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: 23-17 / in Starts: 21-16

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: 3

1974 Pitching Game Log

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1974 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	492	3	Apr 7	CHW		CAL	T,4-4	GS-7		99	6.2	9	3	2	1	4	0	0	2.70	1.83	31	10	8	1	3	8	49			0	0	0	28	3	0	0	0	1	1	1.06	-0.087	1.46	-0.07%	-0.02	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out d2
2	493	6	Apr 11	CHW	@	MIN	T,4-4	GS-3		3	2.2	5	4	4	1	1	0	1	5.79	2.47	14	6	0	0	0	5	32			0	0	0	12	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.34	-0.383	1.54	-0.27%	-3.06	1b start tie	3b 1-3 2 out d1
3	494	10	Apr 15	CHW	@	OAK	L,3-4	GS-5		3	4.2	4	2	2	3	4	1	0	5.14	3.51	20	5	4	0	0	4	49			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	0	.89	-0.042	.92	-0.03%	-0.25	1b start a 2	5b 12- 2 out a1
4	495	13	Apr 19	CHW		KCR	W,5-4	GS-9	W(1-0)	3	8.1	8	4	4	6	5	1	0	4.84	4.10	39	11	10	3	1	7	50			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.54	0.017	1.42	0.01%	-0.27	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out a1
5	496	16	Apr 23	CHW		MIL	W,3-2	GS-7	W(2-0)	3	6.1	3	2	1	2	5	0	1	4.08	3.73	26	7	8	2	0	3	64			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.14	0.207	1.03	0.11%	1.79	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out a2
6	497	19	Apr 27	CHW		DET	L,3-8	GS-5	L(2-1)	3	4.2	9	4	4	1	3	2	0	4.59	4.26	21	5	3	0	0	9	32			0	1	0	19	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.01	-0.145	1.21	-0.10%	-0.87	1t start tie	5t 1-- 2 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
7	498	22	May 1	CHW		BAL	W,2-0	GS-9	W(3-1)	3	8.0	5	0	0	4	3	0	0	3.70	4.08	31	6	13	1	0	5	71			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.07	0.407	1.16	0.26%	3.38	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out a2
8	499	25	May 5	CHW	@	MIL	W,4-3	GS-9	W(4-1)	3	8.1	11	3	3	1	3	1	1	3.62	4.09	38	11	11	0	2	11	51			1	0	0	36	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.366	1.59	0.29%	0.83	1b start a 1	9b --- 1 out a1
9	500	29	May 11	CHW	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(4-2)	5	8.0	8	3	2	1	0	0	0	3.43	3.93	32	11	12	2	2	8	55			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	2	0	0	.88	-0.058	1.85	-0.07%	0.54	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
10	501	34	May 17	CHW		OAK	L,4-10	GS-2	L(4-3)	5	1.0	4	5	5	1	0	0	1	4.14	4.01	9	2	1	0	0	4	24			0	0	0	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.340	2.72	-0.45%	-3.91	1t start tie	2t 1-- 0 out d3
11	502	38	May 22(2)	CHW		TEX	L,2-8	GS-7	L(4-4)	4	6.1	9	3	3	3	2	0	0	4.15	3.95	29	5	11	1	1	8	42			0	1	0	26	1	1	0	1	0	0	.96	-0.091	2.06	-0.12%	-0.37	1t start tie	7t -2- 1 out d1
12	503	42	May 26	CHW	@	KCR	L,1-4	GS-6	L(4-5)	3	5.1	6	4	4	1	1	0	0	4.35	3.86	22	5	10	2	3	5	40			0	0	1	21	3	1	1	0	0	0	.92	-0.174	1.86	-0.21%	-1.01	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out d2
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	504	47	Jun 2	CHW	@	BOS	L,7-9	GS-3	L(4-6)	6	2.2	5	5	5	1	0	1	0	4.81	4.03	14	4	4	0	2	5	27			0	0	0	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.413	1.58	-0.35%	-3.62	1b start a 2	3b --- 2 out d2
14	505	49	Jun 5	CHW		NYY	W,7-6	3-8		2	5.1	4	1	1	1	5	0	0	4.60	3.84	20	7	3	0	0	4		2	2	0	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.24	0.180	1.82	0.16%	0.30	3t 12- 0 out d2	8t 1-- 1 out a1
15	506	51	Jun 7	CHW		BOS	W,8-6	5-7	W(5-6)	1	2.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.59	3.85	8	1	4	0	0	2		3	1	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.48	0.067	2.16	0.06%	0.79	5t 123 0 out tie	7t 12- 0 out a3
16	507	53	Jun 9	CHW		BOS	L,6-10	6-6		1	0.0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.82	3.85	2	0	0	0	0	2		3	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.54	-0.131	2.55	-0.13%	-2.65	6t 123 0 out d1	6t -23 0 out d4
17	508	60	Jun 18	CHW	@	CLE	W,7-3	CG	W(6-6)	8	9.0	9	3	3	1	5	2	0	4.63	3.93	35	11	9	0	0	9	61			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	2	0	0	.84	0.267	1.19	0.23%	1.07	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
18	509	64	Jun 22	CHW	@	MIN	W,3-1	CG(10)	W(7-6)	3	10.0	5	1	1	1	3	0	0	4.26	3.77	35	14	12	0	0	5	80			0	1	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.58	0.502	2.63	0.50%	3.74	1b start a 1	10b 3 out a2
19	510	69	Jun 26	CHW	@	KCR	L,1-2	GS-8		3	7.1	7	1	1	1	5	0	0	4.05	3.62	31	13	9	1	0	3	64			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.13	0.170	2.81	0.25%	1.95	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out d1
20	511	73	Jun 30(1)	CHW		MIN	W,8-3	CG	W(8-6)	3	9.0	9	3	1	1	5	1	0	3.81	3.59	38	13	10	0	0	9	65			0	0	0	36	3	0	0	0	1	1	.52	0.129	1.09	0.16%	1.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
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
21	512	78	Jul 4	CHW		KCR	W,11-3	GS-7	W(9-6)	3	6.2	6	3	0	3	2	0	0	3.60	3.58	30	9	12	3	2	4	55			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	1	1	.97	0.073	1.69	0.08%	0.07	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out a1
22	513	83	Jul 8	CHW	@	MIL	L,5-6	GS-6		3	5.2	7	3	3	1	2	1	0	3.66	3.62	25	3	12	1	0	7	44			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.049	2.09	-0.05%	0.24	1b start tie	6b 1-3 2 out tie
23	514	87	Jul 12	CHW		BAL	W,4-3	GS-8		3	7.0	11	3	3	0	5	2	0	3.67	3.69	30	5	9	0	0	11	48			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	0	.98	-0.120	1.40	-0.10%	0.29	1t start tie	8t --- 0 out tie
24	515	91	Jul 16	CHW		DET	W,6-0	SHO	W(10-6)	3	9.0	2	0	0	2	5	0	0	3.44	3.59	31	10	12	1	3	2	86			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	.75	0.401	1.11	0.35%	4.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
25	516	95	Jul 21(1)	CHW		MIL	W,6-2	GS-7	W(11-6)	4	6.1	5	1	1	1	2	0	0	3.35	3.54	24	7	9	3	2	5	60			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.149	2.07	0.18%	1.41	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out a2
26	517	98	Jul 26	CHW	@	TEX	L,6-10	GS-4	L(11-7)	4	3.0	7	6	4	2	3	0	0	3.52	3.52	19	5	2	0	0	7	26			0	0	0	17	3	0	0	1	0	2	.80	-0.292	1.34	-0.29%	-4.28	1b start tie	4b -2- 0 out d5
27	518	103	Jul 30	CHW	@	CAL	W,3-2	GS-10	W(12-7)	3	9.0	5	2	1	0	5	0	0	3.38	3.41	32	10	12	1	0	5	76			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.26	0.175	.98	0.08%	1.49	1b start tie	10b 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
28	519	107	Aug 3	CHW		TEX	L,5-12	GS-4	L(12-8)	3	3.2	9	7	7	1	0	1	1	3.69	3.51	21	3	7	0	0	9	14			0	1	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.321	.85	-0.16%	-5.22	1t start tie	4t --- 2 out d7
29	520	112	Aug 7	CHW		CAL	W,2-1	CG	W(13-8)	3	9.0	6	1	1	0	3	1	0	3.55	3.50	30	11	10	2	1	6	74			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	0	.83	0.312	.64	0.14%	3.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
30	521	116	Aug 11	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(13-9)	3	8.0	8	3	3	3	4	1	0	3.54	3.53	33	11	7	1	0	8	55			3	0	0	29	0	0	1	2	0	0	.79	-0.033	.61	-0.02%	0.61	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
31	522	119	Aug 15	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(13-10)	3	8.0	8	2	2	0	4	2	0	3.49	3.59	32	11	9	0	0	8	62			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	1	.89	0.059	.56	0.02%	1.54	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
32	523	124	Aug 19	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-6	GS-8	L(13-11)	3	7.1	7	5	5	1	4	0	0	3.58	3.53	29	7	16	6	0	1	47			0	1	0	25	3	0	0	0	2	0	.61	-0.114	.25	-0.03%	-0.73	1b start tie	8b -2- 1 out d3
33	524	127	Aug 23	CHW		CLE	W,2-1	CG	W(14-11)	3	9.0	7	1	1	0	3	0	0	3.47	3.46	32	15	7	0	0	7	72			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	3	0	1	1.39	0.561	.26	0.06%	3.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
34	525	131	Aug 27	CHW		BOS	L,1-6	GS-7	L(14-12)	3	6.2	10	5	2	3	2	0	0	3.45	3.45	32	9	8	1	1	10	39			1	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.26	-0.156	.46	-0.03%	-1.13	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out d3
35	526	135	Aug 31	CHW		NYY	L,6-18	GS-3	L(14-13)	3	2.2	5	6	6	3	0	1	0	3.66	3.54	16	6	4	1	0	3	21			0	0	0	12	1	0	1	0	1	0	1.02	-0.311	.08	-0.02%	-3.81	1t start tie	3t 1-- 2 out d5
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
36	527	139	Sep 4	CHW	@	KCR	W,7-0	SHO	W(15-13)	3	9.0	4	0	0	2	3	0	0	3.51	3.50	32	13	11	3	1	3	80			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	.49	0.244	.01	0.00%	4.32	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
37	528	143	Sep 8	CHW	@	CAL	W,1-0	GS-7	W(16-13)	3	6.2	5	0	0	4	5	0	0	3.41	3.49	28	10	5	1	1	4	65			0	1	0	24	0	0	0	2	0	2	1.51	0.311	.06	0.01%	2.28	1b start tie	7b 123 2 out a1
38	529	148	Sep 13(1)	CHW		CAL	W,8-0	SHO	W(17-13)	4	9.0	4	0	0	1	8	0	0	3.28	3.40	32	6	13	0	1	4	86			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	1	.85	0.347	.00	0.00%	4.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
39	530	153	Sep 18	CHW		MIN	W,3-1	CG	W(18-13)	4	9.0	7	1	1	1	8	0	0	3.20	3.32	35	5	14	4	0	7	76			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.23	0.428	.00	0.00%	3.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
40	531	156	Sep 22	CHW		OAK	W,3-1	CG	W(19-13)	3	9.0	5	1	0	0	10	0	1	3.09	3.23	33	7	10	0	0	5	85			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	0.502	.00	0.00%	3.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
41	532	157	Sep 26(1)	CHW	@	TEX	W,5-1	CG	W(20-13)	3	9.0	5	1	1	1	8	0	0	3.02	3.16	33	12	7	1	0	5	80			0	2	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	2	.81	0.376	.00	0.00%	2.99	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
42	533	162	Oct 1	CHW		KCR	W,2-1	CG	W(21-13)	4	9.0	6	1	0	2	2	0	0	2.92	3.14	35	13	12	4	1	6	73			0	1	1	33	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.36	0.592	.00	0.00%	3.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
							23-17		W-L:21-13	3.3	277.1	263	106	90	63	142	18	6	2.92	3.14	1139	0.96		7%	4%	243	56	8	75%	5	11	3	1054	37	5	3	26	10	20	1.05	3.582	1.06	0.47%	24.27

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