Ultimate Mets Database - Jerry Koosman

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Jerry Koosman
Inducted into the New York Mets Hall of Fame, 1989
Ultimate Mets Database popularity ranking: 16 of 1252 players

Jerome Martin Koosman
Born: December 23, 1942 at Appleton, Minn.
Throws: Left Bats: Right
Height: 6.02 Weight: 220

Jerry Koosman has been the most popular Ultimate Mets Database daily lookup 83 times, most recently on April 24, 2024.

First Mets game: April 14, 1967
Last Mets game: September 30, 1978

Winner of National League Player of the Month award, April 1973. (New York Mets)
Winner of National League Player of the Week award, April 29, 1973. (New York Mets)
Winner of National League Pitcher of the Month award, July 1976. (New York Mets)

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Jerry Koosman also played for the following teams:

Minnesota Twins 1979 - 1981; Chicago White Sox 1981 - 1983; Philadelphia Phillies 1984, 1985

Signed with New York Mets as a free agent on August 27, 1964.

Traded by the New York Mets to the Minnesota Twins in exchange for Jesse Orosco and Greg Field on December 8, 1978.

On disabled list:

from July 7, 1971 to August 9, 1971 (tightness in left side)

Established a Mets season record for Wins in 1968 with 19. Broken by Tom Seaver in 1969 with 25.
Established a Mets season record for Shutouts in 1968 with 7. Tied by Jon Matlack in 1974. Broken by Dwight Gooden in 1985 with 8.

Pitching Record with New York Mets

Year G IP W L Pct. H R ER HR SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA

1967 9 22.1 0 2 0.000 22 17 15 3 11 19 3 0 0 0 6.04

1968 35 263.2 19 12 0.613 221 72 61 16 178 69 34 17 7 0 2.08

1969 32 241.0 17 9 0.654 187 66 61 14 180 68 32 16 6 0 2.28

1970 30 212.0 12 7 0.632 189 87 74 22 118 71 29 5 1 0 3.14

1971 26 165.2 6 11 0.353 160 66 56 12 96 51 24 4 0 0 3.04

1972 34 163.0 11 12 0.478 155 81 75 14 147 52 24 4 1 1 4.14

1973 35 263.0 14 15 0.483 234 93 83 18 156 76 35 12 3 0 2.84

1974 35 265.0 15 11 0.577 258 113 99 16 188 85 35 13 0 0 3.36

1975 36 239.2 14 13 0.519 234 106 91 19 173 98 34 11 4 2 3.42

1976 34 247.1 21 10 0.677 205 81 74 19 200 66 32 17 3 0 2.69

1977 32 226.2 8 20 0.286 195 102 88 17 192 81 32 6 1 0 3.49

1978 38 235.1 3 15 0.167 221 110 98 17 160 84 32 3 0 2 3.75

12 years 376 2544.2 140 137 0.505 2281 994 875 187 1799 820 346 108 26 5 3.09

League Championship Series Record

Year G IP W L Pct. H R ER HR SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA

1969 1 4.2 0 0 0.000 7 6 6 1 5 4 1 0 0 0 11.57

1973 1 9.0 1 0 1.000 8 2 2 1 9 0 1 1 0 0 2.00

2 years 2 13.2 1 0 1.000 15 8 8 2 14 4 2 1 0 0 5.27

World Series Record

Year G IP W L Pct. H R ER HR SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA

1969 2 17.2 2 0 1.000 7 4 4 2 9 4 2 1 0 0 2.04

1973 2 8.2 1 0 1.000 9 3 3 0 8 7 2 0 0 0 3.12

2 years 4 26.1 3 0 1.000 16 7 7 2 17 11 4 1 0 0 2.39

All-Star Game Record

Year G IP W L Pct. H R ER HR SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA

1968 1 0.1 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00

1969 1 1.2 0 0 0.000 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00

2 years 2 2.0 0 0 0.000 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00

Tied for National League lead in losses with 20 in 1977.

Led Mets in innings pitched with 226.2 in 1977 and with 235.1 in 1978.
Led Mets in wins with 19 in 1968, with 15 in 1974 and with 21 in 1976.
Led Mets in losses with 20 in 1977. Tied for Mets lead in losses with 12 in 1972, with 13 in 1975 and with 15 in 1978.
Led Mets in earned run average with 2.08 in 1968.
Led Mets in hits allowed with 234 in 1973, with 258 in 1974, with 234 in 1975 and with 195 in 1977.
Led Mets in runs allowed with 113 in 1974, with 106 in 1975 and with 102 in 1977. Tied for Mets lead in runs allowed with 93 in 1973.
Led Mets in earned runs allowed with 99 in 1974, with 91 in 1975 and with 88 in 1977.
Led Mets in walks with 85 in 1974, with 98 in 1975, with 81 in 1977 and with 84 in 1978.
Led Mets in strikeouts with 192 in 1977 and with 160 in 1978.
Led Mets in home runs allowed with 16 in 1968, with 22 in 1970, with 19 in 1975 and with 19 in 1976.
Led Mets in games started with 35 in 1974 and with 32 in 1977. Tied for Mets lead in games started with 32 in 1978.
Led Mets in complete games with 17 in 1968 and with 17 in 1976.
Led Mets in shutouts with 7 in 1968 and with 6 in 1969. Tied for Mets lead in shutouts with 3 in 1973.

Games where Jerry Koosman had 10 or more Strikeouts
vs. San Francisco (NL) 04/17/68. vs. Houston (NL) 04/23/68. vs. Pittsburgh (NL) 05/20/68. At St. Louis (NL) 07/21/68.
vs. San Diego (NL) 05/28/69. At San Diego (NL) 06/07/69. vs. Chicago (NL) 09/08/69. At Philadelphia (NL) 05/16/70.
vs. Philadelphia (NL) 09/10/71. vs. San Diego (NL) 07/06/72. At St. Louis (NL) 09/26/72. vs. Philadelphia (NL) 04/14/74.
At San Diego (NL) 04/25/74. At San Francisco (NL) 08/23/75. At Los Angeles (NL) 08/28/75. At Philadelphia (NL) 09/26/75.
vs. Chicago (NL) 07/02/76. vs. Cincinnati (NL) 08/15/76. vs. St. Louis (NL) 09/16/76. At Philadelphia (NL) 10/01/76.
vs. San Diego (NL) 05/12/77. At Atlanta (NL) 06/13/77. vs. Chicago (NL) 07/13/77. vs. San Francisco (NL) 08/21/78.

Mets record in games started by Jerry Koosman
1967: (0-3) 1968: (19-15) 1969: (22-10) 1970: (15-14) 1971: (12-12) 1972: (11-13) 1973: (17-18) 1974: (18-17) 1975: (18-16) 1976: (22-10) 1977: (10-22) 1978: (9-23)