits   32    84    1    4   0   0   0    1    1   0   46   0   4   0   0   1   2    0   0  .048  .059  .048   0.0 1969 NY  N
1970 NY  N Daily Splits   30    70    5    6   1   0   0    4    8   0   46   0   8   0   0   2   2    0   0  .086  .179  .100   0.0 1970 NY  N
1971 NY  N Daily Splits   26    50    3    8   0   0   0    0    3   0   25   1   6   0   0   0   1    0   0  .160  .222  .160   0.0 1971 NY  N
1972 NY  N Daily Splits   34    47    1    4   0   0   0    1    0   0   18   0   9   0   0   2   1    0   0  .085  .085  .085   0.0 1972 NY  N
1973 NY  N Daily Splits   35    78    3    8   1   0   0    3    2   0   37   0  15   0   0   2   2    0   0  .103  .125  .115   0.0 1973 NY  N
1974 NY  N Daily Splits   35    86    5   16   2   1   0    5    7   0   29   0  10   0   0   4   2    0   0  .186  .247  .233   0.0 1974 NY  N
1975 NY  N Daily Splits   36    78    4   14   2   0   0    6    4   0   31   0   7   0   0   1   0    1   0  .179  .220  .205   0.0 1975 NY  N
1976 NY  N Daily Splits   34    79    5   17   2   0   0    6    2   0   34   0  13   0   0   0   1    0   0  .215  .235  .241   0.0 1976 NY  N
1977 NY  N Daily Splits   32    72    2    8   0   0   1    7    0   0   30   1   5   1   0   1   2    0   0  .111  .122  .153   0.0 1977 NY  N
1978 NY  N Daily Splits   38    70    1    6   3   0   0    2    0   0   27   0   5   0   0   2   0    0   0  .086  .086  .129   0.0 1978 NY  N
1979 MIN A                37     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1979 MIN A
1980 MIN A                38     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1980 MIN A
1981 MIN A                19     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1981 MIN A
1981 CHI A                 8     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1981 CHI A
1981 TOT A                27     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1981 TOT A
1982 CHI A                42     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1982 CHI A
1983 CHI A                37     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1983 CHI A
1984 PHI N Daily Splits   36    74    2    8   0   0   0    3    1   0   23   0  14   0   0   1   3    0   0  .108  .120  .108   0.0 1984 PHI N
1985 PHI N Daily Splits   19    34    1    3   0   0   0    4    1   0    9   0   1   1   0   1   2    0   0  .088  .111  .088   0.0 1985 PHI N
Total NL                 431   915   36  109  12   1   2   46   33   0  418   2 100   2   0  20  19    1   0  .119  .151  .141   0.0 Total NL        
Total AL                 181     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 Total AL        
Total            Splits  612   915   36  109  12   1   2   46   33   0  418   2 100   2   0  20  19    1   0  .119  .151  .141   0.0 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam
League Championship Series Batting RecordLeague Championship Series Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1969 NY  N Daily Splits    1     2    1    0   0   0   0    0    1   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .333  .000 1969 NY  N
1973 NY  N Daily Splits    1     4    1    2   0   0   0    1    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .500  .500  .500 1973 NY  N
1983 CHI A                 1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1983 CHI A
Total NL                   2     6    2    2   0   0   0    1    1   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .333  .429  .333 Total NL        
Total AL                   1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - Total AL        
Total            Splits    3     6    2    2   0   0   0    1    1   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .333  .429  .333 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
World Series Batting RecordWorld Series Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1969 NY  N Daily Splits    2     7    0    1   1   0   0    0    0   0    4   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .143  .143  .286 1969 NY  N
1973 NY  N Daily Splits    2     4    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    3   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1973 NY  N
Total            Splits    4    11    0    1   1   0   0    0    0   0    7   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .091  .091  .182 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
All-Star Game Batting RecordAll-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1968 NL                    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1968 NL   
1969 NL                    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1969 NL   
Total                      2     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

Pitching RecordPitching Record
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    PW Year Team
1967 NY  N Daily Splits    9   3   0   0   1   0   22.1   22   105   3   17   15   19   4   11   0   1   0   0   1   4   1   2   2   0   2   6.04  -0.5 1967 NY  N
1968 NY  N Daily Splits   35  34  17   7   0   0  263.2  221  1058  16   72   61   69   7  178   6   6   8   8   0  40   4  23  14  19  12   2.08   2.8 1968 NY  N
1969 NY  N Daily Splits   32  32  16   6   0   0  241    187   957  14   66   61   68  11  180  16   5   7   4   2  29   4  25   9  17   9   2.28   3.2 1969 NY  N
1970 NY  N Daily Splits   30  29   5   1   0   0  212    189   884  22   87   74   71  14  118   7   5   7   2   3  25   7  18  14  12   7   3.14   1.3 1970 NY  N
1971 NY  N Daily Splits   26  24   4   0   0   0  165.2  160   694  12   66   56   51   4   96   9   7   7   1   0  31   4  14   9   6  11   3.04   0.6 1971 NY  N
1972 NY  N Daily Splits   34  24   4   1   5   1  163    155   692  14   81   75   52   7  147   6   7   9   6   0  33   3   7   8  11  12   4.14  -2.0 1972 NY  N
1973 NY  N Daily Splits   35  35  12   3   0   0  263    234  1071  18   93   83   76   6  156  19   6   3   4   0  38   5  25  16  14  15   2.84   2.0 1973 NY  N
1974 NY  N Daily Splits   35  35  13   0   0   0  265    258  1118  16  113   99   85   7  188  12  12   8   7   1  36   9  21  16  15  11   3.36   0.9 1974 NY  N
1975 NY  N Daily Splits   36  34  11   4   2   2  239.2  234  1018  19  106   91   98   6  173  14   7   7   4   7  38   9  21  13  14  13   3.42   0.2 1975 NY  N
1976 NY  N Daily Splits   34  32  17   3   0   0  247.1  205   994  19   81   74   66   7  200  15   4   3   1   1  25   5  11  13  21  10   2.69   2.8 1976 NY  N
1977 NY  N Daily Splits   32  32   6   1   0   0  226.2  195   940  17  102   88   81   8  192   9   4   2   4   4  30   5  17  14   8  20   3.49   0.1 1977 NY  N
1978 NY  N Daily Splits   38  32   3   0   6   2  235.1  221   986  17  110   98   84  11  160  17  11   5   8   1  33   2  19  11   3  15   3.75  -0.8 1978 NY  N
1979 MIN A Daily Splits   37  36  10   2   0   0  263.2  268  1101  19  108   99   83   4  157  13   3   2   3   1  50   9  29  16  20  13   3.38   3.4 1979 MIN A
1980 MIN A Daily Splits   38  34   8   0   2   2  243.1  252  1022  24  119  109   69   5  149  17   6   2   5   1  52   4  30  12  16  13   4.03   1.2 1980 MIN A
1981 MIN A Daily Splits   19  13   2   1   5   5   94.1   98   404   8   49   44   34   7   55   5   5   1   0   1  14   3   4   4   3   9   4.20  -0.3 1981 MIN A
1981 CHI A Daily Splits    8   3   1   0   4   0   27     27   113   2   10   10    7   0   21   2   0   1   0   0   1   1   2   2   1   4   3.33   0.2 1981 CHI A
1981 TOT A                27  16   3   1   9   5  121.1  125   517  10   59   54   41   7   76   7   5   2   0   1  15   4   6   6   4  13   4.01  -0.1 1981 TOT A
1982 CHI A Daily Splits   42  19   3   1  12   3  173.1  194   726   9   81   74   38   3   88   5   6   4   2   2  29   4  19   5  11   7   3.84   0.6 1982 CHI A
1983 CHI A Daily Splits   37  24   2   1   6   2  169.2  176   730  19   96   90   53   2   90   5   5   5   6   0  33   3   8   4  11   7   4.77  -0.9 1983 CHI A
1984 PHI N Daily Splits   36  34   3   1   0   0  224    232   950   8   95   81   60   5  137  13   6   6   3   2  37   8  18  16  14  15   3.25   0.8 1984 PHI N
1985 PHI N Daily Splits   19  18   3   1   0   0   99.1  107   433  14   56   51   34   3   60   5   4   2   3   2  19   4   6   6   6   4   4.62  -1.0 1985 PHI N
Total NL                 431 398 114  28  14   5 2868   2620 11900 209 1145 1007  914 100 1996 148  85  74  55  24 418  70 227 161 160 156   3.16  10.4 Total NL        
Total AL                 181 129  26   5  29  12  971.1 1015  4096  81  463  426  284  21  560  47  25  15  16   5 179  24  92  43  62  53   3.95   4.2 Total AL        
Total            Splits  612 527 140  33  43  17 3839.1 3635 15996 290 1608 1433 1198 121 2556 195 110  89  71  29 597  94 319 204 222 209   3.36  14.6 Total
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    PW Year Team
League Championship Series Pitching RecordLeague Championship Series Pitching Record
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team
1969 NY  N Daily Splits    1   1   0   0   0   0    4.2    7    24   1    6    6    4   0    5   0   0   0   0   0   2   0   1   0   0   0  11.57 1969 NY  N
1973 NY  N Daily Splits    1   1   1   0   0   0    9      8    35   1    2    2    0   0    9   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   1   1   0   2.00 1973 NY  N
1983 CHI A Daily Splits    1   0   0   0   0   0    0.1    1     4   0    3    2    2   1    0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  54.00 1983 CHI A
Total NL                   2   2   1   0   0   0   13.2   15    59   2    8    8    4   0   14   0   0   0   0   0   3   0   2   1   1   0   5.27 Total NL        
Total AL                   1   0   0   0   0   0    0.1    1     4   0    3    2    2   1    0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  54.00 Total AL        
Total            Splits    3   2   1   0   0   0   14     16    63   2   11   10    6   1   14   0   0   0   0   0   4   0   2   1   1   0   6.43 Total
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team
World Series Pitching RecordWorld Series Pitching Record
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team
1969 NY  N Daily Splits    2   2   1   0   0   0   17.2    7    64   2    4    4    4   0    9   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   0   2.04 1969 NY  N
1973 NY  N Daily Splits    2   2   0   0   0   0    8.2    9    41   0    3    3    7   1    8   0   0   0   0   0   3   2   1   2   1   0   3.12 1973 NY  N
Total            Splits    4   4   1   0   0   0   26.1   16   105   2    7    7   11   1   17   0   0   0   0   0   3   2   1   2   3   0   2.39 Total
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team
All-Star Game Pitching RecordAll-Star Game Pitching Record
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team
1968 NL    Daily Splits    1   0   0   0   1   1    0.1    0     1   0    0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0.00 1968 NL   
1969 NL    Daily Splits    1   0   0   0   0   0    1.2    1     6   0    0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0.00 1969 NL   
Total            Splits    2   0   0   0   1   1    2      1     7   0    0    0    0   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0.00 Total
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team

Fielding RecordFielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
1967 NY  N Daily   P    9    3    0    22.1     0    5    0    1   0    0    3    3    0 1.000
1968 NY  N Daily   P   35   34   17   263.2     5   42    0    2   0    1    7    8    2 1.000
1969 NY  N Daily   P   32   32   16   241       4   37    1    3   0    0    5    9    0  .976
1970 NY  N Daily   P   30   29    5   212       7   20    0    1   0    0    7    7    2 1.000
1971 NY  N Daily   P   26   24    4   165.2     6   23    1    2   0    2    3   12    1  .967
1972 NY  N Daily   P   34   24    4   163       4   23    1    1   0    1    6   12    2  .964
1973 NY  N Daily   P   35   35   12   263       5   41    2    1   0    1   10   10    4  .958
1974 NY  N Daily   P   35   35   13   265       8   41    4    2   0    0   10   23    6  .925
1975 NY  N Daily   P   36   34   11   239.2    10   32    3    3   0    1   14   18    9  .933
1976 NY  N Daily   P   34   32   17   247.1     5   39    3    1   0    2   10    6    5  .936
1977 NY  N Daily   P   32   32    6   226.2     4   25    4    0   0    2   11   15    5  .879
1978 NY  N Daily   P   38   32    3   235.1     4   48    6    4   0    2   14   11    8  .897
1979 MIN A Daily   P   37   36   10   263.2    10   50    5    6   0    1   16    7   13  .923
1980 MIN A Daily   P   38   34    8   243.1     7   41    3    2   0    3   10    7    7  .941
1981 MIN A Daily   P   19   13    2    94.1     5   15    1    0   0    1    7    1    3  .952
1981 CHI A Daily   P    8    3    1    27       2    2    0    0   0    0    0    1    0 1.000
1981 TOT A         P   27   16    3   121.1     7   17    1    0   0    1    7    2    3  .960
1982 CHI A Daily   P   42   19    3   173.1    12   24    1    3   0    1    5    7    3  .973
1983 CHI A Daily   P   37   24    2   169.2     5   26    2    2   0    3    5   12    4  .939
1984 PHI N Daily   P   36   34    3   224       9   34    4    1   0    2   10   13    5  .915
1985 PHI N Daily   P   19   18    3    99.1     4   14    1    1   0    2    2    8    1  .947
Total              P  612  527  140  3839.1   116  582   42   36   0   25  155  190   80  .943
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
League Championship Series Fielding RecordLeague Championship Series Fielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
1969 NY  N Daily   P    1    1    0     4.2     0    1    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
1973 NY  N Daily   P    1    1    1     9       0    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0     -
1983 CHI A Daily   P    1    0    0     0.1     0    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0     -
Total              P    3    2    1    14       0    1    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
World Series Fielding RecordWorld Series Fielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
1969 NY  N Daily   P    2    2    1    17.2     0    2    0    0   0    0    0    1    0 1.000
1973 NY  N Daily   P    2    2    0     8.2     0    1    1    0   0    0    1    0    1  .500
Total              P    4    4    1    26.1     0    3    1    0   0    0    1    1    1  .750
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
All-Star Game Fielding RecordAll-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
1968 NL    Daily   P    1    0    0     0.1     0    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0     -
1969 NL    Daily   P    1    0    0     1.2     0    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0     -
Total              P    2    0    0     2       0    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0     -
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG

TransactionsTransactions
Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Mets (August 27, 1964).

Traded by New York Mets to Minnesota Twins in exchange for Greg Field and a player
to be named later (December 8, 1978); New York Mets received Jesse Orosco (February
7, 1979).

Traded by Minnesota Twins to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Ivan Mesa, Ronnie
Perry, cash and a player to be named later (August 30, 1981); Minnesota Twins
received Randy Johnson (September 2, 1981).

Granted free agency (November 7, 1983).

Signed by Chicago White Sox (December 2, 1983).

Traded by Chicago White Sox to Philadelphia Phillies (February 15, 1984) completing
trade in which Philadelphia Phillies traded Ron Reed to Chicago White Sox in
exchange for a player to be named later (December 5, 1983).

Released by Philadelphia Phillies (December 6, 1985).


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