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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1982 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1982 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	STL	@	HOU	W,14-3	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
2	4 (2)	Apr 10	STL		PIT	L,7-11		8	1.2	0	0	1	1	0	P
3	5	Apr 11	STL		PIT	W,7-6	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	17 (11)	Apr 25	STL	@	PHI	L,4-8	GF	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	18	Apr 26	STL		HOU	L,2-6		11	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	21 (2)	Apr 30	STL	@	CIN	L,2-8		5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	22	May 1	STL	@	CIN	L,1-10		19	3.2	1	0	1	2	0	P
8	23	May 2 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,1-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	28 (4)	May 7	STL		ATL	L,3-6	GF	4	0.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
10	35 (6)	May 15	STL	@	ATL	W,7-6		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	38 (2)	May 19	STL	@	SDP	L,4-5		9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
12	41 (2)	May 22	STL	@	LAD	L,2-3		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	45 (3)	May 26	STL	@	SFG	W,8-4		4	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
14	47 (1)	May 29	STL		SDP	L,2-4	GF	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	49 (1)	May 31	STL		SFG	W,11-6	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	50	Jun 1	STL		SFG	L,3-4		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	53 (2)	Jun 5	STL		LAD	L,2-6		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	56 (2)	Jun 8	STL	@	MON	W,5-4		3	0.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
19	57	Jun 9	STL	@	MON	L,1-5		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	62 (4)	Jun 16	STL		MON	L,3-8		17	4.0	2	3	0	5	0	P
21	63	Jun 18 (1)	STL		NYM	L,3-5		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	66 (2)	Jun 20	STL		NYM	L,4-5		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	73 (6)	Jun 26 (2)	STL	@	CHC	W,2-1	GS	23	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
24	77 (3)	Jun 30	STL	@	PHI	L,3-6		13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	78	Jul 2	STL		CHC	L,3-4		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	81 (2)	Jul 5	STL	@	CIN	W,6-5		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	83 (1)	Jul 7	STL	@	ATL	L,2-3		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	85 (1)	Jul 9	STL	@	HOU	W,3-2	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	87 (1)	Jul 11	STL	@	HOU	L,2-4		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	88	Jul 15	STL		CIN	L,3-7		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	91 (2)	Jul 18	STL		CIN	W,6-5		8	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	92	Jul 19	STL		ATL	L,1-4		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	93	Jul 20	STL		ATL	L,6-8		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	96 (2)	Jul 24	STL		HOU	W,5-1		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	97	Jul 25	STL		HOU	W,4-3		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	99 (1)	Jul 28	STL		NYM	W,7-5		2	0.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
37	100	Jul 29	STL	@	MON	L,3-4		1	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
38	101	Jul 30	STL	@	MON	L,4-5		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	103 (1)	Aug 1	STL	@	MON	L,4-5		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
40	104	Aug 2	STL		PIT	L,2-4	GF	23	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
41	109 (4)	Aug 7	STL		MON	W,9-5		13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
42	113 (3)	Aug 12	STL	@	PIT	W,3-2		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
43	115 (1)	Aug 14	STL	@	PIT	W,4-1		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
44	120 (4)	Aug 19	STL		SDP	L,3-4		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
45	121	Aug 20	STL		SFG	L,7-8		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
46	122	Aug 21	STL		SFG	W,7-6		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
47	123	Aug 22	STL		SFG	W,5-4		7	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
48	126 (2)	Aug 25	STL		LAD	L,3-11	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
49	127	Aug 27	STL	@	SDP	W,2-1		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
50	128	Aug 29 (1)	STL	@	SDP	L,4-9		8	1.2	1	1	0	2	0	P
51	129	Aug 29 (2)	STL	@	SDP	W,5-3		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	132 (2)	Sep 1	STL	@	LAD	W,6-5	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
53	134 (1)	Sep 4	STL	@	SFG	L,4-5		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
54	135	Sep 5	STL	@	SFG	L,1-5	GF	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
55	137 (1)	Sep 7	STL		MON	L,4-7		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
56	139 (1)	Sep 10	STL		NYM	L,1-2		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
57	148 (8)	Sep 18 (2)	STL	@	NYM	W,6-2	GS	12	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
58	153 (4)	Sep 23	STL		PIT	L,3-5		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
59	156 (2)	Sep 26	STL		CHC	L,1-6		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
60	160 (3)	Sep 30	STL	@	PIT	L,2-7		12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
61	161	Oct 2	STL	@	CHC	L,4-8		5	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
62	162	Oct 3	STL	@	CHC	W,5-4		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
							62gm		75.0	8	14	2	24	0