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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Team Record in Appearances: 3-6 / in Starts: 1-4

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Postseason Pitching Game Log

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Postseason Pitching Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1965	WS g2	Oct 7	MIN		LAD	W,5-1	CG	W(1-0)	3	9.0	7	1	1	1	3	0	1	1.00	2.52	36	108	76	20	13	13	18	6	4	0	71			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	0.393	74.77	11.47%	3.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
2	1965	WS g5	Oct 11	MIN	@	LAD	L,0-7	GS-3	L(1-1)	3	2.1	6	4	3	0	1	0	0	3.18	2.34	14					5	7	5	1	1	32			1	1	0	13	2	0	0	0	0	1	.88	-0.285	72.60	-12.99%	-3.36	1b start tie	3b -2- 1 out d4
3	1965	WS g7	Oct 14	MIN		LAD	L,0-2	GS-4	L(1-2)	2	3.0	5	2	2	1	2	1	0	3.77	3.21	15	44	30	4	3	3	9	5	4	0	42			0	0	0	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.143	195.78	-17.84%	-1.23	1t start tie	4t -2- 0 out d2
1970 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	1970	ALCS g3	Oct 5	MIN	@	BAL	L,1-6	GS-3	L(0-1)	3	2.0	6	4	2	2	1	0	0	9.00	4.64	15	48	30	8	3	1	5	2	0	6	31			0	0	0	12	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.05	-0.211	18.93	-2.12%	-2.40	1b start tie	3b 1-3 0 out d2
1976 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	1976	NLCS g3	Oct 12	PHI	@	CIN	L,6-7	GS-7		14	6.0	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	3.00	3.30	21					12	4	0	0	2	59			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	.98	0.239	17.46	2.52%	1.74	1b start tie	7b 12- 0 out a3
1982 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	1982	WS g1	Oct 12	STL		MIL	L,0-10	6-7		8	1.1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3.47	5	16	9	3	1	1	1	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	.07	0.006	3.87	0.19%	0.76	6t -2- 2 out d6	7t 3 out d6
7	1982	WS g2	Oct 13	STL		MIL	W,5-4	5-5		0	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.22	3	10	6	1	1	0	2	0	1	1		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.034	54.74	-1.12%	-0.14	5t -2- 0 out d1	5t 1-- 2 out d2
8	1982	WS g3	Oct 15	STL	@	MIL	W,6-2	7-7		1	0.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	2.29	2	11	6	3	1	0	1	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.37	0.003	22.93	0.12%	0.08	7b 1-- 1 out a5	7b 12- 2 out a5
9	1982	WS g4	Oct 16	STL	@	MIL	L,5-7	7-7	BS(1)	0	0.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.86	3.57	2	9	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.43	-0.264	208.32	-9.73%	-1.27	7b 1-3 2 out a1	7b 123 2 out tie
											24.2	30	14	11	8	10	1	1	4.01		113																			2

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