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Jim Kaat

Game Log for 1974
Previous Season Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CHW Apr 07 T, 4-4 vs Angels Start 6.2 9 31 3 2 0 1 0 4 2.70 CHW Apr 11 T, 4-4 at Twins Start 2.2 5 14 4 4 0 1 0 1 5.79 CHW Apr 15 L, 3-4 at A's Start 4.2 4 20 2 2 1 3 0 4 5.14 CHW Apr 19 W, 5-4 vs Royals Start 8.1 8 39 4 4 1 6 0 5 4.84 W (1-0) CHW Apr 23 W, 3-2 vs Brewers Start 6.1 3 26 2 1 0 2 0 5 4.08 W (2-0) CHW Apr 27 L, 3-8 vs Tigers Start 4.2 9 21 4 4 2 1 0 3 4.59 L (2-1) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CHW May 01 W, 2-0 vs Orioles Start 8.0 5 31 0 0 0 4 0 3 3.70 W (3-1) CHW May 05 W, 4-3 at Brewers Start 8.1 11 38 3 3 1 1 0 3 3.62 W (4-1) CHW May 11 L, 2-3 at Rangers Start 1 8.0 8 32 3 2 0 1 0 0 3.43 L (4-2) CHW May 17 L, 4-10 vs A's Start 1.0 4 9 5 5 0 1 0 0 4.14 L (4-3) CHW May 22 (2) L, 2-8 vs Rangers Start 6.1 9 29 3 3 0 3 0 2 4.15 L (4-4) CHW May 26 L, 1-4 at Royals Start 5.1 6 22 4 4 0 0 1 1 4.35 L (4-5) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CHW Jun 02 L, 7-9 at Red Sox Start 2.2 5 14 5 5 1 1 0 0 4.81 L (4-6) CHW Jun 05 W, 7-6 vs Yankees Middle 5.1 4 20 1 1 0 1 0 5 4.60 CHW Jun 07 W, 8-6 vs Red Sox Middle 2.0 2 8 1 1 0 1 0 0 4.59 W (5-6) CHW Jun 09 L, 6-10 vs Red Sox Middle 0.0 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 4.82 CHW Jun 18 W, 7-3 at Indians Start 2 9.0 9 35 3 3 2 1 0 5 4.63 W (6-6) CHW Jun 22 W, 3-1 at Twins Start 3 10.0 5 35 1 1 0 1 0 3 4.26 W (7-6) CHW Jun 26 L, 1-2 at Royals Start 7.1 7 31 1 1 0 1 0 5 4.05 CHW Jun 30 (1) W, 8-3 vs Twins Start 4 9.0 9 38 3 1 1 1 0 5 3.81 W (8-6) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CHW Jul 04 W, 11-3 vs Royals Start 6.2 6 30 3 0 0 3 0 2 3.60 W (9-6) CHW Jul 08 L, 5-6 at Brewers Start 5.2 7 25 3 3 1 1 0 2 3.66 CHW Jul 12 W, 4-3 vs Orioles Start 7.0 11 30 3 3 2 0 0 5 3.67 CHW Jul 16 W, 6-0 vs Tigers Start 5 1 9.0 2 31 0 0 0 2 0 5 3.44 W (10-6) CHW Jul 21 (1) W, 6-2 vs Brewers Start 6.1 5 24 1 1 0 1 0 2 3.35 W (11-6) CHW Jul 26 L, 6-10 at Rangers Start 3.0 7 19 6 4 0 2 0 3 3.52 L (11-7) CHW Jul 30 W, 3-2 at Angels Start 9.0 5 32 2 1 0 0 0 5 3.38 W (12-7) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CHW Aug 03 L, 5-12 vs Rangers Start 3.2 9 21 7 7 1 1 0 0 3.69 L (12-8) CHW Aug 07 W, 2-1 vs Angels Start 6 9.0 6 30 1 1 1 0 0 3 3.55 W (13-8) CHW Aug 11 L, 2-3 at Indians Start 7 8.0 8 33 3 3 1 2 1 4 3.54 L (13-9) CHW Aug 15 L, 1-2 at Orioles Start 8 8.0 8 32 2 2 2 0 0 4 3.49 L (13-10) CHW Aug 19 L, 1-6 at Red Sox Start 7.1 7 29 5 5 0 1 0 4 3.58 L (13-11) CHW Aug 23 W, 2-1 vs Indians Start 9 9.0 7 32 1 1 0 0 0 3 3.47 W (14-11) CHW Aug 27 L, 1-6 vs Red Sox Start 6.2 10 32 5 2 0 3 0 2 3.45 L (14-12) CHW Aug 31 L, 6-18 vs Yankees Start 2.2 5 16 6 6 1 2 1 0 3.66 L (14-13) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CHW Sep 04 W, 7-0 at Royals Start 10 2 9.0 4 32 0 0 0 2 0 3 3.51 W (15-13) CHW Sep 08 W, 1-0 at Angels Start 6.2 5 28 0 0 0 4 0 5 3.41 W (16-13) CHW Sep 13 (1) W, 8-0 vs Angels Start 11 3 9.0 4 32 0 0 0 1 0 8 3.28 W (17-13) CHW Sep 18 W, 3-1 vs Twins Start 12 9.0 7 35 1 1 0 1 0 8 3.20 W (18-13) CHW Sep 22 W, 3-1 vs A's Start 13 9.0 5 33 1 0 0 0 0 10 3.09 W (19-13) CHW Sep 26 (1) W, 5-1 at Rangers Start 14 9.0 5 33 1 1 0 1 0 8 3.02 W (20-13) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CHW Oct 01 W, 2-1 vs Royals Start 15 9.0 6 35 1 0 0 2 0 2 2.92 W (21-13)

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      20  13   2.87   39  39  15   0   0   3  270.0  255  1109  102   86  18   58   3  137   21-16  3.92 runs/start
Middle relief    1   0   4.91    3   0   0   0   0   0    7.1    8    30    4    4   0    2   0    5    2-1 

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB              159    9   37   42   5   0   0    9   3   1   12   1   0   33   2  .233  .264  .287  .552
vs RHB              895   91  226  322  32   5  18   83   2  10   48   2   6  109  24  .253  .360  .294  .654

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home            14   6   2.69   24  21   8   0   0   2  153.2  147   635   58   46   9   37   1   82   16-7   4.29 runs/start
Road             7   7   3.20   18  18   7   0   0   1  123.2  116   504   48   44   9   23   2   60    7-10  3.50 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   4   3.12   15  14   5   0   0   1   95.1   93   396   37   33   5   19   2   49    8-5   4.14 runs/start
Night           13   9   2.82   27  25  10   0   0   2  182.0  170   743   69   57  13   41   1   93   15-12  3.80 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   4.59    6   6   0   0   0   0   33.1   38   151   19   17   4   14   0   22    2-2   3.67 runs/start
May              2   4   4.14    6   6   1   0   0   0   37.0   43   161   18   17   1   10   1    9    2-4   2.50 runs/start
June             4   1   2.98    8   5   3   0   0   0   45.1   43   183   17   15   4    7   0   23    5-3   5.20 runs/start
July             4   1   2.31    7   7   1   0   0   1   46.2   43   191   18   12   3    9   0   24    5-2   5.86 runs/start
August           2   6   4.47    8   8   4   0   0   0   54.1   60   225   30   27   6    9   2   20    2-6   2.50 runs/start
September        6   0   0.35    6   6   5   0   0   2   51.2   30   193    3    2   0    9   0   42    6-0   4.50 runs/start
October          1   0   0.00    1   1   1   0   0   0    9.0    6    35    1    0   0    2   0    2    1-0   2.00 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Angels           4   0   0.89    5   5   2   0   0   1   40.1   29   153    6    4   1    6   0   25    4-0   3.60 runs/start
A's              1   1   4.30    3   3   1   0   0   0   14.2   13    62    8    7   1    4   0   14    1-2   3.33 runs/start
Brewers          3   0   2.70    4   4   0   0   0   0   26.2   26   113    9    8   2    5   0   12    3-1   4.50 runs/start
Indians          2   1   2.42    3   3   3   0   0   0   26.0   24   100    7    7   3    3   1   12    2-1   3.67 runs/start
Orioles          1   1   1.96    3   3   1   0   0   0   23.0   24    93    5    5   4    4   0   12    2-1   2.33 runs/start
Rangers          1   4   5.10    5   5   2   0   0   0   30.0   38   134   20   17   1    8   0   13    1-4   4.00 runs/start
Red Sox          1   3   7.23    5   3   0   0   0   0   18.2   26    85   18   15   1    6   0    6    1-4   3.00 runs/start
Royals           4   1   1.77    6   6   2   0   0   1   45.2   37   189   13    9   1   14   1   18    4-2   4.50 runs/start
Tigers           1   1   2.63    2   2   1   0   0   1   13.2   11    52    4    4   2    3   0    8    1-1   4.50 runs/start
Twins            3   0   2.05    4   4   3   0   0   0   30.2   26   122    9    7   1    4   0   17    3-0   4.50 runs/start
Yankees          0   1   7.88    2   1   0   0   0   0    8.0    9    36    7    7   1    3   1    5    1-1   6.00 runs/start

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