JIM KAAT

| Retired | Played: 1957-1983

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High Level: MLB Career Ranks: 10th in R
Positions: P-898, DH-1
Full Name: James Lee Kaat
Born: Nov 7, 1938 (74.197) in Zeeland,Michigan

MLB Debut: Aug 2, 1959 (20.268)

Control
86

K-Rating
38

Efficiency
59

vsPower
53

Ht/Wt: 6-4 / 217 Bats/Throws: Left / Left
High School: Zeeland (Zeeland,MI)
College: Hope College
Drafted: Signed as UDFA 1957 by Wa1

Tags: Gold Glove Award || Major League All-Star Game || Opening Day Starts || Player of the Week || Power-Hitting Pitcher || Same Franchise for 15 Years All Tags

TBC Player ID: 13531
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Year	Team	Lg	Level	Unif	Org	Age	Rk	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
1957	Superior	Neb St	D	-	wa1	18	-	5	6	3.70	14						73.0	65	45	30		35	95			1.37	8.01	--	4.32	11.71	0.37	--	--
1958	Missoula	Pio	Rk	-	wa1	19	-	16	9	2.99	39						223.0	189	108	74		118	245			1.38	7.63	--	4.76	9.89	0.48	--	--
1959	Chattanooga	Sou	AA	-	wa1	20	-	8	8	16.15	24						34.0	126	71	61		73	132			5.85	33.35	--	19.32	34.94	0.55	--	--
1959	Washington	AL	MLB	21	wa1	20	-	0	2	12.60	3	2	0	0	0	0	5.0	7	9	7	1	4	2	0	0	2.20	12.60	1.80	7.20	3.60	2.00	.353	3.67
1960	Charleston	Amer	AAA	-	wa1	21	-	7	10	3.82	30						146.0	154	80	62		51	106			1.40	9.49	--	3.14	6.53	0.48	--	--
1960	Washington	AL	MLB	21,36	wa1	21	-	1	5	5.58	13	9	0	0	2	0	50.0	48	39	31	8	31	25	2	0	1.58	8.64	1.44	5.58	4.50	1.24	.258	1.12
1961	Minnesota	AL	MLB	36	min	22	27	9	17	3.90	36	29	8	1	3	0	200.2	188	105	87	12	82	122	10	1	1.35	8.43	0.54	3.68	5.47	0.67	.283	1.46
1962	Minnesota	AL	MLB	36	min	23	3	18	14	3.14	39	35	16	5	2	1	269.0	243	106	94	23	75	173	13	0	1.18	8.13	0.77	2.51	5.79	0.43	.273	1.47
1963	Minnesota	AL	MLB	36	min	24	37	10	10	4.19	31	27	7	1	1	1	178.1	195	96	83	24	38	105	6	0	1.31	9.84	1.21	1.92	5.30	0.36	.293	1.72
1964	Minnesota	AL	MLB	36	min	25	8	17	11	3.22	36	34	13	0	1	1	243.0	231	100	87	23	60	171	13	1	1.20	8.56	0.85	2.22	6.33	0.35	.287	1.24
1965	Minnesota	AL	MLB	36	min	26	8	18	11	2.83	45	42	7	2	2	2	264.1	267	121	83	25	63	154	3	0	1.25	9.09	0.85	2.15	5.24	0.41	.283	1.44
1966	Minnesota	AL	MLB	36	min	27	1	25	13	2.75	41	41	19	3	0	0	304.2	271	114	93	29	55	205	12	0	1.07	8.01	0.86	1.62	6.06	0.27	.263	1.16
1967	Minnesota	AL	MLB	36	min	28	5	16	13	3.04	42	38	13	2	1	0	263.1	269	110	89	21	42	211	9	1	1.18	9.19	0.72	1.44	7.21	0.20	.309	1.02
1968	Minnesota	AL	MLB	36	min	29	25	14	12	2.94	30	29	9	2	0	0	208.0	192	78	68	16	40	130	5	0	1.12	8.31	0.69	1.73	5.63	0.31	.273	1.11
1969	Minnesota	AL	MLB	36	min	30	29	14	13	3.49	40	32	10	0	4	1	242.1	252	114	94	23	75	139	9	0	1.35	9.36	0.85	2.79	5.16	0.54	.291	1.09
1970	Minnesota	AL	MLB	36	min	31	30	14	10	3.56	45	34	4	1	3	0	230.1	244	110	91	26	58	120	11	0	1.31	9.53	1.02	2.27	4.69	0.48	.291	1.24
1971	Minnesota	AL	MLB	36	min	32	18	13	14	3.32	39	38	15	4	0	0	260.1	275	104	96	16	47	137	8	0	1.24	9.51	0.55	1.62	4.74	0.34	.296	0.98
1972	Minnesota	AL	MLB	36	min	33	-	10	2	2.06	15	15	5	0	0	0	113.1	94	36	26	6	20	64	2	0	1.01	7.46	0.48	1.59	5.08	0.31	.256	1.21
1973	Minnesota	AL	MLB	36	min	34	23	11	12	4.41	29	28	7	2	1	0	181.2	206	101	89	26	39	93	3	0	1.35	10.21	1.29	1.93	4.61	0.42	.295	0.97
1973	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	36	chw	34	23	4	1	4.22	7	7	3	1	0	0	42.2	44	23	20	4	4	16	0	0	1.12	9.28	0.84	0.84	3.37	0.25	--	0.75
1974	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	36	chw	35	10	21	13	2.92	42	39	15	3	0	0	277.1	263	106	90	18	63	142	4	0	1.18	8.53	0.58	2.04	4.61	0.44	.274	0.95
1975	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	36	chw	36	9	20	14	3.11	43	41	12	1	1	0	303.2	321	121	105	20	77	142	0	2	1.31	9.51	0.59	2.28	4.21	0.54	.298	0.95
1976	Philadelphia	NL	MLB	39	phi	37	16	12	14	3.48	38	35	7	1	1	0	227.2	241	95	88	21	32	83	1	0	1.20	9.53	0.83	1.27	3.28	0.39	.284	1.20
1977	Philadelphia	NL	MLB	39	phi	38	-	6	11	5.39	35	27	2	0	3	0	160.1	211	100	96	20	40	55	2	0	1.57	11.84	1.12	2.25	3.09	0.73	.328	1.12
1978	Philadelphia	NL	MLB	39	phi	39	-	8	5	4.10	26	24	2	1	0	0	140.1	150	67	64	9	32	48	5	0	1.30	9.62	0.58	2.05	3.08	0.67	.294	0.90
1979	Philadelphia	NL	MLB	39	phi	40	-	1	0	4.32	3	1	0	0	2	0	8.1	9	4	4	1	5	2	0	0	1.68	9.72	1.08	5.40	2.16	2.50	--	1.00
1979	NY Yankees	AL	MLB	36	nyy	40	-	2	3	3.86	40	1	0	0	13	2	58.1	64	29	25	4	14	23	2	0	1.34	9.87	0.62	2.16	3.55	0.61	.306	1.06
1980	NY Yankees	AL	MLB	36	nyy	41	-	0	1	7.20	4	0	0	0	3	0	5.0	8	5	4	0	4	1	1	0	2.40	14.40	0.00	7.20	1.80	4.00	--	2.50
1980	St. Louis	NL	MLB	36	stl	41	73	8	7	3.82	49	14	6	1	22	4	129.2	140	61	55	6	33	36	3	1	1.33	9.72	0.42	2.29	2.50	0.92	.293	1.57
1981	St. Louis	NL	MLB	36	stl	42	72	6	6	3.40	41	1	0	0	16	4	53.0	60	25	20	2	17	8	2	0	1.45	10.19	0.34	2.89	1.36	2.13	.304	1.44
1982	St. Louis	NL	MLB	36	stl	43	68	5	3	4.08	62	2	0	0	12	2	75.0	79	40	34	6	23	35	2	0	1.36	9.48	0.72	2.76	4.20	0.66	.298	1.83
1983	St. Louis	NL	MLB	36	stl	44	-	0	0	3.89	24	0	0	0	9	0	34.2	48	19	15	5	10	19	0	0	1.67	12.46	1.30	2.60	4.93	0.53	.350	1.66
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MLB Totals (25 years) Career Ranks								283	237	3.45	898	625	180	31	102	18	4529	4620	2038	1738	395	1083	2461	128	6	1.26	9.18	0.78	2.15	4.89	0.44	.293	1.17
Minor League Totals (3 years)								31	27	4.40	93	0	0	0	0	0	403	469	259	197	0	242	483	0	0	1.76	10.47	0.00	5.40	10.79	0.50	--	--
AAA Totals (1 year)								7	10	3.82	30	0	0	0	0	0	146	154	80	62	0	51	106	0	0	1.40	9.49	0.00	3.14	6.53	0.48	--	--
AA Totals (1 year)								8	8	16.15	24	0	0	0	0	0	34	126	71	61	0	73	132	0	0	5.85	33.35	0.00	19.32	34.94	0.55	--	--
Rookie Totals (1 year)								16	9	2.99	39	0	0	0	0	0	223	189	108	74	0	118	245	0	0	1.38	7.63	0.00	4.76	9.89	0.48	--	--
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Year	Team	Lg	Level	Unif	Org	Age	Pos	Rk	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GS	GS%	TB	PA	outs	RC	RC/G	babip
1959	Washington	AL	MLB	21	wa1	20	p	-	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	1	33	0	1	1	--	--	.000
1960	Washington	AL	MLB	21,36	wa1	21	p	-	13	14	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	286	8	62	2	14	12	-1	-1.7	.250
1961	Minnesota	AL	MLB	36	min	22	p	-	47	63	10	15	3	1	0	1	0	0	4	13	1	0	3	0	2	.238	.294	.317	612	28	60	20	71	53	6	2.8	.300
1962	Minnesota	AL	MLB	36	min	23	p	-	48	100	9	18	3	1	1	10	0	0	8	40	0	0	0	1	0	.180	.239	.260	499	34	71	26	109	83	3	1.1	.283
1963	Minnesota	AL	MLB	36	min	24	p	-	36	61	2	8	1	0	1	8	0	0	2	19	2	0	1	0	1	.131	.185	.197	381	26	72	12	66	55	-1	-0.3	.171
1964	Minnesota	AL	MLB	36	min	25	p	-	46	83	11	14	1	0	3	11	0	0	11	31	0	0	3	1	1	.169	.263	.289	552	32	70	24	98	74	4	1.6	.220
1965	Minnesota	AL	MLB	36	min	26	p	-	56	93	6	23	4	0	1	9	2	0	3	29	0	0	3	2	1	.247	.265	.323	588	40	71	30	101	76	7	2.4	.338
1966	Minnesota	AL	MLB	36	min	27	p	-	47	118	12	23	2	1	2	13	0	0	5	41	0	0	1	0	1	.195	.228	.280	507	41	87	33	124	97	4	1.1	.280
1967	Minnesota	AL	MLB	36	min	28	p	-	45	99	7	17	3	1	1	4	0	0	7	26	0	0	1	0	2	.172	.226	.253	479	38	84	25	107	85	3	1.1	.222
1968	Minnesota	AL	MLB	36	min	29	p	-	36	77	7	12	3	0	0	5	0	0	2	18	0	0	0	0	2	.156	.177	.195	372	28	78	15	79	67	-1	-0.2	.203
1969	Minnesota	AL	MLB	36	min	30	p	-	43	87	8	18	8	0	2	10	0	0	4	20	1	0	2	1	0	.207	.247	.368	615	32	74	32	95	72	9	3.3	.242
1970	Minnesota	AL	MLB	36	min	31	p	-	56	76	17	15	1	0	1	8	0	0	6	20	1	1	4	1	2	.197	.262	.250	512	34	61	19	88	68	3	1.3	.250
1971	Minnesota	AL	MLB	36	min	32	p	-	54	93	6	15	3	0	0	5	2	0	2	16	0	0	7	0	0	.161	.179	.194	372	35	65	18	102	85	1	0.4	.195
1972	Minnesota	AL	MLB	36	min	33	p	-	24	45	3	13	3	0	2	4	0	1	1	16	0	0	1	0	0	.289	.304	.489	793	14	58	22	47	34	6	4.8	.407
1973	Minnesota	AL	MLB	36	min	34	p	-	31	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	-	-	0	0	0	--	--	.000
1974	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	36	chw	35	p	-	42	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	-	-	0	1	1	--	--	.000
1976	Philadelphia	NL	MLB	39	phi	37	p	-	42	79	4	14	3	1	1	8	0	0	2	24	0	0	1	1	0	.177	.195	.278	474	33	79	22	83	67	3	1.1	.236
1977	Philadelphia	NL	MLB	39	phi	38	p	-	36	53	4	10	3	0	0	2	0	0	2	12	0	0	1	0	1	.189	.218	.245	463	25	69	13	56	45	2	1.0	.244
1978	Philadelphia	NL	MLB	39	phi	39	p	-	26	48	4	7	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	15	1	0	1	0	1	.146	.163	.167	330	25	96	8	50	43	-1	-0.9	.212
1979	Philadelphia	NL	MLB	39	phi	40	p	-	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	500	1	33	0	2	1	0	2.6	.000
1980	St. Louis	NL	MLB	36	stl	41	p	-	49	35	4	5	1	0	1	2	1	0	2	13	0	0	4	0	0	.143	.189	.257	446	12	24	9	41	34	1	0.6	.190
1981	St. Louis	NL	MLB	36	stl	42	p	-	41	8	2	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.444	.500	944	1	2	4	9	5	2	11.5	.375
1982	St. Louis	NL	MLB	36	stl	43	p	-	62	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.077	.000	77	3	5	0	13	12	-1	-3.0	.000
1983	St. Louis	NL	MLB	36	stl	44	p	-	24	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	-	-	0	5	5	--	--	.000
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MLB Totals (24 years) Career Ranks									910	1251	117	232	44	5	16	106	5	1	63	367	7	1	34	7	14	.185	.227	.267	494	491	54	334	1362	1075	48.2	1.2	.247
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Positions Grid

Year	Team	League	Level	Position	G	GS	TC	PO	A	E	DP	Inn	FPct	RF	RF9
1959	Washington	AL	MLB	P	3		1	0	1	0	0	5	1.000	0.33	1.80
1960	Washington	AL	MLB	P	13		11	0	11	0	1	50	1.000	0.85	1.98
1961	Minnesota	AL	MLB	P	36		62	19	41	2	8	200	.968	1.67	2.70
1962	Minnesota	AL	MLB	P	39		91	16	72	3	6	269	.967	2.26	2.94
1963	Minnesota	AL	MLB	P	31		63	19	43	1	5	178	.984	2.00	3.13
1964	Minnesota	AL	MLB	P	36		69	16	48	5	6	243	.928	1.78	2.37
1965	Minnesota	AL	MLB	P	45		85	15	64	6	3	264	.929	1.76	2.69
1966	Minnesota	AL	MLB	P	41		68	19	46	3	5	304	.956	1.59	1.92
1967	Minnesota	AL	MLB	P	42		62	13	46	3	0	263	.952	1.40	2.02
1968	Minnesota	AL	MLB	P	30		42	10	31	1	0	208	.976	1.37	1.77
1969	Minnesota	AL	MLB	P	40		46	9	29	8	4	242	.826	0.95	1.41
1970	Minnesota	AL	MLB	P	45		62	15	43	4	5	230	.935	1.29	2.27
1971	Minnesota	AL	MLB	P	39		55	13	41	1	4	260	.982	1.38	1.87
1972	Minnesota	AL	MLB	P	15		26	5	19	2	0	113	.923	1.60	1.91
1973	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	P	7		5	1	4	0	0	42	1.000	0.71	1.07
	Minnesota	AL	MLB	P	29		32	9	22	1	2	181	.969	1.07	1.54
	Minnesota	AL	MLB	DH	1		0						--	--	--
1974	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	P	42		49	14	33	2	3	277	.959	1.12	1.53
1975	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	P	43		55	15	39	1	2	303	.982	1.26	1.60
1976	Philadelphia	NL	MLB	P	38		39	18	19	2	3	227	.949	0.97	1.47
1977	Philadelphia	NL	MLB	P	35		29	7	19	3	1	160	.897	0.74	1.46
1978	Philadelphia	NL	MLB	P	26		20	5	15	0	4	140	1.000	0.77	1.29
1979	NY Yankees	AL	MLB	P	40		11	5	5	1	0	58	.909	0.25	1.55
	Philadelphia	NL	MLB	P	3		1	0	1	0	0	8	1.000	0.33	1.13
1980	NY Yankees	AL	MLB	P	4		5	1	3	1	1	5	.800	1.00	7.20
	St. Louis	NL	MLB	P	49		21	4	16	1	1	129	.952	0.41	1.40
1981	St. Louis	NL	MLB	P	41		19	4	13	2	1	53	.895	0.41	2.89
1982	St. Louis	NL	MLB	P	62		24	8	14	2	0	75	.917	0.35	2.64
1983	St. Louis	NL	MLB	P	24		9	2	6	1	0	34	.889	0.33	2.12
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