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: 26-15 / in Starts: 26-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1966 Pitching Game Log

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1966 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	204	3	Apr 14	MIN		KCA	W,4-2	GS-9	W(1-0)	99	8.2	6	2	2	2	10	0	0	2.08	0.94	34	9	7	1	0	6	72			1	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.289	2.65	0.41%	1.69	1t start tie	9t 1-3 2 out a2
2	205	7	Apr 22	MIN	@	CAL	L,1-2	GS-6	L(1-1)	7	5.1	5	2	1	1	3	0	0	1.93	1.34	23	11	3	0	0	5	54			0	0	0	22	1	1	0	1	0	2	.88	0.004	1.73	0.01%	0.05	1b start tie	6b 123 1 out d1
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
3	206	11	May 1(1)	MIN	@	WSA	L,3-5	GS-4	L(1-2)	8	3.0	5	4	3	0	3	1	0	3.18	1.97	13	4	1	0	0	5	38			0	1	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	1	.68	-0.212	.89	-0.17%	-2.08	1b start tie	4b 1-- 0 out d3
4	207	14	May 4	MIN	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	W(2-2)	2	9.0	9	1	1	2	4	0	0	2.42	2.09	38	13	10	2	0	9	67			0	0	0	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.250	1.26	0.24%	2.63	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a5
5	208	17	May 8(1)	MIN		BOS	L,1-8	GS-6	L(2-3)	3	5.1	7	3	3	4	5	0	0	2.87	2.23	28	5	7	1	0	7	43			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.25	-0.114	2.33	-0.13%	-0.75	1t start tie	6t 123 1 out d1
6	209	21	May 13	MIN		WSA	W,9-5	CG	W(3-3)	4	9.0	8	5	3	1	5	1	0	2.90	2.45	36	13	9	0	0	8	59			0	0	0	34	3	0	0	2	1	2	.64	0.028	.98	0.03%	-0.83	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
7	210	25	May 17	MIN		CHW	W,8-3	CG	W(4-3)	3	9.0	7	3	3	1	6	2	0	2.92	2.82	35	13	8	1	0	7	66			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.175	.82	0.20%	1.17	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
8	211	29	May 21	MIN	@	NYY	L,2-4	GS-7	L(4-4)	3	6.1	4	4	0	0	7	0	0	2.59	2.54	24	7	6	1	0	4	64			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.31	-0.363	3.20	-0.53%	-1.22	1b start tie	7b 1-3 1 out d1
9	212	33	May 25	MIN	@	BOS	W,7-5	GS-7		3	6.2	7	3	3	1	1	1	0	2.74	2.76	27	7	11	1	2	7	48			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.16	0.267	1.78	0.25%	1.94	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out a4
10	213	37	May 29(1)	MIN	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	W(5-4)	3	9.0	8	1	1	1	3	1	0	2.52	2.88	33	10	11	1	0	8	69			1	0	0	32	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.31	0.461	1.99	0.42%	2.90	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
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
11	214	43	Jun 2	MIN		DET	L,6-7	GS-6		3	5.1	9	4	4	2	4	0	0	2.82	2.83	26	7	4	0	0	9	36			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.32	-0.208	1.74	-0.17%	-2.37	1t start tie	6t 1-3 1 out a1
12	215	47	Jun 7	MIN		KCA	W,6-1	CG	W(6-4)	4	9.0	8	1	1	0	8	1	0	2.63	2.76	33	8	9	2	2	8	75			1	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	.76	0.228	.55	0.10%	3.17	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
13	216	51	Jun 11	MIN	@	CHW	W,4-3	GS-9	W(7-4)	3	8.1	8	3	3	2	2	0	1	2.68	2.80	35	13	9	0	0	8	55			0	1	0	32	3	0	0	2	0	2	1.36	0.140	.93	0.06%	0.53	1b start a 1	9b 1-3 1 out a2
14	217	56	Jun 15(1)	MIN		CAL	L,1-8	GS-5	L(7-5)	3	4.2	5	5	2	2	3	0	0	2.74	2.79	21	8	3	0	0	5	41			0	0	1	16	1	0	0	0	1	1	.97	-0.138	1.03	-0.09%	-1.10	1t start tie	5t 12- 2 out d3
15	218	61	Jun 19	MIN		CHW	W,6-4	GS-8	W(8-5)	3	7.1	9	4	4	0	3	1	0	2.89	2.84	31	10	9	2	0	9	47			0	0	0	30	2	1	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.091	.43	-0.03%	-0.95	1t start tie	8t -2- 1 out a2
16	219	65	Jun 24(1)	MIN	@	DET	L,1-2	GS-6		4	6.0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	2.73	2.79	21	12	6	0	0	1	70			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	1	2	.81	0.143	.22	0.02%	1.68	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
17	220	70	Jun 27	MIN		CLE	W,6-2	CG	W(9-5)	2	9.0	6	2	2	1	3	0	0	2.68	2.74	32	11	11	4	0	6	69			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	1	0	.85	0.170	.25	0.03%	2.17	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
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
18	221	74	Jul 1(1)	MIN	@	BAL	L,1-4	GS-6	L(9-6)	3	6.0	6	3	3	2	3	2	0	2.76	2.94	26	6	12	0	0	3	49			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.115	.21	-0.01%	-0.43	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d2
19	222	79	Jul 4	MIN	@	CLE	W,5-4	GS-9	W(10-6)	2	8.1	10	4	4	2	4	1	0	2.86	3.00	36	10	10	1	0	10	49			1	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.62	-0.133	.05	0.00%	-0.94	1b start a 3	9b 12- 1 out a1
20	223	83	Jul 8	MIN		DET	W,6-1	CG	W(11-6)	3	9.0	6	1	1	0	8	0	0	2.74	2.86	33	12	7	0	0	6	79			1	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	.59	0.166	.03	0.01%	3.17	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
21	224	87	Jul 15	MIN		WSA	W,5-4	CG	W(12-6)	6	9.0	4	4	3	4	7	1	0	2.76	2.91	37	11	11	1	0	4	68			1	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	2	1.51	0.114	.14	0.01%	0.17	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
22	225	92	Jul 19(1)	MIN	@	WSA	W,5-4	CG	W(13-6)	3	9.0	13	4	4	1	5	0	0	2.83	2.85	41	13	9	0	0	13	49			0	0	1	38	2	0	1	0	0	1	1.55	0.089	.08	0.00%	-0.14	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
23	226	97	Jul 23	MIN	@	BOS	W,10-4	CG	W(14-6)	3	9.0	9	4	3	1	7	1	0	2.84	2.85	37	14	6	2	0	9	61			0	0	0	36	6	0	0	1	0	1	.41	0.242	.02	0.01%	0.33	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
24	227	100	Jul 27	MIN	@	NYY	L,3-6	GS-2	L(14-7)	3	1.0	6	4	4	0	0	1	0	3.03	2.92	9	2	1	0	0	6	25			0	0	0	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.428	.13	-0.03%	-3.95	1b start a 2	2b 1-- 0 out d2
25	228	103	Jul 31	MIN		BAL	L,0-4	GS-7	L(14-8)	3	7.0	7	3	2	0	3	0	0	3.01	2.87	29	6	13	1	0	7	56			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	1	.96	-0.008	.09	0.00%	0.24	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
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
26	229	107	Aug 4	MIN		BOS	W,2-1	CG	W(15-8)	3	9.0	4	1	1	1	5	0	1	2.92	2.84	33	13	9	3	0	4	79			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.57	0.550	.09	0.02%	3.17	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
27	230	112	Aug 8	MIN	@	KCA	L,1-6	GS-3	L(15-9)	3	2.1	6	4	4	1	1	0	1	3.07	2.85	15	4	2	0	1	6	29			1	0	0	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.247	.06	-0.01%	-2.56	1b start tie	3b 12- 1 out d3
28	231	115	Aug 11	MIN	@	CAL	W,4-3	GS-8	W(16-9)	2	8.0	7	3	3	4	10	1	0	3.08	2.87	32	5	6	0	0	7	62			1	2	0	28	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.16	0.032	.08	0.00%	0.36	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
29	232	119	Aug 15	MIN		CAL	W,5-3	CG	W(17-9)	3	9.0	10	3	3	1	4	2	0	3.08	2.95	34	10	9	1	0	10	58			0	0	1	32	1	0	1	3	1	0	1.19	0.183	.01	0.00%	1.17	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
30	233	123	Aug 19	MIN	@	BOS	W,2-1	GS-8	W(18-9)	3	7.1	4	1	1	2	4	0	0	3.01	2.93	28	9	9	0	0	4	68			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	0.293	.02	0.00%	1.96	1b start a 2	8b 12- 1 out a1
31	234	126	Aug 23(1)	MIN	@	WSA	W,7-0	SHO	W(19-9)	3	9.0	5	0	0	2	5	0	0	2.89	2.90	33	9	13	3	0	4	80			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.27	0.156	.01	0.00%	3.86	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
32	235	130	Aug 27	MIN	@	CHW	W,1-0	SHO	W(20-9)	3	9.0	3	0	0	2	7	0	0	2.78	2.85	31	8	11	1	0	3	86			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	0.748	.01	0.00%	3.63	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
33	236	135	Aug 31	MIN		BOS	W,11-2	CG	W(21-9)	3	9.0	7	2	2	1	5	1	0	2.75	2.86	35	12	10	0	0	7	69			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.61	0.115	.05	0.01%	2.17	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
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
34	237	139	Sep 4	MIN		NYY	W,9-2	CG	W(22-9)	3	9.0	6	2	2	0	10	2	0	2.73	2.88	35	10	9	1	0	6	77			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	2	.54	0.162	.03	0.01%	2.17	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
35	238	143	Sep 9	MIN		BAL	W,6-1	CG	W(23-9)	4	9.0	8	1	1	4	8	1	0	2.67	2.90	38	8	10	4	0	8	71			1	0	0	34	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.09	0.292	.01	0.00%	3.17	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
36	239	146	Sep 13	MIN	@	DET	L,5-6	GS-7	L(23-10)	3	6.0	6	5	5	1	3	2	0	2.77	2.98	26	5	10	1	0	6	42			0	0	0	24	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.432	.04	-0.01%	-2.69	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 out d2
37	240	150	Sep 17	MIN	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	W(24-10)	3	9.0	7	2	2	0	11	2	0	2.75	2.98	33	10	5	2	0	7	76			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	2	0	1	.82	0.353	.00	0.00%	1.71	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
38	241	153	Sep 21	MIN	@	CLE	L,2-6	GS-8	L(24-11)	3	7.0	8	5	5	2	8	3	0	2.84	3.07	31	5	8	1	0	8	47			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.169	.00	0.00%	-1.34	1b start tie	8b 1-- 0 out d2
39	242	156	Sep 25	MIN		DET	W,1-0	SHO	W(25-11)	3	9.0	4	0	0	1	9	0	0	2.75	3.00	29	9	6	1	0	4	87			0	1	0	27	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.38	0.661	.00	0.00%	4.17	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
40	243	158	Sep 28	MIN		CLE	L,0-4	GS-8	L(25-12)	2	8.0	6	4	1	1	4	1	0	2.71	3.02	31	11	9	4	0	6	63			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	1	.50	-0.146	.00	0.00%	-0.30	1t start tie	8t 3 out d4
41	244	161	Oct 2(1)	MIN	@	BAL	L,2-6	GS-6	L(25-13)	3	5.1	7	6	3	2	2	0	0	2.75	3.02	26	11	4	0	1	7	36			1	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	1	2	.84	-0.269	.00	0.00%	-3.26	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out d3
							26-15		W-L:25-13	3.3	304.1	271	114	93	55	205	29	3	2.75	3.02	1228	1.16		6%	1%	267	59		---%	10	6	3	1154	39	5	4	24	6	25	1.00	3.238	.56	0.66%	24.43

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