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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	23-23 / in Starts: 21-13
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	19 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 6 bases loaded PA and 6 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 98 PAs	11
Actual Runners on Base	77 (36-27-14)
Avg. MLBer w/ 98 PAs	10
Avg. Runners on Base	58 (30-18-9)

Most Driven In
Self	3
D Mincher	2
E Battey	2
Z Versalles	1
B Allison	1
F Kostro	1
J Zimmerman	1

Most Driven In By
Self	3
D Mincher	2
R Rollins	2
Z Versalles	2
T Oliva	2

1964 Batting Game Log

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1964 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	148	2 (1)	Apr 16	MIN	@	WSA	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.62	-0.063	1.38	-0.08%	-0.91	P
2	149	7 (4)	Apr 22	MIN		WSA	W,7-6	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
3	150	11 (3)	Apr 26	MIN		DET	W,3-2	GS-11	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	9	.89	-0.053	1.99	-0.07%	-0.09	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	151	16 (4)	May 3 (1)	MIN	@	KCA	L,4-7	GS-7	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.182	.455	.636	9	.97	0.174	2.79	0.30%	0.68	P
5	152	20 (3)	May 7	MIN		LAA	W,9-1	CG	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.214	.267	.429	.695	9	1.17	0.155	2.25	0.18%	0.93	P
6	153	24 (3)	May 12	MIN		CHW	W,11-1	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.316	.375	.691	9	.38	-0.038	.89	-0.05%	-0.19	P
7	154	29 (4)	May 17 (1)	MIN	@	BOS	L,2-6	GS-7	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.364	.389	.753	9	.84	0.090	1.98	0.13%	1.08	P
8	155	33 (3)	May 22	MIN	@	BAL	L,5-6	GS-6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.320	.333	.653	9	1.40	-0.100	4.53	-0.19%	-1.40	P
9	156	38 (4)	May 26	MIN	@	LAA	W,2-1	CG	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.370	.364	.734	9	1.74	0.205	4.06	0.29%	0.82	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
10	157	52 (13)	Jun 9	MIN	@	DET	L,1-16	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.357	.348	.705	9	1.04	-0.026	2.18	-0.03%	-0.22	P
11	158	58 (5)	Jun 14 (2)	MIN	@	WSA	W,9-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.344	.444	.788	9	.61	-0.005	1.50	-0.01%	0.53	P
12	159	61 (2)	Jun 17 (2)	MIN	@	CLE	L,0-5	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.344	.444	.788	9						PR
13	160	62	Jun 19	MIN		DET	W,7-6	GS-5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.364	.464	.828	9	1.11	0.087	2.35	0.11%	0.67	P
14	161	66 (3)	Jun 23	MIN		CLE	W,6-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.361	.452	.813	9	.44	0.053	.72	0.05%	0.60	P
15	162	72 (5)	Jun 27	MIN		CHW	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.325	.400	.725	9	1.82	-0.198	2.72	-0.18%	-1.43	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
16	163	77 (4)	Jul 2	MIN	@	BOS	W,15-9	CG	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.333	.385	.718	9	.33	0.032	.50	0.03%	-0.03	P
17	164	82 (4)	Jul 9	MIN	@	KCA	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.209	.306	.349	.655	9	1.17	-0.131	2.19	-0.15%	-1.29	P
18	165	87 (4)	Jul 14	MIN		WSA	L,3-4	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.294	.333	.627	9	1.83	-0.098	2.94	-0.09%	-1.05	P
19	166	91 (3)	Jul 18	MIN		LAA	L,2-3	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.302	.326	.628	9	.59	0.022	.53	0.01%	0.28	P
20	167	92	Jul 19 (1)	MIN		LAA	L,6-8	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.196	.302	.326	.628	7						PR
21	168	94 (1)	Jul 21	MIN		KCA	L,4-5	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.196	.302	.326	.628	7						PR
22	169	96 (1)	Jul 23	MIN		KCA	L,3-4	GS-10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.184	.286	.306	.592	9	1.49	-0.110	.46	-0.02%	-0.65	P
23	170	98 (1)	Jul 25	MIN	@	CHW	L,5-6	9-10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.184	.286	.306	.592	9						P
24	171	99	Jul 26 (1)	MIN	@	CHW	L,4-5	11-11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.184	.286	.306	.592	7						PR
25	172	101 (1)	Jul 28	MIN		BAL	W,7-4	GS-8	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.173	.283	.288	.572	9	.40	-0.034	.03	0.00%	-0.89	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
26	173	106 (4)	Aug 2	MIN		NYY	L,0-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.274	.278	.552	9	1.14	-0.056	.02	0.00%	-0.36	P
27	174	109 (2)	Aug 6	MIN		BOS	W,6-5	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.164	.270	.273	.543	9	2.39	-0.054	.03	0.00%	-0.34	PH
28	175	111 (1)	Aug 7 (2)	MIN	@	CLE	L,2-8	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.158	.262	.263	.525	9	1.08	-0.054	.01	0.00%	-0.55	P
29	176	114 (2)	Aug 9 (2)	MIN	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.180	.275	.279	.554	9	.84	0.010	.00	0.00%	0.11	P
30	177	118 (3)	Aug 14	MIN		CLE	W,7-6	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.175	.268	.270	.537	9	1.68	-0.109	.00	0.00%	-1.28	P
31	178	122 (3)	Aug 19	MIN	@	WSA	W,3-1	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.257	.258	.514	9	.71	-0.053	.01	0.00%	-0.95	P
32	179	126 (3)	Aug 24	MIN	@	CHW	W,4-3	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.162	.247	.250	.497	9	1.03	-0.009	.00	0.00%	-0.33	P
33	180	130 (3)	Aug 28	MIN		WSA	L,1-3	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.159	.253	.246	.500	9	1.20	-0.011	.01	0.00%	-0.10	P
34	181	132 (1)	Aug 30	MIN		WSA	W,5-4	7-8	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.159	.253	.246	.500	7		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
35	182	134 (1)	Sep 1	MIN		BAL	W,2-1	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.153	.244	.236	.480	9	.96	-0.069	.00	0.00%	-0.64	P
36	183	138 (3)	Sep 5	MIN		BOS	W,10-4	GS-7	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.162	.250	.257	.507	9	.52	0.067	.00	0.00%	1.47	P
37	184	140 (1)	Sep 7	MIN		NYY	L,4-5	9-10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.162	.250	.257	.507	7						PR
38	185	143 (2)	Sep 10	MIN		CHW	L,1-2	CG(10)	3	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.171	.264	.303	.567	9	1.37	0.181	.00	0.00%	0.82	P
39	186	145 (1)	Sep 12	MIN	@	NYY	L,3-4	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.171	.264	.303	.567	8						PR
40	187	147 (1)	Sep 14	MIN	@	BAL	L,3-4	7-7	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.171	.264	.303	.567	7		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
41	188	148	Sep 15	MIN	@	BAL	W,2-1	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.270	.308	.577	9	1.21	0.037	.00	0.00%	0.23	P
42	189	150 (1)	Sep 18	MIN	@	BOS	L,6-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.179	.270	.308	.577	4						PR
43	190	152 (1)	Sep 20	MIN	@	BOS	W,12-4	GS-6	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.175	.272	.300	.572	9	1.09	0.025	.00	0.00%	0.43	P
44	191	155 (2)	Sep 25	MIN	@	LAA	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.169	.263	.289	.552	9	2.08	-0.159	.00	0.00%	-1.09	P
45	192	158 (2)	Sep 29	MIN		KCA	L,6-7	15-GF(15)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.169	.263	.289	.552	9						P
46	193	161 (2)	Oct 2	MIN		LAA	L,4-5	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.169	.263	.289	.552	9						P
							23-23		98	83	11	14	1	0	3	11	11	0	31	0	3	1	1	1	0	0	.169	.263	.289	.552		1.01	-0.292	1.14	0.21%	-5.15

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