Jim Kaat Stats

Jim Kaat was born on Monday, November 7, 1938, in Zeeland, Michigan. Kaat was 20 years old when he broke into the big leagues on August 2, 1959, with the Washington Senators. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Jim Kaat baseball stats page.
"My dad was a big Philadelphia Athletics fan, so I grew up idolizing Connie Mack and Lefty Grove, who was my first hero; and Bobby Shantz, who was my pitching model." - Jim Kaat

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Jim Kaat

Jim Kaat Autograph on a 1981 Fleer (#536)

Jim Kaat Autograph on a 1981 Fleer (#536)
 

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Birth Name:   James Lee Kaat
Nickname:   Jim or Kitty
Born On:   11-07-1938  (Scorpio)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Zeeland, Michigan
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Zeeland High School (Zeeland, MI)
College:   Hope College
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Left
Player Height Chart Height:   6-04   Player Weight Chart Weight:   217
First Game:   08-02-1959 (Age 20)
Last Game:   07-01-1983
Draft:   Not Applicable
Jim Kaat

Jim Kaat Pitching Stats
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1959 21 Senators 3 2 0 0 2 .000 12.60 0 0 0 5.0 29 7 7 9 1 4 0 2 0 2 0 -
1960 22 Senators 13 9 2 1 5 .167 5.58 0 0 0 50.0 228 48 31 39 8 31 2 25 2 5 0 -
1961 23 Twins 36 29 3 9 17 .346 3.90 8 1 0 200.2 865 188 87 105 12 82 1 122 10 11 1 -
1962 24 Twins 39 35 2 18 14 .563 3.14 16 5 1 269.0 1,112 243 94 106 23 75 5 173 13 18 0 -
1963 25 Twins 31 27 1 10 10 .500 4.19 7 1 1 178.1 764 195 83 96 24 38 1 105 6 9 0 -
1964 26 Twins 36 34 1 17 11 .607 3.22 13 0 1 243.0 1,009 231 87 100 23 60 5 171 13 9 1 -
1965 27 Twins 45 42 2 18 11 .621 2.83 7 2 2 264.1 1,115 267 83 121 25 63 6 154 3 5 0 -
1966 28 Twins 41 41 0 25 13 .658 2.75 19 3 0 304.2 1,227 271 93 114 29 55 4 205 12 3 0 -
1967 29 Twins 42 38 1 16 13 .552 3.04 13 2 0 263.1 1,100 269 89 110 21 42 2 211 9 9 1 -
1968 30 Twins 30 29 0 14 12 .538 2.94 9 2 0 208.0 854 192 68 78 16 40 0 130 5 3 0 -
1969 31 Twins 40 32 4 14 13 .519 3.49 10 0 1 242.1 1,048 252 94 114 23 75 15 139 9 9 0 -
1970 32 Twins 45 34 3 14 10 .583 3.56 4 1 0 230.1 972 244 91 110 26 58 8 120 11 3 0 -
1971 33 Twins 39 38 0 13 14 .481 3.32 15 4 0 260.1 1,098 275 96 104 16 47 9 137 8 6 0 -
1972 34 Twins 15 15 0 10 2 .833 2.06 5 0 0 113.1 443 94 26 36 6 20 2 64 2 0 0 -
1973 35 Twins 29 28 1 11 12 .478 4.41 7 2 0 181.2 778 206 89 101 26 39 1 93 3 4 0 -
1973 35 White Sox 7 7 0 4 1 .800 4.22 3 1 0 42.2 173 44 20 23 4 4 0 16 0 0 0 -
1974 36 White Sox 42 39 0 21 13 .618 2.92 15 3 0 277.1 1,137 263 90 106 18 63 3 142 4 6 0 -
1975 37 White Sox 43 41 1 20 14 .588 3.11 12 1 0 303.2 1,279 321 105 121 20 77 0 142 0 9 2 -
1976 38 Phillies 38 35 1 12 14 .462 3.48 7 1 0 227.2 924 241 88 95 21 32 3 83 1 0 0 -
1977 39 Phillies 35 27 3 6 11 .353 5.39 2 0 0 160.1 709 211 96 100 20 40 6 55 2 2 0 -
1978 40 Phillies 26 24 0 8 5 .615 4.10 2 1 0 140.1 586 150 64 67 9 32 6 48 5 5 0 -
1979 41 Phillies 3 1 2 1 0 1.000 4.32 0 0 0 8.1 37 9 4 4 1 5 2 2 0 0 0 -
1979 41 Yankees 40 1 13 2 3 .400 3.86 0 0 2 58.1 249 64 25 29 4 14 2 23 2 2 0 -
1980 42 Yankees 4 0 3 0 1 .000 7.20 0 0 0 5.0 27 8 4 5 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 -
1980 42 Cardinals 49 14 22 8 7 .533 3.82 6 1 4 129.2 546 140 55 61 6 33 11 36 3 0 1 -
1981 43 Cardinals 41 1 16 6 6 .500 3.40 0 0 4 53.0 229 60 20 25 2 17 8 8 2 0 0 -
1982 44 Cardinals 62 2 12 5 3 .625 4.08 0 0 2 75.0 321 79 34 40 6 23 9 35 2 2 0 -
1983 45 Cardinals 24 0 9 0 0 .000 3.89 0 0 0 34.2 162 48 15 19 5 10 3 19 0 0 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
25 Years 898 625 102 283 237 .544 3.45 180 31 18 4,530.1 19,021 4,620 1,738 2,038 395 1,083 116 2,461 128 122 6 -
Jim Kaat

Jim Kaat Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1959 21 Senators 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1960 22 Senators 13 14 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143
1961 23 Twins 47 63 10 15 3 1 0 0 1 4 0 13 3 0 1 2 .238 .294 .317
1962 24 Twins 48 100 9 18 3 1 1 0 10 8 0 40 0 1 0 0 .180 .239 .260
1963 25 Twins 36 61 2 8 1 0 1 0 8 2 0 19 1 0 2 1 .131 .185 .197
1964 26 Twins 46 83 11 14 1 0 3 0 11 11 0 31 3 1 0 1 .169 .263 .289
1965 27 Twins 56 93 6 23 4 0 1 0 9 3 0 29 3 2 0 1 .247 .265 .323
1966 28 Twins 47 118 12 23 2 1 2 0 13 5 0 41 1 0 0 1 .195 .228 .280
1967 29 Twins 45 99 7 17 3 1 1 0 4 7 0 26 1 0 0 2 .172 .226 .253
1968 30 Twins 36 77 7 12 3 0 0 0 5 2 0 18 0 0 0 2 .156 .177 .195
1969 31 Twins 43 87 8 18 8 0 2 0 10 4 0 20 2 1 1 0 .207 .247 .368
1970 32 Twins 56 76 17 15 1 0 1 0 8 6 1 20 4 1 1 2 .197 .262 .250
1971 33 Twins 54 93 6 15 3 0 0 0 5 2 0 16 7 0 0 0 .161 .179 .194
1972 34 Twins 24 45 3 13 3 0 2 0 4 1 0 16 1 0 0 0 .289 .304 .489
1973 35 Twins 31 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1973 35 White Sox 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1974 36 White Sox 42 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1975 37 White Sox 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1976 38 Phillies 42 79 4 14 3 1 1 0 8 2 0 24 1 1 0 0 .177 .195 .278
1977 39 Phillies 36 53 4 10 3 0 0 0 2 2 0 12 1 0 0 1 .189 .218 .245
1978 40 Phillies 26 48 4 7 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 15 1 0 1 1 .146 .163 .167
1979 41 Phillies 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000
1979 41 Yankees 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1980 42 Yankees 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1980 42 Cardinals 49 35 4 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 13 4 0 0 0 .143 .189 .257
1981 43 Cardinals 41 8 2 3 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .375 .444 .500
1982 44 Cardinals 62 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 .077 .000
1983 45 Cardinals 24 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
25 Years 1,004 1,251 117 232 44 5 16 0 106 63 1 367 34 7 7 14 .185 .227 .267
Jim Kaat

Jim Kaat Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1959 Senators P 3 2 15 1 0.3 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.80
1960 Senators P 13 9 150 11 0.8 11 0 11 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.98
1961 Twins P 36 29 602 62 1.7 60 19 41 2 8 n/a n/a n/a .968 2.69
1962 Twins P 39 35 807 91 2.3 88 16 72 3 6 n/a n/a n/a .967 2.94
1963 Twins P 31 27 535 63 2.0 62 19 43 1 5 n/a n/a n/a .984 3.13
1964 Twins P 36 34 729 69 1.9 64 16 48 5 6 n/a n/a n/a .928 2.37
1965 Twins P 45 42 793 85 1.9 79 15 64 6 3 n/a n/a n/a .929 2.69
1966 Twins P 41 41 914 68 1.7 65 19 46 3 5 n/a n/a n/a .956 1.92
1967 Twins P 42 38 790 62 1.5 59 13 46 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .952 2.02
1968 Twins P 30 29 624 42 1.4 41 10 31 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .976 1.77
1969 Twins P 40 32 727 46 1.2 38 9 29 8 4 n/a n/a n/a .826 1.41
1970 Twins P 45 34 691 62 1.4 58 15 43 4 5 n/a n/a n/a .935 2.27
1971 Twins P 39 38 781 55 1.4 54 13 41 1 4 n/a n/a n/a .982 1.87
1972 Twins P 15 15 340 26 1.7 24 5 19 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .923 1.91
1973 Twins P 29 28 545 32 1.1 31 9 22 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .969 1.54
1973 White Sox P 7 7 128 5 0.7 5 1 4 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.05
1974 White Sox P 42 39 832 49 1.2 47 14 33 2 3 n/a n/a n/a .959 1.53
1975 White Sox P 43 41 911 55 1.3 54 15 39 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .982 1.60
1976 Phillies P 38 35 683 39 1.0 37 18 19 2 3 n/a n/a n/a .949 1.46
1977 Phillies P 35 27 481 29 0.8 26 7 19 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .897 1.46
1978 Phillies P 26 24 421 20 0.8 20 5 15 0 4 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.28
1979 Phillies P 3 1 25 1 0.3 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.08
1979 Yankees P 40 1 175 11 0.3 10 5 5 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .909 1.54
1980 Yankees P 4 0 15 5 1.3 4 1 3 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .800 7.20
1980 Cardinals P 49 14 389 21 0.4 20 4 16 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .952 1.39
1981 Cardinals P 41 1 159 19 0.5 17 4 13 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .895 2.89
1982 Cardinals P 62 2 225 24 0.4 22 8 14 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .917 2.64
1983 Cardinals P 24 0 104 9 0.4 8 2 6 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .889 2.08
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
P Totals 898 625 13,591 1,062 1.2 1,006 262 744 56 65 n/a n/a n/a .947 2.00
25 Years 898 625 13,591 1,062 1.2 1,006 262 744 56 65 n/a n/a n/a .947 2.00
Jim Kaat

Jim Kaat Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1959 Senators 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.50 3.60 7.20
1960 Senators 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.3 0.0 0.81 4.50 5.58
1961 Twins 0 0 .000 1 10 n/a 0.0 4.8 63.0 1.49 5.47 3.68
1962 Twins 0 0 .000 2 9 n/a 100.0 2.5 10.0 2.31 5.79 2.51
1963 Twins 0 0 .000 0 5 n/a 61.0 3.2 7.6 2.76 5.30 1.92
1964 Twins 0 0 .000 1 9 n/a 27.7 2.7 7.5 2.85 6.33 2.22
1965 Twins 2 0 1.000 3 8 n/a 93.0 3.2 10.3 2.44 5.24 2.15
1966 Twins 0 0 .000 0 6 n/a 59.0 2.9 9.1 3.73 6.06 1.62
1967 Twins 0 0 .000 3 0 n/a 99.0 3.8 24.8 5.02 7.21 1.44
1968 Twins 0 0 .000 2 4 n/a 0.0 4.3 15.4 3.25 5.63 1.73
1969 Twins 0 0 .000 4 0 n/a 43.5 4.4 8.7 1.85 5.16 2.79
1970 Twins 0 0 .000 3 8 n/a 76.0 3.8 9.5 2.07 4.69 2.27
1971 Twins 2 0 1.000 3 12 n/a 0.0 5.8 18.6 2.91 4.74 1.62
1972 Twins 0 1 .000 1 8 n/a 22.5 2.8 11.3 3.20 5.08 1.59
1973 Twins 0 0 .000 0 2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.38 4.61 1.93
1973 White Sox 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.00 3.37 0.84
1974 White Sox 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.25 4.61 2.04
1975 White Sox 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.84 4.21 2.28
1976 Phillies 0 0 .000 0 4 n/a 79.0 3.3 9.9 2.59 3.28 1.27
1977 Phillies 0 0 .000 1 0 n/a 0.0 4.4 26.5 1.38 3.09 2.25
1978 Phillies 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.2 12.0 1.50 3.08 2.05
1979 Phillies 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.40 2.16 5.40
1979 Yankees 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.64 3.55 2.16
1980 Yankees 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.25 1.80 7.20
1980 Cardinals 1 0 1.000 0 0 n/a 35.0 2.7 17.5 1.09 2.50 2.29
1981 Cardinals 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 4.0 0.47 1.36 2.89
1982 Cardinals 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.0 0.0 1.52 4.20 2.76
1983 Cardinals 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.0 0.0 1.90 4.93 2.60
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
25 Years 5 1 .833 24 85 0 78.2 3.4 11.8 2.27 4.89 2.15
Jim Kaat

Jim Kaat Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1959 Washington Senators 21 Undetermined - -
1960 Washington Senators 21, 36 Undetermined - -
1961 Minnesota Twins 36 Undetermined - -
1962 Minnesota Twins 36 Undetermined Stats -
1963 Minnesota Twins 36 Undetermined - -
1964 Minnesota Twins 36 $17,000.00 - -
1965 Minnesota Twins 36 $27,000.00 - Stats
1966 Minnesota Twins 36 $38,000.00 Stats -
1967 Minnesota Twins 36 $54,000.00 - -
1968 Minnesota Twins 36 $60,000.00 - -
1969 Minnesota Twins 36 $55,000.00 - -
1970 Minnesota Twins 36 $50,000.00 - -
1971 Minnesota Twins 36 $48,000.00 - -
1972 Minnesota Twins 36 $47,000.00 - -
1973 Minnesota Twins 36 $60,000.00 - -
1973 Chicago White Sox 36 "     "     - -
1974 Chicago White Sox 36 $70,000.00 - -
1975 Chicago White Sox 36 Undetermined Stats -
1976 Philadelphia Phillies 39 $138,500.00 - -
1977 Philadelphia Phillies 39 $138,500.00 - -
1978 Philadelphia Phillies 39 Undetermined - -
1979 Philadelphia Phillies 39 Undetermined - -
1979 New York Yankees 36 Undetermined - -
1980 New York Yankees 36 $150,000.00 - -
1980 St. Louis Cardinals 36 "     "     - -
1981 St. Louis Cardinals 36 $172,000.00 - -
1982 St. Louis Cardinals 36 $200,000.00 - Stats
1983 St. Louis Cardinals 36 Undetermined - -




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