Jim Kaat

James Lee Kaat
Born: November 7, 1938
Zeeland, MI USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P, DH, PH, PR
Bats: L
Throws: L
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 205
College: Hope College
Career: 1959-1983
Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in 2022.
Minor League Statistics

Jim Kaat compiled a career record of 283 wins and 237 losses in his 1004-game career with the Washington Senators, Minnesota Twins, Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Yankees and St. Louis Cardinals. He began playing during the 1959 season and last took the field during the 1983 campaign. Kaat was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2022.

Washington Senators

Minnesota Twins

Chicago White Sox

Philadelphia Phillies

New York Yankees

St. Louis Cardinals

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Pitching:

Year	Lg	Team	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
1959	AL	Washington Senators	0	2	.000	12.60	3	2	0	0	0	0	5.0	7	9	7	1	4	0	2	2	0	0	29
1960	AL	Washington Senators	1	5	.167	5.58	13	9	2	0	0	0	50.0	48	39	31	8	31	2	25	5	0	2	228
1961	AL	Minnesota Twins	9	17	.346	3.90	36	29	3	8	1	0	200.7	188	105	87	12	82	1	122	11	1	10	865
1962	AL	Minnesota Twins	18	14	.563	3.14	39	35	2	16	5	1	269.0	243	106	94	23	75	5	173	18	0	13	1112
1963	AL	Minnesota Twins	10	10	.500	4.19	31	27	1	7	1	1	178.3	195	96	83	24	38	1	105	9	0	6	764
1964	AL	Minnesota Twins	17	11	.607	3.22	36	34	1	13	0	1	243.0	231	100	87	23	60	5	171	9	1	13	1009
1965	AL	Minnesota Twins	18	11	.621	2.83	45	42	2	7	2	2	264.3	267	121	83	25	63	6	154	5	0	3	1115
1966	AL	Minnesota Twins	25	13	.658	2.75	41	41	0	19	3	0	304.7	271	114	93	29	55	4	205	3	0	12	1227
1967	AL	Minnesota Twins	16	13	.552	3.04	42	38	1	13	2	0	263.3	269	110	89	21	42	2	211	9	1	9	1100
1968	AL	Minnesota Twins	14	12	.538	2.94	30	29	0	9	2	0	208.0	192	78	68	16	40	0	130	3	0	5	854
1969	AL	Minnesota Twins	14	13	.519	3.49	40	32	4	10	0	1	242.3	252	114	94	23	75	15	139	9	0	9	1048
1970	AL	Minnesota Twins	14	10	.583	3.56	45	34	3	4	1	0	230.3	244	110	91	26	58	8	120	3	0	11	972
1971	AL	Minnesota Twins	13	14	.481	3.32	39	38	0	15	4	0	260.3	275	104	96	16	47	9	137	6	0	8	1098
1972	AL	Minnesota Twins	10	2	.833	2.06	15	15	0	5	0	0	113.3	94	36	26	6	20	2	64	0	0	2	443
1973	AL	Minnesota Twins	11	12	.478	4.41	29	28	1	7	2	0	181.7	206	101	89	26	39	1	93	4	0	3	778
1973	AL	Chicago White Sox	4	1	.800	4.22	7	7	0	3	1	0	42.7	44	23	20	4	4	0	16	0	0	0	173
1974	AL	Chicago White Sox	21	13	.618	2.92	42	39	0	15	3	0	277.3	263	106	90	18	63	3	142	6	0	4	1139
1975	AL	Chicago White Sox	20	14	.588	3.11	43	41	1	12	1	0	303.7	321	121	105	20	77	0	142	9	2	0	1279
1976	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	12	14	.462	3.48	38	35	1	7	1	0	227.7	241	95	88	21	32	3	83	0	0	1	924
1977	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	6	11	.353	5.39	35	27	3	2	0	0	160.3	211	100	96	20	40	6	55	2	0	2	709
1978	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	8	5	.615	4.10	26	24	0	2	1	0	140.3	150	67	64	9	32	6	48	5	0	5	586
1979	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	1	0	1.000	4.32	3	1	2	0	0	0	8.3	9	4	4	1	5	2	2	0	0	0	37
1979	AL	New York Yankees	2	3	.400	3.86	40	1	13	0	0	2	58.3	64	29	25	4	14	2	23	2	0	2	249
1980	AL	New York Yankees	0	1	.000	7.20	4	0	3	0	0	0	5.0	8	5	4	0	4	2	1	0	0	1	27
1980	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	8	7	.533	3.82	49	14	22	6	1	4	129.7	140	61	55	6	33	11	36	0	1	3	546
1981	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	6	6	.500	3.40	41	1	16	0	0	4	53.0	60	25	20	2	17	8	8	0	0	2	229
1982	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	5	3	.625	4.08	62	2	12	0	0	2	75.0	79	40	34	6	23	9	35	2	0	2	321
1983	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	0	0		3.89	24	0	9	0	0	0	34.7	48	19	15	5	10	3	19	0	0	0	162
Totals			283	237	.544	3.45	898	625	102	180	31	18	4530.3	4620	2038	1738	395	1083	116	2461	122	6	128	19023

Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1959	AL	Washington Senators	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1960	AL	Washington Senators	13	14	14	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.143	.143	.143	.286	2	0	0	0	0	0
1961	AL	Minnesota Twins	47	71	63	10	15	3	1	0	1	0	0	4	13	.238	.294	.317	.612	20	2	1	3	0	0
1962	AL	Minnesota Twins	48	109	100	9	18	3	1	1	10	0	0	8	40	.180	.239	.260	.499	26	0	0	0	1	0
1963	AL	Minnesota Twins	36	66	61	2	8	1	0	1	8	0	0	2	19	.131	.185	.197	.381	12	1	2	1	0	0
1964	AL	Minnesota Twins	46	98	83	11	14	1	0	3	11	0	0	11	31	.169	.263	.289	.552	24	1	0	3	1	0
1965	AL	Minnesota Twins	56	101	93	6	23	4	0	1	9	2	0	3	29	.247	.265	.323	.588	30	1	0	3	2	0
1966	AL	Minnesota Twins	47	124	118	12	23	2	1	2	13	0	0	5	41	.195	.228	.280	.507	33	1	0	1	0	0
1967	AL	Minnesota Twins	45	107	99	7	17	3	1	1	4	0	0	7	26	.172	.226	.253	.479	25	2	0	1	0	0
1968	AL	Minnesota Twins	36	79	77	7	12	3	0	0	5	0	0	2	18	.156	.177	.195	.372	15	2	0	0	0	0
1969	AL	Minnesota Twins	43	95	87	8	18	8	0	2	10	0	0	4	20	.207	.247	.368	.615	32	0	1	2	1	0
1970	AL	Minnesota Twins	56	88	76	17	15	1	0	1	8	0	0	6	20	.197	.262	.250	.512	19	2	1	4	1	1
1971	AL	Minnesota Twins	54	102	93	6	15	3	0	0	5	2	0	2	16	.161	.179	.194	.372	18	0	0	7	0	0
1972	AL	Minnesota Twins	24	47	45	3	13	3	0	2	4	0	1	1	16	.289	.304	.489	.793	22	0	0	1	0	0
1973	AL	Minnesota Twins	31	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
1973	AL	Chicago White Sox	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
1974	AL	Chicago White Sox	42	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	AL	Chicago White Sox	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	42	83	79	4	14	3	1	1	8	0	0	2	24	.177	.195	.278	.474	22	0	0	1	1	0
1977	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	36	56	53	4	10	3	0	0	2	0	0	2	12	.189	.218	.245	.463	13	1	0	1	0	0
1978	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	26	50	48	4	7	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	15	.146	.163	.167	.330	8	1	1	1	0	0
1979	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	1	0	0	0
1979	AL	New York Yankees	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
1980	AL	New York Yankees	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
1980	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	49	41	35	4	5	1	0	1	2	1	0	2	13	.143	.189	.257	.446	9	0	0	4	0	0
1981	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	41	9	8	2	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	.375	.444	.500	.944	4	0	0	0	0	0
1982	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	62	13	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.077	.000	.077	0	0	0	0	0	0
1983	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	24	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Totals			1004	1362	1251	117	232	44	5	16	106	5	1	63	367	.185	.227	.267	.494	334	14	7	34	7	1

Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
1959	AL	Washington Senators	P	3	2	5.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.800	.333
1960	AL	Washington Senators	P	13	9	50.0	0	11	0	1	1.000	1.980	.846
1961	AL	Minnesota Twins	P	36	29	200.7	19	41	2	8	.968	2.691	1.667
1962	AL	Minnesota Twins	P	39	35	269.0	16	72	3	6	.967	2.944	2.256
1963	AL	Minnesota Twins	P	31	27	178.3	19	43	1	5	.984	3.129	2.000
1964	AL	Minnesota Twins	P	36	34	243.0	16	48	5	6	.928	2.370	1.778
1965	AL	Minnesota Twins	P	45	42	264.3	15	64	6	3	.929	2.690	1.756
1966	AL	Minnesota Twins	P	41	41	304.3	19	46	3	5	.956	1.922	1.585
1967	AL	Minnesota Twins	P	42	38	263.3	13	46	3	0	.952	2.016	1.405
1968	AL	Minnesota Twins	P	30	29	208.0	10	31	1	0	.976	1.774	1.367
1969	AL	Minnesota Twins	P	40	32	242.3	9	29	8	4	.826	1.411	.950
1970	AL	Minnesota Twins	P	45	34	230.0	15	43	4	5	.935	2.270	1.289
1971	AL	Minnesota Twins	P	39	38	260.0	13	41	1	4	.982	1.869	1.385
1972	AL	Minnesota Twins	P	15	15	113.0	5	19	2	0	.923	1.912	1.600
1973	AL	Minnesota Twins	P	29	28	181.7	9	22	1	2	.969	1.536	1.069
1973	AL	Chicago White Sox	P	7	7	42.7	1	4	0	0	1.000	1.055	.714
1974	AL	Chicago White Sox	P	42	39	277.3	14	33	2	3	.959	1.525	1.119
1975	AL	Chicago White Sox	P	43	41	303.7	15	39	1	2	.982	1.600	1.256
1976	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	P	38	35	227.7	18	19	2	3	.949	1.463	.974
1977	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	P	35	27	160.3	7	19	3	1	.897	1.459	.743
1978	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	P	26	24	140.3	5	15	0	4	1.000	1.283	.769
1979	AL	New York Yankees	P	40	1	58.3	5	5	1	0	.909	1.543	.250
1979	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	P	3	1	8.3	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.080	.333
1980	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	P	49	14	129.7	4	16	1	1	.952	1.388	.408
1980	AL	New York Yankees	P	4	0	5.0	1	3	1	1	.800	7.200	1.000
1981	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	P	41	1	53.0	4	13	2	1	.895	2.887	.415
1982	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	P	62	2	75.0	8	14	2	0	.917	2.640	.355
1983	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	P	24	0	34.7	2	6	1	0	.889	2.077	.333
Totals				898	625	4529.0	262	744	56	65	.947	1.999	1.120

Postseason - Pitching:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	CG	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF
1965	AL	Minnesota Twins	WS	1	2	.333	3.77	3	3	1	14.3	18	7	6	1	2	0	6	1	0	65
1970	AL	Minnesota Twins	ALCS	0	1	.000	9.00	1	1	0	2.0	6	4	2	0	2	1	1	0	0	15
1976	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	NLCS	0	0		3.00	1	1	0	6.0	2	2	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	21
1982	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	WS	0	0		3.86	4	0	0	2.3	4	1	1	0	2	1	2	0	1	12
Totals				1	3	.250	4.01	9	5	1	24.7	30	14	11	1	8	2	10	1	1	113

Postseason - Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	GP	PA	AB	H	RBI	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	SH
1965	AL	Minnesota Twins	WS	3	6	6	1	2	5	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0
1970	AL	Minnesota Twins	ALCS	1	1	1	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
1976	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	NLCS	1	3	2	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	1
1982	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	WS	4	0	0	0	0	0					0	0
Totals				9	10	9	2	2	6	.222	.222	.222	.444	2	1

Postseason - Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
1965	AL	Minnesota Twins	WS	P	3	3	14.3	5	2	1.000	4.395	2.333
1970	AL	Minnesota Twins	ALCS	P	1	1	2.0	0	0		.000	.000
1976	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	NLCS	P	1	1	6.0	0	1	1.000	1.500	1.000
1982	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	WS	P	4	0	2.3	0	0		.000	.000
Totals					9	5	24.7	5	3	1.000	2.919	.889

Awards

1962 - AL Gold Glove P
1963 - AL Gold Glove P
1964 - AL Gold Glove P
1965 - AL Gold Glove P
1966 - AL TSN Pitcher of the Year
1966 - AL Gold Glove P
1966 - AL TSN All-Star P
1967 - AL Gold Glove P
1968 - AL Gold Glove P
1969 - AL Gold Glove P
1970 - AL Gold Glove P
1971 - AL Gold Glove P
1972 - AL Gold Glove P
1973 - AL Gold Glove P
1974 - AL Gold Glove P
1975 - AL TSN All-Star LHP
1975 - AL Gold Glove P
1976 - NL Gold Glove P
1977 - NL Gold Glove P

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