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Jim Kaat

Game Log for 1971
Previous Season Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record MIN Apr 06 L, 2-7 vs Brewers Middle 0.1 3 5 2 2 0 1 0 1 54.00 MIN Apr 11 W, 6-0 at White Sox Start 1 1 9.0 11 36 0 0 0 1 0 3 1.93 W (1-0) MIN Apr 15 L, 3-4 vs A's Start 5.1 8 25 2 2 1 1 0 2 2.45 MIN Apr 19 W, 9-8 vs Royals Start 4.1 8 21 6 5 0 0 0 3 4.26 MIN Apr 25 W, 8-0 at Yankees Start 2 2 9.0 2 32 0 0 0 2 0 2 2.89 W (2-0) MIN Apr 30 L, 3-4 at Red Sox Start 7.0 7 30 4 3 0 0 0 1 3.09 L (2-1) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record MIN May 04 W, 6-5 vs Yankees Start 7.0 5 28 1 1 0 1 0 4 2.79 MIN May 08 W, 9-2 vs Senators Start 3 9.0 10 38 2 2 1 2 0 4 2.65 W (3-1) MIN May 14 W, 4-3 vs White Sox Start 6.1 8 28 3 3 2 2 0 3 2.83 MIN May 18 L, 1-3 at Angels Start 5.1 7 26 3 2 1 2 1 0 2.87 L (3-2) MIN May 22 L, 1-5 at A's Start 5.0 5 25 3 3 0 1 1 2 3.06 L (3-3) MIN May 27 L, 3-5 at Brewers Start 7.0 6 26 2 2 0 0 0 5 3.01 MIN May 31 W, 6-2 vs Tigers Start 4 9.0 8 35 2 2 1 1 0 4 2.90 W (4-3) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record MIN Jun 05 L, 2-10 vs Indians Start 4.0 7 21 6 5 1 0 0 2 3.29 L (4-4) MIN Jun 09 L, 1-2 at Orioles Start 5 9.2 11 40 2 1 0 0 0 6 3.05 L (4-5) MIN Jun 13 L, 5-9 at Tigers Start 0.1 4 5 4 4 0 0 0 0 3.41 L (4-6) MIN Jun 16 W, 3-2 at Indians Start 7.0 7 29 1 1 0 2 0 4 3.27 MIN Jun 20 L, 8-18 vs White Sox Start 5.1 7 25 6 6 0 1 0 3 3.60 L (4-7) MIN Jun 27 (1) W, 2-1 vs Brewers Start 6 9.0 6 36 1 1 0 0 1 7 3.40 W (5-7) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record MIN Jul 03 W, 7-1 at Brewers Start 7 9.0 5 35 1 1 0 2 0 5 3.23 W (6-7) MIN Jul 07 L, 1-3 vs Angels Start 7.2 10 33 3 3 0 0 1 5 3.25 L (6-8) MIN Jul 11 (1) W, 6-5 vs Royals Start 2.0 6 13 4 4 0 1 0 1 3.46 MIN Jul 17 W, 5-3 at Senators Start 1.2 5 13 3 3 0 0 3 1 3.62 MIN Jul 21 W, 2-1 at Yankees Start 8 9.0 3 32 1 1 0 2 0 7 3.46 W (7-8) MIN Jul 26 W, 2-1 vs Red Sox Start 9 9.0 7 38 1 1 0 2 0 4 3.32 W (8-8) MIN Jul 30 L, 9-11 vs Yankees Start 6.0 9 29 4 3 1 1 0 3 3.36 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record MIN Aug 03 W, 4-3 at White Sox Start 7.0 5 28 3 3 1 3 0 2 3.38 MIN Aug 07 W, 7-1 at Angels Start 10 9.0 5 32 1 1 0 0 0 4 3.26 W (9-8) MIN Aug 12 L, 2-8 vs Orioles Start 8.0 11 35 8 8 3 0 1 6 3.51 L (9-9) MIN Aug 16 W, 11-2 vs Indians Start 11 9.0 10 38 2 2 0 0 0 7 3.44 W (10-9) MIN Aug 21 L, 1-4 at Orioles Start 6.0 9 28 4 4 1 1 0 3 3.51 L (10-10) MIN Aug 25 L, 2-6 at Tigers Start 6.0 7 24 4 4 1 1 0 4 3.59 L (10-11) MIN Aug 31 W, 4-3 vs White Sox Start 6.0 12 30 3 3 1 2 0 1 3.61 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record MIN Sep 04 L, 4-5 vs A's Start 5.0 6 22 4 4 1 2 0 2 3.69 L (10-12) MIN Sep 08 W, 3-1 at White Sox Start 12 9.0 4 31 1 1 0 0 0 5 3.59 W (11-12) MIN Sep 13 (2) W, 1-0 at Angels Start 13 3 9.0 9 35 0 0 0 0 0 8 3.45 W (12-12) MIN Sep 18 L, 2-4 vs Royals Start 5.0 7 25 4 3 0 3 1 2 3.49 L (12-13) MIN Sep 25 (2) W, 7-0 at Royals Start 14 4 9.0 9 35 0 0 0 1 0 6 3.37 W (13-13) MIN Sep 30 L, 2-3 vs Angels Start 15 9.0 6 31 3 2 0 0 0 5 3.32 L (13-14)

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  14   3.25   38  38  15   0   0   4  260.0  272  1093  102   94  16   37   9  136   21-17  4.26 runs/start
Middle relief    0   0  54.00    1   0   0   0   0   0    0.1    3     5    2    2   0    1   0    1    0-1 

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB              127   10   38   48   2   1   2   10   1   1    1   0   2   21   5  .299  .378  .313  .691
vs RHB              900   84  237  326  39   4  14   80  13   3   37   9   4  116  14  .263  .362  .301  .663

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             5   7   4.42   20  19   6   0   0   0  126.1  154   556   67   62  12   20   4   69   10-10  4.84 runs/start
Road             8   7   2.28   19  19   9   0   0   4  134.0  121   542   37   34   4   18   5   68   11-8   3.68 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              8   7   3.54   20  19   9   0   0   3  124.2  127   523   53   49   5   21   3   66   10-10  4.84 runs/start
Night            5   7   3.12   19  19   6   0   0   1  135.2  148   575   51   47  11   17   6   71   11-8   3.68 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
April            2   1   3.09    6   5   2   0   0   2   35.0   39   149   14   12   1    5   0   12    3-3   5.80 runs/start
May              2   2   2.77    7   7   2   0   0   0   48.2   49   206   16   15   5    9   2   22    4-3   4.29 runs/start
June             1   4   4.58    6   6   2   0   0   0   35.1   42   156   20   18   1    3   1   22    2-4   3.50 runs/start
July             3   1   3.25    7   7   3   0   0   0   44.1   45   193   17   16   1    8   4   26    5-2   4.57 runs/start
August           2   3   4.41    7   7   2   0   0   0   51.0   59   215   25   25   7    7   1   27    4-3   4.43 runs/start
September        3   3   1.96    6   6   4   0   0   2   46.0   41   179   12   10   1    6   1   28    3-3   3.17 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Angels           2   3   1.80    5   5   3   0   0   1   40.0   37   157   10    8   1    2   2   22    2-3   2.40 runs/start
A's              0   2   5.28    3   3   0   0   0   0   15.1   19    72    9    9   2    4   1    6    0-3   2.67 runs/start
Brewers          2   0   2.13    4   3   2   0   0   0   25.1   20   102    6    6   0    3   1   18    2-2   4.00 runs/start
Indians          1   1   3.60    3   3   1   0   0   0   20.0   24    88    9    8   1    2   0   13    2-1   5.33 runs/start
Orioles          0   3   4.94    3   3   1   0   0   0   23.2   31   103   14   13   4    1   1   15    0-3   1.33 runs/start
Red Sox          1   1   2.25    2   2   1   0   0   0   16.0   14    68    5    4   0    2   0    5    1-1   2.50 runs/start
Royals           1   1   5.31    4   4   1   0   0   1   20.1   30    94   14   12   0    5   1   12    3-1   6.00 runs/start
Senators         1   0   4.22    2   2   1   0   0   0   10.2   15    51    5    5   1    2   3    5    2-0   7.00 runs/start
Tigers           1   2   5.87    3   3   1   0   0   0   15.1   19    64   10   10   2    2   0    8    1-2   4.33 runs/start
White Sox        2   1   3.38    6   6   2   0   0   1   42.2   47   178   16   16   4    9   0   17    5-1   4.83 runs/start
Yankees          2   0   1.45    4   4   2   0   0   1   31.0   19   121    6    5   1    6   0   16    3-1   6.25 runs/start

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