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: 12-3 / in Starts: 12-3

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1972 Pitching Game Log

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1972 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	441	9	Apr 29	MIN	@	NYY	W,2-0	GS-6	W(1-0)	99	6.0	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.00	1.40	21	9	5	0	0	4	67			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	.99	0.304	1.59	0.30%	2.25	1b start a 2	6b 3 out a2
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
2	442	13	May 5	MIN	@	BOS	W,5-2	GS-7	W(2-0)	5	6.2	6	2	2	2	6	1	0	1.42	2.48	27	11	7	2	0	1	58			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	0.081	2.21	0.09%	0.48	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out a1
3	443	17	May 9	MIN		NYY	W,4-2	GS-9	W(3-0)	3	8.1	6	2	2	2	4	2	0	1.71	3.59	32	13	7	0	0	6	65			0	0	1	30	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.02	0.181	2.02	0.22%	1.21	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out a2
4	444	21	May 14	MIN		MIL	W,4-2	CG	W(4-0)	4	9.0	6	2	1	0	4	1	0	1.50	3.40	32	11	11	1	0	6	73			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	2	1	1	.69	0.283	1.55	0.38%	1.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
5	445	25	May 19	MIN	@	TEX	L,1-2	GS-7	L(4-1)	4	7.0	7	2	2	1	4	0	0	1.70	3.07	29	9	8	0	0	7	58			2	0	0	27	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.05	-0.069	2.54	-0.10%	0.60	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
6	446	29	May 24	MIN	@	KCR	W,1-0	GS-11	W(5-1)	4	11.0	5	0	0	3	7	0	0	1.31	2.82	40	12	13	3	0	5	91			0	0	0	34	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.69	0.820	3.14	0.92%	4.22	1b start tie	11b 3 out tie
7	447	33	May 28	MIN		TEX	W,7-2	CG	W(6-1)	3	9.0	5	2	0	1	3	0	0	1.11	2.70	35	17	10	2	0	4	75			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	1	2	.48	0.174	1.03	0.23%	1.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
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	448	37	Jun 2	MIN	@	DET	L,4-5	GS-2		4	1.2	6	4	4	0	1	1	0	1.69	2.88	11	1	3	0	0	6	28			0	0	0	11	3	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.308	2.01	-0.39%	-3.39	1b start tie	2b 1-- 2 out d4
9	449	41	Jun 6	MIN	@	BAL	W,5-4	GS-7		3	6.2	7	4	3	3	8	0	0	1.93	2.72	30	9	5	0	0	5	51			2	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	1	0	.87	-0.250	1.49	-0.26%	-1.76	1b start tie	7b -23 2 out d3
10	450	45	Jun 11	MIN	@	CLE	W,5-3	GS-7	W(7-1)	4	7.0	4	3	2	1	3	1	0	1.99	2.83	26	11	7	0	4	4	61			0	1	1	25	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.02	-0.113	1.26	-0.08%	-0.19	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
11	451	49	Jun 16	MIN		BAL	L,0-3	CG	L(7-2)	4	9.0	8	3	3	2	8	0	0	2.10	2.66	36	6	12	1	0	8	65			0	1	1	33	1	1	0	0	1	1	.89	0.024	1.22	0.02%	0.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
12	452	52	Jun 20(1)	MIN		CLE	W,7-3	CG	W(8-2)	3	9.0	6	3	2	3	4	0	0	2.09	2.64	36	11	12	1	0	6	66			1	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	1	.66	-0.011	.73	-0.01%	0.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
13	453	56	Jun 24	MIN	@	KCR	W,4-1	CG	W(9-2)	3	9.0	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.90	2.60	30	14	7	0	0	8	70			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	4	0	0	.75	0.314	.88	0.22%	2.45	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
14	454	61	Jun 28	MIN		CAL	W,7-6	GS-7		3	6.1	10	4	3	0	2	0	0	2.04	2.55	28	9	7	0	0	10	41			0	0	0	28	0	1	0	2	0	2	1.24	-0.090	1.34	-0.06%	-0.60	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out a2
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
15	455	66	Jul 2(1)	MIN	@	CHW	W,6-4	GS-8	W(10-2)	3	7.2	6	4	2	2	6	0	0	2.06	2.49	30	9	8	0	2	5	59			1	1	0	27	3	0	0	1	0	1	.85	-0.029	1.36	-0.03%	-1.10	1b start tie	8b -2- 2 out a2
							12-3		W-L:10-2	3.6	113.1	94	36	26	20	64	6	0	2.06	2.49	443	1.25		4%	2%	85	62		---%	6	3	3	414	17	2	2	14	4	10	.95	1.311	1.61	1.45%	8.77

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