Jim Kaat

Position: Starting 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)

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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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1957	18	-1.4	Superior	NESL	D-	WSH	5	6	.455	3.70	5.55	14	11		4	0		73.0	65	45	30	5	35		95	8	0	4		1.370	8.0	0.6	4.3	11.7	2.71
1958	19	-2.8	Missoula	PION	C	WSH	16	9	.640	2.99	4.36	39	30		15	5		223.0	189	108	74	8	118		245	9	1	4		1.377	7.6	0.3	4.8	9.9	2.08
1959	20	-5.1	Chattanooga	SOUA	AA	WSH	8	8	.500	4.10	4.77	24	19		7	1		134.0	126	71	61	8	73	4	132	8	0	6		1.485	8.5	0.5	4.9	8.9	1.81
1959	20	-8.2	WSH	AL	Maj	WSH	0	2	.000	12.60	16.20	3	2	0	0	0	0	5.0	7	9	7	1	4	0	2	2	0	0	29	2.200	12.6	1.8	7.2	3.6	0.50
1960	21	-6.2	Charleston	AA	AAA	WSH	7	10	.412	3.82	4.93	30	20		10	0		146.0	154	80	62	6	51	3	106	9	1	9		1.404	9.5	0.4	3.1	6.5	2.08
1960	21	-6.9	WSH	AL	Maj	WSH	1	5	.167	5.58	7.02	13	9	2	0	0	0	50.0	48	39	31	8	31	2	25	5	0	2	228	1.580	8.6	1.4	5.6	4.5	0.81
1961	22	-5.8	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	9	17	.346	3.90	4.71	36	29	3	8	1	0	200.2	188	105	87	12	82	1	122	11	1	10	865	1.346	8.4	0.5	3.7	5.5	1.49
1962	23	-4.7	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	18	14	.563	3.14	3.55	39	35	2	16	5	1	269.0	243	106	94	23	75	5	173	18	0	13	1112	1.182	8.1	0.8	2.5	5.8	2.31
1963	24	-3.7	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	10	10	.500	4.19	4.84	31	27	1	7	1	1	178.1	195	96	83	24	38	1	105	9	0	6	764	1.307	9.8	1.2	1.9	5.3	2.76
1964	25	-2.2	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	17	11	.607	3.22	3.70	36	34	1	13	0	0	243.0	231	100	87	23	60	5	171	9	1	13	1009	1.198	8.6	0.9	2.2	6.3	2.85
1965	26	-1.1	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	18	11	.621	2.83	4.12	45	42	2	7	2	2	264.1	267	121	83	25	63	6	154	5	0	3	1115	1.248	9.1	0.9	2.1	5.2	2.44
1966	27	0.0	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	25	13	.658	2.75	3.37	41	41	0	19	3	0	304.2	271	114	93	29	55	4	205	3	0	12	1227	1.070	8.0	0.9	1.6	6.1	3.73
1967	28	1.1	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	16	13	.552	3.04	3.76	42	38	1	13	2	0	263.1	269	110	89	21	42	2	211	9	1	9	1100	1.181	9.2	0.7	1.4	7.2	5.02
1968	29	2.0	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	14	12	.538	2.94	3.38	30	29	0	9	2	0	208.0	192	78	68	16	40	0	130	3	0	5	854	1.115	8.3	0.7	1.7	5.6	3.25
1969	30	2.9	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	14	13	.519	3.49	4.23	40	32	4	10	0	1	242.1	252	114	94	23	75	15	139	9	0	9	1048	1.349	9.4	0.9	2.8	5.2	1.85
1970	31	3.8	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	14	10	.583	3.56	4.30	45	34	3	4	1	0	230.1	244	110	91	26	58	8	120	3	0	11	972	1.311	9.5	1.0	2.3	4.7	2.07
1971	32	5.1	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	13	14	.481	3.32	3.60	39	38	0	15	4	0	260.1	275	104	96	16	47	9	137	6	0	8	1098	1.237	9.5	0.6	1.6	4.7	2.91
1972	33	5.8	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	10	2	.833	2.06	2.86	15	15	0	5	0	0	113.1	94	36	26	6	20	2	64	0	0	2	443	1.006	7.5	0.5	1.6	5.1	3.20
1973	34		2 Teams	AL	Maj	CHW-MIN	15	13	.536	4.37	4.97	36	35	1	10	3	0	224.1	250	124	109	30	43	1	109	4	0	3	951	1.306	10.0	1.2	1.7	4.4	2.53
1973	34	6.3	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	11	12	.478	4.41	5.00	29	28	1	7	2	0	181.2	206	101	89	26	39	1	93	4	0	3	778	1.349	10.2	1.3	1.9	4.6	2.38
1973	34	6.3	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	4	1	.800	4.22	4.85	7	7	0	3	1	0	42.2	44	23	20	4	4	0	16	0	0	0	173	1.125	9.3	0.8	0.8	3.4	4.00
1974	35	6.9	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	21	13	.618	2.92	3.44	42	39	0	15	3	0	277.1	263	106	90	18	63	3	142	6	0	4	1139	1.175	8.5	0.6	2.0	4.6	2.25
1975	36	7.9	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	20	14	.588	3.11	3.59	43	41	1	12	1	0	303.2	321	121	105	20	77	0	142	9	2	0	1279	1.311	9.5	0.6	2.3	4.2	1.84
1976	37	9.6	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	12	14	.462	3.48	3.76	38	35	1	7	1	0	227.2	241	95	88	21	32	3	83	0	0	1	924	1.199	9.5	0.8	1.3	3.3	2.59
1977	38	10.7	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	6	11	.353	5.39	5.61	35	27	3	2	0	0	160.1	211	100	96	20	40	6	55	2	0	2	709	1.565	11.8	1.1	2.2	3.1	1.38
1978	39	11.0	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	8	5	.615	4.10	4.30	26	24	0	2	1	0	140.1	150	67	64	9	32	6	48	5	0	5	586	1.297	9.6	0.6	2.1	3.1	1.50
1979	40		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	NYY	3	3	.500	3.92	4.46	43	2	15	0	0	2	66.2	73	33	29	5	19	4	25	2	0	2	286	1.380	9.9	0.7	2.6	3.4	1.32
1979	40	12.6	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	2	3	.400	3.86	4.47	40	1	13	0	0	2	58.1	64	29	25	4	14	2	23	2	0	2	249	1.337	9.9	0.6	2.2	3.5	1.64
1979	40	11.8	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	1	0	1.000	4.32	4.32	3	1	2	0	0	0	8.1	9	4	4	1	5	2	2	0	0	0	37	1.680	9.7	1.1	5.4	2.2	0.40
1980	41		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	STL	8	8	.500	3.94	4.41	53	14	25	6	1	4	134.2	148	66	59	6	37	13	37	0	1	4	573	1.374	9.9	0.4	2.5	2.5	1.00
1980	41	12.7	STL	NL	Maj	STL	8	7	.533	3.82	4.23	49	14	22	6	1	4	129.2	140	61	55	6	33	11	36	0	1	3	546	1.334	9.7	0.4	2.3	2.5	1.09
1980	41	13.3	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	0	1	.000	7.20	9.00	4	0	3	0	0	0	5.0	8	5	4	0	4	2	1	0	0	1	27	2.400	14.4	0.0	7.2	1.8	0.25
1981	42	13.3	STL	NL	Maj	STL	6	6	.500	3.40	4.25	41	1	16	0	0	4	53.0	60	25	20	2	17	8	8	0	0	2	229	1.453	10.2	0.3	2.9	1.4	0.47
1982	43	14.3	STL	NL	Maj	STL	5	3	.625	4.08	4.80	62	2	12	0	0	2	75.0	79	40	34	6	23	9	35	2	0	2	321	1.360	9.5	0.7	2.8	4.2	1.52
1983	44	15.5	STL	NL	Maj	STL	0	0		3.89	4.93	24	0	9	0	0	0	34.2	48	19	15	5	10	3	19	0	0	0	162	1.673	12.5	1.3	2.6	4.9	1.90
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (25 seasons)					Majors		283	237	.544	3.45	4.05	898	625	102	180	31	17	4530.1	4620	2038	1738	395	1083	116	2461	122	6	128	19023	1.259	9.2	0.8	2.2	4.9	2.27
Minors (4 seasons)					Minors		36	33	.522	3.55	4.75	107	80		36	6		576.0	534	304	227	27	277	7	578	34	2	23		1.408	8.3	0.4	4.3	9.0	2.09
All Levels (27 Seasons)							319	270	.542	3.46	4.13	1005	705	102	216	37	17	5106.1	5154	2342	1965	422	1360	123	3039	156	8	151	19023	1.276	9.1	0.7	2.4	5.4	2.23