Jim Kaat

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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[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.

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