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: 21-18 / in Starts: 21-17

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1971 Pitching Game Log

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1971 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	402	1	Apr 6	MIN		MIL	L,2-7	6-6		99	0.1	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	54.00	5.45	5	0	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.66	-0.074	1.09	-0.07%	-2.06	6t --- 0 out d3	6t 123 1 out d4
2	403	5	Apr 11	MIN	@	CHW	W,6-0	SHO	W(1-0)	4	9.0	11	0	0	1	3	0	0	1.93	2.24	36	12	9	1	0	11	67			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	2	0	0	.68	0.259	1.15	0.26%	4.01	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
3	404	9	Apr 15	MIN		OAK	L,3-4	GS-6		3	5.1	8	2	2	1	2	1	0	2.45	3.13	25	8	6	1	0	8	45			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.125	1.91	0.13%	0.82	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out a2
4	405	13	Apr 19	MIN		KCR	W,9-8	GS-5		3	4.1	8	6	5	0	3	0	0	4.26	2.66	21	6	5	1	0	7	28			2	0	0	21	0	1	0	1	0	1	.41	0.044	.44	0.03%	-2.63	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out a5
5	406	17	Apr 25	MIN	@	NYY	W,8-0	SHO	W(2-0)	5	9.0	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	2.89	2.67	32	14	12	4	0	2	83			0	1	1	30	0	0	0	0	0	2	.43	0.237	.45	0.15%	3.66	1b start tie	9b 3 out a8
6	407	21	Apr 30	MIN	@	BOS	L,3-4	GS-8	L(2-1)	4	7.0	7	4	3	0	1	0	1	3.09	2.65	30	13	14	6	0	1	50			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	1	1	2	1.37	-0.470	1.59	-0.33%	-1.71	1b start a 1	8b 12- 0 out d1
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
7	408	25	May 4	MIN		NYY	W,6-5	GS-7		3	7.0	5	1	1	1	4	0	0	2.79	2.50	28	10	9	1	0	4	66			0	0	0	26	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.23	0.311	1.20	0.18%	2.12	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
8	409	29	May 8	MIN		WSA	W,9-2	CG	W(3-1)	3	9.0	10	2	2	2	4	1	0	2.65	2.71	38	11	11	2	2	10	61			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	1	1	0	.88	0.186	1.02	0.13%	2.01	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
9	410	33	May 14	MIN		CHW	W,4-3	GS-7		5	6.1	8	3	3	2	3	2	0	2.83	3.13	28	6	9	3	0	8	46			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	-0.112	1.60	-0.09%	-0.36	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out tie
10	411	37	May 18	MIN	@	CAL	L,1-3	GS-6	L(3-2)	3	5.1	7	3	2	3	0	1	0	2.87	3.42	26	9	7	1	0	7	41			0	0	0	23	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.04	-0.211	1.67	-0.20%	-1.91	1b start tie	6b -23 1 out d2
11	412	41	May 22	MIN	@	OAK	L,1-5	GS-5	L(3-3)	3	5.0	5	3	3	2	2	0	1	3.06	3.43	25	6	9	2	0	5	45			1	0	0	22	0	0	1	0	0	1	.76	-0.159	1.65	-0.21%	-0.89	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
12	413	45	May 27	MIN	@	MIL	L,3-5	GS-7		4	7.0	6	2	2	0	5	0	0	3.01	3.20	26	9	6	1	0	6	62			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.48	-0.078	2.12	-0.07%	0.96	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
13	414	49	May 31	MIN		DET	W,6-2	CG	W(4-3)	3	9.0	8	2	2	1	4	1	0	2.90	3.22	35	8	14	2	0	8	66			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.330	1.04	0.22%	2.01	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
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
14	415	53	Jun 5	MIN		CLE	L,2-10	GS-5	L(4-4)	4	4.0	7	6	5	0	2	1	0	3.29	3.28	21	9	3	1	1	7	28			0	0	0	21	0	1	0	1	0	3	.82	-0.285	.75	-0.16%	-3.59	1t start tie	5t 1-- 0 out d5
15	416	56	Jun 9	MIN	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG(10)	L(4-5)	3	9.2	11	2	1	0	6	0	0	3.05	3.08	40	11	13	1	3	10	67			0	0	0	39	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.41	0.118	1.10	0.06%	1.98	1b start tie	10b -2- 2 out d1
16	417	60	Jun 13	MIN	@	DET	L,5-9	GS-1	L(4-6)	3	0.1	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	3.41	3.08	5	1	0	0	0	4	27			0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.74	-0.291	.96	-0.10%	-2.90	1b start a 1	1b -23 1 out d1
17	418	63	Jun 16	MIN	@	CLE	W,3-2	GS-7		2	7.0	7	1	1	2	4	0	0	3.27	3.01	29	9	7	1	1	7	61			0	0	0	26	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.24	0.271	.77	0.10%	2.30	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
18	419	67	Jun 20	MIN		CHW	L,8-18	GS-6	L(4-7)	3	5.1	7	6	6	1	3	0	1	3.60	2.99	25	6	8	2	0	6	32			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.309	.85	-0.14%	-2.46	1t start tie	6t 1-3 1 out tie
19	420	73	Jun 27(1)	MIN		MIL	W,2-1	CG	W(5-7)	6	9.0	6	1	1	1	7	0	2	3.40	2.90	36	14	6	4	1	6	77			1	1	1	31	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.50	0.543	.50	0.11%	3.01	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
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	421	79	Jul 3	MIN	@	MIL	W,7-1	CG	W(6-7)	5	9.0	5	1	1	2	5	0	0	3.23	2.84	35	8	15	1	2	5	76			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	1	1	.38	0.150	.14	0.03%	2.81	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a6
21	422	83	Jul 7	MIN		CAL	L,1-3	GS-8	L(6-8)	3	7.2	10	3	3	1	5	0	0	3.25	2.77	33	6	11	1	0	10	51			0	0	0	32	3	0	1	1	0	0	1.28	-0.096	.22	-0.01%	0.10	1t start tie	8t 1-3 2 out d2
22	423	86	Jul 11(1)	MIN		KCR	W,6-5	GS-2		3	2.0	6	4	4	1	1	0	0	3.46	2.77	13	2	3	0	0	6	28			3	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.297	.10	-0.02%	-3.11	1t start tie	2t 3 out d4
23	424	90	Jul 17	MIN	@	WSA	W,5-3	GS-2		5	1.2	5	3	3	3	1	0	0	3.62	2.82	13	2	2	0	0	5	31			0	0	0	9	3	0	3	0	0	0	1.38	-0.255	.06	-0.01%	-2.58	1b start tie	2b 12- 2 out d3
24	425	94	Jul 21	MIN	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	W(7-8)	3	9.0	3	1	1	2	7	0	0	3.46	2.74	32	16	6	0	0	1	82			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.20	0.508	.05	0.01%	2.66	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
25	426	99	Jul 26	MIN		BOS	W,2-1	CG	W(8-8)	4	9.0	7	1	1	2	4	0	1	3.32	2.73	38	16	9	3	0	6	71			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.27	0.425	.02	0.00%	3.01	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
26	427	102	Jul 30	MIN		NYY	L,9-11	GS-7		3	6.0	9	4	3	1	3	1	0	3.36	2.78	29	8	10	1	0	7	42			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.152	.01	0.00%	-0.94	1t start tie	7t -2- 0 out a6
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	428	106	Aug 3	MIN	@	CHW	W,4-3	GS-7		3	7.0	5	3	3	3	2	1	0	3.38	2.87	28	9	9	1	0	5	54			0	1	0	23	0	0	0	0	2	0	.84	-0.062	.01	0.00%	0.12	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
28	429	111	Aug 7	MIN	@	CAL	W,7-1	CG	W(9-8)	3	9.0	5	1	1	0	4	0	0	3.26	2.81	32	8	15	0	4	5	77			0	0	0	32	1	1	0	0	0	0	.79	0.248	.00	0.00%	2.58	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
29	430	115	Aug 12	MIN		BAL	L,2-8	GS-8	L(9-9)	4	8.0	11	8	8	1	6	3	0	3.51	2.95	35	5	12	2	0	11	33			1	0	0	34	0	0	1	1	0	0	.53	-0.228	.00	0.00%	-4.44	1t start tie	8t 3 out d7
30	431	119	Aug 16	MIN		CLE	W,11-2	CG	W(10-9)	3	9.0	10	2	2	0	7	0	0	3.44	2.86	38	12	9	0	1	10	66			0	0	0	38	1	0	0	0	0	1	.56	0.191	.00	0.00%	2.01	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
31	432	123	Aug 21	MIN	@	BAL	L,1-4	GS-7	L(10-10)	4	6.0	9	4	4	1	3	1	0	3.51	2.90	28	4	11	1	0	9	40			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.153	.00	0.00%	-2.04	1b start tie	7b -2- 0 out d3
32	433	127	Aug 25	MIN	@	DET	L,2-6	GS-6	L(10-11)	3	6.0	7	4	4	1	4	1	0	3.59	2.92	24	6	6	1	2	7	45			1	1	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	.96	-0.222	.00	0.00%	-1.28	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
33	434	131	Aug 31	MIN		CHW	W,4-3	GS-7		5	6.0	12	3	3	2	1	1	0	3.61	2.99	30	8	8	0	0	11	35			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	2	0	1	.97	-0.112	.00	0.00%	-0.70	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out d2
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
34	435	135	Sep 4	MIN		OAK	L,4-5	GS-5	L(10-12)	3	5.0	6	4	4	2	2	1	0	3.69	3.04	22	8	4	1	0	6	39			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	.70	-0.201	.00	0.00%	-1.78	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
35	436	140	Sep 8	MIN	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	W(11-12)	3	9.0	4	1	1	0	5	0	0	3.59	2.98	31	12	10	0	0	4	80			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.73	0.416	.00	0.00%	3.01	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
36	437	145	Sep 13(2)	MIN	@	CAL	W,1-0	SHO	W(12-12)	4	9.0	9	0	0	0	8	0	0	3.45	2.89	35	9	9	0	3	9	77			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.81	0.733	.00	0.00%	3.58	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
37	438	149	Sep 18	MIN		KCR	L,2-4	GS-6	L(12-13)	4	5.0	7	4	3	4	2	0	0	3.49	2.91	25	7	5	0	0	7	37			2	0	0	21	3	1	1	1	0	0	1.14	-0.321	.00	0.00%	-2.38	1t start tie	6t -2- 0 out d2
38	439	155	Sep 25(2)	MIN	@	KCR	W,7-0	SHO	W(13-13)	6	9.0	9	0	0	1	6	0	0	3.37	2.86	35	6	13	1	1	9	74			1	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	0	.60	0.209	.00	0.00%	3.81	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
39	440	160	Sep 30	MIN		CAL	L,2-3	CG	L(13-14)	4	9.0	6	3	2	0	5	0	0	3.32	2.81	31	8	12	3	2	6	70			0	0	0	30	3	0	0	2	0	1	1.23	-0.052	.00	0.00%	1.01	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
							21-18		W-L:13-14	3.7	260.1	275	104	96	47	137	16	6	3.32	2.81	1098	0.98		8%	4%	259	54	0	---%	14	4	2	1027	41	5	9	19	6	17	.99	1.468	.55	0.02%	9.79

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