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: 31-14 / in Starts: 29-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 42, Entered with runners on base: 1

1965 Pitching Game Log

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1965 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	159	1	Apr 12	MIN		NYY	W,5-4	GS-9		99	9.0	5	4	3	1	2	1	0	3.00	3.85	34	18	10	0	5	3	64			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.27	0.021	2.73	0.03%	0.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
2	160	3	Apr 17	MIN		CLE	W,3-0	SHO	W(1-0)	4	9.0	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.50	3.35	32	16	8	3	0	7	72			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.93	0.395	1.92	0.49%	4.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
3	161	6	Apr 22	MIN	@	NYY	W,8-2	CG	W(2-0)	4	9.0	5	2	1	1	5	0	1	1.33	2.92	35	16	9	2	0	3	75			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	.90	0.257	2.45	0.42%	1.91	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
4	162	10	Apr 28	MIN	@	CLE	L,3-9	GS-3	L(2-1)	5	2.2	5	6	0	1	1	1	0	1.21	3.36	16	5	4	0	0	5	36			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	1	0	3	.67	-0.443	2.14	-0.85%	-5.08	1b start tie	3b 12- 2 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	163	13	May 2(1)	MIN	@	CHW	W,3-2	GS-6		3	6.0	3	1	1	1	3	1	0	1.26	3.50	22	7	8	3	0	3	64			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	1	.69	0.120	2.21	0.23%	1.45	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
6	164	17	May 6	MIN		BAL	L,1-5	GS-8	L(2-2)	3	7.0	10	5	5	1	6	1	1	2.11	3.50	30	9	4	0	0	9	42			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	2	0	0	.87	-0.192	2.98	-0.40%	-2.15	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out d4
7	165	21	May 10	MIN		CHW	W,4-3	GS-9	W(3-2)	3	8.0	8	3	3	0	7	1	1	2.31	3.39	32	9	7	1	0	8	61			0	1	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.002	4.34	-0.01%	0.07	1t start tie	9t -2- 0 out a1
8	166	25	May 14	MIN	@	KCA	W,5-3	GS-6		3	6.0	4	1	1	3	5	0	0	2.22	3.28	25	9	4	1	0	4	62			2	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.20	0.130	3.92	0.26%	1.61	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
9	167	30	May 18	MIN	@	CAL	L,1-3	GS-8	L(3-3)	3	7.2	7	3	0	0	3	0	0	1.96	3.09	31	11	10	2	0	7	62			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.73	-0.214	5.72	-0.43%	0.11	1b start tie	8b -2- 2 out d2
10	168	34	May 22	MIN		KCA	L,2-6	GS-5	L(3-4)	3	4.1	7	4	3	0	1	0	0	2.23	3.03	19	5	6	0	0	7	36			1	0	0	18	0	1	0	0	1	0	.86	-0.281	3.01	-0.59%	-2.56	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out d3
11	169	37	May 27	MIN	@	BOS	L,0-2	GS-7	L(3-5)	4	7.0	6	2	1	2	3	0	0	2.14	2.98	27	8	8	0	0	6	60			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	3	1	1	1.37	0.055	5.78	0.14%	1.26	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
12	170	41	May 31(1)	MIN	@	BAL	W,6-0	SHO	W(4-5)	3	9.0	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.91	2.92	30	12	12	0	0	3	82			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.50	0.263	2.55	0.80%	4.03	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a6
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
13	171	45	Jun 4	MIN		WSA	W,9-5	GS-7	W(5-5)	3	6.1	9	5	3	1	1	1	0	2.08	3.04	30	12	7	1	1	9	39			0	0	0	29	4	0	0	2	0	3	1.12	0.150	5.29	0.42%	-2.02	1t start tie	7t --- 1 out a3
14	172	49	Jun 9	MIN		CLE	L,1-2	GS-9	L(5-6)	4	8.2	5	2	2	3	5	1	0	2.08	3.12	34	13	8	2	0	5	68			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	-0.147	7.90	-0.51%	1.93	1t start tie	9t 1-- 2 out d1
15	173	54	Jun 13	MIN	@	DET	L,4-5	GS-3	L(5-7)	3	3.0	4	3	1	1	1	1	0	2.10	3.24	15	5	4	0	0	4	43			0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.12	-0.185	6.18	-0.61%	-1.67	1b start tie	3b 3 out d3
16	174	57	Jun 17	MIN	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	W(6-7)	3	9.0	4	1	1	2	5	1	0	2.01	3.26	33	15	7	1	0	4	78			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.06	0.473	6.86	1.84%	2.67	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
17	175	60	Jun 20(1)	MIN	@	NYY	W,6-4	9-GF	S(1)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.00	3.25	4	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.14	0.077	5.09	0.21%	0.43	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
18	176	62	Jun 22	MIN	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS-5		1	4.2	9	3	1	2	1	0	0	1.99	3.26	26	10	4	0	0	9	37			0	0	0	23	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.37	-0.287	8.35	-1.05%	-1.51	1b start tie	5b 123 2 out d1
19	177	70	Jun 29	MIN		CHW	W,7-6	GS-8		6	7.1	7	4	3	1	3	0	0	2.09	3.19	30	10	9	0	0	7	52			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	.82	0.098	5.03	0.36%	-0.96	1t start tie	8t -2- 1 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
20	178	73	Jul 3	MIN	@	KCA	W,3-2	GS-5		3	4.2	5	2	2	2	2	0	0	2.16	3.18	21	4	8	1	0	5	46			0	0	0	19	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.30	-0.121	6.16	-0.34%	-0.29	1b start tie	5b 1-3 2 out tie
21	179	78	Jul 7	MIN		BOS	W,5-2	GS-6	W(7-7)	3	5.1	5	2	2	4	4	0	0	2.21	3.19	25	9	3	1	0	5	50			0	0	0	21	0	1	0	0	0	0	.99	0.054	5.69	0.19%	0.24	1t start tie	6t 123 1 out a3
22	180	82	Jul 11	MIN		NYY	W,6-5	GS-5		3	4.1	7	3	2	3	1	0	0	2.27	3.21	22	8	5	1	0	5	37			0	0	0	19	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.20	-0.209	6.97	-0.73%	-1.34	1t start tie	5t -2- 1 out tie
23	181	83	Jul 15(1)	MIN		KCA	W,11-3	GS-6	W(8-7)	3	6.0	9	3	3	1	1	3	0	2.36	3.46	26	7	8	0	2	9	42			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	.59	0.180	3.38	0.62%	-0.24	1t start tie	6t 3 out a8
24	182	87	Jul 18(1)	MIN		CAL	L,3-5	GS-6	L(8-8)	2	5.2	8	3	2	1	2	1	0	2.39	3.51	25	9	5	1	0	8	44			0	0	0	23	1	1	0	1	1	1	1.01	-0.181	6.04	-0.65%	-0.98	1t start tie	6t 123 2 out d2
25	183	91	Jul 21(1)	MIN	@	BOS	W,8-6	GS-6	W(9-8)	2	5.0	9	4	3	2	3	1	0	2.49	3.56	24	8	2	0	0	9	36			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.16	-0.114	7.08	-0.42%	-1.50	1b start tie	6b 123 0 out a4
26	184	96	Jul 25	MIN	@	BAL	W,8-5	GS-2		3	1.2	5	4	0	0	1	0	0	2.46	3.53	12	4	2	0	0	5	38			0	0	0	12	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.31	-0.295	11.08	-1.50%	-3.44	1b start tie	2b --3 2 out d4
27	185	99	Jul 27(2)	MIN	@	WSA	W,9-5	GS-6		1	5.0	8	5	5	3	5	0	0	2.66	3.50	25	3	6	1	1	8	33			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.26	-0.463	7.84	-1.73%	-4.18	1b start a 2	6b 1-3 0 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
28	186	103	Aug 1	MIN		BAL	L,6-7	GS-5		4	4.2	6	4	2	2	2	0	0	2.69	3.48	22	6	7	0	0	5	40			0	0	0	20	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.12	-0.160	8.22	-0.70%	-1.11	1t start tie	5t 12- 2 out tie
29	187	108	Aug 5	MIN		WSA	W,8-5	GS-7	W(10-8)	3	6.2	8	5	5	0	7	2	0	2.85	3.51	28	11	2	1	1	8	45			0	0	0	28	3	0	0	1	0	1	.56	0.062	3.21	0.21%	-2.08	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out a3
30	188	112	Aug 10	MIN	@	NYY	W,7-3	GS-8	W(11-8)	4	7.1	7	3	2	2	4	1	0	2.83	3.53	31	11	7	5	0	7	56			0	0	0	29	0	1	1	1	0	1	1.45	0.039	4.99	0.08%	0.01	1b start a 2	8b 1-- 1 out a4
31	189	116	Aug 14	MIN	@	CLE	L,1-3	GS-7	L(11-9)	3	7.0	5	3	1	1	5	2	0	2.78	3.60	28	10	7	1	0	5	63			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	1	.84	-0.142	3.43	-0.35%	0.10	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
32	190	121	Aug 19(2)	MIN	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	W(12-9)	4	9.0	6	1	1	3	7	0	1	2.70	3.54	36	9	10	3	3	6	75			0	0	0	31	1	0	2	0	0	0	1.87	0.521	8.78	1.47%	2.99	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
33	191	125	Aug 22	MIN	@	CAL	L,1-4	GS-6	L(12-10)	2	5.2	8	4	4	1	6	1	0	2.80	3.53	27	6	6	1	0	8	42			0	0	0	26	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.14	-0.245	2.91	-0.38%	-1.90	1b start a 1	6b 1-3 2 out d3
34	192	129	Aug 26	MIN		NYY	W,9-2	CG	W(13-10)	3	9.0	10	2	2	0	2	1	0	2.76	3.53	35	17	8	0	0	8	61			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	2	0	0	.59	0.243	1.64	0.40%	2.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
35	193	133	Aug 30	MIN		DET	W,3-2	GS-7		3	6.0	6	2	2	1	6	0	0	2.77	3.46	23	6	4	0	0	6	57			1	2	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.077	3.06	-0.14%	0.39	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out d1
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
36	194	137	Sep 3	MIN		CHW	W,6-4	GS-6	W(14-10)	3	5.1	5	4	4	2	6	2	0	2.87	3.53	23	7	3	1	0	5	46			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.019	3.86	-0.05%	-0.76	1t start tie	6t 123 1 out a4
37	195	139	Sep 5	MIN		CHW	L,0-2	8-8		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.86	3.52	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.23	0.006	1.03	0.02%	0.10	8t --- 2 out d2	8t 3 out d2
38	196	140	Sep 6(1)	MIN	@	KCA	W,8-6	9-GF	S(2)	0	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.85	3.51	2	1	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.48	0.089	11.56	0.18%	-0.16	9b 12- 1 out a3	9b end a 2
39	197	143	Sep 9	MIN	@	CHW	W,10-4	GS-7	W(15-10)	2	6.2	5	3	3	1	3	0	0	2.89	3.47	26	9	8	0	0	5	54			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	1	0	.64	0.118	2.68	0.30%	0.41	1b start a 1	7b 1-3 2 out a6
40	198	147	Sep 14	MIN		KCA	W,4-3	GS-9	W(16-10)	4	8.0	6	3	2	3	4	1	0	2.87	3.50	32	11	8	3	0	6	61			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	1	2	1.38	0.088	.24	0.01%	0.69	1t start tie	9t --- 0 out a1
41	199	150	Sep 18	MIN		WSA	W,4-2	GS-5		3	4.0	4	2	2	6	3	0	0	2.89	3.53	21	4	4	3	0	4	43			1	0	0	15	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.16	-0.088	.05	0.00%	-0.77	1t start tie	5t -2- 0 out a2
42	200	154	Sep 22	MIN		BAL	L,2-5	GS-5	L(16-11)	3	4.1	8	4	4	1	3	1	0	2.99	3.55	22	8	2	0	0	8	33			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.177	.05	-0.01%	-1.19	1t start tie	5t 1-- 1 out d1
43	201	157	Sep 26	MIN	@	WSA	W,2-1	CG	W(17-11)	3	9.0	8	1	0	0	10	0	0	2.88	3.44	34	9	7	2	0	8	79			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.26	0.546	.02	0.01%	2.87	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
44	202	160	Sep 30	MIN	@	BAL	W,7-6	GS-7	W(18-11)	3	6.1	8	5	1	1	8	0	1	2.85	3.38	30	8	4	1	0	8	52			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	1	0	1	.89	-0.154	.00	0.00%	-3.00	1b start tie	7b 1-3 1 out a2
45	203	162	Oct 3	MIN		CAL	W,3-2	GS-2		2	2.0	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	2.83	3.35	9	0	2	0	0	2	55			0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.094	.00	0.00%	0.92	1t start tie	2t 3 out a2
							31-14		W-L:18-11,Sv:2	3.0	264.1	267	121	83	63	154	25	5	2.83	3.35	1115	1.47		7%	2%	257	53	2	50%	8	3	0	1034	35	7	6	26	6	28	1.08	-0.117	4.15	-2.78%	-8.27

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