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Jim Kaat    \cott\

James Lee Kaat (Kitty)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: November 7, 1938 in Zeeland, MI
High School: Zeeland HS (Zeeland, MI)
School: Hope College (Holland, MI)
Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent in 1957. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 2, 1959 (Age 20)   vs. CHW 2.2 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 3 BB, 1 ER, L
Teams (by GP): Twins/Cardinals/Phillies/WhiteSox/Yankees/... 1959-1983

Final Game: July 1, 1983 (Age 44)   vs. PIT 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
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Career Home Runs

For all seasons after 1973, the play-by-play data is complete (summary of missing data for pre-1974). For some games from 1954 to 1973, we do not have complete play-by-play.

Jim Kaat: 16 Career Home Runs

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 3 tying, 3 go ahead
3 Tms
MIN14
PHI1
STL1
 
vs RHP15
vs LHP1
 
Home8
Away8
 
Leverage
High Lev2
Medium Lev5
Low Lev9
12 Opps
CHW4
CLE2
KCR1
KCA1
WSA1
CHC1
CAL1
NYY1
HOU1
BAL1
DET1
MIL1
16 Pitchers
Eddie Fisher1
Dom Zanni1
Bob Johnson1
Skip Lockwood1
Jim McGlothlin1
Jim Duckworth1
Paul Reuschel1
Milt Pappas1
Joe Horlen1
Stan Bahnsen1
Vince Colbert1
Bob Locker1
Dick Donovan1
Diego Segui1
Mickey Lolich1
Joe Niekro1
9 Parks
MIN026
CLE072
CHI102
PHI121
WAS101
KAN051
NYC161
BAL111
STL091
Where Hit
910
73
Unk2
81
General field locations when available.
 
 
Game Totals
1·HR gms16
Gms w/ this # = 0 are not shown.
 
OrderPos
9th16
Outs
27
05
14
 
DefPos
P16
Bases
---9
1--3
--32
12-1
-2-1
 
24 RBI
RISP4
0 on9
1 on6
2 on1
Any on7
Inning
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35
43
51
63
71
81
91
 
1-36
4-67
7-end3
RelScore
+4..3
+24
+12
Tied3
-12
-22
 
Ahead9
Tied3
Behind4
Before event, for batter

Play By Play

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1962 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
1 1 1 1 1962-06-19 MIN @ CHW Dom Zanni ahead 4-0 t 4 1 --- 1 9 1 0.046 92% Home Run (Deep RF)
1963 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
2 2 1 1 1963-07-24 (2) MIN @ CLE Dick Donovan ahead 2-0 t 9 2 12- 3 9 1 0.062 99% Home Run; Goryl Scores; Battey Scores
1964 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
3 3 1 1 1964-05-03 (1) MIN @ KCA Diego Segui behind 2-3 t 7 0 --- 1 9 1 0.204 50% Home Run
4 4 2 1 1964-06-14 (2) MIN @ WSA Jim Duckworth ahead 5-1 t 6 2 1-- 2 9 1 0.052 98% Home Run; Zimmerman Scores
5 5 3 1 1964-09-10 MIN CHW Joe Horlen behind 0-1 b 6 0 --- 1 9 1 0.194 57% Home Run
1965 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
6 6 1 1 1965-09-30 MIN @ BAL Milt Pappas tied 0-0 t 3 2 --- 1 9 1 0.129 59% Home Run
1966 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
7 7 1 1 1966-05-17 MIN CHW Eddie Fisher ahead 7-3 b 8 2 --- 1 9 1 0.007 100% Home Run
8 8 2 1 1966-07-08 MIN DET Mickey Lolich ahead 3-1 b 4 2 1-- 2 9 1 0.131 91% Home Run; Tovar Scores
1967 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
9 9 1 1 1967-07-09 (1) MIN @ CHW Bob Locker ahead 3-1 t 6 1 --3 2 9 1 0.082 94% Home Run; Versalles Scores
1969 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
10 10 1 1 1969-06-18 MIN CAL Jim McGlothlin tied 0-0 b 5 2 --- 1 9 1 0.165 68% Home Run
11 11 2 1 1969-08-12 MIN @ NYY Stan Bahnsen behind 0-2 t 3 1 1-- 2 9 1 0.204 48% Home Run; Cardenas Scores
1970 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
12 12 1 1 1970-10-01 MIN KCR Bob Johnson ahead 1-0 b 2 2 -2- 2 9 1 0.163 81% Home Run; Thompson Scores
1972 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
13 13 1 1 1972-05-14 MIN MIL Skip Lockwood ahead 1-0 b 3 0 --3 2 9 1 0.090 87% Home Run; Roof Scores
14 14 2 1 1972-06-11 MIN @ CLE Vince Colbert behind 0-2 t 3 1 --- 1 9 1 0.109 34% Home Run
1976 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
15 15 1 1 1976-05-31 (2) PHI CHC Paul Reuschel ahead 3-1 b 4 0 --- 1 9 1 0.075 87% Home Run
1980 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
16 16 1 1 1980-08-26 STL HOU Joe Niekro tied 1-1 b 3 0 --- 1 9 1 0.122 68% Home Run

About the SABR Home Run Encyclopedia

Much of the data on Baseball-Reference.com's Home Run Logs comes from the Tattersall/McConnell Home Run Log, a database of all homers hit in the major leagues since 1876. This project was begun in the 1940's by John C. Tattersall and was continued after Tattersall's death in 1981 by Bob McConnell, one of SABR's original 16 members. David Vincent, another SABR member, has since assumed the leadership of the project. Baseball-Reference.com has licensed this remarkable database from the Society for American Baseball Research. All credit for the data therein goes to the intrepid researchers who digitized this data from archival sources.

For years from 1916 to 2013, RetroSheet play-by-play data has been used whenever the home run occurred in a game for which we have complete play-by-play data.

There are a handful of cases where the home run logs totals do not agree with the totals on our player pages. We are working to reconcile all of those differences, but believe that in all cases the Home Run Encyclopedia is correct.