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Jim Kaat

Game Log for 1970
Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record MIN Apr 11 W, 8-2 vs A's Start 1 9.0 7 33 2 2 2 1 0 7 2.00 W (1-0) MIN Apr 17 L, 2-5 at A's Start 3.1 8 17 3 3 2 1 0 4 3.65 L (1-1) MIN Apr 21 W, 4-3 vs White Sox Start 7.2 7 31 3 1 0 0 0 1 2.70 W (2-1) MIN Apr 25 W, 4-3 vs Tigers Start 8.1 8 33 3 3 1 2 0 5 2.86 MIN Apr 29 W, 1-0 vs Indians Start 8.2 6 32 0 0 0 1 0 5 2.19 W (3-1) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record MIN May 03 W, 4-3 at Orioles Start 8.0 5 32 3 3 1 2 1 1 2.40 W (4-1) MIN May 08 W, 7-6 at Indians Start 5.1 8 24 5 4 0 0 0 3 2.86 MIN May 13 W, 5-4 vs Orioles Start 4.0 9 22 4 4 0 1 0 2 3.31 MIN May 18 W, 7-5 at Royals Start 6.2 9 30 5 3 1 1 0 3 3.39 MIN May 23 W, 5-4 vs Angels Start 3.2 6 20 4 1 0 2 0 2 3.34 MIN May 26 W, 6-2 vs Brewers Start 2 9.0 6 35 2 2 2 1 0 6 3.18 W (5-1) MIN May 31 W, 7-6 vs Yankees Start 5.0 5 23 5 4 1 3 0 2 3.43 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record MIN Jun 04 L, 1-5 at Red Sox Start 5.1 8 28 4 4 1 3 1 4 3.64 L (5-2) MIN Jun 07 W, 10-9 at Senators Middle 0.2 1 6 2 0 0 1 1 0 3.61 MIN Jun 09 L, 2-5 at Yankees Start 6.0 12 30 5 3 0 2 0 2 3.67 L (5-3) MIN Jun 13 L, 4-6 vs Red Sox Start 5.0 7 22 4 4 0 0 0 0 3.86 L (5-4) MIN Jun 17 L, 1-3 vs Senators Start 8.0 5 32 3 2 0 1 1 8 3.73 L (5-5) MIN Jun 22 W, 4-3 at Brewers Start 8.0 5 28 3 3 1 1 0 5 3.71 W (6-5) MIN Jun 26 L, 2-4 at White Sox Start 5.1 6 27 4 2 0 3 1 2 3.69 L (6-6) MIN Jun 28 (2) L, 10-11 at White Sox Middle 1.1 1 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 3.73 MIN Jun 30 W, 8-5 vs Royals Start 4.0 7 20 5 5 2 1 0 1 3.97 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record MIN Jul 05 W, 12-3 vs White Sox Start 5.2 7 24 3 3 0 2 0 0 4.01 W (7-6) MIN Jul 10 L, 1-2 at Angels Start 6.0 7 25 2 2 1 2 0 2 3.96 L (7-7) MIN Jul 12 L, 2-6 at Angels Middle 1.2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.91 MIN Jul 16 L, 1-5 at Orioles Middle 0.2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.89 MIN Jul 17 W, 6-5 at Orioles Middle 1.0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 3.87 MIN Jul 20 W, 4-2 vs Indians Start 7.0 6 29 2 2 0 2 0 7 3.80 W (8-7) MIN Jul 24 W, 8-0 vs Orioles Start 3 1 9.0 7 35 0 0 0 1 0 5 3.58 W (9-7) MIN Jul 28 W, 5-2 at Indians Start 6.0 5 25 2 2 0 1 0 2 3.56 W (10-7) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record MIN Aug 01 W, 12-4 at Tigers Start 6.1 7 26 3 3 2 2 0 2 3.59 MIN Aug 05 L, 5-7 vs Angels Start 6.0 9 26 3 3 1 1 0 3 3.62 MIN Aug 09 (2) L, 3-6 vs A's Start 7.0 4 25 4 4 2 0 1 5 3.68 L (10-8) MIN Aug 13 L, 0-1 at Senators Start 4 8.0 5 29 1 0 0 1 1 2 3.52 L (10-9) MIN Aug 18 W, 8-7 vs Yankees Start 2.2 6 15 5 3 2 1 0 2 3.61 MIN Aug 22 L, 4-5 vs Senators Start 6.0 8 29 4 4 1 4 0 2 3.69 MIN Aug 28 (1) L, 0-6 at Yankees Start 4.1 7 20 4 4 0 1 0 2 3.79 L (10-10) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record MIN Sep 01 (2) W, 7-1 at Brewers Finish 2.1 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.74 W (11-10) MIN Sep 03 L, 3-8 at Brewers Finish 2.0 3 9 2 2 1 1 0 1 3.79 MIN Sep 05 W, 4-3 at Angels Middle 0.1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.79 MIN Sep 10 (2) W, 7-2 vs A's Start 7.0 7 30 2 2 0 0 0 5 3.75 W (12-10) MIN Sep 13 L, 7-8 vs White Sox Middle 2.2 4 11 1 1 1 0 0 0 3.74 MIN Sep 16 L, 1-5 vs Angels Finish 2.1 1 9 0 0 0 0 1 1 3.70 MIN Sep 22 W, 5-3 at A's Start 5.0 6 22 1 1 0 2 0 3 3.66 W (13-10) MIN Sep 27 L, 3-4 at Royals Middle 2.0 3 9 1 1 0 0 0 2 3.67 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record MIN Oct 01 W, 4-0 vs Royals Start 7.0 3 23 0 0 0 1 0 7 3.56 W (14-10)

Pitcher data: Role: Start, finish or appear in middle relief; CG: Complete game; SHO: Shutout; Sv: Save; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BF: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; SO: Strikeouts; ERA: Earned run average

                                                                                                        Team
Role             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
As starter      13  10   3.63   34  34   4   0   0   1  213.1  228   902  103   86  23   47   6  112   22-12  4.71 runs/start
Middle relief    0   0   2.61    8   0   0   0   0   0   10.1   10    44    5    3   2    2   1    5    3-5 
As closer        1   0   2.70    3   0   0   3   0   0    6.2    6    27    2    2   1    1   1    3    1-2 

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB              182   19   33   55   6   2   4   18   3   0    4   0   3   41   4  .181  .302  .212  .514
vs RHB              712   81  211  311  30   2  22   76   9   3   46   8   0   79  20  .296  .437  .341  .778

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             9   3   3.34   22  20   3   1   0   1  134.2  135   559   59   50  15   25   3   76   15-7   5.40 runs/start
Road             5   7   3.86   23  14   1   2   0   0   95.2  109   414   51   41  11   25   5   44   11-12  3.71 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Time of Day      W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Day              6   3   3.54   19  13   1   1   0   0   96.2   93   399   46   38  12   23   4   46   10-9   4.69 runs/start
Night            8   7   3.57   26  21   3   2   0   1  133.2  151   574   64   53  14   27   4   74   16-10  4.71 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
April            3   1   2.19    5   5   1   0   0   0   37.0   36   146   11    9   5    5   0   22    4-1   3.80 runs/start
May              2   0   4.54    7   7   1   0   0   0   41.2   48   186   28   21   5   10   1   19    7-0   5.86 runs/start
June             1   5   4.95    9   7   0   0   0   0   43.2   52   198   31   24   5   12   4   23    3-6   3.14 runs/start
July             4   1   2.19    8   5   1   0   0   1   37.0   32   149    9    9   1    9   0   18    5-3   6.00 runs/start
August           0   3   4.69    7   7   1   0   0   0   40.1   46   170   24   21   8   10   2   18    2-5   4.57 runs/start
September        3   0   2.66    8   2   0   3   0   0   23.2   27   101    7    7   2    3   1   13    4-4   6.00 runs/start
October          1   0   0.00    1   1   0   0   0   0    7.0    3    23    0    0   0    1   0    7    1-0   4.00 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Angels           0   1   2.70    6   3   0   1   0   0   20.0   24    86    9    6   2    5   1    9    2-4   3.67 runs/start
A's              3   2   3.45    5   5   1   0   0   0   31.1   32   127   12   12   6    4   1   24    3-2   5.00 runs/start
Brewers          3   0   2.95    4   2   1   2   0   0   21.1   16    81    7    7   4    3   0   13    3-1   5.00 runs/start
Indians          3   0   2.67    4   4   0   0   0   0   27.0   25   110    9    8   0    4   0   17    4-0   4.25 runs/start
Orioles          2   0   2.78    5   3   1   0   0   1   22.2   21    96    7    7   1    5   1    9    4-1   5.67 runs/start
Red Sox          0   2   6.97    2   2   0   0   0   0   10.1   15    50    8    8   1    3   1    4    0-2   2.50 runs/start
Royals           1   0   4.12    4   3   0   0   0   0   19.2   22    82   11    9   3    3   0   13    3-1   6.33 runs/start
Senators         0   2   2.38    4   3   1   0   0   0   22.2   19    96   10    6   1    7   3   12    1-3   1.67 runs/start
Tigers           0   0   3.68    2   2   0   0   0   0   14.2   15    59    6    6   3    4   0    7    2-0   8.00 runs/start
White Sox        2   1   3.18    5   3   0   0   0   0   22.2   25    98   12    8   2    5   1    4    2-3   6.00 runs/start
Yankees          0   2   7.00    4   4   0   0   0   0   18.0   30    88   19   14   3    7   0    8    2-2   4.25 runs/start

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