» Jim Kaat | Major Leaguer 1959-1983

Positions: P-898

Full Name: James Lee Kaat
Born: November 7,1938 in Zeeland, Michigan
Height: 6-4 Weight: 217 Bats: Left Throws: Left
High School: -
College: Hope College

Drafted: Not drafted

MLB Debut: August 2,1959

Scouting Report
Power:	34
Speed:	12
Contact:	8
Patience:	7
Control:	89
K-Rating:	24
Efficiency:	81

NL Gold Glove Award Winners ... AL Gold Glove Award Winners ... Complete Game Shutout - No Strikeouts

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Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Lvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP
1957	Sup	Neb St	18	Wa1	D	5	6	3.70	14						73.0	65	45	30		35	95		8.0	---	4.3	11.7	1.37
1958	Mis	Pio	19	Wa1	Rk	16	9	2.99	39						223.0	189	108	74		118	245		7.6	---	4.8	9.9	1.38
1959	Cha	Sou	20	Wa1	AA	8	8	16.15	24						34.0	126	71	61		73	132		33.4	---	19.3	34.9	5.85
	WA1	AL	20	Wa1	MLB	0	2	12.60	3	2	0	0	0	0	5.0	7	9	7	1	4	2	0	12.6	1.8	7.2	3.6	2.20
1960	Cha	Amer	21	Wa1	AAA	7	10	3.82	30						146.0	154	80	62		51	106		9.5	---	3.1	6.5	1.40
	WA1	AL	21	Wa1	MLB	1	5	5.58	13	9	0	0	2	0	50.0	48	39	31	8	31	25	2	8.6	1.4	5.6	4.5	1.58
1961	MIN	AL	22	Min	MLB	9	17	3.90	36	29	8	1	3	0	200.2	188	105	87	12	82	122	10	8.4	0.5	3.7	5.5	1.35
1962	MIN	AL	23	Min	MLB	18	14	3.14	39	35	16	5	2	1	269.0	243	106	94	23	75	173	13	8.1	0.8	2.5	5.8	1.18
1963	MIN	AL	24	Min	MLB	10	10	4.19	31	27	7	1	1	1	178.1	195	96	83	24	38	105	6	9.8	1.2	1.9	5.3	1.31
1964	MIN	AL	25	Min	MLB	17	11	3.22	36	34	13	0	1	1	243.0	231	100	87	23	60	171	13	8.6	0.9	2.2	6.3	1.20
1965	MIN	AL	26	Min	MLB	18	11	2.83	45	42	7	2	2	2	264.1	267	121	83	25	63	154	3	9.1	0.9	2.1	5.2	1.25
1966	MIN	AL	27	Min	MLB	25	13	2.75	41	41	19	3	0	0	304.2	271	114	93	29	55	205	12	8.0	0.9	1.6	6.1	1.07
1967	MIN	AL	28	Min	MLB	16	13	3.04	42	38	13	2	1	0	263.1	269	110	89	21	42	211	9	9.2	0.7	1.4	7.2	1.18
1968	MIN	AL	29	Min	MLB	14	12	2.94	30	29	9	2	0	0	208.0	192	78	68	16	40	130	5	8.3	0.7	1.7	5.6	1.12
1969	MIN	AL	30	Min	MLB	14	13	3.49	40	32	10	0	4	1	242.1	252	114	94	23	75	139	9	9.4	0.9	2.8	5.2	1.35
1970	MIN	AL	31	Min	MLB	14	10	3.56	45	34	4	1	3	0	230.1	244	110	91	26	58	120	11	9.5	1.0	2.3	4.7	1.31
1971	MIN	AL	32	Min	MLB	13	14	3.32	39	38	15	4	0	0	260.1	275	104	96	16	47	137	8	9.5	0.6	1.6	4.7	1.24
1972	MIN	AL	33	Min	MLB	10	2	2.06	15	15	5	0	0	0	113.1	94	36	26	6	20	64	2	7.5	0.5	1.6	5.1	1.01
1973	MIN	AL	34	Min	MLB	11	12	4.41	29	28	7	2	1	0	181.2	206	101	89	26	39	93	3	10.2	1.3	1.9	4.6	1.35
	CHW	AL	34	Chw	MLB	4	1	4.22	7	7	3	1	0	0	42.2	44	23	20	4	4	16	0	9.3	0.8	0.8	3.4	1.13
1974	CHW	AL	35	Chw	MLB	21	13	2.92	42	39	15	3	0	0	277.1	263	106	90	18	63	142	4	8.5	0.6	2.0	4.6	1.18
1975	CHW	AL	36	Chw	MLB	20	14	3.11	43	41	12	1	1	0	303.2	321	121	105	20	77	142	0	9.5	0.6	2.3	4.2	1.31
1976	PHI	NL	37	Phi	MLB	12	14	3.48	38	35	7	1	1	0	227.2	241	95	88	21	32	83	1	9.5	0.8	1.3	3.3	1.20
1977	PHI	NL	38	Phi	MLB	6	11	5.39	35	27	2	0	3	0	160.1	211	100	96	20	40	55	2	11.8	1.1	2.2	3.1	1.57
1978	PHI	NL	39	Phi	MLB	8	5	4.10	26	24	2	1	0	0	140.1	150	67	64	9	32	48	5	9.6	0.6	2.1	3.1	1.30
1979	PHI	NL	40	Phi	MLB	1	0	4.32	3	1	0	0	2	0	8.1	9	4	4	1	5	2	0	9.7	1.1	5.4	2.2	1.68
	NYY	AL	40	Nyy	MLB	2	3	3.86	40	1	0	0	13	2	58.1	64	29	25	4	14	23	2	9.9	0.6	2.2	3.5	1.34
1980	NYY	AL	41	Nyy	MLB	0	1	7.20	4	0	0	0	3	0	5.0	8	5	4	0	4	1	1	14.4	0.0	7.2	1.8	2.40
	STL	NL	41	Stl	MLB	8	7	3.82	49	14	6	1	22	4	129.2	140	61	55	6	33	36	3	9.7	0.4	2.3	2.5	1.33
1981	STL	NL	42	Stl	MLB	6	6	3.40	41	1	0	0	16	4	53.0	60	25	20	2	17	8	2	10.2	0.3	2.9	1.4	1.45
1982	STL	NL	43	Stl	MLB	5	3	4.08	62	2	0	0	12	2	75.0	79	40	34	6	23	35	2	9.5	0.7	2.8	4.2	1.36
1983	STL	NL	44	Stl	MLB	0	0	3.89	24	0	0	0	9	0	34.2	48	19	15	5	10	19	0	12.5	1.3	2.6	4.9	1.67

Major League Totals - 25 Season(s)						283	237	3.45	898	625	180	31	102	18	4530.1	4620	2038	1738	395	1083	2461	128	9.2	0.8	2.2	4.9	1.26
Minor League Totals - 4 Season(s)						36	33	4.29	107						476.0	534	304	227		277	578		10.1	---	5.2	10.9	1.70

Game Logs: 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983

List of Teams for Jim Kaat: Charleston AAA [1], Chattanooga AA [1], Chicago White Sox [3], Minnesota Twins [13], Missoula Rk [1], New York Yankees [2], Philadelphia Phillies [4], St. Louis Cardinals [4], Superior D [1], Washington Senators I [2]

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