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	23-20 / in Starts: 16-16
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	14 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 95 PAs	10
Actual Runners on Base	60 (30-24-6)
Avg. MLBer w/ 95 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	58 (30-18-9)

Most Driven In
L CÃ¡rdenas	2
Self	2
G Mitterwald	1
G Nettles	1
C Manuel	1
J Roseboro	1
T Oliva	1
F Quilici	1

Most Driven In By
Self	2
C Tovar	1
T Oliva	1
R Carew	1
H Killebrew	1
T Uhlaender	1
R Reese	1

1969 Batting Game Log

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1969 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	378	2 (1)	Apr 9	MIN	@	KCR	L,3-4	GS-12	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.40	-0.158	2.02	-0.14%	-1.12	P
2	379	6 (3)	Apr 15	MIN	@	OAK	W,5-4	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.88	-0.076	1.18	-0.06%	-0.66	P
3	380	9 (2)	Apr 19	MIN		CAL	W,6-5	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.77	-0.019	1.24	-0.02%	-0.15	P
4	381	13 (3)	Apr 23	MIN		OAK	W,7-6	GS-4	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200	9	.66	0.026	1.27	0.03%	0.25	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
5	382	25 (11)	May 7	MIN	@	CLE	W,10-3	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.214	.286	.500	9	.74	0.179	1.51	0.22%	1.28	P
6	383	27 (1)	May 11	MIN	@	DET	L,2-3	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.267	.467	9	1.22	-0.034	2.49	-0.04%	-0.31	P
7	384	30 (2)	May 15	MIN		BAL	L,0-5	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.188	.250	.438	9	.37	-0.009	.76	-0.01%	-0.10	P
8	385	33 (2)	May 20	MIN	@	BAL	W,3-2	GS-13	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.150	.143	.200	.343	9	1.08	-0.071	2.12	-0.08%	-0.48	P
9	386	37 (3)	May 24	MIN	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.136	.130	.182	.312	9	.74	-0.041	1.43	-0.05%	-0.47	P
10	387	42 (4)	May 28	MIN	@	WSA	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.115	.111	.154	.265	9	2.13	-0.222	4.62	-0.29%	-1.31	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
11	388	46 (3)	Jun 2	MIN		NYY	W,3-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.129	.167	.296	9	1.47	-0.005	3.35	-0.01%	-0.50	P
12	389	49 (2)	Jun 6	MIN		WSA	L,0-1	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.129	.152	.161	.313	9	1.22	-0.005	2.90	-0.01%	-0.08	P
13	390	53 (3)	Jun 10	MIN		BOS	W,6-2	CG	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.147	.167	.206	.373	9	.68	0.141	1.59	0.20%	0.94	P
14	391	56 (2)	Jun 14	MIN		CLE	L,0-12	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.162	.200	.362	9	1.20	-0.029	2.87	-0.04%	-0.28	P
15	392	60 (3)	Jun 18	MIN		CAL	W,3-1	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.158	.175	.289	.464	9	1.43	0.077	3.50	0.11%	0.43	P
16	393	64 (3)	Jun 22 (1)	MIN	@	OAK	L,3-7	GS-4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.150	.167	.275	.442	9	1.11	-0.054	4.40	-0.13%	-0.54	P
17	394	65	Jun 22 (2)	MIN	@	OAK	W,4-3	13-GF(13)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.150	.167	.275	.442	7						P
18	395	69 (3)	Jun 26	MIN	@	CAL	W,7-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.159	.262	.421	9	.64	-0.031	1.64	-0.05%	-0.22	P
19	396	73 (3)	Jun 29 (2)	MIN	@	KCR	W,12-2	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.130	.163	.239	.402	9	.44	0.009	1.13	0.01%	-1.02	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
20	397	77 (3)	Jul 3	MIN	@	CHW	L,4-5	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.128	.160	.234	.394	9	.97	-0.024	2.61	-0.04%	-0.23	P
21	398	81 (3)	Jul 7	MIN		KCR	W,6-5	GS-7	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.173	.265	.438	9	2.35	0.248	6.31	0.40%	2.34	P
22	399	87 (5)	Jul 13 (1)	MIN		SEP	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.170	.196	.302	.498	9	.29	0.024	.73	0.04%	0.29	P
23	400	88	Jul 13 (2)	MIN		SEP	W,5-4	5-6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.170	.211	.302	.512	9	.99	0.044	2.32	0.06%	0.38	PH
24	401	92 (3)	Jul 17	MIN		CHW	W,8-5	GS-6	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.164	.217	.291	.508	9	.28	-0.004	.56	-0.01%	-0.08	P
25	402	94 (1)	Jul 18 (2)	MIN	@	SEP	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.161	.213	.286	.499	9	4.66	-0.103	9.64	-0.13%	-0.34	PH
26	403	95	Jul 19 susp	MIN	@	SEP	W,11-7	14-17	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.158	.222	.281	.503	9	3.44	-0.079	8.02	-0.11%	-0.23	PH P
27	404	99 (3)	Jul 26	MIN	@	CLE	L,3-6	GS-7	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.227	.300	.527	9	1.15	0.010	2.76	0.02%	0.02	P
28	405	103 (3)	Jul 30	MIN		DET	L,1-3	GS-9	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.246	.333	.580	9	1.21	0.028	2.83	0.04%	0.12	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
29	406	107 (3)	Aug 3	MIN		BAL	W,5-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.185	.239	.323	.563	9	1.26	-0.068	3.35	-0.11%	-0.46	P
30	407	111 (3)	Aug 7	MIN	@	DET	L,4-6	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.236	.318	.554	9	.97	-0.024	2.44	-0.04%	-0.23	P
31	408	115 (3)	Aug 12	MIN	@	NYY	L,3-10	GS-7	3	3	1	2	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.203	.253	.391	.645	9	.86	0.209	2.68	0.39%	1.83	P
32	409	118 (2)	Aug 16	MIN	@	WSA	L,5-6	GS-9	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.256	.403	.659	9	.91	-0.040	2.73	-0.07%	-0.19	P
33	410	122 (3)	Aug 20	MIN	@	BOS	L,6-7	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.253	.397	.650	9	1.75	-0.044	4.94	-0.08%	-0.43	P
34	411	126 (3)	Aug 25	MIN		WSA	L,3-7	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.205	.253	.397	.650	9						P
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	412	132 (5)	Sep 1	MIN		CLE	W,7-5	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.205	.253	.397	.650	9						P
36	413	137 (4)	Sep 6	MIN	@	OAK	W,8-6	9-18	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.197	.244	.382	.625	8	1.88	-0.138	3.72	-0.16%	-0.50	P
37	414	140 (2)	Sep 9	MIN	@	CAL	W,11-7	5-GF	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.203	.247	.380	.627	9	.42	-0.030	.09	0.00%	-0.69	P
38	415	148 (7)	Sep 17	MIN		CAL	L,4-6	3-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.198	.241	.370	.612	9	1.38	-0.081	.01	0.00%	-0.66	P
39	416	152 (3)	Sep 21	MIN		SEP	L,3-4	7-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.250	.378	.628	9	1.80	0.064	.00	0.00%	0.38	P
40	417	156 (3)	Sep 25	MIN	@	SEP	L,1-5	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.202	.244	.369	.613	9	1.39	-0.071	.00	0.00%	-0.61	P
41	418	157	Sep 26	MIN	@	SEP	L,3-4	12-12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.242	.365	.606	9	3.26	-0.089	.00	0.00%	-0.33	PH
42	419	160 (2)	Sep 30	MIN		CHW	W,4-3	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.198	.239	.360	.600	9	2.23	-0.056	.00	0.00%	-0.22	P
43	420	162 (1)	Oct 2	MIN		CHW	W,6-5	GS-5	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.247	.368	.615	9	.61	0.026	.00	0.00%	0.25	P
							23-20		95	87	8	18	8	0	2	10	4	0	20	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	.207	.247	.368	.615		1.18	-0.520	2.32	-0.14%	-3.93

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