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: 26-19 / in Starts: 22-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 41, Entered with runners on base: 6

1970 Pitching Game Log

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1970 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	357	3	Apr 11	MIN		OAK	W,8-2	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	7	2	2	1	7	2	0	2.00	4.30	33	11	7	0	0	7	71			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	2	0	0	.24	0.155	.43	0.17%	2.31	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
2	358	6	Apr 17	MIN	@	OAK	L,2-5	GS-4	L(1-1)	5	3.1	8	3	3	1	4	2	0	3.65	5.56	17	2	2	0	0	8	35			1	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	-0.237	2.47	-0.28%	-1.44	1b start a 2	4b --- 1 out d1
3	359	9	Apr 21	MIN		CHW	W,4-3	GS-8	W(2-1)	3	7.2	7	3	1	0	1	0	1	2.70	4.49	31	13	9	1	0	7	58			0	0	1	30	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.08	0.084	2.26	0.11%	0.61	1t start tie	8t 1-- 2 out a1
4	360	13	Apr 25	MIN		DET	W,4-3	GS-9		3	8.1	8	3	3	2	5	1	0	2.86	4.26	33	10	8	2	0	8	58			0	0	0	30	1	1	0	3	0	1	1.51	0.189	2.58	0.19%	1.38	1t start tie	9t --3 1 out a1
5	361	17	Apr 29	MIN		CLE	W,1-0	GS-9	W(3-1)	3	8.2	6	0	0	1	5	0	0	2.19	3.69	32	16	4	0	0	6	76			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	0.590	2.37	0.64%	3.88	1t start tie	9t 12- 2 out a1
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	362	21	May 3	MIN	@	BAL	W,4-3	GS-8	W(4-1)	3	8.0	5	3	3	3	1	1	0	2.40	3.95	32	11	12	0	0	5	58			2	0	0	29	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.11	-0.115	2.19	-0.14%	0.75	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
7	363	25	May 8	MIN	@	CLE	W,7-6	GS-6		4	5.1	8	5	4	0	3	0	0	2.86	3.69	24	5	8	0	1	8	37			0	0	0	23	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.39	-0.260	2.97	-0.33%	-1.49	1b start tie	6b -23 1 out a1
8	364	29	May 13	MIN		BAL	W,5-4	GS-5		4	4.0	9	4	4	1	2	0	0	3.31	3.60	22	4	6	0	0	9	29			1	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	-0.322	2.62	-0.39%	-3.07	1t start tie	5t 12- 0 out d2
9	365	33	May 18	MIN	@	KCR	W,7-5	GS-7		4	6.2	9	5	3	1	3	1	0	3.39	3.65	30	12	6	1	0	8	42			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.24	-0.329	2.91	-0.46%	-1.88	1b start tie	7b --- 2 out tie
10	366	37	May 23	MIN		CAL	W,5-4	GS-4		4	3.2	6	4	1	2	2	0	0	3.34	3.63	20	5	5	0	0	6	39			0	0	0	17	2	1	0	0	1	1	1.13	-0.307	4.20	-0.68%	-2.57	1t start tie	4t 1-3 2 out d2
11	367	40	May 26	MIN		MIL	W,6-2	CG	W(5-1)	2	9.0	6	2	2	1	6	2	0	3.18	3.74	35	10	12	4	0	6	72			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.00	0.328	2.28	0.45%	2.31	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
12	368	44	May 31	MIN		NYY	W,7-6	GS-5		4	5.0	5	5	4	3	2	1	0	3.43	3.90	23	9	5	1	0	4	38			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	1	.94	-0.279	2.16	-0.38%	-2.61	1t start tie	5t 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
13	369	46	Jun 4	MIN	@	BOS	L,1-5	GS-6	L(5-2)	3	5.1	8	4	4	4	4	1	1	3.64	4.05	28	7	4	0	0	8	36			0	0	0	22	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.37	-0.184	3.08	-0.25%	-1.26	1b start tie	6b --- 1 out d3
14	370	49	Jun 7	MIN	@	WSA	W,10-9	11-11	H(1)	2	0.2	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	3.61	4.11	6	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.53	-0.125	3.52	-0.17%	-1.96	11b --- 0 out a3	11b 12- 2 out a1
15	371	50	Jun 9	MIN	@	NYY	L,2-5	GS-7	L(5-3)	1	6.0	12	5	3	2	2	0	0	3.67	4.04	30	6	9	2	0	11	32			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.46	-0.170	3.11	-0.22%	-1.32	1b start tie	7b 12- 0 out d1
16	372	53	Jun 13	MIN		BOS	L,4-6	GS-6	L(5-4)	3	5.0	7	4	4	0	0	0	0	3.86	3.97	22	9	11	5	0	2	37			0	0	0	22	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.201	2.53	-0.28%	-1.08	1t start tie	6t -23 0 out a1
17	373	57	Jun 17	MIN		WSA	L,1-3	GS-8	L(5-5)	3	8.0	5	3	2	2	8	0	0	3.73	3.77	32	10	7	1	1	5	68			2	0	0	29	1	0	1	0	1	2	1.14	-0.016	2.43	-0.02%	0.83	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
18	374	61	Jun 22	MIN	@	MIL	W,4-3	GS-9	W(6-5)	4	8.0	5	3	3	1	5	1	0	3.71	3.74	28	10	7	1	0	5	64			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	2	0	0	.80	0.123	1.86	0.17%	0.71	1b start tie	9b --- 0 out a1
19	375	65	Jun 26	MIN	@	CHW	L,2-4	GS-6	L(6-6)	3	5.1	6	4	2	4	2	0	0	3.69	3.76	27	8	10	4	1	3	42			2	0	0	19	1	0	1	0	3	1	.93	-0.222	2.22	-0.32%	-1.84	1b start tie	6b -2- 1 out d2
20	376	68	Jun 28(2)	MIN	@	CHW	L,10-11	5-6		1	1.1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	3.73	3.84	5	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	-0.025	.37	-0.03%	-0.44	5b --- 2 out d3	6b 3 out d4
21	377	70	Jun 30	MIN		KCR	W,8-5	GS-5		1	4.0	7	5	5	1	1	2	0	3.97	4.02	20	7	4	1	0	7	28			1	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	1	.91	-0.253	2.22	-0.37%	-2.46	1t start tie	5t 1-- 0 out d3
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
22	378	75	Jul 5	MIN		CHW	W,12-3	GS-6	W(7-6)	4	5.2	7	3	3	2	0	0	0	4.01	4.01	24	9	7	3	0	6	41			0	0	0	22	2	1	0	2	0	0	.46	0.172	1.11	0.25%	-0.61	1t start tie	6t 1-3 2 out a7
23	379	80	Jul 10	MIN	@	CAL	L,1-2	GS-6	L(7-7)	4	6.0	7	2	2	2	2	1	0	3.96	4.06	25	5	9	0	1	7	50			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	.96	0.033	3.10	0.06%	0.67	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d1
24	380	82	Jul 12	MIN	@	CAL	L,2-6	5-6		1	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.91	4.02	4	1	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	.14	0.018	.42	0.03%	0.92	5b 1-- 1 out d4	6b 3 out d4
25	381	83	Jul 16	MIN	@	BAL	L,1-5	6-6		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.89	4.02	3	1	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.25	0.012	.49	0.01%	0.65	6b -2- 1 out d4	6b 3 out d4
26	382	84	Jul 17	MIN	@	BAL	W,6-5	6-6		0	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.87	4.01	4	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.026	.98	0.04%	0.84	6b 1-- 0 out d3	6b 3 out d3
27	383	87	Jul 20	MIN		CLE	W,4-2	GS-8	W(8-7)	2	7.0	6	2	2	2	7	0	0	3.80	3.89	29	8	5	1	0	6	62			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.228	2.33	0.30%	1.73	1t start tie	8t -2- 0 out a3
28	384	91	Jul 24	MIN		BAL	W,8-0	SHO	W(9-7)	3	9.0	7	0	0	1	5	0	0	3.58	3.77	35	10	13	2	0	6	77			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	.50	0.284	1.02	0.35%	4.31	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
29	385	95	Jul 28	MIN	@	CLE	W,5-2	GS-6	W(10-7)	3	6.0	5	2	2	1	2	0	0	3.56	3.72	25	10	7	1	0	5	55			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.26	0.025	2.44	0.03%	0.90	1b start tie	6b 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
30	386	99	Aug 1	MIN	@	DET	W,12-4	GS-7		3	6.1	7	3	3	2	2	2	0	3.59	3.85	26	10	5	2	0	7	47			0	1	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	-0.055	2.21	-0.07%	0.13	1b start tie	7b 1-3 1 out a1
31	387	104	Aug 5	MIN		CAL	L,5-7	GS-6		3	6.0	9	3	3	1	3	1	0	3.62	3.87	26	7	6	0	1	9	44			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	2	1	0	.84	0.032	1.97	0.05%	-0.13	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
32	388	109	Aug 9(2)	MIN		OAK	L,3-6	GS-7	L(10-8)	3	7.0	4	4	4	1	5	2	0	3.68	3.93	25	5	10	0	0	4	57			1	1	0	24	0	0	1	0	0	0	.84	-0.183	1.64	-0.22%	-0.65	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
33	389	113	Aug 13	MIN	@	WSA	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(10-9)	3	8.0	5	1	0	2	2	0	0	3.52	3.88	29	11	10	2	0	4	70			0	1	0	27	0	0	1	1	0	1	.77	0.204	1.94	0.31%	2.53	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
34	390	118	Aug 18	MIN		NYY	W,8-7	GS-3		4	2.2	6	5	3	1	2	2	0	3.61	4.00	15	5	2	0	1	5	31			1	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.13	-0.435	3.19	-0.74%	-3.66	1t start tie	3t --- 2 out d2
35	391	122	Aug 22	MIN		WSA	L,4-5	GS-6		3	6.0	8	4	4	4	2	1	0	3.69	4.06	29	11	4	0	2	8	38			1	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	-0.115	2.71	-0.15%	-1.13	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
36	392	127	Aug 28(1)	MIN	@	NYY	L,0-6	GS-5	L(10-10)	5	4.1	7	4	4	1	2	0	0	3.79	4.03	20	9	3	1	1	5	34			0	0	0	19	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.27	-0.115	3.35	-0.18%	-1.13	1b start tie	5b -23 1 out d2
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
37	393	132	Sep 1(2)	MIN	@	MIL	W,7-1	9-GF(11)	BW(11-10)	3	2.1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.74	4.00	9	4	2	0	0	2		2	1	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.83	-0.204	5.49	-0.37%	0.35	9b 12- 2 out a1	11b end a 6
38	394	133	Sep 3	MIN	@	MIL	L,3-8	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	3	2	2	1	1	1	0	3.79	4.05	9	2	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	.11	-0.037	.30	-0.06%	-1.07	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 5
39	395	135	Sep 5	MIN	@	CAL	W,4-3	7-7	H(2)	1	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.79	4.05	2	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.56	-0.046	12.38	-0.13%	-0.19	7b --- 0 out a1	7b -2- 1 out a1
40	396	142	Sep 10(2)	MIN		OAK	W,7-2	GS-7	W(12-10)	4	7.0	7	2	2	0	5	0	0	3.75	3.96	30	11	7	2	0	7	60			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	2	.90	0.201	.82	0.11%	1.35	1t start tie	7t 3 out a4
41	397	145	Sep 13	MIN		CHW	L,7-8	5-7		2	2.2	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	3.74	4.00	11	5	2	1	0	4		2	1	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	.64	-0.048	.23	-0.01%	0.12	5t 1-3 1 out d1	7t 3 out d3
42	398	148	Sep 16	MIN		CAL	L,1-5	7-GF		2	2.1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.70	3.99	9	2	4	1	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	.11	0.021	.02	0.00%	1.44	7t 1-3 2 out d4	9t end d 4
43	399	154	Sep 22	MIN	@	OAK	W,5-3	GS-5	W(13-10)	5	5.0	6	1	1	2	3	0	1	3.66	3.98	22	6	4	0	0	6	52			0	0	0	19	3	0	0	2	0	1	1.58	0.174	.04	0.00%	1.25	1b start a 2	5b 3 out a1
44	400	158	Sep 27	MIN	@	KCR	L,3-4	5-6		4	2.0	3	1	1	0	2	0	0	3.67	3.95	9	3	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	.49	-0.020	.00	0.00%	-0.08	5b --- 0 out d2	6b 3 out d3
45	401	162	Oct 1	MIN		KCR	W,4-0	GS-7	W(14-10)	3	7.0	3	0	0	1	7	0	0	3.56	3.86	23	10	2	1	0	3	77			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	2	0	0	.77	0.303	.00	0.00%	3.35	1t start tie	7t 3 out a4
							26-19		W-L:14-10,BSv:1,Hld:2	2.9	230.1	244	110	91	58	120	26	3	3.56	3.86	973	1.27		7%	2%	227	50	9	22%	12	3	1	894	36	4	8	24	10	19	1.02	-1.101	2.12	-2.98%	1.26

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