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: 18-23 / in Starts: 17-20

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 39, Entered with runners on base: 4

1967 Pitching Game Log

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1967 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	245	1	Apr 11	MIN	@	BAL	L,3-6	GS-4	L(0-1)	99	4.0	4	4	4	1	3	1	1	9.00	5.79	19	6	4	0	0	4	40			1	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	1	.43	-0.292	.91	-0.37%	-2.36	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
2	246	4	Apr 15	MIN		DET	L,3-4	GS-7	L(0-2)	3	6.1	10	4	3	2	2	2	0	6.10	6.51	30	9	7	0	0	10	39			0	0	0	26	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.49	-0.231	2.76	-0.26%	-1.01	1t start tie	7t 1-3 1 out tie
3	247	8	Apr 22	MIN	@	DET	W,4-3	GS-9	W(1-2)	6	8.1	8	3	3	3	1	1	0	4.82	5.81	34	11	11	0	0	8	53			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.04	0.191	1.69	0.19%	0.34	1b start a 1	9b 1-- 1 out a1
4	248	11	Apr 27	MIN	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS-5		4	4.1	5	4	2	1	3	0	0	4.70	5.06	21	7	5	0	0	5	43			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.168	1.84	-0.17%	-2.38	1b start tie	5b 123 1 out d3
5	249	15	Apr 30(2)	MIN	@	WSA	L,0-3	GS-7	L(1-3)	2	6.1	7	3	2	2	4	2	1	4.30	5.44	29	6	9	0	0	7	51			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.047	1.14	-0.04%	-1.11	1b start tie	7b --3 1 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
6	250	20	May 7	MIN		BOS	L,6-9	GS-4		6	3.2	7	5	5	0	7	0	0	5.18	4.69	18	1	3	0	0	7	34			0	0	0	17	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.347	2.02	-0.39%	-3.52	1t start tie	4t -2- 2 out tie
7	251	24	May 12	MIN		KCA	L,1-2	GS-4	L(1-4)	4	3.0	8	2	2	0	3	1	0	5.25	4.71	16	3	2	0	0	8	38			1	1	0	15	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.07	-0.162	1.66	-0.15%	-1.63	1t start tie	4t 12- 0 out d2
8	252	28	May 17	MIN	@	CHW	L,4-5	GS-4	L(1-5)	4	3.1	7	5	4	0	7	0	0	5.72	4.17	17	2	1	0	0	7	35			2	0	0	16	3	1	0	0	1	0	1.21	-0.473	1.75	-0.41%	-4.05	1b start a 1	4b -2- 1 out d3
9	253	32	May 22	MIN		CHW	W,8-7	GS-3		4	2.1	6	4	4	0	0	0	0	6.26	4.08	12	3	3	1	0	6	29			0	0	0	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.227	2.13	-0.25%	-2.14	1t start tie	3t 1-- 1 out a1
10	254	34	May 24	MIN		CHW	L,1-14	7-GF		1	2.1	6	5	5	2	1	2	0	6.95	4.68	15	1	5	0	0	6		2	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.001	.01	0.00%	-3.54	7t -23 2 out d8	9t end d13
11	255	39	May 28(2)	MIN	@	KCA	L,2-7	GS-6	L(1-6)	3	6.0	4	3	3	2	5	0	0	6.66	4.34	22	8	3	0	0	4	55			0	0	0	20	0	1	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.164	1.43	-0.16%	-0.59	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
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
12	256	44	Jun 2	MIN		CAL	L,0-2	GS-6	L(1-7)	4	5.0	8	2	2	2	5	0	0	6.38	4.10	24	6	3	0	0	8	46			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.25	-0.091	1.86	-0.08%	-0.73	1t start tie	6t 12- 0 out d2
13	257	48	Jun 6(1)	MIN		CLE	L,4-6	GS-9		3	8.0	5	4	3	1	10	0	0	6.00	3.63	29	8	5	1	0	5	67			0	1	0	25	0	0	0	0	1	1	.93	0.025	1.86	0.03%	0.11	1t start tie	9t -23 0 out d1
14	258	52	Jun 10	MIN		BAL	W,8-1	CG	W(2-7)	3	9.0	6	1	1	0	9	1	1	5.38	3.47	33	8	9	0	0	6	80			0	1	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.264	.65	0.23%	3.02	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
15	259	57	Jun 14	MIN		DET	W,7-0	SHO	W(3-7)	3	9.0	5	0	0	0	6	0	1	4.78	3.26	34	12	10	1	0	5	83			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	.27	0.141	.48	0.15%	4.02	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
16	260	61	Jun 18	MIN	@	CLE	W,4-2	GS-8	W(4-7)	3	7.2	7	2	2	3	6	0	0	4.57	3.16	34	10	8	3	0	7	60			0	0	0	31	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.26	0.235	2.15	0.24%	0.63	1b start tie	8b 123 2 out a2
17	261	65	Jun 22	MIN	@	DET	L,2-5	GS-3	L(4-8)	3	2.1	3	5	5	3	0	3	0	4.95	3.67	13	1	6	0	0	3	28			0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.57	-0.381	1.20	-0.48%	-4.19	1b start tie	3b 1-- 1 out d4
18	262	67	Jun 24	MIN		CHW	L,2-5	7-7		1	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.93	3.67	2	0	1	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.103	1.68	-0.15%	-1.44	7t -23 2 out d2	7t 3 out d4
19	263	69	Jun 26	MIN		BOS	W,2-1	GS-8	W(5-8)	1	7.2	6	1	1	0	8	0	1	4.64	3.45	29	10	4	0	0	6	71			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.38	0.316	2.74	0.38%	2.16	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out a1
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
20	264	72	Jul 1	MIN		WSA	W,4-0	GS-8	W(6-8)	4	8.0	6	0	0	0	7	0	1	4.29	3.28	31	6	11	0	0	6	77			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	0.522	2.31	0.57%	3.57	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
21	265	78	Jul 5	MIN		NYY	W,10-4	CG	W(7-8)	3	9.0	12	4	4	1	6	0	0	4.27	3.14	40	14	8	0	0	11	52			0	0	0	38	1	0	0	1	0	0	.84	-0.142	2.63	-0.27%	0.02	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
22	266	81	Jul 9(1)	MIN	@	CHW	W,7-4	GS-8	W(8-8)	3	7.1	8	4	2	0	8	0	0	4.16	2.98	31	6	9	0	0	8	58			0	0	0	31	1	2	0	0	0	1	.79	0.075	3.16	0.18%	-1.00	1b start tie	8b 1-3 1 out a4
23	267	84	Jul 14	MIN		KCA	L,2-3	GS-8	L(8-9)	4	8.0	10	3	2	2	2	0	0	4.04	2.97	36	9	13	0	0	10	52			3	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.03	-0.077	4.11	-0.18%	0.57	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
24	268	89	Jul 18	MIN	@	KCA	L,2-5	CG(8)	L(8-10)	3	8.0	8	5	2	3	2	0	1	3.94	3.00	37	12	11	1	0	8	51			2	0	0	32	4	0	1	0	0	1	.59	-0.302	2.73	-0.84%	-1.78	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
25	269	94	Jul 25	MIN	@	NYY	T,1-1	CG		6	9.0	9	1	1	0	2	1	0	3.76	3.03	32	10	11	1	0	9	67			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.44	0.237	3.49	0.34%	2.51	1b start a 1	9b 3 out tie
26	270	99	Jul 29(1)	MIN	@	BOS	L,3-6	GS-8		3	7.0	7	3	2	3	8	1	0	3.71	3.05	32	3	11	1	0	7	58			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.43	0.102	4.50	0.19%	0.76	1b start a 1	8b 1-- 0 out a1
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
27	271	104	Aug 2	MIN	@	WSA	L,4-5	GS-6		3	5.1	7	4	4	0	2	0	0	3.81	3.01	23	8	6	0	0	7	40			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.76	-0.150	1.93	-0.23%	-1.44	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out d3
28	272	108	Aug 7	MIN		WSA	L,0-5	GS-6	L(8-11)	4	6.0	4	5	1	1	6	1	0	3.73	3.01	26	10	5	1	0	4	57			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	3	.65	-0.232	2.72	-0.59%	-2.32	1t start tie	6t 3 out d5
29	273	113	Aug 12	MIN		CHW	W,6-2	CG	W(9-11)	4	9.0	9	2	2	0	4	0	0	3.64	2.94	35	13	9	0	0	9	65			1	0	0	35	0	0	0	1	0	0	.77	0.126	4.93	0.49%	2.02	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
30	274	115	Aug 14	MIN	@	CAL	W,2-1	9-9	H(1)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.63	2.94	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.59	0.078	45.81	0.33%	0.26	9b 12- 1 out a1	9b -23 2 out a1
31	275	118	Aug 18(1)	MIN	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(9-12)	3	8.0	8	1	1	2	6	0	0	3.52	2.89	33	7	10	0	0	8	66			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.162	6.55	0.73%	2.12	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
32	276	123	Aug 22(2)	MIN	@	DET	L,1-2	GS-9		3	8.0	5	1	1	1	9	0	0	3.42	2.80	30	7	8	0	0	5	76			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.52	-0.031	11.81	-0.14%	1.77	1b start tie	9b -2- 0 out tie
33	277	129	Aug 26	MIN	@	CLE	L,2-5	GS-6	L(9-13)	3	5.2	8	5	5	1	4	1	0	3.55	2.83	24	6	5	1	0	8	36			0	0	0	23	0	1	0	2	0	0	.65	-0.171	5.04	-0.80%	-2.82	1b start tie	6b --3 2 out d5
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
34	278	135	Sep 1	MIN		DET	W,5-4	CG	W(10-13)	5	9.0	7	4	3	2	7	1	0	3.53	2.84	35	10	9	0	0	7	64			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.03	0.204	10.35	1.23%	0.02	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
35	279	140	Sep 5	MIN		CLE	W,9-2	CG	W(11-13)	3	9.0	13	2	2	0	7	1	0	3.46	2.83	40	7	13	2	0	13	60			1	1	0	40	3	0	0	0	0	1	.44	0.130	4.06	0.72%	2.02	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
36	280	145	Sep 9	MIN	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	W(12-13)	3	9.0	5	2	2	0	6	2	0	3.41	2.88	32	11	10	0	0	5	75			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.499	10.79	2.82%	1.69	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
37	281	149	Sep 13	MIN	@	WSA	W,3-2	GS-9	W(13-13)	3	8.0	9	2	2	1	9	0	0	3.37	2.80	33	7	7	0	0	9	64			0	1	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.14	-0.035	13.51	-0.25%	0.68	1b start a 2	9b -23 0 out a2
38	282	151	Sep 16	MIN	@	CHW	L,4-5	9-9	BS(1)	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.36	2.80	1	0	1	0	0	0		3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6.11	-0.353	83.70	-2.90%	-0.69	9b 123 0 out a2	9b --3 1 out tie
39	283	153	Sep 18	MIN	@	KCA	W,2-0	SHO(10)	W(14-13)	1	10.0	6	0	0	0	12	0	1	3.22	2.70	36	6	11	0	0	6	92			1	1	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	0.682	14.81	4.42%	4.02	1b start tie	10b 3 out a2
40	284	157	Sep 22	MIN		NYY	W,8-2	CG	W(15-13)	3	9.0	7	2	0	0	7	0	0	3.11	2.64	36	15	7	0	0	7	76			0	0	0	36	0	0	0	0	0	2	.59	0.265	9.82	2.63%	2.02	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
41	285	161	Sep 26	MIN		CAL	W,7-3	CG	W(16-13)	3	9.0	5	3	2	2	13	0	1	3.07	2.57	36	9	6	0	0	5	78			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.018	18.58	-0.22%	1.02	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
42	286	163	Sep 30	MIN	@	BOS	L,4-6	GS-3		3	2.1	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	3.04	2.55	10	1	1	0	0	3	54			0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	0.097	44.10	2.41%	0.86	1b start a 1	3b 1-- 1 out a1
							18-23		W-L:16-13,BSv:1,Hld:1	3.2	263.1	269	110	89	42	211	21	9	3.04	2.55	1101	1.02		2%	0%	268	57	9	44%	14	6	0	1035	36	6	2	12	4	15	.97	0.155	5.40	8.95%	-2.55

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