Mark Clark vs. Jim Kern — Career Comparison

Mark Clark
Gen XCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jim Kern
Baby BoomersMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Mark Clark 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 91), strikeout rate (K%+ 135 vs 77), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 105 vs 95). Mark Clark held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 126 vs 68). Role difference aside, Jim Kern holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Mark Clark and Jim Kern

Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
219
1.58
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
4.72
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
1.42
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.16
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
0.53
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.6
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.51
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.65
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.03
51.03
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.18
48.18
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.95
89.95
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.37
3.37
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.11
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
1
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
638
4.61
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
293
3.32
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3739
27
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
2380
27
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1246.1
9
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
793.1
9
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1364
9.85
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
670
7.6
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.85
9.85
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.6
7.6
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
154
1.11
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.4
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
367
2.65
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
444
5.04
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.15
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.69
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
728
5.26
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
651
7.39
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.26
5.26
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.39
7.39
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.56
1.56
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.879
0.879
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.38
1.38
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.34
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.54
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.17
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.33
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.09
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5367
38.76
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3422
38.82
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
254
2.88
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
687
4.96
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
3.77
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.96
4.96
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.32
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.81
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.3
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.36
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95
0.69
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.84
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.389
1.389
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.404
1.404
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4891
35.32
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
2846
32.29
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.294
0.294
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.76
38.76
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.82
38.82

Fielding Stats for Mark Clark and Jim Kern

Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
219
1.58
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
4.72
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
1.42
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.16
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3739
27
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
2380
27
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1246.1
9
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
793.1
9
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.41
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.49
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
153
1.1
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
1.3
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.18
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
216
1.56
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
1.97
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
210
1.52
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
1.79
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.22
97.22
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.8
90.8
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.959
0.959
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.95
89.95
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.37
3.37
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.09
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.08
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mark Clark and Jim Kern

Mark Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Mark Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
219
469.29
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
416
24960
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
280
600
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
242
518.57
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
540
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.058
0.058
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
30
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
21.43
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.43
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.14
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
8.57
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.46
5.27
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.72
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
42.86
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
47.14
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Mark Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0.045
0.045
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.122
0.122
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.096
0.096
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
15
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
19.29
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
32.14
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Clark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-11.96
-25.63
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.66
-39.83
Mark Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
17.14
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Mark Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Clark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
106
227.14
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
420
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.64
2.64
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
1.43
1.43
Mark Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
62.14
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.14
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.29
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mark Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA