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Jim Kaat

Game Log for 1980
Previous Season Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record NYY Apr 11 L, 7-11 at Rangers Middle 0.2 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 13.50 NYY Apr 13 (1) W, 9-4 at Rangers Finish 2.2 1 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.70 NYY Apr 15 L, 3-4 at White Sox Finish 0.2 1 6 1 0 0 1 2 0 2.25 L (0-1) NYY Apr 17 L, 6-8 at White Sox Finish 1.0 4 7 3 3 0 0 0 1 7.20 SLC Apr 30 W, 8-2 vs Cubs Finish 1.2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 5.40 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record SLC May 02 W, 9-1 vs Astros Finish 1 2.1 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 4.00 SLC May 05 W, 9-5 vs Giants Finish 2 0.2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.72 SLC May 07 W, 12-2 vs Giants Finish 2.0 2 9 2 2 1 1 0 0 4.63 SLC May 10 L, 3-5 vs Dodgers Finish 1.2 1 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.05 SLC May 13 L, 2-3 at Padres Finish 0.1 2 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 4.61 L (0-2) SLC May 17 L, 2-4 at Giants Finish 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.30 SLC May 20 L, 3-4 at Dodgers Finish 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.02 SLC May 21 L, 3-5 at Dodgers Middle 0.1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 4.50 SLC May 23 L, 0-2 vs Padres Finish 1.0 3 6 2 2 0 0 0 1 5.29 L (0-3) SLC May 25 L, 5-11 vs Padres Middle 1.0 2 6 2 2 0 1 0 1 6.00 SLC May 28 L, 5-6 vs Mets Middle 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.89 SLC May 30 L, 4-10 vs Expos Start 4.0 5 21 6 6 2 3 0 2 7.25 L (0-4) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record SLC Jun 04 W, 1-0 at Mets Start 1 1 10.0 7 38 0 0 0 2 1 2 5.01 W (1-4) SLC Jun 09 W, 8-5 at Braves Start 6.2 6 30 4 2 0 3 0 2 4.62 SLC Jun 14 W, 4-3 vs Reds Start 6.1 7 30 3 3 0 2 2 0 4.57 SLC Jun 18 L, 0-3 at Astros Start 7.0 7 29 3 3 0 2 0 1 4.47 L (1-5) SLC Jun 23 W, 6-1 vs Pirates Start 2 9.0 7 33 1 1 0 0 0 3 3.96 W (2-5) SLC Jun 28 (1) W, 8-6 at Cubs Middle 2.0 3 9 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.84 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record SLC Jul 01 L, 2-3 at Pirates Start 3 9.2 9 36 3 3 0 0 0 0 3.70 L (2-6) SLC Jul 05 W, 6-1 vs Phillies Start 4 9.0 6 30 1 0 0 0 0 2 3.29 W (3-6) SLC Jul 12 W, 8-6 at Mets Start 3.1 9 21 6 6 0 1 1 1 3.80 SLC Jul 13 (2) L, 4-10 at Mets Finish 1.0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.75 SLC Jul 17 W, 15-3 vs Padres Start 5 9.0 7 33 3 2 1 1 0 2 3.59 W (4-6) SLC Jul 22 W, 3-2 vs Dodgers Start 2.1 6 15 2 2 1 2 0 1 3.69 SLC Jul 26 L, 3-4 at Padres Middle 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.67 SLC Jul 27 L, 2-5 at Padres Finish 2.0 2 9 1 1 0 0 1 0 3.69 SLC Jul 31 L, 4-6 at Giants Middle 0.2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.67 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record SLC Aug 09 W, 9-6 vs Mets Finish 3 3.0 1 10 0 0 0 1 0 1 3.56 SLC Aug 10 L, 1-4 vs Mets Middle 0.1 2 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 3.72 SLC Aug 12 L, 0-4 vs Expos Middle 0.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.81 SLC Aug 13 W, 7-5 vs Expos Finish 4 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.80 SLC Aug 14 W, 10-9 vs Cubs Finish 2.1 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.71 W (5-6) SLC Aug 17 L, 2-6 vs Cubs Finish 1.0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.68 SLC Aug 19 L, 2-4 at Reds Finish 2.0 2 8 1 0 0 0 0 1 3.61 SLC Aug 20 L, 3-4 at Reds Middle 1.1 1 7 0 0 0 0 2 1 3.57 SLC Aug 24 L, 5-10 at Braves Middle 1.0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.54 SLC Aug 26 L, 2-7 vs Astros Start 4.0 11 23 7 7 1 0 0 0 3.96 L (5-7) SLC Aug 29 L, 3-4 vs Braves Finish 0.2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.93 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record SLC Sep 01 L, 1-8 vs Reds Start 0.1 6 7 4 4 0 0 0 0 4.23 L (5-8) SLC Sep 03 W, 4-3 vs Reds Finish 1.0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.19 W (6-8) SLC Sep 08 L, 2-6 vs Cubs Middle 2.0 2 8 1 1 0 0 0 2 4.20 SLC Sep 09 W, 6-4 vs Cubs Middle 1.2 2 8 1 1 0 1 0 1 4.22 SLC Sep 11 L, 1-2 vs Pirates Finish 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.18 SLC Sep 12 (2) W, 5-0 at Phillies Middle 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4.18 SLC Sep 17 W, 8-5 at Cubs Finish 1.1 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.14 SLC Sep 19 W, 9-8 vs Expos Finish 1.0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 4.10 W (7-8) SLC Sep 20 L, 4-5 vs Expos Finish 0.2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.08 SLC Sep 25 W, 10-2 at Pirates Start 6 9.0 11 37 2 2 0 0 0 4 3.94 W (8-8)

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       5   5   4.12   14  14   6   0   0   1   89.2  104   383   45   41   5   16   4   20    9-5   5.00 runs/start
Middle relief    0   0   6.94   14   0   0   0   0   0   11.2   17    56   10    9   0    3   3    7    3-11
As closer        3   3   2.43   25   0   0  25   4   0   33.1   27   134   11    9   1    5   6   10   11-14

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   14   34   40   6   0   0   12   1   0    5   1   0    9   1  .268  .315  .299  .613
vs RHB              393   56  114  164  24   4   6   50   9   3   19  12   0   28  17  .290  .417  .337  .755

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             6   4   4.65   29   8   3  15   4   0   69.2   75   294   38   36   6   13   4   20   15-14  5.12 runs/start
Road             2   4   3.18   24   6   3  10   0   1   65.0   73   279   28   23   0   11   9   17    8-16  4.83 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              0   1   8.31   16   2   0  10   0   0   21.2   38   107   21   20   1    4   3    6    6-10  4.50 runs/start
Night            8   7   3.11   37  12   6  15   4   1  113.0  110   466   45   39   5   20  10   31   17-20  5.08 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
April            0   1   5.40    5   0   0   4   0   0    6.2    8    32    5    4   0    2   2    2    2-3 
May              0   3   8.04   12   1   0   8   2   0   15.2   16    71   14   14   3    5   2    7    3-9   4.00 runs/start
June             2   1   1.98    6   5   2   0   0   1   41.0   37   169   12    9   0    9   4    8    5-1   3.80 runs/start
July             2   1   3.38    9   5   3   2   0   0   37.1   40   149   16   14   2    4   2    7    4-5   6.80 runs/start
August           1   1   5.62   11   1   0   6   2   0   16.0   21    71   11   10   1    2   2    4    3-8   2.00 runs/start
September        3   1   4.00   10   2   1   5   0   0   18.0   26    81    8    8   0    2   1    9    6-4   5.50 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Astros           0   2   6.75    3   2   0   1   1   0   13.1   18    59   10   10   1    2   0    3    1-2   1.00 runs/start
Braves           0   0   2.16    3   1   0   1   0   0    8.1    7    36    4    2   0    3   0    3    1-2   8.00 runs/start
Cubs             1   0   1.50    7   0   0   4   0   0   12.0   12    48    3    2   0    2   1    5    5-2 
Dodgers          0   0   5.06    4   1   0   2   0   0    5.1    8    27    3    3   1    2   1    2    1-3   3.00 runs/start
Expos            1   1  10.50    5   1   0   3   1   0    6.0    7    30    7    7   2    3   1    3    2-3   4.00 runs/start
Giants           0   0   4.15    4   0   0   3   1   0    4.1    2    15    2    2   1    1   0    0    2-2 
Mets             1   0   4.00    6   2   1   2   1   1   18.0   20    76    8    8   0    4   2    5    3-3   4.50 runs/start
Padres           1   2   5.27    6   1   1   3   0   0   13.2   16    59    9    8   1    2   2    4    1-5   15.00 runs/start
Phillies         1   0   0.00    2   1   1   0   0   0    9.0    6    31    1    0   0    1   0    2    2-0   6.00 runs/start
Pirates          2   1   1.88    4   3   3   1   0   0   28.2   27   109    6    6   0    0   0    7    2-2   6.00 runs/start
Rangers          0   0   2.70    2   0   0   1   0   0    3.1    3    14    1    1   0    1   0    0    1-1 
Reds             1   1   5.73    5   2   0   2   0   0   11.0   17    56    8    7   0    2   4    2    2-3   2.50 runs/start
White Sox        0   1  16.20    2   0   0   2   0   0    1.2    5    13    4    3   0    1   2    1    0-2 

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