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: 20-19 / in Starts: 18-17

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 38, Entered with runners on base: 2

1962 Pitching Game Log

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1962 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	53	4	Apr 14	MIN		LAA	L,5-12	GS-5		99	4.2	6	4	4	6	4	0	0	7.71	4.76	26	4	6	1	0	6	34			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	-0.268	2.75	-0.36%	-2.21	1t start tie	5t 123 2 out tie
2	54	8	Apr 19	MIN		CHW	L,3-10	GS-1	L(0-1)	4	0.0	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	11.57	4.76	4	0	0	0	0	4	30			0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.44	-0.253	2.21	-0.23%	-3.00	1t start tie	1t 12- 0 out d2
3	55	11	Apr 22	MIN	@	LAA	W,5-0	SHO	W(1-1)	2	9.0	4	0	0	0	10	0	0	3.95	1.89	30	14	3	0	0	3	89			0	1	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	1	.59	0.277	1.11	0.31%	4.32	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a5
4	56	15	Apr 27	MIN	@	CLE	L,2-7	GS-5	L(1-2)	4	4.1	4	4	4	1	1	1	3	5.00	3.34	21	5	7	0	1	4	39			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.175	1.76	-0.23%	-2.11	1b start tie	5b 1-- 1 out d4
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
5	57	20	May 2	MIN		BAL	L,5-6	GS-3	L(1-3)	4	2.2	4	4	4	3	3	1	0	6.10	4.02	15	4	1	0	0	4	34			0	0	0	12	1	2	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.236	2.97	-0.34%	-2.56	1t start tie	3t --- 2 out d4
6	58	25	May 8	MIN		CLE	L,3-6	GS-7	L(1-4)	5	6.0	4	4	4	3	3	0	0	6.08	3.82	24	8	6	0	0	4	48			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	.86	-0.028	2.53	-0.05%	0.09	1t start tie	7t 12- 0 out d1
7	59	29	May 12	MIN		KCA	W,5-4	2-GF	W(2-4)	3	7.2	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	4.72	3.40	25	11	7	2	0	2		2	1	0	0	0	24	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.31	0.540	2.74	0.68%	3.80	2t 1-3 1 out d1	9t end a 1
8	60	36	May 20(2)	MIN	@	NYY	W,4-2	GS-10		7	9.1	4	2	1	7	7	0	3	3.92	3.60	38	15	4	1	1	2	74			1	0	0	24	1	0	3	4	1	0	2.09	0.036	7.11	0.07%	2.18	1b start tie	10b -2- 1 out tie
9	61	39	May 23	MIN	@	BOS	L,1-6	5-6		2	2.0	4	1	1	0	3	0	0	3.94	3.43	10	2	1	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.39	-0.008	1.40	-0.02%	0.02	5b --- 0 out d3	6b 3 out d4
10	62	43	May 27(1)	MIN	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	W(3-4)	3	9.0	11	4	4	2	4	0	0	3.95	3.26	39	16	6	0	0	11	51			0	0	0	36	3	0	0	1	1	0	1.44	0.320	5.19	0.69%	0.45	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
11	63	46	May 29	MIN		BOS	L,5-8	7-8		1	2.0	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	3.81	3.34	9	4	1	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	.35	0.037	1.21	0.08%	1.03	7t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d3
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
12	64	49	Jun 1	MIN		WSA	L,3-4	GS-7		2	6.1	6	3	3	2	5	1	1	3.86	3.46	27	10	3	1	0	6	52			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	.69	-0.109	2.04	-0.20%	-0.82	1t start tie	7t -23 1 out d3
13	65	53	Jun 6	MIN		KCA	W,7-0	SHO	W(4-4)	4	9.0	5	0	0	1	4	0	1	3.38	3.33	32	11	10	4	0	5	80			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.49	0.251	1.60	0.49%	4.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
14	66	57	Jun 10(1)	MIN		CHW	W,8-4	CG	W(5-4)	3	9.0	8	4	4	2	6	1	0	3.44	3.33	38	12	10	0	3	8	59			0	0	0	36	2	1	0	0	0	1	.61	0.117	2.24	0.26%	0.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
15	67	61	Jun 14	MIN	@	LAA	W,5-4	GS-9	W(6-4)	3	8.1	9	4	4	4	8	1	1	3.53	3.40	37	11	4	1	1	9	53			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.56	-0.186	6.83	-0.49%	-0.57	1b start tie	9b 12- 1 out a1
16	68	66	Jun 19	MIN	@	CHW	W,9-4	CG	W(7-4)	4	9.0	11	4	3	1	4	1	0	3.48	3.41	38	11	11	0	0	11	54			0	0	0	37	2	0	0	3	0	2	.46	0.149	1.94	0.38%	0.45	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a5
17	69	71	Jun 23	MIN		LAA	W,5-0	SHO	W(8-4)	3	9.0	3	0	0	0	7	0	0	3.19	3.21	30	7	13	1	7	3	88			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.54	0.285	2.74	0.87%	4.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
18	70	75	Jun 27	MIN	@	NYY	L,3-7	GS-3	L(8-5)	3	2.2	8	6	6	1	1	2	2	3.60	3.50	19	6	3	0	0	6	18			0	0	0	16	0	0	1	0	0	0	.66	-0.355	3.30	-1.07%	-5.31	1b start tie	3b 123 2 out d5
19	71	78	Jun 30	MIN	@	WSA	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(8-6)	2	8.0	6	1	1	5	3	0	0	3.43	3.52	32	12	6	0	0	6	64			0	1	1	27	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.28	0.221	4.86	0.50%	2.96	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
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
20	72	83	Jul 4(2)	MIN	@	BOS	L,5-9	GS-4	L(8-7)	3	4.0	8	4	4	1	4	1	0	3.61	3.55	20	4	3	0	0	8	33			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	-0.226	4.46	-0.57%	-1.96	1b start a 1	4b 3 out d3
21	73	86	Jul 8	MIN		NYY	L,8-9	GS-7	L(8-8)	3	6.1	9	7	7	3	5	2	0	3.93	3.70	31	9	7	0	0	7	29			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	1	1	1	1.39	-0.429	4.10	-0.76%	-3.09	1t start tie	7t -2- 1 out d2
22	74	89	Jul 14	MIN		WSA	L,3-4	GS-8	L(8-9)	5	7.2	6	4	4	2	7	0	0	3.97	3.58	31	11	5	1	0	6	56			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.125	2.61	0.17%	1.34	1t start tie	8t 123 2 out a1
23	75	93	Jul 19	MIN		CLE	W,8-0	SHO	W(9-9)	4	9.0	3	0	0	1	5	0	1	3.72	3.49	31	9	12	0	0	3	85			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.55	0.279	1.59	0.48%	4.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
24	76	98	Jul 24	MIN		DET	L,3-4	GS-7		4	6.1	7	2	2	2	3	0	0	3.69	3.46	29	10	7	2	0	7	52			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.21	-0.074	3.60	-0.13%	0.01	1t start tie	7t 123 1 out a1
25	77	101	Jul 28	MIN	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	W(10-9)	3	9.0	5	2	1	3	8	0	1	3.54	3.38	36	10	9	1	0	5	76			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.48	0.268	4.92	0.53%	2.32	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
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
26	78	105	Aug 1	MIN	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG(11)	W(11-9)	3	11.0	9	1	1	4	12	0	1	3.36	3.28	47	9	12	1	0	9	83			0	0	0	41	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.52	0.753	4.28	1.28%	4.11	1b start a 1	11b 3 out a2
27	79	109	Aug 5(1)	MIN	@	DET	W,8-3	GS-10	W(12-9)	3	10.0	7	2	2	1	5	1	0	3.28	3.28	37	10	14	1	0	7	74			0	0	0	36	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.57	0.274	5.37	0.56%	3.15	1b start a 2	10b 3 out tie
28	80	115	Aug 10	MIN	@	LAA	L,0-1	CG(11)	L(12-10)	4	10.1	6	1	1	4	8	0	1	3.15	3.24	42	19	6	0	0	4	81			0	0	0	37	1	0	1	1	0	2	1.59	0.439	8.30	1.37%	3.39	1b start tie	11b 12- 1 out d1
29	81	120	Aug 15	MIN		NYY	L,3-9	GS-8	L(12-11)	4	7.0	8	5	4	3	1	1	0	3.22	3.32	32	14	7	0	0	7	41			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	1	.95	-0.112	4.99	-0.35%	-0.75	1t start tie	8t 1-3 0 out d2
30	82	125	Aug 19(1)	MIN		BOS	W,4-2	CG	W(13-11)	3	9.0	5	2	2	0	2	1	0	3.16	3.33	32	15	10	2	0	5	71			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.05	0.357	2.27	0.47%	2.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
31	83	131	Aug 23(2)	MIN		WSA	L,0-6	GS-5	L(13-12)	3	4.2	9	5	4	0	2	2	1	3.26	3.43	23	9	3	0	0	8	30			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	3	0	2	1.07	-0.233	3.19	-0.42%	-2.66	1t start tie	5t 1-- 2 out d5
32	84	135	Aug 28	MIN	@	CHW	W,2-0	SHO	W(14-12)	4	9.0	9	0	0	3	5	0	0	3.13	3.39	36	12	7	3	0	9	71			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.58	0.610	7.58	1.76%	4.45	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
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
33	85	139	Sep 2	MIN	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	W(15-12)	4	9.0	8	2	2	0	6	1	0	3.09	3.37	35	15	6	0	0	8	69			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.20	0.107	5.64	0.30%	2.58	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
34	86	144	Sep 7	MIN	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	W(16-12)	4	9.0	9	4	4	2	7	2	0	3.12	3.42	38	10	10	1	0	9	58			0	0	0	36	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.117	8.68	0.51%	0.63	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
35	87	148	Sep 11	MIN		LAA	L,0-9	GS-7	L(16-13)	3	6.1	8	4	2	0	3	0	1	3.11	3.38	27	9	6	2	0	8	48			0	1	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	1	.92	-0.096	6.46	-0.41%	-1.60	1t start tie	7t 1-3 1 out d4
36	88	152	Sep 15	MIN		CLE	W,12-2	CG	W(17-13)	3	9.0	6	2	2	3	4	1	0	3.07	3.41	35	13	9	2	0	6	68			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	.46	0.056	1.82	0.13%	2.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
37	89	156	Sep 20	MIN		DET	L,1-5	GS-5	L(17-14)	4	5.0	6	5	2	1	3	1	0	3.08	3.43	22	8	4	0	0	6	43			0	1	0	19	1	0	0	0	1	1	.78	-0.231	1.61	-0.28%	-2.43	1t start tie	5t 3 out d5
38	90	159	Sep 23	MIN	@	BAL	W,9-2	8-GF	S(1)	2	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.06	3.43	7	2	3	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.32	0.104	.12	0.02%	1.90	8b 12- 0 out a4	9b end a 7
39	91	161	Sep 28	MIN		BAL	W,11-5	GS-8	W(18-14)	4	7.1	7	5	5	1	6	2	1	3.14	3.48	27	8	4	0	0	7	49			0	2	0	25	2	0	0	2	0	0	.91	0.092	.00	0.00%	-1.16	1t start tie	8t --- 1 out a1
							20-19		W-L:18-14,Sv:1	3.4	269.0	243	106	94	75	173	23	18	3.14	3.48	1112	1.50		4%	2%	231	57	4	25%	2	6	1	1002	34	4	5	34	6	15	1.09	2.795	3.96	6.02%	28.72

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