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: 3-10 / in Starts: 3-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 11, Entered with runners on base: 2

1960 Pitching Game Log

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1960 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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	4	5	Apr 22	WSH		BOS	L,4-5	GS-8		99	8.0	6	3	3	2	2	1	1	3.38	4.78	31	10	10	1	0	6	58			0	0	0	28	4	0	0	2	0	0	.98	0.018	2.74	0.03%	0.99	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
2	5	10	Apr 27	WSH	@	NYY	W,5-4	GS-7	W(1-0)	4	7.0	3	4	1	2	4	1	0	2.40	4.46	26	11	6	0	0	3	63			0	0	0	23	0	0	1	0	1	1	.95	-0.181	2.12	-0.24%	-0.75	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
3	6	13	May 3	WSH		CLE	W,7-6	GS-3		5	2.0	4	3	3	3	1	0	0	3.71	4.64	13	3	2	0	0	4	34			0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.244	2.15	-0.30%	-2.84	1t start tie	3t 123 0 out a2
4	7	17	May 7	WSH		CHW	L,4-6	GS-5	L(1-1)	3	5.0	7	6	4	3	4	1	1	4.50	4.94	26	8	6	2	0	4	34			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	1	.90	-0.310	1.90	-0.39%	-3.51	1t start tie	5t 3 out d5
5	8	21	May 13	WSH		NYY	L,3-7	GS-8	L(1-2)	5	7.2	6	5	5	4	4	1	0	4.85	4.89	32	11	8	2	0	5	47			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.23	-0.317	1.74	-0.27%	-1.33	1t start tie	8t -2- 2 out d2
6	9	26	May 21	WSH	@	KCA	L,2-5	GS-1	L(1-3)	7	1.0	1	3	2	4	1	0	0	5.28	5.14	9	2	1	0	0	1	38			0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.237	1.31	-0.17%	-2.51	1b start tie	1b 3 out d3
7	10	33	May 28	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-5	GS-6	L(1-4)	6	6.0	5	4	3	4	4	1	2	5.15	5.34	29	8	7	3	0	4	48			0	0	0	23	0	1	1	0	0	0	.97	-0.105	.97	-0.06%	-1.22	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
8	11	39	Jun 2(2)	WSH	@	BOS	W,8-7	GS-3		4	3.0	3	4	4	4	1	1	0	5.67	5.70	16	1	7	1	0	3	34			0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.16	-0.275	.85	-0.12%	-2.49	1b start tie	3b 3 out tie
9	12	43	Jun 6	WSH	@	BAL	L,1-6	GS-4	L(1-5)	3	3.2	6	5	4	4	1	0	1	6.02	5.73	21	6	3	0	1	6	28			1	0	0	15	1	1	0	1	0	1	.81	-0.266	.90	-0.18%	-3.82	1b start tie	4b 123 2 out d5
10	13	47	Jun 10	WSH		DET	L,4-7	6-7		3	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.76	5.59	6	1	5	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.027	.16	0.01%	1.00	6t --- 0 out d4	7t 3 out d4
11	14	50	Jun 12(2)	WSH		DET	L,5-12	6-7		1	2.0	3	2	2	0	1	2	0	5.89	5.97	8	1	3	0	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	.03	-0.003	.03	0.00%	-0.62	6t 1-- 0 out d8	7t 3 out d9
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
12	15	148	Sep 24	WSH		BAL	L,9-10	9-GF		99	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.77	5.92	4	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.44	0.017	.00	0.00%	0.50	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
13	16	151	Sep 27	WSH		NYY	L,1-5	8-GF		2	1.2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.58	5.77	7	5	1	1	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	.29	-0.069	.00	0.00%	-0.59	8t 12- 1 out d2	9t end d 4
							3-10		W-L:1-5	3.9	50.0	48	39	31	31	25	8	5	5.58	5.77	228	1.15		8%	1%	40	43	3	67%	1	0	0	188	8	2	2	8	3	3	.92	-1.945	1.52	-1.69%	-17.18

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