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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	35-21 / in Starts: 29-13
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	41 games
Most Games w/o RBI	15 games
Grand Slams	0 in 6 bases loaded PA and 5 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 102 PAs	9
Actual Runners on Base	76 (39-20-17)
Avg. MLBer w/ 102 PAs	10
Avg. Runners on Base	60 (31-19-9)

Most Driven In
E Battey	2
B Allison	2
J Hall	2
S Valdespino	1
H Killebrew	1
Self	1
R Rollins	0
J Kindall	0

Most Driven In By
Z Versalles	2
Self	1
H Killebrew	1
T Oliva	1
S Valdespino	0

1965 Batting Game Log

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1965 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	194	1	Apr 12	MIN		NYY	W,5-4	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	.86	0.061	1.85	0.08%	1.40	P
2	195	3 (1)	Apr 17	MIN		CLE	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	.37	0.024	.76	0.03%	0.35	P
3	196	6 (2)	Apr 22	MIN	@	NYY	W,8-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.300	.300	.600	9	.95	-0.086	2.57	-0.14%	-1.00	P
4	197	10 (3)	Apr 28	MIN	@	CLE	L,3-9	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.273	.273	.545	9	2.25	-0.049	7.22	-0.10%	-0.44	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	198	13 (2)	May 2 (1)	MIN	@	CHW	W,3-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.231	.231	.462	9	1.49	-0.075	4.73	-0.14%	-0.52	P
6	199	17 (3)	May 6	MIN		BAL	L,1-5	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	1.06	-0.052	3.63	-0.11%	-0.37	P
7	200	21 (3)	May 10	MIN		CHW	W,4-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	1.00	-0.082	3.74	-0.18%	-0.99	P
8	201	25 (3)	May 14	MIN	@	KCA	W,5-3	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	1.22	0.038	3.97	0.07%	0.23	P
9	202	27 (1)	May 16 (1)	MIN	@	KCA	L,4-7	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9						PR
10	203	30 (2)	May 18	MIN	@	CAL	L,1-3	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.217	.217	.217	.435	9	1.42	-0.020	4.71	-0.04%	-0.06	P
11	204	34 (3)	May 22	MIN		KCA	L,2-6	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.208	.208	.417	9	.72	-0.017	2.52	-0.04%	-0.15	P
12	205	37 (2)	May 27	MIN	@	BOS	L,0-2	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.185	.185	.185	.370	9	1.79	-0.168	7.55	-0.42%	-1.08	P
13	206	39 (1)	May 29	MIN	@	WSA	W,11-8	6-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.185	.185	.185	.370	7						PR
14	207	41 (1)	May 31 (1)	MIN	@	BAL	W,6-0	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	.38	0.011	1.91	0.04%	-0.45	P
15	208	42	May 31 (2)	MIN	@	BAL	L,4-5	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.194	.194	.387	4	3.34	-0.099	17.30	-0.31%	-0.56	PH
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
16	209	45 (2)	Jun 4	MIN		WSA	W,9-5	GS-7	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.206	.206	.235	.441	9	.99	0.053	4.69	0.15%	1.27	P
17	210	47 (1)	Jun 7	MIN		CLE	L,1-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.206	.206	.235	.441	2						PR
18	211	49 (1)	Jun 9	MIN		CLE	L,1-2	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.194	.194	.222	.417	9	1.63	0.046	9.43	0.16%	0.17	P
19	212	54 (4)	Jun 13	MIN	@	DET	L,4-5	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.189	.189	.216	.405	9	1.04	-0.026	5.76	-0.09%	-0.21	P
20	213	57 (2)	Jun 17	MIN	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.250	.450	9	.57	-0.026	3.72	-0.10%	-0.12	P
21	214	59 (1)	Jun 19	MIN	@	NYY	L,3-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.195	.195	.244	.439	9	1.14	-0.031	5.41	-0.09%	-0.20	PH
22	215	60	Jun 20 (1)	MIN	@	NYY	W,6-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.195	.195	.244	.439	9						P
23	216	62 (1)	Jun 22	MIN	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS-5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.209	.209	.256	.465	9	2.18	0.104	13.25	0.38%	0.73	P
24	217	70 (7)	Jun 29	MIN		CHW	W,7-6	GS-8	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.239	.283	.522	9	.50	0.049	3.09	0.18%	0.69	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
25	218	73 (2)	Jul 3	MIN	@	KCA	W,3-2	GS-5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.292	.542	9	1.09	0.013	5.17	0.04%	0.16	P
26	219	78 (4)	Jul 7	MIN		BOS	W,5-2	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.240	.280	.520	9	.61	-0.029	3.51	-0.10%	-0.75	P
27	220	82 (3)	Jul 11	MIN		NYY	W,6-5	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.235	.275	.510	9	.76	-0.019	4.43	-0.07%	-0.15	P
28	221	83	Jul 15 (1)	MIN		KCA	W,11-3	GS-7	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.231	.222	.269	.491	9	.60	0.018	3.43	0.06%	-0.20	P
29	222	87 (3)	Jul 18 (1)	MIN		CAL	L,3-5	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.232	.278	.510	9	1.05	0.001	6.30	0.00%	-0.06	P
30	223	91 (3)	Jul 21 (1)	MIN	@	BOS	W,8-6	GS-6	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.254	.286	.540	9	.92	0.082	5.61	0.30%	0.38	P
31	224	96 (4)	Jul 25	MIN	@	BAL	W,8-5	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.254	.286	.540	9						P
32	225	99 (2)	Jul 27 (2)	MIN	@	WSA	W,9-5	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.246	.276	.522	9	.43	-0.021	2.65	-0.08%	-0.22	P
33	226	101 (1)	Jul 30	MIN		BAL	W,3-2	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.241	.246	.276	.522	6						PR
34	227	102	Jul 31	MIN		BAL	W,2-1	9-10	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.241	.246	.276	.522	4		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
35	228	103	Aug 1	MIN		BAL	L,6-7	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.242	.271	.513	9	.79	-0.020	5.79	-0.09%	-0.22	P
36	229	104	Aug 2	MIN		BAL	W,6-5	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.237	.242	.271	.513	6						PR
37	230	108 (3)	Aug 5	MIN		WSA	W,8-5	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.230	.246	.262	.508	9	.40	-0.004	2.26	-0.01%	-0.29	P
38	231	112 (3)	Aug 10	MIN	@	NYY	W,7-3	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.219	.235	.250	.485	9	1.12	-0.081	3.87	-0.17%	-0.71	P
39	232	116 (3)	Aug 14	MIN	@	CLE	L,1-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.229	.242	.471	9	.52	-0.025	2.13	-0.06%	-0.23	P
40	233	121 (4)	Aug 19 (2)	MIN	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.203	.219	.232	.451	9	1.15	-0.084	5.43	-0.24%	-0.56	P
41	234	125 (3)	Aug 22	MIN	@	CAL	L,1-4	GS-6	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.240	.254	.494	9	.70	0.058	1.79	0.09%	0.57	P
42	235	127 (1)	Aug 24	MIN		NYY	L,1-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.225	.240	.254	.494	5						PR
43	236	129 (1)	Aug 26	MIN		NYY	W,9-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.253	.267	.520	9	.75	-0.001	2.09	0.00%	0.07	P
44	237	131 (1)	Aug 28	MIN		CLE	L,5-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.250	.263	.513	9	5.40	-0.122	7.96	-0.11%	-0.34	PH
45	238	133 (1)	Aug 30	MIN		DET	W,3-2	GS-7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.268	.263	.531	9	.81	0.059	2.50	0.11%	0.49	P
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
46	239	136 (2)	Sep 2	MIN		DET	L,4-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.237	.268	.263	.531	7						PR
47	240	137	Sep 3	MIN		CHW	W,6-4	GS-6	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.244	.274	.269	.543	9	.64	0.042	3.02	0.12%	0.78	P
48	241	139 (1)	Sep 5	MIN		CHW	L,0-2	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.244	.274	.269	.543	9						P
49	242	140	Sep 6 (1)	MIN	@	KCA	W,8-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.244	.274	.269	.543	9						P
50	243	143 (2)	Sep 9	MIN	@	CHW	W,10-4	GS-7	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.287	.296	.584	9	.46	0.077	1.92	0.19%	1.97	P
51	244	147 (3)	Sep 14	MIN		KCA	W,4-3	GS-9	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.259	.286	.306	.592	9	1.55	-0.219	.27	-0.02%	-1.66	P
52	245	150 (2)	Sep 18	MIN		WSA	W,4-2	GS-5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.283	.302	.585	9	.94	-0.034	.04	0.00%	-0.53	P
53	246	154 (3)	Sep 22	MIN		BAL	L,2-5	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.280	.299	.578	9	.91	-0.025	.05	0.00%	-0.21	P
54	247	157 (2)	Sep 26	MIN	@	WSA	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.271	.289	.560	9	1.30	-0.141	.02	0.00%	-0.79	P
55	248	160 (2)	Sep 30	MIN	@	BAL	W,7-6	GS-7	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.273	.323	.595	9	1.13	0.038	.00	0.00%	0.03	P
56	249	162 (1)	Oct 3	MIN		CAL	W,3-2	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.247	.273	.323	.595	9						P
							35-21		102	93	6	23	4	0	1	9	4	0	29	0	3	2	2	1	2	0	.247	.273	.323	.595		1.02	-0.782	3.67	-0.69%	-3.79

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