
Born: November 7, 1938 in Zeeland, MI
High School: Zeeland (Zeeland, MI)
Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent in 1957.
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Debut: August 2, 1959
Final Game: July 1, 1983
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A well spoken gentle giant,Jim Kaats overall statistics put him in good company with Red Ruffing,Early Wynn,Ted Lyons and Burleigh Grimes.His 16 Gold gloves are special and stunning.My vote puts a well deserved Kitty Kaat in the Hall of Fame.
| Rk | Gcar | Gtm | Date | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | GDP | WPA | Entered | Exited | |||
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| 1 | 53 | 4 | Apr 14 | MIN | LAA | L,5-12 | GS-5 | 99 | 4.2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 26 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.27 | 1.20 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.25 | 1.40 | 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 | 30 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 89 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.27 | 0.63 | 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 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -0.17 | 0.84 | 1b start tie | 5b 1-- 1 out d4 | ||||||
| May | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | GDP | WPA | 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 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -0.24 | 1.21 | 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 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -0.03 | 0.87 | 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 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.54 | 1.32 | 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 | 38 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 74 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0.03 | 2.06 | 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 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.01 | 0.43 | 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 | 39 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0.32 | 1.46 | 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 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.04 | 0.40 | 7t --- 0 out d3 | 8t 3 out d3 | |||||||
| June | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | GDP | WPA | 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 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -0.11 | 0.70 | 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 | 32 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.25 | 0.50 | 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 | 38 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.12 | 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 | 37 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -0.20 | 1.55 | 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 | 38 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0.15 | 0.49 | 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 | 30 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.28 | 0.55 | 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 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.36 | 0.68 | 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 | 32 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 64 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.22 | 1.27 | 1b start tie | 8b 3 out d1 | ||||||
| July | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | GDP | WPA | 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 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | -0.23 | 1.06 | 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 | 31 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 1 | -0.43 | 1.37 | 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 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.13 | 1.14 | 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 | 31 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.28 | 0.56 | 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 | 29 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -0.07 | 1.20 | 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 | 36 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.27 | 1.47 | 1b start tie | 9b 3 out a3 | ||||||
| August | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | GDP | WPA | 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 | 47 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.75 | 1.52 | 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 | 37 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.27 | 1.59 | 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 | 42 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.42 | 1.59 | 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 | 32 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -0.11 | 0.97 | 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 | 32 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.36 | 1.06 | 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 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -0.23 | 1.06 | 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 | 36 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.61 | 1.59 | 1b start tie | 9b 3 out a2 | ||||||
| September | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | GDP | WPA | 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 | 35 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.10 | 1.21 | 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 | 38 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.11 | 1.20 | 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 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 48 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -0.09 | 0.93 | 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 | 35 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.05 | 0.46 | 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 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -0.23 | 0.79 | 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 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.10 | 0.37 | 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 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 49 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.09 | 0.92 | 1t start tie | 8t --- 1 out a1 | |||||||
| DH | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Other (days rest listed) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 99 days |
| Avg | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Other Game Totals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.46 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 and 12 runs |
| Inn | <-4 | -4 | -3 | -2 | -1 | tie | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | >4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4- | 1 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 36 | |||||||
| 5 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 6 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 7 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 8 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 9 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 10+ | 0 | |||||||||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39 |
Multiple inning appearances: 38, Entered with runners on base: 2
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