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: 16-15 / in Starts: 14-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 30, Entered with runners on base: 3

1963 Pitching Game Log

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1963 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	92	2	Apr 10	MIN		CLE	W,5-3	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	9	3	3	0	4	1	0	3.00	3.03	36	13	10	0	0	9	61			0	0	0	36	2	0	0	1	0	1	.87	0.331	1.72	0.39%	1.16	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
2	93	6	Apr 16	MIN		LAA	W,11-10	GS-3		5	2.2	7	4	2	1	4	1	0	3.86	3.59	17	4	2	1	0	6	35			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.35	-0.327	2.09	-0.30%	-2.83	1t start tie	3t 1-- 2 out d2
3	94	10	Apr 20	MIN	@	CHW	L,7-10	GS-4	L(1-1)	3	4.0	5	5	3	1	2	0	2	4.60	3.63	21	7	4	0	0	5	37			0	0	0	18	0	1	0	0	0	3	1.41	-0.431	2.37	-0.43%	-3.22	1b start a 3	4b 3 out d2
4	95	18	Apr 28	MIN	@	DET	L,0-4	GS-7	L(1-2)	7	6.0	5	4	4	3	2	0	0	4.98	3.54	26	6	10	0	0	5	45			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	1	0	.68	-0.101	1.34	-0.12%	-2.54	1b start tie	7b 1-3 0 out d4
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
5	96	22	May 4	MIN		NYY	L,2-3	GS-8	L(1-3)	5	8.0	7	3	3	1	2	3	0	4.55	4.54	31	16	5	2	0	7	57			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	.54	-0.070	.88	-0.07%	0.70	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
6	97	26	May 8	MIN	@	LAA	L,3-4	CG(8)	L(1-4)	3	8.0	10	4	4	3	5	1	0	4.54	4.42	35	11	6	1	0	10	48			0	0	0	32	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.02	-0.214	1.21	-0.15%	-0.59	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
7	98	33	May 18	MIN	@	CLE	W,8-1	CG	W(2-4)	9	9.0	5	1	1	1	5	1	0	3.86	4.17	31	13	7	0	0	5	77			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	2	0	0	.70	0.283	.51	0.12%	3.04	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
8	99	38	May 22	MIN	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	W(3-4)	3	9.0	7	1	1	1	5	1	0	3.40	4.01	34	11	10	1	0	7	73			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.25	0.489	1.35	0.32%	3.20	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
9	100	42	May 28	MIN		WSA	W,6-3	CG	W(4-4)	5	9.0	7	3	3	1	11	1	1	3.34	3.75	34	9	5	0	1	7	71			0	1	0	32	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.21	0.099	1.61	0.08%	1.16	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
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	101	47	Jun 2	MIN		DET	L,6-7	GS-7		4	6.1	7	6	5	1	6	2	1	3.68	3.92	29	9	5	2	0	7	42			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.27	-0.475	2.31	-0.52%	-2.64	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out tie
11	102	51	Jun 7	MIN	@	LAA	W,6-1	CG	W(5-4)	4	9.0	5	1	1	1	5	0	1	3.38	3.70	32	14	6	0	0	5	77			0	0	1	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.00	0.269	2.21	0.36%	2.84	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
12	103	55	Jun 12(1)	MIN		KCA	L,4-12	GS-4	L(5-5)	4	3.2	9	5	5	2	1	0	0	3.76	3.70	21	6	3	2	0	9	22			1	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.389	3.34	-0.76%	-3.37	1t start tie	4t 1-- 2 out d3
13	104	57	Jun 13	MIN		KCA	W,6-3	9-GF	S(1)	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.74	3.69	2	1	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.73	0.102	5.26	0.19%	1.36	9t -23 1 out a3	9t end a 3
14	105	60	Jun 16(1)	MIN		LAA	L,3-5	GS-9	L(5-6)	2	8.1	8	5	4	0	6	0	0	3.79	3.45	34	14	6	1	0	8	55			0	0	0	33	2	1	0	0	1	1	1.46	-0.409	4.49	-0.76%	-0.99	1t start tie	9t 1-3 1 out d2
15	106	64	Jun 20	MIN		CHW	W,9-4	GS-6	W(6-6)	3	5.0	8	4	4	3	4	1	0	3.96	3.54	26	7	4	1	0	8	36			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.020	2.24	0.03%	-2.51	1t start tie	6t 123 0 out a5
16	107	69	Jun 24	MIN		BAL	W,6-4	GS-8	W(7-6)	3	7.1	11	4	2	1	6	1	0	3.86	3.51	34	10	6	0	0	11	49			0	0	0	33	0	1	0	1	0	1	.91	0.077	1.66	0.09%	-0.80	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out a1
17	108	74	Jun 28(2)	MIN	@	WSA	W,10-3	GS-7	W(8-6)	3	6.1	9	3	3	0	4	2	0	3.88	3.61	29	7	9	0	0	9	47			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.05	0.234	3.10	0.42%	-0.07	1b start tie	7b --- 1 out a3
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	109	79	Jul 4(2)	MIN	@	DET	L,1-3	GS-6	L(8-7)	5	6.0	10	3	3	0	5	0	1	3.91	3.49	27	6	5	0	0	10	45			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.121	3.13	-0.24%	-0.20	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
19	110	81	Jul 5(2)	MIN	@	BAL	W,7-5	5-6		0	1.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.87	3.51	5	3	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.38	0.033	1.15	0.06%	0.84	5b 12- 2 out d4	6b 3 out d2
20	111	83	Jul 7	MIN	@	BAL	L,3-4	9-10	L(8-8)	1	1.0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.84	3.52	6	2	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.39	0.049	7.58	0.09%	0.07	9b --- 0 out tie	10b 1-- 0 out tie
21	112	84	Jul 10	MIN		BOS	L,4-7	GS-4		2	3.0	6	4	4	0	0	2	0	4.04	3.71	15	6	3	1	0	6	31			0	0	0	15	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.11	-0.241	3.06	-0.40%	-2.61	1t start tie	4t --- 0 out d4
22	113	88	Jul 14(1)	MIN		CLE	W,5-3	GS-7	W(9-8)	3	6.1	7	3	3	1	2	1	0	4.05	3.74	25	12	3	0	0	7	48			0	0	1	24	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.11	-0.059	1.90	-0.06%	-0.42	1t start tie	7t -2- 1 out a1
23	114	93	Jul 19	MIN		WSA	L,5-6	GS-8		4	7.0	7	3	3	3	4	1	0	4.04	3.78	30	9	7	2	2	7	52			0	0	0	27	3	0	0	1	0	0	.75	0.076	1.51	0.09%	0.62	1t start tie	8t -2- 0 out a3
24	115	98	Jul 24(2)	MIN	@	CLE	W,5-0	SHO	W(10-8)	4	9.0	6	0	0	1	11	0	1	3.79	3.59	35	12	4	0	0	6	85			0	0	0	33	0	1	0	1	0	1	1.40	0.530	2.18	0.50%	4.04	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
25	116	101	Jul 27	MIN	@	NYY	L,1-5	3-7		2	4.2	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	3.67	3.57	17	4	9	2	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	0.000	.32	0.00%	1.43	3b -2- 1 out d4	7b 3 out d5
26	117	105	Jul 30	MIN	@	BOS	W,6-3	GS-5		2	4.2	7	3	3	2	0	0	0	3.73	3.57	22	9	4	1	0	7	36			1	0	0	19	2	0	0	1	1	0	.85	-0.140	.72	-0.07%	-1.09	1b start tie	5b 12- 2 out d2
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
27	118	116	Aug 12	MIN		BOS	L,4-5	GS-6	L(10-9)	12	5.2	5	5	3	1	1	3	0	3.77	3.79	24	14	3	0	0	5	43			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.09	-0.402	1.22	-0.27%	-2.32	1t start tie	6t --- 2 out d1
28	119	130	Aug 26(2)	MIN	@	WSA	L,3-7	GS-5	L(10-10)	13	4.1	3	5	5	4	3	1	0	3.94	3.87	20	7	3	1	0	3	36			1	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.159	.28	-0.03%	-1.59	1b start tie	5b 12- 1 out d3
Sept				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	120	135	Sep 1	MIN		CHW	L,3-8	GS-6		5	6.0	7	3	1	1	2	0	0	3.86	3.81	25	11	4	2	0	7	51			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	.74	-0.115	.05	-0.01%	-0.23	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
30	121	141	Sep 6	MIN	@	CHW	W,9-8	GS-6		4	5.1	8	6	6	2	1	1	0	4.05	3.87	25	6	8	0	0	8	27			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	.90	-0.457	.00	0.00%	-4.19	1b start a 2	6b 12- 1 out d2
31	122	146	Sep 10	MIN		CLE	W,5-4	GS-3		3	2.2	7	4	4	0	2	0	1	4.19	3.84	16	4	2	0	0	7	30			0	0	0	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.271	.00	0.00%	-2.92	1t start tie	3t -2- 2 out d4
							16-15		W-L:10-10,Sv:1	3.5	178.1	195	96	83	38	105	24	9	4.19	3.84	764	1.69		5%	1%	193	49	5	20%	4	1	2	712	30	6	1	15	3	13	1.01	-1.789	1.77	-1.46%	-14.69

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