Jim Kaat

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-4, 205lb (193cm, 92kg)

Born: November 7, 1938 in Zeeland, MI us

High School: Zeeland HS (Zeeland, MI)

School: Hope College (Holland, MI)

Debut: August 2, 1959 (Age 20-268d, 11,662nd in major league history)
vs. CHW 2.2 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 3 BB, 1 ER, L

Last Game: July 1, 1983 (Age 44-236d)
vs. PIT 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2022. (Voted by Golden Days Era Committee)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1960 season

Full Name: James Lee Kaat

Nicknames: Kitty

Pronunciation: \cott\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

50.5

283

237

ERA

3.45

898

625

4530.1

2461

WHIP

1.259

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	22-25 / in Starts: 18-17
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	23 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 109 PAs	10
Actual Runners on Base	67 (32-21-14)
Avg. MLBer w/ 109 PAs	12
Avg. Runners on Base	67 (35-20-11)

Most Driven In
B Allen	4
Z Versalles	2
G Banks	1
E Battey	1
B Allison	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
R Rollins	5
V Power	2
Self	1
C Pascual	1

1962 Batting Game Log

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1962 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	64	4 (3)	Apr 14	MIN		LAA	L,5-12	GS-5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	9	.63	-0.006	1.42	-0.01%	-0.11	P
2	65	5	Apr 15	MIN		LAA	L,3-6	5-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	9						PR
3	66	7 (1)	Apr 18	MIN		CHW	L,2-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	4						PR
4	67	8	Apr 19	MIN		CHW	L,3-10	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	9						P
5	68	11 (2)	Apr 22	MIN	@	LAA	W,5-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.167	.000	.167	9	.37	-0.037	.69	-0.04%	-1.04	P
6	69	15 (3)	Apr 27	MIN	@	CLE	L,2-7	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.125	.000	.125	9	.72	-0.035	1.56	-0.05%	-0.31	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
7	70	20 (4)	May 2	MIN		BAL	L,5-6	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.125	.000	.125	9						P
8	71	22 (1)	May 4	MIN		DET	W,4-2	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.125	.000	.125	9						PR
9	72	25 (2)	May 8	MIN		CLE	L,3-6	GS-7	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.200	.111	.311	9	1.49	0.008	4.38	0.01%	-0.06	P
10	73	29 (3)	May 12	MIN		KCA	W,5-4	2-GF	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.167	.214	.250	.464	9	1.14	0.058	2.40	0.07%	0.22	P
11	74	35 (5)	May 20 (1)	MIN	@	NYY	L,3-4	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.214	.250	.464	4						PR
12	75	36	May 20 (2)	MIN	@	NYY	W,4-2	GS-10	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.222	.200	.422	9	1.51	-0.128	5.11	-0.26%	-0.64	P
13	76	39 (2)	May 23	MIN	@	BOS	L,1-6	5-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.211	.188	.398	9	.61	-0.015	2.17	-0.03%	-0.16	PH P
14	77	43 (3)	May 27 (1)	MIN	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.150	.217	.200	.417	9	.99	0.124	3.55	0.27%	1.01	P
15	78	46 (2)	May 29	MIN		BOS	L,5-8	6-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.208	.190	.399	9	.72	-0.018	2.46	-0.04%	-0.17	PH P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
16	79	49 (2)	Jun 1	MIN		WSA	L,3-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.130	.192	.174	.366	9	.72	-0.036	2.14	-0.06%	-0.33	P
17	80	52 (2)	Jun 5	MIN		KCA	L,3-4	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.130	.192	.174	.366	5						PR
18	81	53	Jun 6	MIN		KCA	W,7-0	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.148	.200	.222	.422	9	.36	-0.033	1.17	-0.07%	0.45	P
19	82	57 (3)	Jun 10 (1)	MIN		CHW	W,8-4	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.212	.233	.445	9	.61	0.088	2.24	0.19%	1.23	P
20	83	61 (3)	Jun 14	MIN	@	LAA	W,5-4	GS-9	5	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.263	.273	.536	9	1.38	0.064	6.04	0.17%	0.61	P
21	84	66 (4)	Jun 19	MIN	@	CHW	W,9-4	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.310	.389	.698	9	.52	0.099	2.16	0.25%	1.92	P
22	85	71 (4)	Jun 23	MIN		LAA	W,5-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.289	.359	.648	9	.15	-0.011	.74	-0.03%	-0.38	P
23	86	73 (1)	Jun 24 (2)	MIN		LAA	L,6-7	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.205	.289	.359	.648	7						PR
24	87	75 (1)	Jun 27	MIN	@	NYY	L,3-7	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.283	.350	.633	9	.80	-0.024	4.03	-0.07%	-0.44	P
25	88	76	Jun 28	MIN	@	NYY	L,2-4	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.283	.350	.633	4						PR
26	89	78 (1)	Jun 30	MIN	@	WSA	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.186	.265	.326	.591	9	1.72	-0.206	6.52	-0.47%	-1.38	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
27	90	83 (4)	Jul 4 (2)	MIN	@	BOS	L,5-9	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.260	.318	.578	9	1.03	-0.027	4.33	-0.07%	-0.24	P
28	91	86 (2)	Jul 8	MIN		NYY	L,8-9	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.174	.250	.304	.554	9	.81	-0.043	2.40	-0.08%	-0.67	P
29	92	89 (2)	Jul 14	MIN		WSA	L,3-4	GS-8	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.273	.313	.585	9	.42	-0.020	.97	-0.03%	-0.42	P
30	93	93 (3)	Jul 19	MIN		CLE	W,8-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.259	.294	.553	9	.44	-0.017	1.26	-0.03%	-0.59	P
31	94	98 (4)	Jul 24	MIN		DET	L,3-4	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.167	.246	.278	.524	9	.73	-0.009	2.16	-0.02%	-0.04	P
32	95	101 (2)	Jul 28	MIN	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.262	.293	.555	9	2.46	0.009	8.15	0.02%	-0.01	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
33	96	105 (3)	Aug 1	MIN	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG(11)	5	5	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.257	.317	.575	9	1.88	0.228	5.30	0.39%	0.47	P
34	97	109 (3)	Aug 5 (1)	MIN	@	DET	W,8-3	GS-11	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.243	.299	.542	9	.77	-0.081	2.62	-0.17%	-1.23	P
35	98	115 (5)	Aug 10	MIN	@	LAA	L,0-1	CG(11)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.169	.231	.282	.512	9	1.92	-0.202	9.98	-0.63%	-1.00	P
36	99	120 (4)	Aug 15	MIN		NYY	L,3-9	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.164	.225	.274	.499	9	.69	-0.038	3.62	-0.12%	-0.34	P
37	100	125 (4)	Aug 19 (1)	MIN		BOS	W,4-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.158	.217	.263	.480	9	1.40	-0.108	3.04	-0.14%	-0.72	P
38	101	129 (3)	Aug 22	MIN		WSA	T,8-8	9-10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.158	.217	.263	.480	6						PR
39	102	131 (1)	Aug 23 (2)	MIN		WSA	L,0-6	GS-5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.224	.269	.493	9	.84	-0.019	2.49	-0.04%	-0.17	P
40	103	135 (3)	Aug 28	MIN	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.163	.227	.263	.490	9	.64	-0.017	3.06	-0.05%	-0.04	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
41	104	139 (3)	Sep 2	MIN	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.228	.262	.490	9	1.94	-0.047	9.13	-0.13%	-0.50	P
42	105	144 (4)	Sep 7	MIN	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.170	.237	.261	.498	9	.82	0.035	5.98	0.16%	0.02	P
43	106	148 (3)	Sep 11	MIN		LAA	L,0-9	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.232	.256	.488	9	.86	-0.044	6.06	-0.19%	-0.35	P
44	107	152 (3)	Sep 15	MIN		CLE	W,12-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.160	.223	.245	.468	9	.31	-0.049	1.22	-0.12%	-1.33	P
45	108	153	Sep 16	MIN		CLE	W,4-3	8-9	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.160	.223	.245	.468	6		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
46	109	156 (2)	Sep 20	MIN		DET	L,1-5	GS-5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.168	.231	.253	.483	9	.64	0.026	1.32	0.03%	0.26	P
47	110	159 (2)	Sep 23	MIN	@	BAL	W,9-2	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.229	.250	.479	4	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.22	P
48	111	161 (1)	Sep 28	MIN		BAL	W,11-5	GS-8	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.180	.239	.260	.499	9	1.88	0.152	.00	0.00%	0.42	P
							22-25		109	100	9	18	3	1	1	10	8	0	40	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	.180	.239	.260	.499		1.03	-0.379	3.60	-1.37%	-6.25

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