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: 13-23 / in Starts: 12-17

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 31, Entered with runners on base: 2

1961 Pitching Game Log

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1961 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	17	6	Apr 18	MIN	@	BOS	W,3-2	GS-8	W(1-0)	99	7.1	3	2	1	3	6	0	0	1.23	2.16	29	13	4	1	0	3	69			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.10	0.238	3.46	0.45%	2.19	1b start a 1	8b 12- 1 out a2
2	18	10	Apr 24	MIN	@	KCA	W,10-6	GS-5		5	5.0	2	2	2	5	1	0	0	2.19	3.38	19	5	6	1	0	2	51			0	0	0	13	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.13	0.001	3.55	0.00%	0.55	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
3	19	14	Apr 29	MIN	@	LAA	L,1-4	GS-5	L(1-1)	4	4.1	4	4	3	6	4	1	0	3.24	4.55	24	7	3	0	1	4	39			0	0	0	17	1	0	1	0	0	1	.96	-0.180	3.10	-0.35%	-1.84	1b start tie	5b 123 1 out d2
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
4	20	19	May 4	MIN		NYY	L,2-5	GS-2	L(1-2)	4	1.1	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	4.50	4.57	10	2	1	0	1	1	36			0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.249	3.14	-0.44%	-2.88	1t start tie	2t 12- 1 out d3
5	21	24	May 11	MIN		BAL	L,7-8	6-6		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.26	4.47	4	4	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.34	0.017	.78	0.02%	0.54	6t --- 0 out d4	6t 3 out d4
6	22	26	May 13	MIN		LAA	W,13-6	2-7		1	5.0	6	3	3	2	2	0	0	4.50	4.16	23	5	8	0	2	6		2	1	0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.39	-0.085	2.84	-0.11%	-0.60	2t 12- 1 out a1	7t 1-3 1 out a1
7	23	30	May 18	MIN		KCA	L,3-4	GS-6	L(1-3)	4	6.0	6	3	3	2	5	1	1	4.50	4.24	26	9	3	0	0	6	51			0	1	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	1	.94	-0.040	2.36	-0.06%	0.21	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
8	24	33	May 21(1)	MIN		CLE	L,0-9	7-GF		2	3.0	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	4.09	4.00	11	3	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	.01	0.001	.02	0.00%	1.60	7t --- 0 out d9	9t end d 9
9	25	39	May 26	MIN	@	WSA	L,3-4	CG(8)	L(1-4)	4	8.0	8	4	3	2	5	0	0	3.95	3.62	33	15	3	0	0	8	55			2	0	0	31	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.27	-0.209	1.75	-0.17%	-0.17	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
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
10	26	47	Jun 4(2)	MIN	@	DET	L,3-9	GS-6	L(1-5)	8	6.0	6	6	5	3	1	2	0	4.40	4.19	28	11	7	0	1	6	36			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	1	.47	-0.335	.18	-0.08%	-2.85	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
11	27	49	Jun 5(2)	MIN	@	NYY	L,1-6	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.31	4.16	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.48	8b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 5
12	28	52	Jun 8	MIN	@	BAL	W,3-1	GS-8	W(2-5)	2	7.1	7	1	1	2	5	0	0	3.90	3.88	29	9	6	0	0	7	63			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.17	0.267	.14	0.02%	2.01	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out a2
13	29	57	Jun 13	MIN		KCA	W,8-6	GS-6		4	6.0	10	3	3	1	7	1	1	3.96	3.83	29	5	5	2	0	10	46			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	-0.048	.06	0.00%	0.21	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
14	30	61	Jun 17	MIN	@	CHW	L,1-5	GS-6	L(2-6)	3	6.0	8	4	4	2	6	0	3	4.14	3.76	30	0	11	2	2	8	44			1	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	1	0	.84	-0.147	.06	-0.01%	-1.01	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
15	31	66	Jun 22	MIN		BAL	L,2-8	GS-7	L(2-7)	4	7.0	9	6	4	5	7	0	0	4.24	3.66	34	8	5	0	0	9	41			0	0	0	28	3	0	0	2	0	1	.86	-0.142	.04	0.00%	-2.26	1t start tie	7t 3 out d6
16	32	70	Jun 27(1)	MIN		BOS	W,6-5	GS-6		4	5.0	6	4	4	5	3	0	0	4.42	3.71	25	7	4	1	1	6	37			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.50	-0.157	.00	0.00%	-0.68	1t start tie	6t 1-3 0 out d1
Jul				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
17	33	75	Jul 1	MIN	@	KCA	W,9-3	CG	W(3-7)	3	9.0	6	3	1	6	3	0	0	4.08	3.73	41	16	10	0	0	6	64			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.02	0.246	.02	0.00%	1.58	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
18	34	80	Jul 5	MIN		LAA	L,2-6	GS-8	L(3-8)	3	7.0	7	3	3	2	2	0	1	4.06	3.70	31	10	9	0	2	7	51			0	0	0	27	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.45	-0.177	.03	0.00%	0.11	1t start tie	8t -2- 0 out d1
19	35	83	Jul 8	MIN	@	WSA	L,2-3	8-8	BL(3-9)	2	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.14	3.69	3	1	0	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.78	-0.162	.01	0.00%	-0.56	8b --3 1 out a1	8b 1-3 2 out tie
20	36	88	Jul 16(1)	MIN	@	CLE	L,5-7	GS-1	L(3-10)	7	0.1	4	5	5	1	0	1	1	4.59	3.89	6	0	0	0	0	4	22			0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.52	-0.357	.00	0.00%	-4.77	1b start tie	1b --- 1 out d5
21	37	94	Jul 22	MIN		CLE	L,0-4	CG	L(3-11)	5	9.0	6	4	3	0	4	1	0	4.46	3.82	35	15	10	0	2	6	65			0	0	0	33	0	1	0	0	1	2	.58	-0.040	.00	0.00%	0.81	1t start tie	9t 3 out d4
22	38	100	Jul 29	MIN	@	DET	W,5-4	GS-7	W(4-11)	6	7.0	5	3	2	0	2	0	2	4.34	3.76	27	14	4	0	1	5	59			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.02	-0.024	.00	0.00%	0.67	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
Aug				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
23	39	104	Aug 3	MIN	@	BAL	L,0-3	CG(8)	L(4-12)	4	8.0	5	3	2	3	4	0	0	4.20	3.69	29	13	5	1	0	4	63			2	0	0	25	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.12	0.076	.00	0.00%	0.91	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
24	40	110	Aug 7(2)	MIN	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS-5		3	4.2	5	4	4	4	1	1	0	4.33	3.83	22	9	5	2	0	3	35			1	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	-0.283	.00	0.00%	-1.87	1b start a 1	5b 12- 2 out d1
25	41	113	Aug 10	MIN	@	BOS	L,2-3	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.26	3.81	8	2	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	.65	0.076	.00	0.00%	1.03	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
26	42	117	Aug 14	MIN		KCA	W,6-2	CG	W(5-12)	3	9.0	7	2	2	1	4	2	1	4.11	3.90	35	14	8	1	1	7	68			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	2	0	1	.56	0.256	.00	0.00%	2.81	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
27	43	121	Aug 19	MIN	@	LAA	W,5-3	GS-9	W(6-12)	4	8.1	6	3	3	4	5	1	0	4.06	3.93	33	8	10	0	2	6	60			0	0	0	29	3	0	0	2	0	0	.82	0.330	.00	0.00%	2.47	1b start tie	9b 1-- 1 out a3
28	44	125	Aug 24	MIN	@	CHW	W,3-0	SHO	W(7-12)	4	9.0	5	0	0	2	2	0	0	3.82	3.86	33	12	12	2	0	5	77			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	.97	0.477	.00	0.00%	4.49	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
29	45	130	Aug 30	MIN		NYY	L,0-4	GS-8	L(7-13)	5	8.0	6	3	3	1	8	1	0	3.80	3.80	30	8	7	1	0	6	65			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.069	.00	0.00%	1.28	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
Sep/Oct				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
30	46	136	Sep 4(2)	MIN		CHW	L,5-9	GS-6	L(7-14)	4	5.2	13	8	8	2	1	0	1	4.10	3.80	32	7	8	2	1	13	10			1	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.19	-0.602	.00	0.00%	-5.25	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out d3
31	47	140	Sep 8	MIN	@	KCA	L,4-6	GS-7	L(7-15)	3	6.2	5	5	1	4	5	0	0	4.00	3.76	31	9	9	0	2	4	53			0	0	0	26	0	1	0	0	1	2	1.50	-0.192	.00	0.00%	-0.88	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out tie
32	48	146	Sep 14(2)	MIN		LAA	W,3-1	CG	W(8-15)	5	9.0	3	1	1	2	10	0	0	3.85	3.63	32	8	9	0	1	3	85			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	0.470	.00	0.00%	3.81	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
33	49	151	Sep 19	MIN	@	WSA	W,3-1	CG	W(9-15)	4	9.0	6	1	1	2	6	0	0	3.72	3.55	33	12	7	1	1	6	75			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.50	0.476	.00	0.00%	3.31	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
34	50	155	Sep 24	MIN		WSA	L,1-4	GS-6	L(9-16)	4	6.0	7	3	3	3	5	0	0	3.74	3.51	27	7	5	1	1	7	48			2	0	0	23	2	0	1	0	1	0	1.04	-0.040	.00	0.00%	0.21	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
35	51	160	Sep 30	MIN		DET	L,4-6	GS-3	L(9-17)	5	2.1	8	6	5	1	1	0	0	3.92	3.51	14	4	0	0	0	8	19			0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.427	.00	0.00%	-4.34	1t start tie	3t 12- 1 out d1
36	52	161	Oct 1	MIN		DET	L,3-8	8-8		0	1.0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	3.90	3.52	6	3	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	1	0	1	.30	-0.051	.00	0.00%	-1.47	8t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d5
							13-23		W-L:9-17,BSv:1	3.7	200.2	188	105	87	82	123	12	11	3.90	3.52	865	1.46		4%	5%	182	51	3	67%	9	1	0	757	27	2	2	24	5	19	1.04	-0.946	.56	-0.72%	-0.13

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