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: 22-18 / in Starts: 16-16

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

1969 Pitching Game Log

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1969 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	317	2	Apr 9	MIN	@	KCR	L,3-4	GS-12		99	11.0	8	3	2	5	4	0	0	1.64	3.15	42	11	14	3	0	8	70			1	0	0	36	0	0	1	3	1	0	1.80	0.294	2.60	0.26%	1.62	1b start tie	12b 1-- 0 out tie
2	318	6	Apr 15	MIN	@	OAK	W,5-4	GS-9	W(1-0)	5	8.2	6	4	3	1	9	0	0	2.29	2.10	34	8	10	2	1	6	66			0	1	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	2	.94	0.073	1.26	0.06%	1.17	1b start tie	9b 123 2 out a3
3	319	9	Apr 19	MIN		CAL	W,6-5	GS-5		3	5.0	6	4	2	2	5	0	0	2.55	2.02	23	8	2	0	0	6	46			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	1	2	1.05	-0.202	1.70	-0.20%	-1.64	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
4	320	13	Apr 23	MIN		OAK	W,7-6	GS-4		3	3.2	8	5	3	1	2	0	0	3.18	2.05	21	5	5	2	1	8	30			2	0	0	20	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.05	-0.407	2.02	-0.47%	-3.53	1t start tie	4t 12- 2 out d2
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	321	25	May 7	MIN	@	CLE	W,10-3	CG	W(2-0)	13	9.0	8	3	3	2	3	1	0	3.13	2.51	36	15	8	1	1	8	60			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	3	0	2	.70	0.057	1.44	0.07%	1.21	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
6	322	27	May 11	MIN	@	DET	L,2-3	GS-4	L(2-1)	3	4.0	5	2	2	1	5	2	0	3.27	2.97	18	3	4	0	0	5	48			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.055	1.61	-0.07%	-0.09	1b start tie	4b 3 out d2
7	323	30	May 15	MIN		BAL	L,0-5	GS-6	L(2-2)	3	6.0	8	3	3	1	3	0	1	3.42	2.91	27	6	8	0	0	8	46			2	0	0	25	0	1	1	1	0	0	.74	-0.108	1.52	-0.13%	-0.17	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
8	324	33	May 20	MIN	@	BAL	W,3-2	GS-13	W(3-2)	4	12.0	8	2	1	4	4	1	0	2.88	3.12	47	13	20	3	5	6	80			0	0	0	43	0	0	1	1	0	1	1.49	0.728	2.92	0.86%	3.50	1b start tie	13b --- 0 out a1
9	325	37	May 24	MIN	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	W(4-2)	3	9.0	5	1	0	2	4	0	0	2.50	3.01	35	13	12	7	2	4	77			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.46	0.601	2.80	0.69%	2.93	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
10	326	42	May 28	MIN	@	WSA	L,3-4	CG	L(4-3)	3	8.2	10	4	4	4	6	0	0	2.69	2.95	39	10	9	3	1	10	50			0	0	0	34	2	0	1	1	1	0	1.16	-0.276	2.52	-0.36%	-0.56	1b start tie	9b 12- 2 out d1
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
11	327	46	Jun 2	MIN		NYY	W,3-2	CG	W(5-3)	4	9.0	6	2	2	3	3	1	1	2.62	3.13	36	13	12	2	1	4	67			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.50	0.429	3.41	0.59%	2.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
12	328	49	Jun 6	MIN		WSA	L,0-1	GS-7	L(5-4)	3	6.2	9	1	1	4	6	0	0	2.53	3.08	31	5	7	2	1	9	54			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.28	0.136	3.06	0.19%	1.56	1t start tie	7t 123 2 out d1
13	329	53	Jun 10	MIN		BOS	W,6-2	CG	W(6-4)	3	9.0	7	2	2	2	2	1	0	2.48	3.18	35	14	14	5	0	3	65			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	.61	0.215	1.43	0.30%	2.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
14	330	56	Jun 14	MIN		CLE	L,0-12	GS-6	L(6-5)	3	6.0	8	4	1	2	2	0	0	2.42	3.16	29	13	4	0	2	8	46			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	2	.80	-0.197	1.91	-0.28%	-1.17	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
15	331	60	Jun 18	MIN		CAL	W,3-1	CG	W(7-5)	3	9.0	8	1	1	0	5	0	0	2.31	3.02	32	11	8	1	1	8	72			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.45	0.362	3.55	0.53%	3.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
16	332	64	Jun 22(1)	MIN	@	OAK	L,3-7	GS-4	L(7-6)	3	3.0	7	5	5	0	1	4	1	2.63	3.45	17	5	3	0	2	7	26			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	.62	-0.473	2.47	-1.13%	-5.51	1b start a 2	4b 123 0 out d3
17	333	65	Jun 22(2)	MIN	@	OAK	W,4-3	13-GF(13)	S(1)	-1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.61	3.43	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.43	0.177	9.35	0.41%	0.43	13b --- 0 out a1	13b end a 1
18	334	69	Jun 26	MIN	@	CAL	W,7-4	GS-6		3	6.0	7	4	3	1	2	1	0	2.70	3.48	26	2	14	0	2	7	45			0	0	0	25	2	0	1	0	0	1	1.12	-0.404	2.87	-0.63%	-1.44	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
19	335	73	Jun 29(2)	MIN	@	KCR	W,12-2	CG	W(8-6)	2	9.0	7	2	2	2	3	0	0	2.65	3.42	36	14	10	1	0	7	66			1	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	1	.40	-0.061	1.01	-0.09%	2.09	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a10
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	336	77	Jul 3	MIN	@	CHW	L,4-5	GS-4		3	3.2	7	4	4	2	2	0	1	2.84	3.43	22	5	5	0	0	7	31			1	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	1	.87	-0.215	2.33	-0.35%	-2.50	1b start tie	4b 12- 2 out d4
21	337	81	Jul 7	MIN		KCR	W,6-5	GS-7		3	6.0	9	5	3	0	5	2	0	2.91	3.50	25	5	7	0	2	8	43			0	0	0	25	0	2	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.413	2.34	-0.67%	-3.51	1t start tie	7t 1-3 0 out d2
22	338	87	Jul 13(1)	MIN		SEP	W,5-2	CG	W(9-6)	5	9.0	9	2	2	0	2	1	0	2.86	3.50	34	10	13	5	0	9	63			1	1	0	33	1	0	0	1	1	1	.71	0.309	1.78	0.46%	2.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
23	339	92	Jul 17	MIN		CHW	W,8-5	GS-6	W(10-6)	3	5.2	9	5	2	1	4	1	1	2.87	3.53	30	7	10	2	1	7	40			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	2	.91	-0.131	1.79	-0.15%	-2.65	1t start tie	6t 1-3 2 out a3
24	340	95	Jul 19 susp	MIN	@	SEP	W,11-7	14-16		1	3.0	3	1	1	1	0	1	0	2.87	3.61	14	6	4	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	1	0	0	1	2.58	-0.070	6.02	-0.10%	0.32	14b --- 0 out tie	16b 3 out tie
25	341	99	Jul 26	MIN	@	CLE	L,3-6	GS-7		6	6.2	5	3	3	5	2	0	1	2.92	3.65	27	8	7	0	1	4	49			1	0	0	20	1	0	1	2	0	0	1.55	0.132	3.75	0.19%	0.96	1b start tie	7b -2- 2 out a1
26	342	103	Jul 30	MIN		DET	L,1-3	CG	L(10-7)	3	9.0	5	3	3	4	11	0	1	2.92	3.56	37	9	7	4	0	5	72			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	.97	0.081	2.27	0.11%	1.25	1t start tie	9t 3 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
27	343	107	Aug 3	MIN		BAL	W,5-2	GS-7	W(11-7)	3	7.0	5	1	1	3	5	0	0	2.86	3.51	28	7	8	1	0	5	65			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.03	0.224	2.73	0.36%	2.30	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
28	344	111	Aug 7	MIN	@	DET	L,4-6	GS-3	L(11-8)	3	2.2	8	5	5	0	2	2	0	3.06	3.61	15	1	4	0	0	8	24			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.245	1.78	-0.37%	-2.79	1b start tie	3b 1-- 2 out d4
29	345	115	Aug 12	MIN	@	NYY	L,3-10	GS-7	L(11-9)	4	6.1	7	5	4	5	1	0	0	3.14	3.64	30	10	7	1	0	7	37			0	0	0	24	1	1	2	2	1	1	1.24	-0.273	3.86	-0.51%	-1.07	1b start tie	7b 1-3 1 out tie
30	346	118	Aug 16	MIN	@	WSA	L,5-6	CG(8)	L(11-10)	3	8.0	10	6	6	2	4	1	0	3.29	3.65	36	12	8	2	0	10	40			0	0	0	33	1	1	0	1	1	1	1.43	-0.786	4.29	-1.42%	-2.59	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
31	347	122	Aug 20	MIN	@	BOS	L,6-7	GS-4		3	3.2	5	2	2	0	1	1	0	3.32	3.69	16	4	6	1	0	5	44			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.076	2.34	-0.13%	-0.50	1b start tie	4b 12- 2 out d2
32	348	126	Aug 25	MIN		WSA	L,3-7	GS-3	L(11-11)	4	2.0	6	4	4	0	1	1	1	3.46	3.74	13	3	2	0	0	6	29			0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.260	3.03	-0.48%	-2.43	1t start tie	3t 1-- 0 out d2
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
33	349	132	Sep 1	MIN		CLE	W,7-5	7-7	H(1)	6	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.49	3.74	3	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.048	1.94	-0.06%	-0.41	7t --- 0 out a3	7t 12- 1 out a3
34	350	137	Sep 6	MIN	@	OAK	W,8-6	9-18	W(12-11)	4	9.1	8	1	1	5	10	0	1	3.39	3.68	44	13	7	0	0	8		0	0	2	0	0	36	0	0	2	0	1	1	3.22	0.647	6.34	0.77%	2.85	9b --- 0 out tie	18b 1-- 1 out a2
35	351	140	Sep 9	MIN	@	CAL	W,11-7	5-GF	W(13-11)	2	5.0	4	1	1	2	2	0	0	3.35	3.66	21	9	4	0	0	4		2	2	0	0	0	18	1	0	1	1	1	1	.69	0.012	.16	0.00%	0.46	5b 1-3 0 out d1	9b end a 4
36	352	148	Sep 17	MIN		CAL	L,4-6	3-6		7	3.1	4	2	0	2	3	0	0	3.30	3.64	18	4	5	0	0	4		3	1	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	1	2	.90	-0.054	.01	0.00%	-0.47	3t 123 1 out d2	6t 12- 2 out d4
37	353	152	Sep 21	MIN		SEP	L,3-4	7-GF	L(13-12)	3	3.0	1	1	1	0	3	1	0	3.30	3.66	10	3	3	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	-0.121	.00	0.00%	0.42	7t --- 0 out tie	9t end d 1
38	354	156	Sep 25	MIN	@	SEP	L,1-5	GS-5	L(13-13)	3	5.0	3	3	3	3	6	1	0	3.34	3.68	21	6	3	1	0	3	52			0	0	0	17	1	0	1	0	1	0	.68	-0.147	.00	0.00%	-0.80	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
39	355	160	Sep 30	MIN		CHW	W,4-3	7-GF	BW(14-13)	4	3.0	4	2	2	1	1	0	0	3.38	3.67	13	5	2	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.95	-0.174	.00	0.00%	-0.58	7t --- 0 out a1	9t end tie
40	356	162	Oct 2	MIN		CHW	W,6-5	GS-5		1	5.0	7	5	5	2	4	0	0	3.49	3.64	24	7	4	0	0	7	35			0	0	0	22	1	2	1	0	0	0	1.12	-0.332	.00	0.00%	-2.64	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
							22-18		W-L:14-13,Sv:1,BSv:1,Hld:1	3.3	242.1	252	114	94	75	139	23	9	3.49	3.64	1048	1.09		9%	4%	239	51	5	60%	11	2	0	950	27	7	15	24	10	25	1.18	-1.051	2.42	-1.75%	-3.99

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