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	18-26 / in Starts: 17-20
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	8 games
Most Games w/o HR	21 games
Most Games w/o RBI	16 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 107 PAs	4
Actual Runners on Base	57 (33-18-6)
Avg. MLBer w/ 107 PAs	10
Avg. Runners on Base	62 (32-19-10)

Most Driven In
R Rollins	1
J Zimmerman	1
Z Versalles	1
Self	1
C Tovar	0
B Allison	0
T Uhlaender	0

Most Driven In By
H Killebrew	1
Self	1
T Oliva	1
R Rollins	1
C Tovar	1
R Carew	1

1967 Batting Game Log

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1967 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	297	1	Apr 11	MIN	@	BAL	L,3-6	GS-5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	9	.38	0.017	.80	0.02%	0.23	P
2	298	4 (2)	Apr 15	MIN		DET	L,3-4	GS-7	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.750	1.250	9	1.27	0.014	2.36	0.02%	0.10	P
3	299	8 (3)	Apr 22	MIN	@	DET	W,4-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.429	.714	9	.28	-0.021	.46	-0.02%	-0.26	P
4	300	11 (2)	Apr 27	MIN	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.333	.556	9	.64	-0.031	1.10	-0.03%	-0.22	P
5	301	15 (3)	Apr 30 (2)	MIN	@	WSA	L,0-3	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.273	.300	.573	9	.54	0.010	.73	0.01%	0.03	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
6	302	20 (4)	May 7	MIN		BOS	L,6-9	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.250	.273	.523	9	.99	-0.024	1.86	-0.03%	-0.21	P
7	303	24 (3)	May 12	MIN		KCA	L,1-2	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.231	.250	.481	9	2.52	-0.035	3.89	-0.03%	-0.28	P
8	304	28 (3)	May 17	MIN	@	CHW	L,4-5	GS-4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.200	.214	.414	9	.93	-0.048	1.34	-0.04%	-0.37	P
9	305	32 (3)	May 22	MIN		CHW	W,8-7	GS-3	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.250	.400	.650	9	.75	0.086	1.37	0.10%	0.91	P
10	306	34 (1)	May 24	MIN		CHW	L,1-14	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.235	.375	.610	9	.03	-0.001	.05	0.00%	-0.27	P
11	307	39 (4)	May 28 (2)	MIN	@	KCA	L,2-7	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.211	.333	.544	9	.64	-0.031	1.03	-0.03%	-0.28	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
12	308	44 (4)	Jun 2	MIN		CAL	L,0-2	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.158	.238	.316	.554	9	1.14	-0.013	1.70	-0.01%	-0.07	P
13	309	48 (3)	Jun 6 (1)	MIN		CLE	L,4-6	GS-9	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.292	.364	.655	9	.80	0.035	1.61	0.04%	0.39	P
14	310	52 (3)	Jun 10	MIN		BAL	W,8-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.250	.308	.558	9	.29	-0.028	.42	-0.03%	-0.90	P
15	311	57 (4)	Jun 14	MIN		DET	W,7-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.250	.300	.550	9	.07	-0.007	.12	-0.01%	-0.32	P
16	312	61 (3)	Jun 18	MIN	@	CLE	W,4-2	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.257	.303	.560	9	1.48	0.020	2.53	0.02%	0.04	P
17	313	65 (3)	Jun 22	MIN	@	DET	L,2-5	GS-3	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.278	.353	.631	9	1.29	0.130	2.73	0.17%	1.16	P
18	314	67 (1)	Jun 24	MIN		CHW	L,2-5	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.278	.353	.631	9						P
19	315	69 (1)	Jun 26	MIN		BOS	W,2-1	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.282	.333	.615	9	.93	-0.026	1.85	-0.03%	-0.23	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
20	316	72 (2)	Jul 1	MIN		WSA	W,4-0	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.293	.342	.635	9	.83	0.004	1.52	0.01%	0.10	P
21	317	78 (5)	Jul 5	MIN		NYY	W,10-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.289	.333	.622	9	.46	-0.048	1.45	-0.09%	-0.62	P
22	318	81 (2)	Jul 9 (1)	MIN	@	CHW	W,7-4	GS-8	4	4	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.306	.413	.719	9	1.04	0.087	4.18	0.21%	1.07	P
23	319	84 (2)	Jul 14	MIN		KCA	L,2-3	GS-8	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.327	.404	.731	9	1.09	0.031	4.34	0.07%	0.19	P
24	320	89 (4)	Jul 18	MIN	@	KCA	L,2-5	GS-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.315	.388	.703	9	.73	-0.035	3.41	-0.10%	-0.28	P
25	321	94 (4)	Jul 25	MIN	@	NYY	T,1-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.316	.373	.688	9	.80	0.011	1.93	0.02%	0.13	P
26	322	97 (2)	Jul 27	MIN	@	NYY	L,2-6	6-6	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.328	.385	.712	9	.43	0.016	.92	0.02%	0.11	PH
27	323	99 (1)	Jul 29 (1)	MIN	@	BOS	L,3-6	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.328	.382	.710	9	1.49	-0.058	4.70	-0.11%	-0.61	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
28	324	104 (4)	Aug 2	MIN	@	WSA	L,4-5	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.317	.368	.686	9	.79	-0.040	1.99	-0.06%	-0.31	P
29	325	108 (3)	Aug 7	MIN		WSA	L,0-5	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.313	.362	.675	9	.35	-0.009	1.47	-0.02%	-0.09	P
30	326	110 (1)	Aug 9	MIN		WSA	L,7-9	20-GF(20)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.308	.356	.664	8	1.44	-0.040	6.00	-0.10%	-0.21	PH
31	327	113 (2)	Aug 12	MIN		CHW	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.290	.333	.623	9	1.61	-0.128	10.38	-0.50%	-0.99	P
32	328	115 (1)	Aug 14	MIN	@	CAL	W,2-1	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.290	.333	.623	9						P
33	329	118 (2)	Aug 18 (1)	MIN	@	NYY	L,0-1	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.278	.318	.596	9	2.15	-0.141	16.08	-0.63%	-0.92	P
34	330	122 (3)	Aug 22 (1)	MIN	@	DET	L,3-7	5-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.209	.274	.313	.587	9	.89	-0.021	7.39	-0.10%	-0.13	PH
35	331	123	Aug 22 (2)	MIN	@	DET	L,1-2	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.197	.260	.296	.556	9	1.33	-0.105	10.31	-0.49%	-1.18	P
36	332	129 (5)	Aug 26	MIN	@	CLE	L,2-5	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.192	.253	.288	.541	9	1.84	-0.170	14.34	-0.80%	-1.14	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
37	333	135 (5)	Sep 1	MIN		DET	W,5-4	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.197	.256	.303	.559	9	.52	0.067	5.26	0.41%	0.50	P
38	334	140 (4)	Sep 5	MIN		CLE	W,9-2	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.253	.288	.540	9	.17	-0.013	1.54	-0.07%	-1.31	P
39	335	145 (4)	Sep 9	MIN	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.253	.286	.538	9	.68	-0.027	6.41	-0.15%	-0.41	P
40	336	149 (3)	Sep 13	MIN	@	WSA	W,3-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.184	.245	.276	.521	9	.47	-0.036	5.52	-0.26%	-0.59	P
41	337	151 (1)	Sep 16	MIN	@	CHW	L,4-5	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.184	.245	.276	.521	9						P
42	338	153 (1)	Sep 18	MIN	@	KCA	W,2-0	CG(10)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.178	.237	.267	.504	9	1.39	-0.099	15.04	-0.64%	-0.52	P
43	339	157 (3)	Sep 22	MIN		NYY	W,8-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.170	.228	.255	.483	9	.19	-0.018	3.10	-0.18%	-0.66	P
44	340	161 (3)	Sep 26	MIN		CAL	W,7-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.173	.229	.255	.484	9	.65	0.060	13.05	0.73%	0.82	P
45	341	163 (1)	Sep 30	MIN	@	BOS	L,4-6	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.172	.226	.253	.479	9	.56	-0.014	23.23	-0.34%	-0.14	P
							18-26		107	99	7	17	3	1	1	4	7	0	26	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	.172	.226	.253	.479		.84	-0.679	4.65	-3.07%	-7.74

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