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: 19-21 / in Starts: 0-1

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 21, Entered with runners on base: 26

1981 Pitching Game Log

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1981 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	772	1	Apr 11	STL		PHI	L,2-5	8-8		99	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	1	0	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.053	.64	-0.03%	-1.50	8t 12- 0 out d2	8t -23 0 out d3
2	773	6	Apr 18	STL	@	CIN	W,10-4	6-7	H(1)	6	0.2	3	2	2	0	2	0	0	27.00	-3.40	5	0	0	0	0	3		2	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.043	.46	0.02%	-1.28	6b 12- 2 out a2	7b 1-3 1 out a6
3	774	7	Apr 20	STL		CHC	W,6-1	6-7	H(2)	1	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	6.75	0.73	7	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.168	1.00	0.08%	0.89	6t --- 0 out a1	7t 3 out a1
4	775	11	Apr 26	STL	@	PIT	W,3-2	8-8	W(1-0)	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.91	1.24	3	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	0.101	1.36	0.06%	0.45	8b --- 0 out tie	8b 3 out tie
5	776	12	Apr 29(1)	STL	@	CHC	L,1-6	8-8		2	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.36	1.24	1	0	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.17	-0.016	.17	-0.01%	-1.13	8b 1-- 2 out d3	8b --3 2 out d4
6	777	13	Apr 29(2)	STL	@	CHC	T,2-2	11-GF(11)		-1	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6.23	2.14	2	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.76	0.190	3.32	0.10%	0.64	11b -2- 1 out tie	11b end tie
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
7	778	16	May 3	STL		CIN	W,5-4	7-7		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.40	2.20	2	0	2	0	0	0		1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.17	0.087	2.11	0.05%	0.48	7t 1-- 1 out tie	7t 3 out tie
8	779	19	May 6	STL		ATL	L,2-10	6-6	BS(1)	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.06	2.23	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.88	0.038	2.88	0.02%	0.31	6t 1-3 0 out a1	6t 1-- 1 out tie
9	780	21	May 8	STL		PIT	W,5-4	6-GF	S(1)	1	3.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.00	2.38	12	6	6	2	2	0		2	1	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.68	0.401	1.88	0.27%	1.47	6t 1-3 1 out a2	9t end a 1
10	781	23	May 10	STL		PIT	L,2-8	9-GF		1	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.79	2.39	3	1	1	0	0	1		2	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	-0.002	.05	0.00%	-0.15	9t 12- 1 out d5	9t end d 6
11	782	24	May 12	STL	@	HOU	W,3-2	10-GF(10)	S(2)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.53	2.41	3	1	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.36	0.169	2.37	0.10%	0.41	10b --- 0 out a1	10b end a 1
12	783	26	May 14	STL	@	HOU	W,7-6	6-7		1	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.19	2.44	4	3	1	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	.10	0.008	.10	0.01%	1.23	6b 12- 1 out d5	7b 3 out d5
13	784	27	May 15	STL	@	ATL	L,3-11	6-6	BS(2)	0	0.1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.84	2.44	2	1	0	0	0	1		3	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.36	-0.164	3.64	-0.11%	-1.08	6b 123 0 out a1	6b -23 1 out d1
14	785	29	May 17	STL	@	ATL	W,4-3	6-7	H(3)	1	1.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.57	2.67	5	3	1	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.47	0.138	1.64	0.09%	1.17	6b 123 2 out a3	7b 3 out a3
15	786	30	May 19	STL		HOU	W,15-12	5-7	W(2-0)	1	3.0	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.12	3.01	15	6	5	0	2	2		0	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	1	2	2.32	-0.112	2.49	-0.07%	-0.67	5t --- 0 out tie	7t 3 out a1
16	787	31	May 20	STL		HOU	L,3-4	10-10		0	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.00	2.99	4	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.85	0.126	1.97	0.08%	0.45	10t --- 0 out tie	10t 3 out tie
17	788	34	May 23	STL		NYM	W,8-2	7-GF	S(3)	2	3.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.71	3.08	11	2	6	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	.22	0.055	.25	0.04%	1.70	7t 1-- 0 out a4	9t end a 6
18	789	37	May 26	STL	@	MON	L,3-4	7-7	BL(2-1)	2	0.1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.11	3.07	4	1	0	0	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.48	-0.428	3.61	-0.37%	-1.93	7b -2- 1 out a1	7b -23 2 out d1
19	790	38	May 27	STL	@	MON	L,1-4	7-8		0	0.2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.05	3.05	4	2	1	0	0	1		3	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	.78	-0.026	1.12	-0.02%	-0.47	7b 123 1 out d1	8b 12- 0 out d2
20	791	41	May 31	STL	@	PHI	L,1-6	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.96	3.03	4	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	.03	0.001	.04	0.00%	0.45	8b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 5
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
21	792	46	Jun 5	STL		SDP	W,2-1	12-GF(13)	W(3-1)	4	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.80	3.00	7	4	2	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.64	0.252	2.75	0.16%	0.89	12t --- 0 out tie	13t end tie
22	793	50	Jun 10	STL		LAD	L,1-4	9-GF		4	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.73	2.83	4	0	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.006	.12	0.00%	0.45	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
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
23	794	53	Aug 11	STL	@	PHI	L,5-6	8-10	BL(3-2)	61	1.2	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.95	2.93	9	2	3	0	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.69	-0.326	3.97	-0.29%	-1.31	8b -2- 2 out a1	10b 123 1 out tie
24	795	57	Aug 17	STL		SDP	W,2-1	13-GF(13)	W(4-2)	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.88	2.91	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.72	0.126	2.72	0.12%	0.45	13t --- 0 out tie	13t end tie
25	796	58	Aug 18	STL		SDP	L,3-4	7-8		0	1.1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	2.40	2.90	6	3	2	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.097	1.34	-0.10%	-1.01	7t --- 0 out d1	8t --3 1 out d2
26	797	63	Aug 24	STL		SFG	W,2-1	10-GF(10)	W(5-2)	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.32	2.99	5	0	3	0	2	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.23	0.126	5.20	0.12%	0.45	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end tie
27	798	65	Aug 26	STL		SFG	W,9-4	7-9		1	2.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.18	2.96	9	4	2	0	1	3		3	1	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	0.012	.32	0.01%	-0.11	7t 123 2 out a6	9t 123 2 out a5
28	799	66	Aug 27	STL	@	SDP	W,3-2	11-GF(13)	W(6-2)	0	2.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.04	3.02	9	5	2	1	0	1		3	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.40	0.434	6.02	0.46%	1.52	11b 123 2 out tie	13b end a 1
29	800	68	Aug 29(2)	STL	@	SDP	W,6-5	7-7	H(4)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.98	3.01	2	2	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.74	0.245	7.33	0.29%	1.36	7b 12- 0 out a2	7b 3 out a2
30	801	69	Aug 30	STL	@	SDP	L,6-9	7-GF(8)		0	2.0	4	1	1	2	0	0	0	2.11	3.15	11	5	0	0	0	4		2	2	0	0	0	8	2	0	2	1	0	0	.47	-0.139	.94	-0.17%	-0.86	7b 1-3 0 out tie	8b end d 3
Sep/Oct				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	802	72	Sep 3	STL	@	LAD	W,5-3	6-7		3	1.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.03	3.13	6	2	2	0	1	2		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.93	0.077	2.02	0.10%	0.87	6b 1-- 1 out d1	7b 3 out d1
32	803	74	Sep 5	STL	@	LAD	L,3-4	10-GF(11)	L(6-3)	1	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	2.20	3.43	5	2	1	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.86	-0.260	3.80	-0.32%	-0.58	10b --- 0 out tie	11b end d 1
33	804	77	Sep 8	STL		CHC	L,3-4	11-GF(12)	L(6-4)	2	1.2	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	2.32	3.49	8	2	3	2	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	2	0	3.32	-0.447	9.40	-0.76%	-0.43	11t 1-3 1 out tie	12t end d 1
34	805	80	Sep 12	STL		NYM	W,4-2	9-10		3	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.25	3.46	4	2	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.51	0.257	8.07	0.50%	0.91	9t 1-3 2 out tie	10t 3 out tie
35	806	85	Sep 16(2)	STL	@	MON	L,3-4	11-11	L(6-5)	3	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.44	3.46	3	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.87	-0.193	10.15	-0.41%	-0.69	11b --- 0 out tie	11b 1-3 1 out tie
36	807	87	Sep 18	STL	@	NYM	L,1-8	8-GF(8)		1	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.40	3.44	3	1	1	0	0	1		3	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	-0.005	.06	-0.01%	-1.52	8b 123 1 out d4	8b end d 7
37	808	89	Sep 20	STL	@	NYM	L,6-7	7-7	BS(5)	1	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.40	3.44	1	0	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.71	-0.236	10.05	-0.53%	-0.91	7b -2- 2 out a1	7b 1-- 2 out tie
38	809	94	Sep 25	STL		PIT	L,4-5	GS-4	L(6-6)	4	3.2	9	5	4	0	0	1	0	2.96	3.65	20	11	3	0	0	6	25			0	0	0	20	2	1	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.436	2.86	-0.81%	-3.56	1t start tie	4t --3 2 out d3
39	810	97	Sep 28	STL		MON	W,6-2	7-GF	S(4)	2	2.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.81	3.55	9	5	2	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.45	0.087	2.94	0.34%	1.52	7t -2- 1 out a3	9t end a 4
40	811	99	Sep 30	STL	@	PHI	L,5-8	6-6		1	0.2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2.77	3.72	5	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	-0.031	7.07	-0.10%	-0.28	6b --- 0 out tie	6b 123 2 out tie
41	812	101	Oct 2	STL	@	PIT	L,7-8	4-5		1	1.0	4	5	4	1	0	0	0	3.40	3.75	7	2	0	0	0	4		3	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.90	-0.207	12.62	-0.82%	-2.68	4b 123 1 out tie	5b -2- 1 out d4
							19-21		W-L:6-6,Sv:4,BSv:5,Hld:4	1.9	53.0	60	25	20	17	8	2	0	3.40	3.75	229	1.44		5%	7%	53	25	50	36%	3	0	0	201	13	3	8	9	5	3	1.52	-0.031	3.04	-1.89%	-4.08

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