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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	21-21 / in Starts: 18-17
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	23 games
Most Games w/o RBI	13 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 83 PAs	8
Actual Runners on Base	68 (33-26-9)
Avg. MLBer w/ 83 PAs	8
Avg. Runners on Base	51 (25-17-8)

Most Driven In
B Tolan	2
B Boone	1
D Allen	1
J Johnstone	1
T Harmon	1
L Bowa	1
Self	1
G Maddox	0

Most Driven In By
G Luzinski	1
Self	1
L Bowa	1
G Maddox	1

1976 Batting Game Log

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1976 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	558	1	Apr 10	PHI		PIT	L,4-5	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	2.21	-0.086	3.49	-0.08%	-0.76	P
2	559	4 (2)	Apr 15	PHI	@	MON	L,5-8	GS-4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.20	-0.060	1.72	-0.05%	-0.57	P
3	560	7 (2)	Apr 20	PHI	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.286	.333	.619	9	.66	0.097	1.14	0.10%	1.60	P
4	561	9 (1)	Apr 23	PHI		ATL	L,5-6	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.286	.333	.619	9						P
5	562	12 (2)	Apr 26	PHI		CIN	W,10-9	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.222	.250	.472	9	.68	-0.034	1.01	-0.03%	-0.43	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	563	17 (4)	May 2	PHI	@	ATL	W,8-2	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.167	.182	.348	9	.48	-0.048	.82	-0.05%	-0.95	P
7	564	21 (3)	May 8	PHI		LAD	W,6-4	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.154	.167	.321	9	1.04	-0.026	1.87	-0.03%	-0.22	P
8	565	24 (2)	May 12	PHI		SDP	L,0-4	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.077	.143	.154	.297	9	.71	-0.017	1.42	-0.02%	-0.15	P
9	566	31 (6)	May 22	PHI		STL	L,6-7	GS-5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.071	.188	.143	.330	9	1.31	-0.033	3.13	-0.05%	-0.22	P
10	567	36 (4)	May 27	PHI		NYM	L,2-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.059	.158	.118	.276	9	1.20	-0.093	3.47	-0.16%	-0.93	P
11	568	38 (1)	May 29	PHI		MON	W,6-1	5-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.059	.158	.118	.276	9						PR
12	569	41 (2)	May 31 (2)	PHI		CHC	W,4-1	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.182	.300	.482	9	.90	0.027	2.28	0.04%	0.21	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
13	570	47 (5)	Jun 6	PHI	@	SFG	W,9-3	CG	4	4	0	3	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.269	.458	.728	9	.81	0.085	1.79	0.11%	2.57	P
14	571	52 (4)	Jun 11	PHI	@	SDP	W,4-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.250	.423	.673	9	1.21	-0.063	2.03	-0.06%	-0.40	P
15	572	55 (2)	Jun 13 (2)	PHI	@	SDP	L,3-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.192	.250	.423	.673	4						PR
16	573	57 (1)	Jun 16	PHI		SFG	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.219	.367	.585	9	.44	-0.047	.81	-0.05%	-1.07	P
17	574	61 (3)	Jun 20	PHI		CIN	W,6-1	GS-6	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.257	.394	.651	9	.55	0.076	.96	0.08%	1.09	P
18	575	65 (3)	Jun 24	PHI	@	CIN	W,5-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.243	.371	.615	9	.32	-0.016	.45	-0.01%	-0.24	P
19	576	70 (4)	Jun 29	PHI	@	MON	W,2-1	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.250	.368	.618	9	1.33	-0.010	1.73	-0.01%	-0.12	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
20	577	74 (3)	Jul 4 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-7	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.238	.350	.588	9	1.02	-0.049	1.96	-0.06%	-0.35	P
21	578	77 (2)	Jul 7	PHI		LAD	L,5-6	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.190	.222	.333	.556	9	1.61	-0.032	2.08	-0.03%	-0.70	P
22	579	81 (3)	Jul 11	PHI		SDP	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.229	.333	.563	9	.64	-0.042	.78	-0.03%	-0.11	P
23	580	83 (1)	Jul 16	PHI	@	SFG	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.216	.313	.528	9	1.87	-0.134	2.02	-0.09%	-0.84	P
24	581	88 (4)	Jul 21	PHI	@	SDP	W,5-1	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.218	.308	.526	9	.47	-0.040	.42	-0.02%	-0.61	P
25	582	93 (4)	Jul 25	PHI		PIT	W,13-7	GS-8	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.220	.304	.524	9	.70	0.005	.65	0.00%	-1.14	P
26	583	98 (4)	Jul 30	PHI	@	NYM	L,2-3	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.193	.217	.298	.515	9	1.07	0.037	.64	0.01%	0.37	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
27	584	100 (1)	Aug 1 (1)	PHI	@	NYM	W,7-6	5-5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.193	.217	.298	.515	9		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
28	585	103 (2)	Aug 3 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	L,0-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.183	.206	.283	.490	9	1.59	-0.097	.39	-0.01%	-0.64	P
29	586	108 (4)	Aug 7	PHI	@	STL	L,1-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.177	.200	.274	.474	9	2.48	-0.121	.33	-0.01%	-0.94	P
30	587	109	Aug 8	PHI	@	STL	W,3-2	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.177	.200	.274	.474	4						PR
31	588	113 (3)	Aug 13	PHI		SFG	L,0-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.172	.194	.266	.460	9	1.45	-0.080	.13	0.00%	-0.61	P
32	589	120 (6)	Aug 21	PHI		HOU	W,7-4	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.169	.191	.262	.453	9	1.09	-0.027	.15	0.00%	-0.22	P
33	590	125 (4)	Aug 26	PHI	@	CIN	W,5-4	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.162	.183	.250	.433	9	.59	-0.044	.02	0.00%	-0.45	P
34	591	128 (2)	Aug 29	PHI	@	CIN	L,5-6	13-GF(15)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.162	.183	.250	.433	6						P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
35	592	131 (2)	Sep 1	PHI	@	HOU	L,0-1	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.171	.192	.257	.449	9	1.52	-0.028	.30	0.00%	-0.15	P
36	593	135 (3)	Sep 6 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-6	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.167	.187	.250	.437	9	1.45	0.005	1.73	0.00%	-0.04	P
37	594	139 (3)	Sep 10	PHI		CHC	L,2-3	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.195	.257	.452	9	1.34	0.033	2.18	0.03%	0.17	P
38	595	144 (4)	Sep 15	PHI		PIT	L,2-7	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.176	.195	.257	.452	9						P
39	596	146 (1)	Sep 17	PHI	@	CHC	L,3-4	6-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.176	.195	.257	.452	9						P
40	597	150 (3)	Sep 22	PHI		STL	W,9-4	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.176	.195	.257	.452	9						P
41	598	153 (2)	Sep 24 (2)	PHI	@	MON	L,2-3	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.184	.203	.289	.492	9	2.14	0.073	.21	0.00%	0.68	P
42	599	157 (3)	Sep 27	PHI	@	STL	W,9-1	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.177	.195	.278	.474	9	.42	-0.033	.00	0.00%	-0.62	P
							21-21		83	79	4	14	3	1	1	8	2	0	24	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	.177	.195	.278	.474		1.04	-0.822	1.26	-0.47%	-6.81

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