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: 21-15 / in Starts: 20-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1973 Pitching Game Log

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1973 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	456	3	Apr 8	MIN	@	OAK	W,4-2	GS-6	W(1-0)	99	5.1	6	2	1	0	4	0	0	1.69	1.07	22	7	5	1	0	6	54			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.063	1.51	0.07%	0.24	1b start a 2	6b 1-- 1 out a2
2	457	6	Apr 13	MIN		OAK	W,8-4	GS-6	W(2-0)	4	6.0	7	4	4	1	1	2	0	3.97	4.24	25	7	9	2	0	7	42			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	.32	0.074	.53	0.08%	-1.02	1t start tie	6t 3 out a4
3	458	8	Apr 17	MIN		CAL	W,10-5	GS-8	W(3-0)	3	8.0	9	3	3	0	3	0	0	3.72	3.24	33	14	7	0	3	9	55			1	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	1	.68	-0.010	1.17	-0.01%	0.97	1t start tie	8t 3 out a6
4	459	11	Apr 21	MIN		TEX	W,5-4	GS-7		3	7.0	8	4	4	1	7	2	1	4.10	3.74	30	4	9	2	0	8	51			1	1	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.082	1.93	-0.08%	-0.52	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
5	460	15	Apr 28	MIN	@	NYY	L,3-11	GS-5	L(3-1)	6	5.0	6	4	4	1	4	2	0	4.60	4.23	22	4	7	1	3	6	42			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	.41	-0.224	.67	-0.22%	-1.71	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
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	461	19	May 4	MIN		BOS	W,9-6	GS-7	W(4-1)	5	7.0	8	5	4	1	6	1	0	4.70	4.03	30	6	9	1	0	8	48			2	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	1	1	.97	-0.019	1.11	-0.01%	-1.52	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
7	462	23	May 9	MIN		NYY	L,0-2	CG	L(4-2)	4	9.0	9	2	2	3	6	0	0	4.18	3.69	38	10	10	3	2	9	64			1	0	0	35	3	0	0	1	0	1	.82	0.124	.85	0.08%	2.47	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
8	463	27	May 14(1)	MIN	@	TEX	L,6-7	GS-8		4	7.0	7	5	5	1	2	1	0	4.47	3.76	29	15	4	0	0	7	44			0	0	0	28	0	1	0	0	0	0	.77	-0.053	.70	-0.03%	-0.79	1b start tie	8b 12- 0 out a3
9	464	32	May 18	MIN	@	CHW	W,3-0	SHO	W(5-2)	3	9.0	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.84	3.53	33	13	12	0	3	6	77			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.450	1.21	0.36%	4.47	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
10	465	37	May 23	MIN		KCR	W,8-6	GS-6		4	5.2	10	5	5	3	0	1	1	4.17	3.81	32	7	11	2	0	10	26			2	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	1	.90	-0.294	1.40	-0.28%	-2.46	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out d2
11	466	41	May 28	MIN		BAL	W,10-3	CG	W(6-2)	4	9.0	12	3	3	3	4	2	0	4.04	4.01	39	9	11	0	0	12	52			0	0	0	36	2	0	0	3	0	0	.56	0.017	.71	0.01%	1.47	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
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	467	45	Jun 1	MIN		DET	L,3-8	GS-1	L(6-3)	3	0.1	4	4	2	1	0	1	0	4.25	4.21	7	1	1	1	0	4	30			0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.02	-0.350	1.72	-0.35%	-4.41	1t start tie	1t 12- 1 out d4
13	468	48	Jun 6(1)	MIN	@	CLE	W,7-3	GS-8		4	7.0	6	3	1	3	3	1	0	4.01	4.27	32	10	10	1	2	6	57			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.37	0.051	2.51	0.06%	0.03	1b start a 2	8b 1-- 0 out tie
14	469	53	Jun 11	MIN		MIL	L,6-10	GS-4	L(6-4)	4	3.2	7	6	6	1	4	1	0	4.45	4.29	19	3	4	0	1	7	26			1	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.326	2.20	-0.41%	-3.33	1t start tie	4t -2- 2 out d4
15	470	56	Jun 15	MIN	@	DET	W,13-6	3-GF	W(7-4)	3	6.2	5	2	2	2	3	1	1	4.33	4.33	26	5	10	3	2	5		2	0	0	0	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	0	.49	0.168	.90	0.19%	1.96	3b 12- 1 out a2	9b end a 7
16	471	60	Jun 19	MIN		TEX	W,7-3	GS-6	W(8-4)	3	6.0	10	3	3	2	2	0	0	4.34	4.25	30	7	9	1	1	10	40			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.40	0.045	2.68	0.05%	-0.02	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
17	472	64	Jun 23	MIN		CAL	L,1-3	CG(11)	L(8-5)	3	11.0	11	3	3	4	6	1	0	4.15	4.20	46	13	12	6	1	11	65			1	0	0	42	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.31	0.149	3.16	0.22%	2.46	1t start tie	11t 3 out d2
18	473	69	Jun 27	MIN	@	TEX	L,3-4	GS-4	L(8-6)	3	3.2	8	4	4	3	2	0	0	4.33	4.19	20	2	5	1	2	8	28			1	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.64	-0.302	2.93	-0.32%	-2.40	1b start tie	4b 1-- 2 out d2
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
19	474	73	Jul 1	MIN	@	CAL	W,2-1	CG	W(9-6)	3	9.0	1	1	1	0	7	1	0	4.09	4.07	29	10	11	0	3	1	88			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.24	0.650	3.24	1.02%	2.91	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
20	475	78	Jul 6	MIN		NYY	L,2-5	GS-8	L(9-7)	4	8.0	10	5	0	0	2	1	0	3.85	4.04	33	10	11	1	1	10	54			0	1	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.62	-0.372	3.25	-0.45%	-1.03	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
21	476	83	Jul 10	MIN		BOS	L,1-2	CG	L(9-8)	3	9.0	5	2	2	0	6	0	0	3.73	3.87	32	8	13	0	1	5	75			1	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.218	1.33	0.21%	2.47	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
22	477	88	Jul 14	MIN		CLE	L,0-3	GS-8	L(9-9)	3	8.0	5	3	3	3	1	1	0	3.71	3.93	30	13	8	0	0	5	58			0	1	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.026	1.20	0.02%	0.97	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
23	478	92	Jul 18	MIN	@	NYY	W,3-0	SHO	W(10-9)	3	9.0	6	0	0	0	5	0	0	3.50	3.79	31	10	10	3	1	6	80			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	0	.98	0.425	1.02	0.27%	4.13	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
24	479	96	Jul 22	MIN	@	BOS	W,10-7	GS-7	W(11-9)	3	6.2	11	5	5	1	3	2	0	3.63	3.88	29	5	9	4	0	11	34			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	0	.56	0.158	.63	0.11%	-1.56	1b start a 4	7b --- 2 out a5
25	480	98	Jul 26(2)	MIN		OAK	W,7-5	GS-3		3	2.1	6	4	4	1	1	2	1	3.80	4.04	15	3	3	0	0	6	29			2	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.260	1.96	-0.29%	-3.03	1t start tie	3t 1-- 1 out d4
26	481	102	Jul 30	MIN		CHW	L,1-9	GS-6	L(11-10)	3	5.2	6	6	5	1	4	1	0	3.93	4.04	24	9	4	0	0	6	38			0	0	0	22	0	2	0	1	0	1	.82	-0.164	1.47	-0.18%	-2.38	1t start tie	6t --3 2 out d5
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	482	106	Aug 3	MIN		KCR	L,2-4	GS-6	L(11-11)	3	5.2	8	4	4	0	2	1	0	4.01	4.04	24	10	6	1	2	6	39			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	.56	-0.175	.92	-0.17%	-1.34	1t start tie	6t -2- 2 out d4
28	483	110	Aug 7(2)	MIN		BAL	L,4-10	GS-2	L(11-12)	3	1.0	6	5	5	2	2	0	0	4.23	4.04	11	1	1	0	0	5	21			2	0	0	9	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.05	-0.319	.72	-0.13%	-3.89	1t start tie	2t 1-- 0 out d4
29	484	115	Aug 12	MIN	@	MIL	L,9-10	GS-2		4	1.0	3	4	4	1	1	1	0	4.41	4.11	7	2	1	0	0	2	31			0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.271	.14	-0.03%	-2.91	1b start tie	2b 1-- 0 out d2
				Player went from Minnesota Twins to Chicago White Sox
30	485	129	Aug 26(1)	CHW		DET	W,4-1	CG	W(12-12)	13	9.0	3	1	1	0	2	1	0	4.25	4.09	30	7	18	1	8	3	79			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.75	0.386	.00	0.00%	3.47	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
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
31	486	135	Sep 1	CHW		CAL	W,7-5	GS-5		5	4.0	8	5	5	2	0	0	0	4.39	4.09	21	4	7	0	0	8	24			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.28	-0.379	.00	0.00%	-2.85	1t start tie	5t 123 0 out a1
32	487	139	Sep 4	CHW		TEX	W,14-0	SHO	W(13-12)	2	9.0	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	4.20	3.97	32	8	14	0	2	5	82			1	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.25	0.166	.00	0.00%	4.47	1t start tie	9t 3 out a14
33	488	143	Sep 9	CHW	@	MIN	W,10-7	GS-8	W(14-12)	4	7.0	10	6	5	0	2	0	0	4.27	3.90	30	9	9	2	1	10	37			0	0	0	30	2	2	0	2	0	1	.74	-0.041	.01	0.00%	-1.52	1b start tie	8b 12- 0 out a6
34	489	150	Sep 17	CHW	@	TEX	L,3-10	GS-3	L(14-13)	7	2.0	6	7	5	2	2	3	0	4.44	4.08	14	2	2	0	0	6	20			0	1	0	12	2	1	0	0	0	1	.36	-0.392	.00	0.00%	-6.01	1b start tie	3b --3 0 out d6
35	490	154	Sep 21	CHW	@	KCR	W,6-5	GS-2		3	1.2	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	4.49	4.06	9	3	3	0	1	2	40			0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.40	-0.135	.00	0.00%	-1.43	1b start a 2	2b 12- 2 out a1
36	491	159	Sep 27	CHW		KCR	W,3-2	CG(10)	W(15-13)	5	10.0	8	2	2	0	4	0	0	4.37	3.96	37	16	12	4	1	5	72			0	0	0	37	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.35	0.558	.00	0.00%	2.97	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
							21-15		W-L:15-13	3.6	224.1	250	124	109	43	109	30	4	4.37	3.96	951	0.93		7%	7%	241	49	2	0%	16	4	0	899	39	8	1	19	3	12	.92	-0.440	1.29	-0.25%	-10.66

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