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: 18-20 / in Starts: 18-17

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 36, Entered with runners on base: 2

1976 Pitching Game Log

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1976 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	577	1	Apr 10	PHI		PIT	L,4-5	GS-7		99	7.0	9	3	2	0	1	0	0	2.57	2.35	27	10	7	0	0	9	50			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.03	-0.068	1.63	-0.07%	0.19	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
2	578	4	Apr 15	PHI	@	MON	L,5-8	GS-4	L(0-1)	4	3.0	4	5	5	2	3	0	0	6.30	2.43	15	3	3	1	0	4	32			0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.320	1.52	-0.28%	-3.08	1b start tie	4b -23 0 out d2
3	579	7	Apr 20	PHI	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	W(1-1)	4	9.0	6	1	1	1	5	0	0	3.79	2.16	34	11	11	1	0	6	75			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	1	.67	0.325	1.16	0.34%	2.99	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
4	580	9	Apr 23	PHI		ATL	L,5-6	7-7		2	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.79	2.32	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.60	-0.042	2.55	-0.04%	-0.33	7t 12- 2 out a3	7t 123 2 out a3
5	581	12	Apr 26	PHI		CIN	W,10-9	GS-6		2	5.1	11	6	4	0	3	2	0	4.44	3.21	27	6	7	0	0	11	29			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	1	.79	-0.190	1.18	-0.17%	-2.62	1t start tie	6t -23 1 out a2
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
6	582	17	May 2	PHI	@	ATL	W,8-2	GS-7	W(2-1)	5	6.1	6	2	2	1	3	0	0	4.11	2.99	25	8	7	0	0	6	55			0	0	0	24	2	1	0	1	0	0	.76	0.056	1.28	0.06%	0.63	1b start tie	7b -2- 1 out a2
7	583	21	May 8	PHI		LAD	W,6-4	GS-5		5	5.0	8	4	3	1	4	0	0	4.29	2.80	25	6	6	0	3	8	40			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	1	0	1	.91	-0.188	1.64	-0.20%	-1.72	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
8	584	24	May 12	PHI		SDP	L,0-4	GS-5	L(2-2)	3	5.0	7	2	2	0	3	0	0	4.20	2.63	21	9	3	0	0	6	48			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.00	-0.022	2.00	-0.03%	0.28	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
9	585	31	May 22	PHI		STL	L,6-7	GS-5		9	5.0	7	4	4	3	3	2	0	4.53	3.27	24	6	5	0	0	7	37			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.299	2.69	-0.43%	-1.72	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
10	586	36	May 27	PHI		NYM	L,2-5	GS-9		4	8.1	5	2	1	0	5	1	0	4.00	3.23	29	11	8	0	4	5	72			0	1	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.37	0.313	3.93	0.54%	2.24	1t start tie	9t 12- 1 out a1
11	587	41	May 31(2)	PHI		CHC	W,4-1	CG	W(3-2)	3	9.0	6	1	1	1	6	0	0	3.57	3.00	32	13	6	0	1	6	76			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	2	0	1	.73	0.310	1.87	0.47%	3.11	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
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
12	588	47	Jun 6	PHI	@	SFG	W,9-3	CG	W(4-2)	5	9.0	9	3	3	0	2	1	0	3.50	3.08	34	13	10	2	1	9	59			0	0	0	34	0	1	0	1	0	0	.73	0.089	1.61	0.12%	1.07	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
13	589	52	Jun 11	PHI	@	SDP	W,4-2	GS-7	W(5-2)	4	7.0	5	1	1	1	1	1	0	3.30	3.22	28	13	8	0	0	5	63			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.08	0.138	1.80	0.14%	1.85	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
14	590	57	Jun 16	PHI		SFG	W,6-1	CG	W(6-2)	4	9.0	4	1	1	1	3	0	0	3.07	3.12	31	13	10	0	0	4	77			1	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	1	0	.70	0.356	1.30	0.40%	3.11	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
15	591	61	Jun 20	PHI		CIN	W,6-1	GS-6	W(7-2)	3	5.0	6	1	1	1	3	0	0	3.00	3.06	21	7	4	0	0	6	53			0	0	0	20	3	0	0	1	0	0	.71	-0.073	1.25	-0.08%	-0.54	1t start tie	6t 123 0 out a3
16	592	65	Jun 24	PHI	@	CIN	W,5-4	GS-6	W(8-2)	3	6.0	9	4	4	1	5	1	0	3.18	3.10	26	9	2	0	0	9	42			0	0	0	25	1	2	0	2	0	0	1.16	-0.190	1.65	-0.16%	-1.29	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
17	593	70	Jun 29	PHI	@	MON	W,2-1	GS-7		4	7.0	6	1	1	1	1	1	0	3.06	3.20	26	9	9	4	1	6	61			0	0	0	25	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.13	0.223	1.47	0.17%	2.26	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
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	594	74	Jul 4(2)	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-7	GS-6	L(8-3)	4	6.0	7	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.97	3.15	25	9	8	1	0	7	55			0	0	0	25	0	2	0	0	0	0	.99	0.127	1.89	0.15%	1.66	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
19	595	77	Jul 7	PHI		LAD	L,5-6	GS-7		2	6.0	6	5	4	3	0	1	0	3.13	3.31	27	13	5	0	2	6	39			0	0	0	23	1	0	1	1	0	2	1.24	-0.259	1.61	-0.20%	-1.73	1t start tie	7t -23 0 out a2
20	596	81	Jul 11	PHI		SDP	W,3-0	SHO	W(9-3)	3	9.0	9	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.91	3.22	33	14	7	0	1	9	72			0	0	0	33	0	1	0	2	0	0	.97	0.451	1.18	0.33%	4.11	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
21	597	83	Jul 16	PHI	@	SFG	L,0-1	CG	L(9-4)	4	8.2	6	1	1	0	0	1	0	2.79	3.27	31	14	11	0	0	6	68			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.19	0.153	1.28	0.10%	2.97	1b start tie	9b --- 2 out d1
22	598	88	Jul 21	PHI	@	SDP	W,5-1	GS-9	W(10-4)	4	8.0	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.63	3.26	31	12	11	1	1	7	65			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	2	0	1	.60	0.095	.54	0.05%	1.31	1b start a 2	9b 12- 0 out a4
23	599	93	Jul 25	PHI		PIT	W,13-7	GS-8		3	7.1	11	6	6	0	1	1	0	2.86	3.30	31	12	7	1	0	11	33			0	0	0	30	3	0	0	2	1	0	.94	-0.022	.89	-0.01%	-1.21	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out a3
24	600	98	Jul 30	PHI	@	NYM	L,2-3	GS-5	L(10-5)	4	5.0	6	3	3	3	2	0	0	2.94	3.31	23	5	7	0	1	6	42			0	1	0	19	2	0	0	0	1	0	.66	-0.192	.39	-0.07%	-0.94	1b start tie	5b 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
25	601	103	Aug 3(1)	PHI	@	CHC	L,0-4	CG(8)	L(10-6)	3	8.0	9	4	4	1	2	2	0	3.02	3.43	33	13	17	10	2	0	49			1	0	0	30	1	0	1	1	0	0	.67	0.010	.16	0.00%	-0.17	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
26	602	108	Aug 7	PHI	@	STL	L,1-4	GS-6	L(10-7)	3	6.0	5	4	4	1	2	0	0	3.12	3.40	24	6	10	1	3	5	47			0	0	0	20	0	2	0	0	2	0	.62	-0.228	.08	-0.02%	-1.32	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
27	603	113	Aug 13	PHI		SFG	L,0-3	GS-6	L(10-8)	5	6.0	6	3	3	2	3	1	0	3.17	3.45	24	6	7	0	1	6	49			1	0	0	21	2	0	0	1	0	0	.83	-0.071	.07	0.00%	-0.26	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
28	604	120	Aug 21	PHI		HOU	W,7-4	GS-5	W(11-8)	7	5.0	4	4	4	1	2	1	0	3.28	3.49	19	6	6	2	0	4	44			0	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.259	.11	-0.02%	-1.72	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
29	605	125	Aug 26	PHI	@	CIN	W,5-4	GS-8		4	7.0	10	2	2	0	2	0	0	3.26	3.44	30	6	12	2	0	10	51			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.19	0.193	.03	0.00%	1.55	1b start tie	8b -2- 0 out a3
30	606	128	Aug 29	PHI	@	CIN	L,5-6	13-GF(15)	BL(11-9)	2	2.1	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.26	3.43	11	4	3	0	0	2		2	1	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.41	-0.426	.17	-0.01%	-0.71	13b 12- 1 out a1	15b end d 1
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
31	607	131	Sep 1	PHI	@	HOU	L,0-1	GS-7	L(11-10)	2	7.0	5	1	1	0	5	1	0	3.19	3.42	26	8	8	2	0	5	68			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.126	.18	0.02%	1.82	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
32	608	135	Sep 6(1)	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-6	GS-6	L(11-11)	4	5.1	8	4	4	2	2	0	0	3.29	3.41	27	9	6	0	0	8	36			1	1	0	25	0	1	0	0	0	2	.94	-0.208	1.13	-0.15%	-1.24	1b start tie	6b --3 1 out d2
33	609	139	Sep 10	PHI		CHC	L,2-3	GS-8	L(11-12)	3	8.0	9	3	3	0	0	1	0	3.29	3.44	32	17	11	7	1	4	52			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	.98	0.003	1.59	0.00%	0.65	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
34	610	144	Sep 15	PHI		PIT	L,2-7	GS-3	L(11-13)	4	2.2	7	4	4	0	1	2	0	3.42	3.54	14	3	3	0	0	7	29			0	0	0	14	1	0	0	1	0	0	.67	-0.269	1.07	-0.26%	-2.84	1t start tie	3t 1-- 2 out d4
35	611	146	Sep 17	PHI	@	CHC	L,3-4	6-7		1	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.39	3.52	7	3	2	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.22	0.027	.49	0.04%	0.96	6b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d3
36	612	150	Sep 22	PHI		STL	W,9-4	GS-1		4	0.1	4	4	4	1	0	1	0	3.55	3.59	6	1	0	0	0	4	26			0	0	0	5	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.04	-0.354	.93	-0.19%	-4.19	1t start tie	1t -2- 1 out d4
37	613	153	Sep 24(2)	PHI	@	MON	L,2-3	GS-6	L(11-14)	1	6.0	5	3	3	1	1	0	0	3.57	3.57	23	5	11	0	0	5	50			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	-0.124	.11	-0.01%	-0.21	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
38	614	157	Sep 27	PHI	@	STL	W,9-1	GS-6	W(12-14)	2	6.0	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.48	3.52	21	10	5	0	1	4	64			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	2	0	0	.84	0.262	.00	0.00%	2.68	1b start a 2	6b 3 out a4
							18-20		W-L:12-14,BSv:1	3.6	227.2	241	95	88	32	83	21	0	3.48	3.52	924	1.23		6%	4%	223	52	4	25%	6	3	0	878	39	12	3	30	6	13	.94	-0.547	1.19	0.54%	7.62

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