Jim Kaat
James Lee Kaat (Kitty)
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 217 lb.

Born: November 7, 1938 in Zeeland, MI
High School: Zeeland (Zeeland, MI)
School: Hope College
Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent in 1957. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 2, 1959
Final Game: July 1, 1983
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1959 WSH AL 20 P 3 2 5.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 0.33 1.000 1.98 0.87
1960 WSH AL 21 P 13 9 50.0 11 0 11 0 1 1.000 1.98 0.85 .964 1.96 0.78
1961 MIN AL 22 P 36 29 200.2 62 19 41 2 8 .968 2.69 1.67 .953 2.05 0.83
1962 MIN AL 23 P 39 35 269.0 91 16 72 3 6 .967 2.94 2.26 .957 2.08 0.79 AS,GG
1963 MIN AL 24 P 31 27 178.1 63 19 43 1 5 .984 3.13 2.00 .954 1.99 0.79 GG
1964 MIN AL 25 P 36 34 243.0 69 16 48 5 6 .928 2.37 1.78 .958 1.90 0.72 GG
1965 MIN AL 26 P 45 42 264.1 85 15 64 6 3 .929 2.69 1.76 .952 2.04 0.75 GG
1966 MIN AL 27 P 41 41 304.1 68 19 46 3 5 .956 1.92 1.59 .951 1.99 0.75 AS,MVP-5,GG
1967 MIN AL 28 P 42 38 263.1 62 13 46 3 0 .952 2.02 1.40 .956 1.96 0.74 MVP-20,GG
1968 MIN AL 29 P 30 29 208.0 42 10 31 1 0 .976 1.77 1.37 .957 1.89 0.73 GG
1969 MIN AL 30 P 40 32 242.1 46 9 29 8 4 .826 1.41 0.95 .957 1.88 0.69 GG
1970 MIN AL 31 P 45 34 230.1 62 15 43 4 5 .935 2.27 1.29 .952 1.86 0.67 GG
1971 MIN AL 32 P 39 38 260.1 55 13 41 1 4 .982 1.87 1.38 .956 1.98 0.77 GG
1972 MIN AL 33 P 15 15 113.1 26 5 19 2 0 .923 1.91 1.60 .950 1.86 0.75 GG
1973 TOT AL 34 P 36 35 224.4 37 10 26 1 2 .973 1.44 1.00 .949 1.86 0.86 GG
1973 MIN AL 34 P 29 28 181.2 32 9 22 1 2 .969 1.54 1.07 .950 1.86 0.86
1973 CHW AL 34 P 7 7 42.2 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.05 0.71 .940 1.86 0.86
1974 CHW AL 35 P 42 39 277.1 49 14 33 2 3 .959 1.53 1.12 .947 1.81 0.83 GG
1975 CHW AL 36 P 43 41 303.2 55 15 39 1 2 .982 1.60 1.26 .938 1.87 0.85 AS,CYA-4,MVP-28,GG
1976 PHI NL 37 P 38 35 227.2 39 18 19 2 3 .949 1.46 0.97 .951 1.88 0.72 GG
1977 PHI NL 38 P 35 27 160.1 29 7 19 3 1 .897 1.46 0.74 .952 1.85 0.67 GG
1978 PHI NL 39 P 26 24 140.1 20 5 15 0 4 1.000 1.28 0.77 .950 1.91 0.72
1979 TOT MLB 40 P 43 2 66.2 12 5 6 1 0 .917 1.48 0.26 .950 1.90 0.80
1979 PHI NL 40 P 3 1 8.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.08 0.33 .900 1.84 0.67
1979 NYY AL 40 P 40 1 58.1 11 5 5 1 0 .909 1.54 0.25 .955 1.91 0.81
1980 TOT MLB 41 P 53 14 134.2 26 5 19 2 2 .923 1.60 0.45 .954 1.90 0.70
1980 NYY AL 41 P 4 0 5.0 5 1 3 1 1 .800 7.20 1.00 .960 1.80 0.78
1980 STL NL 41 P 49 14 129.2 21 4 16 1 1 .952 1.39 0.41 .952 1.91 0.69
1981 STL NL 42 P 41 1 53.0 19 4 13 2 1 .895 2.89 0.41 .963 1.97 0.68
1982 STL NL 43 P 62 2 75.0 24 8 14 2 0 .917 2.64 0.35 .954 1.96 0.70
1983 STL NL 44 P 24 0 34.2 9 2 6 1 0 .889 2.08 0.33 .956 1.92 0.68
25 Seasons P 898 625 4530.0 1062 262 744 56 65 .947 2.00 1.12 .953 1.93 0.75
25 Seasons TOT 898 625 4530.0 1062 262 744 56 65 .947 2.00 1.12 .900 1.93 0.75
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1959 WSH AL 20 3 2 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 WSH AL 21 13 9 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 MIN AL 22 47 29 47 47 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10
1962 MIN AL 23 48 35 48 48 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9
1963 MIN AL 24 36 27 36 36 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
1964 MIN AL 25 46 34 46 46 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9
1965 MIN AL 26 56 42 56 56 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8
1966 MIN AL 27 47 41 47 47 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
1967 MIN AL 28 45 38 45 45 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1968 MIN AL 29 36 29 36 36 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4
1969 MIN AL 30 43 32 43 43 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1970 MIN AL 31 56 34 56 56 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8
1971 MIN AL 32 54 38 54 54 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 12
1972 MIN AL 33 24 15 24 24 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8
1973 MIN AL 34 31 0 2 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1973 CHW AL 34 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 CHW AL 35 42 0 1 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 CHW AL 36 43 0 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 PHI NL 37 42 35 42 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
1977 PHI NL 38 36 27 36 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1978 PHI NL 39 26 24 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 NYY AL 40 40 0 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 PHI NL 40 3 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 STL NL 41 49 14 49 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 NYY AL 41 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 STL NL 42 41 1 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 STL NL 43 62 2 62 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 STL NL 44 24 0 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 Seasons 1004 509 840 997 898 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 85
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1959 WSH AL 20 28 71% 29% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1960 WSH AL 21 232 74% 28% 13 92% 0 0 0 0 12 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
1961 MIN AL 22 892 76% 30% 52 90% 3 18 3 12 46 34 5 2 0 1 1 1 8 3 6 2 6 83%
1962 MIN AL 23 1140 77% 31% 83 90% 0 17 0 13 74 56 12 3 0 0 3 3 6 4 6 0 9 78%
1963 MIN AL 24 774 80% 33% 45 89% 0 21 2 17 41 28 5 1 0 1 0 1 5 4 4 1 5 80%
1964 MIN AL 25 1039 77% 27% 55 87% 1 14 1 12 51 36 9 5 0 4 1 4 6 3 6 0 8 100%
1965 MIN AL 26 1135 80% 32% 76 92% 1 16 3 10 64 49 7 6 0 2 4 3 3 2 3 0 6 83%
1966 MIN AL 27 1258 79% 29% 53 92% 0 17 4 10 48 33 7 3 0 2 1 2 5 4 5 0 6 83%
1967 MIN AL 28 1133 77% 24% 53 89% 1 12 2 8 46 40 3 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 7 71%
1968 MIN AL 29 866 80% 29% 36 92% 3 9 0 4 29 21 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 100%
1969 MIN AL 30 1077 79% 27% 38 79% 0 10 2 7 28 19 6 8 0 5 3 4 4 3 4 0 3 67%
1970 MIN AL 31 1004 82% 30% 53 87% 0 15 2 10 45 33 5 4 0 3 1 2 5 3 4 1 4 75%
1971 MIN AL 32 1123 83% 27% 46 89% 1 15 3 7 39 30 5 1 0 0 1 1 4 3 4 0 8 75%
1972 MIN AL 33 456 82% 31% 19 89% 0 6 1 4 19 13 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 100%
1973 MIN AL 34 799 83% 27% 27 89% 1 9 0 6 21 16 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 1 0%
1973 CHW AL 34 175 89% 27% 4 100% 0 1 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 CHW AL 35 1160 82% 28% 35 94% 1 14 5 7 33 19 3 2 1 0 1 0 3 1 1 2 7 100%
1975 CHW AL 36 1297 82% 26% 45 91% 1 15 1 8 38 26 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 10 90%
1976 PHI NL 37 935 88% 33% 23 87% 0 16 2 12 19 12 4 2 0 2 0 2 3 1 2 1 3 67%
1977 PHI NL 38 724 86% 29% 20 95% 0 7 3 3 17 13 3 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1978 PHI NL 39 598 86% 27% 20 95% 1 5 3 0 15 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 4 0 4 100%
1979 NYY AL 40 258 85% 26% 7 86% 0 6 0 4 6 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1979 PHI NL 40 37 81% 30% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 STL NL 41 565 88% 35% 17 88% 0 6 0 6 17 14 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 6 100%
1980 NYY AL 41 29 83% 31% 4 75% 0 1 0 1 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0%
1981 STL NL 42 234 89% 35% 18 78% 0 4 2 1 11 9 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 3 67%
1982 STL NL 43 334 81% 34% 15 100% 0 8 2 5 13 8 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1983 STL NL 44 166 83% 30% 9 89% 0 2 0 2 8 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 50%
25 Seasons 19468 81% 29% 868 90% 14 264 41 170 749 543 95 56 1 30 25 32 64 40 57 7 115 83%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 90% 86%
PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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