Jim Kaat
Born: November 7, 1938, Zeeland, MIHeight: 6'4" Weight: 205 Bats: Left Throws: Left
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Pitching Statistics Show partial season data Year Team Lg Age W L ERA G GS CG MI GF SV SHO IP H BFP R ER HR UW IW HP SO 1959 Washington AL 20 0 2 12.60 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 5.0 7 29 9 7 1 4 0 2 2 1960 Washington AL 21 1 5 5.58 13 9 0 2 2 0 0 50.0 48 228 39 31 8 29 2 5 25 1961 Minnesota AL 22 9 17 3.90 36 29 8 4 3 0 1 200.2 188 865 105 87 12 81 1 11 122 1962 Minnesota AL 23 18 14 3.14 39 35 16 2 2 1 5 269.0 243 1112 106 94 23 70 5 18 173 1963 Minnesota AL 24 10 10 4.19 31 27 7 3 1 1 1 178.1 195 764 96 83 24 37 1 9 105 1964 Minnesota AL 25 17 11 3.22 36 34 13 1 1 0 0 243.0 231 1009 100 87 23 55 5 9 171 1965 Minnesota AL 26 18 11 2.83 45 42 7 1 2 2 2 264.1 267 1115 121 83 25 57 6 5 154 1966 Minnesota AL 27 25 13 2.75 41 41 19 0 0 0 3 304.2 271 1227 114 93 29 51 4 3 205 1967 Minnesota AL 28 16 13 3.04 42 38 13 3 1 0 2 263.1 269 1100 110 89 21 40 2 9 211 1968 Minnesota AL 29 14 12 2.94 30 29 9 1 0 0 2 208.0 192 854 78 68 16 40 0 3 130 1969 Minnesota AL 30 14 13 3.49 40 32 10 4 4 1 0 242.1 252 1048 114 94 23 60 15 9 139 1970 Minnesota AL 31 14 10 3.56 45 34 4 8 3 0 1 230.1 244 972 110 91 26 50 8 3 120 1971 Minnesota AL 32 13 14 3.32 39 38 15 1 0 0 4 260.1 275 1098 104 96 16 38 9 6 137 1972 Minnesota AL 33 10 2 2.06 15 15 5 0 0 0 0 113.1 94 443 36 26 6 18 2 0 64 1973 2 Teams 34 15 13 4.37 36 35 10 0 1 0 3 224.1 250 951 124 109 30 42 1 4 109 1974 Chicago AL 35 21 13 2.92 42 39 15 3 0 0 3 277.1 263 1139 106 90 18 60 3 6 142 1975 Chicago AL 36 20 14 3.11 43 41 12 1 1 0 1 303.2 321 1279 121 105 20 77 0 9 142 1976 Philadelphia NL 37 12 14 3.48 38 35 7 2 1 0 1 227.2 241 924 95 88 21 29 3 0 83 1977 Philadelphia NL 38 6 11 5.39 35 27 2 5 3 0 0 160.1 211 709 100 96 20 34 6 2 55 1978 Philadelphia NL 39 8 5 4.10 26 24 2 2 0 0 1 140.1 150 586 67 64 9 26 6 5 48 1979 2 Teams 40 3 3 3.92 43 2 0 26 15 2 0 66.2 73 286 33 29 5 15 4 2 25 1980 2 Teams 41 8 8 3.94 53 14 6 14 25 4 1 134.2 148 573 66 59 6 24 13 0 37 1981 St. Louis NL 42 6 6 3.40 41 1 0 24 16 4 0 53.0 60 229 25 20 2 9 8 0 8 1982 St. Louis NL 43 5 3 4.08 62 2 0 48 12 2 0 75.0 79 321 40 34 6 14 9 2 35 1983 St. Louis NL 44 0 0 3.89 24 0 0 15 9 0 0 34.2 48 162 19 15 5 7 3 0 19 TOTALS 283 237 3.45 898 625 180 171 102 17 31 4530.1 4620 19023 2038 1738 395 967 116 122 2461
| Pitcher data: *: Throws lefthanded; W: Wins; L: Losses; ERA: Earned run average; G: Games; GS: Games started; CG: Complete games; MI: Middle relief (games not started nor finished); GF: Games finished in relief; SV: Saves; SHO: Shutouts; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BFP: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit batters; SO: Strikeouts |
Pitching Statistics (Batters' format) Year Team Lg G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1959 Washington AL 3 20 9 7 11 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 4 0 2 2 0 .350 .550 .481 1960 Washington AL 13 188 39 48 84 8 2 8 1 3 1 0 29 2 5 25 8 .255 .447 .370 1961 Minnesota AL 36 757 105 188 255 27 2 12 10 5 9 1 81 1 11 122 24 .248 .337 .329 1962 Minnesota AL 39 1002 106 243 354 34 4 23 11 6 2 6 70 5 18 173 34 .243 .353 .305 1963 Minnesota AL 31 712 96 195 309 30 6 24 2 3 4 1 37 1 9 105 15 .274 .434 .318 1964 Minnesota AL 36 919 100 231 343 35 4 23 13 8 8 5 55 5 9 171 31 .251 .373 .301 1965 Minnesota AL 45 1034 121 267 391 35 7 25 7 6 8 3 57 6 5 154 26 .258 .378 .302 1966 Minnesota AL 41 1154 114 271 407 39 5 29 9 6 10 6 51 4 3 205 24 .235 .353 .270 1967 Minnesota AL 42 1034 110 269 380 36 6 21 11 4 14 6 40 2 9 211 12 .260 .368 .294 1968 Minnesota AL 30 791 78 192 282 20 11 16 10 10 2 4 40 0 3 130 13 .243 .357 .278 1969 Minnesota AL 40 950 114 252 362 27 7 23 4 10 11 2 60 15 9 139 24 .265 .381 .322 1970 Minnesota AL 45 894 110 244 366 36 4 26 7 10 12 3 50 8 3 120 24 .273 .409 .316 1971 Minnesota AL 39 1026 104 275 374 41 5 16 13 6 14 4 38 9 6 137 19 .268 .365 .302 1972 Minnesota AL 15 414 36 94 133 17 2 6 5 4 6 3 18 2 0 64 14 .227 .321 .260 1973 2 Teams 36 899 124 250 395 39 8 30 2 3 42 1 4 109 19 .278 .439 .313 1974 Chicago AL 42 1054 106 263 364 37 5 18 6 10 5 11 60 3 6 142 26 .250 .345 .293 1975 Chicago AL 43 1172 121 321 444 51 6 20 11 10 4 12 77 0 9 142 31 .274 .379 .321 1976 Philadelphia NL 38 878 95 241 367 39 12 21 8 6 6 3 29 3 0 83 30 .274 .418 .298 1977 Philadelphia NL 35 659 100 211 337 38 14 20 6 2 5 5 34 6 2 55 20 .320 .511 .360 1978 Philadelphia NL 26 536 67 150 221 30 7 9 6 7 5 2 26 6 5 48 17 .280 .412 .322 1979 2 Teams 43 255 33 73 113 17 4 5 6 4 15 4 2 25 10 .286 .443 .336 1980 2 Teams 53 520 66 148 204 30 4 6 9 7 24 13 0 37 18 .285 .392 .328 1981 St. Louis NL 41 201 25 60 85 13 3 2 6 5 3 0 9 8 0 8 9 .299 .423 .345 1982 St. Louis NL 62 286 40 79 124 19 4 6 4 6 6 1 14 9 2 35 8 .276 .434 .328 1983 St. Louis NL 24 147 19 48 70 7 0 5 4 1 3 0 7 3 0 19 6 .327 .476 .367
| Pitcher data (batters' format): G: Games pitched; AB: At bats; R: Runs allowed; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Batting Statistics Show partial season data Year Team Lg Age G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1959 Washington AL 20 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000 .000 1960 Washington AL 21 13 14 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 .143 .143 .143 1961 Minnesota AL 22 47 63 10 15 20 3 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 4 0 1 13 2 .238 .317 .294 1962 Minnesota AL 23 48 100 9 18 26 3 1 1 10 0 1 0 0 8 0 0 40 0 .180 .260 .239 1963 Minnesota AL 24 36 61 2 8 12 1 0 1 8 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 19 1 .131 .197 .185 1964 Minnesota AL 25 46 83 11 14 24 1 0 3 11 3 1 0 0 11 0 0 31 1 .169 .289 .263 1965 Minnesota AL 26 56 93 6 23 30 4 0 1 9 3 2 2 0 3 0 0 29 1 .247 .323 .265 1966 Minnesota AL 27 47 118 12 23 33 2 1 2 13 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 41 1 .195 .280 .228 1967 Minnesota AL 28 45 99 7 17 25 3 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 7 0 0 26 2 .172 .253 .226 1968 Minnesota AL 29 36 77 7 12 15 3 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 18 2 .156 .195 .177 1969 Minnesota AL 30 43 87 8 18 32 8 0 2 10 2 1 0 0 4 0 1 20 0 .207 .368 .247 1970 Minnesota AL 31 56 76 17 15 19 1 0 1 8 4 1 0 0 5 1 1 20 2 .197 .250 .262 1971 Minnesota AL 32 54 93 6 15 18 3 0 0 5 7 0 2 0 2 0 0 16 0 .161 .194 .179 1972 Minnesota AL 33 24 45 3 13 22 3 0 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 16 0 .289 .489 .304 1973 2 Teams 34 38 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1974 Chicago AL 35 42 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1975 Chicago AL 36 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1976 Philadelphia NL 37 42 79 4 14 22 3 1 1 8 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 24 0 .177 .278 .195 1977 Philadelphia NL 38 36 53 4 10 13 3 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 12 1 .189 .245 .218 1978 Philadelphia NL 39 26 48 4 7 8 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 15 1 .146 .167 .163 1979 2 Teams 40 43 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .000 .000 .500 1980 2 Teams 41 53 35 4 5 9 1 0 1 2 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 13 0 .143 .257 .189 1981 St. Louis NL 42 41 8 2 3 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .375 .500 .444 1982 St. Louis NL 43 62 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 .000 .000 .077 1983 St. Louis NL 44 24 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .000 .000 TOTALS 1004 1251 117 232 334 44 5 16 106 34 7 5 1 62 1 7 367 14 .185 .267 .227
| Batter data: G: Games played; AB: At bats; R: Runs scored; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Defensive Statistics Year Team Lg POS INN GS DR+ DR- G PO A E DP FP RF9 SB CS PB PkO 1959 Washington AL P 5.0 2 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 1 0 0 1960 Washington AL P 50.0 9 13 0 11 0 1 1.000 1.98 1 0 0 1961 Minnesota AL P 200.2 29 36 19 41 2 8 .968 2.69 9 1 0 1962 Minnesota AL P 269.0 35 39 16 72 3 6 .967 2.94 2 6 1 1963 Minnesota AL P 178.1 27 31 19 43 1 5 .984 3.13 4 1 2 1964 Minnesota AL P 243.0 34 36 16 48 5 6 .928 2.37 8 5 1 1965 Minnesota AL P 264.1 42 45 15 64 6 3 .929 2.69 8 3 0 1966 Minnesota AL P 304.1 41 41 19 46 3 5 .956 1.92 10 6 3 1967 Minnesota AL P 263.1 38 42 13 46 3 0 .952 2.02 14 6 0 1968 Minnesota AL P 208.0 29 30 10 31 1 0 .976 1.77 2 4 1 1969 Minnesota AL P 242.1 32 40 9 29 8 4 .826 1.41 11 2 0 1970 Minnesota AL P 230.1 34 45 15 43 4 5 .935 2.27 12 3 1 1971 Minnesota AL P 260.1 38 39 13 41 1 4 .982 1.87 14 4 2 1972 Minnesota AL P 113.1 15 15 5 19 2 0 .923 1.91 6 3 3 1973 Minnesota AL P 181.2 28 29 9 22 1 2 .969 1.54 15 3 0 1973 Chicago AL P 42.2 7 7 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.05 1 1 0 1974 Chicago AL P 277.1 39 42 14 33 2 3 .959 1.53 5 11 3 1975 Chicago AL P 303.2 41 43 15 39 1 2 .982 1.60 4 12 2 1976 Philadelphia NL P 227.2 35 38 18 19 2 3 .949 1.46 6 3 0 1977 Philadelphia NL P 160.1 27 35 7 19 3 1 .897 1.46 5 5 1 1978 Philadelphia NL P 140.1 24 26 5 15 0 4 1.000 1.28 5 2 0 1979 Philadelphia NL P 8.1 1 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.08 0 0 0 1979 New York AL P 58.1 1 40 5 5 1 0 .909 1.54 3 2 1 1980 New York AL P 5.0 0 4 1 3 1 1 .800 7.20 1 0 0 1980 St. Louis NL P 129.2 14 49 4 16 1 1 .952 1.39 9 3 2 1981 St. Louis NL P 53.0 1 41 4 13 2 1 .895 2.89 3 0 0 1982 St. Louis NL P 75.0 2 62 8 14 2 0 .917 2.64 6 1 1 1983 St. Louis NL P 34.2 0 24 2 6 1 0 .889 2.08 3 0 0
| Fielding data: INN: Innings played; GS: Games started; DR+: Games as defensive replacement; DR-: Games replaced on defense; G: Games played; PO: Putouts; A: Assists; E: Errors; DP: Double plays; FP: Fielding percentage; RF9: Plays made per 9 innings; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught Stealing; PB: Passed balls |
Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Washington Senators (June 17, 1957).
- Placed on disabled list by Minnesota Twins (July 6, 1972)
- Activated by Minnesota Twins (September 27, 1972)
- 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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