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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1965 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1965 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	MIN		NYY	W,5-4	GS	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	P
2	3 (1)	Apr 17	MIN		CLE	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	P
3	6 (2)	Apr 22	MIN	@	NYY	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	P
4	10 (3)	Apr 28	MIN	@	CLE	L,3-9	GS	16	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	13 (2)	May 2 (1)	MIN	@	CHW	W,3-2	GS	22	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
6	17 (3)	May 6	MIN		BAL	L,1-5	GS	30	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
7	21 (3)	May 10	MIN		CHW	W,4-3	GS	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
8	25 (3)	May 14	MIN	@	KCA	W,5-3	GS	25	6.0	0	3	0	3	1	P
9	30 (4)	May 18	MIN	@	CAL	L,1-3	GS	31	7.2	0	2	1	3	0	P
10	34 (3)	May 22	MIN		KCA	L,2-6	GS	19	4.1	0	1	1	2	0	P
11	37 (2)	May 27	MIN	@	BOS	L,0-2	GS	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	41 (3)	May 31 (1)	MIN	@	BAL	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	45 (3)	Jun 4	MIN		WSA	W,9-5	GS	30	6.1	0	2	0	2	0	P
14	49 (3)	Jun 9	MIN		CLE	L,1-2	GS	34	8.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	54 (4)	Jun 13	MIN	@	DET	L,4-5	GS	15	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
16	57 (2)	Jun 17	MIN	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	P
17	60 (2)	Jun 20 (1)	MIN	@	NYY	W,6-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	62 (1)	Jun 22	MIN	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS	26	4.2	1	3	0	4	0	P
19	70 (7)	Jun 29	MIN		CHW	W,7-6	GS	30	7.1	0	2	0	2	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	73 (2)	Jul 3	MIN	@	KCA	W,3-2	GS	21	4.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
21	78 (4)	Jul 7	MIN		BOS	W,5-2	GS	25	5.1	0	3	0	3	0	P
22	82 (3)	Jul 11	MIN		NYY	W,6-5	GS	22	4.1	1	1	1	3	0	P
23	83	Jul 15 (1)	MIN		KCA	W,11-3	GS	26	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	87 (3)	Jul 18 (1)	MIN		CAL	L,3-5	GS	25	5.2	0	2	0	2	0	P
25	91 (3)	Jul 21 (1)	MIN	@	BOS	W,8-6	GS	24	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	96 (4)	Jul 25	MIN	@	BAL	W,8-5	GS	12	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
27	99 (2)	Jul 27 (2)	MIN	@	WSA	W,9-5	GS	25	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	103 (3)	Aug 1	MIN		BAL	L,6-7	GS	22	4.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
29	108 (4)	Aug 5	MIN		WSA	W,8-5	GS	28	6.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
30	112 (3)	Aug 10	MIN	@	NYY	W,7-3	GS	31	7.1	1	1	0	2	0	P
31	116 (3)	Aug 14	MIN	@	CLE	L,1-3	GS	28	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	121 (4)	Aug 19 (2)	MIN	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
33	125 (3)	Aug 22	MIN	@	CAL	L,1-4	GS	27	5.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
34	129 (3)	Aug 26	MIN		NYY	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	P
35	133 (3)	Aug 30	MIN		DET	W,3-2	GS	23	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	137 (3)	Sep 3	MIN		CHW	W,6-4	GS	23	5.1	0	2	0	2	0	P
37	139 (1)	Sep 5	MIN		CHW	L,0-2		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
38	140	Sep 6 (1)	MIN	@	KCA	W,8-6	GF	2	0.2	0	1	0	1	1	P
39	143 (2)	Sep 9	MIN	@	CHW	W,10-4	GS	26	6.2	1	3	0	4	0	P
40	147 (3)	Sep 14	MIN		KCA	W,4-3	GS	32	8.0	1	4	1	6	0	P
41	150 (2)	Sep 18	MIN		WSA	W,4-2	GS	21	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
42	154 (3)	Sep 22	MIN		BAL	L,2-5	GS	22	4.1	1	1	0	2	0	P
43	157 (2)	Sep 26	MIN	@	WSA	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
44	160 (2)	Sep 30	MIN	@	BAL	W,7-6	GS	30	6.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
45	162 (1)	Oct 3	MIN		CAL	W,3-2	GS	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
							45gm		264.1	15	64	6	85	3