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: 23-30 / in Starts: 9-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 28, Entered with runners on base: 18

1980 Pitching Game Log

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1980 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	719	2	Apr 11	NYY	@	TEX	L,7-11	7-7		99	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	13.50	2.75	4	0	2	0	0	2		3	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.64	-0.117	.70	-0.08%	-2.45	7b 123 1 out d1	7b 3 out d5
2	720	3	Apr 13(1)	NYY	@	TEX	W,9-4	7-GF		1	2.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.70	3.65	10	6	2	1	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.23	0.022	.26	0.02%	0.13	7b 1-3 1 out a7	9b end a 5
3	721	5	Apr 15	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-4	14-GF(14)	L(0-1)	1	0.2	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	2.25	5.75	6	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	1	3.41	-0.363	4.51	-0.29%	-1.27	14b --- 0 out tie	14b end d 1
4	722	7	Apr 17	NYY	@	CHW	L,6-8	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	4	3	3	0	1	0	0	7.20	4.75	7	2	0	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	.30	-0.117	.39	-0.09%	-2.50	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 4
				Player went from New York Yankees to St. Louis Cardinals
5	723	18	Apr 30	STL		CHC	W,8-2	8-GF		12	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.40	3.95	5	4	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.004	.04	0.00%	0.71	8t --- 1 out a6	9t end a 6
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	724	19	May 2	STL		HOU	W,9-1	7-GF	S(1)	1	2.1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.00	3.20	7	5	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.34	0.065	.39	0.05%	1.24	7t -2- 2 out a1	9t end a 8
7	725	22	May 5	STL		SFG	W,9-5	9-GF	S(2)	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.72	3.17	2	2	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.67	0.032	.74	0.02%	0.87	9t 12- 1 out a4	9t end a 4
8	726	24	May 7	STL		SFG	W,12-2	8-GF		1	2.0	2	2	2	1	0	1	0	4.63	4.47	9	3	3	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.01	0.00%	-1.07	8t --- 0 out a8	9t end a10
9	727	26	May 10	STL		LAD	L,3-5	8-GF		2	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.05	4.48	7	3	2	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	.30	-0.031	.39	-0.02%	0.12	8t -2- 1 out d2	9t end d 3
10	728	28	May 13	STL	@	SDP	L,2-3	9-GF	BL(0-2)	2	0.1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.61	4.65	4	1	0	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.11	-0.742	4.66	-0.51%	-1.78	9b -2- 1 out a1	9b end d 1
11	729	32	May 17	STL	@	SFG	L,2-4	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.30	4.52	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.002	.03	0.00%	0.43	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
12	730	35	May 20	STL	@	LAD	L,3-4	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.02	4.41	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.36	0.026	.28	0.01%	0.44	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
13	731	36	May 21	STL	@	LAD	L,3-5	8-8	H(1)	0	0.1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	4.50	4.25	2	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.81	0.004	1.36	0.00%	0.01	8b 1-- 1 out a2	8b 1-3 2 out a2
14	732	37	May 23	STL		SDP	L,0-2	9-GF	L(0-3)	1	1.0	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	5.29	4.05	6	1	1	0	0	3		0	0	1	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	-0.417	.76	-0.15%	-1.54	9t --- 0 out tie	9t end d 2
15	733	39	May 25	STL		SDP	L,5-11	8-9		1	1.0	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	6.00	4.03	6	1	1	0	0	2		2	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.57	-0.096	.26	-0.03%	-0.54	8t 12- 2 out d1	9t 12- 2 out d2
16	734	42	May 28	STL		NYM	L,5-6	8-8		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.89	4.01	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.80	0.049	.73	0.01%	0.48	8t 1-3 2 out d1	8t 3 out d1
17	735	43	May 30	STL		MON	L,4-10	GS-4	L(0-4)	1	4.0	5	6	6	3	2	2	0	7.25	5.17	21	7	4	1	0	5	27			0	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	1	.74	-0.361	.27	-0.08%	-4.14	1t start tie	4t 3 out d5
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
18	736	47	Jun 4	STL	@	NYM	W,1-0	SHO(10)	W(1-4)	4	10.0	7	0	0	3	2	0	0	5.01	4.58	38	15	11	1	2	7	77			1	0	0	32	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.82	0.816	.51	0.14%	4.34	1b start tie	10b 3 out a1
19	737	53	Jun 9	STL	@	ATL	W,8-5	GS-7		4	6.2	6	4	2	3	2	0	0	4.62	4.39	30	12	8	1	1	5	49			0	0	0	27	4	0	0	0	0	1	.92	0.008	.12	0.00%	-0.99	1b start a 1	7b 1-- 2 out a1
20	738	57	Jun 14	STL		CIN	W,4-3	GS-7		4	6.1	7	3	3	4	0	0	0	4.57	4.43	30	12	7	3	0	7	43			1	0	0	25	2	0	2	0	1	0	1.29	-0.055	.09	0.00%	0.38	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out tie
21	739	61	Jun 18	STL	@	HOU	L,0-3	GS-7	L(1-5)	3	7.0	7	3	3	2	1	0	0	4.47	4.28	29	12	7	1	0	7	50			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	.78	-0.134	.10	-0.01%	-0.12	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
22	740	66	Jun 23	STL		PIT	W,6-1	CG	W(2-5)	4	9.0	7	1	1	0	3	0	0	3.96	3.96	33	10	13	0	0	7	72			1	1	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	1	.93	0.353	.14	0.03%	3.19	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
23	741	70	Jun 28(1)	STL	@	CHC	W,8-6	4-5		4	2.0	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.84	3.97	9	3	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	1	1	7	0	0	1	1	1	1	.54	-0.030	.16	-0.01%	-0.04	4b --- 0 out d3	5b 3 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
24	742	74	Jul 1	STL	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG(10)	L(2-6)	2	9.2	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	3.70	3.81	36	19	8	1	0	9	59			0	1	0	35	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.47	-0.022	.63	-0.01%	1.39	1b start tie	10b 1-- 2 out d1
25	743	79	Jul 5	STL		PHI	W,6-1	CG	W(3-6)	3	9.0	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	3.29	3.64	30	13	9	3	2	6	75			1	0	0	29	1	0	0	3	1	0	.68	0.219	.20	0.04%	3.19	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
26	744	83	Jul 12	STL	@	NYM	W,8-6	GS-4		6	3.1	9	6	6	2	1	0	0	3.80	3.65	21	5	4	1	0	9	17			0	0	0	18	5	0	1	0	1	0	.68	-0.381	.14	-0.05%	-4.73	1b start tie	4b 1-- 1 out d5
27	745	85	Jul 13(2)	STL	@	NYM	L,4-10	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.75	3.62	3	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.43	8b --- 0 out d8	8b end d 8
28	746	88	Jul 17	STL		SDP	W,15-3	CG	W(4-6)	3	9.0	7	3	2	1	2	1	0	3.59	3.66	33	15	8	1	1	7	64			3	0	1	32	0	0	0	2	0	1	.49	-0.077	.08	-0.01%	1.19	1t start tie	9t 3 out a12
29	747	93	Jul 22	STL		LAD	W,3-2	GS-3		4	2.1	6	2	2	2	1	1	0	3.69	3.82	15	2	4	0	0	6	36			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.200	.14	-0.02%	-2.13	1t start tie	3t 123 1 out d2
30	748	96	Jul 26	STL	@	SDP	L,3-4	9-9	H(2)	3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.67	3.81	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.42	0.047	1.46	0.01%	0.17	9b 1-- 0 out a1	9b -2- 1 out a1
31	749	97	Jul 27	STL	@	SDP	L,2-5	7-GF(8)		0	2.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.69	3.82	9	4	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	.26	-0.007	.05	0.00%	-0.16	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 3
32	750	100	Jul 31	STL	@	SFG	L,4-6	8-8		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.67	3.81	1	1	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.33	0.031	.05	0.00%	1.69	8b 123 0 out d2	8b -23 2 out d2
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
33	751	107	Aug 9	STL		NYM	W,9-6	7-GF	S(3)	8	3.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.56	3.79	10	5	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.00	0.162	.03	0.00%	1.40	7t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 3
34	752	108	Aug 10	STL		NYM	L,1-4	8-8		0	0.1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.72	3.79	3	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.033	.03	0.00%	-0.41	8t --- 0 out d1	8t 12- 1 out d1
35	753	110	Aug 12	STL		MON	L,0-4	9-9		1	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.81	3.79	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.61	-0.045	.02	0.00%	-0.61	9t --- 0 out d1	9t -2- 0 out d1
36	754	111	Aug 13	STL		MON	W,7-5	9-GF	S(4)	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.80	3.79	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.78	0.110	.06	0.00%	0.58	9t -23 2 out a2	9t end a 2
37	755	112	Aug 14	STL		CHC	W,10-9	8-GF(10)	W(5-6)	0	2.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.71	3.79	7	4	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.14	0.337	.05	0.00%	1.24	8t -2- 2 out tie	10t end tie
38	756	115	Aug 17	STL		CHC	L,2-6	9-GF		2	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.68	3.78	5	1	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.47	9t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 6
39	757	117	Aug 19	STL	@	CIN	L,2-4	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	3.61	3.75	8	5	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	1	0	1	.56	-0.020	.00	0.00%	-0.10	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 2
40	758	118	Aug 20	STL	@	CIN	L,3-4	9-10		0	1.1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.57	3.77	7	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	2	0	0	0	2.78	-0.074	.02	0.00%	-0.61	9b --- 0 out tie	10b 123 1 out tie
41	759	121	Aug 24	STL	@	ATL	L,5-10	6-6		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.54	3.74	4	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.46	6b --- 0 out d6	6b 3 out d6
42	760	123	Aug 26	STL		HOU	L,2-7	GS-5	L(5-7)	1	4.0	11	7	7	0	0	1	0	3.96	3.82	23	7	5	1	1	11	12			0	0	0	23	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	-0.477	.00	0.00%	-4.75	1t start tie	5t -2- 0 out d4
43	761	126	Aug 29	STL		ATL	L,3-4	9-GF		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.93	3.81	2	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.31	0.016	.00	0.00%	0.49	9t 1-- 1 out d2	9t end d 2
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
44	762	129	Sep 1	STL		CIN	L,1-8	GS-1	L(5-8)	2	0.1	6	4	4	0	0	0	0	4.23	3.81	7	0	1	0	0	6	23			0	0	0	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.359	.01	0.00%	-4.41	1t start tie	1t 12- 1 out d4
45	763	131	Sep 3	STL		CIN	W,4-3	10-GF(10)	W(6-8)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.19	3.80	4	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.88	0.130	.00	0.00%	0.47	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end tie
46	764	136	Sep 8	STL		CHC	L,2-6	6-7		4	2.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	4.20	3.75	8	3	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.27	-0.026	.00	0.00%	-0.07	6t --- 0 out d5	7t 3 out d4
47	765	137	Sep 9	STL		CHC	W,6-4	7-8	H(3)	0	1.2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.22	3.75	8	4	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.70	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.19	7t --- 0 out a3	8t 123 2 out a3
48	766	139	Sep 11	STL		PIT	L,1-2	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.18	3.74	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.46	0.034	.00	0.00%	0.47	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
49	767	141	Sep 12(2)	STL	@	PHI	W,5-0	10-10		0	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.18	3.76	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.86	-0.191	.00	0.00%	-0.66	10b 1-- 1 out tie	10b 1-3 1 out tie
50	768	146	Sep 17	STL	@	CHC	W,8-5	8-GF		4	1.1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.14	3.74	6	1	1	0	0	3		3	3	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.72	0.023	.00	0.00%	-1.77	8b 123 2 out a6	9b end a 3
51	769	147	Sep 19	STL		MON	W,9-8	9-GF	W(7-8)	1	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.10	3.74	4	1	1	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	2.73	0.030	.00	0.00%	1.29	9t 123 0 out tie	9t end d 1
52	770	148	Sep 20	STL		MON	L,4-5	9-GF		0	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.08	3.73	3	1	1	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.39	-0.230	.00	0.00%	-0.13	9t 12- 1 out tie	9t end d 1
53	771	153	Sep 25	STL	@	PIT	W,10-2	CG	W(8-8)	4	9.0	11	2	2	0	4	0	0	3.94	3.61	37	11	11	0	4	11	61			0	0	0	36	3	1	0	1	1	0	.71	0.355	.00	0.00%	2.15	1b start tie	9b 3 out a8
							23-30		W-L:8-8,Sv:4,BSv:1,Hld:3	2.0	134.2	148	66	59	37	37	6	0	3.94	3.61	573	1.61		5%	3%	146	48	32	41%	10	3	2	520	30	4	13	18	7	8	1.01	-1.726	.28	-1.00%	-7.36

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