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.

1967 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1967 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	MIN	@	BAL	L,3-6	GS	19	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
2	4 (2)	Apr 15	MIN		DET	L,3-4	GS	30	6.1	0	2	0	2	0	P
3	8 (3)	Apr 22	MIN	@	DET	W,4-3	GS	34	8.1	1	1	0	2	0	P
4	11 (2)	Apr 27	MIN	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS	21	4.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
5	15 (3)	Apr 30 (2)	MIN	@	WSA	L,0-3	GS	29	6.1	1	0	1	2	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	20 (4)	May 7	MIN		BOS	L,6-9	GS	18	3.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	24 (3)	May 12	MIN		KCA	L,1-2	GS	16	3.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
8	28 (3)	May 17	MIN	@	CHW	L,4-5	GS	17	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	32 (3)	May 22	MIN		CHW	W,8-7	GS	12	2.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
10	34 (1)	May 24	MIN		CHW	L,1-14	GF	15	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	39 (4)	May 28 (2)	MIN	@	KCA	L,2-7	GS	22	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	44 (4)	Jun 2	MIN		CAL	L,0-2	GS	24	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
13	48 (3)	Jun 6 (1)	MIN		CLE	L,4-6	GS	29	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	P
14	52 (3)	Jun 10	MIN		BAL	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
15	57 (4)	Jun 14	MIN		DET	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
16	61 (3)	Jun 18	MIN	@	CLE	W,4-2	GS	34	7.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
17	65 (3)	Jun 22	MIN	@	DET	L,2-5	GS	13	2.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
18	67 (1)	Jun 24	MIN		CHW	L,2-5		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	69 (1)	Jun 26	MIN		BOS	W,2-1	GS	29	7.2	0	2	0	2	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	72 (2)	Jul 1	MIN		WSA	W,4-0	GS	31	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
21	78 (5)	Jul 5	MIN		NYY	W,10-4	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	P
22	81 (2)	Jul 9 (1)	MIN	@	CHW	W,7-4	GS	31	7.1	0	2	0	2	0	P
23	84 (2)	Jul 14	MIN		KCA	L,2-3	GS	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
24	89 (4)	Jul 18	MIN	@	KCA	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
25	94 (4)	Jul 25	MIN	@	NYY	T,1-1	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
26	99 (4)	Jul 29 (1)	MIN	@	BOS	L,3-6	GS	32	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	104 (4)	Aug 2	MIN	@	WSA	L,4-5	GS	23	5.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
28	108 (3)	Aug 7	MIN		WSA	L,0-5	GS	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
29	113 (4)	Aug 12	MIN		CHW	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	P
30	115 (1)	Aug 14	MIN	@	CAL	W,2-1		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	118 (2)	Aug 18 (1)	MIN	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
32	123 (4)	Aug 22 (2)	MIN	@	DET	L,1-2	GS	30	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
33	129 (5)	Aug 26	MIN	@	CLE	L,2-5	GS	24	5.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	135 (5)	Sep 1	MIN		DET	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	P
35	140 (4)	Sep 5	MIN		CLE	W,9-2	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
36	145 (4)	Sep 9	MIN	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
37	149 (3)	Sep 13	MIN	@	WSA	W,3-2	GS	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
38	151 (1)	Sep 16	MIN	@	CHW	L,4-5		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
39	153 (1)	Sep 18	MIN	@	KCA	W,2-0	CG	36	10.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
40	157 (3)	Sep 22	MIN		NYY	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
41	161 (3)	Sep 26	MIN		CAL	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	P
42	163 (1)	Sep 30	MIN	@	BOS	L,4-6	GS	9	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
							42gm		263.1	13	46	3	62	0