Don Carman vs. Jim Kern — Career Comparison

Don Carman
Baby BoomersOklahomaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jim Kern
Baby BoomersMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Don Carman built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Kern as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Kern led in home run suppression (HR9+ 169 vs 77), strikeout rate (K%+ 135 vs 95), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 105 vs 87). Don Carman held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 90 vs 68). Role difference aside, Jim Kern holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Don Carman and Jim Kern

Don Carman
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Don Carman
Career
Per 9 Innings
342
3.34
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
4.72
Don Carman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
1
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.16
Don Carman
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.52
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.6
Don Carman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.53
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.65
Don Carman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.53
49.53
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.18
48.18
Don Carman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.82
29.82
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.37
3.37
Don Carman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.07
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Don Carman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Don Carman
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.11
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
1
Don Carman
Career
Per 9 Innings
421
4.11
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
293
3.32
Don Carman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Don Carman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.87
3.87
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Don Carman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Don Carman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.245
0.245
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Don Carman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2765
27
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
2380
27
Don Carman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
921.2
9
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
793.1
9
Don Carman
Career
Per 9 Innings
849
8.29
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
670
7.6
Don Carman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.29
8.29
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.6
7.6
Don Carman
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
1.12
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.4
Don Carman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Don Carman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Don Carman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.69
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
444
5.04
Don Carman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.44
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.69
Don Carman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Don Carman
Career
Per 9 Innings
598
5.84
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
651
7.39
Don Carman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.84
5.84
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.39
7.39
Don Carman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.75
1.75
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.56
1.56
Don Carman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.059
1.059
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.38
1.38
Don Carman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.35
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.54
Don Carman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.21
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.33
Don Carman
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.1
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.09
Don Carman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3936
38.43
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3422
38.82
Don Carman
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.81
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
254
2.88
Don Carman
Career
Per 9 Innings
462
4.51
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
3.77
Don Carman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Don Carman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.43
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.81
Don Carman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.3
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.36
Don Carman
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.42
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.84
Don Carman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.331
1.331
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.404
1.404
Don Carman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3461
33.8
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
2846
32.29
Don Carman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Don Carman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Don Carman
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.43
38.43
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.82
38.82

Fielding Stats for Don Carman and Jim Kern

Don Carman
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Don Carman
Career
Per 9 Innings
342
3.34
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
4.72
Don Carman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
1
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.16
Don Carman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2765
27
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
2380
27
Don Carman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
921.2
9
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
793.1
9
Don Carman
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.35
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.49
Don Carman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
121
1.18
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
1.3
Don Carman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.04
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.18
Don Carman
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
1.57
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
1.97
Don Carman
Career
Per 9 Innings
157
1.53
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
1.79
Don Carman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.52
97.52
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.8
90.8
Don Carman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.459
0.459
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Don Carman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.82
29.82
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.37
3.37
Don Carman
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.06
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Don Carman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Don Carman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Don Carman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Don Carman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Don Carman and Jim Kern

Don Carman
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Don Carman
Career
Per 600 PA
342
858.58
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
416
24960
Don Carman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
239
600
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Don Carman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
209
524.69
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
540
Don Carman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Don Carman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Don Carman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
30.13
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Don Carman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
30.13
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Don Carman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Don Carman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Don Carman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Don Carman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Don Carman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
Don Carman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Don Carman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
Don Carman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.82
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.72
Don Carman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
30.13
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Don Carman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
35.15
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Don Carman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.066
0.066
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Don Carman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Don Carman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Don Carman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Don Carman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.044
0.044
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.045
0.045
Don Carman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Don Carman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Don Carman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.53
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Don Carman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
12.55
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Don Carman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
20.08
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Don Carman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-14.11
-35.42
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.66
-39.83
Don Carman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Don Carman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
5.02
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Don Carman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Don Carman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
75
188.28
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
420
Don Carman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.19
3.19
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
1.43
1.43
Don Carman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Don Carman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
70.29
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Don Carman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Don Carman
Career
Per 600 PA
5
12.55
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Don Carman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Don Carman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.51
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Don Carman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.51
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Don Carman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA