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Jim Kaat

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Full Name: James Lee Kaat Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 4.5"/205 First Game: August 2, 1959
Birthdate: November 7, 1938 Final Game: July 1, 1983
Birthplace: Zeeland, Michigan MLB Experience: 25 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Left
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on November 7, 1938 in Zeeland, Michigan, Jim Kaat (James Lee Kaat) played for the Washington Senators, Minnesota Twins, Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Yankees and St. Louis Cardinals over the course of his 25 year career. Kaat broke into the bigs on August 2, 1959 with the Washington Senators, and put up a 5.58 ERA in 50 innings pitched in 1960, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Jim Kaat's best season was 1966, when he posted a 2.75 ERA, won 25 games and struck out 205 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1959 WAS A 3 2 0 2 12.60 2 9 7 0 0 0 5 7 1 4 0 0 2
1960 WAS A 13 9 1 5 5.58 25 39 31 0 0 0 50 48 8 31 2 2 5
1961 MIN A 36 29 9 17 3.90 122 105 87 8 1 0 200.2 188 12 82 1 10 11
1962 MIN A 39 35 18 14 3.14 173 106 94 16 5 1 269 243 23 75 5 13 18
1963 MIN A 31 27 10 10 4.19 105 96 83 7 1 1 178.1 195 24 38 1 6 9
1964 MIN A 36 34 17 11 3.22 171 100 87 13 0 1 243 231 23 60 5 13 9
1965 MIN A 45 42 18 11 2.83 154 121 83 7 2 2 264.1 267 25 63 6 3 5
1966 MIN A 41 41 25 13 2.75 205 114 93 19 3 0 304.2 271 29 55 4 12 3
1967 MIN A 42 38 16 13 3.04 211 110 89 13 2 0 263.1 269 21 42 2 9 9
1968 MIN A 30 29 14 12 2.94 130 78 68 9 2 0 208 192 16 40 0 5 3
1969 MIN A 40 32 14 13 3.49 139 114 94 10 0 1 242.1 252 23 75 15 9 9
1970 MIN A 45 34 14 10 3.56 120 110 91 4 1 0 230.1 244 26 58 8 11 3
1971 MIN A 39 38 13 14 3.32 137 104 96 15 4 0 260.1 275 16 47 9 8 6
1972 MIN A 15 15 10 2 2.06 64 36 26 5 0 0 113.1 94 6 20 2 2 0
1973 MIN A 29 28 11 12 4.41 93 101 89 7 2 0 181.2 206 26 39 1 3 4
1973 CHI A 7 7 4 1 4.22 16 23 20 3 1 0 42.2 44 4 4 0 0 0
1973 TOT A 36 35 15 13 4.37 109 124 109 10 3 0 224.1 250 30 43 1 3 4
1974 CHI A 42 39 21 13 2.92 142 106 90 15 3 0 277.1 263 18 63 3 4 6
1975 CHI A 43 41 20 14 3.11 142 121 105 12 1 0 303.2 321 20 77 0 0 9
1976 PHI N 38 35 12 14 3.48 83 95 88 7 1 0 227.2 241 21 32 3 1 0
1977 PHI N 35 27 6 11 5.39 55 100 96 2 0 0 160.1 211 20 40 6 2 2
1978 PHI N 26 24 8 5 4.10 48 67 64 2 1 0 140.1 150 9 32 6 5 5
1979 PHI N 3 1 1 0 4.32 2 4 4 0 0 0 8.1 9 1 5 2 0 0
1979 NY A 40 1 2 3 3.86 23 29 25 0 0 2 58.1 64 4 14 2 2 2
1979 Total 43 2 3 3 3.91 25 33 29 0 0 2 66.2 73 5 19 4 2 2
1980 STL N 49 14 8 7 3.82 36 61 55 6 1 4 129.2 140 6 33 11 3 0
1980 NY A 4 0 0 1 7.20 1 5 4 0 0 0 5 8 0 4 2 1 0
1980 Total 53 14 8 8 3.94 37 66 59 6 1 4 134.2 148 6 37 13 4 0
1981 STL N 41 1 6 6 3.40 8 25 20 0 0 4 53 60 2 17 8 2 0
1982 STL N 62 2 5 3 4.08 35 40 34 0 0 2 75 79 6 23 9 2 2
1983 STL N 24 0 0 0 3.89 19 19 15 0 0 0 34.2 48 5 10 3 0 0
Total NL 278 104 46 46 4.08 286 411 376 17 3 10 829 938 70 192 48 15 9
Total AL 620 521 237 191 3.31 2175 1627 1362 163 28 8 3701.1 3682 325 891 68 113 113
Total 898 625 283 237 3.45 2461 2038 1738 180 31 18 4530.1 4620 395 1083 116 128 122

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1959 WAS A P 3 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000
1960 WAS A P 13 9 50 0 11 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1.000
1961 MIN A P 36 29 200.2 19 41 2 8 0 5 9 1 0 .968
1962 MIN A P 39 35 269 16 72 3 6 0 4 2 6 1 .967
1963 MIN A P 31 27 178.1 19 43 1 5 0 1 4 1 2 .984
1964 MIN A P 36 34 243 16 48 5 6 0 1 8 5 1 .928
1965 MIN A P 45 42 264.1 15 64 6 3 0 3 8 3 0 .929
1966 MIN A P 41 41 304.1 19 46 3 5 0 0 10 6 3 .956
1967 MIN A P 42 38 263.1 13 46 3 0 0 2 14 6 0 .952
1968 MIN A P 30 29 208 10 31 1 0 0 1 2 4 1 .976
1969 MIN A P 40 32 242.1 9 29 8 4 0 3 11 2 0 .826
1970 MIN A P 45 34 230.1 15 43 4 5 0 0 12 3 1 .935
1971 MIN A P 39 38 260.1 13 41 1 4 0 1 14 4 2 .982
1972 MIN A P 15 15 113.1 5 19 2 0 0 0 6 3 3 .923
1973 MIN A P 29 28 181.2 9 22 1 2 0 1 15 3 0 .969
1973 MIN A DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1973 CHI A P 7 7 42.2 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1.000
1973 TOT A P 36 35 224.1 10 26 1 2 0 1 16 4 0 .973
1974 CHI A P 42 39 277.1 14 33 2 3 0 2 5 11 3 .959
1975 CHI A P 43 41 303.2 15 39 1 2 0 0 4 12 2 .982
1976 PHI N P 38 35 227.2 18 19 2 3 0 0 6 3 0 .949
1977 PHI N P 35 27 160.1 7 19 3 1 0 0 5 5 1 .897
1978 PHI N P 26 24 140.1 5 15 0 4 0 1 5 2 0 1.000
1979 PHI N P 3 1 8.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1979 NY A P 40 1 58.1 5 5 1 0 0 2 3 2 1 .909
1979 Total P 43 2 66.2 5 6 1 0 0 2 3 2 1 .917
1980 STL N P 49 14 129.2 4 16 1 1 0 2 9 3 2 .952
1980 NY A P 4 0 5 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 .800
1980 Total P 53 14 134.2 5 19 2 2 0 2 10 3 2 .923
1981 STL N P 41 1 53 4 13 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 .895
1982 STL N P 62 2 75 8 14 2 0 0 0 6 1 1 .917
1983 STL N P 24 0 34.2 2 6 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 .889
Total P 898 625 4530 262 744 56 65 0 30 168 87 24 .947
Total DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1959 WAS A 3 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1960 WAS A 13 14 0 2 0 0 .143 .143 .143 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0
1961 MIN A 47 63 10 15 0 1 .238 .294 .317 3 1 4 13 1 3 0 0 2
1962 MIN A 48 100 9 18 1 10 .180 .239 .260 3 1 8 40 0 0 0 0 0
1963 MIN A 36 61 2 8 1 8 .131 .185 .197 1 0 2 19 2 1 0 0 1
1964 MIN A 46 83 11 14 3 11 .169 .263 .289 1 0 11 31 0 3 0 0 1
1965 MIN A 56 93 6 23 1 9 .247 .265 .323 4 0 3 29 0 3 2 0 1
1966 MIN A 47 118 12 23 2 13 .195 .228 .280 2 1 5 41 0 1 0 0 1
1967 MIN A 45 99 7 17 1 4 .172 .226 .253 3 1 7 26 0 1 0 0 2
1968 MIN A 36 77 7 12 0 5 .156 .177 .195 3 0 2 18 0 0 0 0 2
1969 MIN A 43 87 8 18 2 10 .207 .247 .368 8 0 4 20 1 2 0 0 0
1970 MIN A 56 76 17 15 1 8 .197 .262 .250 1 0 6 20 1 4 0 1 2
1971 MIN A 54 93 6 15 0 5 .161 .179 .194 3 0 2 16 0 7 2 0 0
1972 MIN A 24 45 3 13 2 4 .289 .304 .489 3 0 1 16 0 1 0 0 0
1973 MIN A 31 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 CHI A 7 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 TOT A 38 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 CHI A 42 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 CHI A 43 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 PHI N 42 79 4 14 1 8 .177 .195 .278 3 1 2 24 0 1 0 0 0
1977 PHI N 36 53 4 10 0 2 .189 .218 .245 3 0 2 12 0 1 0 0 1
1978 PHI N 26 48 4 7 0 4 .146 .163 .167 1 0 0 15 1 1 0 0 1
1979 PHI N 3 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1979 NY A 40 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 Total 43 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1980 STL N 49 35 4 5 1 2 .143 .189 .257 1 0 2 13 0 4 1 0 0
1980 NY A 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 Total 53 35 4 5 1 2 .143 .189 .257 1 0 2 13 0 4 1 0 0
1981 STL N 41 8 2 3 0 2 .375 .444 .500 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 STL N 62 12 0 0 0 0 .000 .077 .000 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0
1983 STL N 24 4 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
Total NL 283 240 18 39 2 18 .162 .195 .233 9 1 8 71 2 8 1 0 2
Total AL 721 1011 99 193 14 88 .191 .235 .275 35 4 55 296 5 26 4 1 12
Total 1004 1251 117 232 16 106 .185 .227 .267 44 5 63 367 7 34 5 1 14

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by Washington Senators (June 17, 1957).
  • Claimed on waivers by Chicago White Sox from Minnesota Twins (August 15, 1973).
  • Traded by Chicago White Sox with Mike Buskey to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Dick Ruthven, Roy Thomas and Alan Bannister (December 10, 1975).
  • Sold by Philadelphia Phillies to New York Yankees (May 11, 1979).
  • Granted free agency (November 1, 1979).
  • Signed by New York Yankees (April 1, 1980).
  • Sold by New York Yankees to St. Louis Cardinals (April 30, 1980).
  • Released by St. Louis Cardinals (July 6, 1983).

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