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: 21-15 / in Starts: 21-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 33, Entered with runners on base: 1

1964 Pitching Game Log

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1964 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	123	2	Apr 16	MIN	@	WSA	W,6-2	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	6	2	2	1	7	2	0	2.00	4.27	33	8	11	0	2	6	73			0	0	1	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.62	0.249	1.39	0.33%	2.07	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
2	124	7	Apr 22	MIN		WSA	W,7-6	GS-1		5	0.2	3	4	3	2	0	0	0	4.66	4.78	7	1	1	0	0	3	30			1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.54	-0.339	4.03	-0.53%	-3.85	1t start tie	1t -2- 2 out d4
3	125	11	Apr 26	MIN		DET	W,3-2	CG(11)	W(2-0)	3	11.0	7	2	2	3	11	1	1	3.05	3.77	43	13	8	0	0	7	83			1	0	0	39	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.57	0.601	3.52	0.81%	3.02	1t start tie	11t 3 out tie
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
4	126	16	May 3(1)	MIN	@	KCA	L,4-7	GS-7	L(2-1)	6	6.2	5	5	5	2	9	2	1	3.95	4.11	28	8	3	0	0	5	51			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	-0.212	3.65	-0.37%	-0.46	1b start tie	7b 123 2 out a1
5	127	20	May 7	MIN		LAA	W,9-1	CG	W(3-1)	3	9.0	5	1	1	2	3	1	0	3.22	4.09	33	14	9	3	0	5	74			0	1	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	1	.71	0.216	1.37	0.25%	3.11	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
6	128	24	May 12	MIN		CHW	W,11-1	CG	W(4-1)	4	9.0	4	1	1	1	6	1	1	2.78	3.95	34	8	14	0	0	4	80			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	2	.54	0.103	1.28	0.15%	3.11	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
7	129	29	May 17(1)	MIN	@	BOS	L,2-6	GS-7	L(4-2)	4	6.1	10	5	5	2	7	0	0	3.31	3.63	31	4	8	0	0	10	38			0	0	0	29	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.71	-0.303	4.05	-0.43%	-0.84	1b start tie	7b 1-3 1 out d1
8	130	33	May 22	MIN	@	BAL	L,5-6	GS-5		4	5.0	7	4	4	0	5	1	0	3.65	3.59	22	7	3	1	0	7	42			1	0	0	21	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	-0.118	3.93	-0.23%	-1.74	1b start a 4	5b 3 out a1
9	131	38	May 26	MIN	@	LAA	W,2-1	CG	W(5-2)	3	9.0	8	1	1	1	9	0	0	3.29	3.23	32	10	4	0	0	8	75			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	4	0	0	1.76	0.574	4.11	0.81%	2.66	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
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
10	132	52	Jun 9	MIN	@	DET	L,1-16	GS-4	L(5-3)	13	4.0	4	5	1	4	0	0	0	3.23	3.37	21	8	5	0	0	4	38			0	0	0	15	2	0	0	2	1	3	.87	-0.276	1.83	-0.35%	-3.16	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
11	133	58	Jun 14(2)	MIN	@	WSA	W,9-2	CG	W(6-3)	4	9.0	9	2	2	2	6	0	1	3.09	3.24	36	10	9	0	1	8	65			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	3	1	0	.82	0.164	2.00	0.24%	2.07	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a7
12	134	62	Jun 19	MIN		DET	W,7-6	GS-5		4	5.0	8	4	4	2	2	0	0	3.33	3.23	24	6	6	0	0	8	35			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.13	-0.217	2.40	-0.28%	-1.72	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
13	135	66	Jun 23	MIN		CLE	W,6-2	CG	W(7-3)	3	9.0	5	2	2	2	9	0	1	3.21	3.07	35	11	7	0	0	5	76			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	1	.51	0.242	.83	0.24%	2.11	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
14	136	72	Jun 27	MIN		CHW	W,5-3	CG	W(8-3)	3	9.0	8	3	2	3	5	0	0	3.10	3.02	40	17	7	1	0	8	63			0	0	0	37	1	0	1	0	0	2	1.26	0.089	1.89	0.08%	1.11	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
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
15	137	77	Jul 2	MIN	@	BOS	W,15-9	CG	W(9-3)	4	9.0	13	9	9	4	3	2	0	3.58	3.27	42	11	11	0	0	13	24			0	0	0	36	1	1	0	2	2	0	.36	0.081	.53	0.07%	-4.73	1b start a 5	9b 3 out a6
16	138	82	Jul 9	MIN	@	KCA	W,2-1	CG	W(10-3)	6	9.0	8	1	1	3	7	1	0	3.38	3.29	36	7	11	2	0	8	71			0	0	0	33	2	0	1	2	0	0	1.97	0.651	3.68	0.73%	3.23	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
17	139	87	Jul 14	MIN		WSA	L,3-4	GS-5	L(10-4)	4	4.2	5	4	4	2	5	1	1	3.55	3.36	21	3	5	0	0	5	41			0	1	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	-0.264	1.92	-0.25%	-2.06	1t start tie	5t --3 2 out d1
18	140	91	Jul 18	MIN		LAA	L,2-3	GS-8		3	7.0	8	1	1	0	6	1	0	3.43	3.33	29	10	5	0	0	8	63			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.012	.95	0.01%	0.86	1t start tie	8t 1-3 0 out a1
19	141	96	Jul 23	MIN		KCA	L,3-4	GS-9		4	9.0	9	3	3	2	5	2	0	3.40	3.44	36	13	7	1	0	9	60			1	1	0	33	0	0	1	2	0	1	1.27	0.155	.39	0.03%	1.11	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
20	142	98	Jul 25	MIN	@	CHW	L,5-6	9-9		1	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.38	3.45	3	1	1	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.59	0.200	1.18	0.04%	0.81	9b 1-- 0 out tie	9b 3 out tie
21	143	101	Jul 28	MIN		BAL	W,7-4	GS-8	W(11-4)	2	7.2	10	4	4	0	5	2	0	3.44	3.52	31	7	9	5	0	10	48			1	1	0	31	0	1	0	1	0	0	.83	0.066	.06	0.00%	-0.44	1t start tie	8t --- 2 out a2
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
22	144	106	Aug 2	MIN		NYY	L,0-2	GS-7	L(11-5)	4	6.0	7	2	1	0	6	1	0	3.37	3.49	26	9	6	1	0	5	58			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.07	-0.015	.01	0.00%	-0.23	1t start tie	7t 12- 0 out d2
23	145	111	Aug 7(2)	MIN	@	CLE	L,2-8	GS-5	L(11-6)	4	4.1	7	5	4	2	1	0	0	3.50	3.49	23	8	5	0	0	7	30			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	1	.96	-0.217	.01	0.00%	-2.88	1b start tie	5b 1-3 1 out d4
24	146	114	Aug 9(2)	MIN	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	W(12-6)	1	9.0	4	1	1	1	3	0	0	3.37	3.42	30	11	11	1	0	4	77			1	0	0	28	1	0	0	2	1	0	1.19	0.429	.00	0.00%	3.07	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
25	147	118	Aug 14	MIN		CLE	W,7-6	GS-6		4	5.1	9	6	6	1	3	1	0	3.58	3.46	25	7	5	0	0	9	28			0	0	0	24	4	0	0	2	0	1	1.15	-0.442	.00	0.00%	-3.50	1t start tie	6t --- 1 out tie
26	148	122	Aug 19	MIN	@	WSA	W,3-1	GS-9	W(13-6)	4	8.1	8	1	1	3	8	0	0	3.46	3.38	35	12	4	1	1	8	68			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.12	0.327	.01	0.00%	3.21	1b start a 1	9b 12- 1 out a3
27	149	126	Aug 24	MIN	@	CHW	W,4-3	GS-8	W(14-6)	4	7.1	5	3	2	1	4	0	0	3.42	3.32	29	14	5	1	0	5	61			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	1	2	1.29	0.014	.01	0.00%	0.17	1b start tie	8b -23 1 out a2
28	150	130	Aug 28	MIN		WSA	L,1-3	GS-7	L(14-7)	3	7.0	4	2	1	1	7	0	0	3.35	3.24	27	6	9	0	1	4	69			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.16	0.034	.01	0.00%	1.19	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
Sep/Oct				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
29	151	134	Sep 1	MIN		BAL	W,2-1	GS-8	W(15-7)	3	7.1	3	1	0	1	4	0	0	3.23	3.19	27	8	11	1	0	3	73			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.01	0.081	.00	0.00%	1.30	1t start tie	8t -23 1 out a1
30	152	138	Sep 5	MIN		BOS	W,10-4	GS-7	W(16-7)	3	6.1	11	3	3	1	5	1	2	3.26	3.23	32	5	8	1	0	11	43			0	0	0	29	3	0	0	2	0	1	.70	0.029	.00	0.00%	-0.67	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out a7
31	153	143	Sep 10	MIN		CHW	L,1-2	CG(10)	L(16-8)	4	10.0	8	2	2	2	5	1	1	3.19	3.26	40	16	8	0	0	8	71			0	0	0	35	1	0	2	1	0	0	1.52	0.166	.00	0.00%	2.56	1t start tie	10t 3 out d1
32	154	148	Sep 15	MIN	@	BAL	W,2-1	GS-6		4	6.0	5	1	1	2	5	0	0	3.15	3.22	25	10	3	1	0	5	61			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.144	.00	0.00%	1.71	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
33	155	152	Sep 20	MIN	@	BOS	W,12-4	GS-6	W(17-8)	4	5.2	7	4	4	3	3	1	0	3.22	3.28	25	7	5	1	0	7	39			0	0	0	22	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.13	-0.109	.00	0.00%	-1.47	1b start tie	6b -2- 2 out a2
34	156	155	Sep 25	MIN	@	LAA	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(17-9)	4	8.0	5	1	1	2	6	0	0	3.15	3.23	30	7	10	0	0	5	72			0	1	0	28	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.28	0.138	.00	0.00%	2.25	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
35	157	158	Sep 29	MIN		KCA	L,6-7	15-GF(15)	L(17-10)	3	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	3.18	3.28	4	0	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.315	.00	0.00%	-0.54	15t --- 0 out tie	15t end d 1
36	158	161	Oct 2	MIN		LAA	L,4-5	GS-3	L(17-11)	2	2.1	5	4	2	1	1	0	0	3.22	3.28	14	3	4	0	0	5	35			0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.00	-0.278	.00	0.00%	-3.12	1t start tie	3t 1-- 1 out d4
							21-15		W-L:17-11	3.6	243.0	231	100	87	60	171	23	9	3.22	3.28	1009	1.24		4%	1%	228	56	1	0%	8	5	1	919	35	4	5	31	8	20	1.11	1.660	1.26	1.36%	9.29

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