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: 12-14 / in Starts: 12-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 26, Entered with runners on base: 2

1978 Pitching Game Log

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1978 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	650	13	Apr 25	PHI		CHC	W,7-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	3	0	0	1	5	0	0	0.00	1.81	31	9	13	1	1	3	85			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	1	.40	0.212	.67	0.21%	4.06	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
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	651	19	May 3	PHI	@	CIN	L,3-12	2-6		7	3.1	8	5	5	1	1	0	0	3.65	2.10	19	7	2	0	1	8		1	0	0	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	1	0	.16	-0.026	.28	-0.03%	-4.33	2b -2- 2 out d4	6b 12- 0 out d9
3	652	27	May 13	PHI		CIN	L,3-4	GS-5		9	5.0	3	2	2	2	1	0	1	3.63	2.64	20	4	9	3	1	3	52			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.027	1.40	-0.03%	0.25	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
4	653	33	May 19	PHI	@	NYM	L,3-4	GS-7		5	7.0	8	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.59	2.50	27	9	6	0	0	8	63			0	1	0	25	1	0	1	2	0	0	1.44	0.446	3.42	0.64%	3.00	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
5	654	36	May 24	PHI	@	CHC	L,4-6	GS-6		4	6.0	5	2	1	2	2	0	0	2.37	2.59	24	11	8	2	1	1	56			0	0	0	21	1	1	0	1	1	1	1.09	0.077	2.80	0.12%	0.97	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
6	655	41	May 29	PHI		PIT	W,4-3	GS-9		4	8.1	9	3	3	1	5	1	1	2.56	2.82	35	9	10	1	1	9	57			1	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	-0.180	2.04	-0.19%	0.42	1t start tie	9t -2- 1 out tie
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
7	656	46	Jun 4	PHI		LAD	W,9-4	CG	W(2-0)	5	9.0	8	4	3	1	2	0	0	2.64	2.75	36	10	16	3	0	7	58			2	0	0	35	2	1	1	1	0	1	.78	0.025	1.41	0.03%	0.06	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
8	657	51	Jun 10	PHI		ATL	W,6-2	GS-7	W(3-0)	5	7.0	5	2	2	1	4	1	0	2.63	2.88	26	10	6	0	2	5	62			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	1	1	0	1.04	0.067	2.09	0.08%	1.16	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
9	658	56	Jun 15	PHI	@	SFG	L,1-6	GS-2	L(3-1)	4	1.1	5	6	6	2	0	0	0	3.54	2.98	11	3	1	0	1	5	18			0	0	0	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	.82	-0.340	1.66	-0.41%	-3.98	1b start tie	2b 12- 1 out d3
10	659	64	Jun 24	PHI		CHC	W,6-2	GS-6	W(4-1)	8	6.0	7	2	2	2	4	0	0	3.48	2.91	26	6	12	8	0	2	52			0	0	0	24	2	1	0	0	0	0	.81	0.134	2.70	0.27%	0.70	1t start tie	6t 3 out a3
11	660	69	Jun 29	PHI	@	CHC	W,9-3	GS-6	W(5-1)	4	6.0	7	2	1	1	0	0	1	3.31	2.97	26	12	12	8	2	0	51			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.29	0.161	5.05	0.38%	0.97	1b start a 3	6b 3 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
12	661	77	Jul 6	PHI		MON	W,7-6	GS-5		6	4.1	7	4	4	0	1	1	0	3.61	3.10	20	6	6	1	0	7	34			1	0	0	19	2	0	0	1	1	1	.91	-0.159	2.90	-0.31%	-2.39	1t start tie	5t -2- 1 out a2
13	662	83	Jul 15	PHI	@	ATL	L,2-3	GS-3	L(5-2)	8	2.1	5	3	3	1	1	2	0	3.86	3.44	13	3	3	0	1	5	35			0	0	0	12	1	0	1	0	0	0	.61	-0.254	1.58	-0.40%	-3.07	1b start tie	3b 123 1 out d3
14	663	88	Jul 20	PHI		CIN	W,8-6	GS-5		4	4.2	6	5	5	2	0	0	0	4.20	3.47	22	5	9	0	2	6	30			0	0	0	18	2	1	0	0	1	0	1.08	-0.353	3.16	-0.62%	-2.96	1t start tie	5t 1-- 2 out tie
15	664	95	Jul 26	PHI		ATL	L,2-4	GS-4	L(5-3)	5	4.0	8	4	4	2	0	1	0	4.43	3.65	20	5	5	3	0	8	28			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.12	-0.292	3.02	-0.47%	-2.20	1t start tie	4t 3 out d2
16	665	98	Jul 29	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-6	2-5		2	3.2	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	4.34	3.60	14	5	4	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	1	0	.12	0.001	.34	0.00%	0.82	2b 1-- 1 out d5	5b 3 out d6
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
17	666	104	Aug 4(2)	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-5	GS-5	L(5-4)	5	4.2	7	5	5	1	2	0	1	4.61	3.57	22	6	5	0	0	7	31			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	1	0	0	.94	-0.308	3.21	-0.63%	-2.97	1b start tie	5b -2- 2 out d4
18	667	110	Aug 9	PHI	@	STL	W,6-3	GS-7	W(6-4)	4	6.2	9	3	3	1	1	0	0	4.58	3.51	28	9	8	0	1	9	44			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	0.113	3.30	0.21%	-0.21	1b start a 2	7b -2- 2 out a2
19	668	116	Aug 16	PHI		LAD	L,2-5	GS-5	L(6-5)	6	4.1	4	5	5	1	2	1	0	4.82	3.59	18	3	8	0	0	4	36			0	0	0	16	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.03	-0.257	3.13	-0.47%	-2.39	1t start tie	5t -2- 1 out d3
20	669	123	Aug 23	PHI		SDP	L,5-6	GS-4		6	3.2	6	2	2	2	0	0	0	4.82	3.61	19	9	2	0	0	6	39			0	0	0	16	1	1	2	0	0	0	1.18	-0.096	3.94	-0.19%	-0.76	1t start tie	4t -23 2 out d2
21	670	128	Aug 28	PHI	@	SDP	W,6-1	GS-9	W(7-5)	4	8.1	5	1	1	2	4	0	0	4.55	3.52	30	6	13	3	3	5	71			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	1	0	.91	0.359	3.56	0.84%	1.85	1b start tie	9b 12- 1 out a5
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
22	671	134	Sep 3(2)	PHI	@	SFG	L,2-3	GS-7		5	7.0	4	1	1	2	2	0	0	4.36	3.48	26	5	13	1	2	4	65			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.49	0.306	5.49	0.68%	2.00	1b start a 2	7b 3 out a1
23	672	140	Sep 8(2)	PHI		STL	W,2-1	GS-8		4	8.0	6	1	1	0	2	1	0	4.16	3.50	29	8	13	2	1	6	68			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	0.358	4.89	0.81%	2.61	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
24	673	147	Sep 15	PHI		NYM	L,4-5	GS-3		6	2.2	7	3	3	0	2	1	0	4.28	3.54	13	3	1	1	0	7	34			0	1	0	13	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.22	-0.233	3.47	-0.40%	-1.99	1t start tie	3t --3 2 out d2
25	674	156	Sep 26(1)	PHI		MON	W,5-3	GS-6	W(8-5)	10	6.0	4	1	1	1	2	0	1	4.16	3.52	23	8	7	0	3	4	61			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	.94	0.226	2.03	0.29%	1.70	1t start tie	6t 3 out a2
26	675	162	Oct 1	PHI	@	PIT	L,3-5	GS-2		4	2.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.10	3.53	8	3	2	0	0	2	51			0	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	.91	0.096	.00	0.00%	0.94	1b start tie	2b 3 out tie
							12-14		W-L:8-5	5.2	140.1	150	67	64	32	48	9	5	4.10	3.53	586	0.90		10%	6%	133	49	2	0%	5	2	0	536	30	7	6	17	7	6	.97	0.056	2.73	0.41%	-5.72

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